HUD Secretary Pushing Programs for Homeless LGBT Youth ��

Castroby James Russell, Page 8 rising HUD secretary pushing programs for homeless LGBT youth

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New study: PrEP could prevent Two of the court’s nine justices dissented in separate opinions, while one justice abstained. 168,000 new HIV infections “The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tossed The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention out decades of precedent to grant a special privi- released new research on Wednesday, Feb. 24, lege to Rick Perry, allowing him to escape a trial showing that reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strat- before any evidence against him was heard. Legal egy targets for HIV testing and treatment and ex- precedence and common sense make it obvious panding the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis that argument’s like Perry’s are hollow. He didn’t (PrEP) could prevent 185,000 new HIV infections argue that his indictment was technically flawed. in the U.S. by 2020, a 70 percent reduction in new He asked the appeals court to toss out evidence infections. that had never been presented. We have to as- • The study estimates that, between 2015 and sume that hundreds of accused criminals will now 2020: flood the court with similar arguments. It’s a black • Reaching the nation’s goal of ensuring 90 per- day for the law in Texas,” Glenn Smith, of the lib- cent of people living with HIV are diagnosed, and eral Progress Texas PAC, said in a statement. 80 percent of people diagnosed achieve viral sup- — James Russell pression could prevent 168,000 new HIV infections • By also increasing the use of PrEP, a daily Alabama attorney anti-HIV pill, among people who are uninfected but sues Supreme Court at high risk, an additional 17,000 infections could Dumb ass attorney or next Chief Justice of the be prevented Alabama Supreme Court? • If HIV testing and treatment remained the Alabama attorney Austin Burdick has sued Jus- same, expanded use of PrEP among high-risk tices Anthony M. Kennedy, Stephen Breyer, Ruth populations alone could prevent more than 48,000 Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena new infections. Kagan for $6 million to cover his mental anguish since the Obergefell marriage equality ruling. — David Taffet Burdick is suing the justices for violating the Fifth Amendment, breach of contract (really? He had a Perry indictments tossed by contract with them?) and breach of fiduciary duty. He seeks compensatory, punitive and mental an- state’s highest criminal court guish damages plus attorney’s fees, according to The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed Alabama.com. the indictments against former Gov. Rick Perry Hmmm … so let’s say this goes to court and Wednesday, Feb. 24. whatever the results, it gets appealed. Let’s say the The decision comes almost two years after he U.S. Supreme Court takes up this case. Would the was indicted by a grand jury in the summer of five justices have to recuse themselves? Even if 2014 after he threatened to veto funding for the they did, the remaining three rule that they can get public corruption unit in the Travis County District sued for their rulings? If so, there’s lots of people Attorney’s office. He stated the Democratic incum- who think their decision on Citizens United and bent Rosemary Lehmberg had lost the public’s other cases was wrong. So we just sue. trust after being arrested for drunk driving. After Seems as though this qualifies for dumb-ass Lehmberg refused to resign, Perry cut the funding. lawsuit of the year. Unfortunately, it probably only A complaint filed by Texans for Public Justice al- qualifies Mr. Burdick to succeed Roy Moore as the leged Perry abused his official capacity and ac- next chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. cused him of “coercion of a public servant.” — David Taffet

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6 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 March 5: Reverchon Park Roundup

• March 5: Pride Easter Hunt and Pet Fest TCGPWA hosts a free and family-friendly event with vendors, games, entertainment and more at the Forest Park Shelter House, 2600 Forest Dr. S. For more information contact Richard Tinker at 817-921-3318 or [email protected].

• March 5: Resource Center’s Toast to Life Mad Hatter’s Ball Enjoy a night of food from top local chefs and entertainment by DJ Bunny at this annual beneﬁt for Resource Center programs from 7-11 p.m. at the Empire Room, 1225 N. Riverfront Blvd. For tickets and more information visit Bit.ly/1VnT1vq.

