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6 dallasvoice.com █ 03.10.17 Tommy Ray Marion Sr., be- OBITUARIES loved father, grandfather and husband, and celebrated life- long Dallas educator, passed Brian Cross, 52, died suddenly on Monday, away on Feb.y 24 at age 71. March 6. Tommy was born Jan, 28, workshop to empower Oak Cliff residents Brian graduated from North Mesquite 1946, in Dallas, to unknown and neighborhoods to make Oak Cliff even High School and received his B.A. from parents at St. Paul Hospital better from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Turner University of North Texas after having been (now St. Paul Medical Center). House, 401 N. Rosemont Ave. expelled from Dallas Baptist University for After being cared for by the being gay, even though at the time he didn’t Holy Sisters of the Internation- • March 12: DFW Pride Happy Hour know he was gay. al Order of the Daughters of From 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Stirr Dallas, Before he retired, he worked in art resto- Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for one year, he was adopted 2803 Main St. #110. ration and for several years ran an art gal- by Raymond and Minnie Marion of Dallas. The Sisters took lery in Breckenridge, Colo. He served on the special care to watch over Tommy as he grew, frequently • March 12: Mikah Meyer board of Congregation Beth El Binah, where visiting the Marion household. As a child, Tommy was an To fund his world record road trip to all he was always made sure anyone coming to the group for the first time avid tap dancer and piano player. 417 national parks, Mikah Meyer sings at was welcomed. In February, he helped welcome about 100 LGBT teens At age 13, Tommy snuck out of his house to attend Judy LGBT-friendly churches. He appears at that were in Dallas as part of a B’nai Brith Youth Organization conven- Garland’s historic 1961 concert at the Music Hall at Fair 10:50 a.m. at St. Stephen United Methodist tion. Park. His parents never found out. Church, 2520 Oates Dr, Mesquite. Brian is survived by husband, David Taffet; mother and stepfather, Tommy graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory Margaret and Bob Austin; father and stepmother, Steve Cross and School in 1963, then from Southern Methodist University • March 16: Gay Women’s Gathering: Yvonne Cronin; his sister, Robin, and her family; his brother, Ken, and in 1968, where he also earned his master’s degree. He had An Evening on Lesbian Pregnancy his family, and his uncle, David Ruth. an intense passion for education that lasted throughout his With a focus on legal and medical safety Brian’s memorial service will be conducted by Congregation Beth lifetime, beginning at Jesuit Dallas, where he taught Span- for the LGBT community, the event El Binah at Northaven UMC, 11211 Preston Road, at noon on Friday, ish from 1973 until 1992, serving for a time as chairman of features a doctor, a lawyer and a sperm March 10. the Foreign Language Department. In 1985 Tommy was bank rep. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. at honored at the White House, under President Ronald Rea- Cathedral of Hope Interfaith Peace Chapel, gan, as one of the country’s Most Influential Teachers, re- 5910 Cedar Springs Road. Patrick Warren Armstrong, 56, died peace- ceiving a Certificate of Excellence in the Presidential Schol- fully at his Dallas home, beside his partner in ar Program. • March 16: AWSD kickoff party his own bed, on Dec. 7, 2016. After many wonderful years at Jesuit, Tommy began AIDS Walk South Dallas kickoff party Patrick’s parents, Lou and Donna, worked his second career at Richland College in the Dallas Coun- including a display of AIDS Memorial quilt for Braniff Airlines and inspired his love for ty Community College District, starting in the Corporate panels from 6:30-9 p.m. at Level Office, all things Braniff. In 2008, Patrick guest-cu- Services Department. It was during this time that he taught 701 Commerce St. $20 suggested donation. rated the Braniff exhibit at Frontiers of Flight at businesses across North Texas, including Alcatel, Erics- Museum, Love Field. Many of the items in- son, and MBNA, giving Spanish for Business and Industry • March 18: Lee Park cluded in that exhibit, in fact, belonged to courses. He also taught Command Spanish courses to first AIDS Memorial Anniversary him. responders in Dallas County and the Plano Public Library. This month marks the 25th anniversary of Patrick worked on the ramp in fleet services Tommy was honored by Richland in 1995 with the Ad- the tree planting and plaque dedication in for American Airlines DFW until his medical junct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award for his Spanish Lee Park to honor those lost to retirement in 2004. He bravely fought illness for years, with uncommon credit course instruction. Following his retirement, he con- HIV/AIDS. A gathering at 11 a.m. spirit. His loving nature and warm smile will be greatly missed. tinued working part time in the International offices where will honor Alan Ross, who created the Patrick was preceded in death by his loving parents and, in 2002, by he was employed until his unexpected passing. memorial and worked to have it installed his previous partner, Harry Losey. He is survived by his partner, Russell As an adult, Tommy was an avid local and world trav- in Lee Park. There will be testimonials Lewis, and his brothers, Dana and Terry Armstrong. eler. He was active in the Lebanese-American communi- and remembrances. Patrick was a U.S. Navy veteran and he will be laid to rest, with hon- ty, and helped found the annual Lebanese Food Festival. ors, close to his parents in a columbarium at the Fort Sam Houston Na- He loved classic movies and musicals, and could often be • March 18: Rep. Pete Sessions tional Military Cemetery in San Antonio on Friday, March 17, at 1 p.m. found along with his husband, Ray, at the Dallas Voice/ Town Hall His family, friends and Braniff family area welcome to attend. Magnolia Theater’s Big Movie Tuesdays or at the Winspear U.S. Rep Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, will hold Rest in peace, dear Patrick. Opera House. a town hall at 12:30 p.m. at Richardson Tommy married Ray Sablack, his partner of 15 years, on High School, 1250 Beltline Road. Anyone June 26, 2015, the day marriage equality was made legal with concerns over protecting Medicare Stage Productions, 120 S. Main St., Fort Worth. nationwide. They were one of the first male couples legally and $25-75. Qcinema.org. married in Dallas. Social Security benefits, health care or LGBT Tommy was preceded in death by parents, Raymond and rights is encouraged to attend. • March 18: HRC Spring Luncheon Minnie (Ashmore) Marion of Dallas. He is survived by his Mary Beth Maxwell, senior vice president for loving husband, Ray Sablack of Dallas; his two adult chil- • March 18: Pot O’ Gold Gaybingo programs, research and training speaks. dren from his previous marriage, Tom Marion of The Colo- Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center takes From 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at The Tower Club, ny and Carla Marion Peritz of Allen; son-in-law Don Peritz place from 6-9 p.m. at the Rose Room at S4, Thanksgiving Tower, 48th floor, Jr., also of Allen: and two grandsons. 3911 Cedar Springs Road. 214-540-4458. 1601 Elm St. Federal club members free. A memorial will be held at Richland College — Lago MyResourceCenter.org/gaybingo. Federal club guests $35. Others $50. Vista/Richland Library at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 31. In SpringLuncheon2017.eventbrite.com lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dallas Public • March 18: QCinema Library for Spanish Languange Materials, so that Tommy’s

