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• TEXAS NEWS 4 DSYD gets 45 lights for Oak Lawn 4 Hubbard announces senate bid 9 Phillips tells stories of persecution

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Bishop T.D. Jakes and Irvin’s DYSD succeeds in effort to ‘Light Up Oak Lawn’ Out magazine interview

gether as a board and the topic of street lighting I finally got around to reading the Out Group notified this week that 45 new magazine piece about Michael Irvin, and came up. They then created what is now known lights will be erected in the area here’s my only question: Did Bishop T.D. as the “Light Up Oak Lawn” campaign. Jakes of the Potter’s House megachurch in within 60 days DSYD then held another meeting at JR’s with Dallas give Irvin his blessing on this? In the members of the community and local businesses story, we learn that Irvin considers Jakes his DRACONIS VON TRAPP | Intern to rally support, deciding to take the issue to the “spiritual father” and that it was under Jakes’ [email protected] City Council, namely District 14 representative counseling that Angela Hunt and District 2 representative Pauline Irvin finally came After a year of pushing the city for more street- Medrano. to terms with his lights in Oak Lawn, Dallas Stonewall Young De- Volunteers went on foot around the Oak Lawn brother’s sexual mocrats saw their efforts pay off this week when area one night and did their own preliminary orientation — and his own homo- city officials announced plans to install 45 new audit, recording the number of broken streetlights phobia. But Jakes lights in the area. and places that were cloaked in darkness, also tak- isn’t exactly the “We’re excited and think it’s a great thing for ing note of foot traffic and the proximity of resi- type of pastor the community,” DSYD President Jared Pearce dential and business housing. about whom said. “We decided to take on the challenge of im- Along with their audit, DSYD vols also did re- you’d expect to proving the street light situation in Oak Lawn be- search on the correlation between street lighting hear that. He’s cause many of us have friends who have been and crime in other cities around the U.S. and the made some pretty bigoted statements over victims of crime in this area. The fact that city offi- U.K., trying to make as convincing a case as pos- the years, calling homosexuality a “broken- cials have listened to us and are taking action to sible. They then took all their blood, sweat and ness” and saying he wouldn’t hire a sexually resolve this problem gives us even more drive to tears and got in contact with Hunt and Medrano. active gay person. In fact, Jakes seems like exactly the type of person Irvin is referring to make changes that can benefit the entire commu- Nearly seven months later, nothing had been in this passage: nity.” done. DYSD reached out to remind city officials of Irvin wants to eradicate homophobia in The Oak Lawn neighborhood has been afflicted nearly every mugging that happened in that area every corner of American society. He points with a disproportionately high crime rate and lack — but still no cigar. to churches that have skewed the word of of appropriate street lighting. After a series of “We didn’t want to count on the city for Jared Pearce God to persecute those who don’t share muggings in the neighborhood, DSYD got to- • DYSD, Page 12 their dogma; he shakes his head at the black culture he says has gone adrift in a sea of homophobia; and he said it’s time to end the second class citizen status of gays Candidate touts Democratic values in the eyes of the law. “I don’t see how any African-American with any inkling of history can say that you Sean Hubbard plans to campaign tention to run for the seat on the Democratic ticket don’t have the right to live your life how you as a liberal, including supporting by filing with the FEC — Gen. Ricardo Sanchez want to live your life. No one should be who was commander of coalition ground forces telling you who you should love, no one same-sex marriage in Iraq in 2003-04. Candidates have until Jan. 1 to should be telling you who you should be register for the 2012 election. spending the rest of your life with. When we DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer Hubbard has been speaking to party leaders start talking about equality and everybody [email protected] across the state. After the resounding defeat of being treated equally, I don’t want to know “I’m tired of the Democratic Party being Houston Mayor Bill White in his race against in- an African-American who will say everybody afraid,” said Sean Hubbard, 30, who is running to cumbent Gov. Rick Perry in 2010, few well-known doesn’t deserve equality.” On one hand, Irvin considers Jakes his take Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison’s place in the U.S. names in the Democratic Party appear to have an spirtiual father, but on the other, he says he Senate. appetite for a statewide race in Texas. doesn’t even want to know an African- With the vacancy left by Hutchison’s decision Hubbard cites some of the mistakes recent can- American person who doesn’t support not to run for re-election, this election cycle pres- didates have made, including running from core LGBT equality — which, based on past ents the Democrats with a rare opportunity that Democratic values. statements, would be a fairly accurate de- might not come around again for another genera- “I’m an open supporter of gay marriage,” he scription of Jakes. I’m curious as to whether tion. said. the author of the Out story, Cyd Zeigler, Although Hubbard filed with the Federal Elec- He bases his opposition to civil unions on asked Irvin about this seeming incongru- tion Commission three days before Hutchison an- Brown vs. Board of Education and said that sepa- ency, and if so, what Irvin said. Here’s one nounced her plans to retire, her departure leaves rate is not equal. possible explanation: A few years back, Jakes’ son was arrested in a gay sex sting a rare opening. Stonewall Democrats of Dallas was one of the at Kiest Park in Dallas. Has that changed At the time he registered his intention to run for first groups Hubbard visited to ask for support. Jakes’ views about gay people, just as the Democratic nomination for the seat, Hubbard He also supports a stronger focus on public ed- Irvin’s brother’s sexual orientation changed thought Hutchison’s recent turn to the right was ucation and hiring more teachers, rather than fir- his? If so, is Jakes going to speak up about a ploy to head off a Tea Party challenge. Instead, ing them. it like Irvin has? And if not, is Irvin working on her departure presented an opportunity. “The goal of Republicans is to destroy public Jakes? If Jakes, one of the most influential In the general election, Hubbard said, he’d education,” he said. “I have to make sure Texas African-American pastors in the nation, were rather run against a Tea Party candidate than a has schools that teach about Thomas Jefferson and to come out in support of LGBT equality, it well-funded, well-known opponent like Texas Lt. not the Heritage Foundation.” would be just as significant — if not more — Gov. David Dewhurst. But he’s prepared for ei- Hubbard said that attracting the Latino vote is than Irvin doing so. We’re all ears, bishop, all ears. ther. crucial to his campaign, and he has visited both — John Wright Sean Hubbard Only one other candidate has indicated an in- • SENATE, Page 13

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Gaybingo marks 10th anniversary tion items when the tables close. The auction items include a $250 Aveda gift certificate, a $500 Resource Center Dallas marks the 10th anniver- personal training package and more. sary of its monthly Gaybingo fundraiser on Sat- Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS is a two-day cy- urday, July 16, in the Rose Room at S4, 3911 Cedar cling trip through and around the Dallas/Fort Springs Road. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games Worth area set for Sept. 24-25. LSRFA offers a start at 6 p.m. number of routes, ranging from a one-day, 45-mile The theme for the evening is “Gaybingo Live!” ride to a two-day, 180-mile ride. and a number of special guests from previous LSRFA is an independent, non-profit organiza- events will be on hand to help celebrate the an- tion that benefits AIDS Services of Dallas, AIDS niversary. Outreach Center of Tarrant County and Resource Hosts are Jenna Skyy, Patti Le Plae Safe and Center Dallas, and has donated nearly $2 million Asia O’Hara, and featured performers are the to the three beneficiary agencies since 2001. BVDs (Bingo Verifying Divas and Dudes). For more information, go online to LoneStar- The cost is $25 for 15 games of Bingo, including Ride.org. 10 regular games and five speciality games. For advance tickets, go online to RCDallas.org. Speakers set for trans summit Advance ticket holders get in first when the doors open. HOUSTON — Dr. Paige Schilt and Meghan Stabler have been announced as keynote speakers LSR sets Casino Night for the third annual Texas Transgender Nondis- crimination Summit scheduled for Aug. 12-13 at Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS will present its the University of Houston. fourth annual Casino Night on Thursday, Aug. 4, Schilt, former director of national communica- from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Games include craps, tions for Soulforce, will speak Aug. 12. She teaches blackjack and hold ’em poker. English, communications and gender studies at The event will be hosted by Audi Dallas, 5033 Southwestern University, where she also recently Lemmon Ave., and tickets are $50 in advance and served as interim assistant dean of multicultural $65 at the door. Admission includes cocktails and affairs. appetizers as well as enough chips to get started Schilt is a contributor to The Bilerico Project at the tables. blog where she writes about trans family life. Players can spend their winnings on silent auc- • BRIEFS, Page 13 • pet of the week / Sponsored by Petropolitan FAUNA Fauna is a 4 ½-month-old kitten with a glossy black coat and a small white patch under one leg. She’s playful, loving and patient, even sitting still to pose for pictures with a silly paper lei around her neck. Fauna will make a great forever feline friend.

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6 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 07.15.11 • dallasvoice 7 • lsrjournal Watching her ‘baby’ grow As first LSR event manager, But get to know her and you’ll see that “baby” tightfisted fiscal conservatism put the organiza- Janie Bush is proud of her isn’t just a figure of speech. It’s a word that iden- tion on solid financial footing in short order. tifies the Trinity River Foundation office manager At the same time, both traits also became the role as the event’s ‘mother’ for what she is — the birth mother of the Lone Star focal point for some good-natured personal rib- Ride. bing. M.M. ADJARIAN | Contributing Writer Conception wasn’t a solo act for Bush; she had Remembered Bush, “I was pretty well known [email protected] help from a few men she names as Ride “fathers.” for only getting a few hours of sleep in the last The first was Larry Townsend, who, like Bush, couple of weeks prior to Ride, because I would Janie Bush calls the Lone had been affiliated with the LSR’s predecessor, the stay in the office until really late. So the first night Star Ride Fighting Texas Tanqueray AIDS Ride. His profound disap- [after a ride], I would fall into a very deep sleep at AIDS her “baby,” a pointment at how little money TTAR had raised camp.” term that sug- for its beneficiary agencies mirrored Bush’s own. One year, a few participants decided to play a gests deep af- “So we put together a proposal and said, ‘We joke on her. fection for can do this,’” recalled Bush. “[After talking] with “More often than not, I would sleep in my car the Don Maison at AIDS Services of Dallas and Mike because the seats reclined,” she said, clearly en- event. McKay, who was the AIDS Outreach Center of joying the memory. “Some of the riders and crew Tarrant County executive director at the time, we went out to my car and totally wrapped it in toilet kicked [the proposal] back and forth and decided paper and caution tape. They were waiting with to go for it.” cameras for me when I woke up.” Bush then took over as the first Lone Star Ride Here Bush began to chuckle. “[After I came event manager in 2001, a position she held for five out,] they said to me, ‘We spent our own money years. Like all new “mothers,” the ardor she had to buy the toilet paper. It’s not ride TP!’” for her “newborn” was boundless; and so she Although she retired as event manager in 2006, signed on as the first rider, only to discover she’d Bush has continued to nurture the Ride in less di- bitten off more than she could chew. rect — but no less impactful — ways; a child may “[I had no] clue what the LSR was going to be grow up, but a mother always remains a mother. like,” she laughed. “I thought I’d have plenty of “I’m [always] available to answer questions,” time to train in addition to creating the Ride. And said Bush. “And [new event manager] Jerry Cal- then I found I had no time to get on my bike for umn and I have spent a lot of time talking about the event.” stuff. As long as we continue to increase the Her background as an investment banker and amount of money brought in and stay somewhat non-profit professional made her the ideal person steady with the ridership, [I’ll be glad]. to guide the LSR through its sometimes-turbulent “But I would absolutely love to see him blow infancy and early childhood. That Bush had also that out of the water,” she added. been a witness to the deaths of numerous friends Pride, and a certain wistfulness, characterize the afflicted with AIDS served as her own painful pri- way Bush describes what she and her LSR col- vate goad. leagues have done to help her “baby” find its way “I lost my first two friends in 1987 when they in the world. It’s an experience on par with child- were still quarantined at the hospital,” she said. birth — or even volunteering on behalf of the Ride, “It was pretty horrific.” for that matter. During Bush’s tenure, not a single penny — “Every muscle in your aches, including muscles whether earned or spent — ever went unac- you didn’t know existed,” she said. “And then you counted for, she said. Her hard working ways and forget it. And then you’re ready to do it again.” •

8 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 • texasnews Telling the stories of persecution Curator calls the exhibit in Dallas the most personal of all the Holocaust stories he’s told

DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer [email protected]