• March 5: Reverchon Park Roundup The 18th annual cleanup includes planting flowerbeds, clearing out trash and removing fallen tree limbs. Pants, long sleeve shirts, The 18th annual all-volunteer cleanup includes planting flowerbeds, clearing out trash and removing fallen tree limbs. Complimentary breakfast and lunch. sturdy shoes, gloves, rakes and other small tools recommended. 9:30 a.m. registration and orientation followed by 10 a.m. clean up and a • March 9: Mother Micheal Community ilume, 4123 Cedar Springs Rd. Open to all • March 19: Gaybingo complimentary lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Service Awards women. Free. For more information e-mail Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center takes 3505 Maple Ave. For more information and to Awards presented by the Imperial Court de [email protected]. place 6-9 p.m. the third Saturday of the month volunteer e-mail [email protected] Fort Worth/Arlington with performances by at Rose Room at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. or call 214-559-7825. category winners. 7 p.m. at Club Reflection, March 16: An Evening on Lesbian Pregnancy Doors open at 5 p.m. For more information, 604 S. Jennings St., Fort Worth. Path2Parenthood and California Cryobank call 214-540-4458 or email • March 6: You’ll Never Walk Alone present a program focusing on critical [email protected]. Oak Lawn UMC presents “You’ll Never Walk • March 10: Same Difference information lesbians need to know when Alone: A Community Gathering of Hope, Unity, documentary screening considering pregnancy. From 6:30-8:30 p.m. • March 20: The Wedding Workshop: and Support for the Oak Lawn Neighborhood” Screening of documentary about lesbians who at Interfaith Peace Chapel, An LGBT Community Event expressing appreciation for the leadership discriminate against other lesbians based on 5910 Cedar Springs Road. Three-hour, hands-on seminar featuring displayed by Mayor Rawlings and the Dallas gender roles at 8:30 p.m. at Angelika Film wedding industry experts guides couples Police Department in the face of recent violent Center Dallas, 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. • March 17: Gray Pride: Senior Moments through all the steps for planning a memorable attacks in Oak Lawn. Performances by the Tickets available at Tugg.com/events/87275. Monthly Senior Moments series discusses wedding. 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. at the Dallas Police Choir, the Oak Lawn Band and topics and issues impacting LGBT seniors Renaissance Dallas Hotel, 2222 N. Stemmons Oak Lawn UMC’s Chancel Choir. 6-7:30 p.m. • March 11-13: Texas Bear Round Up meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. every third Freeway. For more information call at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, Annual Texas Bear Round Up takes place at Thursday of the month at Resource Center, 214-754-8710 ext. 126 or visit 3014 Oak Lawn Ave. two hotels, Love Field Hotel and Suites, 1241 2701 Reagan St. Free. For more information LGBTWeddingWorkshop.com. Admission and W. Mockingbird Lane, and Crowne Plaza call 214-528-0144 or e-mail parking are free with registration. • March 7: Tarrant County Hotel, 7050 Stemmons Freeway. Day time [email protected]. Stonewall Democrats events including registration is at Love Field • March 20: The Wedding Party and Expo: LGBT Democratic group meets at 7 p.m. and evening events at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. • March 18: High Tech Happy Hour An LGBT Community Event every second Monday of the month at To register and for more information visit and SMU Cox School of Business LGBTQ & Presented by the Dallas Voice, the largest Tommy’s Hamburgers, 2455 Forest Park Blvd., TBRU.org. Allies Texas Instruments Pride, the LGBT and LGBT wedding expo in Texas includes Fort Worth. For more information e-mail ally diversity group, and SMU Cox School of exhibitors, a fashion show, food samples, a [email protected]. • March 11: TBRU BearDance Fat Friday Business Strategic Alliance LGBT and ally community marketplace and free cake. TBRU’s biggest fundraiser featuring DJ Roke group hosts a special High Tech Happy Hour Donnie Brown serves as celebrity host. • March 8: Trans/SOFFA Group Meeting Cabrera and DJ Chris Spear at Crowne Plaza from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Meadows Museum, 1-5 p.m. at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel, Dallas Transcendence Hotel, 7050 Stemmons Freeway. 5900 Bishop Blvd. Complimentary parking 2222 N. Stemmons Freeway. For more New Dallas chapter of trans and ally support available in the two lower levels of museum information call 214-754-8710 ext. 126 group meets on the second and fourth • March 11-13: Imperial Court parking garage. Complimentary hors or e-mail [email protected]. Thursdays monthly at 7 p.m. at 1017 S Elm St., Coronation XXXVII d’oeuvres and cash bar. For more information Register at TheWeddingPartyEXPO.com. Ste. 105, Carrollton. For more information, Punking the Palace — The Windsors Meet e-mail Paul von Wupperfeld at [email protected]. Admission and parking are free with contact Paula Ellis by e-mail Steampunk: An Evening at Buckingham registration. [email protected] or phone at Palace. Coronation is at 5 p.m. on Saturday • Through March 18: White Rock 469-607-9348. night in the main ballroom of the host hotel. Community Church Stations of the Cross • March 27: Easter in Lee Park Radisson North-Fossil Creek, 2540 Meacham The 14 Stations of the Cross are depicted by Easter in the park is back and celebrates its • March 8: The Group Blvd., Fort Worth. tattoo artists from Taboo Tattoo and Tigger’s 50th anniversary. Pooch Parade, bonnet Support group for black men who have sex Body Art in Deep Ellum 6:30 p.m. each Friday contest, music and more. 1-4 p.m. Lee Park, with men living with HIV meets from 7-9 p.m. • March 15: JEWEL Lesbian through Lent at White Rock Community 3333 Turtle Creek Blvd. every second and fourth Thursday of the Fiction Book Club Church, 9353 Garland Road. To learn more month at a private location. For more Monthly book club discussion meets from 7–9 visit Whiterockchurch.info or call information call 214-455-7316. p.m. every third Tuesday of the month at 214-320-0043. 02.26.16 • dallasvoice 7 Julian Castro’s rise to thetop The former San Antonio mayor He wanted San Antonio to be a home for every- pact when it comes to future research regarding one who lives there. That’s why, despite the oppo- LGBT youth homelessness. And it’s taking root in known as an LGBT ally is sition, passing the nondiscrimination ordinance Texas. determined to make a difference was a priority for him. The LGBTQ Youth Homelessness Prevention for homeless LGBT youth Initiative is a pilot project organized by HUD with Joining the Cabinet other federal agencies, including the Departments of Education and Labor in collaboration with the JaMeS RUSSeLL | Staff Writer HUD secretary is a Cabinet-level position, re- True Colors Fund, an LGBT homeless youth or- [email protected] porting to the president, that oversees programs ganization founded by entertainer Cyndi Lauper. providing affordable housing and community de- Pilot projects are currently under way in the Sept. 5, 2013 was a long day for San Antonio velopment assistance. It also ensures people are Cincinnati, Ohio and Houston metropolitan areas. Mayor Julian Castro. His city’s comprehensive free to rent or own homes without discrimination. “We want to know what are the types of things nondiscrimination ordinance had passed by an 8- In his capacity as secretary, Castro has win- 3 vote. The crowd there to debate the ordinance nowed out a number of disparities facing LGBT was loud, and the opposition rowdy. homeowners and renters. Yet after hours of testimony, it had passed. “We’re at the beginning of looking at what ex- HUD secretary Julian Castro, recently spoke But despite their defeat in Alamo City, conser- ecutive action we can take to extend protections to at the Time to Thrive conference in Grapevine. vative and religious groups would regroup and the LGBT community in the Fair Housing Act. (James Russell/Dallas Voice) use San Antonio as a playbook for future battles This is something that could be very impactful,” against municipal nondiscrimination ordinances. Opponents of equality would lose some, like in Dallas and Plano, and they would win some, most notably in Houston, where the nondiscrimination ordinance known as HERO was repealed last No- vember. A year later, in 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Castro to serve as the next secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He was swiftly confirmed by the Senate at the beginning of July and began his term later that month. But while Castro may live in Washington, D.C., he said on a recent trip to the DFW Metroplex that San Antonio is still his home. Castro’s mother was a Chicana activist who in- stilled a sense of civic responsibility in him and his twin brother, Rep. Joaquin Castro. His mother, he said, would have guilted him for not fighting for equal rights. (She unsuccessfully ran for city council in the 1970s.) Castro said during his recent visit to the Metro- we can do with families to prevent LGBT youth youth who are LGBT have been kicked out by “[My mother] pushed for equality and fair treat- plex. homelessness and to address concerns LGBT their families because they do not accept or under- ment for everyone,” Castro said. “So my concern “We’ve proposed a rule that would require folks youth have, to serve them better so they feel more stand their sexual orientation, gender identity or is to help people gain full equality to ensure every- who run emergency shelters to accommodate comfortable, for instance, at shelters,” Castro said. expression,” Shelton said. one has equal rights. I believe we should not have transgender individuals based on how they iden- Jama Shelton, deputy executive director of the Without community support, youth may jump any second-class citizens.” tify,” he noted. True Colors Fund, said the project also looks at from shelter to shelter. Castro, a Harvard Law graduate, secured his According to the National Center for Transgen- community networks that may prevent LGBT Harris County is doing, in Shelton’s words “a place in San Antonio political history when he was der Equality, one in five transgender individuals youth homelessness. lot.” Efforts include the formation of an LGBT elected to the city council in 2002. Councilman have experienced homelessness. The proposed “The focus has historically been reactive, like competence committee, revising assessment ques- Castro then ran for mayor twice, waging his first HUD rule would prevent homeless shelters from providing shelter for the youth,” Shelton said. tions to include sexual orientation and gender unsuccessful bid in 2005. Then he was elected denying shelter to transgender people based on “That is important, but if we know the primary is- identity, working towards requiring all staff to be mayor in 2009 and re-elected in 2011. their gender identity. sues we can work toward prevention.” trained on working with LGBT in an inclusive and “I was determined to do everything I could in “A lot of folks seek homeless shelters, but they Strategies include providing data, training and affirming manner and providing information city government to turn things around there,” Cas- don’t feel comfortable,” Castro said. “They think resources with various community stakeholders, about LGBT acceptance on their parent portal. tro. they’ll be harassed or bullied or even worse than such as clergy, law enforcement and youth work- Organizers are also identifying community While he was mayor, the city extended partner that. So this pilot project should teach us a lot ers. Research currently under way includes iden- members who would have an impact but not re- benefits to employees, appointed an LGBT liaison, going forward so we can incentivize providers to tifying LGBT young people who are at the highest alize it, like a local chamber of commerce or small and worked on various initiatives targeting home- adopt these practices.” risk of homelessness. less LGBT youth. The second project is expected to have a big im- “There is a clear understanding that homeless CASTRO, Page 15 8 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 Hate your job? There’s a support group for that. It’s Remembering Jake Odom called everybody, and theyy meet at the bar Dead man’s girl friend says rumors, wild imaginations are adding to his family’s grief

