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WorldWorld GayGay RodeoRodeo FinalsFinals comingcoming toto MesquiteMesquite byby DavidDavid Taffet,Taffet, PagePage 88 2 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 toc08.31.18 | Volume 35 | Issue 24

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9 Black Tie adds Bomer, Petras 10 Deborah Vial lets loose ‘The Giant’ 11 Shonda Leer headlines Spooktacular

█ LIFE+STYLE 11 16 Rupert Everett gets Wilde 17 Randy Gardener confesses on stage 20 THEATER: What’s old is new again

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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 3 instanTEA DallasVoice.com/Category/Instantea Cruz, Cornyn score 0 on HRC Veasey — 97 and Pete Sessions — 0. Congressional Scorecard — David Taffet

I know. You’re shocked: Sen. Ted Cruz and Firebird owner responds to Sen John Cornyn both scored zilch in Human report of donation to Trump Rights Campaign’s Congressional Scorecard. So did every Republican member of the A report published online Thursday morn- House of Representatives — except Texan ing, Oct. 11, by the Dallas Business Journal Will Hurd, who achieved a score of 30. Hurd is detailing donations by North Texas business running against lesbian candidate Gina Ortiz and community leaders to Donald Trump has Jones for the West Texas seat that stretches prompted calls for a boycott against restau- from El Paso to San Antonio. It is seen as a rants in the Firebird Restaurant Groups. amount they reported is accurate.” Karns described himself as a “proud Repub- swing district, and she’s out-raised him so far. Mike Karns is the owner and CEO of Firebird After I had spoken with Karns, someone sent lican,” but added that while he is “financially For the senate scoring, HRC looked at three Restaurant Group, which includes more than me a link to the Federal Election Commission’s conservative,” he is also “socially very liberal. votes, including Affordable Care Act repeal, 10 50 locations for El Fenix, Snuffers, Village website that indicates Karns donated $2,700 I don’t believe in subscribing to a certain set co-sponsorships including four for non-dis- Burger Bar, Meso Maya, Tortaco and Taque- to Donald J. Trump Inc., based in New York, of rules and picking out a box based on those crimination legislation, and five confirmations ria La Ventana — including the Taqueria La on Oct. 24, 2017, and that he made a second rules, then staying strictly in that box. including two for U.S. Supreme Court, two Ventana that recently opened on Cedar Springs donation, also for $2,700 and also on Oct. 24, Karns said that he and his wife Valerie, a cabinet positions — Betsy DeVos and Jeff Road, in the heart of the gayborhood. Firebird 2017, to Trump Victory, a political action com- designer, live in the Turtle Creek area and are Sessions — and a circuit court judge for the also owns Sunrise Mexican Foods. mittee based in Massachusetts. “very big supporters” of Oak Lawn and the 5th District that includes Texas. According to the DBJ report, based on data (I readily acknowledge that I am not well LGBT community, which is one of the main rea- On the House side, ratings were based on from the Federal Election Commission detailing versed on the technicalities of reporting sons he chose to open Taqueria La Ventana on four legislative votes, including repeal of the on all contributions to Donald J. Trump For political donations, so if it turns out this is, in Cedar Springs Road. He said he and his wife ACA and 11 co-sponsorships including five for President Inc. made between July 1, 2017 and fact, the same donation, I’m sorry. Also, full contribute to a number of LGBT and HIV/AIDS non-discrimination legislation. June 30, 2018, Karns donated $2, 700 to the disclosure here, Taqueria La Ventana on Cedar organizations and events, including DIFFA/ Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson scored 88 campaign. In a phone call with me at Dallas Springs Road has advertised in Dallas Voice.) Dallas. because of missed co-sponsorships. That Voice Friday evening about 5:30 p.m., however, Karns said that “some time ago” Trump was In addition, he pointed out that the Cedar doesn’t mean she wouldn’t have voted for bills Karns said that while he had once paid to hear speaking at an event taking place near one of Springs location of Taqueria La Ventana is a that made it to the House floor. Trump speak he does not consider that a po- his restaurants in downtown Dallas, and that member of the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Texas representatives who did score 100 litical donation, and that he has not made any he went to hear the president speak. “I did pay Commerce, and that the restaurant, as part of are: Beto O’Rourke, Sheila Jackson Lee, Joa- political donations to Trump. a fee to go watch him speak,” Karns said, “but its grand opening, hosted a fundraising event quin Castro, Filemon Vela and Lloyd Doggett. Karns also said he doesn’t “even know if the that was not a political donation. I have not for Lambda Legal. Scores of other local incumbents include Marc made any political donations to Donald Trump.” — Tammye Nash

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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 5 THE AGENDA Have an event coming up? Email your by Wednesday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. Happy hour with HRC’s Federal Club HER HRC hosts the Sue Ellen’s GAYinformation to Managing Editor Tammye from 6-8 p.m. at The Artisan Craft Kitchen, Throwback Party at the former Sue Ellen’s, Nash at [email protected] or Senior Staff OCTOBER 2330 Flora St. Suite 200. not TMC, 3903 Cedar Springs Road. Will Writer David Taffet at [email protected] • Oct. 19: Federal Club happy hour feature live bands from the days of Old • Oct. 20: AIN’s Flashback to the 80s Sue’s, a DJ, food truck, silent auction and Totally tubular 80s fundraiser benefiting games with prizes. HER HRC will also OBITUARY the clients of AIN from 7-11 p.m. at Lofty be presenting the DFW HRC Community Spaces, 816 Montgomery St. $75-5,000 at Impact Award. Tickets are $15 at the door. Longtime Dallas Republicans/Log Cabin Dallas, served on the Eventbrite.com. resident and LGBT Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance board and was • Oct. 21: Book signing by Scott Jones activist Paul co-coordinator of GLAD (Gay, Lesbian and Af- • Oct. 20: Stranger Than Gaybingo Author Scott Jones will sign copies of his Horton Rodgers firming Disciples). He was an AIDS Interfaith care Monthly fundraiser for Resource Center book, OPEN: A Memoir of Faith, Family and died unexpectedly team coordinator for Central Christian Church and takes place from 6-9 p.m. at the Rose Sexuality in the Heartland, at Cathedral of in Dallas, Texas, on participated in Oak Lawn Community Services Sept. 11, 2018, at Buddy Project. He was a member of the JP Mor- Room at S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Road. Details to the age of 70. gan Chase Pride employee group. 214-540-4458. MyResourceCenter.org/ be announced. He was born in With a lifelong interest in politics, Paul worked gaybingo. Hereford, Texas, on many political campaigns. He believed that • Oct. 21: Positivitea to David M. and the world could be made a better place for all, • Oct. 20: Daddy Daughter Dance Brunch with “Real Housewife” LeeAnne Kathryn F. Rodgers, and he worked to achieve that goal his entire life and spent his in so many different ways. Much of his time and Cosmopolitan Women’s Ministry of Locken, entertainment from Hedda Layne earliest years in Dawn, before moving to Lubbock energy since his retirement has been invested in Cosmopolitan Congregation presents and a silent auction benefit the Grace where he graduated from Monterey High School. organizations that promote that goal, including his a Daddy-Daughter dance for fatherless Project of Legacy Counseling Center. $50. He attended and graduated from Texas Christian church, voter registration projects, North Dallas girls from 6-10 p.m. at Resource $100 VIP cocktails and early entry. University, where he was a proud member of Sig- Shared Ministries, Austin Street Center, the Popu- Center, 5750 Cedar Springs Road. Tickets at PositiviteaDallas.com. ma Phi Epsilon fraternity. He then embarked upon lation Connection and UT Southwestern Clements a lifelong career in banking in Fort Worth, and then Hospital. $40. cosmo.breezechms.com/form/ in Dallas, retiring from J.P.Morgan Chase in 2016. Paul is survived by his loving husband, Bernard daddydaughter2018. • Oct. 22-Nov. 2: Early voting Paul was an active member of Midway Hills M. “Bob” Stoller of Dallas, and his stepdaughter, Christian Church, where he served in various Michelle J. Stoller of Richardson, as well as his • Oct. 20: Spooktacular V – Diamonds • Oct. 23: Grief support group capacities for many years. He diligently supported brother, Jon D. Rodgers, and his wife, Betty, of Are Forever LGBT grief support group for people and promoted numerous environmental and social Edmund, Okla., and numerous nieces, nephews justice causes, both locally and nationally, as and cousins. Shonda Leer hosts and headlines the who have lost a same-sex partner from well as arts and cultural organizations, including In accordance with Paul’s wishes, no funeral event that benefits the GLBT Chamber of 7-8:30 p.m. at Resource Center, 5750 Cedar Zero Population Growth, Population Connection, service will be held. His ashes will be interred Commerce Foundation Scholarship Fund Springs Road. Population Media Center, Earth Day Dallas, North next to his parents in Lubbock. In lieu of flowers, from 7-10 p.m. at ilume Park, Dallas Shared Ministries, Austin Street Center, memorials may be made in Paul’s memory to Mid- 3109 Douglas Ave. • Oct. 23: Resource Center tour Dallas Green Alliance, Latino Voter Empowerment way Hills Christian Church, North Dallas Shared Project, Dallas County Deputy Voter Registrar and Ministries, Austin Street Center or a charity of your CEO Cece Cox leads a behind-the-scenes Fort Worth Ballet. Paul was particularly interested choice that promotes social justice or environmen- • Oct. 21: Candidate forum tour of Resource Center from 5-6:30 p.m. in working with local, state and national groups tal protection. Congregation Beth El Binah co-sponsors at 5750 Cedar Springs Road. RSVP to that promoted equality and justice for the LGBT On Oct. 28, a celebration of Paul Rodger’s life a candidate forum between Rep. Pete [email protected]. community, including serving as one of the earliest will be held at 2 p.m. at Midway Hills Christian Sessions and Collin Allred at 7 p.m. at board members and as treasurer of the Lesbian Church, 11001 Midway Road, so that those whose and Gay Rights Lobby, now known as Equality lives he touched may come together to share in Temple Shalom, 6930 Alpha Road. • Oct. 23: BEN After Hours Texas. He was president of Lesbian and Gay his blessings. The sum of the life of Paul Rodgers Monthly networking group for GLBT Political Caucus, was a co-founder of Metroplex is found in his deeds, rather than in these words. • Oct. 21: Sue Ellen’s Throwback Party AGENDA, Page 13

