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Have an event coming up? E-mail your • July 16: Urban Engagement Book Club: information to staff writer James Russell at Our America: A Hispanic History of the [email protected] by Thursday at 10 a.m. United States by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto for that week’s issue. CitySquare’s monthly Urban Engagement Book Club explores various social justice JULY issues with writer Randy Mayeux and local • Weekly: Lambda Weekly every Sunday at 1 social justice leaders. Free. Noon of every third p.m. on 89.3 KNON-FM. This week’s guest is Thursday at the Opportunity Center, 1610 S. activist Todd Whitley; United Black Ellument Malcolm X Blvd. For more information visit hosts discussion on HIV/AIDS in the black CitySquare.org. community at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday of the month at 3116 Commerce Street, Suite C; • July 16: QCinema Double Take: Raid of the Fuse game night every Monday evening but the Rainbow Lounge at the Modern last of the month at 8 p.m. at the Fuse space in QCinema Double Take series screening the ilume, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, Apt 2367; favorites from its annual international film Fuse Connect every Wednesday from 7 p.m. festival presents The Raid of the Rainbow at the Fuse Space. Lounge. Director Robert Camina will be in attendance. Free for festival members. For • July 13: Tarrant County Stonewall more information and to purchase tickets visit Democrats Celebrate Marriage Equality Bit.ly/1Riukmw. Monthly meeting celebrates the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality decision honoring • July 16: LULAC 4871 – Dallas Rainbow all married couples. Justice of the Peace Sergio Council’s Annual Unidos for Equality Mixer de Leon will officiate marriages for couples 7-9 p.m. at Havana Lounge, 4006 Cedar with marriage licenses. 7 p.m. at Tommy’s Springs Road, hosted by Planned Parenthood Hamburgers, 2455 Forest Park Blvd., and LULAC. $5 drinks specials benefit council Fort Worth. For more information e-mail initiatives. Reservations required and [email protected]. available at Bit.ly/1RitFBz.
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• July 17-19: Courage and Authenticity in AUGUST the LGBT Community Workshop • Aug. 1-14: Youth First Youth Led by Kristina Tutt, LMSW, CDWF, and Reception Art Show based on the research of Brené Brown, the Meet the artists from 6-8 p.m. on August 5 at workshop explores vulnerability, self- Illume Gallerie, 4123 Cedar Springs Road. compassion, empathy, and authenticity. $425 per person. Sliding scale prices available. For • August 1: DFW Trans Ladies more information and to register visit Monthly Meeting Inspirationaloutcomes.com. Meets from 7–8:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month at Agape MCC, • July 18: “Viva Dallas” 4615 E. California Parkway, Fort Worth. For Celebrate the marriage equality decision 5 more information e-mail [email protected] p.m.-midnight. at Cedar Canyon DFW, 4523 or visit DFWTGLadies.org. N. Houston Road, Lancaster. For more information e-mail [email protected]. • August 4: DFW Transcendence Trans/SOFFA Meeting • July 18: Gaybingo: Salute the Troops Trans and ally support group meets monthly Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center takes on first and third Tuesdays from 7–9 p.m. at place 6–9 p.m. at Rose Room at S4, Agape MCC, 4615 East California Parkway, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Doors open at Fort Worth. For more information call 5 p.m. For more information call 214-540-4495 Finn Jones at 214-499-0378 or by e-mail or e-mail [email protected]. at sfi[email protected].
• July 21: DFW Transcendence • August 5: First Annual Adult Protective Trans/SOFFA Meeting Services Community Board Caregiver Trans and ally support group meets monthly Awards Luncheon on first and third Tuesdays from 7–9 p.m. at Awarding excellence in professional elder care July 13: Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats to celebrate marriage equality Agape MCC, 4615 East California Parkway, advocacy, promotion and best practices With Tarrant County being one of the first counties in the state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex Fort Worth. For more information call Finn 1:30-4:30 p.m. at 5 Star Premiere Residences, couples, the Tarrant County Stonewall Democrats have reason to celebrate. That’s why the LGBT Jones at 214-499-0378 or by e-mail at 5455 La Sierra Drive. For more information Democratic club hosts a party on Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m. at lesbian-owned Tommy’s Hamburgers, sfi[email protected]. call John Dornheim at 214-341-7133. 2455 Forest Park Blvd. in Fort Worth to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality • July 24: CinéWilde Presents The Broken • August 6: LGBTQ Saves Back to School decision. The group will honor all married couples. Democrat and LGBT ally Justice of the Peace Hearts Club Gathering for area LGBT youth at 7 p.m. at Sergio de Leon will officiate marriages for couples with marriage licenses that have been 8 p.m. with pre-show discussion at 8:30 p.m. First Jefferson Unitarian Universalist Church, waiting for their big moment. And it being Tommy’s, there will be burgers and beer, too. followed by a summer game night at 11 p.m. 1959 Sandy Lane, Fort Worth. For more For more information e-mail [email protected]. Photo: Justice of the Peace Sergio de Leon at Texas Theatre, 231 W. Jefferson. information visit LGBTQSaves.org. Trans and ally support group meets monthly information call 214-540-4495 or e-mail • July 25: Dallas Red Foundation’s • August 6: Fort Worth PFLAG meeting on first and third Tuesdays from 7–9 p.m. at [email protected]. Third Annual Fashion Show Meets every first Thursday of the month from Agape MCC, 4615 East California Parkway, 9:30-11:30 p.m. at SISU Uptown, 2508 Maple 7–9 p.m. at First Jefferson Unitarian Fort Worth. For more information call Finn • August 22: Razzle Dazzle Dallas bus trip Ave. For more information and to purchase Universalist Church, 1959 Sandy Lane, Jones at 214-499-0378 or by e-mail at to Winstar Casino tickets visit Bit.ly/1RisHW2. Fort Worth. For more information call sfi[email protected]. First of three bus trips to Winstar Casinos 817-428-2329 or visit PflagFortWorth.org. from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. benefits Razzle Dazzle • July 25: Legal Hospice of Texas Annual • August 20: Urban Engagement Book Club: Dallas, Home for the Holidays and The Heat of the Night Fundraiser • Aug. 7: Youth First Art Show Young Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Greg Dollgener Memorial AIDS Fund. $75. Fundraiser celebrates 25th anniversary of Professionals Advisory Council Reception Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Party Bus will include adult beverages and Legal Hospice of Texas with casino games, a Learn about YPAC and ways to support Youth Wrecked the Middle Class by soft drinks, snacks, entertainment and raffle raffle, silent auction, food and more 7-10:30 First from 6-8 p.m. at Illume Gallerie, 4123 Ian Haney Lopez prizes. Leaves Cedar Springs at 8:30 a.m. p.m. at the University of North Texas School Cedar Springs Road. CitySquare’s monthly Urban Engagement and Collin Creek Mall at 9 a.m. of Law, 1901 Main St. For sponsorship Book Club explores various social justice For more information and to register visit information and tickets call 214-521-6622 • August 15: Lambda Legal’s Sixth issues with writer Randy Mayeux and local T.co/r7voNP2HBu or contact or visit Mkt.com/legal-hospice-of-texas. Annual Landmark Dinner social justice leaders. Free. Noon of every third [email protected]. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. at the Adolphus Hotel, Thursday at the Opportunity Center, • July 31–August 1: Seventh Annual Texas 1321 Commerce Street. For more 1610 S. Malcolm X Blvd. For more information • August 22: GALA’s Fifth Annual Party Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit information call or e-mail Roger Poindexter visit CitySquare.org. on Lake Lewisville Summit addressing transgender issues in higher at 214-219-8585 ext. 224 or e-mail 9 a.m.-1 p.m. aboard the 105-passenger education with keynote speakers, workshops [email protected]. • August 15: Gaybingo: Pigskin Chaminox II party boat on Lake Lewisville. and panels. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m.-3:30 Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center takes Tickets include lunch, drinks and p.m on Saturday at University of Texas at Dallas, • August 18: DFW Transcendence place 6–9 p.m. at Rose Room at S4, 3911 Cedar entertainment by DJ Little Chalupa. Tickets 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson. Register Trans/SOFFA Meeting Springs Road. Doors open at 5 p.m. For more available at GALANorthTexas.org.