TaMMye naSh | Managing Editor [email protected] News of Jimmie Ray Odom’s death has been 214-377-7446 making headlines in Dallas and in his home state #EDAR3PRINGS2Ds$ALLAS 48 84 SALLA$sD2SGNIRP3RADE# of Oklahoma ever since Dallas police announced @CS_traphouseCS_traphouse @CS_taphouse * Includes mashed potatoes, veggie, & dinner roll. facebook.com/cedarspringstaphgouse.com Tuesday, Feb. 22, that they had found his body. Up to 3 servings per guest. The Oak Lawn man — known to friends as Jake — had been missing since, according to police, running from a “disturbance” at apartments near the intersection of Fairmount and Kings Road. Fed perhaps by the fact that police actually found his body on Feb. 11 but did not notify his family for 11 days, Jake Odom rumors of the circumstances around Odom’s death have run rampant. “We kept our relationship private, as far as Face- Now his girlfriend is stepping forward, urging book and the Internet goes,” Wade said. “He was a people not to let rumors rule the day. dancer, and I am an entertainer, and so much of our “People are out there, assuming this and assum- lives were public. We wanted to keep our private ing that. They’re making up their own versions of life private.” what happened, and they don’t have all the infor- And while some initial reports described Odom mation,” Chaselyn Wade said on Thursday, Feb. 25. as a gay man, Wade said that wasn’t accurate. “He “People need to remember, Jake has a mother and was bisexual,” she said. “Or maybe pansexual brothers. He has family. Don’t disrespect his family would be a better word.” and the people who loved him with all your ru- Odom, Wade continued, “was a very nice, very mors.” loving person” who loved drag shows and dancing and reptiles (“We have two geckos; he got me in- A celebration of life service for Jimmie Ray terested in reptiles as pets”), and who “never did Odom, known to friends as Jake, will be anything to hurt anybody.” held Friday, Feb. 26, at 2 p.m., at Floral “He never had an ill word to say about anybody, Haven Rose Chapel, 6500 S. 129th E Ave., and he was very protective of people,” she said. “If in Broken Arrow, Okla. we went to a drag show or a pageant, and I said A memorial service is being planned in Dallas something critical about somebody’s hair or their for friends who are unable to attend the shoes or their dress, he’d say, ‘Leave them alone. services in Broken Arrow. The Dallas service Let them be the way they are.’ He didn’t want to is tentatively planned for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, hear anybody making fun of somebody else. For March 8, at the pavilion in Lee Park. him, any kind of negativity like that was a total no- go.” According to police there was no sign of trauma Even though he worked as a male dancer, Wade to Odom’s body, and an autopsy is pending. Dallas said she and Odom led a very low-key kind of pri- police LGBT liaison Laura Martin said it will be a vate life. “couple of months for toxicology and histology” “We’d get up in the morning and fix coffee and test results come back and the medical examiner have breakfast together. He made me French toast can determine his cause of death. almost every day for breakfast. We’d go work out Wade said that she and Odom had been together together, maybe go shopping,” she said. “He sup- as a couple for about 15 month, and that he had ported me in things I did, in pageants and stuff, and been living with her at her apartment in the Berk- we did some projects together.” shire Medical Apartments on Fairmount. She also Wade also said that despite rumors, Odom was said that she was the one who called 9-11 for help not involved in illicit drugs. “He used to be into the night he disappeared. drugs and he raised a lot of hell,” she acknowl- “No, the ‘disturbance’ the police talked about edged. “But he went through the programs and got wasn’t a domestic disturbance. We weren’t fight- clean years ago. We both drank, yes, but he had ing,” Wade said of that night. She added that she transformed his life [when it came to drugs]. He called for help when Odom ran from the apartment transformed himself, and he used that to help oth- because he was agitated, and she was concerned ers who were having problems with drugs.” for his well being. Wade said she and Odom’s mother and siblings “He was behaving in a manner where people still have a lot of questions about his disappearance were worried he might hurt himself,” she said. and his death — questions the police are not yet an- “That’s why police listed him as ‘critical missing.’” swering. For one, she said, she wants to know why Wade doesn’t want to speculate on Odom’s it took so long for police to find his body. cause of death, again citing respect for and defer- “They found him in that wooded area behind the ence to his mother’s wishes. But she said she does Family Dollar Store on Maple, literally, a three- want people to know Odom and see him the way she did. ODOM, Page 15 02.26.16 • dallasvoice 9 What it lovemeans to Local author’s novels feature transgender characters struggling with love

JaMeS RUSSeLL | Staff Writer Tracy James Jones [email protected]

10 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 Tracy James Jones, who splits her time between hung out with a band of misfits. They were straight, gay, African-American, Native Dallas and Waxahachie, visited New York City American and caucasian. But even in that group, Jones stood out. for the first time in late February, at the invitation While her friends were the type to seek the limelight, Jones preferred to be a wall- of her Facebook friend Jill Salvino. Savino is film- flower. And she was also the only transgender person in the group. ing a documentary, Between the Shades, about A tall, African-American with short hair, Jones always knew she was female, re- what it means to love in the LGBT community. gardless of her physical gender at birth. Jones learned about the project after Salvino “I’ve always been observant,” she said. “It’s one of those things, being raised as posted in the group promoting the project’s an only child. I noticed everything. My curiosity got me in so much trouble, mostly fundraising on Kickstarter, the crowdfunding about love. Like hugging and kissing and how people walked and talked,” Jones platform for creative projects. said. “I do a lot of blogging. I feature different artists, “My first crush was in third grade on a boy. That was curious to me,” Jones said. filmmakers and musicians, mostly books “I had a lot of female friends because I identified with them. So that got me in trouble. though,” Jones said. With a popular blog at her After you get in trouble, you start doubting yourself and hating yourself.” fingertips, she promoted Salvino’s project. But After pausing to breathe, she added, “And it was odd because no one in the family she did not just write about the documentary-in- understood it.” the-making, she auditioned for it, too. Her family may not have understood her gender identity, but Jones clearly did. Jones’ fiction focuses on her own experiences So she wrote stories, then screenplays and, eventually, novels about it. with loving and being loved. They include the Writing helped her understand her identity and document the world around her. 2012 novel Secrets & Lies, and Torn: Sixty Days of But writing and publishing also took on a larger purpose. Calaboose, published in 2014. “I want to give a voice to those in the LGBT community who are rarely seen, Despite having been recognized locally for her hardly ever heard, and often misunderstood,” Jones said. work, Jones said she doesn’t enjoy self-promot- Secrets & Lies, for example, follows a love quadrangle involving 38-year-old Bren ing. But she knew if her books were going to get Searcy, a transgender woman, and her secret cisgender male lover, Kenny Jordan. attention — and if Secrets & Lies is going to get a The novel, which is available on Amazon, is a hit with readers. Of the 20 reviews TV deal — she had to step out of her comfort online as of press time, no review rates the book lower than four stars. e zone. But getting to that level of success took a while. Her confidence paid off. In January, Jones “Growing up was a nightmare…for me I tried to blend in as best as I could. Thing learned she was among 50 people selected to is, I wanted to do more with my life. I wanted to be more than my fears. As difficult share their stories for Salvino’s film. as it was, with the grace of faith, I fought my way through the many obstacles thrown Jones made the trek to the Big Apple in the cold in my way,” Jones said. month of February to talk in front of a camera Today I am finally the ‘me’ I have always wanted to be.” • about her love life. That took a lot of guts. Visit Jones’ blog, Let’s Talk About Books, at Tracyjamesjones.wordpress.com. For copies of Growing up in Waxahachie, Jones said, she Secrets & Lies and her other books, visit her Amazon.com author page at Amzn.to/1WJCrH6.

02.26.16 • dallasvoice 11 news analysis The price of mental illness?

