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█ TEXAS NEWS 8 A look at opening day of the Lege 9 What to expect in the 86th Legislature 10 CfA, Resource Center get donations 11 Candy Marcum advice column returns

█ LIFE+STYLE 18 2018’s best new restaurants 10 20 Best vehicles of 2018 22 Drawing Dallas: Jeffrey Hunter

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01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 3 Patrick: No need for a Anti-LGBT pastor ousted after DallasVoice.com/Category/Instant-Tea bathroom bill because he’s caught with prostitutes ‘we’ve won’ The pastor at Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort instant Worth has resigned after being caught sleeping TEA Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick did everything with prostitutes, gambling and in possession of he could possibly do during the 85th Texas marijuana. Legislature in 2017 to force lawmakers to pass In 2014, Dallas Voice reported on Donnie an anti-transgender bathroom bill, up to and Romero, who moved to Fort Worth to plant including holding important legislation vital to hate at Stedfast Baptist Church with a mes- the operations of the state hostage to try and sage of violence against the LGBT community. get his way. The video he posted at the time showed him Thanks to a lot of hard work on behalf of standing in front of a wall in his living room LGBT activists and their allies, and thanks preaching mostly to his own family. Following to the fact that there were some reasonable our story and other local reports, the South- Republicans — like then-House Speaker Joe ern Poverty Law Center named Stedfast an Straus — in the Legislature, none of the sev- anti-LGBT hate group. eral bathroom bills introduced and pushed In 2016, Romero condemned the victims of by Patrick and his minions were passed into the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando with law. words that got him lots of the publicity he was But since the legislature is still under GOP craving. It also prompted a group of North control, and since Patrick is still in office, we’ve Texas activists to protest the following Sunday all been worried that the bathroom boogey- Two Dallas Police Department officers appear in an LGBT-specific recruiting video filmed morning outside his church, located in a strip man bills would be back this time around. outside Resource Center. center in Sansom Park. Gov. Greg Abbott said during a debate last Now Romero has resigned after his own DPD wants You! from the LGBT community. summer with Democratic gubernatorial candi- moral behavior has come into question. Dallas Police Department is targeting the A video posted on Twitter is narrated by date Lupe Valdez that such measures weren’t Preaching violence wasn’t enough to disqualify LGBT community — but only in a good way. Roman and shows images in Oak Lawn. a priority on his agenda for 2019. But still we him from the pulpit, but sleeping with those No bar raids; no entrapment — DPD is looking “One of the things I love about Dallas is that worried. prostitutes will do it every time. for and hiring LGBT recruits. the department needed a police force that’s Republican who has told LGBT advocates Romero is very sorry for the hurt he may “We have begun a campaign to recruit representative of the communities it serves,” he would not support a bathroom bill, Patrick have caused people in his church. No word on specifically to the LGBTQ community,” said Roman says on the video. A tweet announcing said Wednesday, “When you win the battle, the hurt he caused people outside his church. DPD police liaison Officer Amber Roman, who the effort declares: “We are hiring! Come be a you don’t have to fight the battle again. I think He plans to remain a member of his church. worked hard to make this recruiting effort a part of our diverse and inclusive family!” To ap- it’s been settled, and I think we’ve won. … Again, no word on whether anyone else plans reality. While DPD has hired openly-LGBT ply, go to the Dallas Police Department website Sometimes a bill doesn’t pass but you win on to remain a member of his little church. officers since the 1990s, this is the first time the or contact a recruiter at 800-527-2948. the issue.” — David Taffet department has specifically looked for recruits — David Taffet — Tammye Nash

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01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 7 and for the swearing-in ceremony, 400 Walking to the chamber from her office additional chairs were added for law- in the underground extension before the makers’ families to sit on the main floor. swearing in ceremony, Mary Gonzalez Seating is by assignment, and the said she trusts Bonnen, who pledged members of the LGBT caucus are scat- there would be no bathroom bills on the tered. Each member chooses a seat based floor of the House this session. upon seniority. Party affiliation is ir- Republicans that spoke about Bonnen We have a relevant in seating, unlike in Congress echoed similar themes. Matt Krause, a where Democrats sit on one side and Re- Tarrant County Republican, said they publicans on the other. chose someone who would “level the Mary Gonzalez and Jessica Gonzalez playing field” to allow all members sit next to each other on the left side, cen- from both parties to “represent their dis- caucus ter. Israel is right side toward the rear. tricts.” Five LGBT members of the Legislature are sworn in as 86th Texas Legislature gets underway

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or the first time in Tex- as history, the state legislature will have an LGBT Caucus. State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, a four-term representative who identifies as pansexual and is the dean of the delegation, filed paperwork to create the caucus. When the Legislature convened on Tuesday, Jan. 8, four additional LGBT women were sworn into office. Rep. Ce- The crowded floor of the House of Representatives on Swearing in Day. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) lia Israel begins her third full term representing District 50. She was first elected issue in her campaign. She ran for an open Johnson is on the right toward the front. in a 2014 special election to fill the va- seat against a Republican that said during After a voice roll call of the House Governor’s speech cancy created when Rep. Mark Strama his campaign that marriage was between members, Secretary of State Rolando After Bonnen was elected speaker by resigned to become the head of Google a man and a woman. Zwiener said that Pablos administered the oath of office, a unanimous vote, Gov. Greg Abbott ad- Fiber in Austin. stance actually hurt him in his campaign then members of the House chose their dressed the chamber. In his speech at the Three freshmen were also sworn in because the district, which includes sever- Speaker. beginning of the last session, he spoke in this week, including Julie Johnson and al universities, has a young demographic. Rep. Dennis Bonnen was the only platitudes and said very little of real sub- Jessica Gonzalez, both of whom repre- Zwiener said although she has what name placed in nomination. He was stance to begin a session obsessed with sent Dallas County districts. she calls a “heteronormative family” — seconded by two Republicans and two where some young Texans could pee. Johnson ousted an incumbent Repub- she’s married to a man — she did speak Democrats — longtime LGBT-ally Sen- This year, Abbott was specific in his pro- lican Matt Rinaldi, who authored a bath- about being bisexual several times on the fronia Thompson from Houston, now posals. He said he wants to make schools room bill in the 2017 session. Her district campaign trail “when it was relevant.” in her 24th term, and Mary Gonzalez. In safe from gun violence; he wants the leg- covers northwest Dallas County. While there are more women in the her seconding speech, Thompson called islature to takes steps to help the Gulf Gonzalez beat incumbent Democrat new Texas Legislature than in any term Bonnen “a man who keeps his word.” Coast become more resilient in recovering Roberto Alonzo in the Democratic pri- except 2013, when there were four In Mary Gonzalez’s speech, she talked from storm damage, and he wants to re- mary and faced no opposition in the No- more, women are still under-represent- about when she was 12 years old and her form school finance and property taxes, vember election. She represents parts of ed. Zwiener joked that the LGBT Cau- house burned down. Her family relied issues Democrats campaigned on and that Oak Cliff and Grand Prairie. cus is the one place where women are on help from the community for food, helped them pick up a dozen seats. The fifth LGBT member of the Legis- over-represented. clothing and shelter until they rebuilt Speaking in her office before the lature is Erin Zwiener, who represents their lives. She said that’s what motivat- swearing in ceremony, Israel said she Hays and Blanco counties southwest of The Swearing In ed her to go into public service so she hoped Abbott would address school fi- Austin. She identifies as bisexual. could give back to her community. nance reform this session, adding that Zwiener, speaking in her office just Room on the floor of the House of Rep- She also talked about her Republican the governor should be thinking about before being sworn in, said she was sur- resentatives was tight. Desks for the 150 father and said Bonnen “shares qualities his legacy. prised her sexual orientation wasn’t an members of the chamber fill the room, of my father.”