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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 7 For the love of Competitors from around the world coming to Mesquite for World Gay Rodeo Finals rodeoDAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer [email protected] World Gay Rodeo Finals Mesquite Arena he World Gay Rodeo Fi- 1818 Rodeo Drive, Mesquite nals set for the Mesquite IGRA-WGRF.com Oct. 25: Royalty Competition at 7 p.m. Arena on Oct. 25-28 Oct. 26: Opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. traces its roots back to a Oct. 27: Rodeo from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. charity rodeo in 1976 in $20 at the gate Reno, Nev. that raised Oct. 28: Rodeo from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. money for muscular $20 at the gate dystrophy. Oct. 28: Awards dinner at 7 p.m. and ceremony at 8 p.m. Buck Beal, public relations director for the World Gay Rodeo Finals, spoke about Los Angeles and San Diego are gone com- the event from his partner Jody’s ranch in pletely. But the groups still here, especially Sky Valley, Calif., near Palm Springs, where TGRA chapters, are bustling organizations. he was “watering the chickens.” One thing that attracts Beal to IGRA A huge fan of gay rodeo, Beal said it’s not events is the diversity, he said, adding, just for LGBT folks reared in rural areas. In “Some of the best athletes are women,” he fact, his own background couldn’t be more said. For instance, he explained, “Bull rid- different. Although his father was from ing is rough trade,” but some of the best West Texas, Beal was raised in Newport, bull riders are “petite” women. R.I., where his parents attended the wed- Beal said he really enjoys watching the ding of Jack and Jackie Kennedy. His own speed events at rodeos — barrel-racing, interest in horseback riding began when he flag-racing and roping. attended boarding school in Germany in “I saw one guy, Greg Begay, rope a calf the late 1960s. in 0.7 seconds,” he said. He added that he’s But Beal’s involvement in rodeo didn’t also seen Begay rope a couple of cowboys begin until much more recently. he was attracted to — without disturbing “When I met Jody in 2007, I became a their hats. — a very impressive feat on a victim of love,” Beal said. “His lifestyle has number of levels, he noted. become one of my passions.” Of course, Beal said, his true favorites are Jody was born in Barstow, Calif., off Route the gay rodeo’s own special contests — the 66. He became a nurse, then a surgical nurse camp events. and finally the clinical administrator for the “My favorite is goat dressing,” in which men’s health program at Eisenhower Med- two people participate, he said, explaining ical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif. That’s that one competitor carries a pair of skiv- According to Beal, the finals rodeo has also the home of the Betty Ford Clinic. vies and the other grabs the goat and holds always returned every dollar it has earned “He bought the ranch in 1986 or so,” Beal it still so the first competitor can “dress” it to charity, although sometime during the said, describing the property as a home- with the tightie-whities. 1980s, the focus changed from muscular steading ranch with “dogs, a whole bunch Another popular camp event is the Wild dystrophy to AIDS. of chickens and three horses.” Drag Race, in which one member of the One of the features of this year’s world This year, the variety of beneficiaries in- three-person team is dressed in drag. The finals rodeo will be a display of Panel 93 clude the Trevor Project; Wish for Wings, LGBT rodeo goal is for the team member in drag to be from the Sea-to-Sea Pride flag that was cre- a wish-granting agency for Texas children mounted on the back of a steer while the ated to run the full length of Duval Street fighting life-threatening conditions; 4 Paws Currently, there are about 18 state or re- other two get the steer across the finish line. in Key West in 2003 to commemorate the 4 Patriots, matching shelter dogs with vets gional gay rodeo organizations in the U.S. “It’s only short distance, but there’s a lot of Pride flag’s 25th anniversary. The flag was needing service animals; and Joyful Heart and Canada — Texas Gay Rodeo Associa- drama,” Beal said. “Oh, and lots of laugh- a mile long, and stretched from the Atlan- Foundation, which heals, educates and em- tion is the umbrella organization for five lo- ter.” tic Ocean on the island’s east coast, to the powers survivors of sexual assault and do- cal groups from Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Those event, in one form or another, date Gulf of Mexico on its west coast. Panel 93 mestic abuse. Houston and San Antonio, according to the back to the very first gay rodeo. “They were was flown over the Obama White House Money raised in a special Going Pink for International Gay Rodeo Association. added to make our events more fun, be- and was hanging outside the U.S. Supreme Rodeo campaign will go to The Moncrief Beal said the number of groups has dwin- cause gay events are always designed to be Court the day of the Obergefell marriage Center in Fort Worth, which provides mam- dled, and formerly active organizations in more fun,” Beal said. equality decision in 2015. mograms for the uninsured. █

8 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 Matt Bomer, Kim Petras join Black Tie lineup

FROM STAFF REPORTS lack Tie Co-Chairs Na- Award, a 2014 Golden Derby Award, three than Robbins and Da- 2015 CinEuphoria Awards, two 2014 Online vid Gifford-Robbins this Film and Television Association Awards and week announced two a 2014 TVLine Award, all for his work in the additional headliners for 2014 TV drama The Normal Heart, based on the 37th annual fund- Larry Kramer’s 1985 play about gay men in raising gala on Nov. 3: New York during the birth of AIDS activism. award-winning actor/ He has also been honored by GLSEN, JAKKS producer/director Matt Bomer and transgender pop star Kim Petras. Festival, the Desert AIDS Projects Steve Chase The two join other recently announced HumanitarianPacific’s Norma Awards Jean Gala, and the TAG’s Savannah Research Film in honorees Madame Secretary star and Black Action Awards. Tie’s Media Award winner Erich Bergen, TV Gifford-Robinson described Petras’ music personality and Black Tie’s Ally Award win- as “an inspiration [that] showcases her brav-

Kim Petras, left, Matt Bomer, right ery in being visible.” ner Jessi Cruickshank, and local LGBT activist diverse as Britney Spears, Baltimora and the and Kuchling Humanitarian Award winner “BratPetras’ Pack,” music sharing gives intimate a nod to storylines influences over as Kay Wilkinson. explosive production. Petras, who opened re- Bomer is “not only amazing actor, he has cently for gay singer Troye Sivan in Dallas, is also become a trusted voice for the LGBTQ known for breaking boundaries in the LGBT dinner, and we are excited that he is bring- community and making headlines in 2009, at ing that commitment to Black Tie Dinner,” age 16, for being the youngest person to un- Robbins said. “He is a strong advocate and dergo gender-reassignment surgery. role model for the LGBTQ dinner, and we are Black Tie Dinner has, since its inception honored to bring his story to our dinner this in 1982, raised more than $22 million for lo- year.” cal organizations supporting the LGBT and Bomer, who starred in the TV series White HIV/AIDS communities and for the Human Collar and with Tatum Channing in the movie Rights Campaign Foundation. This year’s Magic Mike, has earned a long list of awards event takes place Nov. 3 at the Sheraton Dallas and honors, including a 2015 Golden Globe Hotel. For tickets and more information visit