Of all the exhibits Ted Phillips has worked on in his 17 years as director of exhibitions and re- sources at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Nazi Persecution of Homosex- uals 1933-1945 is “nearest and dearest to my heart,” he said in a a recent interview. The traveling show is currently on display at the Dallas Holocaust Museum. On a visit to Dallas for the opening of the exhibit, the curator said he spent two years of his life researching the topic. “My friends thought I was doing it 24/7,” he said. “It was all I talked about.” Phillips said that at times he had to stop looking at the pictures of men who were so similar to him — gay and around his age — who were tortured Ted Phillips to death by the Nazis. Sometimes he had to put the pictures aside to write the script, he said. Phillips speculates that since Nazi-era laws re- Phillips was an unlikely candidate for his cur- garding homosexuality remained on the books rent position. With no museum experience, he until 1969 in West Germany, few gay people came said that if he applied for the job today, he would forward to talk about the persecution they suf- never be considered for it. fered. Some who sought reparations in the 1970s “I fell into it,” Phillips said. were rebuffed and told that gays were not perse- With a Ph.D. in Russian history, he had been cuted and not entitled to compensation, Phillips teaching at the University of Maryland. In 1994, said. the museum was still looking for staff and a col- In East Germany, the Nazi version of Para- league suggested, “How about a nice historian.” graph 175, the anti-homosexuality law, reverted Phillips, who has been with the museum for 17 to that of the Weimar Republic, he said. That law years, has been part of every exhibit the museum had fewer generalities under which so many men has created since then. That includes the one cur- were arrested. rently on display at the Dallas Holocaust Mu- But discrimination continued and East German seum. gays had other reasons to not tell their stories. “When the museum [in Washington] was put- Phillips said that he worries about the first sec- ting itself together in the late ’80s, early ’90s, they tion of his exhibit. That portion details how it was wanted to tell more than the core story of the per- possible to go from acceptance of gays in Berlin to secution and murder of six million Jews,” he said. thousands of people put in concentration camps. He said that after the museum was up and run- But while most people who visit the Holocaust ning, ideas that were originally brochures, such as Museum are horrified by the inhumanity, Phillips the treatment of gay men, were developed into said he wonders what some people have gotten full-blown exhibits. from the exhibits. The museum opened to the public the same “Obama is Hitler,” he said, is one comment that weekend that the 1993 National March on Wash- he sees visitors enter in the guest book, and he ington for Lesbian and Gay Rights took place. calls that utter ignorance of history. But that is Many people who were in town for the LGBT why he worries about the introductory panels in rights demonstration visited the museum. Nazi Treatment of Homosexuals. “So we knew we had strong audience interest “Is the beginning a how-to?” he asked. in the subject from the beginning,” Phillips said. During his study of the subject, Phillips learned But work on the show now in Dallas didn’t about the difference between the Nazis’ ultimate begin until about 10 years later. goal with Jews and with gays. The objective was While assembling the exhibit, Phillips made to rid society of Jews so Jews from every place two trips to Germany to work with the Schwule under Nazi control were sent to concentration (Gay) Museum in Berlin. A contract researcher in camps and death camps. the city also sent information back. But the goal with gays was to change their be- “So much of what we were working with were havior so they would help build the Aryan pop- police files,” Phillips said. ulation. Gays — other than those who were also He said that drawers of files and documents in Jewish — were still considered Aryans. With hard German back up the story as told in the exhibit. work, they could be changed to produce more However, little personal testimony exists. • STORIES, Page 11

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 9 • texasnews SDS organizes at El Centro College LGBT rights are now a central issue for the anti-Vietnam War group revived in 2006 DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer [email protected]

Students at El Centro College and UT Arlington have organized new chapters of Students for a Democratic Society, and the group has popped up on as many as 90 college campuses around the country. The reincarnation of SDS, a major force in the antiwar movement during the Vietnam era, began in 2006. At the Equality March for LGBT rights held in Downtown Dallas on June 25, members of SDS marched for gay rights and spoke at the rally at the JFK Memorial. All of the SDS members par- ticipating were straight. Brashad Lewis does public relations for the local groups and plans to start a group on a Tar- STUDENT RADICALS | Deante Toombs, left, Stephen Benavides, center, and Brashad Lewis helped re- rant County College campus that he’ll attend in vive the ’60s anti-war group SDS on college campuses in the Dallas area. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) the fall. He said the group hopes to bring the national “It’s 2011,” Benavides said. “Are we still hav- At a convention in 1969, SDS officially ended, convention of SDS chapters to Dallas or Arlington ing problems with this now?” but a number of local campus groups lasted into in October. They’ve submitted their bids and will He said that’s why the group participated in the early to mid ’70s to continue protesting the hear back soon. the Equality March and may march in the Alan war and to work on local campus issues. But organizers say that should the Dallas bid Ross Texas Freedom Parade. Best known among early SDS organizers was win, one minor obstacle stands in the way: The El Toombs said that the group is being targeted Tom Hayden. Hayden later went on to serve in Centro group is currently without a faculty advi- differently than it was in the ’60s. Then the FBI the California Legislature and ran for California sor. infiltrated with agitators to get information governor, Los Angeles mayor and U.S. senator. Stephen Benavides, a graduate student at UTA, while trying to break the groups up through dis- But he is still best known as the first husband of said that he was at El Centro and a Dallas County sention. Jane Fonda. At the time, Fonda was known more Community College officer motioned for him to Today, they’re being threatened with prosecu- for her antiwar activism rather than her acting. come over and then assaulted him with a police tion under the Patriot Act as if they’re a terrorist Bernadette Dohrn, another well-known SDS baton. threat. member, founded the radical wing known as the Benavides said that a complaint has been filed. In addition to local campus issues, the original Weather Underground with her husband Bill Then four days later, the faculty advisor to the SDS organized nationally to protest the Vietnam Ayers. Dohrn is now an associate professor of law group abruptly quit. War. Benavides said that local issues — LGBT at Northwestern University School of Law, but Deante Toombs, an El Centro student, said that rights, cuts in school funding — are important to during the early ’70s, she was on the FBI’s Ten to reserve rooms for the conference, the group SDS groups across the country, but the wars in Most Wanted list. needs to be recognized, but finding another fac- Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya are why they Still, most of the actions of the group were ulty advisor should be no problem. came together. peaceful. They staged draft-card burnings to Benavides said that the advisor at UTA is a for- Lewis said the attacks from campus police, re- protest the war. They did sit-ins to take over cam- mer SDS member from the ’60s with tenure and portedly instigated by federal authorities that pus administration buildings. They marched and has no fear of reprisals. want SDS disbanded, are using the divide and rallied. But he said that the incident at El Centro shows conquer method. Benavides said that if they took over a campus that the group is being followed and members Toombs said that the group at El Centro has building today, they’d send in the SWAT team. being targeted despite the peaceful history of SDS. protested peacefully and exercised its right of But Benavides, Toombs and Lewis have fash- In another incident, SDS organized a protest of free speech. ioned their campus groups on the model of the cuts to teaching staff and financial aid and in- What has surprised him is the power the peaceful wing of the group. creased class size. Protesters planned to meet at name still holds 40 years after the original group “Education is a right,” Benavides said. Rosa Parks Plaza near El Centro. Rather than the officially folded. Toombs said that discrimination can’t be toler- peaceful demonstration planned, marchers were SDS is the model for all types of student ated. met with DART police on bicycles blocking en- groups based on causes that followed over suc- But none proposed any violent action to trance to the square. Marchers used streets and ceeding decades — women’s rights, LGBT achieve their goals. • sidewalks instead and paraded on downtown rights, AIDS, civil rights, environmental issues. On July 27, SDS is sponsoring a conference on Is- streets to protest the cuts. These groups worked on a shoestring budget lamophobia and the New McCarthyism at UTA. Toombs said that LGBT equality is a central and used direct action to demand certain results. They’re working on a women’s conference in August issue for SDS. Without Facebook or the Internet to interact, SDS and hope to host the national convention in October. “SDS stands in solidarity with issues affecting held annual national conventions to meet each David Taffet, who wrote this article, was a member minorities, gays, women,” Toombs said. other and exchange ideas. of SDS at SUNY Albany in the early 1970s.

10 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 AOC holds ‘Evening of Hope’

CELEBRATING | Sandy Lanier, center, co-founder of AIDS Outreach Center’s Sandy Lanier Nutrition Center, was on hand along with AOC Executive Director Allan Gould Jr., right, and AOC Director of Development Jim Downing for the agency’s second annual Evening of Hope Gala.

2nd annual gala marks Tarrant transition from its initial purpose of providing end-of-life services to those with AIDS to today’s County ASO’s 25th anniversary mission of “giving those with HIV/AIDS a prom- FROM STAFF REPORTS ising future, with hope through ongoing scientific [email protected] advancements.” “As long as we continue to find individuals FORT WORTH — AIDS Outreach Center con- who test positive for HIV, we will remain resolute tinued its 25th anniversary celebration in June in our mission,” Gould said. “AIDS Outreach with the second annual Evening of Hope Gala, Center will grow and transform itself to be at the held June 25 at Ridglea Country Club. forefront of testing, outreach, prevention and ed- The event featured Tony Award-winning ucation to halt the spread of HIV. We will be Broadway producer Michael Skipper as keynote steadfast in delivering the compassionate care and speaker, along with NBC 5 news anchor Scott essential services to those already infected/af- Friedman as host. Sandy Lanier, cofounder of fected. We are here as long as there is a need!” AOC’s Sandy Lanier Nutrition Center, was hon- AOC is the only 501(c)(3) organization in Fort orary chair, and Michael Cinatl was event chair. Worth serving Tarrant County and seven sur- The evening began with a VIP reception, fol- rounding rural counties, offering prevention, ed- lowed by an open reception and a silent auction, ucation and outreach programs and then dinner, a live auction and dancing. comprehensive direct HIV support services to AOC Executive Director Allan Gould Jr. said men, women, children, and their families. that as the country marks the 30th anniversary of AIDS Outreach Center also advocates for a HIV/AIDS, AOC is, after 25 years, celebrating its strong and sound HIV public policy. • •STORIES detained were often taken for political reasons or From Page 9 for being “asocial.” Phillips said there was, oddly, no record of gay Aryan children. Jews. The pink triangle with an overlaid yellow tri- So only German gays were arrested. angle (pink indicating gay and yellow Jewish) was “Being forced to work hard would correct their listed in a Nazi chart of prisoner markings. But the behavior,” Phillips said of the Nazi mentality about usually meticulous record keepers did not chroni- gays. cle any examples of its use that Phillips could find. Except for about 2 percent who were considered “So it was established, but there’s no evidence incorrigible, Nazis considered gays’ behavior that it was put into use,” he said. something that could be unlearned. Generally the Phillips said he used the term “homosexual” in sentences given were relatively short — about 18 the title of the exhibit because it reflected the con- months. But gays were often assigned to punish- nection and importance of sex and reproduction to ment battalions. the reason for the arrests. “They got the hardest work, longest hours, least He said that “gay” as known it today is some- food and quickest death,” Phillips said. “The mor- thing quite different. tality rate was extraordinary, but they weren’t sent The exhibit remains in Dallas through Sept. 5. • to the gas chambers.” Dallas Holocaust Museum, 211 Record Street at Lesbians were generally not arrested because West End Station. Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. they could still produce children. Those who were 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $8. 214-741-7500.