8 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 LGBT lawmakers, allies hopeful 86th Legislature won’t see bills targeting Hopes high as session begins the community

DANIEL HERNANDEZ | Contributing Writer thing is possible, but the talk so far has believe me, my dad is nodding his head [email protected] been focused on school finance and other in agreement from above,” Bonnen said. important issues. While this has been a “[He] always told us, say what you mean he Texas Legislature priority item in the past, I do not believe and do what you say, so I’ve never seen gaveled in on Tues- it is for enough senators on both sides to the point in sugarcoating things, espe- day, Jan. 8, for its push through, and the House definitely cially when that might confuse the issue, 86th regular session, does not appear to have an appetite for or slow down progress towards a more with lawmakers ex- another contentious battle along those meaningful result.” pected to tackle is- lines. In the Senate, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan sues ranging from Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the most Patrick remains at the helm after being healthcare and pub- vocal proponent of a bathroom bill in re-elected in November. Senate Republi- lic education to border security and vot- 2017, said in a press conference Wednes- ing rights. For 140 days, lawmakers will day, Jan. 9, that he sees no reason to debate bills under the pink dome of the pursue the issue in this session because, Capitol in hopes of changing state laws even though the bill was defeated two and policies that affect Texans statewide. years ago, he believes proponents “won” The number of bills filed has steadily the battle because the behaviors with- increased since the last peak in 2009. The in the state’s school districts that had 2017 session saw more than 6,600 House prompted the bill have stopped. He gave and Senate Bills filed. With this growth no evidence to support his claim. comes an increase in the number of bills While Republicans maintained their filed relating — both directly and indi- majorities in both the House and Senate rectly — to the LGBT community. after the November midterm elections, For the last several sessions, a hand- Democrats picked up a number of seats ful of these bills have proved to be con- in both chambers. State Rep. Celia Israel, troversial or discriminatory, and many D-Austin, said she hopes that this ses- drew swift backlash from the LGBT com- sion will prove to be productive due in munity and its allies. For example, last part to this shift in the House. session Republican lawmakers tried to “I’m hopeful that for this session, we pass Senate Bill 6, a “bathroom bill” that can focus our efforts on the real, tangi- would have required a person to use the ble issues that affect our quality of life in bathroom, shower or changing facility the state of Texas,” Israel said. “We have that corresponded with the sex assigned a lot of new opportunities with these on their birth certificate or driver’s li- new members to help set the example cense, rather than the facility appropri- of working across the aisle and getting ate to their actual gender. some real work done.” The law would have applied only to Former Speaker of the House Joe facilities owned by government entities, Straus, R-San Antonio, did not run for including public and open-enrollment re-election, leaving the speaker’s seat charter schools. open coming into this session. Rep. Den- cans will enter the session with 19 seats, Although SB 6 passed easily in the nis Bonnen announced his candidacy for while Democrats saw their numbers rise Senate, the bill — and the issue — died the speakership last October, and weeks from 11 seats to 12. in the House where then-Speaker Joe later declared he had secured 109 votes Sen. Rodríguez says he is hopeful that Straus used procedural moves to stymie for his election, significantly more than even this small change will make a big it. The legislation met a similar fate when the 76 required to win the seat. difference this session. filed again during the 85th Special Ses- On opening day, Bonnen drew no op- “There has been a change in attitude sion. ponents to his nomination and was elect- because of the mid-term elections,” Ro- When asked about the likelihood of a ed unanimously by the membership. In a driguez noted. “I think legislators feel similar bill finding its way to the floor speech after his swearing in, Bonnen de- the temperature changing. Balance in the this session, some lawmakers were opti- livered a message of unity and cohesion, process is good thing; it allows compro- mistic that comparable legislation would while making clear that he is ready for mise and a search for solutions, rather Left, Eric Johnson holding William not gain any traction in either chamber. House members to have candid conver- than rhetoric and ideological battles.” Above, top to bottom, Celia Israel; Sen. José Rodríguez, El Paso leader of the sations about the issues facing Texans. As of Jan. 8, no specifically anti-LGBT Jessica Gonzalez and Julie Johnson; Senate Democratic Caucus, said, any- “When people call me challenging, Omar Narvaez, Jessica Gonzalez and HIGH HOPES, Page 15 Adam Medrano

01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 9 Episcopal ministry donates $80K to LGBT organizations

Coalition for Aging LGBT, competency training. The guide, pub- Resource Center get donations lished for the first time in 2018, includes information on 17 properties spread out for work with seniors over four counties in North Texas. Brian Price, who headed the project, DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer wants to include additional properties in [email protected] the 2019 guide while continuing to mon- itor the facilities included in 2018. Be- inistry with cause part of the rating includes on-go- the Aging ing LGBT-inclusive competency training Inc. has and programming, expanding those donated services will cost money. That’s where Melodia Gutierrez and Cannon Flowers of Coalition for Aging LGBT received a $30,000 check a total of the Ministry with the Aging’s donation from Charles Mullins. $80,000 to comes in. that his organization was not prepared “That’s a really useful tool,” Mullins organiza- Coalition founder Cannon Flowers to handle. So they sold the property to said about the housing guide. “If you do tions in the said the project currently is running on a national organization that would rehab find affordable housing, how welcoming LGBT community providing program- 40 volunteers. With the recent donation, the units and maintain the property as is it?” ming and services for older LGBT peo- he said, “we can bring on a person part- affordable senior housing. He said he hoped the organization ple. time to manage scoring, the assessment Mullins said they decided to take the would be able to hire someone part-time The ministry recently presented a process including HR forms and records proceeds and distribute the money to to do research and outreach. check for $30,000 to the Coalition for Ag- and training staff.” local organizations that worked to fa- The donation to Resource Center tar- ing LGBT and a check for $50,000 to Re- He said the social engagement portion cilitate affordable senior housing. They geted its Grey Pride organization, and source Center. The donations came from of the project costs the coalition about made donations to nine organizations Resource Center CEO Cece Cox said the proceeds from the sale of Cathedral Gar- $400 per facility, just for books and vid- including CfA and Resource Center. funds will be used to fund Grey Pride, dens Apartments in East Dallas. eos to get them started. Mullins said he heard about the Coali- which “doesn’t get any government CfA recently published its North Tex- Charles Mullins, a board member for tion for Aging LGBT on a public service funding.” She said the money will go to- as LGBT-Friendly Senior Housing Guide the Ministry with the Aging, which is announcement on KERA-FM. He told ward events, information and communi- rating senior living properties on their operated as a ministry of the Episcopal the coalition that its work was exact- ty building activities that wouldn’t have LGBT inclusiveness in everything from Diocese of Dallas, said the Cathedral ly what the board had in mind for the happened without the generous dona- employment policies to marketing to Gardens property needed renovation funds from the liquidated asset. tion. █