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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 9 The Deborah Vial Band holds a release party for their new album, The Giant, from 8-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Sue Ellen’s, 3014 Throck- morton St. Swinging Shonda Leer The band also performs Sunday, Oct. 21, at the Her HRC “Throwback Party” at “the old Sue Ellen’s,” now TMC: The Mining Company, DAVID TAFFET | ‘The Giant’ 3903 Cedar Springs Road. HRC presents the Senior Staff Writer Community Impact Award to Dee Pennington [email protected] awakes during that event. Deborah Vial comes home to Dallas for album release party, HRC event

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efore 2016, Deborah Vial said, “I was blissfully ignorant “Had I been completely wrong?” she of American politics.” asked. “Are the weak [just] meat? Do I need She was one of the peo- to change every fiber of who I am and be- It was her experience at the 2017 Women’s March in Washington, D.C., that inspired Deborah Vial’s new ple who believed “we paid the salaries of come a ‘bad’ person, too? song, “The Giant.” Vial and her band perform twice this weekend in Dallas. politicians and judges with our tax monies, “I tried that hat on for a day or two. It and they were doing their jobs. They were was not comfortable,” she declared. “I can’t for music and that birthed “The Giant,” the women’s rights movement (even though working for all of us, so we should just let sleep at night with my moral compass spin- first single of the new album from The Deb- Vial herself is quick to stress that she would them do their jobs.” ning.” orah Vial Band, also called The Giant. “never be so presumptuous as to label any- So Vial and Barrett started writing. As But then Donald Trump was elected pres- So she decided to take action. She and “Life is cyclical,” Vial explained. “And thing I write to be worthy of being anthe- Barrett explained, “A lot of times, I come up ident, she said, “and my whole world was her wife, Caron Barrett, traveled from their I had kind of cycled out of music and on mic.”) with the music, and I have this melody in turned upside down. Suddenly, I felt like I home in Hawaii to Washington, D.C., for to other things. I was super burnt-out on my head. I sing the melody to Deborah, and could no longer just stand on the sidelines. the Women’s March in January 2017. They music for a few years. I almost wanted to Making the album I sound like a wounded seal. And she takes Rome had been a republic until Julius Cae- started having weekly “huddles” with run away from being a singer and re-invent it and runs with it and turns it into magic. sar decided he wanted to be an emperor, like-minded people, and they sponsored myself. I kept performing sporadically, for While it was the indignation and the “And sometimes, Deborah has lyrics, and we all know what happened after that: screenings of movies like Equal Means fundraiser, but it was limited to just a few power of the Women’s March that sparked melodies or a chord structure, and we just They got stuck with Caligula! Yikes! Equal. They attended “all the sign-waving times a year.” the fire, the flame was fanned, Vial said, at sit down and figure out what she has come “It’s scary,” Vial said of the political events.” After the shock of the 2016 election, she her 50th birthday party last year on the is- up with, and we put the puzzle together,” climate since the rise of Trump. “Abso- “It was exhausting,” Vial said of her new- continued, “I had folded in on myself, in land of Maui. Barrett said. lute power corrupts absolutely. The day found activism. “But I learned a lot. For the darkest depression. I think the defini- “Caron hired my all-time favorite mu- “Doing a record is a giant endeavor — [Trump] said he could shoot someone on example, did you know that women are tion of depression is something about ‘an- sician, Beth Hart, to play [at the party]. financially, emotionally and artistically,” 5th Avenue and not lose voters — I realized still not protected by the Constitution? It’s ger turned inwards. But after attending Being around Beth again — I had opened Barrett added. “One of the most important then we were all in trouble, because he was crazy! Most people do not realize that the ther Women’s March, I was able to push for her in the past — re-ignited my passion things is to put your ego away and be open right. There is a huge population of people [Equal Rights Amendment] did not pass. … my anger outwards. What I saw in D.C., for writing and performing. I had nev- to the process. The people involved will who love the idea of a bully/king being in Former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Sca- and globally, was truly giant and empow- er lost my passion for singing; I sing all have input, and sometimes that gets con- charge. It makes them feel sale.” lia famously stated that women were never ering.” day around the house. But I just felt like I fused with criticism. It’s not; it’s aboput Vial said she was torn by what she saw meant to be protected by the Constitution, It was after that march, Vial said, that had nothing more to say, nothing to write putting together a team that is all on the happening in the months leading up to and that the Constitution says all men are cre- she and Barrett began writing “The Giant,” about,” she said. “The last thing Beth said same page of crafting songs and getting following the 2016 election because she had ated equal. He believed in a literal transla- and the lyrics — warning the corrupt pow- to me when we drove her to the airport the right sound for songs.” been raised to believe that bullies and crim- tion of the Constitution, and I think we are ers-that-be that “You’re gonna burn with was, ‘Girl, this is what we do. It’s never Vial noted that they recorded The Giant inals and “mean people” were the bad guys going to run up against that issue with the the fire of fury; you’re gonna know what over.’ entirely at their home, “aka Happy Wa- in society. But suddenly, those beliefs were now heavily-conservative Supreme Court.” it means to worry; you woke the giant in “That hit my reset button. This is IT. This hine Studios,” with the help of Grammy being challenged because the so-called bad Vial said it was the new-found passion for me” — over a pounding beat turned into is Life. No quitters allowed.” Award-winning producer and engineer guys were taking over. activism that helped reignite her passion what can surely be called an anthem for the GIANT, Next Page Eric Helmkamp, who is, Vial said, “pure

10 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 Drag entertainer Shonda Leer headlines Swinging Shonda Leer Spooktacular to fund Chamber scholarships

da’s only secret. Peeking through the half- Forever,” Henley-Hudson said Shonda DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer opened door of a cramped dressing room, will be performing music from the James [email protected] he witnessed a luxurious wig fall to the Bond film, including one big production floor. She was a man, baby!” number. He said this year’s show will be n Halloween night, The story as told by Shonda Leer herself, over-the-top and fabulous, and he hopes to 1962, his life also known as Mike Henley-Hudson, is less raise enough money to increase the money changed forever,” dramatic, but certainly compelling. “After awarded this year through the chamber’s North Texas GLBT moving to Dallas in 2003, I was approached scholarships. Chamber Pres- by the United Court of the Lone Star Em- For its fifth anniversary, the chamber cre- ident and CEO pire,” Henley-Hudson said, adding that ated the LEAP program — Leadership Ed- Tony Vedda said, the court convinced him to begin perform- ucation & Advocacy Program — to award explaining the story of ing, doing male lip synch. But then for the scholarships. For its 10th anniversary, it Shonda Leer, the drag queen headlining the court’s annual turnabout show, they con- created the GLBT Chamber of Commerce chamber’s upcoming fundraisers, Spook- vinced him to perform in drag. Foundation, whose mission is to fulfill the tacular: Diamond Are Forever. “And it was “That’s when I officially started,” and educational and philanthropic goals of the all because a British secret agent stumbled when Shonda Leer was born, he said. Chamber. Last year, the two merged. into the back room of a club on Christopher And Henley-Hudson hasn’t stopped Since awarding its first scholarships in Street. Spellbound by the woman on stage since. As a member of the court — official- 2011, the chamber has given $75,000 to stu- singing Patsy Cline’s ‘I Fall to Pieces,’ the ly Prime Minister for Life — Shonda has dents. In addition to those scholarships, agent could hardly believe how much the helped the organization raise hundreds the foundation produces the annual Texas stunningly beautiful Shonda Leer sounded of thousands of dollars for non-profits Business Equality Conference and pro- like the country superstar. throughout the local LGBT community. vides “Welcome Everyone” counter signs Shonda Leer “When the song ended the man ducked So after Henley-Hudson had attended and window stickers for businesses to let backstage to get an autograph, and he no- Spooktacular for two years as a guest, Ved- the public know they doesn’t discriminate. ticed a Patsy Cline record album by a turn- da approached him to come work for the The program’s been picked up by the LGBT fund 2019-20 scholarships. Applications table. Quickly he learned Shonda sounded chamber and host this year’s event. What chambers in Houston, Austin and San An- will be available in February. █ so perfect because she was only moving her could he say but yes? tonio as well as the Tyler Area Chamber of Spooktacular takes place from 7-10 p.m. mouth along with a recording of the song, Besides, he said, “I love to be on stage, Commerce. on Oct. 20 at ilume Park, 3109 Douglas Ave. a fairly new trend known as lip-syncing,” and I’m not shy.” This is the chamber’s fifth Spooktacular Tickets are $50 and available at GLBTChamber- Vedda continued. “But that wasn’t Shon- With the theme being “Diamonds Are Halloween event, and money raised will Foundation.org/Spooktacular.