07.10.15 • dallasvoice 7 tor for several cancers. Wender urged caution in considering the studies and surveys that seemed to indicate a higher rate Lesbians and cancer: of overweight/obesity among lesbians, noting that the results varied widely depending on several fac- Risk factors, poor access to tors, including the racial and ethnic background of physical.” When the woman on the phone said the the individuals surveyed. health care can mean catastrophe next available appointment for a physical was May Still, he added, “Obesity is just behind tobacco 8, I accepted it — even though I should have told use” in terms of being a risk factor for cancer. them then that I was having some issues that “There’s no debate about that. The link has been TaMMye naSh | Managing Editor needed more immediate attention. firmly established” between overeating/obesity [email protected] I didn’t want to make a fuss. I figured, honestly, and at least 15 different kinds of cancer. that insurance would cover the “annual physical” The third major factor, Wender continued, is “Hello. This is Dr. Nxxx. I was just calling to let more completely, so it would be less money out of “hormonal issues in general.” Since lesbians tend you know we have received the biopsy results and my pocket. Expenses are always a worry, just like to have fewer — much fewer! — pregnancies than yes, you have cancer.” with most people. women in general, and often those lesbians who That’s not a call anyone wants to receive. Not And that’s a big problem, one that puts the les- do get pregnant do so later in life, they are exposed ever. But I got that call; it came for me on the after- bian community as a whole at a higher risk for can- to higher levels of estrogen over longer periods of noon of Wednesday, June 3. cer of all types. time. That means lesbians in general are at a higher I have been diagnosed with uterine cancer, also Lesbians, Brandon said, tend to access health risk for a number of estrogen-sensitive cancers, like called endometrial cancer. My gynecologist tells care less frequently, which means they often miss breast cancer and, in my case, endometrial cancer. me the biopsy shows that the cancer cells are “well out on the routine screenings that can detect can- Richard Wender, M.D. differentiated.” Having cancer is never good, he cers early. There are a number of reasons for that, told me, but if you have to have endometrial can- The American Cancer Society notes that cancer including the fact that lesbians tend to be unin- cer, then well-differentiated cells are the best ones of the endometrium — the endometrium being the sured or under-insured, although, Brandon added, to have. lining of the uterus — is the most common cancer “hopefully the Supreme Court’s recent marriage The oncol- of the female reproductive organs. This year, ACS equality ruling will help remedy that.” ogist told estimates, there will be about 54,870 new cases of In addition, Brandon continued, fear of discrim- me that I cancer of the body of the uterus diagnoses. About ination often keeps lesbians from either going to have a “type 1,240 of those new cases will be in Texas, noted Joy the doctor or from being completely open and hon- Put it all together and, as Wender said, “it’s not 1” cancer Donovan Brandon, the spokeswoman for the ACS’ est with their doctor. “When a patient is worried difficult to see that lesbians and LGBT people in that is slow Dallas/Fort Worth office. about encountering discrimination [in a health care general face some unique barriers” in getting the growing, and About 10,710 women nationwide will die of setting], it’s certainly less likely that will seek out proper health care. The American Cancer Society the most treat- those kinds of cancer. routine health care,” she said. “Fear leads people recognizes that, both Wendy and Brandon said, able. Hope- I am one of the lucky ones, especially consider- to put off the cancer screenings that, in some cases, and is dedicated to making sure that the LGBT fully, the ing that I waited more than eight months after I could save their lives.” community has access to healthcare, access to the surgery I am first noticed symptoms to actually go to the doctor. But there are also other, more concrete physical navigational help necessary to make it through the scheduled to If I had a more aggressive type of cancer, I would factors that put lesbians at higher risk for certain maze of the health care system, and “health equity have next week probably be in very bad shape right now. kinds of cancer. for everyone.” will be enough Why did I wait? A lot of reasons, starting with “There are three areas of major increased risk Let me put it to you plainly: Take care of your- to “cure” the the fact that I just was not well educated about my [for the lesbian community] that we are investigat- selves. Go to the doctor when you feel like some- disease and I own health. When the most obvious symptom ing,” said Dr. Richard Wender, chief cancer control thing’s wrong. Hell, don’t wait until something’s won’t need any started — bleeding after I had already gone officer for the ACS. wrong; go in for regular check-ups, get those mam- follow-up treat- through menopause — I just marked it down as The first, he said, is a higher rate of tobacco use mograms and those pap smears and those other ment such as ra- part of the process of menopause. It wasn't until a (see James’ Russell’s article on smoking in the LGB preventive screenings. diation. couple of months later that I mentioned it to my community in this issue), and tobacco use is the And when you go to the doctor, talk to them According to partner and she informed me how wrong I was. No. 1 risk factor for a number of different cancers, openly and honestly; don’t let fear of discrimina- the National Can- Go to the doctor, she told me. I said OK, but then not just lung cancer. “There are 20 different cancers tion or disapproval hold you back. If your doctor cer Institute, more I postponed it: Doctors are too expensive, I told for which tobacco use is a risk factor,” Wender said. — or nurse, or physician’s assistant or the front than 1.65 million new myself. They’ll just poke and prod and charge me “That includes colon, bladder and esophageal can- desk receptionist or whomever — treats you badly cases of cancer will be a lot of money to finally say nothing’s wrong, stop cers.” because you are LGBT, go somewhere else. There diagnosed in the United being such a baby. Studies have also shown that the rates of being are plenty of LGBT and LGBT-friendly health care States this year, and Finally, when the symptoms persisted, in late overweight or obese are higher in the lesbian com- professionals out there. nearly 600,000 people will January I called my doctor and to make an ap- munity than in the population as a whole, and Take care of yourself. Trust me, cancer is no die from the disease. pointment, telling them I wanted to get an “annual being obese or overweight is another high-risk fac- fun. •
But until 2013, the Centers for Disease Control had no official way of tracking the disproportionate impact tobacco use has on the LGB community. That changed Smoke screen when the National Health Interview Sur- vey included sexual orientation in its an- Stigma, stress among factors Compared to our heterosexual peers, nual survey of U.S. citizens 18 years and those of us who are lesbian, gay or bisex- older. (Gender identity or expression have that lead to higher tobacco ual are far more likely to be smokers. yet to be included.) use higher in LGB community Smoking, even secondhand smoke, has According to the CDC, one in four LGB deadly results. Tobacco use leads to more adults, or 26.6 percent, smoke cigarettes, than 480,000 premature deaths and $289 compared with roughly one in six, or 17.8 JaMeS RUSSeLL | Staff Writer billion in health care costs, the highest of [email protected] any preventable death in the country. • SMOKE, Next Page 8 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 SMOKE, From Previous Page Peter A. Schulte • HealthLink Director Dr. Scout. percent, of straight adults. In 2014, the Surgeon General’s office released There are a few reasons for the disparity, ac- a report documenting 50 years of its battle Attorney at Law cording to an American Lung Association fact against tobacco use. One of the most startling Former Dallas County Prosecutor, Police Officer sheet on tobacco use among LGB people. One of facts to emerge from Health Consequences of the biggest factors is that LGB people, like many Smoking: Documenting 50 Years of Progress, is other historically marginalized groups, face dis- LGB people spent $7.9 billion on tobacco prod- crimination and stigma. Research shows, in fact, ucts a year. “even perceived stigma causes stress.” Combating the powerful tobacco industry’s According to LGBT Healthlink’s most recent aggressive marketing effort means having just survey of health issues critical to LGBTs, Texas as powerful of a prevention campaign. %" &+ received a C+ average for its inclusion of LGBT That’s why, for the fourth year in a row, the &( &*!% ) people in tobacco use surveys and prevention ef- CDC launched its “Tips From Former Smokers” !,!# forts. The survey uses data compiled by affili- campaign targeting LGBT audiences on broad- $!#. **&(% . ated LGBT health organizations nationwide. In cast and in print media like the Dallas Voice. Texas, those include Dallas’ Resource Center, “We’re deeply pleased CDC is doing this level Houston’s Montrose Center and Lesbian Health of marketing to reach the LGBT population, be- Initiative, Tyler Area Gays: Project TAG and San cause the tobacco industry has been doing it for Antonio’s Pride Center. a long time,” Dr. Scout added. The score, according to the study, was average The campaign isn’t just a marketing cam- Criminal Defense compared to other states, “with room for im- paign, but provides resources as well. The toll provement.” free hotline, 1-800-QUITNOW, includes coun- DWI Those improvements include integrating selors trained specifically in LGBT competency. LGBTs in policy planning and outreach for to- “When you call 1-800-QUITNOW you’re very bacco prevention education campaigns as well likely to be asked if you’re LGBT, because we Expunctions & Non-Disclosures as monitoring our tobacco use. Out of the 20 urged it; you’re very likely to get a counselor maximum points, Texas received only 7.5. who is trained in LGBT cultural competency, be- Same-Sex Couple Family Law Another factor in our habit? Smoking’s just cause we provided the training; and in some embedded in our DNA. states you’ll even see locally tailored outreach Before smoking bans became common, smoky campaigns too,” he added. bars were among the few safe spaces for our “LGBT communities smoke at rates that are community. Stressed? Want a drink? Well, have about 50 percent higher than their heterosex- # -! # '.$ %* '#%) ,!# # a cigarette too. ual/straight counterparts. CDC is very con- %*(# -'. * ##) At least that’s what the tobacco companies say. cerned about this elevated smoking rate and The LGB community is one of tobacco companies’ committed to making sure tobacco control cam- hottest markets, and most reliable revenue paigns like Tips really do help reduce that dis- streams too. proportionate burden on LGBT communities,” “LGBT people spend an estimated $7.9 billion said Dr. Tim McAfee, the senior medical officer dollars each year on smoking, yet we still think of in the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health. it as a personal choice; it’s time we realize we The battle against tobacco use not just about smoke at such high rates because of systematic tar- curbing addiction, but a longstanding habit too. geting by the tobacco industry,” said LGBT Room for improvement indeed. •