The Dallas Red Foundation, a Dallas-based HIV awareness and service organization the board of which is pictured at right, this week announced that the foundation made donations totaling $73,350.13 to local organizations providing services and programming to people with HIV and AIDS. Red Foundation President Josh Lara said his organization had chosen to focus its efforts on raising awareness around HIV and AIDS —not just about the virus itself, but also about the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS, and medication advances in treating the disease as well as preventing it. To that end, he said, the foundation focused on supporting agencies that provide preventative options, such as PrEP, including Resource Center which offers PrEP for free or at reduced costs. The foundation also donated more than $50,000 to its long-time beneficiary, Legacy Counseling Center, which specializes in providing counseling, housing and hospice care for thise with HIV/AIDS.

10 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 will I share my life and build a family?” cult to express a love of my hometown to “Where will I live and work long-term?” others when the majority of my friends Ask Candy This is a time of confusion, questioning come from major opportunity cities like of self-worth and wanting to measure Dallas, Houston, Chicago and beyond. up to your friends. In a word — middle What would you say for people with Therapist Candy, will appear in Dallas Voice on school all over again! (Okay, that was similar internal struggles? Candy the second and fourth Fridays. Submit three words.) — Homesick Marcum’s questions for her to AskCandy@dal- Timing is perfect. Your friends’ timing Dear Homesick lasvoice.com. is perfect for them, and your timing is One of the joys of being an adult is see- advice column Dear Candy, perfect for you. Keep your focus on your ing the world in terms of grays instead returns to I’m a twenty-something profession- aspirations — that goes for career and of in black-or-white. As an adult, we see Dallas Voice al battling the pressure of dating while marriage goals especially. These are wor- the nuances making up our morals, be- starting a career. The majority of my thy goals. Have faith in yourself. When liefs and values. As I read your letter, I closest friends are either engaged, mar- you look back at this time, you will come see there are things you have negative n this issue, Dallas Voice wel- ried or in serious relationships, on the to know you “got on track” at the right feelings about concerning your home- comes the return of advice col- precipice of putting a ring on it — which time. town and other things you value from umnist Candy Marcum, a li- adds expectations on me to date and be Good luck! growing up there. If we average this out, censed professional counselor, on their romantic levels. Should I contin- — Candy you would grade your town a C. licensed marriage and family ue building a financially stable future for As humans, we are a compilation of counselor and licensed chemi- me, myself and I, or should I put more of Dear Candy, our experiences. Your experiences have cal dependency counselor who my effort into meeting a significant other How should I have pride for my home- made you the person you are today. specializes in working within while I’m still young? town when I know it’s plagued with so- Difficult experiences mold who you are the LGBT community. She has more than — Not Looking cial troubles, a lack of job opportunities more than the successful experiences do. 30 years of experience as a counselor, Dear Not Looking, and no considerable visitation areas? I All together, these experiences define and said she sees her life’s work as being One of the most stressful and diffi- moved to Dallas recently to escape the who you are. Own that about yourself a healer and a teacher. cult stages in a person’s life is the age prejudices and condescension from the and your hometown. Marcum has been active in the LGBT between mid 20s and early 30s. This is world I grew up in. I have amazing mem- By the way, big cities are made up of community as an advocate for equality the time when you are looking for sta- ories of my first real friends, the rock-sol- people from small towns who come to for more than 30 years, and for several bility, direction, identity and purpose. id education I maintained and — most the city to make their life! years in the 1990s wrote an advice col- Questions include: “What am I going importantly — the parenting that made Good luck! umn for Dallas Voice. Her column, Ask to be when I grow up?” “With whom me the person I am today. But it’s diffi- — Candy

01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 11 bill? “It’s about helping kids,” she said. new members, there was special interest among incumbents about Johnson, who CAUCUS, From Page 8 Around the Capitol raised more than $900,000 for her cam- More than anything else, she said, peo- reform as their top issue. Israel is the only paign to unseat Rinaldi. Before considering ple remember governors for what they one who has filed an LGBT-related bill so • The Texas flag flying over the Cap- a run for office herself, Johnson had raised did for education. She pointed to for- far. That one relates to banning the use of itol on swearing-in day belonged to millions of dollars over the years for other mer Gov. Mark White, noting that when reparative therapy on anyone under 18. Amber Briggle, who has a transgender candidates. Her reputation as a potential he died, “everyone said, ‘Oh, he was a Other House members have filed legis- son. Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, ar- political powerhouse preceded her. good governor for education.’” Then she lation about including sexual orientation ranged to have the flag flown in honor Her secret to winning? Working her warned that if education wasn’t better and gender identity in non-discrimina- of transgender Texans. They hoped to set ass off. Block walking. Making calls. funded, Abbott would be remembered tion laws and repealing the sodomy law a different tone to begin this legislative Meeting people. Supporting issues peo- for bathroom bills. and the law banning legal recognition of session compared to the last one. ple care about. The five members of the LGBT Caucus same-sex marriage. • While incumbents in both parties • When Johnson’s wife, Dr. Sue Mo- each campaigned with education finance So why did Israel file this particular made a point of introducing themselves to ster, joined the Legislative Ladies, she became the first same-sex spouse to join the group. When she received the call, the legislative wife inviting Moster to join asked who her husband was. Moster corrected her, explaining Julie Johnson was her wife. “Oh, you must be a Demo- crat,” the woman said politely. Zwiener’s husband, Quincy Kennedy, also joined the Legislative Ladies, because the group is open to all spouses of House members. We don’t know if that 888.226.0114 membership has anyone in the Capitol DALLAS | MESQUITE | ROCKWALL completely confused — the husband of an LGBT Caucus woman joining a ladies group, or so it seems, because for the sake of tradition they don’t want to change the group’s name. • And speaking of Zwiener, she was a $250 Down four-time Jeopardy winner in 2012. That has nothing to do with anything other than we thought it was cool. $250 A Month • The legislative session lasts for 140 days, and many representatives go home 250 Cars over the weekend, especially on weeks when they break early. But during the to choose from week they live in Austin. To save some money, Jessica Gonzales and Johnson found an apartment about a block from the Capitol and will be roommates through the session. Gonzalez said it’s close enough to walk to work and go home for lunch when she wants. • Seen in the Capitol attending the swearing in: - Mayor Betsy Price of Fort Worth. - Dallas City Council members Omar Narvaez, Adam Medrano, Philip Kings- ton and Carolyn King Arnold. - Burleson Mayor Ken Shetter and 2018 KIA Soul 2018 KIA Stinger family, there to celebrate the swearing in of his mother, District 10 Sen. Beverly Volkman Powell. - Stonewall Democrats of Dallas Pres- NOW HIRING ident Brandon Vance and former presi- Non-Commissioned Sales Staff dents Lee Daugherty and Jay Narey; Dal- las Gay and Lesbian Alliance President Patti Fink, and Equality Texas Acting SouthwestKia.com Executive Director Samantha Smoot and $250 Down. $250/month. $15.99 for every $1000 excludes TTL. Example Forte: Finance a New 2018 Kia Forte - MSRP $18350 - $2500 Kia Rebate = $15,850 sales price for 72 months @ 4.9% apr at $250 per month for well qualified buyers thru Kmf. $250 down excludes ttl - $15.99 for every $1000 fi- Board President Steve Rudner. █ nance. Several at this price and payment. Sales ends 05/31/18. See www.southwestkia.com for complete details.

