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THIS WEEK IN TEXAS MAGAZINE Texas' Leading Gay & Lesbian Publication Since 1975 • Weekly Circulation: 20,000 I DALLAS OFFICE PUBLISHER HOUSTON OFFICE 3300 Reagan Street ALAN GELLMAN 811 Westheimer, Suite III Dallas, Texas 75219 EDITOR Houston, Texas 77006 Dallas Fax (214) 520-8948 RICHARD HEBERT Houston Fax (713) 527-8948 (214) 521-0622 COMPTROLLER (713) 527-9111 E-mail: [email protected] STEVE MILES E-mail: [email protected] ART DEPARTMENT Richard Bang, Gil Marquez. Victor Perea CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Donnie Angelle, Don Baker, Robert Bois, Mark Deaton, Phil Johnson, Gary Laird, C. Lichtenstein. Steven C. Lindsey, Susan McDonald, David Parnell, Jimmy Smith, Bruce Williams STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS James Franklin, Robert Miller, Jerry Stevens, Iio. Albert Tovar NATIONAL SALES DIRECTOR. Steve Miles. (214)521-0622 • FAX 520-TWIT Advertising rates are available on request from the salesperson in your nearest city. Austin - Bruce Williams (512) 473-7180 • Dallas / Fort Worth - Steve Miles (214) 521-0622 Houston / Galveston - Steve Nally (713) 527-9111 • San Antonio / Corpus Christi - Jimmy Smith (210) 754-5837 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING • Dallas Chase Gutierrez. Houston David Parnell/Brian Keever TWT © 1996 Texas Weekly Times Newspaper Company SHANE RUFF.PRESIDENT / CEO / DIRECTOR ROY KLAUS / CO-DIRECTOR BY BRUCE WILLIAMS RuPaul and Paul Reubens are not the same person; we think we've finally figured partner Julie Cypher to the daily cartoon that out, no matter what David Letterman series Ooonesbury and its character Mark says. But both are•.in the news. Reubens is Slackmeyer's coming to grips with his sex- 'I .......--- uality and his first real boyfriend, gay love is in the air and a hot item with the media. Did you catch the recent ABC-TV Turning Point program devoted to four gay and les- bian couples, their commitments and wed- ding ceremonies? Perhaps these kinds of open looks at and discussions of topics that so many straight people don't under- stand and even fear may change a few minds and open a few eyes ... and, one hopes, even protect us from future mis- guided DOMA-style legislation. One can dream .... Etheridge and Cypher also appeared recently on ABC's 20/20, talking to Barbara Walters about their plans to have a baby together. Thus they earn this month's "Center of Visibility" award - although last month's "winner," Ellen DeGeneres, is still front and center as her show Ellen contin- ues to tease audiences over whether its title character will come out as a lesbian - which would be a first for a network TV series. The latest speculation is being fueled by talk that ABC would switch Ellen to a time slot one hour later, when most younger kids presumably would be in bed and the character's sexuality could be likely to get his own sitcom after winning dealt with in a more adult manner. Oh, just raves for his recurring role on Murphy do it, girl!. .. Brown; looks like the former star of Pee- Our all-time favorite "winner," Elizabeth wee's Playground has finally put to rest the Taylor, is back in the news after agreeing stigma caused by his arrest in a Florida to be a presenter at the 25th anniversary adult theatre earlier this decade. Mean- L.A. Gay and Lesbian Ball on Nov. 23 at while, RuPaul has grabbed the spotlight the Century Plaza Hotel in the City of An- with her album Foxy Lady, a collection of gels. Miss T. will be presenting Elton John dance songs centered on the statuesque with the Rand Schrader Distinguished female impersonator's approach toward Achievement Award. Also on the program, life: Be yourself and be happy.... Courtney Love will present MTV's Judy With the year rapidly winding down, McGrath with the Corporate Vision Award. we're starting to search for those ideal cal- The goddess and the grungette on the endars and datebooks to help us through same stage; how interesting!. .. 1997. Alluvial Publishing is tempting us PAGE 12 TWT NOVEMBER 15 - NOVEMBER 21 1996 with a pair of erotic wall calendars it re- Meowed, published by Bantam Books and cently released. "KUHAGEN by Machado" highlights the feline genius of the star tiger is shot entirely by photographer George cat. Which is no surprise, since the series Machado, who last year put out the photo is co-authored by her own cat, Sneaky Pie Brown. Virginian Wendy Wray (a human person) contributes the illustrations .... On the video front, we give thumbs (and other appendages) up this month to The Kama Sutra of Gay Sex and My First Time; both are from Greenwood/Cooper Homevideo. Kama Sutra takes six exquis- ite men, mixes well and makes it clear that safer sex between intimate, loving partners can take on many exciting, thrilling forms. My First Time explores the virtues of youth, vulnerability, purity and untained pleasure and the progression from innocence to manhood .... essay book Masculine. International model and actor Scott Kuhagen is Machado's $250 IN CASH P ! subject for the black-and-white project, Winner receives t1{)O oJ Lst RJt1!1WMl!t{J ,j)50 which features full nudity and an inside ,5Ailslitlotuil Runners-Up it:rMr, centerspread poster. There's no frontal nudity in "JAY EFF," but the oversized homoerotic work of London-based photog- REGISTER TO WIl\~ rapher Jay Eft still offers highly charged E.£u:iJ W:B:B/~:J\}.j),fi give usvuy !I~o.-;;'I!.'rI!}} sexual images .... , ,_(ft,Y • Carl Lewis is no Greg Louganis, but his 1.0 {; 'vEry judry ~)lJfJfJf!!I·3. EIjJIP, legs are still pretty awesome in our humble opinion. The gold medal-winning Olympian DRAWI~ is currently promoting his new book, One No purehtlStt ItttCttSS~ ,. More Victory Lap, and he'll be in Dallas Dec. 4 at the eatery NorthSouth in the Quadrangle helping to raise money for the fS~,,~/!SBA.cl-'.dUJl Tl~U.PlCl-\L L1IYlnhrAl!l!': National Kidney Foundation .... First Run Features has put together Girlfriends, an SO-minute anthology of 'J!..75 ~'E8EYl' L01\[G 18LA1'fD TEA four lesbian shorts: "Watching Her Sleep," ~~Z.DDJ)D1Y1E:f.)'j'1<C LOl'\rGl,r!E;CJK8 "Little Women in Transit," "Playing the Part" and "Carmel ita Tropicana: Your Kunst Is Your Waffen." First Run also has out Some- thing to Sing About, a year in the life of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir as the 1DO-member group sings its way across the Australian continent with humor, ten- sion, drama and attitude .... Gay men's magazines have entered a new dimension with the launch of Man- Zone, a website that includes two "e-zines" (electronic magazines), ManZone Heights and ManZone Street. These e-zines fea- ture some of the top writers and photogra- phers currently working in the gay male community, offering writing, photos, art- work and video. They're presented as Speaking of books, bestselling author monthly issues, but web technology allows Rita Mae Brown has the fifth installment in new material to be added any time.