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Two Dallas community-based organizations are among the 90 CBOs nationwide chosen to re- ceive a total of $216 million in new funding dis- 1015 N. Clinton - $559,000 Picture Perfect 4/3/2 LA, Sparkling Pool & Spa - 2,706 SF Kessler Park tributed over a five year period to strengthen 1117 Kings Hwy - $650,000 New Construction Tudor, 4/3.1/2 LA + Study - 2,873 SF Open Sunday 2-4 HIV prevention efforts, according to a statement North Oak Cliff released last week by the Centers for Disease Open Sunday 2-4 Control and Prevention. The funded organizations are in the 50 geo- graphic areas that reported the highest number Kirk Myers of HIV diagnoses in 2011. Dallas has the highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in Texas. tion, according to a statement released by AIDS
Dallas CBOs receiving funds are Abounding arms. 1938 Marydale - $459,000 Charming 3/3/2 LA Tudor, Architectural Details - 2,541 SF Prosperity Inc. and AIDS Arms Inc. The two According to the CDC, an estimated one out of Stevens Park Estates 1302 E. Canterbury Ct - $565,000 agencies will implement the Free World Bound every seven people with HIV in the country have Beautifully Remodeled 3/2/2 LA, Tranquil Lot – 2,376 SF High Impact Prevention project linking HIV-pos- spent time in prison each year, the majority having Kessler Park itive formerly incarcerated persons who are re- been infected prior to their incarceration. A variety entering society to health care and treatment of factors, including increased likelihood of injec- utilizing evidence-based intervention practices. tion drug use, commercial sex work, untreated The FWB HIP program fills a critical gap in mental illness and lower socioeconomic status put HIV prevention and care for the formerly incar- cerated, an area often overlooked in HIV preven- • CDC, Page 13 214.752.7070 | HewittHabgood.com 07.10.15 • dallasvoice 9 The landmark Oak Lawn bar has tory and warn Texas county clerks they’d be played a prominent role as LGBT held responsible for doing their jobs. After her election in 2002, Mayor Laura community meeting place Miller went to the Round-Up to thank the Round-Up turns 35 LGBT community for its support. Stonewall daVId TaFFeT | Senior Staff Writer Democrats watched election returns on big [email protected] screens hung over the dance floor when Presi- dent Barack Obama was re-elected. Elected of- Alan Pierce said one of the things he loves to ficials — both gay and straight — made the hear most is when couples tell him they met at Round-Up a stop on their tour of Democratic the Round-Up Saloon. parties. The Cedar Springs bar has not only been a Pierce and his husband, Gary Miller, have place for people to meet each other, but also a owned the bar since 1998. And Pierce said they place to celebrate. Most recently, the bar was don’t shy away from taking political stands. packed on the Monday after the marriage equal- They are also proud to be part of the LGBT ity decision day, when Jim Obergefell, lead plain- community’s achievements politically, socially tiff in the lawsuit that resulted in the Supreme and, most recently, in the courts. Court ruling legalizing marriage equality nation- This weekend, the Round-Up celebrates its wide, appeared with Human Right Campaign President Chad Griffin to both celebrate the vic- • ROUND-UP, Next Page
33 years of newspaper is now cializes in newspaper digitization. Krahmer said one piece of equipment UNT part of the University of North Texas has that helps convert the pdfs to searchable for- Portal to Texas History mat is an ABBYY optical character recognition server. daVId TaFFeT | Senior Staff Writer The digitizing was done one 52-week volume [email protected] UnT digitizes at a time. Once a year’s run of the paper was scanned, it was quality-checked and metadata More than 79,000 pages of Dallas Voice, dat- was extracted — that’s the basic information ing back to the first issue on May 11, 1984, have about each issue found on the UNT website. been digitized by the University of North Texas In the first week online, traffic on UNT’s web- Library as part of its Portal to Texas History. site soared, with 75,000 hits on Dallas Voice pages. The issues are in searchable PDF format — “That’s almost one hit per page,” she said. not only the articles, but photo captions and ads dallas Voice Krahmer said she gave a presentation at a as well. Texas Association of Museums conference and A grant from the Texas State Library and was talking about digitization of the Dallas Mu- Archives Commission funded most of the proj- raise about $7,000 for the $32,000 project. “UNT already had committed to being the seum of Art collection. A man in the audience ect. The school received some additional funds Digitizing the newspaper began as an off- largest LGBT repository in the Southwest,” said raised his hand and said, “You also did Dallas and is still fundraising to make up the differ- shoot project of The Dallas Way, the North Texas Robert Emery, one of The Dallas Way’s Voice. That is such a cool collection.” ence. LGBT history project that is collecting artifacts founders. UNT will continue adding to the archive. Re- Dreanna Belden, UNT libraries’ assistant and written and oral histories of the community. He added that The Dallas Way also contacted cent pdfs of Dallas Voice are being scanned so dean for external relations, said they underesti- The Dallas Way connected with UNT early on SMU about housing materials the organiza- they are made searchable and can be added to mated the number of pages and are still trying in its efforts. tion collected so they’d be closer to home, the earlier issues online. “but UNT was beyond fantastic.” UNT would like to be the repository for all Dallas Voice connected with UNT through LGBT newspapers around the country, Belden The Dallas Way. Then-publisher/owner said. Robert Moore met with Belden and they Currently, they’re working on copies of The arranged for copies of Dallas Voice, Q, TXT Gayly Oklahoman from its inception in the early Newsmagazine and a photo collection that 1980s. was kept in a storage unit to move to the “The Oklahoma Historical Society does the UNT cold-storage facility. scanning,” Krahmer said. “They know how They also began planning for the digi- valuable and important it is.” tization of the paper, and Belden began Once UNT has the scanned version of the writing grants. Gayly Oklahoman, Krahmer’s team will turn Ana Krahmer, supervisor of the Dig- those into searchable documents, extract the ital Newspaper Unit at the UNT Li- metadata and put them online as well. brary, has been involved in the project UNT has been actively preserving a number from its inception. of small-town newspapers from around Texas She said after copies of all of the but Krahmer said Dallas Voice is the most fun to newspapers arrived, they were in- work on. ventoried and pages counted; that “There’s amazing photography and artwork,” took four students and two staff two she said. “I was so glad we didn’t have to scan days to finish. Then they created a from microfilm [which is how many of the small plan on how they would scan town papers are done] because of the color. We them. would have lost the richness.” • Some were scanned in house, To access Dallas Voice archives, go to the UNT and others were sent to iArchives, Portal to Texas History: digital.library.unt.edu/ex- a company based in Utah that spe- plore/collections/DALVO/
10 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 • ROUND-UP, From Previoust Page “The night it [the smoking ban] went into effect, we had a party,” Pierce said. “Business was up 40 35th anniversary. percent that night.” The celebration includes a cash balloon drop on Pierce talked recently about how much times Saturday and a barbecue dinner with cake and have changed. Early in the bar’s history, it was still champagne on Sunday. Chaz Marie performed illegal for men to dance together. He said during a earlier in the week to kick off the celebration. police raid, people just sat down on the dance floor The bar opened in the late 1970s as Magnolia and defied the ordinance. Thunder Pussy. After some management turnover, But the Round-Up has always been a great place the bar changed format to country-western and be- to dance and has gained a national reputation for came the Round-Up Saloon in July 1980. just that reason. When Willy Nelson needed a set Miller worked for original owner Tom Sweeney for his “Secret Cowboys” video, he chose the as back office manager. After long-time manager Round-Up and some of the bar’s best dancers. Burt Tom Davis died of complications of AIDS, Miller Reynolds also appeared in the video. became manager in 1987. When Sweeney retired, Probably the most famous appearances at the Miller and Pierce were the natural choice to buy Round-Up have been those of Lady Gaga. She the bar and continue the tradition. credits the bar with giving her one of her first He was manager of the bar when it relocated to breaks, and the superstar hasn’t forgotten Pierce Maple Avenue for more than a year after a 1989 and Miller. fire destroyed most of the businesses on that side Pierce said in 2008, when Lady Gaga was just Crowds packed the Round-Up Saloon on Monday, June 29, to meet lead marriage equality plaintiff Jim of the street. starting out, he got a call that a young performer Obergefell. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice) Pierce said he’s proud of the stand he took on wanted to appear in some gay clubs. He agreed to the Dallas anti-smoking ordinance. While most host her. After the concert, a motorcade came down “She’s just a really nice lady,” he said. bar owners around the city opposed banning “She rehearsed a couple of days with a couple Cedar Springs Road. A rumor got out that the Round-Up had paid smoking in bars, Pierce spoke at City Council in of dancers,” he said. “You’d have thought it was the president,” Lady Gaga to appear, but Pierce laughed and said favor of the ban. She performed just two songs, one of them was Pierce said. they could never afford her price. “Gary and I are non-smokers,” Pierce said. “I “Just Dance.” Pierce said Gaga entered the club, bringing her Remembering back to the first phone call from supported that strongly and Mayor Leppert appre- “Word got out on the street and we had a huge mother and sister with her. They stayed an hour or her publicist in 2008, he said it was a good thing he ciated that coming from the owner of a large bar.” crowd,” Pierce said. two. answered the phone and not Miller. At the time, Pierce said he was concerned about his employ- In 2010, she appeared at American Airlines Cen- She returned on other trips to Dallas with all of Miller said he would have turned her down since ees’ health as well as his own, and knew many of ter as part of her first national tour. She shouted out her dancers. Pierce said she had absolutely no de- her music wasn’t country. • his customers preferred the bar smoke-free. Then, greetings from the stage to her friends from the mands other than asking them to keep the dance For more information about The Round-Up Saloon the Round-Up became the first bar in the city to Round-Up and said, “I might just go out tonight,” floor clear while she performed “Born This Way.” and its 35th anniversary celebration, visit RoundUp- build a smoker’s patio. but never said where she’d be going specifically. He said she mingled with the crowd. Saloon.com. " " " 214.373.7788 ! ! $ Olinger Law, PLLC Lynn S. Olinger
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07.10.15 • dallasvoice 11 • texasvoices P. 214.754.8710 l F. 214.969.7271 1825 Market Center Blvd., Suite 240, Dallas, TX 75207 Hours: Mon. –Fri. 9a–5p • dallasvoice.com administration Leo Cusimano Publisher l 114 Terry Thompson President l 116 Jesse Arnold Office Manager l 110 Mortality is a bitch editorial Getting to the heart of the of antibiotics that never old. Tammye Nash Managing Editor l 113 matter after a health scare cleared up the Part of that was because of the youth culture Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style l 129 cough but left me and part because of The Epidemic, which David Taffet Senior Staff Writer l 125 with a pain in my snatched so many men at their prime. Aging was James Russell Staff Writer l 124 ortality is a bitch. Having survived the chest. not on the radar. Raul Juarez Intern l 126 1980s and, by some twist of fate, not ac- I attributed this So, here I was getting a diagnosis of heart dis- M quiring HIV/AIDS, I felt that I had to the extreme ease, followed by a prognosis indicating I would advertising somehow cheated fate. Once The Epidemic began, bouts of coughing live many more years, most likely with this gadget Chad Mantooth Associate Advertising Director l 131 I figured I would end up checking out sometime that came with the implanted in my chest. Mark Stinson Advertising Account Manager l 115 in my mid 40s, if I was lucky. disease, and so I What is that all about? Jesse Arnold Classified Sales l 110 And though I had pretty much withdrawn waited for the sore- All I heard was “heart disease” and the rest of from the community and settled for suburbia, the ness to go away. the prognosis rolled off me. I was annoyed be- National Advertising Representative Sword of Damocles was always hanging over me. But after a couple cause I had so much more to do — writing, poli- Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 If I got a cough, I was sure it was pneumocystis of days it was sub- tics, activism, work, sex. I didn’t have time for art pneumonia. Every spot or bruise became Kaposi’s siding. And in addition, I had become short of heart disease! Kevin Thomas Art Director I 119 sarcoma. I got tested and huddled awaiting the di- breath and felt fatigued very easily. Finally, while Craig Tuggle Graphic Designer I 132 agnosis that never came. having breakfast with my partner Patrick, I real- I re-emerged into the community after a few ized that the simple act of chewing toast was multimedia years and realized so many people I knew were wearing me out! Stephen Mobley Social Media Manager l 123 no longer around. Many of those who were still That surely wasn’t left over symptoms from the Kat Haygood Photographer around now struggled with HIV and the side ef- bronchitis. After some soul searching and discus- Chuck Marcelo Photographer fects of the early treatments. sion with Patrick, we decided a trip to the hospital Cassie Quinn Photographer It all gave me a healthy dose of realization of the was in order. After three days of being confined to a bed, Brenna Hemminger Videographer fragility of life. When I sat down at the admissions desk at Bay- wired to monitors and having to ask for assistance Cut to today. lor Hospital in Dallas, they took my pulse and with the simplest functions, like taking a leak, I circulation I am wired up to several machines, all con- asked if it was normally low. I shrugged my shoul- began to understand what had happened and Linda Depriter Circulation Director l 120 stantly monitoring the one single organ that ders and responded, “I never tracked it much.” who I was and what I really had time for. makes all life possible — the heart. I never ex- Within minutes I had been whisked into a suite First, I was given a major dose of humility as a founders pected to live much beyond 40 since that was the filled with high-tech medical machines and I was parade of friends filled every minute of every day Robert Moore l Don Ritz life expectancy of most of my friends from the wired to just about all of them. It was about this with visits, messages and well wishes. I did not 1970s. So reaching the age of 65 — a birthday I time it hit me: deserve such good friends, but I graciously de- affiliations hope to celebrate later this month — was some- This was not bronchitis; this was my heart. murred to their judgment and accepted their gifts Associated Press - Associate Member thing I never planned on. As I was explaining the events leading to the of time, prayer and company. Certified LGBT Business Enterprise Funny how I dodged an HIV infection I once visit for the third time, a doctor entered and con- Second, I was put through a battery of medical felt sure would end me, only to be ambushed from firmed that, indeed, it was my heart and I was procedures, which were fascinating and frighten- another angle when I thought I was safe. probably looking at getting a pacemaker. ing, especially when you read the fine print on the It started with a lingering case of bronchitis, The room came to a complete stop. People were “informed consent” paperwork. most likely acquired while at a leather event in frozen and the words echoed in my ear like a bad Third, I was given the gift of a good deal of time Tulsa. The persistent cough didn’t want to go special effect from a film: “Getting a pacemaker.” alone, to contemplate what had happened and away, so I sought medical help, which consisted That was something “old people” had. I’m not what could happen and just what was important one of those! in life. It also gave me a lot of time with Patrick to In my ear the voice of a discuss our fears and let each other know how ©2015 Voice Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. Reprint rights are available only by written consent of the publisher delightfully acerbic friend much we loved each other. or managing editor. who died many years ago Finally, it gave me a lot of time to be with God, Dallas Voice is published weekly on Fridays. Each reader is entitled to whispered with his amaz- or at least my interpretation of God, and that gift one free copy of each issue, obtained at official distribution locations. Additional copies of Dallas Voice may be purchased for $1 each, ing Southern lisp, “But assured me that the great mysteries are still there, payable in advance at the Dallas Voice office. Dallas Voice may be distributed only by Dallas Voice authorized independent contractors you are Blanche, y’are.” that I am not the center of the universe and that or distributors. No person may, without prior written permission of In my generation, gay what we call grace is real. Voice Publishing, take more than one copy of each Dallas Voice weekly issue. men didn’t age. They So where does that leave me? Subscriptions via First Class Mail are available at the following rates: stayed young, and lithe Well first, no pacemaker! Turns out I had two Three months (13 consecutive issues), $65. Six months (26 consecutive issues), $85. One year (52 consecutive issues), $130. and pretty. They danced to sizable blockages, both of which were removed Subscriptions are payable by check, cashier’s check, money order, Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover. Donna Summer and par- during the angiogram. I had had a heart attack Paid advertising copy represents the claim(s) of the advertiser. tied til dawn. They cruised and didn’t even realize it. Bring inappropriate claims to the attention of the publisher. Dallas the leather bars and had It also leaves me with the realization that the Voice reserves the right to enforce its own judgments regarding the suitability of advertising copy, illustrations and/or photographs. anonymous encounters in people left in my generation still have a lot of work Unsolicited manuscripts are accepted by email only. To obtain a the baths. to do. We still have gifts to give the community, copy of our guidelines for contributors, send a request by email to [email protected]. They were smart and and we are valued for our experiences.