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14 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 HIGH HOPES, From Page 9 legislation had been filed, although Sen. through local ordinances. While this session may not produce erates will realize it’s just bad policy Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, did file SB 85, “It’s important to just let kids be kids,” any major advancements for the LGBT to have unconstitutional laws on the a so-called religious freedom bill that Israel explained. “When we have so- community, anticipation lingers that books,” he said. “But beyond that, most allows professionals in certain counsel- called professionals who say they can fix change is on the horizon in Texas. Asked people know that we’re defined by our ing fields to refuse to treat “a person if our kids with these practices, I feel like about the future of LGBT rights in Texas, character, not by our orientation, and providing the service would cause the we do more harm than good when we Rodriguez was optimistic about what policies that discriminate against LGBT license holder to violate a sincerely held validate [the practices].” the community may see in the future. Texans are wrong. I’m not sure when religious belief.” Such measures usually She has filed the bill in the last two “As the former president said, the arc that will happen, but things are chang- are used to target LGBT people. sessions, but it has never received a of history bends toward justice. At the ing, and I’m hopeful they will change

Lawmakers have until March 8 to file committee hearing. very least, at some point enough mod- quickly.” █ legislation, so other measures targeting LGBT people are likely to pop up. Several LGBT-positive bills have been filed, some of which were debated in earlier sessions but ended up not passing. In the Senate, two bills have been filed that would repeal the state’s sodomy law, Section 21.06 of the Texas Pe- nal Code, which has been obsolete since the U.S. Supreme Court struck it down Vote in these nine categories: in 2003 in Lawrence v. Texas. Sen. José Menéndez, D-San Antonio, and Sen. Ro- driguez have both filed bills that would repeal the unconstitutional language. Rodríguez has filed similar legislation DINE HEALTH METRO NIGHTLIFE PETS every regular session since 2013 but none of those bills have ever passed the full Senate. SERVICES SHOP SHOW TRAVEL State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, has filed similar legislation in the House since 2013, with similar results. The bill Who receives a 5-STAR rating? Each year our readers select their local favorites filed by Menéndez also includes lan- in our annual survey of nine categories. guage repealing the state law prohibit- ing the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This language was nullified by the landmark marriage Enter to win our equality ruling, Obergefell v. Hodge, made Chad Crager, FNP | Steven M. Pounders, MD | Chad Nyland, DO A PAIR OF TICKETS TO TITAS by the Supreme Court in 2015. D. Trew Deckard, PA-C, MHS | Cameron Wyatt, FNP While the anti-marriage equality law DINNER FOR TWO has no legal weight due to the Supreme DREAM DATE Court ruling, Rodríguez says this bill, We are expanding in both our space and staff! and others targeting LGBT equality, re- Valennne’s Day Package: $500 CASH main priorities for him. A medical practice with more than 30 years experience “Simply put, it’s the right thing to do,” in the heart of our community Rodriguez said. “I never did and never will understand why some people feel so threatened by others who may appear New Saturday PrEp Clinic different, whether because of skin color, religious beliefs, gender or sexual orien- Primary Care | HIV Specialists Vote NOW at tation. Blind prejudice throughout history has caused so much suffering, and in a Gender Affirmation | Cosmetic Procedures free and diverse country such as ours, has no place in determining public policy.” MEDICAL PRACTICE OF Concierge Medicine offered by Israel has filed a bill that would ban DallasVoice.com/RVA the practice of conversion therapy on Dr. Steven M. Pounders Steven M. Pounders, MD minors by mental health providers in the state. Fourteen states currently have Voong ends January 31, 2019. laws banning the practice while some Call Today 214.520.8833 cities in other states offer protections 3500 Oak Lawn, Ste. 600 | drpounders.com

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Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style l 129 David Taffet Senior Staff Writer █ 125 New Department of Education with keeping ed; the victims of assault are the ones Philip Burton Proofreader kids safe, this who need protection. Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Jenny Block, rules would make schools more J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, Lawrence Ferber, would be the I’m all for due process, and if someone Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Cassie Nova, dangerous, not less one. is innocent, they should be treated as Mikey Rox, Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, So how are such. But the guilty should pay, and the Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, s we head into the 2019 Texas they doing? victims should NOT be the ones on trial! Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, Casey Williams Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn legislative session, let’s remem- Not so good. Some 42 years after a 20-something A ber something from 2017: Those In Novem- white guy slammed his boot into my face advertising lying creeps — like Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, ber 2018, the because he thought I was gay, my jaw, Chad Mantooth Advertising Director █ 131 Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, Rep. Scott Sanford U.S. Depart- having been so badly broken then, still Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. █ 115 Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales █ 123 and their ilk — used the word “safety” ment of Ed- doesn’t work right. This felony assault National Advertising Representative like a bludgeon in their campaign during ucation pro- was reported to the police department in Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 the last session to keep transgender and posed new Huntington Beach, Calif. I had a descrip- gender-nonconforming kids from using regulations on how schools should ad- tion and a car license number. No arrest art the bathroom where they felt the most dress sexual assault complaints. These was ever made. Kevin Thomas Art Director █ 119 Shawn Weston Graphic Designer █ 132 safe. regulations are up for public comment According to the 2015 U.S. Transgen- Their reasoning? “We need to keep right now, by the way. If these proposals der Survey, almost half of all transgen- multimedia women and kids safe!” are adopted, they would make it much der people have experienced sexual as- Stephen Mobley Social Media Manager █ 123 Brian Kennedy Video Producer Bullshit. harder — and thus, much more unlike- sault in their lifetime, and one in 10 have Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host How do we know it’s bullshit? For one ly — that sexual assaults in and around been assaulted just in the last year. And Brad Pritchett DVtv Host thing, an alt-right blogger flat out admit- schools would be reported. when transgender people report sexual Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host ted that their “safety” claim was manu- Think I’m exaggerating? Consider assaults to their school or other authori- circulation factured. But beyond that, the actions of this: If these new regulations had been ties, the report shows, they are often mis- Linda Depriter Circulation Director █ 120 the GOP tell us all we need to know. in place earlier, serial abusers like Larry treated, not believed or even blamed for founders In 2016, 1,809 women were murdered Nassar — the former USA Gymnastics themselves for being assaulted simply Robert Moore █ Don Ritz by men in single-victim or single-offend- national team doctor and an osteopathic because they are transgender. affiliations/memberships er incidents according to statistics sub- physician at Michigan State University The new regulations encourage — and Associated Press - Associate Member mitted to the FBI. Of those victims, 85 who is now a convicted serial child rap- in some cases even require — schools National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association percent were murdered by a man they ist — may have avoided justice because to ignore some reports of sexual assault Certified LGBT Business Enterprise knew. Michigan State might not have been re- and make it harder for survivors to get Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association Texas accounted for 146 of those mur- quired to intervene due to reports being the safe resolution they need. ders. Texas is among the most dangerous made to coaches and trainers instead of The regulations are supposed to en- states when it comes to women being someone who is empowered to “insti- force federal nondiscrimination pro- murdered by men. tute corrective measures” like a Title IX tections for students, but instead they But we heard not a peep from our lieu- coordinator. sabotagestheir very purpose: to ensure tenant governor or the aforementioned Under this new rule, schools would not that sex discrimination, including sexual legislators about this crisis. There was no have an obligation to start the formal com- assault and harassment, never means the wringing of their hands over how to pro- plaint process if abuse or assault claims end of someone’s education. © 2018 Voice Publishing Company, Inc. 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Dallas Voice is published weekly on Fridays. Additional So maybe that’s a hint that the bath- be more trusted by the victims. even easier than it is now for schools copies of Dallas Voice may be purchased for $1 each, payable in advance at the Dallas Voice office. Dallas room uproar wasn’t about keeping Why make it harder for victims to to brush sexual assault under the rug. Voice may be distributed only by Dallas Voice authorized women and children safe, and a hint that come forward? In what possible way So please, log onto the government independent contractors or distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of Voice Publishing, take the answer to keeping them safe won’t does this new proposal make sense? site (www.federalregister.gov/doc- more than one copy of each Dallas Voice weekly issue. be found in the women’s restroom. Perhaps a quote from our president, uments/2018/11/29/2018-25314/ Subscriptions via First Class Mail are available: Three months (13 consecutive issues), $65. Six months (26 But this targeting of trans people and the pussy grabber himself, might shed nondiscrimination-on-the-ba- consecutive issues), $85. One year (52 consecutive issues), $130. Contact Dallas Voice at 214-754-8710 x110. the lack of action on real concerns regard- some light: sis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-ac-