GIANT, From Previous Page So Vial and Barrett started writing. As magic in the studio.” Bringing it back home for me, how could I miss a party on the old Barrett explained, “A lot of times, I come up Vial said, “Caron has a ton of music, but Sue’s patio? Are you kidding me? I practi- with the music, and I have this melody in I was really lost lyrically on a lot of the It was here in North Texas that Vial got cally grew up on that patio! my head. I sing the melody to Deborah, and pieces she wanted me to write. Eric came her start as a singer, performing with the “I remember the first time [Sue Ellen’s I sound like a wounded seal. And she takes in and took away the rub that can occur in band Fatal Attraction, which turned into manager] Kathy Jack told me I could start it and runs with it and turns it into magic. coupledom. Eric and I would have writing Blanche Fury, and Vial declared, “Dallas is singing on the employee parking lot out “And sometimes, Deborah has lyrics, sessions around the kitchen counter, so he home. I will never be from Maui; I will also in front of Sue’s. It was just an asphalt melodies or a chord structure, and we just really contributed heavily to the lyrics of be from Dallas. I come back at least twice a parking lot with mobile metal barricades sit down and figure out what she has come many of the songs, which was really differ- year to see family and friends, but I always around it,” she remembered. “Cameron, up with, and we put the puzzle together,” ent for me. Previously, I coveted my lyrical stop by Sue Ellen’s.” Darla and I set up our equipment, and the Barrett said. contributions, but working with a co-writ- Vial performed at Sue Ellen’s for about Sue’s staff put out a bunch of cheap tables “Doing a record is a giant endeavor — er was an awakening.” seven years, and said it was the men and and chairs, which were always uneven be- financially, emotionally and artistically,” The Giant includes 13 more original women who came out for her Friday night cause they were sitting on top of 30-year- Barrett added. “One of the most important songs, including one called “Not Takin performances on the patio there that “pro- old, pockmarked asphalt. And Friday night things is to put your ego away and be open Your S#!t,” which Vial wrote especially for pelled me forward through life.” on the Sue Ellen’s Patio was born, in all of to the process. The people involved will the Willie K Blues Festival on Maui. “I’m This weekend, The Deborah Vial Band re- its non-glory. And then we got real concrete, have input, and sometimes that gets con- not a blues singer, but he invited us to turns to Sue Ellen’s — in the bar’s new loca- with fancy iron railings!” fused with criticism. It’s not; it’s aboput perform [at the festival several years ago], tion on Throckmorton on Friday night, and Vial said it is also important to her to be putting together a team that is all on the so we decided to write our own idea of a around the corner at the original location on in Dallas performing to honor Pennington, same page of crafting songs and getting blues song. Instead of ‘my man left me and Cedar Springs on Sunday — for an album re- too. “HRC is giving Dee a Community Im- the right sound for songs.” took everything,’ we wrote a ‘I’m taking lease party and for the Human Rights Cam- pact Award, and she could not be more de- Vial noted that they recorded The Giant everything, including all your friends, the paign’s Throwback Party, honoring local serving,” she said. “She has spent her life- entirely at their home, “aka Happy Wa- car AND the dog’ song,” she said. community leader and one of Vial’s longtime time promoting LGBT events and causes.”█ hine Studios,” with the help of Grammy Others — “Perfect World,” co-written friends, Dee Pennington, on Sunday. The Giant, the new album from The Deborah Award-winning producer and engineer with Kennedy Cantu, for example — are “Caron is a big HRC donor, so she is al- Vial Band, is available on CD Baby, iTunes and Eric Helmkamp, who is, Vial said, “pure more emotional. ways up for anything HRC,” Vial said. “As other digital formats.

10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 11 tional in Omaha.” He said the 162-year-old mainstream Gay pastor/author holding downtown UCC church, one of the oldest in the city, is the perfect fit for him. “We’re this weird post-gay congregation,” he said. “They like that I read a lot. My personality. book-signing at COH My husband.” Because he was openly gay as he was looking for a new church, many churches DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Baptist Conference because they posted on passed him over. First Congregational nar- [email protected] their website that everyone was welcome at rowed its choice of pastors to the gay can- cott Jones was a minis- their church. didates, he said, because “this highly-quali- ter at Cathedral of Hope “I’d like to think my personal story fied pool was being overlooked.” in Oklahoma City, but he helped them come to their decision,” Jones Jones said he and Michael had their legal was ordained a Southern said. wedding on a foot bridge over the Missouri Baptist minister who first He said when he came out to the church’s River that connects Omaha with Iowa. He Scott Jones served at Royal Lane Bap- senior pastor, rather than banish him, said a line was drawn on the bridge mark- static. In fact, the church threw a gigantic tist Church in Dallas. But the pastor simply asked Jones not to rush ing the state line. Iowa was the second state baby shower and opened a college fund for this isn’t a story of a minis- things. “So,” he said, “I spent that time to legalize same-sex marriage, so couples their son. ter who came out and lost slowly exploring my identity and sexuali- from Nebraska would step over the line “At that point, we felt we joined a club his family and his job in one fell swoop. It’s ty.” and marry on the bridge on the Iowa side. we didn’t know existed,” he said. “A wom- a story of a pastor coming out and finding While he was still at Royal Lane Baptist, Jones said early in his tenure, he began at- an we barely knew said, ‘Hey, I’ve got extra the right congregation with supportive help Jones spoke to Cathedral of Hope’s youth tending the men’s group that met on Thurs- breast milk.’ … Something UCC worked along the way. minister, who let him know the Rev. Jo day mornings, but the group wasn’t sure for was coming to fruition,” and everyone Jones has told his story in a new book, Hudson was looking for someone to fill what to do with Michael. “Spouses come in the church was excited about it. Open, and he will be at Cathedral of Hope the position of pastor at Cathedral of Hope once a month, but couldn’t he come to the Because of that, he said, their son has a on Sunday, Oct. 21 to sign copies of the Oklahoma City. breakfast?” members of the group debated. large number of surrogate grandparents book. He will return later to do the same at “I found it really liberating,” Jones said. (They finally agreed he could). and aunts and uncles. Royal Lane Baptist. “After years of lying and worrying about Jones and his husband wanted to have a Jones said there were hard parts in his “I grew up in Oklahoma,” Jones said. “I being out and what would happen, I was child, and for five years they attempted to coming out process. His Southern Bap- didn’t come to a full understanding of my- fully myself and accepted. Church mem- adopt through the state. When they final- tist grandfather, who was a deacon could self until I was in my late 20s.” He said he bers joked with sexual innuendo in a free, ly decided that wasn’t going to work, they never accept that his grandson the minister always knew he was attracted to men. But open environment.” went another route. was gay. When he came out, he said, he ex- he wanted to be a minister, so he decided Jones met his husband in Oklahoma City. “Make sure everyone you know knows pected his sister to be happy for him — she he’d try to make it work with women. Michael was an Oklahoma State Univer- you want to adopt,” Jones advised. The wasn’t — and he expected his mother to “I was dating women and wasn’t very sity student participating in the Soulforce best man at his wedding used to work with not be OK with it — she was. When he was good at it,” he admitted. In fact, he had Equality Ride, and Jones was coordinating a woman whose sister was pregnant and in 8th grade, she once told him if he was been engaged to a woman in college, but a visit to Oklahoma Baptist University. who wanted to give her baby up for adop- gay, she’d kill herself. She later told him she she ended the relationship. “This really handsome guy came through tion. The adoption took place in Kansas in doesn’t remember saying that. So it was while serving as the youth min- the door,” Jones said. “Lightening struck.” 2015, where the state had recently made Jones reminds us that coming out can be ister at Royal Lane Baptist Church from They were married in a religious ceremo- adoptions easier and Kansas had already hard, but even a Southern Baptist minister 2003 to 2005 that he began coming out. ny in Oklahoma City presided over by Har- legalized same-sex marriage through a who happens to be gay can end up in the