Our website www.dallasvoice.com has more than 125,000 independent and up- Yes I am old, and for that I am truly grateful. pageviews per month according to Google Analytics, wardly mobile. They were Hardy Haberman is a longtime local LGBT activist a three month average from 2015. politically active and loud and board member for the Woodhull Freedom Alliance. and visible. But they were His blog is at DungeonDiary.blogspot.com. • 12 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 Ed-U-Care helps health professionals provide better care to LGBT elders
DAVID TAFFET compassionate caregiver would not just treat the person, but treat them with dignity. Senior Staff Writer [email protected] Armstrong said discrimination in a nursing facility might be subtle. An LGBT resident might be fed Ed-U-Care isn’t a three times a day and given basic care, she said. “But health service provider. if you’re at the end of the hall and no one comes to Instead, it provides ed- answer your light, that’s neglect.” ucation for health serv- When Fein does presentations to larger compa- ice providers. nies, she knows among the audience are those who Founder and CEO object to her presentation on religious grounds. She Sharyn Fein said she doesn’t try to convince them to see things her way; started the organiza- she’s more interested in working with those who are tion because she cares there for the opportunity to learn. about caregivers, espe- Those who want to offer LGBT-sensitive care ask a cially caregivers for variety of questions, including: What do we do to Viv Armstrong those in marginalized make a difference? How do we start? How do we communities. As a former healthcare provider her- know who’s gay? How do we have the conversation? self, she understands not all health professionals “Ask what terms to use,” Armstrong suggested, know how to provide service that’s culturally sensi- such as using “husband” to refer to a gay man’s tive. Among her biggest concerns is caring for LGBT spouse, if that’s what he prefers. elderly. But some elderly patients might not be forthcom- “Our goal is to keep people out of the closet and ing, so as a relationship grows between caregiver safe while aging gracefully with compassion and un- and patient, ask about their lives and relationships. derstanding in our hospitals, rehabs, doctors’ offices, “Look for an opening,” Armstrong said. senior living communities,” Fein said. Fein added that language is especially important She noted that most healthcare companies would for trans residents and patients. Using correct pro- say they’re welcoming. The question is, though, do nouns lets trans people know they’re respected. they really understand what that means? Too often, Programming is part of a successful outreach to she suggested, it means they have beds to fill and LGBT residents and patients. they welcome anyone to fill those beds. Fein suggested a care facility might arrange out- “How do we say we’re welcoming when we don’t ings of interest to LGBT residents — a trip to Gay know how to be welcoming,” Fein asked, adding that Bingo, a game night arranged with LGBT residents she’s concerned with the patient who isn’t comfort- from other facilities at a central location. able coming out, and that she discusses with care- “Have Dallas Voice available at facilities for LGBT 2X1X12X1 givers the issues that come up with people who residents,” Fein suggested. SPECIALSPECIALTYTY DRINKS remain closeted. Not only does this reach out to LGBT elders, but Celebrate Marriage Equality HAPHAPPYPPY HOUR Ed-U-Care board member Viv Armstrong said by connecting them to their community, keeps with the 12-712-12-7 7 PM those issues may be even more concerning with them healthier longer. “Summer Love MarMargarita”ggarita” And keeping people happy and healthy longer EVER YYDA caregivers helping an elderly trans person. What if + the outward expression doesn’t match the body? A should be the goal of any caregiver for the elderly • LATE NIGHT FRI & TSA SPECIALSPECIALTYTY DRINKS HAPPY HOUR • CDC, From Page 9 ment. The funds allow CBOs to further invest in the the formerly incarcerated at higher risk of infec- most cost-effective and impactful interventions, 11PM-1:30 AM tion. including HIV testing, condom distribution, im- 3900 Cedar Springs Rd t Dallas, TX 75219 t (214) 443-8351 Abounding Prosperity’s CEO Kirk Myers proving treatment among people with HIV, and quesamx.com said his $1.7 million CDC grant includes further ensuring access to pre-exposure prophylaxis outreach to HIV-positive and at-risk gay and bi- (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for sexual black men through his organization’s people at high risk of infection. Brothers Excelling Successfully Together pro- Dr. Eugene McCray, director of CDC’s Divi- gram. sion of HIV/AIDS Prevention, said the funding Additional funding will cover prevention includes, for the first time, a component allow- and outreach efforts to black transgender ing organization to pool their expertise and re- women, who are also at high risk for becoming source into “prevention partnerships.” Of the 90 infected. organizations receiving funds, 30 will serve as Other Texas CBOs on the list are AIDS Foun- the lead of a partnership comprised of several dation Houston Inc., BEAT AIDS Coalition Trust organizations. in San Antonio, Change Happens in Houston “It’s clear that we need to focus our limited and St. Hope Foundation in Houston. resources on strategies that can have the greatest “The selected CBOs have demonstrated ex- possible impact,” McCray said. “This funding perience and on-the-ground expertise serving targets local communities to help maximize the populations most affected by the epidemic, in- impact of every federal prevention dollar. By de- cluding African-Americans, men who have sex livering powerful prevention tools where with men, transgender individuals and people they’re needed most, we can have a transforma- who inject drugs,” according to the CDC state- tive impact on the epidemic.” • 07.10.15 • dallasvoice 13 Choreographer Danielle Georgiou assembled an all-male cast of LIFE+STYLE dancers to explore the experience of what it means to be a man, gay or straight, in the world today. What dance Manhood they discovered surprised even them ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Executive Editor artistically. Her last show, Nice, dealt with “the ourselves prior to the show — [these personal and themes,” she says. “We were really inter- [email protected] effect of culture on femininity,” she says, so it experiences],” King says. “Such an introspective ested in adding a physical vocabulary to the uni- made sense to her that for her latest piece — approach in the creative process forces an hon- versal ideas and themes. It has been very anielle Georgiou grew up with a tomboy which she and co-creator Justin Locklear de- esty out of you.” collaborative, and we have been so excited to in- sensibility — wearing boys’ T-shirts and scribe as a hybrid of theater and dance — she “The rehearsal process has been emotionally clude the stories of our dancers to the show.” Dplaying games with neighborhood boys. would turn her focus on what it means to be a and physically exhausting in all the best ways,” The process has been an educational one for But she also took dance classes every day and man. The result, The Show About Men, has its says Colby Calhoun, another performer in the everyone. played dress-up in her mom’s closet and experi- world premiere at the Festival of show. “While it’s a lot more work “While working on Nice, we noticed several mented with her makeup. Independent Theatres, starting FIT than a typical [piece] would be, it aspects of the treatment of feminine people that “I still wear men’s clothing and love heavy this weekend. Bath House Cultural Center, is that much more rewarding.” come from society also misunderstanding the eyeliner and high heels — I have lots and lots of Georgiou and Locklear set out 521 E. Lawther Drive. July 10–Aug. 1. “It’s so interesting to hear these masculine. We realized that both sides of the shoes,” she laughs. to create a non-traditional piece in FestivalofIndependentTheatres.com. [stories] from the other perform- equation have a lot of work to do,” Locklear But the way she effortlessly crossed gender collaboration with an all-male ers — some of whom I’ve known says. “This is why we wanted to start working lines got her wondering, from an early age, why company. “We started the process … [by allow- for years, but not having a clue to these crucial through the lives of our dancers. Throughout our things had to be separate — “like, why we can’t ing] our men to speak their minds and share sto- moments of their lives that made them the peo- process, we have found that all of our dancers all go to the same bathroom; why it’s OK for me ries from their experiences,” says Locklear. “We ple they are today,” King adds. “They’re beauti- have experienced various forms of confusion to shop in the men’s department, but not OK for took several of these and brought them directly ful, they’re tragic — like little glimpses into the about their masculinity. They have received in- men to shop in the women’s department; and to the show.” makings of someone’s soul. I can also appreciate fluence and instruction to be the men that they why being ‘strong’ is not [considered] ‘girly,’” For Gabe King, a veteran of DGDG, the a nice, honest, hilariously crass musical number. may not be. Perhaps what was really important she says. process of sharing those stories to create a piece We’ve got that, too!” to learn was that men are constantly dealing Now an adult — and professional choreogra- has been emotionally intense, if not outright Georgiou shaped these stories in the rehearsal with pressures [related to their sexual identity].” pher (she founded the Danielle Georgiou Dance cathartic. process to “create movement phrases that em- Group in 2011) — she has found “Some of us have never said body the narratives, or work to • MANHOOD Page 19 an outlet to explore those ideas aloud to anyone — or even elaborate and illustrate the concepts MAN UP | Colby Calhoun, far left, and Gabe King, second from left, found the process of exploring issues of manhood both intense and cathartic.