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03.10.17 █ dallasvoice 7 SB6 backers win first battle Your turn to lobby Despite overwhelming opposition mittee SB 6 would hurt her daughter. “Like every other parent here, I just want the best • All In For Equality “and end discrimination based on sexual orien- during hearing, bathroom bill is Equality Texas, in coordination with ACLU of tation and gender identity or expression.” for my Libby,” Gonzales said of her daugh- Texas, Human Rights Campaign, Texas Freedom voted out of committee ter. “I want her to go to school every single Network and Transgender Education Network of • Transgender Lobby Day in D.C. day feeling safe and loved. Texas as well as numerous local organizations National Center for Transgender Equality is JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer “But SB 6 is about hurting transgender around the state — including Resource Center hosting the Transgender Lobby Day 2017 on Texans – and transgender kids,” Gonzales and Gay and Lesbian Alliance of North Texas — Thursday and Friday, June 8-9, in Washington, [email protected] are hosting All In For Equality Advocacy Day on D.C., to help “fight anti-trans legislation and added. “It’s not only a totally unnecessary Monday, March 20 in Austin. promote trans inclusive policies.” uesday, March 7, was bill, it’s a dangerous bill.” Those planning to attend are asked to register The organization encouraged transgender a long day at the Texas Chelsa Morrison of Grapevine agreed. on online at EqualityTexas.org. There is a $5 people, their families and friends and advocates Capitol. That’s when the “I think our kids need to be treated fairly,” registration fee, intended to help reduce the rate and allies to register to participate. On Thursday, Senate State Affairs Commit- Morrison told the committee. “I think our of people who register then don’t show up. But participants will meet with others from their state those who want to intend but need a waiver of for a keynote address and training session. On tee heard testimony on Sen- kids need to be protected from discrimina- the registration fee can email Robert Salcido at Friday, after more training in the morning, partic- ate Bill 6, the so-called bath- tion, and I’m here today to make sure my robert.salcido@ equalitytexas.org. ipants will head to Capitol Hill to meet with their room bill, authored by Sen. child is protected under the law. Lunch will be provided. elected representatives. Lois Kolkhorst, R-Brenham “We are not fighting about bathrooms; “This is an opportunity for you to ask state For information, visit TransEquality.org or that would require transgender men and we are fighting for our children’s lives,” leaders to pass inclusive policies that protect all email Kory Masen, Lobby Day organizer, at Texans, including our children,” organizers said, [email protected]. women to use public restrooms according Morrison said. “I urge you to listen to my to the sex noted on their birth certificates story and the stories of so many other par- and not their gender identity. ents here today. Listen to our educators op- Hundreds of people signed up to provide posing this bill, and listen to the businesses two-minute testimony for and against the warning you it’s bad for Texas.” bill, which opponents — including Equal- Legislation like SB 6 puts a divisive po- ity Texas and a broad coalition of business litical agenda ahead of people who real- groups — call “discriminatory.” ly need protection, said the Rev. S. David Kolkhorst insisted the bill was not Wynn, lead pastor of Agape Metropolitan about discriminating against trans- Community Church in Fort Worth. gender people when she laid out her “When transgender women, children and bill to the committee earlier in the day. men go into the public restroom that is con- “While the media makes it so much about gruent with their gender identity, they are transgender, this is a bill to say that men the most vulnerable person in that facility,” should not go into the women’s restroom or Wynn said. “They are already targets for into the shower or locker-room,” Kolkhorst bullying, shaming and violence. They are told the committee. the ones who need protection, and shame Sen. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston, replied on politicians for creating unfounded and that in that case, the bill is not necessary misdirected conflict, hysteria and hate for since there are laws already in place ad- this already overly targeted group. dressing the issue. “With all due respect, in my faith tradi- Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas, speaks during a rally this week against proposed legislation that If Kolkhorst wants to prevent men from tion, we call that sin.” would keep transgender people from using appropriate public restroom facilities. The measure, SB 6, was voted out of committee despite overwhelming opposition. (Photo courtesy Susan Risdon) entering women’s bathrooms, Garcia Texas Welcomes All, a coalition of tour- asked, why not use simple language like ism and convention leaders from across another run for office, said the bill would in But that did not deter committee mem- “someone cannot enter the bathroom of the Texas, cited evidence of the economic fall- fact bring businesses to the state. bers, who after almost 20 hours of testimo- opposite sex”? out after a similar bill passed in North Car- “Now the opponents of SB6 will cater- ny voted the bill out of committee on a par- “If that’s really what your aim is, then olina. According to data compiled by Tex- waul all day long about how this is bad and ty line vote of 8-1. why are we doing all these other things like as Competes, a group of businesses who we will lose business in Texas. I say, don’t (One Republican committee member was the…reference to the biological sex on the oppose anti-LGBT legislation, economic believe the radical leftists,” French said. not present for the vote, but asked to be birth certificate?” Garcia said. “Because I fallout from North Carolina’s similar law “Their values are not our values. I believe counted as supporting its passage. One of think that’s what leads to the concerns of totals almost a billion dollars. that SB6 will put in place protections for our two Democrats on the committee, Sen. Ed- many of the people in my district that this Not all speakers agreed, however. kids in school from would be predators and die Lucio Jr. of Brownsville, voted in favor is discriminatory and that this is targeting Bo French, a failed Republican candidate protect the rights of businesses. This will do of the bathroom bill.) transgender children.” for the Texas Legislature last session, tes- nothing but attract business to Texas.” The bill now awaits votes in the Senate, During the nearly 15 hours of public tes- tified for the bill. Without providing facts French and other supporters of the bill where it is likely to pass easily. The House, timony on the bill, opponents again and to back up his statements, French refuted were outnumbered, however. although also controlled by Republicans, again warned the bill would hurt people. multiple studies and data indicating that According to official numbers, 44 people is likely to prove a tougher sell, however. Two mothers from the Dallas-Fort Worth similar legislation had devastating eco- spoke in favor of the bill and 271 against. Speaker Joe Strauss has indicated that the area who have transgender daughters were nomic impacts on Indiana and North Car- Among those who registered but did not bathroom bill is not among his priorities, especially concerned. olina. testify, SB 6 opponents outnumbered sup- and SB 6 opponents see him as their best

Rachel Gonzales of Dallas told the com- French, who is believed to be considering porters by almost 1,100. hope of defeating the measure. █

8 dallasvoice.com █ 03.10.17 Blue in a swathe of red Trans woman and congressional candidate Danielle Pellett was among those lobbying against SB 6 in Austin this week likely to backfire. TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editor “The argument supporters of the bill use [email protected] is that they are protecting the privacy and safety of women and children. When you hen Danielle tell them that passing this bill is going to cost Pellett went to the state millions of dollars, what you’re do- Austin on Mon- ing is asking them to put a price tag on their day, March 6, children’s safety,” Pellett explained. “And to lobby against you can’t put a monetary value on a child’s Senate Bill 6 — the safety.” anti-transgender Instead, Pellett said, approach your argu- “bathroom bill” introduced by ment from a perspective the conservatives Sen. Lois Kolhurst and pushed by Lt. Gov. can understand and identify with. “Ask Transgender advocate and congressional candidate Danielle Pellett, front left, traveled to Austin on Monday, March 6, to lobby against SB 6. (Photo courtesy Danielle Pellett) Dan Patrick — she went in armed with what them, how are we going to enforce this. Are she described as logical arguments she be- people going to have to carry around their think this bill will protect children from — made much headway with them, either.” lieved would get through to conservative birth certificates?” in other countries those people are chemi- Pellet said she felt as if the state senators Republicans. And, she added, you have to work on cally castrated. The chemicals they use to do and representatives “knew we were going Pellette is a transgender woman, a chem- making the lawmakers understand “that that are the same ones that we [transgender to be there lobbying, so they were deliber- ist by profession, who is challenging U.S. trans people aren’t a risk to their children.” women] take willingly as part of our transi- ately not there,” leaving staff members to Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, in the 2018 In earlier decades, Pellett said, anti-LGBT tion process. talk to SB 6 opponents. midterm elections. She describes herself as forces preyed on people’s fear by warning “We have to convince them, ‘We [trans- And while it bordered on discouraging to “ex-conservative” turned “New Deal Dem- that if gays and lesbians were allowed to be gender people] are not the sexual predators be lobbying in the GOP-controlled Legisla- ocrats,” and said she knows how true con- teachers, the children would be harmed. It you want us to be,” she said. ture, she was lucky to find “a nice, comfort- servatives think. was “a dog whistle back then, and it is just Pellet said that she visited on Monday able blue dot in that great swathe of red,” “As an ex-conservative myself, I didn’t as dangerous a dog whistle now to paint with staffers in the offices of Sen. Van Taylor, in the form of the office Dallas’s freshman try to use the business angle,” Pellett said, transgender as being a danger to children. R-Plano, and Rep. Linda Koop, R-Dallas. Democratic state Rep. Victoria Neave. even though business leaders warn that “We have to tell them, show them that She said staffers in both offices were “very Neave’s staffers, Pellett said, “invited me passing the bathroom bill could cost the trans people aren’t the boogeyman,” Pellett professional and very polite,” but she was to come in and sit down and rest, offered state millions in lost business. While that said. “If you want to convince the conser- not encouraged. Taylor’s staff members told me water. They greeted me with a smile seems like a logical argument to use in ap- vatives, you have to convince them of that. Pellett that he would be voting in favor of SB and a wave. Victoria Neave’s office was so proaching GOP lawmakers who claim to be Point out to them that in other countries, 6, and while Koop’s staffers didn’t say for warm and welcoming, and that was really fiscally conservative, Pellett said it is more sexual predators — the kind of people they sure one way or the other, “I don’t think we nice to find.” █ HRC places field organizer in Dallas

DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer visiting churches, businesses and at Pulse nightclub in Orlando and allow discrimination against LGBT [email protected] LGBT organizations throughout knew many of the people involved people by claiming deeply held the DFW area. in the massacre, so that remains religious beliefs and attempts to uman Ruiz moved to Dallas from Orlan- close to her heart. prevent same-sex couples and Rights do, where she was a field organizer She also was a member of a pop transgender people from Cam- for Hillary Clinton’s presidential group called Boys and Girls United adopting. paign has campaign. Although Central Flori- and toured as the opening act for She said volunteers placed da is majority Republican, Clinton Britney Spears and NSYNC. are already flooding four field won in the region Ruiz managed. Among the businesses she’s the governor’s office organiz- “That was a hard region to win, working with in Dallas are the with phone calls ers in Tex- but we won it by calling, knocking bars. Ruiz said she’s working on about the bathroom as through the legislative session, and with blood, sweat and tears,” several things with Caven Enter- bill and adoption. and Criss Ruiz is the Dallas field Ruiz said. prises, which owns four bars on That’s something organizer. She said a number of her volun- Cedar Springs Road, and she is do- she intends to The other three are based in teers were Republicans who may ing a brunch on Sunday, March 5, keep up through- Houston, Austin and San Antonio. have been economically conserva- at Cedar Springs Tap House. out the legislative

Ruiz said she’s seeking volun- tive, but who also believed in fair- Ruiz said HRC’s mission is to session. █ teers to staff phone banks, reach ness and equality. And she hopes help Equality Texas and local orga- To volunteer out to the governor and legislators to recruit like-minded allies across nizations that have banded togeth- with HRC’s efforts and to get the LGBT community in- the political spectrum in Dallas, as er fight SB6 — better known as the in Texas, contact volved. well. bathroom bill — and the so-called Ruiz at Criss. She’s just getting started and is Ruiz said years ago she worked religious freedom bills that would [email protected]. Criss Ruiz

03.10.17 █ dallasvoice 9 Planned Parenthood and the power of women

Annual awards luncheon highlights other places in the medical care system have organization’s role in empowering been less welcoming,” Gonen said. Kenneth Lambrecht, president and CEO women, features a conversation off PPGT, reaffirmed that welcome. with Marcia Clark “As a gay man and CEO of Planned Par- enthood of Greater Texas, I am proud that every single day Planned Parenthood advo- TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editor cates for access to trusted, non-judgmental [email protected] healthcare for all Texans,” Lambrecht said. “We provide healthcare, regardless of a ven as Republicans in patient’s insurance or immigration status Washington, D.C., surge or who they love or what zip code they’re forward in their efforts from. to cut all federal funds “We are all in this together and we are to Planned Parenthood, stronger together,” he added. “For 100 years Planned Parenthood of in the U.S. and more than 80 years in Dal- Actor and activist Stephanie March, left, and former prosecutor Marcia Clark headlined the Planned Greater Texas will continue las, Planned Parenthood has been a trusted Parenthood awards luncheon this week. (Tammye Nash/Dallas Voice) to stand strong in its mis- source of expert healthcare and health ed- sion to provide reproductive health services, ucation. In Planned Parenthood’s outreach But, Clark added, had the social media evidence against Simpson. organization leaders promised Wednesday, and advocacy, we strive to destigmatize sex- avenues of today existed during the Simp- Ito initially ruled that testimony on March 8, at the annual Dallas Awards Lun- ual healthcare in the communities we serve. son trial, she believes that “women would whether Furhman used “the N word” in cheon. It is very important to our mission that have stood up” and spoken out against “the referring to African-Americans in the early The awards luncheon featured best-sell- LGBTQ Texans know that all are welcome ridiculousness” of TV pundits who focused 1980s was irrelevant and was excluded. But ing author Marcia Clark, the former prose- at our health centers for expert, non-judg- more on Clark’s skirts and her hairstyle when “the pundits went crazy” over that cutor who was on the legal team that in 1995 mental healthcare services.” rather than on the facts of the case. decision, Clark said, Ito changed his ruling attempted to convict pro football star O.J. And those open doors should soon be When March asked if having the TV cam- “and that, I think, changed the outcome of Simpson of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife, open even wider. Hart noted that PPGT has eras in the courtroom affected the outcome, the trial.” Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron plans to launch a new pilot program at clin- Clark said yes, without a doubt. And while While the sexism was “unusually bad” in Lyle Goldman. Actor, philanthropist and ics in Austin and in Plano, expanding the she believes that it is important to have cam- the Simpson trial, Clark said women often Dallas native Stephanie March, known for organization’s outreach to the LGBT com- eras in courtrooms so that the general pop- find themselves caught in the dilemma of her role as Alex Cabot on Law & Order SUV, munity. ulation can see the justice system in action, trying to be hard-nosed enough to accom- introduced Clark and led the author in a dis- Sarah Wheat, chief external affairs officer “what’s problematic is the people who then plish their goals and not being labeled a cussion of her career and the difficulties of for PPGT, noted that the organization’s clin- come on and try to tell you what you’re see- bitch. being a woman in a male-dominated field. ical staff “just participated in a training with ing. It’s the broken punditry that causes the March agreed: “If you’re not strong More than 1,600 supporters packed into Dr. Hastings of the Center for Excellence for problems.” enough, they say you’re not smart, that the ballroom at the Omni Dallas Hotel for Transgender Health to enhance our provi- The importance of having cameras in the you’re not doing your job. But if you are the event, which raised more than $1 mil- sion of culturally sensitive, gender affirming courtroom is subverted, she said, by the so- stronger, then you’re just being a bitch. Bitch lion to fund essential healthcare services care to trans patients. Our staff is planning called experts who are commenting on legal is the new black.” such as contraception, sexually transmitted to offer trans healthcare services later this points and details of a case that they don’t Planned Parenthood, the women both infecting testing and treatment, HIV testing, year.” actually understand. said, is helping combat the anti-woman at- well-woman exams, clinical breast exams, The O.J. Simpson trial also showed in mosphere by helping make sure that wom- cervical cancer screenings and safe, legal A conversation with stark relief “how incredibly sexist” the U.S. en retain ownership and control of their abortion. justice system is, March said, commenting own bodies. Kelly Hart, senior director of public af- Marcia Clark again on how the public’s and the pundits’ “There are many ways that society min- fairs for PPGT, noted that Planned Parent- Clark acknowledged that the prosecutori- focus on Clark’s skirts and her hair made imizes and marginalizes women,” Clark hood has “always been a safe and welcom- al team “knew going in that the odds were it more difficult for her than it would have said. “Stripping away your power, your ing space for everyone,” including members against us” in their efforts to convict Simp- been for a male prosecutor. control over your own body is one of them. of the LGBT community. Julianna Gonen, son, “but you still have to fight for what’s Clarke agreed, saying that the sexism was These are civil rights we’re talking about policy director for the National Center for true. You have to fight for what’s right.” especially pervasive in the Simpson trial here, rights that are just so fundamental.” Lesbian Rights, confirmed Planned Parent- Clark and March agreed that while race because the presiding judge, Lance Ito, was Clark said that she had recently remem- hood’s commitment to LGBTQ people in a played a big role in the Simpson trial, the himself very sexist and “a celebrity fan who bered that as a teen, she got her first birth statement released Thursday, March 9, an- “cult of celebrity” had a significant impact loved the cameras.” control pills from Planned Parenthood. nouncing that 30 LGBT organizations had on the proceedings. In fact, Clark said, she believes that the Without that help, she said, she might not sent a joint letter to Congress calling on the “We didn’t have Twitter and Facebook TV ratings, pundits’ remarks and the pub- have graduated from high school, might not House and Senate to drop their efforts to and Snapchat and Instagram back then, lic’s response actually affected the outcome have been able to attend college and then kick Planned Parenthood out of the Medic- thank goodness,” Clark said. Still, she said, of the trial by affecting some of the judge’s law school. aid program. “faxing was the new big thing at the time rulings. One glaring example, she said, re- “So Planned Parenthood helped me be- “The LGBTQ community stands firmly and every day they blew up the fax ma- volved around whether testimony indicat- come who I am today,” she said. “I don’t with Planned Parenthood and all of the re- chines in our offices” with messages about ing that one of the police officers investi- really care whose from what [political] par- productive health care providers who have some small detail of the trial, which was be- gating the case, Mark Furhman, was racist, ty. I’m just all for a good idea. And Planned thrown their open their doors to us when ing shown on TV each day. and if so, did his racism prompt him to plant Parenthood is a good idea.” █