At the time the church was affiliated with ry Wooten, Royal Lane Baptist’s minister of court ruling before the Obergefell decision right congregation. █ the Southern Baptist Conference but had a music. settled the question nationwide. Jones will be at Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Ce- number of LGBT members who served as From Oklahoma City, Jones thought his “We were there when he was born in a dar Springs Road, at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. ser- deacons and in other positions of respon- ministry would take him to a big city on the small-town Catholic hospital,” Jones said of vices on Sunday, Oct. 21 to sign copies of his sibility within the church. Then in 2010, east or west coast. Instead, he said, “I left his son. book. The book is available at LiteratiPressOK. Royal Lane was kicked out of the Southern Oklahoma City for First Central Congrega- And his church’s reaction? They were ec- com.

reprimanding McCraw. Judges overturn jury decision after receiving In June 2014, Tracy Childers and her friend Mary Trout were raped in Childers’ apartment and physically battered by Jarad Alan Wade, who got into the apartment by climbining through a window Childers thought was securely locked. PAC donation Wade was arrested by Garland police jury award in a case involving an apart- and is serving a life sentence. Once he was DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer ment complex owner, according to attorney convicted, Childers and Trout turned their [email protected] Lin McCraw. attention to the negligence of the apartment wo appeals court judg- Judges Molly Francis and Craig Stoddart, complex that improperly fixed the window es received contributions who are both up for re-election this year, that allowed Wade access. from the Texas Apartment were two of three appeals court judges who The maintenance man who had attempt- Association’s Political Ac- heard the appeal after receiving the dona- ed to fix the window explained that the

tion Committee before tions. Last week the full court refused to DONATION, Next Page overturning a monetary hear the case en banc and are considering Lin McGraw

12 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 DONATION, From Previous Page window frame was broken and had been to prove there was some heightened threat repaired with caulk. The latches supposed in the area requiring that extra level of pro- to keep it securely closed were attached to tection. But they didn’t. They based their soft caulk rather than locking into a metal claim on the apartment’s failure to provide groove. basic security — locking windows — that is Texas law requires property owners to required by state law and local ordinance. maintain proper door and window locks on In overturning the suit, McCraw said, the their rental units as a matter of safety. And judges put every renter at risk in the state the jury in the negligence suit awarded the of Texas. By overturning the lower court’s two women actual and punitive damages. ruling, Francis has, in essence, overturned But the apartment complex appealed, and state law requiring landlords to provide Francis wrote the opinion overturning the properly working door and window locks case. on their rental properties, the attorney said. static. In fact, the church threw a gigantic According to McCraw, an appeal isn’t McCraw also questions whether the case baby shower and opened a college fund for supposed to be a new trial, and the court would have turned out differently had the their son. doesn’t hear new evidence. What the ap- rape occurred in Highland Park and the “At that point, we felt we joined a club peal must be based on is whether the low- victim been a straight young girl rather we didn’t know existed,” he said. “A wom- er court judge made a mistake in a ruling than two lesbians. an we barely knew said, ‘Hey, I’ve got extra during the trial, or the court may order a He said the three judge panel that hears breast milk.’ … Something UCC worked new trial when additional evidence is un- a case is supposed to be chosen at random, for was coming to fruition,” and everyone covered. but is done entirely in secret. And judges, in the church was excited about it. Neither is the case in Childers’ lawsuit. he explained, normally recuse themselves Because of that, he said, their son has a McCraw said there would have been a from hearing a case if there is any reason large number of surrogate grandparents reason to appeal, for example, had Childers to doubt their impartiality. The donation to and aunts and uncles. and Trout had argued the complex didn’t Frances and Stoddart, McCraw said, pro- Jones said there were hard parts in his provide a security patrol on premises ,and vides that reason to doubt, and while there coming out process. His Southern Bap- the judge ruled that there should have was nothing illegal or improper about the tist grandfather, who was a deacon could been. But they didn’t. He said the case was donation, those judges shouldn’t have never accept that his grandson the minister a simple “premises defect” lawsuit rather ruled on a case involving a member of the was gay. When he came out, he said, he ex- than a more complex “negligent security apartment association that made the dona- pected his sister to be happy for him — she case.” tion. wasn’t — and he expected his mother to Had the women based their case on the Left with few options, McCraw is con- not be OK with it — she was. When he was apartment’s failure to provide an on-prem- sidering filing an appeal with the Supreme in 8th grade, she once told him if he was ises security officer, they would have had Court. █ gay, she’d kill herself. She later told him she doesn’t remember saying that. Jones reminds us that coming out can be hard, but even a Southern Baptist minister who happens to be gay can end up in the AGENDA, From Page 6 right congregation. █ Jones will be at Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Ce- Chamber members from 4:30-6 p.m. at featuring a screening of the documentary dar Springs Road, at the 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. ser- Two Corks and a Bottle, 2800 Routh St. Out of Order, followed by a question-and- vices on Sunday, Oct. 21 to sign copies of his answer session with community leaders, book. The book is available at LiteratiPressOK. • Oct. 25: Point Foundation scholarship from 6-9 p.m. at Cathedral of Hope, com. fundraiser 5910 Cedar Springs Road. The Point Foundation holds the 2018 Dallas Cornerstone reception, from 6-8 • Oct. 26: After Dark: Under the Stars p.m. at the Mayfair Sky Club at Turtle Deserts, cocktails and a performance Creek, 3401 Lee Parkway in Dallas. by Matt Alber benefits the Turtle Creek John N. DeCiccio Point Scholar Jimmy Chorale from 8-11 p.m. at 3015 at Trinity Ding, who was raised in Flower Mound Groves, 3015 Gulden Lane. and now attends the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will • Oct. 26-28: Lez Talk be attending, and interested individuals A women’s empowerment conference will have the opportunity to join Point bringing together lesbian, transgender, Foundation’s Cornerstone Society for a bisexual, pansexual and demisexual $500 donation. Registration is free, but pre- women and allies at Resource Center, registration, online at PointFoundation. 5750 Cedar Springs Road. $50-1,000. org/Dallas-18, is required. • Oct. 27: Trunk or Treat • Oct. 25: GALA Quarterly Quorum Cars in their Halloween costumes at The Gay and Lesbian Alliance of North 4 p.m. at Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Texas presents its Quarterly Quorum, Springs Road.

