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█ TEXAS NEWS 9 Apple skipping LGBT media with ads 10 LGBTQ History Month: Joe Brainard 11 Buttigieg on his place in history 12 ANALYSIS: How will SCOTUS rule? Employment

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10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 3 Rivera helped lead the Stonewall Riots, the LGBTQ+ rights movement they launched has DallasVoice.com/Category/Instant-Tea made incredible strides towards equality and instan justice for all.” TEA Among her proposals are: Terry Loftis named new exec and Once on This Island. He has also helped • Executive actions she will take in her first director of TACA develop individually a new musical, The End of 100 days as president to ensure that LGBTQ+ the Rainbow. people can live free from discrimination. — Arnold Wayne Jones • Fight to end the murders of trans women of color, including but not limited to creating a Warren, Buttigieg issue non- new grant program within the Office of Violence Against Women that will specifically channel discrimination platforms resources into organizations by and for trans- During the week the U.S. Supreme Court gender people, especially people of color. heard three landmark employment discrim- • Move to publicly manufacture PrEP in her ination cases, and in advance of the CNN/ first year as president, ending this uncon- Simon Lokodo Human Rights Campaign presidential debate, scionable price-gouging in the transition to Democratic candidates Elizabeth Warren and Medicare for All. a rise in “unnatural sex.” Pete Buttegieg on Thursday, Oct. 10, issued • Fight for LGBTQ rights in our foreign Local activists confirm that it is to be tabled comprehensive LGBT non-discrimination policy, including reversing Trump’s military on Oct. 28, according to Outright Action platforms. transgender ban on day one, appoint a Special International, an international LGBTQ advocacy Buttigieg’s plan includes these major points: Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons organization. Uganda’s “Anti-Homosexuality Act” was first Terry Loftis • Ban “conversion therapy” nationwide in the State Department, and more. • End the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 Her full plan can be found on her website. passed by the parliament in 2013 and signed TACA — The Arts Community Alliance, a • Enact policies that not only require cover- — David Taffet into law by President Museveni in early 2014, group that supports the arts through grants age of gender-affirming care but also address only to be invalidated by the Constitutional and leadership — has appointed Terry Loftis as the shortages of transition-related care Court of Uganda on procedural grounds the its new president and executive director. • Allow a third gender option (X) on U.S. Uganda plans to re-introduce same year. Loftis, a long-time singer, spent much of passports ‘anti-homosexuality act’ According to Thomson Reuters, the gov- his career in marketing and advertising, but in • Ban unnecessary genital surgeries on Simon Lokodo, the Ethics and Integrity ernment now plans to resurrect the act in the recent years has carved out a second career intersex infants and children minister of Uganda, announced in an interview coming weeks, with a death penalty foreseen as a theatrical impresario: He was Tony-nom- • Launch the We Belong National Mentor- with Thomson Reuters today (Thursday, Oct. not only for same-sex relations, but also for inated as a producer of the musical The Visit, ship Program for LGBTQ young people. 17) that he plans to introduce to the Ugandan “promotion and recruitment” of homosexuality and has worked for the Broadway Fund of His full plan can be found on his website. parliament a bill imposing the death penalty Outright Action International noted in a press New York for several years, raising money Warren writes, “Fifty years after transgender for same-sex relations and “promotion and release. for shows such as Bandstand, Hadestown women of color Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia recruitment” of homosexuality in order to curb — Tammye Nash

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Weekly: Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. on mous meets Sunday at 5:30 p.m., Monday, email [email protected]; Dallas details; LGBT Sex Addicts Anonymous Sunday on 89.3 KNON-FM with David Taf- Wednesday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Frontrunners meet for a walk or run at Oak meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at 1919 fet, Lerone Landis and the late Patti Fink. Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at Resource Center, Lawn Park, near the intersection of Turtle Independence St., Room 19, Plano. 972- This week’s guest is Lambda Legal Senior 2701 Reagan St.; Core Group Meeting Creek and Hall Street, every Wednesday at 316-9188 for details; Leadership Lambda Staff Attorney Shelly Skeen; Silver Pride every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:15 p.m. and every Saturday at 8:30 a.m.; Toastmasters gay-identified Toastmasters Project Coffee and Convo for LGBTQ+ 7 p.m.; Fuse game night every Monday Leadership Lambda Toastmasters prac- group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. every Mon- seniors meets Mondays from 11 a.m.- 1 evening except the last of the month at 8 tices and develops speaking and leadership day at the First Unitarian Church, 4015 Nor- p.m. at Oak Lawn Library, 4100 Cedar p.m. at the Fuse space in the 3918 Harry skills from 6:30–8 p.m. on Mondays at First mandy Road (does not meet on Mondays Springs Road, Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-1 Hines Blvd.; FuseConnect every Wednes- Unitarian Church, third floor of the Hallman that are holidays); United Black Ellument p.m. at Grauwyler Park Branch Library, 2146 day from 7 p.m. For more information call Building, 4012 St. Andrews; Thrive support hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black Gilford St. Wednesdays for Breakfast Club or e-mail Jalenzski at 214-760-9718 ext. 3 group from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. followed by community (UBE Connected) at from 10 a.m.-noon at Reverchon Recreation or [email protected]; LGBT mixer every Monday at Resource Center, 7 p.m. every fourth Tuesday of the month Center, 3505 Maple Ave. and Thursdays for square dancing group Pegasus Squares 5750 Cedar Springs Road; Lambda AA at 3918 Harry Hines Blvd.; DVtv in Spayse, Rainbow Rec from 10 am.-noon at Rever- meets the second and fourth Sunday meets at noon, 6:30 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and news and entertainment discussion live chon Recreation Center, 3505 Maple Ave.; from 2–4 p.m. at Grace United Methodist 11 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, streaming every Friday, 4–5 p.m., on the Unwired Group of Crystal Meth Anony- Church, 4105 Junius St. For more info, 6525 Inwood Road. Call 214-267-0222 for Spayse Station YouTube channel.

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10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 7 Making beautiful music together

TWCD celebrates its 30th anniversary

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer [email protected]

he Women’s Chorus of Dallas celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend with a reunion of former members and an ex- hibit and concert at Moody Performance Hall on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 13. late 1990s. Albritton died of lung cancer Melinda Imthurn has been the chorus’ Word of mouth was all the new wom- in 2006. Artistic Director Melinda Imthurn and artistic director now for 15 of the orga- en’s chorus had to spread the word of Seelig played another part of the Accompanist Will Varner, above left. Above, nization’s 30 years. When she started the new performing arts organization. group’s early stability. He stepped in TWCD and Texas Chamber Music Project at Moody Performance Hall, Dec 2, 2018. in 2004, she said, “the chorus had been “It was friends asking friends,” Imthurn whenever the Women’s Chorus was be- through several artistic directors over said, so after the first rehearsal, each per- tween directors. five years.” son brought a friend to the next meeting. One season, Imthurn said, each con- vato when she performed here. Imthurn In addition to that turmoil, the chorus Just as the Turtle Creek Chorale chose cert was directed by a different woman said several former members rejoined had lost its brilliant arranger and accom- not to name itself the Dallas Gay Men’s auditioning for the permanent position because those events made being part of panist, Anne Albritton. At its concert this Chorus because some members feared of director. But when the chorus offered the Women’s Chorus so much fun. weekend, TWCD will remember Albrit- they could lose their jobs if employers the job to one of the women, she turned it Maya Angelou appeared with TWCD ton’s contribution to the chorus by per- found out they were gay, the women’s down. So Seelig stepped in again. and Turtle Creek Chorale in the Emmy forming several of her choral arrange- chorus, for similar reasons, chose not Imthurn came to the chorus with a vi- Award-winning performance of Sing for ments. to call itself Lesbian Chorus of Dallas. sion of its future. “Dallas didn’t have a the Cure, and the TWCD has sung at Race Imthurn brought a new morale and Even in 1989, nearly 10 years after TCC space right for us,” she said, so the cho- for the Cure. growth in membership to the chorus and was formed, Imthurn and Koe both said rus performed at Caruth Auditorium on AIDS as well as breast cancer have allowed it to find its own identity. chorus members were concerned about the SMU campus. But Imthurn wanted had an impact on the life of the Women’s The chorus was founded after the possibly losing their jobs to homophobic her chorus to perform in the Arts District, Chorus. Many of its members cared for Turtle Creek Chorale came back from a discrimination. and so she oversaw its move downtown. men in the chorale and others who were GALA Choruses convention where one One chorus member at the time was First, the women performed at the living with AIDS, and breast cancer con- of the groups performing was the San a human resources director who was Meyerson Symphony Center. But that tinues to have an impact on the chorus. Diego Women’s Chorus. During a perfor- singing with the chorus but at work was was too big. Then they tried the Wyly, but One member who recently went through mance at that convention, chorale board having to fire people for what was then it was just “not right” for choral music, chemotherapy for breast cancer attend- member Lori Masters turned to the cho- referred to as “moral turpitude.” Imthurn said, even though that’s where ed rehearsals throughout her treatment. rale’s artistic director, Tim Seelig, and The chorus had its ups and downs. Lesley Gore performed with TWCD. Singing lifted her spirits and helped her said, “We need one of these in Dallas.” One of its best additions happened when Moody, however, has become that get through her chemo, Koe said. When they returned home, they made Albritton met Seelig. She told him, “I’m “just right” venue for the group. In video interviews for the 30th anniver- it happen, according to TWCD Executive from Corsicana, Texas, and I play the pi- Imthurn said that Victoria Clark, a sary program, many of the singers talked Director Crystal Koe. ano.” She didn’t mention she had a mas- Dallas actress best known for her Tony about what a big part the chorus played in Barbara O’Brien, owner of the lesbian ter’s degree in music and was a talented Award-winning performance in Light in helping them find their identities. bar Desert Moon, offered her bar as meet- teacher and arranger. While artistic di- the Piazza, is one of her favorite singers The chorus also brings in students ing and rehearsal space. Cynthia Nott, rectors came and went during those first that has performed with the chorus. The who sing in choruses in DISD schools now artistic director of the Children’s few years of the chorus, Albritten was its chorus also sang with Hugh Jackman at to perform with them. Imthurn said the Chorus of Dallas, became TWCD’s first stability for much of the first half of the the American Airlines Center during his experience is empowering to many of A.D. group’s life — until she became ill in the tour stop in Dallas and with Demi Lo- MUSIC, Page 14