Cedar Creek area gay man killed lets injured his arm. after standoff with police A helicopter trans- ferred the man to Baylor Medical CEDAR CREEK LAKE — A standoff between Center in Dallas, a 56-year-old gay man and law enforcement offi- where he was cers ended in the man’s death Feb. 10, revealing treated and re- how the isolation and disregard of a deeply dis- leased. turbed individual can end tragically and endanger Law enforce- an entire community. ment officers Anthony Bertoni, 56, lived in a small house sur- quickly descended rounded by an eight-foot chain link fence on the on the scene, and a county line between Henderson and Kaufman standoff ensued as counties, on SH 274 near Cedar Creek Lake. He personnel from both Henderson and Kaufman Contact me for a was a gay man suffering from an illness that re- Counties and the Texas Department of Public Farmers Friendly Review sembled schizophrenia, according to an acquain- Safety shut down traffic in the neighborhood tance, who knew him for several years. known as Cap City. Bertoni fired several shots as Bertoni often complained about being the vic- the standoff began, then at about 3:30 p.m. he James Kelly tim of anti-gay harassment, but the woman said opened the door of the house and fired more Farmers Insurance she never witnessed nor saw any evidence of the shots. harassment. That’s when a sniper on the roof of the Calvary 214-912-8830 (cell) In truth, Bertoni may have imagined the harass- Baptist Church across the highway shot and killed 972-388-1118 (fax) ment. He suspected his neighbors of throwing Bertoni. [email protected] rocks at his house and other offensive actions, and A few days before the standoff, Bertoni visited Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said law en- a nearby store and complained to a clerk about kellyinsuranceagency.vpweb.com forcement officers responded to disturbances at being unable to sleep. Yet another neighbor who the small row of houses numerous times over the called emergency services after the initial shooting Auto | Business | Home | Renters | Life | Annuities years to calm down quarrels between Bertoni and on Feb. 10 said Bertoni had quit taking medication Pet Insurance | Home Warranties | RV and Boat Insurance his neighbors. that she suspected was designed to control his On his car parked outside of the fence in front mental disturbances. 25-Minute Workout... in private! of his house, Bertoni posted signs saying, “Mur- The acquaintance, to whom Bertoni had con- der” and “Suicide,” along with rambling, nonsen- fided his sexual orientation, said he came to the An efficient 25-minute audience-free workout designed by sical letters. Cedar Creek Lake area from California several Cooper Institute Certified Personal Trainers, to increase Finally, the quarrels erupted in violence when years ago. Public records show he lived in Palm metabolism, build muscle mass and burn fat. Bertoni fired a shotgun at one of his neighbors Springs and San Diego previously. ® 6-Week Gut Buster Boot Camp $19 about 7 a.m. on the day of his death. A pellet Cedar Creek Lake has a large LGBT commu- struck the victim in the face and several others pel- nity, and Bertoni engaged in a couple of relation- Visit our website for details! privateworkout.com

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The Rev. Ben A. David Hensley, left, the church’s music director, and John Hornay planned the March 6 event. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)

OLUMC hosts concert benefitting Church Chancel Choir and the Turtle Creek Survivors Offering Support Chorale Chamber Chorus. East Dallas Christian Church organist and ac- companist Jonathan K. Merritt will be featured, daVId TaFFeT | Senior Staff Writer playing OLUMC’s magnificent pipe organ. [email protected] OLUMC senior pastor the Rev. Anna Hose- mann-Butler will speak, along with Cathedral of Oak Lawn United Methodist Church presents Hope senior pastor the Rev. Neil Cazares-Thomas. the “You’ll Never Walk Alone” concert on Sunday, Dallas Northwest Deputy Chief Catrina Shead -PUKV\[ÔV+HSSHZ=VPJLYLHKLYZ March 6, to benefit SOS–Survivors Offering Sup- will speak on behalf of the Dallas Police Depart- port. SOS was formed by hate crime survivor ment, and hate crime survivor Michael OH]LUHTLK[OLILZ[ Burke Burnett to help victims of last fall’s Dominguez will represent Take Back series of attacks on gay men in Oak Lawn. Oak Lawn and SOS. Take Back Oak “We wanted this to be something for Lawn also formed in response to the at- HEROES the community,” said concert organizer tacks and is raising money to increase se- John Horany. “We’re trying to participate curity and promote safety in the PU5VY[O;L_HZ in the life of the community in a big way.” neighborhood. Oak Lawn United Methodist Church The song “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” recently voted unanimously to become a from the 1945 musical Carousel, will con- Reconciling Ministry church, welcoming clude the concert. COMING the LGBT community to join in all as- Hensley said it was important for a pects of congregational life. church located on the corner of Cedar The Rev. Ben A. David Hensley, the church’s Springs Road and Oak Lawn Avenue to make a friday, March 18 music director and an event organizer, said this statement with a program like this. He called vi- concert isn’t a church event: “We’re hosting as olent attacks on members of the LGBT commu- part of Oak Lawn. We’re invested in neighbor- nity immoral, and said he wants it clearly Ad Space Deadline Friday, March 11 hood safety.” understood that’s the church’s position. Contact us today Hensley said a member named Lillian Lawson, Horany said he hoped other attack survivors who recently passed away, had the original idea would attend. HK]LY[PZPUN'KHSSHZ]VPJLJVT for a candlelight concert. “When she died, we “We’re a community who cares,” he said. began talking about it again,” he said. “One of us Following the program, Coldwell Banker Res- said, ‘Why don’t we make this concert in re- idential Brokerage and Dick Richardson sponsor sponse to these attacks. Make it more of a com- a reception. • munity event than a church service.’” You’ll Never Walk alone at 6 p.m. on March 6 at Among those performing will be the Oak Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, 3014 Oak Lawn Lawn Band, the Dallas Police Choir, Resounding Ave. Park in the Centrum. Free but accepting dona- 4HYRL[*LU[LY)S]K:[L+HSSHZ;? Harmony, the Oak Lawn United Methodist tions for the S.O.S. Survivor’s Fund. 14 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 CASTRO, From Page 8

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business. tion ordinance. She “LGBT youth need ca- stepped in as interim reers, so why not establish mayor when Castro an apprentice program?” moved up to HUD and is Shelton suggested. now serving her ﬁrst full term as mayor. Greater things? “I can guarantee I will not [run for mayor],” Cas- Castro was seen as a pos- tro declared. “I look for- sible vice presidential can- ward to getting back to didate even before he was San Antonio, but not in named HUD secretary. any capacity as an elected And, if former Secretary of ofﬁcial.” State Hillary Clinton wins Whether or not Castro is the Democratic nomination the next vice president, he for president, pundits are is committed to leaving a predicting he will surely lasting legacy. make the VP short list. “I’m trying to continue Whether or not he is my legacy at HUD,” Cas- tapped by Clinton, who is tro said. “There’s a sense it locked in a tight race with is past time to protect Vermont Sen. Bernie LGBT people. In this last Sanders for the nomina- year of Obama we want to tion, Castro wants to make make most of our oppor- something clear: He is not tunity to extend equal returning to San Antonio rights. Expanding protec- and to run against anti-gay tions in the housing indus- Mayor Ivy Taylor. Taylor try for the LGBT was one of the three council community is one of the members who voted things we want to get against the nondiscrimina- done.” •

ODOM, From Page 9 minute walk from our apartment,” she said. “The been having a hard time, and we hoped that he had police searched and searched on [the northeast side just chosen to go somewhere by himself to get his of Maple Avenue]. They brought in dogs, and they head together, and that he would come home be- searched all the way up to Cedar Springs Road. But fore long. they never went and looked on the other side of “That’s what my friends, our friends, kept telling Maple? Why not?” me. They said he’d come home soon, and that I She also wanted to know what happened to needed to get on with life. So I tried to do that, and Odom’s phone. He had it with him when he left the of course, that just made people talk even more,” apartment that night, she said, and 13 hours after Wade said. “People have been so cruel, in ways his disappearance, about 5:30 p.m. on that Saturday, they don’t even realize how cruel they are. I’d say someone used the phone to access Odom’s Face- 99 percent of people have been loving and support- book page. But police have not returned the phone ive. But there is that 1 percent of horrible, horrible to her or Odom’s mother. In fact, they haven’t men- people who ask the most absurd, the rudest ques- tioned it at all. tions — people who are strangers to me, who didn’t Most of all, Wade said, she wants to know why even really know Jake, asking such horrible, rude it took 11 days for police to notify her and Odom’s questions.” family that they had found his body. It’s those people, Wade said, that need to stop, “I do know they identified him from his finger- step back and take a look at their own behavior, tips,” she said. “But the police won’t tell us if they who need to stop spreading rumors. “We’ll know found him during a search, or if someone else what really happened eventually, when the police found him and notified them. And they won’t say are all done with their investigation. Until then why it took 11 days to tell us they had found him.” though, people need to stop making things up and The waiting, Wade said, was the hardest part. starting rumors. They need to show a little respect, “You’re just on hold. And we had hope, right up for Jake and for his family.” • until the end when the police came and told us they Dallas Voice Senior Staff Writer David Taffet con- had found him. 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Nicole Weiss, left, tells her personal story as part of the Vocalosity performance.