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Violent crime down near Cedar Springs, but car burglaries help fuel overall increase

Violent crime was down 29 percent in the first half of 2011 in the roughly 1-square-mile hotspot that encompasses the Cedar Springs gay entertainment district, according to statistics obtained this week by Dallas Voice. However, nonviolent property crimes are on the rise, jumping 23 percent near the strip during the same time period. The Wycliff-Maple Target Area Action Grid (TAAG), previously known as the Cedar Springs- Wycliff TAAG, recorded 51 violent offenses from Jan. 1 through July 11 of this year, down from 72 offenses year-to-date in 2010, according to the statistics provided by the Dallas Police Depart- ment. Violent crimes include murder, rape, aggravated assault and robbery. Of those offense types, only aggravated assaults have seen an increase this year in the Wycliff- Maple TAAG, going from 14 in the first six months of 2010 to 17 in 2011. Robberies of individuals, considered the main crime issue for club-goers in the area, fell from 46 last year to 27 this year. But when it comes to nonviolent crimes, the area has seen big increases in two categories — business burglaries and motor vehicle burglaries. The number of business burglaries nearly doubled, going from 13 in 2010 to 25 this year, while motor vehicle burglaries jumped from 119 to 192. Vehicle thefts stayed the same at 63, while resi- dential burglaries dropped from 62 to 55, and “other thefts” fell from 58 to 53. All told, the number of nonviolent offenses jumped from 315 last year to 388 this year in the Wycliff-Maple TAAG. Combined with the violent crime numbers, it adds up to a 13 percent increase in what are known as Part 1 offenses in the Wycliff-Maple TAAG this year. The area has seen 439 Part 1 of- fenses so far in 2011, up from 387 year-to-date in 2010. That puts the Wycliff-Maple TAAG at No. 5 for Part 1 crimes on a list of 27 similar crime hotspots citywide. The No. 1 crime hotspot in Dallas? Ross-Bennett, which has recorded 695 Part 1 offenses this year. Overall, the 27 TAAGs have seen a combined 15 percent drop in Part 1 crimes. — John Wright

•DYSD From Page 4 funding,” DYSD Communications Director Michael Maldonado said. “So we went to the city officials to determine what we would need to do and how much it would cost.” City officials told the group they needed a more thorough audit of the area in which they wanted streetlights erected. So, DSYD volunteers went out and did it all again, making sure to leave no streetlight unchecked and no dark corner un- recorded. They contacted the city officials again with their new information and finally started to see some progress. Maldonado said that he doesn’t think the crime in the Oak Lawn area is necessarily LGBT-related, but that there’s “genuinely a lot of traffic in that area,” making it an ideal site for criminals to strike. In April, the city’s Street Services Department received the DYSD audit and promised look it over and give recommendations. After an article published in Dallas Voice about yet another mugging, DSYD members finally got the approval to have streetlights posted at every location noted in the audit. Angela Hunt Oncor, the corporation responsible for the light- ing in Dallas, was given a work order to put up crease safety not only for the LGBT community of 45 streetlights within 60 days. The lights will im- Dallas, but also the residential and business com- prove visibility and hopefully decrease the night munities that make their home in the Oak Lawn time crime rate in the area bounded by Oak Lawn area. Avenue, Lemmon Avenue, Wycliff Avenue and “This is a terrific example of the community Maple Avenue, Maldonado said. and City Hall working together to improve a vital Hunt said she believes the new lights will in- area,” Hunt said. •

12 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 •SENATE hire more employees and would like to see gov- From Page 4 ernment-funded training for green energy jobs. Low-interest loans should be given to people LULAC and Rainbow LULAC chapters in who want to start green industry businesses, Dallas. He said his understanding of immigration Hubbard believes. issues comes from his wife, who arrived in this “Banks need to lend a certain percentage of country as a refugee from Cambodia. She was money they are given from the government,” he born in a Khmer Rouge concentration camp and said. “They can’t just sit on it for cash reserves.” is currently expecting the couple’s first child. He said there’s no evidence that cutting spend- “I have to work for the Latino vote,” Hubbard ing creates jobs, as Republicans suggest. said. “Without it you can’t win,” adding that not Hubbard said he looks forward to campaign- fighting for those votes was one of White’s ing with President Obama next year. biggest campaign mistakes. “Running away makes you look ashamed and Hubbard said his age is always part of the dis- disingenuous,” he said. He called that a mistake cussion about his candidacy. But within the Dem- other Democrats have made. ocratic Party, he said it’s been a plus. He said when Texans are asked who they like “We need young blood in there,” he said party better, Obama polls higher than Perry. Hubbard leaders have told him. “It’s time to get younger said that this was the right time for him to run. people involved.” “I don’t believe in waiting until the time is He notes that he’s already older than Vice Pres- right,” he said, “Because the time will never be ident Joe Biden was when he was first sworn into right.” the Senate. Hubbard said he understands the fundraising Hubbard was born in Austin and raised in challenge and has a successful, retired Demo- Scurry, a small town in Kaufman County. He cratic fundraiser from Kentucky working with graduated from UT Dallas with a major in polit- him. The fundraiser came out of retirement to ical science and economics. Currently he works work on the Hubbard campaign because he liked for a family-owned company that sells doors and that the candidate is not afraid to run as a Demo- moldings to custom home builders. crat in Texas. Hubbard said that while he expects Republi- “I’m invested in the future of this country,” can candidates to talk about deficit reduction, he Hubbard said. “I’m 30 years old, and about to plans to talk about job creation. have a baby. I have to make sure America suc- “We should be talking about jobs and not the ceeds. I have to make sure Texas succeeds.” debt ceiling,” he said. If elected, he plans to live in Texas and com- His jobs plan includes increased spending for mute home weekends. He wants his children to infrastructure to build high-speed rail — in attend Texas public schools. which he’d like Texas to lead the nation — and But Hubbard is realistic about his chances. roads and bridges. “I know I’m a long-shot candidate,” he said, He’d give tax credits to small businesses that “But I represent Democratic values. • •BRIEFS The event, called “The Response,” was From Page 6 arranged by the governor as a day of praying and fasting over the “crisis” the country faces. Stabler, scheduled to speak on Aug. 13, is a nation- It is being financed by the anti-gay American ally recognized trans spokeswoman and political Family Association, which has been designated activist. She has appeared on television, radio and as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law in print media around the world to discuss LGBT Center. and political issues. It is the AFA’s connection to the event that has Stabler, a past president of Pride Houston, an the members of the Fort Worth church and oth- active leader on the Human Rights Campaign ers most upset. board of directors and AIDS Foundation, is a sen- Phil Barnett, a lay leader with the Fort Worth ior director at CA Technologies. church, said the AFA has “used hate speech dis- Josephine Tittsworth, chair of the committee or- guised as the gospel of Jesus Christ, causing pain ganizing the summit, said the committee is “very and suffering to GLBT people as well as people excited” to have “two of our most outstanding of faith traditions outside of Christianity.” leaders” speaking at the event. Protest organizer and church deacon Marvin Committee member Lou Weaver said that Vann added, “We certainly respect the gover- Schilt and Stabler are “some of our most dynamic nor’s call to pray and fast for the welfare of our community activists” and “some of our most country, but we strongly object to doing that in knowledgeable experts on the trans community.” collusion with a group that engages in hate speech and, therefore, misrepresents the gospel.” FW church to protest Response Organizers said 15 to 20 people from Fort Worth First Congregational Church are expected Members of Fort Worth First Congregational to travel to Houston to protest Perry’s “Re- Church, United Church of Christ voted unani- sponse” event, and they expect to be joined there mously during a congregational meeting on Sun- by people from other churches around the state. day, July 10, to endorse plans by some church Protesters intend to be gathered outside the members to protest Gov. Rick Perry’s day-long stadium as “Response” attendees arrive that prayer event set for Sunday, Aug. 6, in Houston’s morning, and will “protest via posters, flyers Reliant Stadium. and silent witness.” •

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 13 • nationalnews Republican presidential candidates split over right-wing ‘Marriage Vow’

But candidates’ refusal to sign ically determined, ir- resistible and akin to pledge not an indication of a shift in innate traits like race, views on gay marriage gender and eye color . …” LISA KEEN | Keen News Service The Marriage Vow [email protected] does not limit itself to gay-related issues. It The campaigns of Republican presidential also calls for candi- frontrunner Mitt Romney and four other GOP pres- dates to say “robust idential candidates said this week they would not Tim Pawlenty childbearing and re- sign the bizarre pledge that at least two other GOP production is benefi- competitors did sign — a pledge that promises the cial to U.S. demographic, economic, strategic and candidate will vigorously oppose even “court-im- actuarial health and security,” to support the posed recognition” of same-sex marriage. “downsizing” of government, and to support the The refusal of Romney and the other candi- protection of women from “sexual slavery, seduc- dates does not signal a change in their opposition tion into promiscuity, and all forms of pornogra- to same-sex marriage, but does appear to suggest phy and prostitution, infanticide, abortion and the GOP field may be re-evaluating how far it is other types of coercion or stolen innocence.” willing to go to appease the party’s far right wing. A spokesperson for the Romney campaign told The pledge, called “The Marriage Vow,” is the Wall Street Journal, in an article published July being circulated by a Christian-oriented political 13, that Romney “felt this pledge contained refer- advocacy group — The Family Leader — that or- ences and provisions that were undignified and ganized the successful recall of three Iowa inappropriate for a presidential campaign.” Supreme Court justices because they ruled in Jimmy LaSalvia, head of GOProud, a national favor of marriage equality. conservative gay group, said Romney “should be The rambling two-page pledge, which includes praised for those comments, and for keeping his two additional pages of footnotes, calls on candi- campaign focused on the issues that the American dates for state and federal offices to “vow” that people care about the most: jobs and the econ- they will not receive any campaign support “from omy.” any of us without first affirming this Marriage R. Clarke Cooper, head of Log Cabin Republi- Vow,” that they will “uphold and advance the cans, the national gay Republican group, said the natural Institution of Marriage,” and remain faith- pledge is “outside the scope of mainstream ful to their own spouses. views.” Among the 14 specific positions called for in the “Republican presidential candidates seriously Marriage Vow is an “Earnest, bona fide legal ad- seeking to win the general election are wise to vocacy for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) avoid such an extreme position,” said at the federal and state levels.” The 1996 federal Cooper. “Divisive and sometimes off-the-wall law bans federal recognition of same-sex mar- rhetoric on social issues will obscure a solid con- riages and asserts that individual states can ignore servative fiscal message. Americans will not vote marriage licenses issued by other states to same- for somebody who has demonized their family, sex couples. friends, neighbors and colleagues.” The Marriage Vow also requires candidates to Other Republican presidential candidates who give a “steadfast embrace” to a proposed amend- have, thus far, balked at signing the pledge are for- ment to the federal Constitution to ban same-sex mer Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former House marriages nationally. Speaker Newt Gingrich, former New Mexico Gov. In an apparent reference to the repeal of the mil- Gary Johnson and former Utah Gov. Jon Hunts- itary’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, the Marriage man. Vow has a candidate promise support for “safe- Johnson issued a statement calling the Mar- guards” for military personnel from “intrusively riage Vow “offensive to the principles of liberty intimate commingling among attracteds (re- and freedom on which this country was strooms, showers, barracks, tents, etc.).” founded.” His website includes a video urging And one footnote contends there is no “empir- that it is un-American to discriminate against ical proof” that same-sex “inclinations are genet- • VOW, Next Page

14 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 Senate hearing on DOMA repeal is set

‘Respect for Marriage Act’ has 27 The Respect for Marriage Act would also stip- co-sponsors so far, all Democrats ulate that, “for the purposes of any federal law in which marital status is a factor, an individual LISA KEEN | Keen News Service shall be considered married if that individual’s [email protected] marriage is valid in the State where the marriage was entered into. …” The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has It also calls for recognition of marriages li- scheduled Wednesday, July 20, at 10 a.m. to hear censed in other countries. testimony on a bill to repeal the federal Defense The bill currently has 27 co-sponsors, includ- of Marriage Act. ing Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Sherrod The specific bill in question is the “Respect for Brown, D-Ohio, Richard Durbin, D-Ill and John Marriage Act” (S. 598), introduced by Sen. Dianne Kerry, D-Mass. Feinstein, D-Calif., for herself and Sens. Kirstein No Republicans have yet co-sponsored the Gillibrand, D-NY, and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. bill. Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Live webcasts of Senate Judiciary Committee announced last week he would hold a hearing hearings can be viewed at the committee’s web- on the bill — the first Congressional hearing on site: judiciary.senate.gov. a proposal to repeal DOMA. © 2011 by Keen News Service. All rights reserved.