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16 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 some time. This is where I came Creating in. I am a member of the Quality art, of Life Com- mittee of the LGBT Task creating Force, and I engaged with Arttitude to culture see what other sorts of things they might be able to do in the community to in- Community invited to crease the identity of the area. I suggest- help finish mural on clinic wall ed that they explore the idea of murals. Arttitude was very receptive to the idea served more as a fundraising organiza- munity while acknowledging the HIV/ JOHN ANDERSON | Dallas Red Foundation and recognized the lasting and import- tion for other local HIV and AIDS service AIDS crisis and the continued need for ant impact that murals (especially com- organizations. In 2018, the foundation in- HIV/AIDS to be at the forefront of pub- edar Springs has been the heart munity-driven murals) would add to the troduced its first service project — RED- lic attention. of Dallas’ LGBTQ communi- identity of the area. ucate — an educational program focused The mural features four diverse hands C ty for decades. Members of the After these conversations, the Cedar on providing HIV- and AIDS-related ed- coming together to create red heart community have always had a sense of Springs Strip no longer seemed like a ucational services. shapes. The heart shapes are “selfie” ar- pride in and even ownership of the area series of buildings with blank walls; it The AIDS crisis of the 1980s and ’90s eas that are perfect for photo opps. Ref- as a place that people from all walks of was a canvas, just waiting for members was devastating to the LGBTQ commu- erences to the decline in deaths over time life can be themselves openly and can of the community to come together and nity, both here at home and around the and the ever-increasing number of indi- feel that sense of community that only express themselves and their ideas to be world. As medical science advances and viduals living with HIV are incorporated comes with being accepted and respect- interpreted and appreciated for years to time progresses, REDucate recognizes between multicolored, geometric shapes. ed. come. that awareness means not only being The color choices are reminiscent of One of the most important and im- Arttitude had launched a program aware of the current state of things, but the quintessential rainbow motif com- pactful ways a location can transform called DMAP — the Dallas Mural also being cognizant of how far we have mon in LGBTQ art and culture. A large from just a “place” to a place with an Art Project — as a series of commu- come. It also stresses that we should re- portion of the mural depicts silhouettes identity is through art. Despite being a nity-driven murals that would be member those who have been lost and looking over sections of the NAMES cultural center for the LGBT community planned through open listening ses- focus not just on increasing awareness Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, created as for so many years, there has, historically, sions and then painted by Arttitude in of statistics but also awareness that there a memorial celebrating the lives of peo- been a lack of artistic expression on the conjunction with community volun- is hope for a brighter future and a com- ple who have died of AIDS-related caus- Cedar Springs strip. teers. In 2018, we secured the Cedar munity that is still fighting for continued es. In 2018, that started to change. Springs Tattoo shop wall for the Cedar progress. The process of painting the mural has The Mayor’s LGBT Task Force, head- Springs installation in this series and As a member of the REDucate Com- been slow due to the weather, but on Jan. ed by Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Adam had several listening sessions. Painting mittee with Dallas Red Foundation, I 12, the community is invited to come and Medrano, has been actively working on on that mural will begin in 2019 and it recognized that there was an opportuni- help finish the mural and take part in improvements to the quality of life and will commemorate the 50th anniversa- ty here to bring the organization together something that will increase the identity identity of the Cedar Springs area for ry of the Stonewall Riots. with Arttitude to make a powerful state- and culture of The Strip for many years several years. Arttitude, a Dallas-based While this mural was being planned, ment in the form of a mural on the strip. to come. nonprofit which serves to unite diverse the opportunity for another mural quick- So we decided to create a mural to com- My hope is that the efforts by Dallas communities together through various ly emerged. memorate the HIV/AIDS crisis. Red Foundation and Arttitude to create artistic endeavors with the goal of in- In comes Dallas Red Foundation, a Officially called the “Dallas Red Foun- these murals are just the beginning, and citing positive change and equality, ap- Dallas-based nonprofit organization dation HIV/AIDS Commemorative Mu- that we will see a spring of artistic ex- proached the task force about the possi- with mission to fund HIV and AIDS ser- ral,” it was designed by muralist Lee pression in the area and a greater feeling bility of installing rainbow crosswalks in vice organizations and provide educa- Madrid of Arttitude after talking with that Oak Lawn is the place where we be- the Cedar Springs area. tion and awareness to the greater com- community leaders and employees of long — where everyone belongs. █ But with construction occurring in the munity about HIV- and AIDS-related Resource Center’s Nelson-Tebedo Clin- John Anderson is a member of the Mayor’s crosswalks in the coming year, crosswalk subjects. ic upon which the mural is painted. The LGBT Task Force and is secretary of the Dal- decorations would not be an option for In the past, Dallas Red Foundation mural offers a message of hope and com- las Red Foundation. all, due process for all is part of the foun- One in four openly-transgender col- conforming. Let’s please not make those sault go unreported. The Department of dation of our democracy. But the Trump lege students reports being harassed at 1,000-or-so hours kids spend at school Education should be making it easier for administration is attempting to put any school because they are transgender, and each year more difficult than they already survivors to come forward, not harder. █ student who is a victim of sexual assault for many, the mistreatment is so bad that are for those who are most vulnerable. Leslie McMurray, a transgender woman, in or around a school to the same scruti- they are forced out of school. According to RAINN, the nation’s is a former radio DJ who lives and works in ny as Christine Blasey Ford faced during School is already dangerous enough for largest anti-sexual violence organization, Dallas. Read more of her blogs at lesliemi- the Kavanaugh hearings. kids who are transgender or gender non- three out of four incidents of sexual as- chelle44.wordpress.com.

