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NASHVILLE • KNOXVILLE • CHATTANOOGA • ATLANTA • HUNTSVILLE SEE PAGE 6 Kerry garners ‘O&AN’ OCTOBER endorsement Vol. 3, No. 10, 2004 Promises © 2004 Out & About Nashville,Inc. of hope and a stronger America SEE PAGE 44 Gay Favorites Fundraising for survival Gloria Gaynor performs at 22004004 Artrageous 04 Readers respond by O&AN staff SEE PAGE 50 From the gentle hills of Middle Tennessee to the Great Smoky Mountains, Room for “Out & About Newspaper” music readers have voted and let their voices be heard. From Katey Sagal chats Nashville and Knoxville’s with ‘O&AN’ about best gay bars, to their favorite TV personalities, “O&AN” her new album and readers have crowned more her eclectic career than 40 different areas as Artwork by C. Hugh Shelton their “gay favorite.” It took more than two months of voting and pro- duced some surprising Beyond the ‘down low’; results. While some winners weren’t so surprising (i.e., controversial author to Favorite Drag Queen – Bianca Paige), some were. make an appearance at Who would have guessed the Favorite Place to Buy Nashville Black Pride Home Accessories is Home Depot? Or that the Favorite guard when told of their new title as one of the Gay by Joseph Brant Radio Station (Nashville) winner would go to 103.3 Favorites, they expressed gratitude for the GLBT Staff Writer WKDF. WKDF? Isn’t that a COUNTRY radio station? community. The Middle and East Tennessee gay communities love J.L. King is sure you know what “DL” “I think it’s great to be recognized by a community of means. their gay bars and bartenders, with almost all of the people that knows what it takes to carry out the job I do ballots cast including a vote for at least one of these He knows you saw him on Oprah, or everyday with a sense of style and flare,” said Darin BET or MTV. His publisher tells him his two categories. Trotter. Trotter, who is an on-air reporter for WSMV The Gay Favorites reader’s poll was headed up by book, “On the Down Low: A Journey Into Channel 4 News, was named Favorite News Reporter. the Lives of ‘Straight’ Black Men Who “O&AN” volunteer staffer A.J. Buse. It took the entire WQQK-FM 92.1’s Connie Denell (Favorite Radio DJ ) “O&AN” staff to compile short profiles on the winners, Sleep With Men” (Broadway Books, 2004) echoed Trotter’s sentiments. has over 200,000 copies in print and that it and list the top two runner’s up. “I didn’t know I had a gay following,” Denell said. “But Winners were honored at a reception at Play on may soon become the best selling non-fic- this (title) is something else. It’s a blessing to be honored tion book written by a black male ever. He October 4. by anyone.” “Many of the votes were close,” Buse said. “The poll knows you’ve heard of it. And so without further ado, we’re proud to present the And he’s tired of telling the same story to created tremendous interest amongst our readers. We had results of our first annual Gay Favorites reader’s poll. a terrific response.” different people. “I just got off the phone And while some of the recipients were taken a bit off continued on page 14 continued on page 2 WWW.OUTANDABOUTNEWSPAPER.COM 2 • OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004 O&AN NEWS Author to make an appearance at Nashville Black Pride — continued from page 1 with Montell Williams’s “I bring a fresh dialog from a different perspective,” he people,” he said over the added. “Five hundred to seven hundred students have phone with O&AN, “and shown up at these historically black colleges like TSU for they want to do a DL forums like this one. The young men say ‘my girlfriend… show. I said no!” my mama… my daddy told me to stop by.” “I’ve received calls from King stresses that events such as these are not exclusive as far away as Africa,” he to African-American gay people nor just gay people, for continued. “They want me that matter. to talk about the DL. I said “That New Jersey governor was on the down low,” said no!” King, referring to the recent James McGreevey scandal. “We need to put less “I’m happy he got busted. It’s about time white women focus on the DL behav- realize they’re not exempt from being impacted by white iors,” he explained. “We all DL men.” know about it. Now what That is the crossover message he emphasizes: we need Photo provided J.L. King do we do next?” to build bridges of understanding from all sexual orienta- King is hoping this dia- tion groups. log will come about later this month when he visits the “Neither are gay guys [exempt],” he added. “If you’re TSU campus to moderate a GLBT forum during Black sleeping with a man who’s married, you’re just as guilty.” Pride weekend, October 29-31. Organizer Dwayne Jenkins Expect a no-holds-barred conversation at this commu- discovered King would be visiting Nashville that weekend nity meeting. “I’m bringing all of these subjects up on the and convinced him to contribute to the Black Pride event. table at this forum,” said King. I “People come out just to see me,” said King, clearly unaware of his self-congratulatory tone. “It opens the door Joseph Brant can be contacted at for a lot of straight people to come out. I’ve done a lot of [email protected]. gay pride events that create a dialog between straight and gay people.” Nashville Pride to host second annual bachelor auction at Tribe Ever wanted a real date with that bar- tender you flirt with? Or to have dinner and a show with that guy that everyone lusts after, but never seems to get? Here’s your chance! On Wednesday, October 20, Nashville Pride will host the Second Annual Bachelor Auction at Tribe. Bidding on some of the Last year’s auction featured 15 of hottest guys in town begins at 9:30 p.m. Nashville’s most eligible and raised over Don’t miss your shot at finding love...or a $3000 toward producing the annual good time...on the auction block. PrideFest. I OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004 • 3 4 • OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004 O&AN LETTERS Is Play playing with us? What about the forgotten few? You simply cannot imagine the prices paid elsewhere for larger thrill I had last week during my drinks served in real glasses. first—and last—visit to the much Which brings me to another I applaud “O&AN” for your community sup- and to let the community know that we as touted new dance bar, Play. After point. Why is it that in Nashville, port and services to the GLBT community. I GLBT citizens have made major strives in the standing in line my friends and I which has a cost of living, pay started receiving your newspaper after contacting community but lets not stop there. There are were offered the opportunity to scale, and rental rates anywhere Outloud about a problem I was having as an many men and women just like me, and we pay a $5 cover charge. We didn’t from 15% to 50% less than other imprisoned gay man. After getting your newspa- have no one but the community to turn to. So, mind. larger and big cities, do drinks in per, I was glad to see that the GLBT community please print this letter so that someone who may When we finally made it into gay bars cost as much as they do was finally stepping out and offering safe places be reading this and have been through what I the club and to the bar we in those more expensive places? for gay men to meet and socialize. am experiencing may be able to help others watched a bartender making a Seems to be a bit of a ripoff to My problem is that being an imprisoned gay understand the loneliness of incarceration, espe- shaken drink by pouring the liba- me. man I live a double life. Openly admitting you cially for a gay man with no family or friends to tion back and forth between two are gay in a prison setting is not the healthiest help in his time of need. PLASTIC glasses. I asked him Todd Dickerson thing to do. After months of contacting gay I welcome responses to this letter and pray why he wasn’t using a shaker and West Meade organizations, churches, and anyone associated that there are caring individuals who are willing was told that the plastic glasses with the gay community about the difficulties of to offer that moral and spiritual support that is don’t work right with shakers. being gay in prison, I’ve yet to receive any lacking in the lives of the forgotten few. The obvious question, which I Letter Policy response or support. This is a major concern for asked, was why don’t you use a me because I will soon be returning to the com- Gregory Dalton #662 Letters to the editor are welcome glass, glass? He told me they munity and yearn to live as I am and not be 7475 Cockrill Bend Blvd and encouraged. Letters must be signed. afraid of being rejected, not only because I am Nashville, TN 37209 don’t use glasses.

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