VOW “I just want to make it absolutely clear,” Bach- From Previous Page mann told Fox News, “I abhor slavery. Slavery was a terrible part of our nation’s history. It’s good others “for the way they were born” or to use the that we no longer have slavery. And under no cir- federal government to “override the decisions of cumstances would any child be better off growing the states.” up under slavery. That isn’t what I signed. That Pawlenty posted a statement July 13 on his cam- isn’t what I believe. What I signed was a state- paign’s website July 13, saying that, if elected pres- ment that affirmed marriage as an important part ident, “I would vigorously oppose any effort to of our nation. And I agree with that.” redefine marriage as anything other than between The Human Rights Campaign issued a state- one man and one woman.” But while he said he ment July 12 calling Bachmann’s signing of the “deeply respects” the Family Leader’s commit- pledge “a dangerous level of extremism.” ment regarding marriage, he would “prefer to Bachmann, Santorum, and four other Republi- choose my own words” concerning marriage and can presidential hopefuls have also signed the would “respectfully decline” to sign the pledge. “Pro-Life Citizen’s Pledge,” promising that their Gingrich, in an appearance before the Family nominees to the federal courts will be committed Leader July 11, reportedly said he would offer to “not legislating from the bench,” that their ex- some edits to “sharpen” the pledge. The Des ecutive branch appointees — such as Cabinet po- Moines Register said Gingrich said he wanted to sitions — will be “pro-life,” and that they will review the document and was “working out “advance pro-life legislation to permanently end some details.” all taxpayer funding of abortion.” The only two Republicans to have signed the The other four candidates include Gingrich, pledge — Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota Pawlenty, and Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Thad- and former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania deus McCotter of Michigan. — came under heavy scrutiny for having done so. All but McCotter, who just recently announced Bachmann and Santorum both had to address his candidacy for the nomination, spoke before criticism for signing the Marriage Vow because the the Family Leader’s “Presidential Lecture Series,” pledge originally included a sentence implying that as did candidate Herman Cain. Romney did not. African-American children were better off during The head of the Family Leader organization, slavery times than they are now, under the admin- Bob Vander Plaats, was the organizer of the suc- istration of the first African-American president. cessful campaign last year to oust three Iowa According to the Huffington Post, the pledge Supreme Court justices who were part of the originally included this sentence: “Slavery had a unanimous decision that the state constitution re- disastrous impact on African-American families, quires that same-sex couples be treated the same yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was as heterosexual couples in the issuance of mar- more likely to be raised by his mother and father riage licenses. in a two-parent household than was an African- Meanwhile, the Human Rights Campaign American baby born after the election of the posted its own petition for GOP candidates July USA’s first African-American President.” 12, asking HRC supporters to sign a statement Huffington Post noted that the sentence has urging GOP presidential candidates to speak out since been removed, and Bachmann told Fox publicly against therapy that alleges to change News on July 12 that the sentence “was not on a gays into straights. • document that I signed.” © 2011 by Keen News Service. All rights reserved.

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 15 • nationalnews Statement puts Baldwin a step closer to historic Senate bid

Press release from Wisconsin ported sources close to Baldwin as saying she was 17 percent and current Rep. Ron Kind with 16 per- Democrat’s campaign identifies her eyeing the seat. cent. Kohl announced May 13 that he would retire, Capital Times Executive Editor Paul Fanlund as ‘likely candidate’ for seat being rather than run for re-election in 2012. Newspa- said, in a July 5 article, that Baldwin is “steaming vacated by Herbert Kohl pers in Wisconsin immediately began identifying toward a 2012 candidacy” for the Senate seat and a list of potential candidates that included Bald- “it almost seems the only person who could alter win. her course is former senator Russ Feingold … .” LISA KEEN | Keen News Service Others mentioned, on the Democratic side, in- Feingold has said he would make an an- [email protected] clude former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, who lost his nouncement of his intentions in September. But re-election bid only last year to newcomer Repub- he urged other Democrats considering a bid to go Her campaign stationery says “Tammy Bald- lican Ron Johnson. ahead with their plans and not wait for his deci- win 2012.” But the text of the July 13 press release Feingold would be considered the Democrats’ sion. walks the U.S. House’s only openly lesbian mem- strongest candidate because of his name recogni- Baldwin told the Capital Times she thinks she ber one step closer to an historic bid for a U.S. Sen- tion and long-time service in the Senate. would have to raise between $15 million and $20 ate seat: A Public Policy Polling survey in May of 784 million for a Senate race. “She is a likely candidate for the U.S. Senate likely Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin Her July 13 press release indicates that her July seat being vacated by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI).” found 70 percent supported Feingold for the seat; 15 quarterly report to the Federal Election Com- That statement echoed a comment she made to Baldwin came in second with 12 percent. Six other mission shows she has raised $502,485 “for the the Capital Times newspaper in Madison July 2 Democrats earned between one and five percent second quarter” of the 2011-2012 election cycle. when she said, “I think I am likely to run.” each. For the same second quarter in the previous elec- If she does enter the race, Baldwin will become “Remove Feingold from consideration,” said tion cycle (2009-2010), she reported raising the first openly gay person to make a run for the a Public Policy Polling press release May 27, $107,533. U.S. Senate. And clearly, her supporters are urging “and the race becomes considerably more wide At her July 15 quarterly in 2009, she had a bid. open, but Baldwin would start out with 30 per- $561,563 cash-on-hand in her campaign coffers. According to the press release, Baldwin raised cent....” Her press release this month says she has $1.1 mil- more than $435,000 in the month of June, the Her closest competitors, according to the sur- lion. • month after the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund re- vey, would be former U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen with © 2011 by Keen News Service. All rights reserved. U.S Rep. Tammy Baldwin

16 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 • coverstory BLACK,trans,MAN

Carter Brown knew from personal selves. It’s a lot to bear.” And Brown noticed early on in his own transi- experience that African-American tion process that black transmen, in many in- transmen are among the most stances, had to face those challenges alone. That’s invisible and most under-served why he decided to launch an organization focus- ing primarily on helping others like himself. people in the LGBT community. So That’s when Black Transmen was born. he founded a new organization in Brown said that, having been born biologically female, he knew from a young age that he was hopes of filling in the gaps different. As a teenager, he came out as a lesbian and “found a place in the community as a butch TAMMYE NASH | Senior Editor lesbian.” [email protected] But still, something was missing: “I still didn’t feel complete,” he said. Transitioning is never an easy process for any- Then one day, when he was 24, Brown was one, but African-American female-to-male trans watching TV and saw a talk show that included a people face some special challenges, according to transman as a guest. transman Carter Brown. “It just turned a light on for me,” he said. “Fi- “Our lives, the path we feel we have to take is nally the pieces started to fall into place.” a challenge. We are voluntarily accepting the role So he started going to the library, using the of Public Enemy No. 1: The black man is the most computers there to look for information and re- feared man in America,” Brown said. “When we sources that could help in his quest to transition. transition from female to male, we are accepting He found some resources and made connections all the challenges that black men in this country with other transmen in Yahoo groups. But few of Carter Brown face, from society, from our families and from our- • TRANS, Page 18

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 17 • coverstory •TRANS “What I found was that I was back in the From Page 17 closet,” Brown said. “The people at work see me as the man I am. But I can only get so close to those resources addressed the special challenges someone without them knowing that I am trans. of black transmen, and few of those new friends And being in the closet is a hard way to live. You were transmen of color. They couldn’t relate, have to find a balance.” Brown said, to the special challenges black trans- men face. Health “I couldn’t find people who were like me. That’s why I decided to start this organization, to Providing resources to help transmen stay reach people like me and move us forward.” healthy is another primary goal for Black Trans- Brown said he started out by creating a page on men as an organization, Brown said. The organi- Facebook, and he was amazed at how many peo- zation works to provide resources to help ple were drawn to it. The more comprehensive or- transmen find the doctors, therapists and sur- ganization grew out of that Facebook page, and geons they need, and is looking now for outside today, Brown said, Black Transmen has about 300 funding that will allow the group to help individ- members nationwide and is led by a three-mem- uals with the costs of those services. ber board consisting of Brown and two other But Black Transmen is also actively involved in transmen that he chose not to name out of respect HIV/AIDS and STD education and awareness, he for their privacy. continued, and in August will participate in the Brown said he and the organization’s other Hip Hop Summit for HIV. leaders have worked to create a structure with “A lot of transmen are not being tested for HIV programs and outreach designed to address the and AIDS,” Brown said. “A lot of them are not ed- needs of transmen in general as well as the spe- ucated on how the disease is contracted and how cific challenges that transmen of color face. to avoid being infected. One of the greatest challenges for black trans- “A lot of guys still sleep with cis-gendered men men, Brown said, is financial, adding that “a ma- and have unprotected sex. But they are ashamed jority of black transmen fall into the lower of that, and because they are ashamed they don’t financial class,” and finding money for a therapist protect themselves,” he continued. “One of the and for medications is difficult. So one of the or- things we try to do is get guys to understand there ganization’s first goals was to find a way to ad- is no reason to be ashamed of who you sleep with. dress that need. We try to give them a place to go where they can So Brown and the other group leaders began be comfortable talking about these things.” compiling a list of therapists to whom they could And there are other health concerns that black refer newcomers, and they established the FTM transmen face that their white counterparts don’t, Fund. Through this program, he said, transmen Brown added. can earn financial assistance to help pay for med- “For instance, African-Americans in general are ications and other costs by putting in volunteer more prone to have high blood pressure. We want hours. to address those issues as well,” he said. Black Transmen also works to help transmen Careers balance their mental health needs as well, offering peer menoring, either online or through a 24-hour Black Transmen also works to help transmen telephone hotline. pull themselves out of that lower end of the finan- “Our goal is to provide an overall support cial spectrum with a program offering advice on system that will help transmen have a healthy developing their careers. transition and a healthy life,” Brown said. “A lot of guys feel that they are male, but they haven’t actually walked in the world as a man,” Culture Brown said. “We have to be socialized as men, to learn how to speak as men, wear professional Perhaps the most difficult challenges for black clothing, even how to shake hands.” transmen, Brown said, is dealing with some of the Looking again to his own experience, Brown “culturally specific issues we face not as transmen said that when he was first beginning his transi- but as black men in general. tion, he communicated online with a group of “In the African-American community, because I other transmen, all of whom were caucasion. He am a man, they expect certain things of me. They said those men, as they transitioned, often found expect me to be very aggressive, to not care about themselves with new opportunities for advance- getting an education, to not care about the arts,” ment in their careers. Brown said. “Too often, we feed into those negative “But for me, it was the opposite. As a black stereotypes people have of black men, things like man, I saw my opportunities decrease,” he said. sagging your pants, being a womanizer. If you The group also offers advice on if, when and don’t do these things, then you’re seen as weak.” how to come out as a transman on the job, some- And then there is the opposite end of the spec- thing that Brown knows from personal experi- trum, where black men are expected to be heavily ence can be problematic. He said when he began involved in the churches that play such a big role his transition, he was fired from his job. And at in the African-American community — some- another job, when he came out as a transman, he thing that can be problematic for transmen who was “harassed until I finally had to quit.” Now, are often shunned by religious communities. he said, he stays quiet about his trans status at “And the African-American community work. • TRANS, Next Page

18 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 Black Transmen Services and Info

Black Transmen currently has a Facebook page at Facebook.com/black.transmen. The second Facebook page, Facebook.com/BlackTransmenUnited, offers transmen a place to connect and discuss is- sues. Black Transmen seeks to empower the FTM trans community and to support healthy growth through the female-to-male transition, with emphasis on forming a com- plete identity, including culture, spirituality, heritage, family, health, sexual identity, em- ployment, entrepreneurship and kinship. Black Transmen advocates for all FTMs, with specific focus on the concerns affecting African-American communities. The organization offers a mentoring pro- gram for transmen of all ages and stages of transition, with one-on-one, group and peer- to-peer relationships available online, by phone and in person. The group also offers resources and support for the family, friends and spouses of transmen. Black Transmen is concerned with and in- volved with anti-bullying efforts, transgender homelessness, trangender hunger relief, AIDS prevention, suicide prevention, domes- tic violence prevention, FTM surgery funding and FTM educational scholarship and grants. For more information, call 469-287-8594 or email [email protected].