Vocalosity a cappella concert group with would “go into people’s home towns, to sing and connect with people, to feel that joy of music and to inspire them to bring music takes its cast and its audience on back into their own lives.” a journey back and a journey forward It was a concept that resonated deeply with Weiss. Weiss is one of several — how to put it? — non-straight performers in the Vocalosity cast. She describes herself as “queer, bisexual, pansexual tAMMy NAsH | Managing Editor — any of the above,” and says that coming to terms with her identity has [email protected] played a big role in her own journey. 100% Weiss says that when she first heard about Vocalosity and heard the ven the longest journey starts with a single step. But perhaps, in names of Sharon and others who were involved in its creation, she knew this case, it’s more appropriate to say, with a single note. right away she wanted to be a part of it. “I personally went to the open ENicole Weiss and her fellow performers in Vocalosity spent some call in New York Center. I was the first person in line at the open call at 7 eight hours on a bus last Wednesday, headed to Greenville, N.C. It was a.m., and I made it. That’s pretty rare, as far as my experience goes,” she just the latest leg in their journey, which launched in January and will notes. wind up, some two months later, in Galveston, Texas in the first week in The concert covers a “wide range of genres of music,” Weiss says. “But March — including a March 2 stop in Dallas for a concert at McFarlin Au- the journey of the show, the music, is so deliberate. Deke’s vision, his life’s ditorium on the SMU campus. work, he would say, is to get people to sing, whether they are singers are “Luckily, we don’t have to perform tonight,” Weiss said in a phone in- not. The point is not just for us to get to sing songs pretty, but to get the terview from the bus. “Tonight, we get to just go to the hotel and relax.” average person — someone who might have been told they can’t sing — Vocalosity is the brainchild of Deke Sharon, vocal producer of the movie to sing because they want to. Pitch Perfect and musical director of the TV show The Sing-Off. The idea “There’s so much joy — in singing, in being part of a community that of the all-a cappella show is to put together 12 “all-star singers” into a • VOCALOSITY Page 23 18Medallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 New 2016 Edition

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DAViD tAffet | Senior Staff Writer does well there and has developed a South Texas [email protected] clientele from that show. He hopes to extend his ap- oyalty is how Yves and Armand Donck- peal to North Texas with the Fort Worth Show of ier de Donceel have built their antique Antiques & Art on March 3-5 at Will Rogers Memo- L business. rial Center. The Round Top show takes place a week A woman was looking at a chandelier in their later. warehouse. Yves de Donceel asked her about the The annual Fort Worth show, now in its 53rd year, project. She told him she just bought a new house. will include exhibitors from around the country. De “Have you painted?” he asked. “Done the walls?” Donceel will be one of 150 exhibitors with booths She had not. that include diverse styles and price points. Art, jew- “I’m not going to sell it to you then,” he told her. elry, photography, lighting and furniture will all be He said he didn’t want her to buy the chandelier, in the mix. begin decorating her house, get paint all over it and One exhibitor recently returned to the U.S. with a then tell him, “This is not what I want.” load of textiles from Afghanistan and Turkey. An- Instead of him making that $1,000 sale, she hired other dealer who specializes in African tribal art re- him to decorate her house. cently returned with new finds from West Africa. De Donceel splits his year between his homes in And the de Donceels have shipped in pieces from San Diego and Provence, in south their warehouse in France. central France. He used to work for fort WortH sHoW A recent trend de Donceel’s an airline and traveled to Califor- of ANtiques & Art been seeing is people buying nia. In 2000, he and his partner de- Will Rogers Memorial Center mid-century pieces. Those should 3400 Burnett-Tandy, Fort Worth cided to spend their winters in Thurs.-Fri. March 3-4 from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. go well in many Dallas and Fort California and got into the antique Sat. March 5 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Worth homes that were built in business. the 1950s and ’60s. Yves de Donceel said when he moved to America, “I include that with my look,” de Donceel said. he learned that people liked what came from France. “I’ll have a few mid-century pieces mixed in with So he imported French country items and began my look.” showing at flea markets. As he built a clientele, he He said the mid-century style mixes well with the began doing more interior design and now exhibits French country style, which he described as pieces his antiques at about a dozen shows a year in the owned by the French middle class from homes in U.S. the countryside and on farms. It’s more rustic and, He’s been to Texas before. He goes to a show in he said, comparable to American country pieces. Round Top, a town with a population of 93, halfway Pressed for what he likes about mid-century, de between Houston and Austin, that twice a year hosts Donceel said he’s mid-century himself, so it must be one of the largest antique fairs in Texas. De Donceel a pretty good style. • 20 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 l+s benefit Bunny HoPs

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214-520-8833 | 3500 Oak Lawn, Ste. 600 | drpounders.com Yves Donckier de Donceel, above right, have added mid-century modern to their style repertoire. Lady Bunny knows how to keep ’em dancing. Now o ering CoolSculpting®. FREEZE away your fat DAViD tAffet | Senior Staff Writer does well there and has developed a South Texas Drag queen DJ talks music and politics as she from anywhere on the body. Permanent reduction! [email protected] clientele from that show. He hopes to extend his ap- gets ready to head back to Dallas for Toast to Life oyalty is how Yves and Armand Donck- peal to North Texas with the Fort Worth Show of ier de Donceel have built their antique Antiques & Art on March 3-5 at Will Rogers Memo- DAViD tAffet | Senior Staff Writer L business. rial Center. The Round Top show takes place a week [email protected] Surprisingly, Bunny has also made a name for A woman was looking at a chandelier in their later. herself in the fashion world since a fashion publi- warehouse. Yves de Donceel asked her about the The annual Fort Worth show, now in its 53rd year, n Texas, I’ve become the DJ for socialites.” cation called Visionaire hired her as their in-house project. She told him she just bought a new house. will include exhibitors from around the country. De That’s how it seems to Lady Bunny, who DJ. BEFORE 12 WEEKS LATER “Have you painted?” he asked. “Done the walls?” Donceel will be one of 150 exhibitors with booths “Iwas the DJ on Halloween at Hotel Zaza “That started my DJ career outside New York,” $300 oﬀ your package of 2 treatments She had not. that include diverse styles and price points. Art, jew- and at the Fresh Arts benefit, both in Houston. In she says.