8 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 tises with us,” instead of ghosting the community once Pride month has come Apple missing the mark and gone. “They’re missing a good opportunity,” Pride Source Media CFO Jan Stevenson on ads in LGBT media says of Apple. For 26 years, Stevenson and her wife, Susan Horowitz, have published Mich- igan’s weekly newspaper, Between the SCOTT STIFFLER | The Washington Blade individuals are frustrated by brands that Lines, which, along with their Pride Courtesy of National LGBT Media Association treat them as an afterthought.” Source Yellow Pages, serves the LGBT National advertising via mainstream community. e buy media certainly gets the word out — but “Every single computer in our busi- Apple’s depictions of LGBT consumers remain ness” is an Apple product, says Steven- phones, rare to the point of novelty, leaving many son, who notes the company’s “excellent wear their wondering why companies who lav- reputation as an LGBT-friendly player” watches ish their attention on the general public could be leveraged “so easily, with just and use their don’t appeal directly to a niche market gree, says the onus is on LGBT media to some simple ads that say, ‘We want your products to eager for a signal that they, too, are val- “make an advertiser aware of the advan- business.’” drive our busi- ued. tages of niche marketing. Our job is to el- A positive perception pays dividends, nesses — but finding their iconic ads in “When I see an ad in a local LGBT evate their brand in the community. And as noted in Community Marketing & In- the pages of your local LGBT newspaper publication or website,” says Cusimano, when you do that, it really helps trigger sights’ 13th Annual LGBTQ Community or website is like looking for an apple in “I think, ‘Look, they are targeting me.’ that sale.” Survey, released earlier this year. Some an orange grove. This local perspective is very important, Cusimano cites Wells Fargo and Face- 27 percent of respondents said they “Some big companies with a good particularly from a grassroots effort. We book as companies that have advertised were “significantly more likely to pur- reputation in the community, like Apple, see brand switching from one product or with his publications. You’ll find Bridge- chase” when companies advertise in the fail when it comes to speaking to us di- service when advertisers utilize this ap- stone tires on his car, he notes, because LGBTQ digital and print media, and 41 rectly, effectively,” says Leo Cusimano, proach. We’re a loyal demographic who a few years ago, “They did a 12-month percent said advertising in the LGBTQ publisher and owner of the Dallas Voice likes to do business with companies that campaign with Dallas Voice. It really media had a greater impact on them newspaper, and OUT North Texas, a advertise in our backyard.” changed people’s minds, to know there glossy magazine. “More and more, LGBT Cusimano, who holds a business de- is a company that [consistently] adver- APPLE, Page 14

10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 9 Our Queer Art: Interviews, Profiles, We Remember: and Stories of Queer up, camped it up. In the series, Nancy ap- Creatives Joe Brainard and art as life pears as many different personas, artwork and physical things: “If Nancy Was A De hen I Kooning,” “If Nancy Was A Sailor’s Bas- think of ket,” “If Nancy Was An Ashtray.” queer art- In various articles about Brainard’s ists who work, it is often hypothesized that he loved their took Nancy on as an alter ego, or, as I like work more to call it, his drag persona. And through than the celeb- Nancy and his art, much like a drag rity of it, who queen, Brainard tried to make sense of loved art and making art more than his life and world. branding and consumerism of it, Joe Nowhere is this more evident than in Brainard is one of the first names that his 1972 piece, “If Nancy Was a Boy.” In pop into my mind. it, Nancy is lifting up her skirt to reveal I was introduced to his body of work “male” genitalia to the viewer. Under- as an author in 2016 via his remarkable standing and viewing this piece with poetic and lyrical memoir (some even re- the lens of queerness and camp that was fer to it as long poem form), I Remember. everything from poetry to available to us at that time — only three The book is pure art, entirely written in collage, book design, oil years after Stonewall with concepts and sentences, passages that all start with “I paintings to theater design dialogues nowhere near as fluid as they remember”: and comic strips. are now — we get an artist who was en- “I remember leaning up against walls His talent eventually tering in and performing drag in a rev- in queer bars.” led him to solo exhibitions olutionary way, on a two-dimensional “I remember when I went to a ‘come in New York and group page as a comic strip character on canvas. as your favourite person’ party as Mari- shows all over the world, Mind. Blown. lyn Monroe …” including MOMA. And Around 1979, Brainard just stopped “I remember that for my fifth birthday while many crit- making art for mass consumption. Some all I wanted was an off-one-shoulder ics and reviews believe it was because he wanted to mas- black satin evening gown. I got it. And I of his work loved ter oil painting and never really did due wore it to my birthday party.” Brainard’s ability to his lack of patience — something he I remember thinking that I had never to turn mundane wrote about in a 1972 letter to Fairfield experienced a book quite like this, one everyday life into Porter — which caused him to slowly that lived in the intersection of memoir, art (a trait I great- ease out of art. Some believe it had some- poetry and visual craftsmanship. It was ly admire, too), thing to do with him kicking his amphet- the kind of book that leaves the reader what struck me, amine addiction. Still, others believe he — especially those, such as myself, look- what has always just chose a different life instead. ing for a reflection in the outside world struck me, about Brainard was very much his art as of the art inside them — wanting more. Brainard’s work much as his art was him. And I believe And I quickly dovetailed into a rabbit is how innova- that he eventually took his own advice hole of all of Brainard’s history, poetry tive, complex in in the poem, Life, and devoted his dai- and other works of art. What I found was its simplicity, and ly 24 hours to “love and fun. Or things someone that I, as a queer artist, should rooted in a trailblazing queerness it was. cally, his floral paintings and his “Nan- that are interesting. Or what have you. have known about long before I did. One of my favorite poems, Life, starts, cy” series. Much like Georgia O’Keeffe’s Other people are most important. Art is Brainard was born in Arkansas but “When I stop and think about what it’s work, Brainard’s flower paintings con- rewarding. Books and movies are good grew up in Tulsa, Okla. He started cre- all about I do come up with some an- tained a subliminal subject and study. fillers, and the most reliable.” ating art at a young age, even making swers, but they don’t help very much.” The subject of his late 1960s and ’70s flo- Which is exactly what Joe did: He dresses for his mother. At 16 he, along And it ends with a paragraph that be- ral study were pansies, an obvious dou- spent the last 14 years of his life smok- with three future poets, created an art gins, “Now you know life isn’t as simple ble entendre and play on the derogatory ing, reading fiction and poetry, going to and literary magazine, The White Dove as I am making it sound.” That highlights queer slang word often used in that era. movies and exhibits — basically, living Review. This was his first real foray into how both Brainard and his work existed He made them colorful. Full. Prideful. his art. public artmaking. in the crux of profound simplicity amid Still, it is his “If Nancy Was” series — a On May 25, 1994, at the age of 52, Joe Soon after he graduated, Brainard complex questions. Life is a simply com- comic mixed media collection based off of Brainerd died in the New York Medical moved to New York. But it was only on plex testimony as to how life is short and Ernie Bushmiller’s 1938 comic strip — that, Center in Manhattan of AIDS-induced his second trip back to NYC after a short how we can “fill these 24 hours as best for me, really solidifies Brainard as one phenomena. As we move into the third stint in Boston that his artist life and one can” and make each day count. of the queer artist icons we should know. week of LGBTQ history month, we re- work began to take shape. But his works that captured the es- Over the span of a decade, he created hun- member the life, art, and innovative was Brainard spent 20-plus years creat- sence of his queerness — and queerness dreds of “Nancy” pieces that took the be- of seeing and creating a body of work ing a rich body of work that included in general — were his paintings, specifi- loved pop-cultural figure and queered it that is Joe Brainard. █

10 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 LGBTQ History Month Special ‘Mayor Pete’ speaks Feature: on LGBT history and his historic campaign