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Dallas’ first Gay Latino bar, Bamboleo’s, Shelley Hamilton, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Cassie Nova, Mikey Rox, Howard Lewis Russell, Terri Schlichenmeyer, ing photos and processing film were a lux- Then, in the I contacted Carl Smith, the last remaining Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, uries they couldn’t afford. That was long spring of 2013, I owner of the bar, for any information he David Webb, Casey Williams before digital cameras and cell phones, of met with Joe Pe- had. Fortunately, Carl had saved his Bam- Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn course. rez, an original boleo’s material digitally, because, he said, I was in my mid-twenties when I first got member of the he knew that “Bamboleo’s was making his- advertising involved in LGBT activism, helping form Gay Hispanic Co- tory and changing the culture of the LGBT Chad Mantooth Advertising Director l 131 Eddie Zanetti Advertising Account Manager l 115 Dallas’ first LGBT Latino organization, the alition de Dallas, community, not just the LGBT Latino com- Jesse Arnold MarketPlace Manager l 110 Hispanic Coalition de Dallas. That was in and Rosa Lopez, founding member and co- munity, and that [the information] needed Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales l 123 the early 1980s. I took pictures then, too, chair of the Lesbianas Latinas de Dallas, to to be preserved and shared.” National Advertising Representative and saved news clippings about the orga- discuss how to save our LGBT Latino histo- “Remembering – Recordando” includes Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 nization and its activities. But that was all ry. Instead of complaining, we just decided Rosa’s portrait, her scrapbook and our last lost when I handed over the scrapbook to to save our history ourselves. audio interview. Also included is Joe’s and art the organization’s last president, in 1988, Joe Perez had saved things from the co- my scrapbooks, and pictures and video Kevin Thomas Art Director I 119 after he disappeared and the organization alition for his own personal pleasure, not from Bamboleo’s that Carl added. Chuck Miller Graphic Designer I 132 folded. because he was thinking about preserving Others have also started to add mate- multimedia When I started Dallas’ — and North LGBT Latino history. He had in his posses- rials. And I will be adding items as I find Stephen Mobley Social Media Manager l 123 Texas’ — first bilingual Latino LGBT radio sion things I thought of as the Holy Grail of them; I’m searching for all pictures and in- Brian Kennedy Video Producer show, Sin Fronteras, in July 1993, I once Dallas’ gay Latino past. formation from the community referencing Brad Pritchett DVtv Host again started documenting progress with Rosa Lopez had a scrapbook filled not the LGBT Latino. Trenton Warwick Video Producer photographs and news clippings. But I with pictures, but with agendas and news- For example I would love to have pho- wasn’t really thinking back then about sav- letters. To top it off, I had materials from tos from Cruz’s Café, a gay Latino Tex- WE FOCUS ON HIV circulation Linda Depriter Circulation Director l 120 ing Dallas’ LGBT Latino history. my radio show Sin Fronteras. All of these Mex restaurant once located Cedar Springs After Sin Fronteras went off the air in things were important artifacts of our his- Road, next door to where Street’s Fine founders July 2005, a friend was looking at my scrap- tory. Chicken is now. And before Bamboleo’s, Robert Moore | Don Ritz book. He said to me, “Mujer [girl], you The three of us met a couple of times, but there was Hugo’s a small Mexican cantina then we got sidetracked. And I moved back TO HELP YOU FOCUS ON affiliations/memberships have a wonderful gay Latino history book once located on Maple Avenue, between Associated Press - Associate Member here. You are like a living dinosaur for our to México City. Reagan and Throckmorton Streets. National Gay and Gay Journalists Association gay Latino community.” Still, recording Dallas’ LGBT Latino his- I would love to add pictures of any activ- Certified LGBT Business Enterprise I realized that was true. tory was always at the back of my mind, ities from the Lesbianas Latinas de Dallas Beginning in the spring of 2011, I start- and ultimately, I was able to document days — or any other organization or activ- ed participating in a LGBT Latino history Joe’s scrapbook during an October 2016 ity related to the LGBT Latino community project, co-authoring a book called Queer visit. I planned to document Rosa’s scrap- in North Texas. If there are organizations or Brown Voices, Personal Narratives of Lati- book next, during a visit planned for the events that I don’t know about, please let

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UNBC1848_KC1_DallasVoice_11x12.indd 1 3/24/15 4:19 PM LIFE+STYLE profile Side side Proudly bisexual singer Vanessa Carlton is just as worried aboutbi gay rights as you are hen we begin our interview, I ask Vanessa Carlton — as you do — “How are you?” At first, she replies with a perfunctory “good,” but W then she backpedals: “Actually, I’m not great,” she confides. Carlton is — like any anti-Trumpist — on edge of late. “It’s really scary,” says the 36-year-old, who established herself with her Grammy-nominated hit “A Thousand Miles,” which made her a household name in 2002. “If [this] administration tries to take away the right to adopt and same-sex marriages — if I could lose my mind any more, I will. I can’t even fathom. At this point, we’re talking about civil rights of Americans, and LGBTQ is a community and that is real.” That’s a bold position for a woman married to a man (John Mc- Cauley of the band Deer Tick), but Carlton isn’t just an ally — she identifies as a “proud bisexual.” She came out as bi in 2010 during Nashville Pride. Now, like the rest of us, she’s grappling with the distress- ing reality that “the most fundamental human rights in this country are at risk,” she says. Carlton’s allegiance to the queermunity first blossomed when she was an aspiring dancer of 13, after moving to New York City and immersing herself in gay circles. “I don’t look at the community as sepa- rate from my life,” she says. “I was never able to differentiate it because I was just always in it. My adolescence was in that community, so I never really looked at it as some kind of specialty community or ‘other.’” Even though she describes herself as “private… but not weirdly private,” when Carlton played Nashville Pride seven years ago (her firstPride), a couple of young women in the audience compelled the singer to come out publicly. Her rea- son for taking that leap was simple: She imagined them being shunned by their parents for being gay. “I just wanted to connect with them,” she recalls. Carlton continues to reach out to fans on social media, posting about her current tour (it will bring her to Dallas’ Granada Theater on March 24) in support of what’s arguably her best album to date, Liberman, but also the Trump administration’s constant barrage of bad decisions, including his immigration ban. Again, it’s personal: “I have family that live in

Vanessa Carlton is more interested in being a good musician than a pop star. (Photo courtesy Eddie Chacon)