“I’m not going to sell it to you then,” he told her. elry, photography, lighting and furniture will all be Dallas, she’s DJ’d an event at the Rachofsky home Her first party in Paris, on the Eiffel Tower, at- for the Double Chin. He said he didn’t want her to buy the chandelier, in the mix. known for its art collection and for a Dallas The- tracted fashion model Iman and designer Karl Oﬀer expires March 31, 2016; Not to be combined withother specials or promotions. begin decorating her house, get paint all over it and One exhibitor recently returned to the U.S. with a ater Center fundraiser, as well as at a wedding Lagerfeld as guests. From there, she’s done Toyko, William A. Moore, MS Owner then tell him, “This is not what I want.” load of textiles from Afghanistan and Turkey. An- held on marriage equality night at the W Hotel. Milan, Bangkok, Beijing, Seoul and London. Instead of him making that $1,000 sale, she hired other dealer who specializes in African tribal art re- Bunny admits that she’s “not the greatest “That gave me credibility as a DJ,” she says. “It 214-521-5277 him to decorate her house. cently returned with new finds from West Africa. mixer,” and that she doesn’t have a lot in common became OK to hire this drag queen.” 2928 Oak Lawn Avenue www.advancedskinﬁtness.com De Donceel splits his year between his homes in And the de Donceels have shipped in pieces from politically with many of the people who attended Bunny says it was her years of working in clubs San Diego and Provence, in south their warehouse in France. those Texas fundraisers. “But I that helped her be successful as a central France. He used to work for A recent trend de Donceel’s know music and I know what toAst to life DJ. “I remember what songs an airline and traveled to Califor- been seeing is people buying they’ll like,” she declares. MAD HAtter’s BAll turned the party out,” she says. “In The Empire Room nia. In 2000, he and his partner de- mid-century pieces. Those should And after all, that’s what 1225 N. Riverfront Blvd. every decade.” cided to spend their winters in go well in many Dallas and Fort counts, right? March 5, 7-10 p.m. It also doesn’t hurt that she California and got into the antique Worth homes that were built in Bunny says she knows how to MyResourceCenter.org breaks the ice by getting into the business. the 1950s and ’60s. please a crowd and has a wide va- music and cutting up. “You get a IInteriornterior Yves de Donceel said when he moved to America, “I include that with my look,” de Donceel said. riety of experience as a DJ. “When you DJ from DJ and a clown for the price of one,” she says. C onsig o n s i gnmen n m e nt he learned that people liked what came from France. “I’ll have a few mid-century pieces mixed in with Pride to Fashion Week in Paris to gay weddings Currently, Bunny is on a DJ tour promoting the ShoShowplacewplace So he imported French country items and began my look.” to bar mitzvahs, you find out what a crowd likes,” upcoming eighth season of Drag Race. Before com- MyDMyDulce.comulce.com showing at flea markets. As he built a clientele, he He said the mid-century style mixes well with the she says. ing to Dallas next week, she hits Phoenix and 2914 oak lalawnwn aaveve began doing more interior design and now exhibits French country style, which he described as pieces And knowing what the crowd likes shouldn’t Kalamazoo. From here, she heads overseas to dallasdallas,, tx 75219 his antiques at about a dozen shows a year in the owned by the French middle class from homes in be too difficult for Bunny when she’s next in Dal- London, Manchester and Milan. But that doesn’t 214.219.5656 U.S. the countryside and on farms. It’s more rustic and, las, because she’ll be spinning for a crowd that’s mean she’s carrying a lot of luggage around. He’s been to Texas before. He goes to a show in he said, comparable to American country pieces. much closer to her on the political spectrum: She’ll “I shock people how light I travel,” she says. Round Top, a town with a population of 93, halfway Pressed for what he likes about mid-century, de be the star attraction at Resource Center’s 18th an- For this tour, Bunny needs seven dresses. So she between Houston and Austin, that twice a year hosts Donceel said he’s mid-century himself, so it must be nual Toast to Life fundraiser on March 5 at The one of the largest antique fairs in Texas. De Donceel a pretty good style. • Empire Room. • TOAST TO LIFE Page 23 02.26.16 • dallasvoice 21 l+s books Memories that sing Author Rashod Ollison tells the story of his life, with the records he loved as soundtrack

Soul Serenade by Rashod Ollison. c.2016, Beacon Press, $25.95 USA/$30 Canada, 230 pages

Vinyl is making a comeback. Those are five words that put a smile on a music aficionado’s face. A CD isn’t the same, they say. An MP3 is nowhere near as good. You don’t get the right sound unless you’re spinning a record. So vinyl is coming back. But for people like Rashod Ollison in Soul Serenade, it never really left. There was once a time when “Dusty” Olli- son’s parents were happy. He knows it’s true; he has evidence of it, in the form of a picture taken at the beginning of their marriage, which lasted 13 years. Rashod Ollison When they split, he was old enough to wit- ness but too young to understand, having be- love through lyrics. come inured to the fights, the cheating and the With his mother working two full-time jobs drinking at his home near Hot Springs, Ark. to keep food on the table, Ollison counted on After Ollison’s father fled his family — leav- music to anchor him. It was his means of escape ing Ollison’s mother with a ’tween and two as his oldest sister took her rage out on him, as small children — he rarely returned. But he left his family moved repeatedly, as he was bullied a gift behind: stacks of vinyl. in school for “actin’ like a woman.” Ollison says he remembers poking around He denied feminine gestures and a tender music stores with his father, ogling covers, heart, but by age 13, he could no longer ignore eager for approval of his taste in performers. that he was gay. School, by then, had joined Chaka Khan, Bobby Womack, Stevie Wonder music as a thing of refuge. Ollison excelled at — Ollison recalls fascination with their record his lessons, achieved good grades, made labels spinning on the turntable. Michael Jack- friends and expanded his playlist. son gave him comfort; Aretha was a mood As he grew, he also wondered about his fa- barometer. They all taught him about grown-up ther sometimes but was largely indifferent, even as the man lay dying. And then an aunt told Ollison something that made him change his tune. Soul Serenade starts where many good mem- oirs do: with a faded picture of a time that barely seems possible. From there, we’re sur- prised by a death that promises to taint much of what’s to come, all wrapped in family lore. But don’t get complacent. Author Rashod Ol- lison doesn’t allow any lingering. Soon enough, his story becomes angry yelling, a smack up- side the head, profanity, TV-as-babysitter, fists and sore feet. We’re taken from neighborhood to neighborhood as the lights are shut off, the rent isn’t paid, and he’s taunted with words that his sister has to explain. It’s chaos — but it’s also a darn good tale that it doesn’t dissolve into whining or poor-me-ing, testament to Ollison’s storytelling skills. Soul Serenade is one of those books that sticks in your brain, not only for the suggested music, but because the memoir itself leaves its mark. And if that sounds like solid gold to you, then give this book a spin. • — Terri Schlichenmeyer 22 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 their lives — I can’t describe the feeling that gives • VOCALOSITY, From Page 18 TOAST TO LIFE, From Page 21 me.” • way,” she continues. “And we sing in the show, of While Weiss’s monologue in the show doesn’t just packs fewer men’s clothes. What about all of course, but there’s also a section of the show where reference her sexual orientation — another cast her wigs? They’re big, she says, not teased out. So we tell her stories about how music has changed member does talk about being a gay man — that they stack and she combs them out. our lives, and made us who we are. We get such is a big part of her personal journey as well, she Bunny says even when she’s in men’s clothes incredible feedback from the audience about how says. with no make up, she gets called “ma’am,” espe- Memories that sing inspired they are by our stories.” “It’s just been in the past few years that I’ve re- cially when they hear her voice. It’s not rude, she Weiss is one of four Vocalosity cast members ally been able to own it,” she says of her sexual ori- adds; at least they’re calling her ma’am, not some- who tell their stories during the show. Her story, entation and her identity as bi/pansexual. “I am thing derogatory. she says, begins when she was born. really passionate now about having those conver- But she’s had a number of funny experiences “I exited the womb singing, really,” she laughs. sations with people. There’s really a lot of bi-pho- with that. “A men’s room attendant in Mexico told “I was always really confident about it. I sang all bia out there. You’d think someone who is gay me I went into the wrong restroom,” she recalls. the time.” themselves would automatically understand. But When she explained she was a man, he proposi- And then came that one vocal teacher who “was it’s not that simple.” tioned her. not the kind of supportive person I needed, and I Weiss says her personal journey helped her land As passionate as Bunny is with her music and kind of shut down. Because of that, I started having her role in the musical journey that is Vocalosity. “I entertaining, she’s equally as hot about her poli- a lot of insecurities around singing. And that bled am who I am, and I am proud of that,” she de- tics. into the rest of my life,” Weiss says. “I was afraid clares. “There has definitely been a shift in the last First, she rips fellow New Yorker Donald to be who I was. I so desperately wanted to fit in.” few years in my confidence and I think that came Trump. And then came high school, and a show choir through in my audition. I went into it with the “I was in L.A. and Walgreens had a life-sized director who “was so kind to me, and who took mindset that I was going to be 100 percent myself, cutout of Donald Trump,” she says of an experi- me under his wing. He told me to sing like me, to and if that was what they wanted then good. And ence that happened before Trump launched his Obama, she says, most of the wealth is going to be myself and to celebrate who I am.” if it wasn’t, I was going to be ok with that, too.” presidential bid. “Do they know no one in New “the 1 percent.” That choir director, she said, had her sing “As it turned out, that’s what they wanted. They York even likes Donald Trump? He’s regarded as She criticizes Hillary Clinton for voting for the “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in a competition, wanted people who were 100 percent themselves, a joke.” Iraq War, something Bunny believes was a disas- and now, she gets to sing that same song at the end people who would be that, own it.” Bunny says she doesn’t think Trump is even se- ter. “I’m a drag queen and she has access to secret of her monologue in each performance of Vocalos- Weiss says that she hopes the Vocalosity concert riously running. She’s still expecting him to drop dossiers,” Bunny said. “She has the foreign policy ity. And she gets to her from audience members — and the journey it represents — helps those who out and turn his run into a reality show about how of a Republican.” who connect with her story and are empowered come to see it take the next steps in their own jour- to prank the press. He is, she says, a “jerk spouting Bunny says she has a 75-year-old Republican by it. neys, too. “I hope people leave wanting to go sing, nonsense.” aunt who lives in the south who’s voting for “When I was a teenager, I was bullied. I was feeling like they can go sing and do whatever else But the anger Trump has tapped into is real, she Bernie because “the Republicans are clowns and made to feel I wasn’t enough,” she says. “So when they want to do. I hope they leave knowing that adds: “People are angry. We’re told the recession she doesn’t trust Hillary.” Bunny’s advice? Get in- I hear people who are like me, who went through they can go be themselves and that being them- is over but people are still working two jobs and volved. those same things, telling me that hearing me tell selves will make them the most successful person are still on food stamps.” Oh, and support Resource Center by coming to my story inspires them to be themselves and live they can be.” • After eight years of Bush and eight years of Toast to Life. Bunny promises it’ll be a blast. • Peter A. Schulte Come see our HUGE inventory Attorney at Law located minutes frfromom the Former Dallas County Prosecutor, Police Officer gayborhood.