success at raising funds. You have MARK SEGAL | Philadelphia Gay News [enormous] support from the LGBT [email protected] community, which would like you to stay in through the convention. Do you ete Buttigieg, who feel an obligation that regardless of has served as mayor where the polls go or where the votes of South Bend, Ind., go that you need to stay in just to be since 2012, came out front and center on this issue? There as a gay man in a self- are so many things that motivate this penned essay pub- campaign. We’re certainly conscious of lished by the South the historic nature of it, and at the same Bend Tribune. This time, there are many reasons why we’re past April, he declared his candidacy for in this and why I’m going to stay in it. We want to know that I’ve got the resources president of the United States. to go the distance. I’m glad that we do, Mayor Buttigieg and I spoke on the because ... sometimes what’s making phone about his campaign, his values things harder for you politically can turn and who he looks up to in the LGBTQ around and be an asset a few months or community █ weeks later. Mark Segal: When you entered the Some of the candidates who will be race as an openly gay man, did you appearing with you at this week’s CNN realize the historical significance and Town Hall meeting on LGBT equality what the LGBT community expected? have long-standing positions — Eliz- Pete Buttigieg: You know, it’s one thing abeth Warren, Joe Biden — and have to realize it in theory; it’s another to see evolved on our issues long before most it play out in practice. Seeing teenagers others. How do you differ from them on come up to me and let me know what LGBT issues? I think we all have different this campaign means to them, and folks areas of emphasis. I’m certainly proud who are of a different generation who just of my record, not just in terms of my helped pave the way. When [Barack Obama] was a candidate, never thought that they would see this, identity but what we’ve done, because I he kept running up to the race issue, sometimes coming up with tears in their In a few decades we went from zero can- think it’s important not to take for granted no matter how many issue papers he eyes, really has made me feel a different didates running for public office to a or assume that, just because I’m out, put out on certain subjects. ... . [He] level of awareness and fulfillment but also man running, openly gay, for president. LGBTQ voters are going to automatically did something spectacular: He decided responsibility around that fact about this Have you sought advice from some of decide I’m the best person. I think that he had to address the issue in a major campaign. those pioneers like Barney Frank or what’s really important is to have a robust Tammy Baldwin or Elaine Noble? Yeah, speech [just on race] in March 2008. and strong plan. And to me, the Equality What people from our community histori- I’ve had a chance to meet Tammy Bald- Do you think if that one issue keeps Act is very important, but I hope it’s also cally do you admire? Of course, anybody win [and] Annise Parker has been a great plaguing you, you’re going to have to understood that there’s a lot more that who seeks office and is out owes a lot source of encouragement and support as give the LGBT equality speech, and we need to do proactively. Each of us has to Harvey Milk and the tradition that he well as advice. I’m not sure what’s more are you prepared to do that? I’m not an obligation to put forward a robust plan now represents. It’s almost impossible to amazing, the fact that we’re the first to do sure my equivalent of that speech will be and not simply make it seem as though imagine, I think now what that would have this or the fact that we can do it at all. a speech, although it might be. I think it we think that the struggle was won when meant at the time. And then in my own is important for folks to hear me tell my The largest number of those opposing marriage equality came to the land or that lifetime, I remember the judiciary hear- story, and while I’ve done it in a number you have been religious protesters. Is the Equality Act is all we’ve got to do. ings, when they were trying to impeach of ways, I may need to find new ways there a time that either on a personal President Clinton, seeing Barney Frank to do it. I think ... also [about] the steps One of the most important things you do level or on the campaign that you’ve run circles intellectually around so many that President Kennedy had to take to [is be] a role model for LGBT youth. faced homophobia one-on-one? people. Realizing that he was also an out reassure voters that they could vote for That’s a heavy responsibility. How does Somebody will come up on a rope line member of Congress changed my aware- the first Catholic president. I remember that weigh on you? When … people see and have something nasty to say, [and] ness of what was possible. from 2008 people saying, “This is not in you so much more than one person stuff com[es] in the mail, although I don’t can really be, you realize that it’s not just I also admire people who have come into the an obstacle for me, but I’m just not sure pay too much attention to that. But I gotta you but what you’re building. And to me, public eye recently. Danica Roem in Vir- about everybody else,” and finding a way say that any homophobia that comes the best way to make good on that is ginia — just extraordinary the way she has to speak to that and stay ahead of it. my way is less concerning than what’s not only to seek to act with integrity and been able not just to break barriers and happening to so many youth and really I think we’ll continue seeking the right ways do the right thing, but also to make sure challenge the backwards-looking culture vulnerable people out there of any age, to do that, true to who I am and true to that our campaign organization shows warrior that she beat but also to do it in a what’s happening to black trans women. what we need to convey as well. the values that we’re trying to promote, way that truly focused on her constituents I try not to dwell on the irritation of any of There’s this old saying — politics is a including the idea of belonging. and to talk about issues like traffic and the nonsense that might come my way dime and a day — meaning politics commuting as well as issues like equality. It’s part of what I’m trying to build for the because … I can feel all the support that I can change on any given issue, and whole country. And I’m very mindful of the There are so many really inspiring figures out have, [from] folks from my own team and you can’t stay in politics unless you obligation to live up to the need to model there and obviously, I’m aware that I’m from millions of people out there. raise funds. You’ve had an incredible and support those values. standing on the shoulders of so many who

10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 11 in U.S. v. Windsor (in which the majori- A justice-by-justice look at the ty struck down the Defense of Marriage Act) focused on there being no “right News Analysis: to enter into same-sex marriage,” and because there was no explicit statement Title VII cases about same-sex marriage in the Constitu- tion, he said, “Any change on a question LISA KEEN | Keen News Service LGBT people, Roberts voted against charging lesbian women.” And she said, so fundamental should be made by the [email protected] such rights 60 percent of the time. In in the transgender case, that “the object people through their elected officials.” Hollingsworth v. Perry, where Chief Rob- of Title VII was to get at the entire spec- That was essentially what he repeated ost-argument anal- erts led the 5-4 majority that dismissed trum of sex stereotypes.” during oral argument regarding sexual ysis by many U.S. an appeal brought by the defenders of In 15 previous LGBT cases before the orientation and Title VII. Supreme Court ob- Proposition 8 in California (a proposi- court, Ginsburg voted in support of • Justice Sonia Sotomayor: Almost servers sees a toss- tion which had banned same-sex couples equal rights for LGBT people 13 times. certain Yes up when it comes from marriage). The opinion could have Her voting record is the most consistent- Justice Sotomayor was tied with Jus- to the Oct. 8 hearing struck down such bans in all 50 states, ly pro-LGBT of any justice on the bench tice Gorsuch for second place in terms of on whether existing but it did not. It resulted in striking the today. the number of questions and comments federal law protects ban only in California. And in his opin- • Justice Stephen Breyer: Almost cer- asked by the justices on Oct. 8. Perhaps LGBTQ workers. It’s simply too hard, ion, Roberts emphasized what he sees as tain Yes anticipating that some justices would ex- observers say, to predict how the court “an essential limit” on the court’s pow- Justice Breyer was the most vocal of press concern about the “social upheav- will rule on whether sexual orientation er: “We act as judges, and do not engage the justices during the Oct. 8 oral argu- al” that would be caused by recognizing and transgender status are variations of in policymaking properly left to elected ments, asking questions and comment- sexual orientation and transgender sta- sex discrimination prohibited in Title VII representatives. ing 35 times with the bulk of his ques- tus in Title VII, Sotomayor put the issue of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. • Justice Clarence Thomas: Almost tioning aimed at challenging opposition on the table very early in the argument. The court must make two rulings: certain No to Title VII covering sexual orientation She said the concern about the bathroom whether Title VII prohibition of employ- Justice Thomas is famous for almost and transgender status. He constructed issue was “raging in this country” and ment discrimination “because of sex” never speaking or asking questions a hypothetical for opposing attorney Jef- asked how the courts should deal with can cover sexual orientation, and wheth- during oral arguments, so his silence frey Harris (representing the employers women who are uncomfortable with a er it can cover transgender status. Oct. 8 was simply routine. Plus, he had who fired two men for being gay) that transgender person in the bathroom. Looking at each individual justice, missed the first day of the session (Oct. led Harris to agree that firing a Catholic She also stated emphatically that “We here’s what the Oct. 8 arguments and 7) due to illness. for marrying a Jew was still “religious can’t deny that homosexuals are being previous voting records seem to indicate In the past 15 LGBT-specific cases discrimination,” even if the employer fired merely for being who they are and about how each justice is likely to vote. Thomas has voted on, he has opposed said he fired the employee because he not because of religious reasons, not (A “No” means the justice will likely equal rights for LGBT people 87 percent was against interfaith marriages. because they are performing their jobs rule against LGBT people and find that of the time. His record is the most consis- “All I find in that example,” said Brey- poorly, not because they can’t do what- Title VII does not prohibit discrimination tently against the interests of LGBT peo- er, “is an identical case to this one.” He ever is required of a position, but merely based on sexual orientation or transgen- ple of anyone on the bench today. dismissed opposing attorneys’ “parade because” they are gay. der status. A “Yes” means they likely will • Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Al- of horribles” (bathrooms, locker rooms, Sotomayor’s voting record has fa- rule that they will rule for LGBT and pro- most certain Yes sports teams). vored equal rights for LGBT people 9 out tecting them from employment discrimi- During oral argument, Justice Gins- Historically, Breyer has voted in sup- of 11 times. nation under Title VII.) burg was the fourth-most active ques- port of equal rights for LGBT people in • Justice Elena Kagan: Almost certain • Chief Justice John Roberts: Proba- tioner, and she asked an equal number 11 out of 15 cases. Yes ble No of questions to attorneys on both sides • Justice Samuel Alito: Almost cer- During oral argument Oct. 8, Kagan During oral arguments, Chief Rob- of the cases. But her questions and com- tain No pointedly emphasized the court’s fix- erts gave voice to the idea that the Title ments were pointedly helpful to the During oral arguments, Justice Alito ation on looking strictly at the text of a VII challenges were asking the court to attorneys arguing in favor of Title VII only spoke out a few times. But his po- law, rather than other factors. “update” the federal law to include sex- covering discrimination based on sexual sition became immediately clear: This “For many years,” she said, “the lode- ual orientation. This, he said, was the orientation and transgender status. issue needed to be resolved by Congress. star of this court’s statutory interpreta- responsibility of Congress. He also won- She prompted attorney Pamela Karlan “What some people will say [if this tion has been the text of a statute, not dered aloud why it would be sex dis- (representing two men fired for being court rules Title VII covers sexual orien- the legislative history and certainly not crimination to fire a man in a same-sex gay) to address the chief arguments of tation],” said Alito, “is that whether Title the subsequent legislative history. And relationship if the employer would also those who want to limit the reach of Title VII should prohibit discrimination on the the text of [Title VII] appears to be pretty fire a woman in a same-sex relationship. VII — including that Congress never in- basis of sexual orientation is a big policy firmly in Ms. Karlan’s corner.” Roberts said the bathroom issue was a tended, when it passed the Civil Rights issue, and that it is a different policy is- Speaking to attorney Harris, who rep- “huge problem.” He worried about how Act in 1964 — to cover sexual orienta- sue from the one that Congress thought resented the employers who fired gay the law would handle employers with tion. She undercut the opposing side’s it was addressing in 1964. … And if this men, Kagan said, “Did you discriminate religious objections to gay people. And claim that firing a male employee for court takes this up and interprets this against somebody … because of sex? Yes, he essentially said that transgender sta- being gay would not be sex discrimina- 1964 statute to prohibit discrimination you did.” tus was a “whole different case” and a tion, because the employer would fire a based on sexual orientation, we will be Kagan’s voting record on LGBT cases “different answer” than discrimination female employee for being gay. As Gins- acting exactly like a legislature.” has been pro-LGBT six out of nine times. based on biological sex. burg pointed out, “There’s nothing in the In 11 decisions involving LGBT issues, She surprised many in the LGBT com- In the past 11 cases which had sig- record as far as I can see that there was Alito has voted against the interests of munity last year when she voted with nificant specific interest to the rights of a policy on the employer’s part of dis- LGBT people seven times. His dissent the majority that said a Colorado com-