• TRANS, From Previous Page depends on men to care not just for themselves and their immediate family, but for their ex- tended families, too,” Brown said. “That can be a very heavy burden, and some of the [trans- men] just are not prepared to carry that burden. We are here to help them with that.” Although his journey has not always been an easy one, and there are still challenges he has to overcome, Brown said it has been worth the trip. “I feel free,” he said. “I feel like now that I am no longer consumed with my transition, now I can focus on being who I am, on being a comfortable and confident man. And I want to help others like me reach that same place. “That’s what this organization is about, help- ing black transmen be free within themselves, letting them see other guys who have been where they are and who can say, ‘I understand. I’m here to help,’” Brown continued. “This is a safe space, where guys can come and find en- couragement, where they can find family that understands and has no judgment.” Around the edges of the circular logo for Black Transman are the words, “One is not born a man, he becomes one.” And that, Brown said, is the organization’s goal: to help transmen become the best men they can be. “That’s what it’s all about,” he said. “We are men. We are unique, exceptional men. And we are there for each other.” •

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 19 • spirituality Celebrating 50 years of inclusiveness

‘DOING EQUALITY’ | Inclusiveness has been a tenant of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff for all of its 50 years. Church members, from left, Kelley O’Conan, Kimberlyn Crowe, the Rev. Mark Walz, Michael Cipollo and the Rev. Marcia Shannon stand in front of a banner in the UUCOC sanctuary that reads “Marriage is a civil right.” (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Oak Cliff Unitarian church has come gays and lesbians and one of the earliest to openly welcome LGBT clergy. moved beyond tolerance and Walz said he has mixed feelings about denom- acceptance and has been doing inations that finally get it and open their ordina- tion to everyone. He said he’s glad that they’re equality for a long time, leaders say finally doing the right thing, but what’s different now than 15 minutes ago? DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer Like Cipollo, congregation president Kimber- [email protected] lyn Crowe was also not raised Unitarian but has At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak been a member for about 10 years. She said that Cliff, the LGBT community isn’t just accepted. at UUCOC she can put her values in action. LGBT members are an integral part of the church. “I can only be enriched by supporting someone The church is celebrating its 50th anniversary else’s journey,” she said. this year. Member Kelley O’Conan said, “I was afraid to The Rev. Mark Walz said that his church was come to this church because I didn’t think I would the first in the country that was chartered after the fit in.” merger of the Unitarian and Universalist denom- The group laughed at that idea but agreed that inations in 1961. He said that actually 15 churches she was different from most of the church’s mem- were admitted that day, six of which are still in ex- bers — she’s fairly conservative. istence. But in the records, the Oak Cliff church Crowe said one issue that the congregation is was first. dealing with now is immigration. O’Conan said Board member Michael Cipolla has been a her views on immigration might not be the same member of UUCOC for two years. He was raised as many other members. But at UUCOC, differ- in the Catholic Church and tried a number of ences are not just tolerated, they’re embraced. other faiths, including Mormonism. But then he Walz said that it was so freeing to be in a con- and his partner found UUCOC. gregation where he can let everything go. He “For the first time, I feel incredibly normal,” he called all the prejudice that so many people live said. with a burden. Cipolla is not the first gay board member and Because the Unitarian Church is liberal in a he doesn’t know who was. He said the church has conservative area, Walz said he gets hate calls. just been “doing equality” for a long time. One recent caller asked if he required every mem- Walz said that the first time he presided over a ber to be baptized. He said that while most were, same-sex wedding was in 2004. He was almost it wasn’t a requirement to come to his church. embarrassed that his first took place so late be- “You’re going to burn in hell,” the caller told cause the denomination had embraced marriage him. equality long ago. Walz was amused that someone who probably “That was the first time I was asked,” he said. The denomination was one of the first to wel- • UUCOC, Next Page

20 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 • UUCOC, From Previous Page s considered himself religious would call another Clawson in concert at Celebration church with that message. on the Lake The Rev. Marcia Shannon was ordained a Methodist minister and is the church’s director of Celebration on the Lake Church presents a free, religious education. live concert by Grammy-winning singer and song- “It’s freeing not to have to worry about preju- writer Cynthia Clawson on Saturday, July 30, at 7:30 dice of people around you,” she said. p.m. in the church’s chapel at 9120 Highway 198 in She is surprised that more people do not know Payne Springs, near Cedar Creek Lake. more about the denomination. The concert celebrates the church’s sixth anniver- Universalist churches across the South were in- sary. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP on tegral parts of the Underground Railroad and the church’s website, COTLChurch.org, or by calling Unitarian churches in New England and across the church at 903-451-2302. the north worked to abolish slavery. Clawson has received a Grammy and five Dove awards for her work as songwriter, vocal artist and musician during a career spanning more than four Walz said that a misunderstanding of history decades and 22 recordings. She began singing at age 3 when her father, a pastor, asked her to leads fundamentalists to claim that the country sing in church. She graduated from Howard Payne University with a major in vocal perform- was based on their right-wing Christian values. ance, and is perhaps best known for her performance of “Softly and Tenderly” in the sound- At least five presidents were UUs including John track for the Academy Award-winning movie, Trip to Bountiful. Adams and Thomas Jefferson. More signers of the Clawson and her husband, author and playwright Ragan Courtney, live in Houston. Samples Declaration of Independence were associated of her music are available online at the Celebration on the Lake Church’s website, with their faith and other founders like Paul Re- COTLChurch.org, and on YouTube. vere and Ben Franklin were also Unitarians. Celebration on the Lake Church was established eight years ago as a satellite church under But part of the Universalist belief was that God the direction of Celebration Community Church in Fort Worth, led by the Rev. Carol West. The doesn’t play favorites. Celebration on the Lake became independent of the Fort Worth church six years ago and is now led by Pastor Kathy Bowser. The church, which holds services each Sunday at 10 a.m., Each of the members of the Oak Cliff church contributes to a number of programs in the community, including Toys for Tots, Mabank Nurs- just wanted others to know how welcoming their ing Home, Meals on Wheels, Family Resource Center, the Library at Cedar Creek Lake, Hu- church is — even if you’re conservative. mane Society of Cedar Creek Lake and others. O’Conan said, “And it’s the only church I’ve Although the church began as a primarily LGBT congregation, all people are welcome, ever been in where you can bring your dog into Bowser said. the sanctuary.” •

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22 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 As a birthday nears, everything old is new again

Looking back on the battles Today, I really don’t worry about missing a After all, many of my gay friends from the at home and an evening of TV and conversa- we’ve fought, and forward to the night out at the bar or making sure I am not 1980s died during the first wave of AIDS. tion with my guy is much more appealing wearing last season’s fashion. That just isn’t all Watching all those men prematurely age and than hanging out in a bar or an evening of re- battles yet to come, as another that important in the grand scheme of things. pass away really can put a damper on your ex- tail therapy. year is marked off the calendar What is impor- pectations for the future. Yet, the more things change, the more they tant is something Amazingly, I have survived and remain remain the same. ast week I stumbled across a picture of I paid little atten- HIV-negative. Now what do I do? Though we’ve had 30 years of education myself from the 1980s. Now that does- tion to as a young If you are younger than me, here’s what you and research into AIDS/HIV, it is still with us L n’t seem so long ago to me — until I man: Quality of may have to look forward to: Aches. Muscles, and once again a growing problem for gay talk to friends who were born during that life. bones and especially joints just don’t feel the men. You’d think we would have gotten the decade! And then I start to feel really old. That doesn’t same as they did. I don’t bound up stairs any- message, but the younger generation has reck- The photos pretty much sealed the deal. mean much to more, and the idea of dancing the night away lessly embraced barebacking and the older Who was that slender — or at least average- someone in their seems almost ludicrous to me now. generation has forgotten that AIDS does not sized — guy with dark brown hair who 30s, since most First of all, my legs just don’t have the pep discriminate because of age. looked like such a child? What’s worse, I was have few prob- they used to have. Secondly, 61-year-old guys It’s time to haul out the safer sex informa- already in my 30s back then, already no spring lems aside from dancing to Lady Gaga just look like a cry for tion that was squelched in the name of “absti- chicken. Hardy Haberman sports injuries or help. nence only” and start educating again. Age has its advantages. There is the whole Flagging Left the occasional Aside from dancing, I don’t have the desire As the election cycle approaches, the same- “older and wiser” thing, and being older does hangover. But to to do as much as I used to. Part of that comes sex marriage issue will continue to be on the give you a sense of perspective on minor prob- a gay man creeping into his 60s “quality of from being settled down with a loving partner forefront, while the real issue of full civil rights lems that used to seem like life-altering crises life” is very much “top of mind.” for more than 16 years, and part is just from for LGBT citizens is pushed aside. I guess it’s when I was younger. First of all, I never expected to live this long. the whole age thing. The idea of a nice dinner not sexy enough to get media attention. So I guess I will have to keep pounding TO SEND A LETTER | We welcome letters from readers. Shorter letters and those addressing a single issue are more likely to be printed. Letters are subject to editing for length away at the real equality issue until our politi- and clarity, but we attempt to maintain the writer’s substance and tone. Include your home address and a daytime telephone number for verification. Send letters to the senior cians can get some kind of focus on the big pic- editor, preferably by e-mail ([email protected]). Letters also may be faxed (214-969-7271) or sent via the U.S. Postal Service (Dallas Voice, 4145 Travis St., Third Floor, Dallas ture. TX 75204). All letters become the property of Dallas Voice. And the whole idea of an aging generation of LGBT seniors has yet to hit the activists’ radar. Oh, there is a lot of talk about it, but who is going to assure that when I get old enough to need assisted care, my sexuality and my partner will not be ignored? Guess there is still a lot to do. Time to get up off the couch and start getting busy. Perhaps that will keep me from just being an old curmudgeon — like a kinky, gay Andy Rooney. So time to get busy. If 60 is the new 40, then I fully intend to have an action-packed middle age. • Hardy Haberman, who will celebrate his 61st birth- day on July 27, is a longtime local LGBT activist and a board member of the Woodhull Freedom Alliance. His blog is at DungeonDiary.blogspot.com.

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07.15.11 • dallasvoice 23 24 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 LIFE+STYLE dance Let’s get ready to rumba! For fleet-footed Ryan Lewis and partner Natalia Fridmanovich, ballroom dancing is still an underground gay scene in Dallas

JEF TINGLEY | Contributing Writer [email protected]

or those of us with two left feet, just the Last month, Lewis and Fridmanovich trav- words “foxtrot” and “cha-cha” can induce eled to Italy for the Italian Open, an interna- F panic attacks and sweaty palms. Dancing tional ballroom dance competition, where they is like public speaking to a beat: It’s a deep fear, were the only couple representing North the kind that can’t be erased — even by images Texas; they had an impressive showing, mak- of a Dirty Dancing-era Patrick Swayze as your ing it to the semi-finals, putting them in the top partner. six couples out of nearly 100 entered. But according to professional gay rug cutter It’s not just competing that keeps them busy. Ryan Lewis, ballroom dance doesn’t have to be The duo teaches classes in Latin and standard scary. In fact, it can be a place where you can find dance, which embraces favorites such as the your inner Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers … or waltz, foxtrot and tango. Although the classes maybe a combination of both. aren’t specifically created for same-sex couples, “The gay community has many outlets [for Lewis welcomes them, and says it’s not un- people] to participate in and express themselves common for the pairings to occasionally end whether it be sports, clubs, politics or the art up that way anyhow. scene,” says Lewis. “However, as a gay man, I “Each class is 45 minutes of warm-up fol- realize that some of these opportunities are not lowed by 45 minutes of partner work. Since we well known. [My dance partner] Natalia and I usually have more girls than guys in the class, feel that ballroom dance is a perfect fit…While you end up with girls dancing with girls — but the community has plenty for someone to feel it could be the same if there were more guys in comfortable with their sexuality on a Friday the class, too,” he says. night, I wished, when I was coming out, there Lewis credits the popularity of TV shows were more avenues for me to be comfortable in like Dancing With The Stars and So You Think my own skin, as well as [to] participate in activi- You Can Dance with raising the visibility of ties alongside the heterosexual world.” ballroom, yet people still feel like they won’t SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN DANCE | Lewis and Fridmanovich, who teamed up last year, bring Lewis has been training and competing for have a chance to use it. Lewis claims that’s professional ballroom to North Texas. more than 13 years in international Latin and only true if they don’t know where to look. standard dance, specializing in international “Most people don’t realize that in just one Latin for the past eight years. Last June, after try- [dance] lesson, you can learn enough to go to so- group holds weekly dance classes and annual hideouts is Gloria’s restaurant at Beltline and the ing out with other dancers on the competitive cial dances and be able to do one or two dances shows and workshops. Tollway. “On Saturdays at like 11, they clear all circuit, he made a visceral connection with Na- that evening,” he says. While Lewis ranks Dallas’ ballroom dance tables and chairs and until one or two in the talia Fridmanovich, a Russian native who began For beginners, Fridmanovich recommends scene on the national scale as top 20, it’s not in morning it’s salsa and partner dancing like dancing in her father’s studio at age 11. Frid- simple steps like the foxtrot and rumba. Once the top 10, and still something seen as slightly merengue,” says Lewis. manovich holds titles that include Eastern Rus- armed with a repertoire of moves, the couple underground. “If you don’t know it exists, you That’s certainly a different kind of salsa than sia ballroom champion. After she relocated to suggests joining an organization like USA Dance would never see it. But once you see it, you you usually find at Gloria’s … but one that can North Texas, she and Lewis started dancing to- Dallas, whose sole mission is to “promote social know it is everywhere.” be just as addictive. • gether and have been a team ever since. dancing throughout the city.” To do this, the One example of these lesser-known dance For more, visit RyanNataliaDance.com.