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07.10.15 • dallasvoice 15 LIFE+STYLE DYNAMIC fitness Duo Fit Nomads Jed Billings and Tim Key came together to see the world ... and now see less of themselves
ike so many other couples before them, a few years into their relationship, the once- Lthin pair of Jed Billings and Tim Key found themselves transformed into two self-proclaimed “fat and happy” fellas. Contented with their cou- pledom, workout routines had slipped away in favor of pizza night in front of the TV, and the pounds had started to pile on. But motivated by a love of travel, that feel- good feeling that comes with a beach-ready body and a commitment to help others achieve the same goals, the duo formed The Fit Nomads, a travel and fitness agency. Today, they help others achieve a balanced sense of body, mind and spirit all while pursuing the trip of a lifetime. We asked them to explain how they got off their own asses in the first place. To learn more how The Fit Nomads combine fitness and travel, visit TheFitNomads.com. • — Jef Tingley
Names and ages: Jed Billings, 42; Tim Key, 51. Occupations: Owners, The Fit Nomads. Length of relationship: More than 11 years. Exercise regime: Both: Depending on the time of year, we rotate through a variety of home-based workouts: programs like P90X, Insanity and 21- Day Fix (especially the last 21 days leading up to our next trip). It’s all high-intensity cardio usually paired with some strength work and topped off by yoga day once a week. Most memorable athletic goal accomplished: Billings: Not keeling over dead in Marine Corps Boot Camp and finishing the Lone Star Ride Fighting AIDS, a two-day, 150-mile bike ride. Key: Finishing P90X as a “new” former smoker. as The Fit Nomads, so we meet in the living room about 80 percent of our food for the week on Sun- What’s your favorite song or playlist to workout Upcoming fitness goals: Key: I want to learn how to watch a workout DVD and just hit it. day. This greatly reduces the “what’s for to? Billings: Anything fast and loud! I have a Car- to snow ski. I have to get my body ready, and I’m dinner/Oh, I don’t know” trap. Right now I am men Electra dance mix — no judging — from training with that in mind right now. Key: While on vacation, we love to rent bikes and ride along the beach or take adventure tours like hooked on these super simple breakfast egg WorkoutMusic.com that I love. Least favorite exercise or piece of gym equip- jungle hiking or zip-lining to keep ourselves on muffins. They are totally customizable to the veg- How does your partner motivate you to work ment: Both: Burpees! track. gies and protein you like and are good with eggs, out? Billings: He doesn’t put up with my B.S. Pe- Favorite spot in North Texas to exercise out- egg whites or a combination, which is how we How do you reward yourself for a great workout riod. End of story. doors: Billings: River Legacy Park in Arlington. It’s make them. (The recipe is available at or accomplished fitness goal? Billings: New Key: He keeps me grounded in where we were and a great place to ride our bikes. TheFitNomads.com/fit-kitchen-coach.) clothes or a great trip. I used to associate rewards where we are now. And he reminds me of our Key: Klyde Warren Park for the Group Insanity work- with food, a nice dinner out without thinking about What are your words of advice for people trying goals. out. the calories, but that lead to food shame. to work fitness into their lives? Key: What- ever you can do, do it! It’s not about being your How do you motivate yourself to workout? Favorite spot to exercise indoors: Both: Our living Key: An awesome vacation like a long weekend in Billings: I keep my “before” picture hanging on my room. We just pop in a DVD and get it done. “goal weight” or your ideal “after picture” on Day wine country. 1. And it is vital to have an accountability/suc- office door, and I see it everyday. It makes me Ways you stay fit or workout together: Billings: Favorite healthy/low-cal snack or meal: Billings: cess partner who will help you tremendously think about the 115 pounds we have lost as a cou- We both work from home both in our day jobs and We are creatures of habit and ease, so we prep along the way. ple and the goals we have for the future. 16 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15
L+S stage Oh, what a circus ‘Pippin’ is a bit of Vegas, a bit of Cirque du Soleil .. and a whole lotta fun
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Pippin was one of those shows at the van- at least until Diane Paulus’ 2013 revival, which guard of the quasi-revolutionary theater move- arrived at Fair Park Music Hall this week. It has ment in the 1970s (after Hair), when youth all the modern sheen we expect in the bombastic, culture was taking over, and when politics and post-Disney/post-Boulil-and-Schoenberg era: social commentary — even guised in a remote The dazzling scenery and costumes are present, setting — were considered fair game for musical as is Bob Fosse’s iconic style of dance and a Veg- theater. It was couched in the idiom of a circus, asy carnival atmosphere (updated from “Rin- with a Leading Player serving as narrator of the gling Bros.” to “Cirque du Soleil”). But there’s life of Pippin the Hunchback, the also the existential undercurrent elder son of Charlemagne, who that makes Pippin a deceptively expanded the Holy Roman Em- PIPPIN dark bit of theater; the new end- pire across Europe. It’s a kind of Fair Park Music Hall, ing even imbues it with a slightly picaresque as Pippin searches for 901 First Ave. Through July 19. fatalistic tone. purpose, meets with disillusion- DallasSummerMusicals.org. None of that, however, is at Bass Performance Hall, ment about politics and warfare, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth. the expense of spectacle. This na- leads a revolt against his dad, July 21–26. BassHall.com. tional tour glitters with energy eventually settling in for a quite and creativity. There are full-on country life, finally content to Cirque-like acts, from acrobatics enjoy the simpler things. Beneath all that is a to juggling to Hula-Hooping, that clamor for metaphor for imperialism (it emerged during the your attention — none more impressive, though, height of the Vietnam War), a Faustian caution- than when 70-year-old Adrienne Barbeau sheds ary tale. her muumuu to reveal a rockin’ bod, only to per- It also has lots of cute songs and pretty cos- form trapeze work sans harness while singing tumes. the infectious “Just No Time At All.” And that’s how a lot of people still see it. Part She’s a jolt of glamour, as is John Rubinstein of the boon of historical-but-historically-inaccu- — Broadway’s original Pippin nearly half a cen- rate musicals (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita), Pippin tury ago — as a scampish Charlemagne. Lisa has been a staple of high schools drama clubs for Karlin, who understudied opening night as the 40 years — colorful, joyous, funny. Its more Leading Player, proved breathtakingly charis- brooding nature has gone largely unexplored — matic and more than a little devilish. In fact, the
FOSSE POSSE | Sexed up and bedazzled like a Vegas burlesque, the national tour of ‘Pippin’ combines the atmosphere of Cirque du Soleil with a dark fatalism. (Photo courtesy Terry Shapiro) 18 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 only weak spot was Sam Lips as Pippin, whose songs are plentiful (“Magic to Do,” “Corner of voice is pleasant but bland and who never proj- the Sky,” “Spread a Little Sunshine,” etc.) and ects much authority onstage. Fortunately, he’s you’re apt to want to sing along (and you can, on too pretty to worry about it. “Just No Time At All”). But resist the urge and The show also serves as a reminder of how instead sit back and be entertained. Cuz that’s solid Stephen Schwartz’s score is. The iconic what this Pippin is: Unbridled entertainment. •