10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 13 Phone 214-754-8710 █ Fax 214-969-7271 1825 Market Center Blvd., Ste. 240, Dallas, Texas 75207 Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. • dallasvoice.com Lesbian organizations administration Leo Cusimano Publisher l 114 editorial Tammye Nash Managing Editor l 113 Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style l 129 David Taffet Senior Staff Writer l 125 Philip Burton Proofreader Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Jenny Block, J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, Lawrence Ferber, Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Cassie Nova, in Dallas Mikey Rox, Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, BY KAREN S. WISELY | Courtesy of the Dallas Way Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, David Webb, Casey Williams here is very little written Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn documentation of lesbi- advertising ans in general and lesbi- Chad Mantooth Advertising Director l 131 ans in Dallas specifically, Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. l 115 which might make some Louise Young, left, and Vivienne Armstrong Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales l 123 think lesbians played lit- National Advertising Representative tle to no role in shaping munity are consciously diversifying their ence, held in May 1988 in Dallas. Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 the history of the LGBTQ memberships and becoming more inclusive There are many other organizations that of all — not just lesbians, but people of col- were formed by and for lesbians in Dallas, art Dallas community or the world. Yet, anyone Kevin Thomas Art Director I 119 who has been in Dallas for 30 years or more or, bisexuals, transgender people and queer but their histories remain largely unwritten. knows, the many contributions the wom- people. But in the 1980s, lesbians wanted The Women’s Motorcycle Club was the first multimedia en’s community has made to the LGBTQ their own organizations dedicated to the such organization, and aside from riding Stephen Mobley Social Media Manager l 123 rights movement. The rights and privileges needs and wishes of the lesbian community. their bikes together, the members put on Brian Kennedy Video Producer Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host the LGBTQ community has now were built In Dallas, one such organization was shows to raise funds for the AIDS com- Brad Pritchett DVtv Host on the shoulders of great men and women, Lesbian Visionaries, formed in 1987. It munity. Lory Masters and Molly Behan- Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host who sacrificed their families, friends and started with a meeting of friends — Deb El- non established The Extra Mile Award, an jobs to ensure freedom for all. der, Lauren Ramsay, Patty Sipe and Kathy annual program to recognize women who circulation The first lesbian organization in the Unit- Cloninger — who determined the foun- had “gone the extra mile” in service to the Linda Depriter Circulation Director l 120 ed States that has been documented was dation from which the organization could community. Deb Elder founders the Daughters of Billitis, which was formed grow. The first meeting after that, 50 wom- Other organizations that were created Robert Moore | Don Ritz in San Francisco in 1955. Their philosophy Lesbian Alliance, or DGLA, with little dra- en came to talk about common individual included, Women Together, North Tex- was to work with gay men’s groups to ed- ma. and community goals. They determined as Women’s Softball Association and The affiliations/memberships Associated Press - Associate Member ucate, not protest, but there was conflict In 1986, annoyed with the DGA leader- that they wanted to “[e]stablish a network- Women’s Chorus, which is still active and National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association between the men and women in the clubs, ship because of its continued sexism and re- ing group of formal and informal lesbian still singing today. Each group mentioned, Certified LGBT Business Enterprise with the women usually given unimport- fusal to use the word lesbian, a small group leaders to stress the need for coalition and and many others that weren’t, all deserve Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber ant roles in the joint endeavors. Finally in of members, led by Vivienne Armstrong organization of the lesbian community; their own column or book, but there is little Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association 1970 the founders of Billitis decided to leave and Louise Young, broke off and formed provide through this group a forum for dis- to no documentation about most of these the organization, adopting a philosophy of their own organization: the Dallas Lesbian/ cussion of lesbian issues (as in ‘what are our groups — other than the word-of-mouth aligning themselves with the growing fem- Gay Political Coalition (DLGPA). issues?’) and provide energy to a process stories of those who “remember when.” inist movement where they could work for The fissure that had always existed be- of creative visualization and planning for But soon there won’t be anyone still alive women’s rights and also for lesbian rights. tween women and men continued, al- action,” according to minutes of this first who “remembers when” and the stories of The first documented gay organization though the groups did work together polit- meeting. these groups. That’s why it is so important in Dallas was the Circle of Friends, which ically — reluctantly sometimes — to fight Several other known lesbians were men- to record that history now, to go back and started in 1965 in Phil Johnson’s house in for the rights of all gays and lesbians. tioned as possible members and leaders of collect your memories and talk about them. 1965. From the beginning, women were But by 1984, AIDS had hit Dallas hard, the new organization, as well. The Dallas Way can help you do that. We welcomed and there was always at least bringing the community together in a way Lesbian Visionaries grew out of this meet- gather, organize, produce the history of the one woman in the group. In 1975, in an ef- nothing else could. Gay men were dying, ing with a goal to “determine what lesbi- LBTGQ community, through taped inter- fort to become more inclusive, the group but lesbians were losing their brothers and ans need and want as individuals and as a views, oral histories and taking in stories changed its name to the Dallas Gay Organi- friends to the disease. The gay community community,” Deb Elder, a spokesperson for that you have written yourself. Everything zation, and in 1976 to the Dallas Gay Polit- leaned more and more on the lesbian com- the group, told Dallas Voice in March 1987. is sent to the University of North Texas for ical Caucus as members expressed a desire munity as their leaders began to fall, and Within a year, the Lesbian Information Line archiving and put on the Texas History por- to be more politically active. the women rose to the challenge, taking on (LIL) telephone line was in place to provide tal, where it cannot be destroyed or forgot-

The name changed once again in 1981 to leadership roles in many organizations that information about upcoming events and ten. █ the Dallas Gay Alliance (DGA), and that provided support physically, emotionally activities for women. The organization also This article is based on Karen S. Wisely’s the- name remained until 1993, when the “L: and spiritually. worked with Among Friends to bring to sis prepared in 2011 for her Master of Arts de- was added — creating the Dallas Gay and Today, organizations in the LGBTQ com- fruition the first statewide lesbian confer- gree from the University of North Texas.

14 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 █ commUNITY Phone 214-754-8710 █ Fax 214-969-7271 voices 1825 Market Center Blvd., Ste. 240, Dallas, Texas 75207 Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. • dallasvoice.com administration Leo Cusimano Publisher l 114 The Kavanaugh Window editorial f you’ve ever wanted to commit sexual Tammye Nash Managing Editor l 113 assault, now is your chance. I mean, has Arnold Wayne Jones Executive Editor Life+Style l 129 there ever been a better time, especially David Taffet Senior Staff Writer l 125 I for men assaulting women? We are in the Philip Burton Proofreader Contributors: Chris Azzopardi, Jenny Block, midst of the Kavanaugh Window, where no J. Denton Bricker, Alicia Chang, Lawrence Ferber, accusation of sexual assault, no matter how Hardy Haberman, Scott Huffman, Lisa Keen, Cassie Nova, credible, will be believed. Mikey Rox, Howard Lewis Russell, James Russell, After all, any woman accusing any man, Terri Schlichenmeyer, Leslie McMurray, Mathew Shaw, especially any powerful man, will just be Brandi Amara Skyy, Mark Stokes, Jef Tingley, accused of jumping on the #MeToo band- David Webb, Casey Williams wagon. Photographers: Kat Haygood, Chuck Marcelo, Cassie Quinn So go get your ’sault on. And, honest- advertising ly, the weirder the better. Sexual assault is Chad Mantooth Advertising Director l 131 shame-inducing and demoralizing all on Nicholas Gonzalez Advertising Account Rep. l 115 its own, but if you can make the experience Stephen Mobley MarketPlace Sales l 123 extra embarrassing, then that makes it even National Advertising Representative less likely to be reported at all! Rivendell Media Inc. 908-232-2021 Not that you have to worry, because people won’t believe her even if she does re- art port. You could do something really crazy Kevin Thomas Art Director I 119 — like ask her, “Who has put pubic hair on multimedia my Coke [can]?” Or tell her that you want Stephen Mobley Social Media Manager l 123 to rub her [expletive] with a falafel. they vote to take or suit, claiming that “he won’t go on solo Brian Kennedy Video Producer Shout out to Supreme Court Justice Clar- away a woman’s dates due to the current climate of false sex- Israel Luna Video Producer/DVtv host ence Thomas and celebrity “news” host Bill right to make de- ual accusations by radical feminists with an Brad Pritchett DVtv Host O’Reilly, who were accused of those very cisions about her axe to grind. I VOTE.” Brandi Amara Skyy DVtv Host things respectively. And terrible things own body, after The responses — including one from her circulation happened to them like …let me check my being nominated son refuting Mom’s claims — are truly hi- Linda Depriter Circulation Director l 120 list … getting confirmed to the Supreme by president who larious. founders Court and continuing to be paid outland- has himself been And, man, I need to laugh, because I feel Robert Moore | Don Ritz ish sums for pretending to be a journalist. accused of sexual like breaking something. But I can’t come Harsh! assault and ha- up with anything worth breaking com- affiliations/memberships Or maybe you committed a smidge or rassment many pared to democracy. America is broken. Associated Press - Associate Member two of sexual assault in your past, say as a times over and And as far as I can tell, this break isn’t going National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association Certified LGBT Business Enterprise young child of 17 who couldn’t have pos- who was caught to ever fully heal. Founding Member - North Texas GLBT Chamber sibly known that trying to make sex with a on tape bragging about grabbing women I’m not saying America will never walk Founding Member - National LGBT Media Association girl who didn’t want to make sex with you “by the pussy,” we are saying to women again. But if we ever get back on our feet, was in any way wrong. and men who have been sexually assaulted, we will always have a noticeable limp. Well, you’re in luck, too, because at- “You do not matter. We do not see you; we We will always have a reminder of what tempted rape doesn’t count if you were in do not hear you; we do not care.” happened when we were careless. When high school. 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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 15 LIFE+STYLE screen Wilde On the edge about of victory Rupert At a crisis point in his career, out star Rupert Everett decided to make his own luck by writing, directing and starring in the life of Oscar Wilde

Rupert Everett not only stars as the fading dandy Oscar Wilde in ‘The Happy Prince,’ he wrote it and makes his directorial debut … all the great success.