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28 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 07.15.11 • dallasvoice 29 L+S screen Potter late than never Final installment of ‘Harry Potter’ makes a fitting end to a decade-long series that even a Muggle can appreciate

ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected]

There’s a tonal shift in the final in- stallment of the Harry Potter series, part 2 of The Deathly Hallows, that’s al- most arrestingly apart from what has preceded it. Maybe it’s the sense of fi- nality that the story is truly coming to an end, a sentimental summing up that resolves most of the plot threads, ex- plains just why Harry is so important and how Voldemort will finally be de- feated. That coda gives us a sense of closure. That the film works so well is aston- ishing, considering that Part 1, which came out eight months ago, was so dis- WILD ABOUT HARRY | By growing up on screen in the role, Daniel Radcliffe has the audience vested in his fate. astrously heavy and convoluted. This one, dark as pitch, benefits from well- conceived set pieces and a streamlined arc. under the iron thumb of Snape. a phalanx of stone warriors defending the school Still, this Potter is a good 20 minutes shorter There are still some nearly insurmountable in- against an onslaught of giants. It also affords some than the average for the series, and includes an congruities that only the most devoted fans could of the long-standing characters the opportunity to epilogue well after the slightly heedlessly overlook (how is it emerge from the shadows of the series, including unsatisfying climax. Given how it Voldemort and Harry can see inside a defiant Prof. McGonagall (Maggie Smith) and serves as the grand capstone to a HARRY POTTER AND THE each others’ brains, but never know the dopey Neville Longbottom as a surprise hero. popular series, you’d think they DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2 where the other is? If they can fly in- The thrust of the film, though, is explaining could have found time to, for in- Rated PG-13. 125 mins. stantly through space-time, how just why Harry is so special, and Daniel Radcliffe, stance, remind us what the Now playing in wide release. does a creaky metal fence act as who literally grew up before our eyes in the role, deathly hallows of the title are. such a devastating barrier? etc.). shows a remarkable maturity amid all the hoo- (None of the films has ever recapped important And Steven Kloves’ script is problematic and ha. I still maintain that the movies border on in- plot points, the way the Lord of the Rings series did cliché-filled (Snape actually delivers the line, coherence, but you can’t deny the sincerity with — and that was just three films, not eight spread “Some of you are probably wondering why I which Radcliffe has always tackled the material, over 10 years.) summoned you here at this hour”). often sharing screen-time with some of the pre- So, prepare to go in either expecting to have to But director David Yates has assembled some eminent British actors of their age. When all is relearn some facts: Voldemort divided his soul thrilling action sequences and added a Gothic flair said and done, you cannot help but care for into several “horcruxes” which Harry, Hermione that add weight and urgency. The siege of Hog- Harry and be vested in what happens to him. On and Ron are trying to find and destroy; mean- warts is a special effects extravaganza that evokes that score, The Deathly Hallows Part 2 does not while, the Death Eaters are ruling Hogwarts some real thrills and awesome moments, such as disappoint. •

On the inside with a wizard: Dallas’ gay-friendly Harry Potter club For some people, the Harry Potter series amounts to a good read, a franchise to criticize or a childish fantasy blown out of proportion. For others, though, itʼs a way of life, the basis of friendships, even a social necessity. For me, Harry Potter was the cornerstone of my adolescence. Prior to reading the series, I was little more than a home-schooled recluse. A three-month trip to Australia left me without much to do but read, and during my banishment, I devoured the entire series within weeks. After returning to the Dallas, I joined the Harry Potter Dallas-Fort Worth club (HP DFW), an LGBT-friendly group of like-minded fans who shared my passion for the series. The group meets twice a month to discuss aspects of the books and movies. I was soon absorbed in the family-like atmosphere of the club and the intricacies of the fandom. Members get together to not only argue over the pros and cons of house elves, but also to dress up as our favorite characters, attend Potter conventions and hold our own Potter-related parties. Iʼm now the co-organizer for the group (“Filch of the Forums” is my formal title), and one of the many LGBT-identified individuals who are active in it. Like the characters in the series itself, HP DFW is an open-minded and supportive family of accepting nerds. And Dallas Voice intern Drake von Trapp (fourth from left) found even Muggles are welcome. acceptance in this Potter’s field. — Draconis von Trapp For more information, visit Meetup.com/hp-dfw

30 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 LIFE+STYLE Blonde ambition concerts Dolly Parton keeps on truckin’ with a new album, a tour — and late-night trips to the Kroger in full Dolly drag

olly Parton, the “Queen of Coun- try music star. Even calling her “iconic” try Music,” reigns on our (gay) seems too small for the larger-than-life D parade with her persona. new album Better Day DOLLY PARTON From her humble roots in and her concert tour, at Tennessee, our “Backwoods the Verizon Theatre Verizon Theatre, Barbie” continues to be a Tuesday. Better Day 1001 Performance Place, Grand doll to her gay fans. With Prairie. July 19 at 8 p.m. $45–$115. marks her 41st solo Ticketmaster.com some rare moments to spare, album of original mate- she talks behind the scenes rial, and she ties Reba McEntire with four of her tour and what’s beneath the No. 1 country singles in four consecutive makeup and glitter. • decades. Parton is far more than a coun- — Jerry Nunn Dallas Voice: The first track on Better Day, “In People, the audience, I love that. I love to travel the Mean Time,” is so feisty. What was your because I am a gypsy, but I enjoy performing motivation for it? Parton: That is one my fa- for the fans that love to see it. I have been vorite songs because it sums up what is going around so many years, worked so many audi- on in the world, my attitude about it. Everybody ences and had so many types of shows. Since is so down in the dumps and waiting for the end the beginning, it is kind of fun to watch how of time instead of doing something about it, en- things have changed. I have fans from little bitty joying the time they got. This whole album I kids now watching Hannah Montana with Aunt wanted to write stuff to uplift people and give a Dolly to my older fans and the new ones that positive spin on this negativity. have discovered my music. It is a really fun trip Youʼve performed the first single, “Together for me as you can imagine. You and I” on television, but is there a video How fabulous is your tour bus? The set up is in the works? Yes. Trey Fanjoy, who was di- great. I have traveled on a tour bus since 1967. rector of the year at CMT this year, did a won- This current one is an updated, modern version, derful video that shows people from all over the where there is room. Especially when it has world, love in all forms and fashions — more of stopped you can let the sides out and have a a universal love. It is a beautiful video. real home. I donʼt stay in hotels so I just live on What can fans expect from your concerts my bus. Iʼve got everything from my kitchen to now? We got all sorts of good things going my televisions, DVDs and books. Itʼs a way to with the Better Day World Tour. We have a lot of carry my wigs and my costumes. I am set up positive stuff in that by doing different things for good for that. the fans. Are you able to take off the wig and shop at You have a huge gay following and they will al- Kroger without people recognizing you? ways love you. Hey, a big shout out to them! Well, if I went to Kroger I wouldnʼt take off my We have fun with my gay crowds. We are going wig. I donʼt go grocery shopping too much but to be in L.A. for two days at the Hollywood when I do itʼs usually in the wee hours after Bowl, then in San Francisco. All ready so many midnight. If I really want to cook certain things of my gay fans have said they are going to be for a special occasion that I really need and I there in the front row. I love it. I have always donʼt trust anyone to find it I will go to the store. loved my gay fans. They accept me and I ac- But I usually dress like myself and go in. I canʼt cept them. We get along just fine. I am very be disguised because if I open my mouth you proud and honored when they dress up like me know itʼs me! I sound as different as I look. or whatever they want to do! There is no point in going and embarrassing What is your favorite thing about touring? myself by looking like hell.

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 31 L+S stage Wiz, meet Liz After a devastating fire and the loss of her mom, Dallas’ Liz Mikel wowed NYC — but there’s no place like home

ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor [email protected]

Liz Mikel sprinkles her conversation with But Dallas doesn’t need to worry too much terms of endearment like “baby” and “child” the about losing Mikel to the Great White Way. “This way others sprinkle sugar on cereal: Liberally, is my home, baby!” she says almost defensively. and to sweeten you up. “I’ve been [with the DTC, where she is now a Mikel deserves a little sweetness in her life. member of the resident acting company] since 2010 proved to be a daunting 1990. I’m not going anywhere.” year for the actress. She was in THE WIZ She continues that association tech rehearsals for the world pre- with the DTC when she opens in miere musical Give It Up! at the Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. The Wiz tonight. Dallas Theater Center when her Through Aug. 7. But Mikel has been familiar to DallasTheaterCenter.org. house burned to the ground. Dallas’ gay community even Four months later, her mother longer. “If I had been born a man, passed away. I would have been a drag queen,” says the 6- “She was a brilliant shining light,” Mikel says, foot-1 actress who rarely wears flats in public. “I tearing up. “She had a doctorate but she always was about 18 when I started going to The Land- encouraged me [in acting and singing]. I had no ing, which is where you’d go to see drag shows. choice — performing chose me.” I forced my best friend, whom I had known Those twin tragedies challenged Mikel, but did since the fifth grade, to come out to me by telling not defeat her. Indeed, Give It Up! (now renamed him he had to take me there.” Lysistrata Jones) has become a flashpoint for her ca- Mikel began singing in piano bars, where she reer. When the producing team decided to bring it developed a reputation as a full-throated diva to New York, Mikel was brought along to recreate with a gospel urgency to her voice. That has her role as a sassy madam — a casting decision translated well onto the stage, especially in musi- that led to a full-color photo of her in the Sunday cal roles. But her current part, playing the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times. wicked Evilene in The Wiz, is something of a de- “That still boggles my mind,” she says, parture for her. slightly aghast. “I did not know the magnitude “I usually do nurturing roles, but this is just of that. I was just grateful they found a way to over-the-top from the word ‘go,’ cracking the get me up there. You plant seeds, and then it whip and screaming at people.” opens a different universe for you.” It’s also a chance for Mikel to take on a role in That universe includes talk of moving the mu- one of her favorite musicals — sort of. sical to Broadway with Mikel intact (there’s al- “I loved watching The Wizard of Oz on TV,” ready buzz she’d be in serious contention for a she says, “waiting for that moment when Judy Tony Award), and though she’s crossing her fin- Garland goes from black and white to color.” gers “waiting for the call,” Mikel prefers not to The message of the show rings especially true think too much about it. “It’s still just an out-of- for Mikel after the trials of 2010, as she knows body experience,” she says. “I don’t even know that, no matter what 2011 and beyond may how to put it in words.” bring, there’s no place like home. •

OFF TO SEE THE LIZ | Mikel tackles a villainous character in ‘The Wiz’ at DTC before (fingers crossed) returning to New York for a hoped-for Broadway production of ‘Lysistrata Jones.’ (Photo by David Leggett)

32 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 Sex in the city ‘Bedpost Confessions’ moves sex talk from the closet into Oak Cliff

RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer their sexcapades to the masses? Smythe hopes [email protected] so. “The more sex is taboo the more shame that What would you do if your friend admitted to surrounds it. I see that as a problem,” she says. being a prostitute? Or if your sister talked about “My feeling is that kids have a hard time under- having sex outside of her marriage with a 21- standing what sex and sexuality is about. Par- year-old virgin? Sexual talk outside of the bed- ents don’t feel comfortable because of the shame room can still be taboo, even in today’s so kids go into their formative sexual years inad- desensitized world of fast hookups and Show- vertently hurting each other. Shame creates harm time melodramas. Bring up intercourse (or and we aim to take that harm out of the picture. something far more intense), and most people So we just talk about it.” will cringe or shy away. She describes Confessions as pansexual because Not Sadie Smythe. She says all perspectives are reflected and that such fear stems from shame, BEDPOST CONFESSIONS embraced. Local performer Roy G. and she’s on a quest to change Bivs is a gay man who talks about The Kessler , 1230 W. Davis St. that. July 21 at 8 p.m. $8. a time in Japan when he partook “We do it because there’s this BedpostConfessions.com in prostitution to pay the bills. puritanical mindset pervading Smythe, who is bisexual, has pub- our culture,” Smythe says. “We want to start a licly discussed her open marriage in her book conversation about sex and sexuality. It’s a pleas- Open All the Way. She’ll “confess” to her 21-year- urable experience for people and that’s part of old virginal conquest. why we do it.” “My mother will be at this show so she’s Smythe is co-creator of the Austin-based show gonna get an earful,“ Smythe laughs. “But it’s Bedpost Confessions, a sort of Vagina Monologues educational. That’s part of the beauty of it. Con- series of admissions and detailed sexual experi- fessions takes you out of your own experience ences featuring a roster of participants. Bedposts’ and other people can encourage flight.” first- ever performance outside of Austin comes The audience can even confess their own sins, to Oak Cliff July 21. er … “experiences.” “I thought Dallas should be our first stop as a “The hallmark of the show is the confessions,” good jumping off point,” says Smythe, a Dallas she says. “Although we highly curate these native. “Depending on how many people show shows and make sure they are smart, funny and up, we’ll be in the upstairs room at the Kessler. entertaining we add an element of interaction That’s such a great place and right in the middle that’s unpredictable.” of all that cool stuff.” Those that go to a Confessions show are given a She could be surprised. Although current card to come clean about that which gets them RSVPs are modest, if it plays out like her first off. Without names, the cards are read aloud dur- show, that could change dramatically. Smythe ex- ing the show. (A sampling are on the show’s pected about 20 people to Confessions’ debut and website.) Smythe says there’s a cathartic element 60 showed up, crammed into a small space. Now to opening up. the monthly event brings in close to 400 people “The audience notes are usually funny, but it — all there to talk about (and listen to others talk also unifies the group as they all engage in it,” about) sex. With such a growth, the show plans she says. “Sometimes they’ll even inspire discus- for events in San Francisco and Boston. sion and ultimately, it’s a really fun and sexy Does that mean America is ready to shout out show.” •

TALK DIRTY TO ME | Three of the four creators of ‘Bedpost Confessions,’ including Sadie Smythe, far left, are bisexual, giving a ‘pansexual’ bent to many of the sexy admissions.