• MANHOOD, From Page 14 For Georgiou, the surprise was that much of what she realized about herself, and about fem- That certainly has been the case with King. ininity and what it means to be one sex, was not “Hyper-masculinity is praised both cosmeti- all that different from what it means to be a cally and culturally [in gay culture]. It’s almost man. won — a title to be [granted] and confirmed by “I think really at the basis of my interest in others,” he observes. “Conversely, certain traits this idea is the fact that I’m not a man,” she deemed more traditionally female are lauded says. “This process has allowed me to explore when displayed unabashedly, almost in defiance the many ways in which men and women are to hetero-normative expectations. Personally, similar. I was expecting to see our differences as I’ve found that coming to grips with — and un- glaring and dynamic, but the show has really derstanding — my sexual identity has helped me solidified our sameness. Working on this show to understand and affirm my own identity as a has given me a new insight into male-hood … man. It’s difficult to form an understanding of it’s not that different from girl-hood, really.” one without the other for gay men.” Calhoun agrees whole-heartedly. “I’m defi- “I think that a lot people look to me, or other nitely more feminine than what most people gay men, not to prove that they are ‘gay think is the average man, and I’m a lot more enough’ — which really translates into people fluid with gender roles and what I like to wear, looking to me to be really feminine,” says Cal- but I don’t know if that’s inspired solely by my houn. “But then, people are surprised when I sexual orientation or if that’s all just because I’m enjoy conventionally masculine things. Stuff like me,” he says. “I think that is something impor- that all contributes to stereotypes so no matter tant about manhood and gender that we’re try- how ‘classically gay’ I might be — because I ing to get across with The Show About Men: probably am — I just try to focus on being me Whether we’re a man or a woman, gay or and I try not to worry so much about what peo- straight, or anything in between, we’re all just ple expect from me.” people.” •
A gay film fest, right on your browser abled tablet a selection of short films, features and documentaries — not just from the 2015 lineup, but Outfest Los Angeles is one of the oldest film festi- past festivals as well. vals in the country focused entirely on LGBT- Now up and running, films that are currently themed movies. Now in its 34th year, it attracts as available online include the U.S. premiere of the fea- many as 40,000 attendees to its 11-day celebration ture The Heroes of Evil, as well as the shorts of queer cinema. And since this year’s fest has just Caged, Elise, Brockington and Tomgirl, the web- gotten underway, unless you’ve already booked a series Day Drunk Gays, pictured, and more. Best of trip to El Lay, chances are you figured you’d have to all? They are all free. wait to see the offerings on hand. Some films may cycle off the list as new ones Only you don’t have to wait at all — or travel. In come online, but the website will continue to operate partnership with DirecTV, Outfest has just launched at least through the rest of 2015, meaning you have OutfestOnline.com, a website that will let you months of access to a private gay film fest. stream to your phone, desktop computer or web-en- — Arnold Wayne Jones
07.10.15 • dallasvoice 19 20 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 thursday 07.16— Asian Film Fest features, as always, queer content life+style thursday 07.23 North Texas is lucky to have so many film festivals sharing this international medium in varied and unique ways, best bets and while Q Cinema focuses on gay content, almost all feature some queer- friendly films, including the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, now in its 14th year. Among the entries of LGBT interest are the closing-night film, A Girl at My Door (pictured), Eat with Me, a ballet film (Ballerino) as well as a number of shorts. But check out all the offerings at this fun fest.
DEETS: Angelika Film Center, 5321 E. Mockingbird Lane. For complete schedule and pricing, visit AsianFilmDallas.com. saturday 07.11
Drag Racer Miss Fame glams up The Brick
Drag queens are supposed to lip sync, not sing, but Miss Fame breaks the mold. She has a single out, “Rubber Doll,” and recently dropped a solo CD, Beauty Marked. She’ll share those musical enterprises — as well as her fashionista friday 07.10 persona — with the crowd at The Brick for a show this Saturday. saturday 07.11 DEETS: The Brick, 2525 Wycliff Ave. 10 p.m.–4 a.m. $30–$165. MissFameDallas.eventbrite.com. Campy tribute to lesbian pulp fiction gets late-night staging at the Pocket
It was a love that dare not speak its name! .... until the Supreme Court gave it the OK in 2015. But long before marriage equality, pulp novels about “sinful” same-sex relationships provided the grist for many closeted fantasies. The regional premiere play The Beebo Brinker Chronicles celebrates that genre with a nod to lesbian novelist Ann Bannon with two late-night performances this week at Pocket Sandwich Theater. Don’t miss the scandal of the century!
DEETS: Pocket Sandwich Theater, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane. Friday and Saturday. 10:45 p.m. doors, 11:15 p.m. curtain. $12. 214-821-1860.
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MO’ BETTER | Before she was an Academy Award-winning dramatic actress, Mo’Nique was a hot come- dian. She returns to her standup roots for early and late sets at the Arlington Improv Friday and Saturday.
both lusting after the same sexy but dumb young man. ARtsWeeK A Fort Worth premiere. Final weekend. Stage West, 821 THEATER W. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth. StageWest.org. The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. The regional premiere The Quixotic Days and Errant Nights of the Knight of this play that adapts with campy abandon Ann Errant Don Quixote. A world premiere, commissioned Bannon’s lesbian pulp fiction novels of the 1950s. for Amphibian Stage Productions, about the comic Pocket Sandwich Theatre, 5400 E. Mockingbird Lane. escapades of Cervantes’ timeless hero. 120 S. Main St., July 10 and 11 only (late-night show). 10:45 p.m. doors, Fort Worth. Through Aug. 2. $18–$33. 11:15 p.m. curtain. $12. 214-821-1860. Mass Appeal. Play about a conservative young priest Dirty Dancing. Stage musical adaptation of the hit film and the monsignor who challenges his perceptions. about romance in the Catskills. Bass Performance Hall, Circle Theatre, 230 W. Fourth St., Fort Worth. Through 525 Commerce St. Fort Worth. Through Sunday. July 18. CircleTheatre.com. BassHall.com. Pippin. National tour of the recent Tony Award-winning COMEDY revival of the Stephen Schwartz musical. Stars John Mo’Nique. The Oscar winner returns to standup with a Rubinstein and Adrienne Barbeau. This production rare local appearance. Arlington Improv, 301 Curtis closes the DSM season; the production then moves to Mathes Way, Arlington. July 10 at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Fort Worth. Reviewed this week. Music Hall at Fair and 11 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ImprovArlington.com. Park, 901 First Ave. Through July 19. Bass Performance Hall, 525 Commerce St., Fort Worth. July 21–26. DallasSummerMusicals.org. BassHall.com. Festival of Independent Theatres. Multiple theater companies present their one-act plays and projects. this week’s solution Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. July 10–Aug. 1. Visit FestivalOfIndependentTheatres.com for complete schedule. Lady Bug, Lady Bug, Fly Away Home. A revival of a play originally developed by Paul Baker at the Dallas Theater Center, starring now — as then — local actress and director Cheryl Denson. Greenville Center for the Arts, 5601 Sears St. Through July 19. $22–$32. ContemporaryTheatreOfDallas.com. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Gay playwright Christopher Durang’s brilliant Tony-winning play about family dynamics and a brother and sister • browse • submit For a more complete Commu- To submit an item for inclusion nity Calendar online, visit in the Community Calendar, visit Tinyurl.com/dvevents. Tinyurl.com/dvsubmit.