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icking the top tables of 2018 was an exercise in simplicity. But boy, was it complicated. P Dallas dining has become a tale of two cities. One: High-end event-dining destinations, marked by Texans’ preoccupation with steakhouses, fine wines and the conspicuous consumption of the monied set that strives for “always the best.” The other: Enthusiastic foodie-centric insider restaurants, marked by our love of tacos and other street food, hipster culture and in-the-know cache to discover what’s new and hot (and often more affordable). Yet somehow the watchword for much of the restaurant experience in Dallas was about simplicity: Sometimes via simple dishes turned into complex flavor bombs by the wise and creative use of spices, sauces and techniques; and sometimes extrav- agant dishes whose cleanness of taste shines through amid the ravishing preparation. Here are the distinctions. Event dining. In recent years, the term event dining (or occasion dining) has supplanted, for me at least, the label of fine dining as an indicator of how high-end a restaurant is. It has been years since I have been required to wear a necktie or sportcoat as a precondition to entering an eating establishment. Even the notorious- ly snobby (in a good way) French Room loosened its dress requirements when it reopened last year. We all want fine food; but we also know when you need to pull out the stops (and/or the expense account) and do up a meal the “right” way, with an extensive or curated wine list, white tablecloths, nattily attired servers and rich decoration for a special occasion. (A few that just missed this year: Perle on Maple an Up on Knox.) Casual dining. Being considered “casual” should suggest places that are “less than” their fancier counterparts, or even necessarily inexpensive (though they tend to be), merely ones where the vibe is more collegial and comfortable than elegant and formal. Casual dining is defined by its atmosphere, but also its style of food: Small plates, shareable dishes, regional or street food or homey cuisine. (Some in contention that didn’t quite make the cut: The Commissary, Malibu Poke, Harlowe MXM, Peasant Pizzeria, Gung Ho, Jalisco Norte, Fine China and Namo.) And so, an innovation for this year’s Top Tables — my annual recitation of the A trio of tacos at Taco y Vino, top; a bao is about the smallest item you can get at Cris and most memorable meals of the prior year (actually, September 2017 to September John, above; opposite, The Charles white Bolognese capellini is a stunner.

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01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 23 █ TOP TABLES From Page 19 but the pastas seal the deal. How good the five spice duck leg confit, the forbid- The Charles (Design District; event). is it? This is where I chose to spend my den halibut, the seared divers scallops. Chef J Chastain has gone from Hot New birthday dinner last year. (3102 Oak It’s impressive in its scope as well as its Thing to the chef always on the edge of Lawn Ave. Mille-Lire.com.) style. (2330 Flora St. MusumeDallas.com.) greatness over the last decade or more, Musume (Downtown Arts Dis- Taco y Vino (Bishop Arts; casual). The leading many kitchens (The Mansion, trict; event). Sushi has been almost as combination of a wine bar and a Tex- Stephan Pyles, The Second Floor) where inevitable in Dallas as steakhouses and Mex restaurant seemed counterintuitive, other chefs (Bruno Davillon, Pyles, Scott taquerias for well more than a decade but the execution from chef Sharon Van Gottlich) have already left their marks. now, but while Musume — next to Flora Meter and proprietor Jimmy Contreras So it’s wonderful that he final has come Street Cafe, across from the Meyerson exceeds expectations. There are even into his own in the other great Italian and Winspear — touts itself as a sushi vegan options that carnivores would get restaurant of 2018. Quaint, with person- restaurant, it’s in the broader prepara- excited over. (213 W. 8th St. TacoyVinoD- al service and deft dishes, this hideaway tion of Japanese dishes where it soars: allas.com.) next to a 7-Eleven in the Design District

A board of house-cured meats from Macellaio. ARE YOU LOOKING? shows how funky fine-dining can be. (1632 Market Center Blvd. TheCharlesDal- las.com.) WE PAY Macellaio (Bishop Arts; casual). You know who really has the meats? Macel- laio. A sister restaurant to chef David TOP Uygur’s Lucia — which itself rose to DOLLAR prominence on its house-cured salumi FOR YOUR RIDE — this Bishop Arts bistro (opened only for dinner) is tiny and highly specialized EVEN IF YOU (I wouldn’t send a vegan within two DON’T BUY ONE FROM US! blocks of the place): Cured, cooked and fermented animal proteins (mostly pork and beef, but there are seafood dishes). Exotic and daring (I still can’t get the duck tongues out of my head), it’s an unusual and exciting journey through the mind of a chef who knows what he wants his restaurant to be. (287 N. Bishop Ave. MacellaioDallas.com.)

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Sunday 01.20 best bets Alas! Shakespeare Dallas moves indoors for ‘Hamlet’

The weather has been unseasonably warm for January, Friday 01.11 — so it is perhaps ironic that Shakespeare Dallas — the company dedicated to warm-weather alfresco performances at Samuell-Grand Park (and occasionally Sunday 01.27 other locales) — has launched its inaugural winter season Chinese troupe Shen Yun indoors. To kick off its sheltered Shakespeare, artistic settles into Winspear director Raphael Parry will direct Hamlet. Just remember: You can’t bring a picnic basket this time. Every few years Shen Yun Performing Arts, the dance and music company, DEETS: Moodyt Performance Hall, 2520 Flora St. arrives in North Texas to demonstrate ShakespeareDallas.org. the ancient arts of China… and it has been two years since the last one. Colorful, energetic and engaging, the troupe settles into the Winspear for two weeks.

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Friday 01.11 — Saturday 01.26 You too? Imprint revisits ‘The Vibrator Play’

In light of all the sexual misconduct rampant in America today, it seems appropriate that another local theater company would mount Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). The twisted comedy — based on a real situation — concerns how gynecologist in the 19th century treated hysteria among upper-crust ladies (“hysteria” being derived from the Greek word for womb) with a new invention: The mechanized clitoral stimulator. Imprint Theatreworks presents the 2009 play at the Bath House.

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26 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 █ TOP TABLES From Page 24 but it’s the ravishing steaks, the French culinary techniques that enhance START THE YEAR OFF WITH A rather than mask the essential qualities of the food and the surprisingly friendly and un- stuffy service that made it the most talked-about restaurant of 2018. For good reason. (400 S. Record St. BullionRestaurant. com.)