14 dallasvoice.com █ 03.10.17 the Middle East, and when I’m seeing stories of these families being divided and the children being detained for five hours in the airport because it’s something our Providing compassionate medical Side side president did… that is when I will highlight and communicate to strangers about care in North Texas for more how I feel.” Because “every day or every week more than 25 Years! there’s a new threat to something,” Carl- ton hasn’t been as out as she thinks people should be right now, she realizes during our conversation. Comprehensive HIV/AIDS management “I haven’t highlighted that fact about myself,” she admits, pointing to her lack • of outness on social media. “Every Amer- STD testing and treatment ican that believes in rights for all, they should be out — and not just out supporting, but sharing, ‘This is who I am.’” Photo courtesy EJesse DeFlorio PrEP counseling and treatment Traces of the singer are woven into the ethereal fabric of 2015’s Liberman, Carl- are a lot of walls, there’s a lot of expecta- • General adult medical care ton’s fifth studio album titled after an tions, there’s a lot of limitations,” she says. oil painting her grandfather made. Last “It’s just not my vibe. I never was good year, the album was released as a live set, at it. I always alienated people along the ® ® recorded in Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley. way. I never kissed the right ass. It was Cosmetic - BOTOX and JUVÉDERM Liberman isn’t just the most a disaster. It was bound to cohesive collection in her rep- VANESSA CARLTON change.” ertoire (dating back to 2002’s With Tristen. Granada Theater, Fifteen years after launch- 3524 Greenville Ave. March 24. breakout LP Be Not Nobody); 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show. ing her major-label career, it’s a major sonic shift from GranadaTheater.com. that evolution fully materi- “A Thousand Miles.” Her alizes on Liberman, which, breakthrough piano ditty left from the celestial murmur such an indelible mark on her “Take It Easy” through career that Carlton’s publicist its dreamlike finish, was asks me to limit my question- “made to be that soothing, ing regarding the song. cool feeling on the brain.” “I will tell you, I play it On the road, she hopes to first at my shows,” she says, nurture more Pride-type noting that her core fanbase connections — sans politics, now comes to hear songs though. from 2011’s Rabbits on the Run “It’s just about human be- and Liberman. “And then there’s always ings and dissection of emotions of humans the people who go, ‘Oh my god! It’s and connection and fear and beauty,” she Vanessa Carlton! We’ve gotta go see her!’ says. “If I can highlight that in a time like They don’t know the other stuff, and I’m this — I guess this tour is a good time to • Peter Triporo, NP • Marc A. Tribble, M.D. like their ‘Get Drunk With It On YouTube play this record.” Girl’ and they just want to relive that mo- Her mood, about human rights and • Donald A. Graneto, M.D. • David M. Lee, M.D. ment, but it’s not that kind of show, really. even her purpose these days as a musi- • Brady L. Allen, M.D. • Eric Klappholz, NP • Jason Vercher, PA It’s a moodier show. So, I open with that cian, strikes the same general chord as song, and if they’re wanting to stay for the the world at large: uncertainty. Her blood rest of the set, then great; if not, then they pressure rises just talking about Presi- got what they wanted.” dent Trump and how his administration Though “A Thousand Miles” has could strip her friends and family of their Uptown Physicians Group followed the musician around since the inalienable rights, so when asked to shift beginning of her career, Carlton admits topics — from politics to music — she Uptown Tower it has afforded her the ability to pursue happily obliges with a “No, please!” 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 750 more personally fulfilling ventures. After But there’s hope yet, and it’s the music, a signing to A&M Records (a now-defunct glorious escape. “It really calms me down 214-303-1033 • www.UptownDocs.com Universal subsidiary), it became apparent playing it,” she says of Liberman. to the singer that, “I wasn’t interested The truth is, though: It’s as much a ref-

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03.10.17 █ dallasvoice 15 L+S screen ou never know when the Holy Spirit ble may have been the only way to reach will enter you — or, when it does, his end. A reverie on race that isn’t about Ywhat shape it will take. the Jazz Age or told through the prism of Welcome to Amsterdam For Stew — the officially-unnamed Jim Crow. It’s a pilgrim’s progress, told narrator of the funky-thoughtful musi- through a funky downtown soundtrack. Rarely revived, Theatre 3’s ‘Passing Strange’ tracks the journey of an artist cal Passing Strange, making its regional Stew’s music (co-composed with Heidi premiere at Theatre 3 — it happened at one Rodewald) defines pigeonholing, but with- church service. Only it didn’t take the form out being “gospel,” it conjures the hypnotic of the Father or the Son, but of Music. Rock- repetition of a chanted church refrain with n-roll. His salvation came in chord pro- catchy, short musical phrases that augment gressions and backbeats. Stew — referred the evocative language (Stew describes Ber- to simply as Youth (Darren McElroy), as lin “as a forest of sharp corners”). well as the adult Narrator (Calvin Scott Passing Strange was “the other” big musi- Roberts) — followed a bohemian path of cal of 2007–08, all but blanked at that year’s sex, drugs and a surprisingly radio-friendly Tony Awards by Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pop sound. Although African-American, pre-Hamilton hit In the Heights (it did win Youth was as hopelessly the Tony for best book of a mu- PASSING STRANGE middle-class as his paler sical). I saw that production, in compatriots. It wasn’t until Theatre Three, 2900 Routh St. which Stew starred as himself, Through March 26. he made it to Europe — first Theatre3Dallas.com.. so I was curious whether it Amsterdam, then Berlin — could translate with another that he was seen as edgy and “urban.” He actor; the answer to that is an unqualified could fool the hipsters of the early 1980s “yes.” Roberts may not be actually play- with his (fake) tales of civil rights activism ing his own guitar, but he is inhabiting a … at least for a while. But the façade made character whose defining feature is that he him callow and cruel. He wallowed in a never interacts with any of the other actors false persona, trying to impress people onstage: He hovers omnisciently, filling in who didn’t matter in his life while ignoring the blanks as his recollections are acting those he did. out before us in their iconoclastic glory. But This is autobiographical stuff, told with Roberts’ searing emotionalism is some- a poetic sensibility in a free-verse narration times enough to bring you to tears. Just as Calvin Scott Roberts rocks out in the smart and emotionally jarring rock musical ‘Passing Strange.’ that unblinkingly tells us that Youth was good is Cam Kirkpatrick as a queer youth (Photo courtesy Jeffrey Schmidt) a pretty terrible guy, but that being terri- minister and a kinky boot-scootin’ German

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16 dallasvoice.com █ 03.10.17 performance artist, and Nikka Morton, a powerhouse as the Youth’s doting mother. Scores: How I In order to operate, the partners were told, they would need “pro- The one obvious weakness at the final Opened the Hottest tection,” which would involve some of New York’s biggest La Cosa preview performance reviewed is in the Strip Club in New York Nostra families in a sort of symbiotic relationship, plus a grand-a- sound. The lyrics and dialogue are preg- City, Was Extorted week kickback. It would also involve skirting Big Apple laws for as nant with internal rhymes and double Out of Millions by the long as possible, because Scores would be the city’s “first and most meaning, which are sometimes drowned Gambino Family, and notorious upscale gentlemen’s club” and there were rules against out by the band. At the same time, the Became One of the what a customer would find inside those Upper East Side doors. music — while capably played under Most Successful Mafia Because of the novelty and the entertainment it offered, Scores Pam Holcomb-McLain’s music direction informants in FBI His- was successful — more successful than Blutrich had dreamed. He — doesn’t really “rock out” enough. The tory by Michael D. Blu- rode a wave that made him rich and semi-famous … at least, until the plotting doesn’t allow for easy last-chord trich (BenBella Books FBI caught up with him and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. applause breaks, but there should be more 2017) $26.95; 328 pp. And, of course, that’s far from the end of the tale. What’s left to say opportunity for the audience to interrupt about Scores involves rompishness, humor, surprisingly heart-pound- with a round of clapping. Maybe that was How does it happen ing chapters, a little Goodfellas, a little Boogie Nights, and quite a bit my diffident audience; this is a show that that a gay man would of fun. benefits from an engaged, rowdy atmo- own a mainstream That last appeal comes in the form of overgrown tales, courtesy sphere. strip club? It was, says of Blutrich’s memories of what happened inside his gentlemen’s club Even without the mosh-pit vibe, Michael Blutrich, a long every evening for nearly five years. Readers who remember the most Passing Strange is an exceptional musical story that started after he infamous discos of the ’70s will find something familiar in that, updat- of unusual songs and quirky storytell- opened his law firm and ed to the 1990s but no less outrageous. ing. This is the first full-scale musical — in search of an outside investment— purchased an L.A. nightclub. But this book isn’t all party: Blutrich delightfully drops names, produced from new T3 artistic director Believing that the success of his California business could transfer to including many you’ll recognize, but he’s deadly serious when he Jeffrey Schmidt, and while he didn’t direct New York, he recalled the excitement of a private banker who claimed switches his tale from wild to wired, from dancing to danger. Indeed, it — that fell to the very capable Vickie he’d always wanted to own an upscale strip club. though you know the risk has largely passed — he wrote a book, after Washington — the energy it exudes recalls Being a closeted gay man, that wasn’t exactly Blutrich’s dream but all, right? — the whole of the story is one you’ve got to read. Schmidt’s own hand with the amazing the idea niggled at his brain. Partnering with the banker and others, There’s an amazingly small amount of profanity and prurience hit from several seasons past, On the Eve. they began looking for a building and batting ideas around. inside this book; it’s there, but not as much as you’d think there’d be, It signals a new regime at T3 in style and Scores was born, with a planned opening on Halloween night, given the subject matter. That restraint uniquely serves to enhance substance, so you should definitely take 1991. this book, and heightens the story’s value. the opportunity to see this outstanding And then the Mafia arrived. — Terri Schlichenmeyer production. █ — Arnold Wayne Jones