12 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 mission showed hostility to a baker’s re- nary meaning of ‘because of sex’? And, if is that, unless otherwise defined, words to disregard the literal text… .” Disre- ligious beliefs against same-sex couples so, how are we supposed to think about will be interpreted as taking their ordi- garding the literal meaning, Minter said, marrying. ordinary meaning in this case?” nary, contemporary, common meaning.” “would push Justice Gorsuch to support • Justice Neil Gorsuch: Uncertain Harris said he didn’t see a difference, Shannon Minter, legal director for the the plaintiffs based on a strict textualist Justice Gorsuch’s performance on and Kavanaugh did not explain the dis- National Center for Lesbian Rights, said interpretation of the law.” The Harris Fu- the bench Oct. 8 got the lion’s share of tinction he was asking about. Title VII a “literal” reading of the word “sex” in neral home attorney responded that he media attention because he made a cou- does not define sex, but a 1975 decision the statute helps LGBT people, and an didn’t see a difference between the two ple of comments that suggested he is at the U.S. Supreme Court (Burns v. Al- “ordinary” reading would help an em- … .” on the fence. His comments suggested cala) said “words used in a statute are to ployer who wants to discriminate. Kavanaugh has yet to vote on an LGBT that, while sexual orientation discrimi- be given their ordinary meaning absent “Justice Kavanaugh was either high- specific case before the Supreme Court. nation may have been in play when the persuasive reasons to the contrary.” lighting a potential weakness in the Like Gorsuch, he dodged questions employers fired the men for being gay, In another decision four years later employer’s argument or — more likely about his views on LGBT issues during

“Isn’t sex also in play here? And isn’t (Perrin v. U.S.), the court said, “A funda- — warning the attorney not to make an his confirmation process. █ that enough?” for a Title VII violation, mental canon of statutory construction argument that would require the court © 2019 Keen News Service. All rights reserved. he asked. “The statute,” Gorsuch said, “talks about a material causal factor … not the sole cause, not the proximate cause, but a cause.” Gorsuch said he was “really close” to seeing the argument that Title VII’s text should cover sexual orientation and transgender status, but he also ex- pressed concern about what he said would be the “massive social upheaval” of such a decision. Providing comprehensive and compassionate medical care Gorsuch joined the bench in April 2017 under a cloud of controversy. Re- to the LGBT community for more than 35 Years! publican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had refused to let then Pres- ident Obama’s nominee to replace the recently-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia proceed through the confirmation pro- cess. Once President Trump took office, McConnell allowed Trump to name Scalia’s replacement, and Trump chose Gorsuch. During his confirmation hearing, Gor- such evaded answering questions about his positions on LGBT legal issues, but he did say, “If you want to create a revolution in the area and change the law dramatically, that’s for [Congress] to do.” He was criticized for an article he wrote before becoming a judge that David M. Lee, M.D. claimed “liberals” were filing lawsuits BEST General Practitioner Comprehensive Marc A. Tribble, M.D. on “everything from gay marriage to 6 Years in a Row! HIV/AIDS management assisted suicide” to achieve their “social Donald A. Graneto, M.D. BEST Medical Group Practice agenda.” Eric Klappholz, NP BEST HIV Specialists STD testing and treatment • Justice Brett Kavanaugh: Probable No Peter Triporo, NP PrEP counseling and treatment Justice Kavanaugh is the newest Jason Vercher, PA-C Uptown Physicians Group member of the bench, joining in October Uptown Tower General adult medical care 2018. His confirmation, too, came un- Vanessa Bludau, NP der a storm of controversy, after sever- 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 750 William Hays, MD, ATC, LAT ® al women went public with allegations 214-303-1033 Cosmetic - BOTOX ® that he had sexually assaulted them in Ismail Boodhwani, FNP-C www.UptownDocs.com and JUVÉDERM high school and college. During the two hours of arguments on Oct. 8, Kavanaugh spoke up only once. Dr. Marc Tribble and Dr. Donald Graneto Voted 2019 Readers Voice Awards He asked attorney Harris, “Are you named to D Magazine’s BEST Medical Group Practice drawing a distinction between the literal Best Doctors BEST HIV Specialists in Dallas for 2017 in Peter Triporo, NP named Top 10 in 2018 and Dr. David Lee, meaning of ‘because of sex’ and the ordi- Infectious Disease and America’s Top Nurse Practitioner Awards BEST General Practitioner Family Medicine respectively. presented by Point of Care Network

10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 13 MUSIC, From Page 8 Phone 214-754-8710 █ Fax 214-969-7271 1825 Market Center Blvd., Ste. 240, Dallas, Texas 75207 the students who learn that they don’t Composer, conductor and performer ers stand in a circle with mom and baby Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. • dallasvoice.com have to stop singing after school but can, Rosephanye Powell is already signed for in the center, and they sing “Music in My indeed, sing their whole lives. She said a concert next season, too, Imthurne said. Mother’s House” for mother and child. administration through music they learn to be comfort- While the group was formed as a les- The weekend celebration of the cho- Leo Cusimano Publisher █ 114 able with themselves. bian chorus and has been a member of rus’ 30 years begins Oct. 11 with Friday Imthurn said she always wanted the GALA Choruses, the international or- evening happy hour at Sue Ellen’s. After editorial Tammye Nash Managing Editor █ 113 chorus to focus on the “women” part of ganization of LGBT choruses, since its a Saturday afternoon rehearsal, there’s a Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style █ 129 the its name. So, for its March concert, founding, it’s never been exclusively Saturday evening reception at Sammons David Taffet Senior Staff Writer █ 125 the sixth annual Voices of Women pro- lesbian. Straight allies have always made Center for the Arts on Harry Hines. Philip Burton Proofreader gram, the chorus will sing music solely up a substantial portion of its singers. About 100 current and former members Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Gary Bellomy, Jenny Block, by women composers. But that’s not as Imthurn mentioned fact to other wom- are expected for the dinner. J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, D’Anne Witowski, Lawrence Ferber, Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Mark easy as it sounds, she said, “because less en’s chorus directors at a GALA conven- On Sunday, the lobby of Moody Per- Lowry, Joey Moreno, Cassie Nova, Josh Robbins, Mikey Rox, than 1 percent of concert works are by tion, and they told her that was the case formance Hall will exhibit 30 years of Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, women. We’re still catching up.” with all of their groups as well. chorus history. Photos, programs, post- Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, To do its part in that process of catch- That hasn’t stopped women from ers and other memorabilia from each sea- Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, Casey Williams Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn Anne Albritta ing up, the chorus is commissioning meeting future partners through the cho- son’s concerts will be on display. Artist Interns: Jacob Kelley, Joshua Kelley, John McClanahan, works by women composers. rus. In fact, Imthurn said at least two cou- Erica Stephens will give a talk at 2 p.m. Lily Philips “Skin,” based on poetry by Palestin- ples met as performers, and she met her about two paintings she’s doing based current chorus pianist Will Varner who’s ian-American poet Naomi Shihab Nye wife at the chorus as well. Her daughter, on two songs that will be performed. been with the group 14 years. █ advertising Chad Mantooth Advertising Director █ 131 and composed by Mari Esabel Valverde, at five-and-a-half years old, already con- The 30th anniversary performance, Tickets for That’s Our Jam, the 30th anni- Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. █ 115 premieres at the March concert. Singer siders herself part of the chorus. That’s Our Jam, begins at 2:30 p.m. In versary concert at Moody Performance Hall, Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales █ 123 Moira Smiley will be coming for Voices One of the chorus’ traditions is the addition to Albritton’s arrangements, 2520 Flora St, are available at thewomen- National Advertising Representative of Women as well. when one its members has a baby, sing- the concert includes an original piece by schorusofdallas.com. Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 art Kevin Thomas Art Director █ 119 Shawn Weston Graphic Designer █ 132 Apple, From Page 8 multimedia Stephen Mobley Social Media Director █ 123 than when companies advertise in the reached out to their agencies [currently behind them.” in education — getting their computers Brian Kennedy Video Producer mainstream media. And a 2016-2017 Na- OMD], and they’ve been very open to Absolut Vodka is the ultimate success in schools, for kids. It’s time for them to Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host Brad Pritchett DVtv Host tional LGBT Media Association study on proposals. But it never seems to go any- story. In 1981, recalls Evans, “They came look closer at the LGBT community.” Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host consumer shifts saw two in three LGBTQ where. And Apple, it’s impossible to get into the market — not to get their feet Cusimano says he’s working with Regina Lyn individuals saying, “I am frustrated by through to the client. Once the client is wet, but to own it.” Today, Absolut has the National LGBT Media Association brands that treat people like me as an interested, the agency does whatever “phenomenal brand recognition, and to augment the way the Human Rights circulation Linda Depriter Circulation Director █ 120 afterthought.” (Fifty-one percent of re- they want.” they maintain a presence in the LGBT Campaign compiles statistics for its spondents purchased a new smartphone Of late, says Evans, Rivendell has community. There are so many vodkas Corporate Equality Index. Described by founders Robert Moore █ Don Ritz in the last 12 months.) placed an emphasis on educating po- out there, they don’t want to give up that HRC as an annual “national benchmark- Still, Stevenson’s company has had no tential buyers that LGBT media is “com- space, to lose that equity.” ing tool on corporate policies and prac- affiliations/memberships success in its sales outreach to the tech pletely different that other minority me- At a time when other high-quality tices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, Associated Press - Associate Member National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association behemoth. Nor has Todd Evans, who, as dia, like African-American or Hispanic. products are shrinking market share transgender and queer employees,” a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise president and CEO of Rivendell Media, For example, in our community, there is and eroding consumer confidence built positive rating is widely cited by corpo- Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber represents 95 percent of all LGBT media no network TV like Telemundo, no BET, by the belief that Apple products are rations, as a way to shore up their repu- Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association in the U.S. Rivendell has made numer- no national magazine with million-plus hands-down superior to the alternatives, tation. ous overtures to Apple, with no results. circulation. We get our information dif- longtime Apple loyalist Evans is “begin- The Index’s Category 4, notes Cusi- “The demographics seem perfect for ferently.” ning to think twice about my next com- mano, “is about philanthropic work or Apple,” said Evans. “LGBTs are early And despite the march to digital as a puter.” Technology as well as pricing, he advertising in LGBT media.” This allows adopters of new technology, and have favored, oftentimes sole, marketing strat- observes, “have caught up with Apple. corporations “to donate to an event, and very high entrepreneurial tendencies, egy, “What a lot of people aren’t realizing I’m just back from the National Gay and that checks that box for them. We want which would be a natural target for a is that in LGBT media, print is still very Lesbian Chamber of Commerce confer- HRC to make it a stand-alone category, tech company. They’re a very progres- much king,” notes Evans. “For $100,000, ence,” which had more than 1,500 LGBT where you have to advertise in LGBT sive company, or thought to be. Even you can pretty much own LGBT me- businesses in attendance. media.” the CEO is LGBT. Yet to our knowledge, dia, a full-page ad in most major LGBT “I was noticing,” recalls Evans, “There As this story was published, that ad- Apple has never done any direct-to-con- publications in America. That is chump were as many Samsungs as there were vertising “get” remained as elusive as sumer [LGBT] outreach with any of their change for most companies’ advertising iPhones. So it seems the right time for responses to our request for comment. ad campaigns.” budgets, and digital just does not do as Apple to hedge their bets.” A call to Apple’s Media Helpline yielded If they have, that sales call has yet to well, without print’s call to action.” “We do have real alternatives today,” a swift response from its representative, reach Rivendell, which credits Apple With just about 130 LGBT publica- says Cusimano. “We don’t have ads from Fred Sainz, with this reporter honoring products for “part of our success in busi- tions nationwide, Evans is “shocked that Samsung, and this is a prime opportunity his request to submit questions. Despite ness, back to when our founder was Beta more companies don’t realize they can for them [Apple] to capitalize on that, to several follow-up email exchanges, Ap- testing for Apple,” says Evans. “We’ve make a difference, to get a community be trendsetters. They did that years ago, ple did not respond to our inquiries. █