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 33 L+S couch potato Master skater With Gay Skate Night back, roller derby’s Trigger Mortis offers some tips on making the floor your own

RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer [email protected]

There was a time when the gays would routinely venture to Grand Prairie’s Forum Roller World for the ritual of roller skating. Don Blaylock used to DJ the event and de- cided he wanted to bring it back. “It got to be too much for people every week,” he says. “I think that’s why it fizzled out.” Scaling it back to once a month (every third Saturday) and moving it to the Inter- TASTING NOTES Skate Roller Rink in Lewisville, Blaylock wants to make it a more social event. Before 2011 has witnessed a boom in restaurant openings, but this week, there were some clos- heading to the rink, he chooses a place to eat ings of particular note, as well. where people can opt to meet up for a pre- “Just let The Cultured Cup, the wonderful store run skate nosh. He encourages carpooling up to yourself fall. Drop by tea sommelier Kyle Stewart and his coffee- Lewisville as well, all in efforts to get people to your knees or on all fours.” savant partner Phil Krampetz, will be shutting “doing something” and “coming together.” This is not unfamiliar territory. the doors of its Preston Center location Satur- Sounds like a plan. Coincidentally, Mortis works at day. But that doesnʼt mean itʼs going anywhere. The last time I donned a pair of quad roller InterSkate in the skate shop. I feel this While the last chance to purchase from the skates, my age was still in single digit territory. could prove fortuitous because she gave storefront will be July 16 at 6 p.m., you can still At 9, I took lessons on Saturday mornings at the me some fashion and not-so-fashionable order their selection of brewing beverages on- Broadway Skateland in Mesquite and became tips on preparing for my rollout. line at TheCulturedCup.com. If you wanna stop by Saturday and Sunday, theyʼll gladly feed you fairly comfortable with all the basics. That lasted “Get some wristguards,” she advises. pizza and iced tea if you want to help them a couple of years. Three decades later, I think I “And dress comfortably. Tight jeans, no. move. may be a little rusty. I’ve seen people split their pants; not Last Saturday ended up being the final day “It’s a whole lot easier if you’re going fast so cute. I think those little athletic shorts of service for Hectorʼs on Henderson as well. you can’t feel any of the bumps on the rink,” are fine; with knee-high derby socks The Uptown eatery — which is where Central Trigger Mortis says. “If you go slow, you’ll feel and a headband you’d get total street 214 exec chef Blythe Beck first made her culi- every plank of wood.” cred with an Assassination City shirt. nary mark — was the child of Hector Garcia, Thanks, lady, but I’m going slow. I’d hang out with you.” frontman for the Riviera for years. Garcia, pic- Mortis is a member of the Assassination City Mortis tried to convince me to go tured, not only owned the place and worked Roller Derby league, and she agreed to give me with the Roller Girl shorts that are made the room, he also provided the entertainment on occasion, singing alongside the om- some pleasant tips to aid my return to skating … with “anti-cameltoe and muffin top tech- nipresent piano. just like she’ll be doing on the nology.” Garcia — whose partner is former city flat rink at Fair Park next Satur- GAY SKATE NIGHT But I’d lose all cool points councilmember Craig Holcomb — opened in day when ACRD ends its season if I went in my inline skates. the fall of 2004 (I vividly recall dining there on InterSkate Roller Rink, 1408 S. with the championship contest. She informs that quads (four Election Night) to widespread acclaim. The Highway 121, Lewisville. July 16 My lesson, however, nixed the at 8:30 p.m. $6. 214-207-7430 or wheels, yo) are where it’s at closing was low-key, with Garcia thanking his elbows and knockouts and all. InterSkate.net and plus there’s more of longtime customers. “I never wanted a run-of- She started with the basics. a base to distribute the-mill place, but rather something you would “First, you need to squat really low. The lower my body weight on. That is if I not experience anywhere else,” he said. you are, the less distance your ass is from the don’t flatten the tires. Inliners are Lolitaʼs, the new Mexican restaurant that opened in the old Catalina Room space (later ground,” she says. “Bend your knees like you’re passé and she warns that she and the short-lived Honey Shack), is adding enter- sitting in a chair. That’s really important.” her girls will make fun of me in blades. tainment to the menu. Husband and wife own- Squatting really low is not a look that I’m All of the sudden, it feels like middle ers Karlos and Teresa Urban are launching a comfortable with. I’d like to impress the crowd school again. new Saturday night drag show, beginning at 10 but not look like an idiot. Face it. Being that FOUR WHEELIN’ | Skate with caution to avoid this guy on the roller rink. Gay p.m. on July 16. Even though the resto is in the “You’ll look more like an idiot if you fall it’s Gay Skate Night, Skate Night returns every third Saturday at InterSkate in Lewisville. gayborhood, the client base is largely straight, standing straight up,” she says. there is always the (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice) the Urbans said in a release, but they think the That shut me up. Usually, when I find myself option for a poten- addition will appeal to both the gay and straight in an unstable standing situation, I just grab onto tial hook up. You were thinking it! This wasn’t move your hips like salsa dancing,” she says. community. Cover is $10. whatever’s close by and hang on to reposition lost on Trigger Mortis. Although she doesn’t It’s like doing the Tootsie Roll. But you could Axiom Sushi Lounge at the ilume started its Martini Monday this week, with .99 cent my posture — even if it is other people. Appar- recommend throwing elbows or chairs, she have someone pushing you while you try it. If house cosmos and $2 off all regular price sig- ently, this isn’t cool. says trying to skate backwards is as good as a you happen to fall, the one thing that’s gonna nature martinis. “Oh, no, don’t do that. That’s like the biblical pick-up line. happen is they land on top of you.” — Arnold Wayne Jones rule No. 1: You can’t grab anybody,” she says. “Well, first, if you want to skate backwards, Clearly, my kinda girl. •

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LIFE+STYLE best bets Friday 07.15

FIT for a queen The Festival of Independent Theaters (FIT) re- turns with an inspired schedule of shows includ- ing works by Steve Martin and David Mamet. Weʼre curious though about The Madness of Lady Bright with Larry Randolph, about an aging drag queenʼs descent into madness.

DEETS: Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Through Aug. 6. $12–$16. BathhouseCultural.com.

Sunday 07.17

Walk this way Not often do we get to see both men and women compete in drag pageants together, but Miss Life- Walk is different that way. Everyone can make a run for the tiara, but the goal is to raise funds for AIDS LifeWalk and the amazing things they do. But for real, these contestants are still gonna do all they can to snag the crown.

DEETS: Round-Up Saloon, 3912 Cedar Springs Road. 6 p.m. AIDSLifeWalk.org/Miss-LifeWalk.

Thursday 07.21

Givinʼ up the Love We donʼt have to rely on Chelsea Lately or Amer- icaʼs Dumbest Criminals to get some Loni Love up in here. The comedian brings the laughs with her signature sass and weʼre all the better for it.

DEETS: The Improv, 309 Curtis May Way, Arling- ton. Through July 24. $17–$20. Improv.com.

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FRIDAY 07.15 SATURDAY 07.16 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ‘til Midnight at the Nasher. Third Fridays at the TGRA Dallas Annual Underwear Auction with Nasher come with live outdoor concerts and movie hosts Trisha Davis and Heather Thomas. Dallas screenings in the garden. Bring blankets to spread Eagle, 5740 Maple Ave. 8 p.m. DallasTGRA.org. on the grass and enjoy the night sky looming over GayBingo Live. With hosts Jenna Skyy, Asia Dallas. Nasher Sculpture Garden, 2001 Flora Street. O’Hara and Patti Le Plae Safe. The Rose Room 6 p.m. $10.NasherSculptureCenter.org. inside Station 4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. 5 p.m. Triangle Networking Tarrant, for gay-owned and $25. 214-540-4495. gay-friendly businesses. Dos Gringos, 1510 Univer- Headlights and Hounds bikini car and bike wash sity Ave., Fort Worth. 6 p.m. $5. 817-496-3479. benefiting Best Friends Animal Shelter. Pet psy- FUSE drop-in weekdays for gay and bi guys up to chic, buffet, games and prizes also on hand at the 29. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. Tues- dog-friendly event. The Lodge, 10530 Spangler days–Fridays at 2 p.m. DFWFuse.com. Road. Noon. The-Lodge.com. Youth First Texas for LGBTQ-identified youth up to DFW Prime Timers play bingo at private resi- 22. 3918 Harry Hines Blvd. Fridays –Saturdays and dence. 7 p.m. Call 972-504-8866 for details. Tuesdays–Wednesdays at 6 p.m., Thursdays at 4 p.m. YouthFirstTexas.org. DFW Bi Net, a social and support group for bi- sexual men and women, brunch. La Madeleine, Unwired Dallas. Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA) 3906 Lemmon Ave. 10:30 a.m. BOXERS OVER BRIEFS | The Texas Gay Rodeo Association holds its annual Underwear Auction Saturday at meets for those wishing to quit using meth. Also the Dallas Eagle. Cowboys in undies can put most anyone in a charitable mood. The event benefits TGRA and meets on Mondays and Wednesdays at the same Legacy social group of adults 50 or older from its charities. Trisha Davis and Heather Thomas guest host the event. time. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. Cathedral of Hope. 972-387-3345. 7:30pm. Free. CrystalMeth.org. Rainbow Ministries International. Meets weekly. Springs Road. 12:30 p.m. 30/40Something social group meets weekly. Stonewall Group of Narcotics Anonymous. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. 2 p.m. Family Pride Coalition, a monthly support group Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 10 Meets at noon, 7:30 p.m. 2438 Butler St., # 108. 469-222-3400. for gay and lesbian parents and their children, a.m. CathedralOfHope.com. CODA, codependents support group at Cathedral Late Great Chevy Car Show. Guests can not only meets at a private home. For time and location 214- of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. Cathe- see a selection of vintage cars, but can also dress 521-5342 ext. 1708. dralofhope.com. to participate in the sock hop costume contest. The Friends Associating and Relating, LGBT social event is hosted by Norma’s Café Trinity Mills and ART group, meets twice a month for potluck dinners, MONDAY 07.18 continues every second Saturday through October. game nights, and more in the evenings. Newcomers Better Gnomes and Gardens. Art Con’s SEED COMMUNITY Norma’s Café, 17721 N. Dallas Tollway. 8 a.m. Free. welcome and there are no dues. Call 214-328-6749 event put local artists to the test with their reinter- F.A.C.E., support group for those impacted by for details. pretations of garden gnomes and pink flamingos HIV/AIDS in any capacity. The group also meets on and all are up for auction. Benefiting Art Conspiracy, Breath of Life Interfaith Mindfulness Fellowship. Thursdays. Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs the event will also feature local bands The Red LGBT-friendly “meditation and more” event. All Road. 7 p.m. Cathedralofhope.com. SUNDAY 07.17 faiths welcome. Dallas Meditation Center, 727 S. 100s, John Lefler, The Blurries. Sons of Hermann Self esteem support group provided by AIDS Out- COMMUNITY Floyd Road, Richardson. 5 p.m. Donations ac- Hall, 3414 Elm St. 7 p.m. $10. ArtConspiracy.org. reach Center meets weekly. AIDS Outreach Center, The Set, a group for mature-minded SGL African- cepted. InterMindful.com. 400 N. Beach St., Fort Worth. 1:30 p.m. 817-229- American men to create a community meets. South THEATER The ONE Church, 2515 Inwood Road, Ste 213. 4621. AOC.org. The Devil is a Lya Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. 6 p.m. Services at 11:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. . This gospel stage play tells the DFW Prime Timers play bridge every week at 1 Gaymsters bridge club. Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Dallas1Church.org. story of one family in four dramas. Garland Plaza p.m. Call 972-504-8866 for details. Theatre, 521 W. State St. Garland. 8 p.m. $15. Cedar Springs Road. 2 p.m. Dignity Dallas sponsors Roman Catholic liturgy. BeeFlyProject.com. Lutherans Concerned, LGBT affirming group for Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6 CABARET p.m. 214-521-5342 ext. 1732. DignitytDallas.org. The Wiz. The Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Lutherans. King of Glory Lutheran Church, 6411 Mama’s Party. Amy Stevenson hosts the weekly Black Dance Theatre present this retelling of The LBJ Freeway. 7 p.m. 214-855-4998. Resounding Harmony holds weekly rehearsals at cabaret featuring local stage actors and musicians. Wizard of Oz. Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. Through Order of St. Francis and St. Clare every first and Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, 3014 Oak Contemporary Theater of Dallas, 5601 Sears St. 7 Aug. 7. $10–$80. DallasTheaterCenter.org. third Sunday. Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Lawn Ave. 7 p.m. Resoundingharmony.org. p.m. MamasParty.com.