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Who’s the gay one here? Straight actor Josh Gad plays the frou-frou Le Fou opposite queer actor Luke Evans. hen Bill Condon, the (gay) Disney hardly has a clean slate when it director of the live-action comes to gay characters. Jafar? Jiminy W version of Beauty and the Beast, Cricket? Ursula?!?! These are queer icons announced that Le Fou, the comic relief of long-standing. Why get all nose-bent character played by (straight) actor Josh now? Especially with this film, where the Gad would enjoy the first “exclusively gay gay content is (as it has always been in moment” in a Disney film, the right wing mainstream culture) largely suggested. You alternative news underbelly clutched their need to be smart to pick up on it — some- pearls in disgust. This would be, they said, thing I am not overly worried about with the first gay character in what should be those who are boycotting. a family-friendly musical meant for Jesus This Beauty and the Beast was already and grandkids. Boycott! Never before one of the gayest productions ever from has Disney trawled the underbelly of the big-ticket Hollywood, and it has little to homosexual agenda! do with Le Fou. As mentioned already, the Only, of course, that’s total horseshit. director is gay, but it hardly stops there. Gad’s character — a holdover from the The songs were co-written by the late 1991 animated version, which most of the Howard Ashman (gay). The hyper-mascu- fundamentalist film critics probably own line hetero Gaston is played by actor Luke on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray — was always Evans (gay). Ian McKellen (gay) voices a bumbling sidekick who sycophantically the clock Cogsworth… taking over from praises the vain, brawny bad guy Gaston, David Ogden Stiers, who voiced the role in which is about as emasculating and asexu- 1991. (Stiers: also gay.) The screenplay was alizing as you can get. (Le Fou, by the way, co-written by YA novelist Stephen Ch- means “the fool” in French — a classic role bosky, who has written several books that in theater.) contain gay teens. The live-action version, which opens And worst of all is just how glancingly wide next week, is overall darker and more gay Le Fou actually is. This isn’t Shortbus textured than the sunny cartoon (it’s also — there is no sex scene, not even any kiss- 45 minutes longer). This is mature Disney. ing. There is only Le Fou gazing longingly Maturity is supposed to be a plus. Not for at Gaston, some obtuse conversation about some folks. “what I’m looking for in a mate” and then, But it’s especially frustrating because █ GAYEST Page 20

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German soldiers are forced by a Danish sergeant to defuse thousands of mines on a beach in ‘Land of Mine.’ Disney hardly has a clean slate when it he war is over, and the Nazis lost. German boys (none are over 20) tasked comes to gay characters. Jafar? Jiminy You’d probably assume German with defusing an entire beachhead of Cricket? Ursula?!?! These are queer icons T soldiers fighting in other Europe- buried ordnance. Rasmussen is more than of long-standing. Why get all nose-bent an countries put down their arms and a tough drill sergeant, though; there is mal- now? Especially with this film, where the marched back home. Only that’s not what ice in his heart and he deceives and endan- gay content is (as it has always been in happened for many young Germans in gers the soldiers, none of whom where in mainstream culture) largely suggested. You Denmark. That small northern Ally Power any position to set policy at the Reichstag need to be smart to pick up on it — some- was riddled with land mines — many or probably even shoot at another combat- thing I am not overly worried about with more than most other countries. And ant. They dream mostly of their girlfriends those who are boycotting. before the war could truly be over, someone back home, their moms’ cooking and what This Beauty and the Beast was already would have to disarm thousands upon they will do now that the war is over. one of the gayest productions ever from thousands of them. And since the Germans Of course, not all of them will make it big-ticket Hollywood, and it has little to planted them, the Danish authorities con- back. Who knows how many — if any — do with Le Fou. As mentioned already, the scripted them as bomb disposal units. will? director is gay, but it hardly stops there. “Justice,” you probably think. “Damn Land of Mine is a raw and powerful film The songs were co-written by the late Nazis deserve what they got.” — more honest and intense, even, than Howard Ashman (gay). The hyper-mascu- And then you see Land of Mine, one of Hacksaw Ridge, and for my money the best line hetero Gaston is played by actor Luke the five films recently nominated for the foreign language film of the nominees this Evans (gay). Ian McKellen (gay) voices Best Foreign Language Film Academy year. But it’s neither easy nor entirely sat- the clock Cogsworth… taking over from Award (it lost to The Salesman), and your isfying. Like All Quiet on the Western Front, David Ogden Stiers, who voiced the role in moral compass begins spinning like a top. it humanizes the enemy and reminds us 1991. (Stiers: also gay.) The screenplay was Putting men in the way of uncontrollable that happy endings and wartime rarely go co-written by YA novelist Stephen Ch- explosives has been a conceit of filmmak- together. bosky, who has written several books that ers going back to Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Now playing at the Angelika Film Centers contain gay teens. 1953 film The Wages of Fear (remade in the in Dallas and Plano. And worst of all is just how glancingly 1970s as Sorcerer) to Speed and beyond. gay Le Fou actually is. This isn’t Shortbus But somehow, this time if feels less like a Zucchini lives with his alcoholic moth- — there is no sex scene, not even any kiss- gimmick than a metaphor for the intensity er in a tenement, trying to avoid dear ol’ ing. There is only Le Fou gazing longingly of emotions on both sides. mom when her BAC and her abusive na- at Gaston, some obtuse conversation about You want to sympathize with Sgt. Ras- ture dovetail and she takes her frustrations “what I’m looking for in a mate” and then, mussen (Roland Moller), the Danish officer out on him. One day, when he retreats to charged with training and disciplining the █ GREEN Page 20

03.10.17 █ dallasvoice 19 █ GREEN Page 19 like, age out of the system. the shadows, the doleful looks). It’s remi- There, Zucchini meets the motley crew niscent of Tim Burton, but with less cheeky

of fellow orphans — some whose parents cynicism. █ abandoned them, some whose parents are Screen both in French with subtitles and now imprisoned and all of whom are just dubbed in English. Now playing at Landmark’s as damaged as he. Magnolia Theatre. My Life as a Zucchini, which lost the Oscar for Best Animated Feature last week █ GAYEST Page 18 to the crowd-pleasing Zootopia, is surely near the very end, Le Fou shown dancing one of the more heartfelt and whimsically with another man. That lasts for less than beautiful features on recent vintage. At a second. Orphans rally together in the warm animated comedy-drama ‘My Life as a Zucchini.’ barely 70 minutes, there’s not a lot of meat That’s it. There are shampoo commer- on its bones, but as the saying goes, what’s cials that air on ABC Family that have the attic he calls a room, he slams the door that he may have killed his own mother, there is choice. It’s both colorful (Play-Doh- more explicit gay content. in the floor to keep his mom out… and he’s sent by the authorities to a group ish stop-motion creatures that are both But don’t tell the homophobes that. never sees her again. Gripped with guilt home to wait for adoption — or, more than fantastical and human) and dark (the tone, Once they’re told something is gay, they can’t unring that Tinkerbell. Of course, Disney knew exactly what it was doing. The film was always going to be a hit, just as their live action redos of animated hits — Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty) Snow White and the Huntsman, Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians — have always been. But it’s also the most daring and moody of those remakes. It’s moody and serious and could be a harder sell than something colorful and light. So why not leak a story that this movie is “Disney for adults” (or, at a minimum, Disney for folks who didn’t progress emotionally since the Spanish Inquisition), and let the bigots foot the bill for the publicity push? Bring in the curi- osity-seekers. Most will spend two hours and 11 minutes waiting for the evidence. And when it comes, they will say, “Oh, that’s it? I’ve seen more inappropriate sexual behavior at a seventh-grad prom.” I don’t really care what gets folks into paying seats. Gay or not, this Beauty and the Beast is a great movie — gorgeous, smart, emotional. And who doesn’t love a story about bestiality? Oh, yeah — BATB has always been about that. That never seemed to bother the bigots protesting now — they must have left their bibles at home on that one. Nothing like a spoonful of hypocrisy to

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20 dallasvoice.com █ 03.10.17 LIFE+STYLE Friday 03.10 — Sunday 03.26 best bets John Copley returns to direct ‘Madame Butterfly’ at Dallas Opera

For years, opera director John Copley was a staple at Dallas Opera, but after announcing his retirement (honestly, for the nth time), he seemed to actually be retired! But no! He’s back, bringing is particular skill-set to one of the giants of the canon: Puccini’s gorgeously composed Madame Butterfly. Soprano Hui He stars as Cio-Cio San, the doomed heroine who gives up everything for the men in her life.