t the height of Rupert Everett’s anything other than being out wasn’t an had only been legal for seven years. “The of Being Earnest.” stardom, he was costarring option. Also, if you’re going to lie about police — making the most of the ambigui- It was around that time that his career A alongside Julia Roberts in My Best yourself, it’s a tough thing. It’s a negation ty in the 1967 law — continued to raid and “dried up — literally evaporated over- Friend’s Wedding and opposite one of his of yourself.” arrest people for homosexual acts in public night,” he says. And so Everett realized he best friends, Madonna, in The Next Best We’re chatting this day because Everett and so there was a palpable feeling that we needed to make him own opportunities. Thing and voicing the character of Prince is promoting his latest film, The Happy were stepping in Oscar’s freshly trodden “I began to write; I decided to create Charming in the Shrek movies. But the Prince — a movie based on the later years footprints on those unlucky occasions a role for myself. If no one else would most interesting thing on Everett’s resume of Oscar Wilde’s life, which Everett wrote, when we were herded into paddy wagons employ me I would employ myself,” he is not a movie role, rather for what he did directed and stars in. Why the fascination and taken down to the police station for says. “Oscar Wilde seemed to be the ideal in 1989, which was unprecedented then: he with the Victorian bon vivant? the night,” Everett says. The knowledge character — not the Wilde of folklore, the was one of the first major actors to come “My fascination with Oscar Wilde began even informed his career choices. iconic family man, the life and soul of the out of the closet. when I was 6 years old and my mother “Later I became an actor and performed café royal, but a different Wilde — the fall- And if he had to do it all over again, read me The Happy Prince at night in bed,” in The Picture of Dorian Gray. It was a great en star, the last great vagabond of the 19th would he have done it when he did? he recalls. “I remember it very well. I was success. When an actor discovers a writer century, punished and crushed by society, “Yes, because I loved going to clubs and enraptured by the story and inconsolable who really works for him — that he can yet somehow surviving. I would write the discos and stuff like that. And there was at the end. Coming from a military family perform well and make his own — it is the Passion of Wilde!” never that question for me to lead that with a distinctly pre-Freudian worldview beginning of a treasured relationship,” he Writing it was one thing; getting it made kind of closeted gay life that might be quite … it was probably the first time I heard says. “Something between me and the text was another. fun, you know, where you’re just in your about love and suffering and that there sparked. A few years later I performed The “After I had been turned down by own space, and you order in, or whatev- was a terrible price to be paid for it. The Importance of Being Earnest [in French] at almost every director of note, I decided er it is,” Everett says, breaking out into Happy Prince was a turning point.” the Theatre National de Chaillot in Paris to make the film myself,” Everett says. “If a mischievous laugh. “I loved the whole Everett moved to London in 1975, and and then made two films from Wilde gay culture. So, for me, to even consider as difficult as it is to imagine now, gay sex plays: An Ideal Husband and The Importance █ RUPERT Page 22

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10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 17 L+S sports What a pair! Out North Texas-based figure skater Tim LeDuc and his pairs partner Ashley Cain are heating up the ice

espite the misconception that City (Sept. 14), then whipping around the figure skating is super gay, the world to grab gold at the Ondrej Nepela D actual, competitive skating world Trophy in Bratislava, Slovakia (Sept. 21). is a conservative one with precious few That’s enough to make you flutz your out athletes. At the Winter Olympic Games lutz. But Cain and LeDuc did a quick hair earlier this year, there were only two open- flip and booked it back from Europe to ly gay skaters: Canadian pairs champion Euless, where they train. (Coaches Darlene Eric Radford and America’s own Adam and Peter Cain — Ashley’s mother and Rippon. father — have built their program into a But you don’t have to look further than well-known elite facility at Dr Pepper Star North Texas to find out pairs figure skater Center that attracts top-tier skaters from Timothy LeDuc who, with his partner around the world.) But despite the flurry Ashley Cain, are representin’ for equality of achievement, they took just two recov- on and off the ice. ery days before heading right back into Autumn has been more than just a training. This season, U.S. Figure Skat- whacked whirlwind for the twosome. In ing awarded Cain and LeDuc two plum just one week they achieved twin wins assignments on the prestigious Grand Prix on the International Skating Union’s circuit. First up — starting Oct. 19 — is Challenger Series, taking home their first the highly coveted Skate America title in international gold medal at the U.S. Inter- Everett, Wash. LeDuc and Cainare quite a pair! (Photo courtesy Robin Ritoss) national Figure Skating Classic in Salt Lake Although still a new team (they began

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18 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 competitions we’ve hit them all and done Fuse is a program of the Resource Center skaters. Team USA ice dancer Karina them like we practiced. We do not want to and I’m one of their corporate volunteers. Manta recently came out as the “first miss our jumps.” We have programming six days a week. queer woman to be an active competitor With so many hours training and com- It’s an empowerment program for boys in figure skating,” says LeDuc, and “part peting, what do they miss? For Cain it who like boys ages 18 to 29 and focuses of the first openly gay team in the sport.” isn’t romance. She was recently engaged on safer sex and finding a safe place in the Her partner, Joseph Johnson, is also open- to a model-handsome young man who community that is away from drugs and ly gay and the team will be competing works in the oil industry. Somehow, with alcohol.” at Skate America. It’s doubtful there will all the travel and busy schedules, plans A confident, out gay man who is also be a gay wave sensed around the skating are moving ahead for the June wedding. a competitive figure skater would have world, but, baby steps. “There is more And LeDuc won’t be left out. He’ll be been verboten not so long ago. Rippon openness now” says Cain. “You can feel it right there… as a bridesmaid! certainly left the 2018 Winter Games at competitions.” LeDuc’s life off-ice takes him in another with a bronze medal and a burgeoning With a fierce ally in Cain, LeDuc has direction. “This year I’ve spent a lot of my international fan base. He may have also very definite ideas about engagement free time volunteering,” he says. “DFW helped kick open the closet door for other █ PAIR Page 23

their partnership in May 2016), Cain and LeDuc are no longer the rookies. Since winning bronze medals at the 2017 U.S. Nationals and placing fourth at the 2018 competition this past January, they immediately took Silver at the Four Conti- nents Championships in Taipei City and were on the reserve list for the Pyeong- Chang Olympics and 2018 Worlds. They haven’t stopped since. With two new gold medals this season and added recognition on the international scene, Cain and LeDuc are ready to up the ante going into the Grand Prix competitions. “We’re really excited going into Skate America” LeDuc says. “We’ve had a great season so far. Our names are out there, and we’re confident with our programs. We want to keep the season building, and we really think we can bring home two medals at both our events.” Cain is also feeling good about the program elements. “I’m so happy with where our jumps are” she says. “At the last two

10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 19 L+S stage Valley of the

dollsA new old ‘Doll’s House’ at WTT; being gay in Uptown; DTC returns to Truvy’s

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Terry Martin plays nine roles in ‘Absolute Brightness.’ ho can honestly account for tract since Lysistrata for the MeToo era. micro-trends in theater? Mass (And updating really is called for over W hypnosis? Zeitgeist? Cultural mere revival; Ibsen might have been tipping points? What could really explain modern, but modern to 140 years ago; the why WaterTower Theatre opened this contemporary audience has different sen- week a new adaptation of Ibsen’s 1879 dra- sibilities.) And so, we are treated to a brisk ma A Doll’s House just weeks before Stage 90-minute revisit to the Helmer house, West presents its version of Lucas Hnath’s in a Norwegian town where Nora (Kate A Doll’s House, Part 2 (which purports to Paulsen) appears to be a spendthrift and update the story of Nora); and just a few flibbertigibbet, whose wasteful purchases months after Blake Hackler wrote his own of trinkets and indulgences lead her loving redux of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People but chastising banker-husband Torvald (rebranded Enemies/People) for Second (Sam Henderson) to castigate her like a Thought? I guess chalk it up to the adage, child run loose in a candy store. where there’s a will, there’s a Norway. The sudden arrival of Nora’s childhood There certainly could be a baseline to friend Kristine (Gloria Benavides), re- Halloween explain, or even just dimly illuminate, this bounding from the financially devastating COMING explosion. Ibsen is credited as the father death of her husband, leads Nora to con- of modernism in theater, whose plays fess that she’s not the improvident spender attacked social issues among mostly ordi- she appears. She’s actually secretly paying nary (though comparatively well-heeled) off a loan she fraudulently obtained when OCT. 26! people like sexual equality and the envi- Torvald was near death to pay for his AD SPACE DEADLINE 10.22.18 ronment at a time when most plays were recovery and his from her husband. Now silly melodramas, light musical revues or her lender, Krogstad (Clay Wheeler), is high-falutin tragedy among royals. And threatening her with exposure unless he here in the first quarter of the 21st century, can convince Torvald to spare his job. those same issues resonate, perhaps even The coincidences and conceits fly fast CONTACT US TODAY • 214-754-8710 more strongly. Look no further than Brett and loose in A Doll’s House, the plot barely Kavanaugh, Harvey Weinstein and climate rises above a Perils of Pauline-level knuck- [email protected] Market Center Blvd. 240 change deniers to swallow your hearty le-biter, but that’s because its goalposts dose of sad reality. are character and society more than story. Dallas, Texas | 75207 The current political system would cer- Nora is a bit naive and behaves rashly; tainly justify someone like Joanie Schultz, she’s also trying her best in a world where artistic director at WTT, to write her own women without men or money are all but adaptation of the first feminist stagebound invisible. She forged her dying father’s