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The late Camilo Castro, left, with his son Marco Castro-Bojorquez. (Photo courtesy Marco Castro-Bojorquez) Recognized by the White House as a ‘Champion of Change,” Marco Castro-Bojorquez shows Family ties Latino families in a different light CHris AzzoPArDi | Contributing Writer film just before his death. “He was very inter- [email protected] ested in the film and we talked about it, and it’s kind of symbolic be-cause we had a great arco Castro-Bojorquez was never time.” very close to his father. They rarely Before Marco Castro-Bojorquez’s documen- Mspoke, especially about Castro-Bo- tary, two moms of Somos Familia, a San Fran- jorquez’s sexuality. cisco-based educational support program for But two years ago, on New Year’s Eve, some- moms and their LGBT kids, were in pursuit of thing changed. culturally relevant programming that re- His family went out that night, but not Cas- flected being the mother of an LGBT child. tro-Bojorquez. He chose to stay home to spend They found nothing. time with his dad. He sipped a glass of white But then they attended an LGBT youth con- wine. His dad drank a cider. He remembers ference with which Castro-Bojorquez was in- that the two “talked and talked” — something volved. They met Castro-Bojorquez at an that didn’t happen very often. LGBT youth conference, and they all agreed: The next day, Castro-Bojorquez recalls, his If there was no programming, it would have father spoke these simple yet treasured to be created. words: “I really enjoyed talking with you last Castro-Bojorquez and fellow filmmaker night. We should do that again.” Jose Alfaro made the mothers’ vision a reality Camilo Castro Casarez, died on May 15, with Tres Gotas de Agua (Three Drops of Water), 2015, just days before his son completed El a short doc featuring three Latina immigrant Canto del Colibrí (The Hummingbird’s Song), his mothers pledging love for their LGBT chil- documentary telling the stories of Latino im- dren. It premiered in 2011. migrant fathers who’ve transcended racial Then, Castro-Bojorquez says, people began stereotypes by showing their unconditional asking: What about the dads? After all, Latino love for their LGBT children. The film is a fathers, he states, are the ones historically gen- tribute to his father Camilo. eralized as being “macho, homophobic and “He was always very proud of me and my transphobic by nature.” accomplishments and my independence, but But for Castro-Bojorquez, that is a “com- 1825 Market Center Blvd. 240 we never really talked about me being gay pletely racist” assumption. “If you engage openly until the very last month of his life,” with people who are Latino, like the Latino Dallas, Texas | 75207 says Castro-Bojorquez, 48, noting that, to- immigrants in El Canto, you find out that, of gether, they watched some of the unfinished course they go through the same process, and 24 dallasvoice.com • 02.26.16 Ken Leach, CPA some of them are not very accepting. But I It’d be reasonable to assume that Castro-Bo- think they have the capacity to transform.” jorquez’s own coming-out journey was the Shedding light on a wide-range of issues, catalyst for his educational and advocacy-re- including immigration, faith and coming out, lated work as a community educator in Tax Preparation that transformation is poignantly captured in Lambda Legal’s western regional office in Los a series of emotional interviews with Latino Angeles, but he considers his actual muse to Individual & fathers and their LGBT children. El Canto is be his mother, a rural school teacher who died both culturally specific and universally affect- in 2000. Small Business ing, but beyond that, it’s a powerful tool to “Losing my mom prompted my work [with bring fathers closer to their LGBT kids, re- Lambda Legal],” he says. “To honor my Contact me today! gardless of ethnic background. mother's spirit and her legacy are the main Castro-Bojorquez’s creation is close to his reasons why I started to work with LGBT heart. The documentary, he says, is a hopeful youth and their families.” 214-727-2187 yarn championing positivity when so little of Last November, the White House recognized it seems to exist. Castro-Bojorquez as one of nine “Champions of [email protected] “We have been smacked in the media with Change” for being a staunch advocate of LGBT- anti-immigration sentiments,” he says, “and related issues. It was the first time, he says, that there’s a lot of stuff that we see or hear that is he won an award since he competed in a negative about us. I wanted to balance it out singing competition during a Mother’s Day cel- and provide something that they could feel ebration when he was in elementary school. “I proud of.” won a lollipop,” he laughs. He breaks off, reckoning that, “I think that’s Leslie J. Gabel-Brett, director of education why they cry… people cry in the film. And I and public affairs at Lambda Legal, praised did too.” Castro-Bojorquez for having “made a beauti- Olinger Law, pllc Lynn S. Olinger " "% !"