22 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 FINE ART Digital Photography. The ilume Gallerie opens a group sAtURDAy 07.11 exhibit of digital photos from five artists. The opening SPORTS night artists’ reception is a benefit for a fund set up in FrontRunners. Gay jogging group meets at 8:30 a.m. honor of one of the artists, who was murdered in 2013 at the statue in Lee Park for a run along the Katy Trail. :IKBO:M>F>GL $ " ' # "' " !2 • HydroMax Pumps and LA Pump Systems sold here! • All your favorite lubes including 9X6, Uberlube and Pjur! • Half Priced rentals on Tuesday & Thursday! • New Releases every Wednesday & Friday! • All Male Theatre! Leavee youryvLea our inhibitions and youry towelt woour el inside as this months RedRed Zone MovesMovMo es Outside! Friday,F idar! idayy,, JulyJul 1717 | 10:45pm1y 0:45pm Summer Splash Specials | $9 Lockers for 4-Hours! 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I hope you are all doing a day off, all those folks that question their sexuality them; you could tell that it great in this brand new world, where we can get mar- would suddenly be more certain. Hey! A day off is a just felt different. Even ried!!!! I honestly did not think I would see it in my life- day off, I guess I do like dick. though they were al- time — at least here in Texas. So many of these In all seriousness, Friday, June 26, was a beauti- ready married, know- ultra-conservative, Fox News-watching asshats are ful day … and a magical night in the Rose Room. ing that their union losing their shit, and it tickles me pink. I totally wanna The crowd that night was incredible. I actually found was now legal in dress up in a robe like Ruth Bader Ginsburg with it kind of hard doing my opening monologue. I kept our state just so- gavel in hand and walk around the club saying, getting choked up seeing the utter joy in the crowd lidified the bond be- “You’re welcome, homos!” I would totally kiss that gal and feeling the energy given off. When I asked if tween them. on the mouth. She’s a total bad ass. anyone here had gotten married today, two very I realized while emceeing that The past few weeks have really been emotional handsome men stood up holding hands and the first show that night that for a lot of us. I would always put the thought of get- crowd erupted in applause and cheers that over- I will need some new ting married out of my mind but now my whole way whelmed me. It was hard to speak it was such a of thinking has changed. I find myself daydreaming beautiful moment. Then a cute couple of girls came about, “Should I wear a fancy tux or go full out up and said they too are now married. More cheers. material. I’ve joked forever that the wedding ring I Now back to my regularly scheduled column wear would remain on my middle finger till it was where I dish out awesome advice. legal in Texas. So I was going to make this grand Dear Treasured Lady of the Stag (notice I didn’t gesture of taking the ring off my middle finger and say “night”), Opposites attract, and I think that is a putting it on my ring finger, but I couldn’t — my finger good thing in a relationship. Lord knows I would not has gotten so fat I couldn’t get it off. It has been on date my twin. You being in a great relationship and that damn finger for 10 years and I have never re- seeing many from your vantage point, is it always moved it, even for a minute, ever. Finally, with some one person that is more thoughtful than the other? I help from a string and a tutorial online, I got it off and don’t want flowers or chocolate all the time. But could moved my ring to its proper place. My middle finger you pick up on the hints I am laying down about still has a ghost ring indent. things? I pick up on the stuff you like. Not Surprised I can’t wait for all the gay bachelor and bache- in Southlake. lorette parties and I welcome you all to come have a Dear Not Surprised, Two thoughtful people in a re- great celebratory night with us in the Rose Room. It lationship is always a great thing, but truth be told, excites me to think of all the little gaybies and butch not everyone is thoughtful in the same ways. We queens having a bachelor blowout, drinking out of lit- usually do things for others in hopes that they will do tle dick straws, wearing glittered sashes and something similar for us … not that we only do things screaming “woo-hoo!” every couple of seconds. I’m to get in return, but we treat someone how we want even more excited to see the lesbian take on a to be treated. What you may see as obvious may not bachelorette party. I imagine they have boobs on be even relevant to someone else. We are all differ- everything, boobs that light up, drinking out of nipple ent and perceive things in different ways. If you are shaped straws. I just can’t wait to be annoyed by giving hints about something you want out of a rela- gay bachelor and bachelorette parties like I have tionship but he is not getting it, then just tell him point been annoyed by the straight girls for years. We blank what you want. He can’t read your mind and now have marriage equality and have some catch- some guys just can’t take a hint. Men can be stupid ing up to do. so enlighten your dim-witted partner. Everyone de- Unfortunately, I know it won’t be long before we serves to be spoiled a little bit by their partner, so tell start seeing the gays on Divorce Court: Grown men him that things like an occasional act of sweetness fighting over little dogs and torso sculptures? It’s are important to you. He probably doesn’t know going to get messy, but so entertaining. I also fear you’re annoyed by his lack of thoughtfulness, so ex- that a lot of gays will run out and get married just be- plain it, in a thoughtful way. Good luck, Cassie. cause they can without really being committed to the Keep the questions and story ideas coming. This idea of marriage but you know what … who cares, is a brave new world with marriage equality, and with straight people have been doing that for years. So it is going to come a brand new bunch of problems you know, eventually, we are going to see so many you might need advice for, so here I am waiting to of our friends on their third or fourth husbands. I, like help. All I have ever wanted to do was help people … so many others, just need to get married once. I am Nah! Just kidding. All I’ve ever wanted is a big ol’ so lucky to have a kind, generous, beautiful man to houseboat and an hourglass figure but helping peo- spend my life with, and now can and will marry, ple is fun, too. someday. But we’ve only been together since the Remember to love more, bitch less and be fabu- early years of the Bush Administration, so don’t want lous. XOXO, Cassie Nova. • to rush into anything. If you have a question of comment, email it to Congratulations America! Love truly does win! [email protected]. 24 dallasvoice.com • 07.10.15 life+style scene Troy at the Round-Up Saloon. Lady Bunny and guest at the W Victory same-sex marriage ceremony. J.T. and Scott at JR.’s Bar & Grill. SATURDAY JULY 11 We continue with our now famous DUNGEONS AND BEARS PARTY 11 p m - 4 a m SATURDAY JULY 18 GLOW PARTY (Glow Sticks provided by Midtowne Spa, while supplies last) 11pm-4am Friends’ night out at Woody’s Sports & Video Bar. Making the SCENE the week of July 10-16: SATURDAY JULY 25 • Alexandre’s: Rusty Johnson on Friday. Scott Bucklin Trio on Saturday. Chris Chism on Wednesday. Alicia Silex on FOAM PARTY Thursday. Marking the official beginning of summer • Best Friends Club: Riata’s Rebels at 8 p.m. on Saturday. 12am-4am • Brick/Joe’s: Alyssa Edwards presents RuPaul’s Drag Race’s Miss Fame at midnight on Saturday. with DJ. Dark Angel Spinning • Club Cherries: Drag show at 10 p.m. on Saturday. • Club Reflection: Cowtown Leathermen cookout at 4 p.m. and Imperial Court auction at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Half Price Rooms • Dallas Eagle: Mr. and Ms. Great Plains Olympus Leather Contest on Friday and Saturday. National Leather Associa- Mondays From 8am to 4pm tion club night on Saturday. United Court of the Lone Star Empire presents Hot Summer Nights at 7 p.m. on Sunday Half Price Lockers benefiting Resource Center nutrition program. Wednesdays From 8am to 4pm • Round-Up Saloon: celebrates its 35th anniversary with Bear Happy Hour 35th Anniversary Edition on Friday. An- niversary celebration all night on Saturday. Picnic, BBQ dinner, Big City Outlaws and Rhonda Medina on Sunday. • Sue Ellen’s: What’s Up Band on Friday. Radio Lover Bus on Saturday. Kathy & Bella at 3 p.m., Bad Habits at 6 p.m. and the comedy of Diane Michelle at 10 p.m. on Sunday. • The Rose Room: Miss Gay Texas America on Tuesday-Friday. • Woody’s Sports & Video Bar: Chanel Champagne send off party for Miss Gay Texas 7-9 p.m. on Sunday. 2509 PACIFIC AVE • DALLAS 75226 | 214.821.8989 To view more Scene photos, go to DallasVoice.com/category/photos. Scene Photographer: Kat Haygood. MIDTOWNE.COM 07.10.15 • dallasvoice 25 life+style scene Friends’ night out on The Strip. Cody, Alberto, Sergio and Tyler at S4. Collin and Pete at Liquid Zoo. Staffer at TMC: The Mining Company. Friends at Alexandre’s. Singing karaoke at the Round-Up Saloon. 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