14 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 █ Phone 214-754-8710 █ Fax 214-969-7271 commUNITYvoices 1825 Market Center Blvd., Ste. 240, Dallas, Texas 75207 Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. • dallasvoice.com administration Pat Robertson is mad Leo Cusimano Publisher █ 114 editorial Tammye Nash Managing Editor █ 113 (and he is still a jerk) Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style █ 129 David Taffet Senior Staff Writer █ 125 thought Pat Robertson had died. Or, I cretins they Philip Burton Proofreader should clarify: I think of him as dead, are! Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Gary Bellomy, Jenny Block, as in dead to me, because he is a hate- Robertson J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, D’Anne Witowski, Lawrence I ful bigot and is one of the grossest exam- isn’t the only Ferber, Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Mark Lowry, Joey Moreno, Cassie Nova, Josh Robbins, Mikey Rox, ples of performative Christianity. person mad Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, So, whenever Robertson is in the news at Trump Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, I always think, “Jesus Christ, this guy over Syria. Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, Casey Williams again? Didn’t he die?” So is Sen. Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn Interns: Jacob Kelley, Joshua Kelley, John McClanahan, Alas, he lives and hates. Lindsey Gra- Lily Philips Let’s see, who is he mad at today? Oh, ham, R-SC, will you look at that. He’s mad at Donald — you know, advertising Trump. the guy who Chad Mantooth Advertising Director █ 131 Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. █ 115 Whatever could have Trump done to tweeted on Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales █ 123 anger Robertson? Well, Trump declared May 3, 2016, National Advertising Representative that we’re going to pull U.S. troops out (ICYMI: Jamal Khashoggi “If we nomi- Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 of northern Syria, basically leaving the was an activist and Wash- nate Trump, art Kurds, who’ve been fighting against ington Post writer who was we will get Kevin Thomas Art Director █ 119 ISIS with us, to be obliterated by Turkish murdered by agents of the destroyed … Shawn Weston Graphic Designer █ 132 troops. Saudi Arabian government. They legit and we will deserve it.” multimedia In other words, we told the Kurds, cut his body into pieces with a bone saw, He’s not happy with Trump, but Stephen Mobley Social Media Director █ 123 “Hey, help us. We’ve got your back.” and Trump’s response to this horror was Graham’s Twitter feed mostly reads as Brian Kennedy Video Producer And now Trump has basically told them to basically shrug. Because he is terrible “Trump is my friend and he likes me” Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host to F off and die. at his job and at being a human.) fan fiction, so who cares what Graham Brad Pritchett DVtv Host (As Dallas Voice goes to publication, So yeah, Robertson’s mad. But just thinks. Especially when you consider Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host Regina Lyn U.S. troops have already been pulled look HOW mad: “I believe, and I want how Trump clearly sees himself as a god, out; Turkey has already invaded, and to say this with great solemnity, the pres- a delusion that his sycophant supporters circulation Kurds are already dying.) ident of the United States is in danger of no doubt fuel. Linda Depriter Circulation Director █ 120 “Ladies and gentlemen, I want to say, losing the mandate of Heaven if he per- In response to criticism Trump tweet- founders right now, I am absolutely appalled that mits this to happen.” ed, “As I have stated strongly before, and Robert Moore █ Don Ritz the United States is going to betray those OK, OK, OK. just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything affiliations/memberships Democratic forces in Northern Syria, Now, I’m no foreign policy expert that I, in my great and unmatched wis- Associated Press - Associate Member that we possibly are going to allow the (and, not incidentally, neither is Trump), dom, consider to be off limits, I will to- National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association Certified LGBT Business Enterprise Turkish to come in against the Kurds,” but LOSING THE MANDATE OF tally destroy and obliterate the Economy Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber Robertson said on The 700 Club after HEAVEN? Uh, this means that up un- of Turkey.” Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association Trump’s announcement. til this point Robertson believed that In MY GREAT AND UNMATCHED You hear that? Robertson is AP- Trump HAD the mandate from Heav- WISDOM? What in the holy hell? PALLED. That’s pretty strong language. en. That Trump was Heaven-sent. A gift I thought Christians were supposed to, “[He] is a thug. He has taken control from God, if you will. like, turn to God or hit up Jesus for wis- of his country like a dictator,” Robertson But I won’t. Not for a second. dom, or at least pretend they don’t think said. “He is in for himself.” Watching right-wing evangelicals hold they themselves are the end-all and be- And while you might think that Rob- up Trump as God’s gift to America has all of knowledge? © 2019 Voice Publishing Company, Inc. 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10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 15 LIFE+STYLE ‘We don’t like profile ordinary’ Winn Morton has spent decades crafting the most extravagant costumes ever seen. Now, at age 90, he has one last hurrah

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hen I ask Winn Morton about a lesson he has W learned in his 91 years alive, he snaps at me in a pearlescent Texas drawl, more mocking than menacing. “Ninety!” he corrects. “Don’t make me older than I am.” Even a nonagenarian, it seems, has a touch of vanity. His comparative youth barely dimin- ishes the bona fides of his life. Morton began working at age 12 and continues to do so — at least he will until next week when, following his 40th or so engagement with the Texas Rose Fes- tival in Tyler, he will, finally, retire. He has no idea what’s next — “One thing I won’t do is become a drunk and get fat… though I might drink a little,” he figures — but working has just become too taxing on him physically. You can hardly blame him. Although his name might not be familiar, chances are you have seen his work. Since start- ing out as a gopher with Ringling Bros. in 1941, then discovering his passion for design (especially costumes), he has spent the better part of eight decades making magic. But few magicians could conjure as fantastic an effect as Winn Morton himself.

orton’s Texas roots stretch back for generations. He still M lives on an estate in South Dallas, Winniford Farms, which has been in his family since the 1850s. But if the family was land-rich, it was cash- poor. Morton grew up comfortable, but not wealthy. And from an early age, he craved glamour and excitement.

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16 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 L+S halloween What to wear

an election year, but politics are in the air with impeachment on the horizon. Show your civic side with a whistle, adding a mask and/or copy of the con- stitution. You can even Kathy-Griffin it up with a Trump effigy. The Joker. Haven’t mastered the art of drag? You don’t need to be good at makeup to smear white pancake all over your face, tint your hair green, slap on a creepy smile and laugh like a hyena to creep out trick-or-treaters. If you have better makeup skills, you can still go full-on sociopath clown as GRAND Pennywise. Skeleton. Easy and sexy, a pair of OPENING neon skeleton leggings from Shinesty will help you stand out while showing of a little of the meat on your WEEKEND! bones. █

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10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 17 L+S screen An-TWO-nio Banderas

Banderas plays a filmmaker examining his life choices in ‘Pain & Glory,’ and a lawyer (opposite Gary Oldman) with no such misgivings in ‘The Laundromat.’