DEETS: Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. DallasOpera.org.

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North Texas is blessed with great dance groups, including Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Bruce Wood Dance Project and Dal- las Black Dance Theatre. And for three days, you can see them in one place, with this three-day festival of dance at the Eisemann Center. Among the performers will be Harry Feril, pictured with Albert Drake, a founding Monday 03.13 member of BWDP. China Forbes joins Pink Martini for colorful concert DEETS: Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. Pink Martini is a band that is nearly impossible to quantify. A dozen musicians (including EisemannCenter.com. out pianist and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale) combine jazz, punch, world music and a retro sound in a buoyantly unique experience. The group’s latest album, the infectious Je Dis Oui!, is a delight, and you can experience it live at a post-sundown outdoor concert in the Arts District, with soloist China Forbes joining toasting this Martini.

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OPERA Madame Butterfly. The Dallas Opera’s first production of 2017 is this Puccini classic about a doomed romance in Japan. Winspear Opera Come House, 2403 Flora St. March 10–26. check DallasOpera.org. it out! CIRCUS Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities. The latest Open 24/7 creation from Cirque du Soleil. Lone Star Park, 1000 Lone Star Parkway, Grand Prairie. 1720 W. MOCKINGBIRD LANE • DALLAS, TX 75235 • 214-630-7071 Through March 26. (enter in rear behind New Fine Arts) CirqueDuSoleil.com/kurios. FINE ART Art and Nature in the Middle Ages. Evolving representations of the natural world in the Romanesque period, from England to Iran. Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 Harwood St. Through March A married couple get in hot water when they accidental hit a deer in the world premiere of ‘Deer’ at 19. DMA.org. Stage West. Landscape Relativities: The Collaborative 3, 2800 Routh St. inside the Quadrangle. Through Works of Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney. ARTSWEEK March 26. Theatre3Dallas.com. This exhibition highlights the blurred line between THEATER photography and Chinese ink painting from two West Side Story. The classic musical adaptation Deer. A long-married couple’s relationship contemporary artists. Crow Collection of Asian Art, of Romeo & Juliet, set on the hard streets of New takes a dark turn when on their boring trip to 2010 Flora St. Feb. 25–June 25. York City. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics the mountains they accidentally kill a deer and CrowCollection.org. by Stephen Sondheim. Final weekend. Casa set in motion an unusual series of events. A Manana, 3101 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. world premiere by Aaron Mark. Stage West, 821 CasaManana.org. W. Vickery Blvd. Fort Worth. Through April 9. StageWest.org. DANCE Let It Be. What if all of the Fab Four reunited 10 FRIDAY 03.10 Diavolo. The powerhouse modern dance COMMUNITY years after their final breakup? That’s the question company performs. City Performance Hall 2520 DFW Pride Happy Hour (formerly High Tech answered in this cover-band-ish half concert, half Flora St. Friday–Saturday. ATTPAC.org. Happy Hour). Monthly queer mixer sponsored by musical. Music Hall at Fair Park, 901 First Ave. the TI Pride Network, and open to everyone. Stirr, Through March 19. DallasSummerMusicals.org. 2803 Main St. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, 535 Commerce St., Fort this week’s solution Worth. March 21–26. BassHall.com. Panoptikon. The weekly retro disco dance party, presented by Lord Byron. Red Light, Paper Flowers. A regional premiere of a rarely- 2911 Main St. Doors 9 p.m. performed play about a man, a woman and the disruption of social order. Presented by Kitchen Dog Theater in their new space. Final weekend. Trinity River Arts Center, 2600 N. Stemmons Freeway, ste. 180. KitchenDogTheater.org. SATURDAY 03.11 Passing Strange. The funky, edgy musical DANCE (winner of the Tony for best book) is an Daning Beyond Borders (West). One-night-only autobiographical account of performance artist performance by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre in Stew, and his journey of sexual, political and Fort Worth. Scott Theatre, musical awakenings. Reviewed this week. Theatre 1300 Gendy St. $15. 7:30 p.m.

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OPERA her ongoing cabaret series, always with special Madame Butterfly. The Dallas Opera’s first guests and a good time. Uptown Theatre, 120 E. production of 2017 is this Puccini classic about Main St. Grand Prairie. $10. a doomed romance in Japan. Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. March 10–26. CONCERTS DallasOpera.org. Pink Martini. The big band led by out leader Thomas Lauderdale welcomes special guest CIRCUS China Forbes in a concert in support of the band’s Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities. The latest latest album, the infectious Je Dis Oui! Strauss creation from Cirque du Soleil. Lone Star Park, Square, 2403 Flora St. 8 p.m. ATTPAC.org. 1000 Lone Star Parkway, Grand Prairie. Through March 26. CirqueDuSoleil.com/kurios.

FINE ART TUESDAY 03.14 Art and Nature in the Middle Ages. Evolving FILM representations of the natural world in the Freaks. Tod Browning’s unexpectedly touching Romanesque period, from England to Iran. Dallas early sound film, about side-show acts in a Museum of Art, 1717 Harwood St. Through March circus and their private lives. Screens as part of A married couple get in hot water when they accidental hit a deer in the world premiere of ‘Deer’ at 19. DMA.org. the Tuesday Big Movie New Classic Series at Stage West. Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre in the West Village, Landscape Relativities: The Collaborative 3699 McKinney Ave. Screens at 7:30 p.m. and 10 3, 2800 Routh St. inside the Quadrangle. Through Works of Arnold Chang and Michael Cherney. p.m. March 26. Theatre3Dallas.com. This exhibition highlights the blurred line between Red photography and Chinese ink painting from two West Side Story. The classic musical adaptation contemporary artists. Crow Collection of Asian Art, of Romeo & Juliet, set on the hard streets of New 2010 Flora St. Feb. 25–June 25. York City. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics CrowCollection.org. by Stephen Sondheim. Final weekend. Casa THURSDAY 03.16 Manana, 3101 W. Lancaster Ave., Fort Worth. CABARET Zone CasaManana.org. Judy Chamberlain Jazz. The jazz vocalist’s weekly cabaret performance in the back room of @ the STROKE DANCE FRIDAY 03.10 Zippers Hideaway, 3333 N. Fitzhugh St. 9 p.m. Diavolo. The powerhouse modern dance COMMUNITY Glitterbomb Denton. Weekly queer variety company performs. City Performance Hall 2520 DFW Pride Happy Hour (formerly High Tech show with a new lineup every Thursday. Mable of Midnight! Flora St. Friday–Saturday. ATTPAC.org. Happy Hour). Monthly queer mixer sponsored by Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chain Saw Repair, the TI Pride Network, and open to everyone. Stirr, 1125 E. University Drive, Denton. 9:30 p.m. 2803 Main St. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Panoptikon. The weekly retro disco dance party, Make a Red HOT connection! presented by Lord Byron. Red Light, 2911 Main St. Doors 9 p.m. FRIDAY 03.17 TWO FOR TUESDAYS DANCE Two great specials equal one HOT night! Dances at a Gathering. A festival of dance performances from Bruce Wood Dance Project, FREE Youth Lockers (18-24) SATURDAY 03.11 Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Dallas Black All Day Long with Membership Dance Theatre and more, for one weekend DANCE only. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts 2351 Daning Beyond Borders (West). One-night-only And Half Price Rooms Performance Drive, Richardson. March 17–19. performance by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre in EisemannCenter.com. from 4pm to Midnight Fort Worth. Scott Theatre, 1300 Gendy St. $15. 7:30 p.m. TGI FRIDAY AnREFRESH American | RELAX | RE-ENERGIZE Sauna OPERA The Turn of the Screw. Dallas Opera presents FREE Youth Lockers (18-24) 2616 Swiss Avenue Benjamin Britten’s moody adaptation of Henry All Day Long with Membership James’ mysterious story. Winspear Opera House, 214-821-1990 MONDAY 03.13 2403 Flora St. March 11–25. DallasOpera.org. Happy Hour from 4pm – 8pm CABARET theclubs.com Mama’s Party. Local singer Amy Stevenson hosts Half Price Rooms!