Restaurant of the Year BANG! (Casual) Khao Noodle Shop (Old East Dallas). Technically, Make the most this small Laotian restaurant across from the legendary of the new year Jimmy’s Food Store abutting historic Munger Place didn’t open until after my cut-off with these date. But chef Donny Siris- avash has spent years perfect- great specials: ing his boat noodles and other traditional dishes inspired by his mom’s recipes, • $12 Lockers from and after attending several pop-ups last summer, I had already had 8am - 4pm, Monday Chef Donny holds his signature boat noodles enough of his food that the opening at Khao Noodle Shop, Dallas’ casual restau- thru Friday of the restaurant seemed more like a rant of the year for 2018. formality. If you don’t have a sense for what Laotian food is (I certainly didn’t dish. From the jerky to the sticky rice to have until last year), the ingredients are the sauces, I have not had one dish here • FREE Youth Lockers fresh and unique, the flavors clean yet that didn’t thrill my tongue. (4812 Bryan All day Tuesday and Friday spicy and the care radiates from every St. KhaoNoodleShop.com.) █ AND from Midnight to 8am EVERYDAY in January! Through Jan. 21 (extended). TUESDAY 01.15 FILM FRIDAY 01.11 The Man Who Came to Dinner. A witty COMMUNITY romp about a bloviating houseguest whose Panoptikon. The weekly retro disco dance injury forces him to remain with his hosts, party, presented by Lord Byron. Red Light, upending their routine. Monty Woolley’s 2911 Main St. Doors 9 p.m. career-defining performance is the highlight. Screens as part of the Tuesday Big Movie New BROADCAST Classic Series, which now includes a matinee. RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars. The fourth Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre in the West installment of returning queens competing for Village, 3699 McKinney Ave. Screens at 2 p.m. the crown. VH1 at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY 01.12 THURSDAY 01.17 COMMUNITY CABARET Dallas Bears Annual Chili Cook-Off. The Glitterbomb Denton. Weekly queer variety Dallas Bears host one of their annual social/ show with a new lineup every Thursday, now at fundraising events, the yearly Chili Cook-Off, a new locale and new time. Andy’s Bar, 122 N. 2616 Swiss Ave, Dallas, Texas 75204 featuring individuals, clubs and organizations Locust St., Denton. 8 p.m. vying for the trophy and bragging rights. This year, it takes place at The Round-Up Saloon, (214) 821-1990 | TheClubs.com 3912 Cedar Springs Road. 4–5:30 p.m. FRIDAY 01.18 DallasBears.org. THEATER Sweat. Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play (her second) about the effects of MONDAY 01.14 unbalanced labor economic on real people. CABARET Presented by Dallas Theater Center. Kalita Mama’s Party. Weekly cabaret night with Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. special guest performances. Uptown Theatre, Jan. 18–Feb. 10 (in previews through Jan. 22). 120 E. Main St., Grand Prairie. 7:35 p.m. $10. DallasTheaterCenter.org.

01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 27 L+S scoop Ask Howard How to do the wrong thing right

Oh, what a difference a year makes. This NYE in Vegas doing, naturally, what every anyways. I’ll just run down time last January, I was still portly, still single man goes there to do: hire hookers. Nor to de corner when he calls and half my parents still remained alive. does it bode well that I’m both a size-queen to say he’s pullin’ up. I None of the above are still true: I’ve entered extraordinaire and just the biggest ol’ texted him; he ain’t far, baby. 2019 healthily slim, happily married, but bottom ever to dump a diaper. Annny-hooo, ‘Sides, I gotta get me some having neither of my former parental buffers once again I pressed the “loop” button on jumbotron rubbers anyways. standing between me and my newfound Groundhog Day, and what showed up was You know, baby, I love yo ascendency to the graveyard’s front lines. the greasiest gay-for-pay-per-view dirty accent. Where you from?” Surreal isn’t the word for it, and although my weasel motherfucker yet — always turning Groaning, I flopped down longtime partner (now spouse) and I were suckers like me into repeat offenders, in a chair. “Nutshell, I grew together fully 25 years prior to our ultimate forever believing their slickster shit-hustlin’ up in Southern Texas, lit decision of gettin’ to the church on time last pretty words: “Eleven rock-hard ‘real’ inches out for La La Land the day August, any epiphany of feeling somehow for all y’all clients’ satisfaction — no catfishin’ after high school graduation different (considering I’ve now been made here!” to be discovered, then a decent man out of) has been, politely, Bang that gong again, girl! I’ve spent way following a stint of slinging glacial to crystalize into my anticipatedly too many decades farcically “entertaining hash, got swept off my feet giddy euphoria: We signed a piece of paper myself” now to the point where I long ago by the glittering opportunity together, we admired new jewelry on our graduated to XL, exclusively, from my to become another invisible fingers, and we fed each other a hunk favorite sphincter-destroying toymaker, Tom petty drone robot within the of delicious, buttercream-frosted cake in of Finland: Anything short of colossal simply breathtaking cogs inside our front of 150 beautifully decked-out people. won’t fill the bill anymore (I now require government’s bureaucratic Any given stroll through a wing of North the petite girth of any Brazilian pro-soccer cracked mirrors’ funhouse.” Park Center grants one the exact same player’s thighs). Tab stroked puzzlingly at experience. Not only did “Mr. JaXXX” show up a solid his beardlet. “Hmmm, don‘t On the other hand, perhaps it’s the hour late (red flag no. 1), but then, equally recall I ever smoked me difference between getting married in true to form, immediately scooped-up, and no hash in a funhouse of one’s 50s versus one’s 20s. Even my pocketed, his $300 outcall request (red glass robots,” and suddenly, friends snort, “Well, what did you expect flag no. 2) from the desktop soon as he Tab’s phone lit up right on after dawdling for 25 years? Fuck, you’re minced through the door, and, Princessa cue: “He’s here pullin’ up.” probably listed in Guinness as the longest JaXXX had the unmitigated nerve to then I motioned Tab calm the engagement in gay history!” (Somehow, pull that hourglass-draining, tired old trick hell down: “Wait now just a it just falls on deaf ears when I delicately of “suggesting” I first fix us a bonding, get- sec here, remind me again exactly why you is a mythical city, Ted. As with all mythical point out that for, oh, just our first 23 years to-know-you-better libation (red flag no. 3) need to pick up condoms? I’m a bit murky cities, it’s obligated to disappear, exactly together, same-sex wedded bliss didn’t and chat a bit beforehand. Uh huh, he really on that one. I recall specifically asking you like Atlantis, Czarist St. Petersburg and legally exist.) Happily, too, I’m kicking off went there: “You know,” he primly scolded, over the phone if you do bareback, to which Detroit which preceded it… as well as things here at Ask Howard this year into all helium-wristed like, “I thought twice about you replied, quote, ‘Anything for my client’s Dubai and Miami, too, in short order. And more of the M-17 territory you dear sweet even showing at all, baby, ‘cause you made satisfaction, baby.’” Tab shook his dreads, disappear Vegas certainly will, far sooner boys most adore, despite the enthusiastic me write down your address and go have grinning, “Bareback’s gonna cost you extra, than later. Its lifeblood of Lake Mead has but reception of my recent experimentations to find me a pencil, instead of just doin’ the though, baby, so you grew up one of dem these strange days plummeted to a mere in G-rated columns. Therein lies my 2019 simple thing by texting it to me … I’m just racist white boys from South Carolina? 32 percent of capacity (albeit “officially” conundrum: how to please those baptized sayin’ here.” (Already, I’d re-nicknamed South Texas, I mean—De Redneck Riviera.” hawked at a rosy bright 38 percent): Mead’s from all sense of humor and my hell-bound Mr. JaXXX as Tab, for his one-calorie “Yeah, well, you caught me, all right — the zebra-striped cliff banks starkly now dazzle perverted “core base.” I’m sure gonna give it personality.) “I’m just sayin’,” repeated Tab, South Texas racist. That’s me. That’s why a far wider white calcium-line than they my best shot. “I been stung by you white dudes in the past, I called you — because I’m racist.” This do fathoms of drinking water beneath — Thus, first up, comes a question that but, damn, at least you’re easier on de eyes was the point things just went Red Flag the mighty Hoover’s lower-intake turbine originally arrived well over five years back, than most, ‘cause (crimson glory no. 4!) I left City: Tab’s phone suddenly buzzed even funnels will, inevitably, become electron- one that still holds the 14-year record my dick pills at home. Any chance you can louder. “OK, he’s downstairs now, baby. So stalled by sucking every bit as much solid of Lengthiest Question — in its original at least offer me a chaser with my drink? A how much shit you want?” he commanded, air as its uppers already do. The one end- incarnation, fully 10 daunting, single- Coke? You know, if you wanna party some, holding out his hand. happy result is, Desert Blossom, that your spaced/double-sided pages typed pages. It too, I knows a guy can swing us by some “A hundred bucks’ worth,” I replied exasperating escort travails shall all soon reminded me more of a tawdry novella than molly and real coke . . . I’m just sayin’.” pleasantly, producing an extra Benjamin shortly evaporate of their own fortuitous this torpidly screwball underworld lark I’ve so Tab was, even by my luckless standards, from beneath my Tito’s and Coke. “Here’s volition. Whew! What kind of lucky break, painstakingly whittled it down to. Formerly already the laudably-worst scam artist your reimbursement soon as you get back. indeed, is that, eh? After all, say I to Vegas, replete with penny-dreadful dialogue ever… and just two minutes in! “Tell your You may substitute one of my Bennies in “Give me the guaranteed, skeletally- exchanges, corrupted colloquialisms, pharmacist to spot you a Viagra, too,” your pocket during the interim.” Just as withering death of an entire city any day mixed metaphors, shorthand Millennial I said. “Nothing like job-preparedness, scripted, the asswad bolted for the door, over the roulette-wheel-best, 50/50 odds of word-perversions (nonexistent periods, no especially after showing up an hour late. bestowing me a coyly forced grin, “I’m from hoping to ever jackpot a Vegas dick-of-death capitalization anywhere, shoddy grammar I limit myself to four Vegas visits per year: Chicago. So, now, don’t you go locking me rental cock — via ‘beating the house’ on a all the way around) and a personally- New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s, Veteran’s Day out, baby.” He winked, “Hell, we ain’t barely retiree’s fixed income.” Easy-mark though lauded courageousness for possessing the and Columbus Day. I go totally black on the even got started yet.” they’ve long now had you pegged for, unapologetic bravery to at least attempt raw, one holiday that would seem most fitting— And, Howard, that was the end of that: Blossom, be damned: Mortally overdosing slang/ethnic syntax—always extremely risky Halloween. Yet I knew well what was coming Per usual, he went MIA with my money. accidentally (even if not addictively) on a judgment call for any writer to tackle . . . so next on Tab’s trick-or-treat playlist: I’d be fed Poof! Quicker than alcohol in sunshine. ruinous, fleshly pipe-dream pleasures looms let’s get perversely right to it. some bullshit excuse for why he suddenly And coming up next trip—it’s Valentine’s! just way too bloody flags’ red. has to “dash out for just a minute,” rather Howard, like, just what groundhog hell is this — Howard Lewis Russell Dear Howard: I’m more a sociologist by than inviting his man up. I’m in? — Ted Z. Rhodes Have a question you think Howard nature, although apparently not by nurture; “Hell, baby!” howled Tab. “You don’t want Dear Deserted Roads: A blessing-in- can answer? Send it to AskHoward@ idiotically, I once again found myself on the likes of him comin’ into this fine place disguise here is staring right at you. Vegas DallasVoice.com.