In a pair of new films, the break with Alberto (Asier Etxeandia), Sabor heartthrob matures into a his longtime friend who starred in but whose heroin addiction ruined their thoughtful character actor relationship. You suspect Pain & Glory will play out with soul-searching, end- ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Executive Editor ing either at the premiere of the restored [email protected] film or taking that as a catalyst to fur- ther explore their newfound friendship. rite what you know,” the But neither of those things happen ex- saying goes. And that has actly. Alberto all but disappears halfway Wled to countless films about through the film, and Pain & Glory goes filmmakers … not always to the benefit. down numerous rabbit holes, apparent- Introspective dramas about the strug- ly losing its narrative thread. gles of creativity can be a cinematic One of Almodovar’s blindspots as a ouroboros — the serpent eating its own filmmaker seems to be his solitariness: tale. There are successful iterations, of He’s the lone writer-director on his in- course, notably Fellini’s 8½ and some of timate and personal movies, and you of- Woody Allen’s mid-career work. ten sense he doesn’t have a consigilere to Pedro Almodovar’s Pain & Glory is wave him off dead-ends or bad choices. the latest entry in this sub-genre, and You can’t see the unifying element until while slow to reveal itself, eventually the very end — that Pain & Glory is a exposes the intellect and emotional journey of internal reconciliation of the connectedness that distinguishes his choices we make and the effect on our best films. relationships. It’s less novel that a series Antonio Banderas plays Salvador of short stories — vignettes about Sal- (Almodovar’s alter ego), a gay movie vador’s feelings about Alberto, his own director who hasn’t made a film in years mother, his lost lover, his first crush owing to severe pain caused by a spinal and his own body. And more than even fusion and other health complications. Almodovar, it’s Banderas who holds it When one of his early films, Sabor, is all together. restored and set for re-release, Salva- It’s hard not to see Alberto as a stand- dor looks back on his life, including a in for Banderas himself, who began his

18 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 career with Almodovar before a split Housewife Ellen Martin (Meryl Now offering that lasted 20 years. Only Banderas here Streep) becomes a widow when the is the director, embodying the other side boat she and her husband are sailing in FREEZE away your fat. of the argument while apologizing for capsizes. She sues the captain’s insur- FDA - cleared to treat the flanks (love handles), abdomen, double chin and more. his own conduct. The backstory adds ance company, only to learn a series of an emotional depth to both actor and shady financial transactions between 25% OFF with the purchase of 2 or more cycles! character, that only grows during the Caribbean nations has left the company subsequent sequences. virtually judgment proof … and Martin Banderas has always been a risk-tak- determines to find out how this could ing actor for someone so well-suited for possibly be legal. Offer expires November 1, 2019 heartthrob status. His first big American At least, that’s the conceit. Martin is Not to be combined with other specials or promotions. role was as Tom Hanks’ lover in Phil- a fictional construct, though Banderas Call Today! 214-521-5277 adelphia, he played a bisexual vampire and Gary Oldman play all-too-real men: BEFORE AFTER 2928 Oak Lawn Ave. and a mental patient with weird sex Fonseca and Mossack, lawyers whose Actual Advanced Skin Fitness Patient advancedskinfitness.com fantasies in Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! He Panama-based firm set up hundreds mixed those with standard Latin lover of thousands of shell corporations to Put your health in the hands types (Zorro, and even the voice of Puss launder money, evade taxes and shield of one of the most trusted physicians with in Boots). But at 59, he looks comfort- super-rich clients from personal respon- able playing a man past his prime sibility. (The release of their documents but still aware of his human frailties. in 2015 became the scandal known as There’s a delicate, even feminine quality the Panama Papers.) to his performance without devolving The tone, like many of Soderbergh’s into camp. He exudes sadness but not caper films, is hip and jokey. Oldman self-pity. (The film’s most devastating and Banderas are mostly seen address- line — “I’ve disappointed you simply ing the camera dressed in extravagant Concierge Medicine • Direct access 24-hours a day, seven days a week • Same or next day appointments • More consultation time MEDICAL PRACTICE OF Dr. Steven M. Pounders A medical practice with more than 25 years in the heart of Oak Lawn at Lemmon Call today for a private consultation 214-520-8833 | 3500 Oak Lawn, Ste. 600 | drpounders.com

by being who I am; I’m sorry” — isn’t formalwear, the epitome of unreliable played as mawkish, but as a genuine narrators, justifying their gray market apology from son to mother.) dealings while sipping Dom Perignon Like 8½ — and even its musical on sandy beaches. “Don’t shoot the adaptation Nine, in which Banderas messengers!” is their attitude… al- played on Broadway — a key character though the messengers also happen to turn revolves around a childhood crush, be the perps. but it’s played quickly and late, and It’s a stylized film to be sure and, like many other autobiographical details Pain & Glory, piecemeal in its structure; seem added at the expense of the “big” huge swaths of plot have seemingly ones. Still, with Banderas anchoring the little to do with Streep, Oldman or Ban- emotions, Pain & Glory succeeds. deras. And while it doesn’t all coalesce (the ending becomes a virtual PSA for A very different side of Banderas is demanding tougher banking laws for evident in The Laundromat, his second the one-percenters), it’s more human film opening this month. Itself a pas- and less wonky than The Big Short or tiche, this dark comedy from director Margin Call, and the main cast are all Steven Soderbergh is sort of Ocean’s 11 charismatic. It’s smarmy, but in the best as filtered through The Big Short. way. █

10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 19 LIFE+STYLE Red hot concerts Club music mavens Sofi Tukker burn up the dance floor on new tour

JONANNA WIDNER | Contributing Writer seems to be part of the package. That come: A sophisticated song built of [email protected] continues in their most recent output, intricate parts and references, with an Dancing on the People, a six-song EP undeniable head-bopping groove. he musical duo of Sophie Haw- equal parts utopian silliness, Facto- It turns out the lyric is actually some- ley-Weld and Tucker Halpern ry-era nods and dance floor bangers. thing deeper, too. It refers to the duo’s T — known as collectively as the “We love it so much,” Halpern says. Animal Talk events — crowded dance band Sofi Tukker — creates club music “There is a range of so many different parties that evoke the neon psychedelic at its best. Beginning with “Fuck They,” kinds of moods on the EP, but it’s all vibe of rave culture. Sometimes during the twitchy first song from definitely a dance party.” their Animal Talk sets, the floor gets so SOFI TUKKER their 2018 debut Treehouse, Granada Theater, Indeed. Dancing on crowded, Halpern has said in previous almost every one of their 3524 Greenville Ave. the People kicks off with interviews, it’s like they’re dancing on Oct. 15. 7 p.m. doors. $27. tracks contains a multi- GranadaTheater.com. “Swing,” which builds each other. tude of joyous hybrids: from a crisp string into “It is definitely a crazy party,” he tells swirling clouds of symphonic ’70s disco a groove buoyed by Hawley-Weld’s me, “but the Animal Talk community is grounded by big ’90s bass drops; un- straightforward melody (sung in Por- Tukker’s vocals, his voice distorted like all about lifting each other up. It’s about expected rhythm switches paired with tuguese) and a jagged beat. Each tempo a friendly devil, spouting what appears creating environments where everyone squirrelly little arpeggios; Latin beats change carries with it a textural change to be nonsense: feels free to be themselves, and it cen- intertwined with sing-song melodies. It as well — drums drop out and return, Purple hat, cheetah print ters around the philosophy that we are could all melt down into a glob of mu- say, or a dramatic pause provides the Dancing on the people all in this together.” sical muddle, but instead, it all works. transition into a new verse. Rolled up at the after joint Perhaps due to its ’90s and ‘nough- The disparate parts live in harmony…. Each song is a floor-burner in its own Dancing‚ dancing on the people‚ people ties vibe, “Purple Hat” also evokes up But one part of that harmony might right, with the exception of the low- Dancing on the people an aesthetic thread that made its way involve completely distorted vocals. er-tempo “Ringless,” but it’s the fourth I got people on the people‚ people through that era’s club music. Much of Considering the infectious joy the track, “Purple Hat,” that serves up the Dancing on the people it is open and exuberant. But some of it pair seems to take in creating and most energy. It starts with a loungey With the people on the people. had an edge. Those sunny aspects are sharing their music, living in harmony kind of vibe that segues cleverly into The kooky lyrics belie what is to still there, but with an underlying ten-

20 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 sion, like the smile of someone who’s months. A doctor finally told him he taken just a little too much Ecstasy. had a severe strain of the Epstein-Barr Not that that’s a bad thing. Dance virus. His playing days were over. music as response to, and release of, He bought a little drum machine the darker sides of life has long been the very day of his diagnosis and a defining aspect of the genre. In fact, channeled all his energy into music. Dancing on the People itself was borne of During one of his DJ gigs, he met a hardship. In July 2019, Hawley-Weld Hawley-Weld, who had just performed broke her foot onstage during a show some of her own songs. They had in Australia. The duo was forced to end instant musical chemistry, and Sofi Tuk- their tour, come back to the States and ker was born. (Although both members regroup. It was a tough time of being are straight, they take their name from much less mobile, punctuated by in- the saucy, campy Vaudeville and radio tense hours of rehabbing. So with extra star Sophie Tucker, known as “the last time on their hands, Hawley-Weld and of the red hot mamas,” and have a large Halpern went into the studio, resulting queer following). in the six songs that make up the new “Injury, sickness, loss, heartbreak or disc. And now they are back on tour, in- otherwise,” Hawley-Weld says. “They cluding a stop in Dallas at the Granada make us want to celebrate and enjoy on Tuesday. life, because we can’t take it for grant- “Harder times are a huge part of ed. We love to escape in music and we what makes us so determined to make have both let music bring us out of hard bright music,” Hawley-Weld says. times many times before.” It was an even more serious situation That ability to connect, even over the that brought the pair together in the hard stuff, may be why the pair enjoys first place. In 2011, Halpern was a rising such a special connection with their star on the Brown basketball team. He audience — from smaller DJ sets to live earned All-Ivy honorable mention hon- shows at giant festivals. ors, and he was considering a push to “It’s everything,” Hawley-Weld says possibly aim at an NBA career. But he of the vibe between them and their also found himself plagued by intense fans. “We give everything we can on fatigue. It only got worse, even as his stage and it’s an amazing feedback play on the court turned him into a loop, we end up feeling physically tired star. He ended up bed-ridden for eight but so nourished after shows.” █