03.10.17 █ dallasvoice 23 L+S scoop Ask Howard How to do the wrong thing right

More dependable than even the dewy, post- my husband started some “libido diet” back about certain foods increasing horniness? — ides’ arrival of the spring equinox, every year in January where he only eats beets, rice, Pete March brings the disgruntled abandonment of dark chocolate (70 percent cacao only) and Dear Petunia, all our rosy New Year’s diet resolutions (sigh!). pineapple. Nothing else. I don’t know whether What do you even require Howard, The Et tu, Brute? And even though we can’t stay it’s totally “placebo-effect,” or what, but Tom’s Science ‘ho, for here? I’m perplexed. Your forever slim, at least we can all learn how to now waking me up twice a night to go at it, question answered itself — he lost the weight forever give fantastic blowjobs (see below). which I’m just too friggin’ tired to do — I am and feels livelier. Nonetheless, to further Let’s get right to it. not some Westworld sex-bot! Neither of us is elaborate on the obvious, here are the five 20-something anymore, yet, magically, Tom very worst foods conducive of amorousness: Dear Howard, has melted-off 24 lbs. in under two months 1. Steak-and-potatoes. The heavier the meal, I’m just a straightforward, normal, steak-and- and he just loves rubbing in his newfound, the more one just snoozes afterwards. 2. potatoes kind of guy; inexplicably, the “foodie” testosterone-raging superiority over me with it. Beans. Gas may be natural, but unless you’re chad on my gay card didn’t get punched, but Is there something scientific to that old chestnut into Dutch ovens, avoid them on date night. 3. Hot peppers. Texas we do live in, yet chilis, unfortunately, produce acid reflux in a reclining position. 4. Garlic. Even if you’re not prone to heartburn, garlic makes both the smell and [gag!] taste of semen anything but appealing. 5. Bacon. Fatty meats cause one’s sweat glands to, literally, reek! Conversely, doing a total one-eighty, here are the five very best foods actually conducive of a whole lotta lovin’ hanky-panky (see if they look you consistently take your meds daily. Just pick familiar): 1. Beets. Their rich nitrate content a time of day, any time of day, every day, you induces “engorgement” for extraordinarily can always remember. One-hundred percent happy endings. 2. Rice. The only starch that adherence is the master key to bumping up produces zero gas in the human body. 3. Dark those numbers. Oh, and you didn’t hear this chocolate. One word: flavanols, for increased from Howard, either, but Milo Yiannopoulous is blood flow (i.e., sexual arousal). 4. Pineapple. the absolute worst gay standard-bearer there For the sweetest, most delicious-tasting is. Yes, I know Milo has nothing whatsoever ejaculate ever guzzled. 5. Red wine. The best to do with your question, but I just thought I’d natural aphrodisiac (putting even raw oysters shoehorn that little lodestone of gay politics with pink champagne to utter shame). in: Some wars aren’t worth fighting even if you win; some fights are worth warring even if you Dear Howard, lose. I want to desperately increase my CD4/T- cell count, but I can’t ever seem to nudge my Dear Howard, number above 250, max. It’s been hovering just The latest love of my life, Lord Icicle beneath there for years and I hardly ever forget Prick, informs me I give “the worst head on a day, either. Whether you’re an actual medical the planet.” Any tips you can provide for, doctor or not, dude, I’m sure you’ve heard hopefully, improving my b.j. skills would sure be things from your other readers on this matter. appreciated — you got anything? — L. Larson Is there, like, a best time of day for taking my Dear Llars, ART (antiretroviral therapy) meds, to get the Yes, I sure do: Dump your debasing love. maximum “punch” out of them? — Andy Seriously — and Principessa Icicle be damned! Dear Andrew, — all you really gotta follow, stud, is The You “hardly ever forget a day,” and therein Snowflake Statute: No two men on this entire lies the rub: “hardly ever” is not remotely the Earth enjoy getting sucked-off exactly the same same thing as “never.” This ain’t horseshoes way; regardless, decent fellatio just isn’t too you’re playing with here, Slick: Close… very hard a skill to master satisfactorily, no doesn’t… count… with… HIV! Indeed, I’m not a matter how frosty the man is you’re performing medical doctor and, yes, Dear Howard is privy on . . . you already know where your mouth to lots of “things” other people don’t hear, but, goes, which means you’re 99 percent there hell, I don’t know what answer to give you: 5 already. Everything else is just a submission p.m. is your answer — let’s stick with that. Do of PREPT—Pacing, Rhythm, Enthusiasm, not deviate too far from 5 daily, that’s an order. Patience and Timing. All that Howard knows is a normal CD4 count is — Howard Lewis Russell from 500 to 1,500 cells per cubic millimeter of Do you have a question — about etiquette, blood. Medications must be taken daily, always. love, life or work — that needs an answer? An hour, or even three, in either direction won’t Send your problem to AskHoward@ make a whit of difference, of course, so long as DallasVoice.com and he may answer it.

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Making the SCENE the week of March 10-16 • Barbara’s Pavillion: Olga and Dallas’ birthday party on Saturday at 9 p.m. • Pekers: Totally Twisted Karaoke every Friday and Saturday night. • Cedar Springs Tap House: Hangover Brunch, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Every • Rainbow Lounge: Kiana Lee hosts Twisted Tuesdays at 11 p.m. Chanel LaMasters hosts Thursday is Cher-E-Oke with Wayne Smith, 10 p.m.-midnight. Drag Warz Wednesday at 11 p.m. with a $150 cash prize. • Dallas Eagle: Saturday night starts with TGRA’s Queen of the Closet Pageant from 6-10 p.m., • Rose Room: Kelexis, Asia, Krystal, Nicole Luv Dupree, Jenna and Plastique perform Friday followed by the Purple Party — ROAR from 10 p.m.-3 a.m. It’s also NLA-Dallas Club Night and night. the Esprit de Corps welcome from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. • Round-Up Saloon: 2017 Dallas Diesel Chili Cookoff is Sunday, 4-8 p.m. Man Candy starts • JR.’s Bar & Grill: Cassie’s Freak Show, with Fantasha, Athena, Xanna and Raquel, is Monday, at 8 p.m. Sunday and Boys, Boots and Bozer Briefs is Monday at 10 p.m. and Sasha, Lana and Valerie join Krystal and the Cool Kids on Tuesday. Athena, Chanel, • S4: Purple Party: SPIN (Spring Edition), with DJ Dani Toro of Barcelona and DJ David Corey of Alexis, Kira and Fantasha hit the stage Thursday for Dream Girls. Dallas, is Friday, 9 p.m.-4 a.m. • Liquid Zoo Sports Bar & Grill: Karaoke seven nights at week at 9 p.m. • Sue Ellen’s: Sir on Saturday. Kathy and Bella on Sunday, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Kathy and Bella host • Marty’s Live: Joshua City’s Monday happy hour, 1-7 p.m. DJ Rude Boy on Wet Willie Open Mic Night on Wednesday. Wednesday. • Zipperz: Tipsy Tuesdays, with sounds by Rudeboy Dallas from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Scene Photographers: Kay Haygood and Chad Mantooth

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