07.15.11 • dallasvoice 39 TUESDAY 07.19 WEDNESDAY 07.20 dation for African-American men to dialog. South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. 6 p.m. COMMUNITY COMMUNITY LOSF.org. Stonewall Democrats of Dallas. Ojeda’s Restau- Legacy of Success Community Mixer encour- The House of Glamour is an monthly event by the rant, 4617 Maple Ave. 6:30 p.m. 214-506-3367. ages community networking and meets every third Legacy of Success Foundation for African-Ameri- Wednesday. Catfish Blues, 1011 S. Corinth St. 6:30 JEWEL Lesbian Fiction Book Club meets on the can women to meet and caucus. Brooklyn’s Jazz p.m. LOSF.org. third Tuesday. ilume, 4123 Cedar Springs Road. Café, 1701 S. Lamar St. 3 p.m. LOSF.org. 6:30 p.m. Visit website for meeting dates if they DFW Prime Timers Prime Lunch at Mama’s F.A.C.E., support group for those impacted by change due to author’s availability. RCDallas.org. Daughter’s Diner, 2610 Royal Lane. Noon. The HIV/AIDS in any capacity. Cathedral of Hope, 5910 group also plays bridge every week at 7 p.m. Call Q’s Day Potluck. Friendly casual LGBT gathering Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. Cathedralofhope.com. every Tuesday evening. The Corporate Image, 972-504-8866 for details on both events. Choir and orchestra rehearsals at Cathedral of 5418 Brentwood Stair Road, Fort Worth. 7 p.m. Dallas PUMP, rehearsal for the chorus for LGBT Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 7 p.m. Cathe- 817-446-3395. youth. Youth First Texas, 5415 Maple Ave. Suite dralofhope.com. Sista to Sista support group provided by AIDS 225. 6:30 p.m. Dallaspump.org. Outreach Center. Meets every first, second and Gay Teen Project. 909 W. Magnolia St., Suite 2, third Tuesday. AIDS Outreach Center, 400 N. Fort Worth. 7 p.m. 817-332-7722. Beach St., Fort Worth. 11:30 a.m. 817-335-1994 20Something social group meets at Cathedral of this week’s solution ext. 204. AOC.org. Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:15 p.m. Cathe- Positive Recovery Auricular Acupuncture dralofhope.com. meets Tuesdays and Wednesdays. AIDS Out- GNOME SWEET GNOME | Local artists put their tal- El Sol, an AIDS Outreach Center support group reach Center, 400 N. Beach St., Fort Worth. ents on lawn decorations at Saturday’s ArtCon SEED meets weekly. AIDS Outreach Center, 400 N. Beach AOC.org. event Better Gnomes and Gardens. St., Fort Worth. 2 p.m. 817-335-1994 ext. 217. Miracle Workers (formerly Peace Builder Leader- AOC.org. Q’s-Day Potluck. All are welcome to this friendly, ship Team) meets in Fellowship Hall. Cathedral of casual LGBT gathering every Tuesday evening. The Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:30 p.m. CONCERT Corporate Image, 5418 Brentwood Stair Road, Fort Cathedalofhope.com. Worth, 817-446-3395. American Idol Live. Verizon Theatre, 1001 Per- FUSE Movie Night every week. For gay and bi formance Place, Grand Prairie. 7 p.m. $45–$65. Cathedral Ringers handbell rehearsal. Cathedral of guys up to 29. Resource Center Dallas, 2701 Rea- Ticketmaster.com. Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. 6:45 p.m. Contact gan St. 7 p.m. GetYourFuseOn.com. [email protected] for information. THURSDAY 07.21 Tuesday Night Fellowship with The ONE Church. Stop Smoking psycho-educational group by the Buffalo Wild Wings, 4140 Lemmon Ave. 7 p.m. AIDS Outreach Center, 400 N. Beach St., Fort COMMUNITY OneChurchTX.org. Worth. 2 p.m. The Set is a forum by the Legacy of Success Foun-

40 dallasvoice.com • 07.15.11 07.15.11 • dallasvoice 41 starvoice amusements JANE’S WORLD CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY By Jack Fertig

Simon Rex turns 37 on Wednesday. The actor has had quite the varied career as an actor in the TV series Felicity and Scary Movie 3 and then as a rap artist under the moniker Dirt Nasty. He also VJ’d for MTV in 1995. But most gay men might remember him for his role in Young, Hard & Solo II and the sequel.

CANCER Jun 21-Jul 22 Venus in your sign enhances your charm and beauty. Don’t be shy. Use your charm to promote charitable works. That also helps your career, but it’s no substitute for good hard work.

LEO Jul 23-Aug 22 Hide out in a creative retreat with a few friends who really stimu- late your talents and productivity. Put your minds together. You and they will accomplish a lot.

VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22 Rally your friends toward a goal. This exercise in leadership will be good for you socially and professionally. Remember it’s all about achieving the goal, not about your ability to run the show.

LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22 You’re rising to the top like cream, but staying sweet is a chal- lenge. Keep your eye on the details and the basics. Remember who’s on your side. Avoid arguments and other distractions.

SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21 Speaking up for what you want will work. Word will get around. New ideas for teamwork can transform your workplace. At both work and play, stay focused on your long-range priorities.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 20 Verbal or not, playful teasing of your partner might easily get out of hand. A little is good, but it goes a long way. Always keep the Golden Rule in mind.

CAPRICORN Dec 21-Jan 19 Flirtations at work need to be mild. Co-workers are not family, but a homey spirit can help build teamwork. Bring in some homemade goodies or arrange a potluck lunch for morale.

AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18 Working out is fun and creative at some level. Explore new ideas to stay engaged in your fitness regimen. Friends should have helpful suggestions. Don’t be shy to ask.

PISCES Feb 19-Mar 19 It’s all about the home cooking! Old family recipes save you money and inspire you to economic perspectives that can help your career. Thrifty initiatives get you noticed.

ARIES Mar 20-Apr 19 You are effective in defending your family and community, but re- sponses to insults or attacks are short-sighted. Understand the history and context of any conflicts, to address them better.

TAURUS Apr 20-May 20 Romantic and sensual as you are, you could be sexier. Chal- lenge your values and old hang-ups. Examine inner conflicts with someone you trust. Push yourself out of your comfort zone.

GEMINI May 21-Jun 20 Harness your current surge of constructive energy. Resist the urge to outspend your pals, or fritter resources on mindless in- dulgences. Work with your partner toward a common goal.

THIS WEEK

Relationships aren’t a competitive sport. Venus in Cancer aspecting Mars in Gemini should be good for whispering sweet nothings, but Eris aspects both, and Mars is right on the South Node. Resist temptations to be assertive and clever. Go for chocolates and exotic love poetry.

Jack Fertig can be reached at 415-864-8302 or Starjack.com

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Across 50 Bears’ home, briefly 1 Gossip from Ted Casablanca, e.g. 51 Prostitute, to Baudelaire? 5 Radar images 53 Like hands with roamin’ fingers? 10 Asks from one’s knees 55 Celeb who sent the message 14 Word used in dating 59 Gumbo veggie 15 All fired up 60 Gay parade center? 16 Go on and on 61 Neeson of Kinsey 17 Muse to John Boswell 63 Bone separator in the back 18 AZT, et al. 64 Digital dealings 19 Morales of Resurrection Blvd. 65 Drops the curtain on 20 Start of a message about NY’s new law 66 Ready for service 22 Batman portrayer Kilmer 67 Max and Albert, to Nathan 23 More of the message 68 “The multitudinous ___ incarnadine” (Shake- 24 Leave open-mouthed speare) 25 Rio beach of song 28 Oohs’ partners Down 29 End of the message 1 Country house, to Nureyev 31 Early release 2 Mother of the bride, to the other bride 34 Family of R.E.M.’s Michael 3 Shoot off unseen 38 Humped antelope 4 Goal for Sheryl Swoopes 39 Cruising area 5 ___ death (loss of interest) 42 Celebrity outing, perhaps 6 Future flies 43 Jockey’s gear 7 Nocturnal reptile of Tennessee 44 Shut out 8 It extends from a pirate’s crotch 46 Suffix with differ 9 AARP members 47 Request to Sajak 10 La ___ Tar Pits 48 Venue of the message 11 2010 flick that references The Scarlet Letter 12 Grind one’s teeth 13 Follows a direction from The Naked Chef 21 Triangle sign 23 Walking styles 26 Start of mature ejaculation 27 Rainey and Kettle 29 Goose sound 30 Commercial time of day 31 Piece of a pansy 32 He played Grace’s dad 33 A real stud 35 Cho delivery 36 Where Christian Chavez rolls up his meat? 37 Writer Gertrude 39 Do the moguls 40 Had partners, with “out” 41 Tiny toiler 44 Janitor’s tool 45 Debris from cornholing? 48 Bi plus mono 49 Score for Glenn Burke 52 Honshu port 54 Palindromic tennis star 56 “Here ___ go?” 57 Prepare for phone sex 58 Comic strip dog 59 Auberjonois on Deep Space Nine 62 Workloads for eds.

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The 100-degree days are not good for the skin, so head inside .... Celebrate 10 Jessica, Yankee and Lindsey at Sue Ellenʼs. years of GayBingo Saturday at the Rose Room. Where did the last decade go? ... DJ Tristan Jaxx flies in from San Francisco to DJ the Spin party Saturday at the Brick. DJ Adam Metts opens. Every Tuesday, local singer Jurni Rayne hosts Karaoke Night at the Brick. She’s a damn fine singer herself, so try to score a duet .... Jack’s Back Patio hosts live music every Friday and Saturday at Woody’s. Kathy and Bella play the stage Sunday afternoon and Wednesday night. They are some busy ladies. Anton Shaw performs Thursday .... You might remember we mentioned Best Friends in Fort Worth closed. It wasn’t for long. They are back open with new owners Randy and J.R. ... The Dallas Eagle has a full week of hot fun. They go Dark & Dirty on Friday night with a lights out party. Stephanie at Station 4. They follow up with Dance Your Ass Off on Saturday. Then round out the week- end with the Sinner’s Sunday Social. If you need a little more, hit up Throb every Wednesday .... C.C. Cross and band perform Friday night at Sue Ellen’s. Ciao Bella and Rich ‘n’ Rare finish the weekend off. Little Chalupa Karaoke on Thurs- days is never a letdown. That man knows his stuff .... Boot scoot to Cowtown to Club Reflection every Monday night for country and western dance lessons. Every Wednesday is Latin Night with a special guest DJ. Wonder who it will be this week? ... Kelexis Davenport hosts Drag Warz where queens and kings com- pete for major fabulosity points. • Randy, Kristin, Red and J.R. at Best Friends Club. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GREGORY HAYES. FOR MORE PHOTOS, VISIT DALLASVOICE.COM.

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