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Coming out for change ful film that is a powerful tool for increasing understanding of the experiences of Latino Castro-Bojorquez was studying medicine at immigrant families with LGBTQ youth. It is Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in such a well-deserved honor for him, and an Monter-rey, Mexico, in the late 1980s, when amazing opportunity to raise up the voices AIDS was wreaking havoc. And the gay and stories of these families.” stigma associated with the virus made him Castro-Bojorquez said he was flattered to even more wary of coming out as a gay man. get the recognition from the White House. But Still, he told his mother, who then told his fa- he is quick to note that his film represents the ther, that he was gay while he was enrolled in work of many. med school. “I’m very grateful and appreciative of peo- “Coming out in Mexico, at least for me, ple recognizing my work,” he says. “But it’s with the lack of information and education not only my work, it’s the work of a team of and support, was trouble,” says Castro-Bo- people that have helped me for many years. jorquez, who was born and raised on the Not only the people who did the film with me, Mexican Pacific coast but, for political rea- but my mentors, the youth that I work with, sons, moved to California. “It was very con- the families. All of those people influence the fusing because I didn’t have anybody helping things that we end up creating.” • me to understand what it meant to be gay or Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, the queer. I had a couple of books and magazines, international LGBT wire service. Reach him via his but I didn’t know what it was like to come website, Chris-Azzopardi.com, and on Twitter out.” (@chrisazzopardi). 02.26.16 • dallasvoice 25

Jamaica’s Stella Maris Dance Company returns to Dallas to share the spotlight with Atlanta Dance Friday 02.26—Saturday 02.27 Connection, in it’s first Dallas appearance, at the Black liFe+STyle Academy of Arts and Letters’ 12th annual Festival of Black Dance. The Stella Marris company will perform Black Academy of Arts and Letters the specially commissioned spoken word piece, “My best bets presents 12th annual Festival of Language,” written by Curtis King. Black Dance Weekend DEETS: Naomi Martin Main Stage, 605 S. Griffin St. 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Thursday 03.03

Dallas Theater Center and Alley Theatre present All The Way

Dallas Theater Center presents, in a co-production with Alley Theatre, a “Texas-sized” production of All The Way, Robert Schenkkan’s fascinating portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson, from the moment of his accidental presidency in 1963 to his landslide election a year later. Directed by DTC’s Kevin Moriarity, the show features actors from both DTC and the Alley Theatre in Houston.

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‘Real Housewives’ star performing Saturday at The Brick

With six consecutive No. 1 dance hits under her belt and a new album due out this spring, Erika Jayne is sure to get you in the mood to move. Dannee Phann Productions presents the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star at The Brick, 2525 Wycliff Road. Doors open at 9 p.m.; the show starts at midnight and will be followed by a meet-and-greet with Jayne.

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CONCERTS Hunter Valentine. Edgy all-girl rockers has a new album out and will appear in Dallas with the So Long for Now Tour. Trees, 2709 Elm St. $11. Friday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show. TreesDallas.com. Erika Jayne. Dannee Phann Productions presents the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star performing at The Brick, 2525 Wycliff Ave., on Saturday, Feb. 27. Doors open at 9 p.m.; show at midnight followed by a meet-

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Dear Stu, on him don’t lie, either —wink, Indeed, I deliciously do: Kudos to you, too, Stu, wink!” our future medicine man miraculous, for somehow No, instead, my backfired resisting any comeuppance temptation to point out cocky-comeback retort was, Ask “Proper hydration is my pas- the so-simply obvious lesson still yet to be learned by your disbarment-worthy medical profession col- sion!” which Randy sleazily in- leagues to whom you’re homophobically shackled: terpreted 100 percent at face Perhaps we should just keep it our jizzy little secret value. It totally whirlpooled me, Howard that it’s solely due to your regular dining compan- like, urinal-drain deep smitten How to do the wrong thing right ions being flagged as nefariously-inexcusable bad with him instantly, and now, tippers that they’re getting to enjoy that extra added every morning since I’m awak- squirt of sweetly flavorsome, creamy “secret sauce” ened by my boyfriend Dear Howard, on their burgers and in their beers — freshly home- smarmily, seductively spooning I’m a pre-med intern — typically overworked, un- made, daily, by the very adeptly practiced hands of me with his forked tongue flick- derpaid, with no spare time to cook for myself even their regularly stiffed, albeit graciously smiling ering in my ear, whispering, if I had some leftover energy to. “fudge-packer” servers “Tonsils, baby, or tush?” My fellow slaves and I, of which themselves. Usually, I just sigh and I’m their token, barely-accepted I truly hope choose “tush” because, well, “homo” in this physician- Dear Howard, morning pee isn’t exactly what wannabes’ posse, are all regu- [my son] Paul I’m mortified to ask this the FDA labels a sunshiny day lar/repeat customers at question: My fly boyfriend is draught of orange juice, identi- practically every greasy spoon meets a super-stoked into “water cal in color though it damned within a quarter-mile radius of wonderful man sports” hardcore. In all SM revoltingly is; ridiculous as this Baylor; fractiously, I’m the sole honesty, man, this fetish is sounds, it’s just a lot less both- one of us who bothers consider- down the road to about the only bedroom ersome, hygienically, for me to ately tipping our equally over- burlesque I just do not at all wear old man’s incontinence worked, underpaid servers. I put fall in love with.’ twist into. But “Randy” laid underwear at work through myself through undergrad wait- all down on the table with noon, ’til my back-end leakage ing tables. I know first-hand ex- me from our very first date, finally drips dry, than it is to actly what sorts of rapacious vengeance‘ gets spelling out exactly what he enjoys doing most be- guzzle down my boyfriend’s served upon cheapskate “regulars” once the under- hind closed doors; miraculously, even I bit my toxic proud, fresh, hot homemade tone snickers of “fudge-packer,” or some similarly tongue for once about slinging Dallatude by not, “breakfast” to his last yummy expressed ilk, get overheard by any waiter ma- oh, snarling, “What a coincidence! I’m also a total drop every morning, instead. ligned by snarky customers. Sweet karma, I se- water sports’ enthusiast — you know, Michael Howard, how do I stop this, cretly smile, is always such a delicious bitch, Phelps and I even train together at the very same gently, what I’ve absurdly though, don’t you agree? — Stuart pool; trust me, too, those size 14 Aquaman flippers started? — John Hancock Dear J-Cock, You can’t. Not unless you’d rather belong to a different boyfriend, which you clearly do not: Listen, Johnny Lavatory, the man laid his deal-breaker fetishes at your back door from the absolute start, to which you delivered before him a big wide slutty smile of enthusiasm. On the hunk-o-meter scale, 1- to-10, exactly how far into the red zone beyond 10 does your needle quiver for this “fly” boyfriend? He surely must be some more off-the-charts specimen of filthy fine man flesh in your eyes because of his water sports’ obsession, truth be told, is all I can tell you; otherwise, morning piss from anybody (be it up the gut or down the gullet) is worth neither the medicine cabinet of Alka-Seltzer one must keep fully stocked, nor the man purse full of Depends one must pack every morning for the office; fortunately, if you indeed love this “Randy,” urine is hygienically sterile: Think of the relationship more in terms of you perhaps being, oh, goldenly-showered lucky — after all, stud, there exist oodles of lovesick bedroom fetishes far less [ahem!] . . . tasty.

Dear Howard, This isn’t really a question so much as it’s a “light bulb” revelation I wish to share: Last week, my youngest son of three exemplary boys, who is only 16, “came out” to me. Hesitantly, tactfully, con- cernedly, I asked if he was sure he’s gay — that it did- n’t matter to me, at all, I only wanted him be happy — but how was he certain he knew already? He lobbed back, “Dad, when did you know you were straight?” I blustered, “Well, son, but I’ve known all my life” . . . and suddenly then I got it, my “illumination” moment: I truly hope Paul meets a wonderful man down the road to fall in love with; I’ll be just the happiest, proud- est father in the whole wide world! — Michael. — Howard Lewis Russell Do you have a question — about etiquette, love, life or work — that needs an answer? Send your problem to [email protected] and he may answer it 02.26.16 • dallasvoice 31 life+style scene

Emy and Kathy at Sue Ellen’s.

Friends hanging at Alexandre’s.

Jose, Roy and Chad at Dallas Eagle.

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Friends’ night out at Marty’s Live. Frances at Sue Ellen’s.

Shawna celebrates her birthday with friends at Sue Ellen’s.

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