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The trope of the restless young design early. “In the 1950s, they had vagabond running off to join the circus all these wonderful movies with big isn’t exactly true of Morton — he didn’t production numbers and magnificent exactly “run away.” “I didn’t have costumes — that and the circus” drew to— my mother said ‘Go.’ I was 12, him to costumes. “Costumes are all the [but] it was just for the summer — two difference in the world from clothes” months.” He came back in the fall and — so much so, he doesn’t even know went back to school in Highland Park. how to explain it. He attended Parsons But formal education wasn’t his forte. School of Design. He met important “Later I went to SMU, where I was people who also exposed him to gay very successful at failing,” he quips. life, inviting him to fabulous brunches “That’s the only place I ever failed at every Sunday on Park Avenue. And he in my life. I was in my era of revolt. tried to forge a career. I wanted to go to Ringling school [in “I would get a job [designing cos- Sarasota] for a year.” tumes] because of my portfolio, but I Morton made the move and learned couldn’t produce fast enough and I’d get HalloweenSPECIAL SPOOKY SECTION even more about circus life than he had fired,” he says. He finally landed a hit during that glorious summer less than show; soon he was making “really good a decade earlier. “I never liked the freak money at 24, but I hated it. I felt I needed shows — I like the pretty things.” While to prove myself.” That’s when he moved at the Ringling school, he was taken back to Dallas and began working for under the wing of the great theatrical Neiman Marcus designing the windows. COMING impresario John Murray Anderson And then his life truly began. (who, among other things, worked Because that’s where he met Harry. with Casa Manana in Fort Worth). Anderson provided a path for Morton: arry was beautiful — oh my He got him a job with Ringling Bros. god!” Morton sighs. “He really OCT. 25! and loaded him up on the circus train. H was. He was the most popular AD SPACE DEADLINE 10.21.19 “That’s how I got to New York from boy and had the most beautiful body. Sarasota,” he says, working stop to stop Every Saturday, all the Neiman Marcus for several months. (The train ride itself people would go to the Stoneleigh Ho- CONTACT US TODAY • 214-754-8710 was a memorable life experience. It was tel, where they had a swimming pool. crowded, he recalls: “Three bunks high And Harry was there with his beautiful [email protected] on each side, two [people] to a bunk.” body. I went nuts. All the guys hanging They slept head to toe “more or less… around wanted him. I was determined luckily I had a good bunkmate.” Morton to have him.” grins slyly.) Morton played a long game of flir- Moving to New York provided more tation and seduction — “we weren’t valuable experiences. Morton became virgins!” he laughs — until “I finally entranced by the spectacle of costume got him in bed. I had just got this new

22 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 Welcome to OUT North Texas! apartment off of Live Oak and had all come to an end. Our 6th Editon! new draperies. The next morning, he came into the living room and was sit- y best years were in my 60s ting on the couch buck naked, smoking and 70s. I was more com- a cigarette ... and he burned a hole in my M pletely aware of myself [and new drapes! And you know what…? It my skills]. But this is my swan song.” didn’t matter. He was just so pretty.” He repeats the phrase several times, Morton was 25 when they met. They as if saying it aloud will help in his remained inseparable for the next 53 resolve. He loves what he does and still HOT OFF years. has a lot of creativity, but “I can’t do it “Harry used to hear people say they’d anymore. I like it, but I become so tired. been together 25, 30 years, and he’d say, It’s time to retire. All roses have thorns,” ‘Well, that’s a beginning.’ He was a mess.” he jokes, “but on the whole, it’s been THE PRESS! Harry — a Mississippi boy plucked wonderful. I enjoy women; they are by Neimans scouts to join the most probably more interesting than men. I’m prestigious retail brand in the country not bisexual — don’t get me wrong. But — was more like a force of nature, to women are smart and fun to be with. hear the stories. They relocated to NYC, But I’ll miss it.” Complete Guide where Harry taught at Fashion Institute Organizers of the festival, which this to DFW! of Technology for years while Winn year runs Oct. 17–20, choose a theme for worked as a costume designer for Ring- its look, and for about 40 of its 86-year █ ling as well as Broadway. They traveled. existence, it has been Morton’s job to Dynamic In 1977, they decided to move back to execute that theme with a degree of ex- Relocation Guide Dallas and quickly became ensconced travagance rarely seen since the French in Dallas’ social scene… despite being Revolution. Only maybe a little more so. █ quite obviously a couple. Morton calls this year’s theme “fa- Comprehensive “Everybody knew us as Harry and mous women,” although technically it’s Winn — it wasn’t a question of us being “Portraits of Inspiration.” And as a gay Business Directory out. I never came out to my folks and Texas costume designer with no more of people who they were deaf, dumb and blind when fucks to give, Morton knows it’s impos- want to do it came to [my sexual orientation]. My sible to be too over-the-top. folks would never had accepted it. I He pulls out his phone to show off business with you. used to come home for the holidays, some of the gowns. The skirt on his and [friends would ask my parents Mary Queen of Scots is solid pearls. about Harry and me], and I would hear His version of Catherine the Great and my mother say, ‘They are just friends, Marie Antoinette are even more elab- they are just roommates.’” orate. All in all, he has 60 costumes to But even among Texas powerbrokers, complete as well as the sets. And it’s all Harry remained true only to himself. very pricey. “Harry talked a lot. He’d be on the “We don’t do bunting — that’s for phone for three hours and I’d say ‘what fucking floats,” he mocks. We do expen- were you all talking about?’ He would sive.” (Asked to identify his favorite fabric say ‘We were discussing a recipe.’ We’d to work with, Morton shoots back, “One have parties out here and we’d have a that’s covered in sequins. You know what CEO come, and [beforehand I would tell you do with sequins? You compound it Harry], You have to be nice just for one with rhinestones. It really makes it glitter. evening!’ And he would not bend! But it We don’t like to be ordinary.”) worked out.” Morton’s gift for costuming even Fifty-three years together is a long attracted the attention of documentar- time, but it wasn’t enough. Harry died ian Ashley Bush (granddaughter and about 12 years ago, and Morton still great-granddaughter of two presidents), tears up to talk about it, punctuated by who ended up making a short film anger over the “fucking cigarettes” that about Morton’s work with the festival would lead to Harry’s death (and also called The Queen’s New Clothes, which killed Morton’s mother). has played the festival circuit this year. On Newsstands In the decade since, Morton threw As much as it’s about Morton, though, himself into his work, especially creat- it’s something else, too. Now! ing all the costumes and sets for the Tex- “It really did break my heart. It’s a as Rose Festival, a three-day event held beautiful story, but it’s really about every October in Tyler that centers on Harry.” a debutante pageant: The Rose Queen And once again, Morton chokes 1825 Market Center Blvd. Ste 240 Dallas • 214.754.8710 • OUTntx.com and her court. But now even that must up. It’s all over so quickly. █

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Saturday 10.12 Leslie Jordan performs benefit at SMU Emmy-winning comedian and actor Leslie Jordan, best known for his work on Will & Grace and Hearts Afire, is in town Saturday night to perform his new one-man show Overexposed! Before Jordan brings the funny, local standup comedian Brian Kennedy opens the night, Tuesday 10.15 – Sunday 11.10 then trans reality-TV star Cassandra ‘Ann’ highlights the feminist legacy of the former Cass performs. This show benefits Texas governor Legacy Counseling Center and Emmy-winning actress Holland Taylor wrote and initially starred in Ann, a solo play that Founders Cottage. pays homage to former Texas governor Ann Richards’ life and term in office. Libby Villari, who played the role in Austin, replaces previously-announced star Jayne Atkinson in this DEETS: McFarlin Auditorium on the comic take on Richards, a unique character who stood strong for women. SMU campus, 6405 Boaz Lane. Doors 7 p.m. Tickets from $35. DEETS: Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. DallasTheaterCenter.org. EventBrite.com.