28 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 LIFE+STYLE scene

The North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce helps cut the ribbon at Quixotic Chimera

Drag Race star Asia O’Hara was back home in the Rose Room last weekend. (Photo courtesy of Luka O’hara)

Making the SCENE the week of Jan. 11–17: Out and about on The Strip

• 1851 Club: Kiana Lee hosts All Star Drag Show at 10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. • Alexandre’s: Wayne Smith on Sunday. K-Marie on Tuesday. Vero Voz on Wednesday. Chris Chism on Thursday. • Cedar Springs Tap House: RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 4 Watch Party at 7 p.m. on Friday. • Club Reflection: Donna Dumae’s Anniversary Show at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Living the model life at The Hidden Door • Dallas Eagle: United Court Lip Sync Battle at 7 p.m. on Friday. Discipline Corps Club Night on Friday. Donna Dumae’s Anniversary Show from 7-10 p.m. on Saturday. NLA-Dal- las and Dallas Bears Club Night on Saturday. Loaded featuring DJ Roland Belmares at 10 p.m. on Saturday. • Havana: Puro Party with music provided by Nonsense and hosted by Chris H on Saturday. • Hard Rock Cafe: The 1980s Drag Brunch at 12:30 p.m. with $5 cover benefiting theHard Rock Heals Foundation on Sunday. • JR.’s Bar & Grill: Cassie’s Freak Show at 11 p.m. on Monday. • Marty’s Live: Monday Night Showcase with Chanel Champagne at 10 p.m. • Round-Up Saloon: Boys! Boots Boxer Briefs! hosted by Sassy O’hara at 10 p.m. on Monday. Lip Sync Battle at 11 p.m. on Thursday. • Sue Ellen’s: The Mojo Dolls on Saturday and Sunday. Whiskey Pants on Sunday. • The Rose Room: Porche Paris on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. • TMC: The Mining Company: Sasha Andrews hosts sss. • Urban Cowboy: Charlie Phresh and the Shit Show at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday. • Woody’s Sports & Video Bar: Comedy Clips and Hot Hits at 10 p.m. on Friday. Show Tunes at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Jada Pinkett Fox at 11 p.m. on Thursday.

Scene Photographers: Kat Haygood and Chad Mantooth Out and about and happy together Willie and the Porkchop at Cedar Springs Tap House

01.11.19 █ dallasvoice 29 Working the crowd at The Round-Up Saloon Friends having fund at Dallas Woody’s

Enjoying a night out at Liquid Zoo

Kent works hard for the money at Club Stallions A kiss for luck on The Strip

Selena Stone at Marty’s Live! Mal giving tattoos at Sue Ellen’s Emily and a friend at S4

30 dallasvoice.com █ 01.11.19 Undercover on The Strip Looking dapper at S4

Roccio the Legend at Sue Ellen’s Chanel and a fan at The Round-Up Saloon

A kiss for luck on The Strip

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