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10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 25 THEATER calendar highlights FRIDAY 10.11 Ann. One-woman show by Holland Taylor FUNDRAISER about former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Kalita What We Were by Blake Hackler. World Burgers and Burgundy. The foodie fundraiser Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. ARTSWEEK premiere about three sisters coping with a for DIFFA Dallas returns, with 12 chefs cooking Oct. 15–Nov. 10. DallasTheaterCenter.org. THEATER history of abuse. A co-production with Second up their variation on a burger and wine to boot. Dracula. A feminist spin on the vampire story, Thought Theatre, the production has moved Moves this year to Klyde Warren Park. from Michael Federico and Christie Vela. to Circle Theatre, 230 W. 4th St. Fort Worth. 6:30–10 p.m. $150. DIFFADallas.org. THURSDAY 10.17 A world premiere. Theatre 3, 2900 Routh Through Oct. 19. CircleTheatre.com. CABARET St. in the Quadrangle. Through Oct. 27. Glitterbomb Denton. Weekly queer variety Theatre3Dallas.com. The Wild Party. Bishop Arts Theatre Center SATURDAY 10.12 show with a new lineup every Thursday, presents the Andrew Lippa version (there is FUNDRAISER now at a new locale and new time. Andy’s Bar, In the Heights. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s other another by Michael John LaChiusa) of the Leslie Jordan: Overexposed. The Emmy 122 N. Locust St., Denton. 8 p.m. hip-hop musical, set in a mixed neighborhood famed Jazz Age poem by Joseph Moncure Award-winning actor and raconteur tells of Manhattan during a hot summer week. March about debauchery and murder. Bishop tales from his wild life in Tennessee and this week’s solution Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. Through Oct. 20. Arts Theatre Center, 215 S. Tyler St. Through Hollywood as a benefit for Legacy Counseling. DallasTheaterCenter.org. Oct. 27. BishopArtsTheatre.org. McFarlin Auditorium on the SMU campus 6405 Boaz. VIP at 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. A Love Offering. World premiere by local gay LeslieJordanDallas.com. playwright Jonathan Norton. Directed by Tina CIRCUS Parker. Presented by Kitchen Dog Theater. Circus Kerwich. Lone Star Circus presents Trinity River Arts Center, 2600 N. Stemmons its first-ever “under the big top tent” show for MONDAY 10.14 Freeway. Through Oct. 27. one week only. The Friday night performance CABARET KitchenDogTheater.org. is an intimate adults-only show. Dallas Farmers Mama’s Party. Weekly cabaret night with Market, 1010 S. Pearl Expressway (near The special guest performances. Uptown Theatre, Red Chariot. A world premiere science fiction Shed). Through Oct. 13. LoneStarCircus.org. 120 E. Main St., Grand Prairie. 7:35 p.m. $10. thriller by Gordon Dahlquist. Final weekend. Undermain Theatre, 3200 Main St. FINE ART Undermain.org. Dior: From Paris to the World. Retrospective TUESDAY 10.15 FILM of 70 years of the famed French design house. Two by Beckett. WingSpan Theatre, which Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 Harwood St. Badlands. Terrence Malick’s amazing has always focused on challenging plays that Through Oct. 27 (extended). DMA.org. feature film debut, a contemplative drama address gender issues, celebrates its 22nd based on the Starkweather killing spree season with two one-act solo shows by Samuel A Sampling of Contemporary with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek. Beckett: Footfalls (with Jennifer Kuenzer) and Portraiture. An exhibition of the work of Screens as part of the Tuesday Big Movie Not I (with artistic director Susan Sargeant). five photographers producing compelling New Classic Series, which now includes a █ browse █ submit Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther new examples of portraiture. Afterimage matinee. Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre in the Drive. Through Oct. 27. WingSpanTheatre.org. Gallery, 2613B Fairmount St. Through Nov. 4. West Village, 3699 McKinney Ave. For a more complete Community To submit an item for inclusion in Screens at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Calendar online, visit the Community Calendar, visit AfterimageGallery.com. Tinyurl.com/dvevents. Tinyurl.com/dvevents.

26 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 10.11.19 █ dallasvoice 27 L+S scoop Cassie Nova Happy autumn, ’hos!

Hello, heathens. Fall is finally here. It is my Dear L.B., First off, everyone’s family favorite time of year. I don’t care that every- dynamics are different. You can’t judge his thing is pumpkin spiced — I can’t wait to family by how your family has treated you. If enjoy a hot toddy while sitting outside next to he’s close to his mother, she knows, but not a roaring fire. Or even better: hot chocolate everyone talks about things openly. Do they with whipped cream-flavored vodka. Or melt even know he’s gay? Red Hots in apple cider and top with caramel Second, your boyfriend’s journey to accep- flavored vodka. Or Bailey’s Irish Cream in a tance with himself sounds like it is not where piping hot mug of coffee. Or just a straight you are. All you can do is be there for him if shot of Tito’s from the bottle… oh fuck, I’m an and when he decides to open up to them. alcoholic. Sometimes it’s best not to rock the boat, but Now that we are all liquored up, let’s eventually it all comes out into the light. Does respond to some emails that I have gotten in he show his love for you in different ways? the past few months. I swear I haven’t been Have you told him you are hurt by him not ignoring you, I just needed to marinate on my owning up to being with you, or are you just answers before I responded. expecting him to know? Don’t assume he First off, I have received many inquiries knows your feelings; say what you want to say (OK, three) from up-and-coming drag queens and talk about it. Good luck, Cassie. asking advice on how to get their foot in the Dear Cassie, What is your favorite song to door and start getting bookings. Dammit, chil- perform? Is there a song you hate to do but dren: Do you not read this column religiously? still do? Signed, Dragfan69. I swear I get asked the same questions over Dear Dragfan69, My all-time favorite song and over, and I have answered them over and to perform is “Dreams” by Grace Slick. I fell in over again. So let me sum it up: love with the song when I was a drag baby but 1. Paint yourself and do everything for your- only perform it on special occasions. I think I self — you learn more that way. last did it as Pennywise a few Halloweens ago. 2. Volunteer to perform at benefits so you Those big, dramatic songs bring me the most can get your name out there. If it is for a good joy onstage, but Cassie Nova is supposed to cause, that helps with your karma. be funny and light-hearted, so I don’t do the 3. Support the shows you want to be a part dramatics all that often. I should do those kind of. of songs more. I miss weird, goth Cassie with 4. Hang out and befriend other young drag the crazy contacts. queens. You will learn more from your sisters If I absolutely hate a song, I refuse to even than you will from any YouTube video. learn it, let alone do it in the show. I will say 5. Don’t be a cunt! that many of the songs that I have been doing That last one is important. I know it’s kinda for years are like going on auto-pilot. I know hypocritical coming from me, but I worked the crowd loves these songs, and I usually hard for my cuntness. Truth is, there were a make money off of them, but my joy level is few girls that started doing the amateur night minimal. I hate to say it, but the songs I’m who were actually pretty good, but after I talking about are usually by Meghan Trainor. I complimented them (I was out of drag and like her just fine, but you know… they had no idea who I was) they were quite I know it’s stupid but my favorite songs are rude. I told one she did awesome after her always the ones the crowd is singing along to. number one night, and she looked at me like I can’t go wrong with Kelly, Carrie or Gretchen. she was smelling shit and said, “Duh!” It took It’s like a sing-a-long every time! years before I could see her as anything but Remember to always love more, bitch less a little bitch. She was young and immature and be fabulous! XOXO, Cassie Nova. when this happened, but has since grown to be a great entertainer and a nicer person… but while I am not built like an elephant, I never forget. Truth be told, I’m not sure how many of these younger queens would be nice to me at all if I wasn’t in the position I am. But I try to take people at face value; if you are genuinely nice to me, I am nice to you. I was, after all, voted “most friendly” in high school. Hand to God. Me! Most friendly. I know… hilarious! Dear Cassie, My boyfriend of three years (living together for two of those) refuses to tell his family about us. He claims to be close to his mother but won’t tell her that we are a couple. My family knows everything. They are very accepting. It hurts my feelings and makes me feel like he is ashamed of me. What should I do? Thanks, L.B.

28 dallasvoice.com █ 10.11.19 LIFE+STYLE Magnum Dallas opens tonight! scene

Making the SCENE the week of Oct. 11–17: • 1851 Club: Kiana Lee hosts Kristie Davenport, Aundra Mikyles and Chanel St. John on Friday and Candi Carroll, Sapphire Davenport and Patrick Mikyles on Saturday. • Alexandre’s: Terry Loftis on Saturday. Wayne Smith on Sunday. K-Marie on Tuesday. Vero Voz on Wednesday. Chris Chism on Thursday. • Cedar Springs Tap House: Texas-OU DFW Pride Happy Hour at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The Darlin Show with karaoke, games and live entertainment from 8-11 p.m. on Friday. • Club Changes: Jovanna Norell Birthday Bash at 11 p.m. on Thursday. • Club Reflection: Cowtown Leathermen Underwear Auction on Sunday. • Dallas Eagle: Discipline Corps Club Night at 10 p.m. on Friday. United Court of the Lone Star Empire Candidate Show from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday. NLA - Dallas Club Night from 7-11 p.m on Saturday and Dallas Bears Club Night from 9-11 p.m. on Saturday. RAM Party at 10 p.m. on Saturday. Ms. Olympus Leather from 6-10 p.m. on Sunday. • Havana: Rainbow LULAC monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday. • Hidden Door: SLUTS Club Night at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. United Court Emperor and Empress Candidate Voting from 7-10 p.m. on Wednesday. • JR.’s Bar & Grill: Come undead in zombie or zombie killer gear at the Zombie Apocalypse Bar Crawl all night long on Friday. • Magnum: Opening Night is Friday. Late night meeting with the entertainers. • Marty’s Live: Sexcapade Fridays with Rudeboy Dallas and Nicole O’Hara Munro. • Pekers: Totally Twisted Karaoke with cash prizes at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. • Round-Up Saloon: Couples/Partner Dance Lessons with Mike at 8:30 p.m. on Monday. Dragula Watch Party at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Drag Race UK Watch Party at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Lip Sync Battle at 11 p.m. on Thursday. • S4: Come undead in zombie or zombie killer gear at the Zombie Apocalypse Bar Crawl all night long on Friday. • Sue Ellen’s: Come undead in zombie or zombie killer gear at the Zombie Apocalypse Bar Crawl all night long on Friday. Vivienne Vermuth Presents Spooky Sirens on Saturday. Ashley Dior’s Lips and Lashes Foundation Benefit Show from 5-8 p.m. on Sunday. The Tuxedos and Ryan Berg and the Velvet Ears on Sunday. • The Rose Room: Nadine Hughes performs on Friday and Saturday. Miss Texas FFI Pageant 2019 at 10:45 p.m. on Sunday. Mr. Gay USofA at Large Pageant at 10 p.m. on Monday and 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Gay USofA Preliminaries at 10 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. • TMC: The Mining Company: Come undead in zombie or zombie killer gear at the Zombie Apocalypse Bar Crawl all night long on Friday. • Woody’s Sports & Video Bar: Cowboys at NY Jets at 3:25 p.m. on Sunday. Scene Photographers: Kat Haygood and Chad Mantooth

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