20 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 Terry Martin plays nine roles in ‘Absolute Brightness.’ signature to save her husband’s life and realize not a whole lot has changed besides has paid back the loan arduously — how her. can that kind of sacrifice be condemned by The opening night of A Doll’s House was the law? preceded by the dedication of the space While Krogstad is a blackmailer, it’s Tor- at WTT as the Terry Martin Mainstage, vald whom we come to see as the actual in honor of the company’s former artistic villain, a man who infantilizes women director. But to see the real Terry Martin (Nora is always his “squirrel” or his “song- tearing it up himself onstage, head over bird”) and smothers her self-realization be- to Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys hind a patriarchal facade. Why shouldn’t campus this weekend for the last few Nora be allowed to make mistakes… or performances of The Absolute Brightness even behave nobly? There are moments of Leonard Pelkey (which is performed, in in this smart, lovely production when rep with Straight, as part of Uptown Play- Torvald seems not some 19th century snob ers’ Gay History Month Festival). Nine but a Ted Cruz Republican aghast at the characters — male and female, young and very notion that a mere woman should be old — appear in the play… all of them in allowed to accuse an actual judge of sexual the person of Martin. assault! One-actor plays are often labeled (when Unfortunately, Henderson’s perfor- done well) as tour-de-forces, but Mar- mance strikes many discordant notes along tin’s skill as an actor doesn’t make this a the way; he seems wooden and robotic, showy vanity project but a thoughtful, not patronizing and superior. But Paulsen often humorous look at a hate crime and — with her darting eyes, suppressed ner- its unexpectedly transformative effect on a vousness and eventual resolve — carries Jersey town. the show (though Benavides does notice- The story is told from the POV of Chuck ably excellent work in her scenes). Her DeSantis, an experienced police detective, Nora, despite some frustrating decision, who is approached by Ellen, a blowsy sa- undergoes a transformation by the end, lon owner and her moody daughter Phoe- one made more believable by her perfor- be about the disappearance of a boy who mance than in Ibsen’s plotting. Her refusal had been living with them. Leonard was to be someone’s thing anymore — a doll only about 13 — a flamboyant, demonstra- being toyed with in a stranger’s house tive kid who had already lived a hard life, — feels very contemporary. It also stings but who embraced the rainbow with gus- when you look at the Supreme Court and █ DOLL Page 24

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I had been in possession of a crystal ball life partly because the other three films lift — followed by the last few moments I would not have embarked on such a about him focus on the successful part of of their polished precision. Synchronous, journey. It took 10 years to get to prepro- his life, and I think that is a little bit of an skillful, sublime. They nailed it. duction. easy get out for people to just look at the Their dominating performance in that “I didn’t think of immersing myself good part,” Everett says. “What society did final round became only the second U.S. fully in the beginning, because I never to him was this: They put him in prison, pair to ever win a World Figure Skating wanted to be the director,” he continues. and then they imprisoned him in liberty, Championship — a title second only to “I had written a couple of books [about and it happened just for the fact of being a the Olympics as far as prestige goes. They Oscar Wilde, in 2000 and 2005], and I really homosexual man. So, for me, as a homo- were at the top of their talent and athletic wanted to write a script in which I could sexual man, this is the important part of ability. act and maybe resuscitate my career to a the story. It’s like the Passion of Oscar, like And yet Gardner couldn’t come out. certain extent. So, Oscar Wilde seemed to Christians have The Passion of Christ. And “I was keeping a secret, and I was OK be the perfect character in that he’s a great seeing Wilde go from one stage to another doing that,” he told us in a recent phone inspiration to me — the patron saint figure is a great inspiration. And I think he was conversation. “The skating overshadowed in a way. After sending the screenplay to also amazing in his exile. He was never a everything.” a number of directors and seeing them all victim.” It was a different time back then. Even pass on the project, I realized if a screen- Having made his directorial debut, albeit post-Stonewall, out athletes were few and play is not directed it is nothing. You can’t with reservations, would he direct another far between, and those few who came out publish it in a magazine. It’s nothing. And film? (or were outed) were publicly ostracized, I thought, I’m going to do it myself. And “I would,” he says. “It’s kind of like losing friends, sponsorships and careers. that’s what happened.” childbirth when you’re directing a movie. (The 1976 Summer Olympic Games in The version of Oscar Wilde’s life that You think when you’re in labor, ‘Oh, god, Montreal also saw another American Everett tells is both depressing and sad, I’m never doing this again.’ But as soon as athlete achieve great acclaim: Bruce Jenner. as it focuses on the final years of his life, the baby is out of the bag, you think, I can’t He wouldn’t come out as trans until 2015.) following his late-release from jail, after remember all that pain. I’m now bristling The AIDS crisis was just beginning in 1980, having been sent there for engaging in with new ideas.” Everett directs himself in ‘Happy Prince’ triggering a new wave of hatred and fear of sodomy. Much of the film features Wilde At 59, this summer Everett moved back says with a chuckle. “You go immediately I have to close windows, open bottles and gay men. Let’s just say closet doors weren’t on his deathbed, recalling the horrible to England to help take care of his elderly back to the relationship you had when you do everything. That is quite difficult. But exactly busting open. atrocities that befell him. mother. were 14, and my mum doesn’t realize that it’s nice.” █ Gardner did eventually come out pub- “I focused on the latter part of Wilde’s “It’s is like going back in the closet!” he I’m 59, and she kind of orders me around. — Tim Nasson licly, in 2006, after an incredibly successful career… and several decades of a life far from ordinary. He’s in a new confessional performance piece called Go Figure! The Randy Gardner Story, co-written and directed by Joshua Ravetch (co-author of Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking). Go Figure! focuses on Gardner’s fascinat- ing career — everything from his and Babi- lonia’s beginnings as a preteen skating pair (they have been close ever since; she even appears in the show with him) to their most crushing moment: the 1980 Olympics. Favored heavily to win the gold, Gardner and Babilonia were forced to withdraw when Gardner sustained an injury. It was supposed to be the pinnacle of their career; instead, it was their lowest moment. “It was devastating,” Gardner says. “I went on autopilot. The thing in my mind was ‘Am I ever going to skate again?’” The play covers other parts of Gardner’s life as well: coming out; surviving gay-con- version therapy; and, at age 40, discovering he was adopted… and that his conception was the result of his mother being raped. Hardly the stuff of sunny self-reflection. “It’s emotional. I choke up sometimes doing it,” Gardner says. “But if you’re gonna get up there and tell your story, you might as well dig deep.” While his story does have its heavy parts, it’s tempered by appearances by Babilonia and former skating icon Dorothy Hamill (of the famous “Dorothy Hamill wedge” hair style that was the “Rachel”

22 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 █ VICTORY From Page 17 █ PAIR From Page 19 lift — followed by the last few moments of its day), along with tales of meeting within the community. “To focus solely also fun and authentically goofy. The of their polished precision. Synchronous, luminaries and the sometimes-wild world on gay liberation ignores the intersec- sport of figure skating is glam and glitz skillful, sublime. They nailed it. of figure skating. tionality of a lot of people. So to go after mixed with plenty of grit. After exhaust- Their dominating performance in that “I laugh a lot in it, and the audience gay and queer liberation you have to also ing days at the rink, Cain and LeDuc final round became only the second U.S. laughs along with me,” Gardner says. “It’s tackle racism and patriarchy and some of often help themselves, and the other pair to ever win a World Figure Skating not just an hour and half of sadness.” the capitalism that really pushes down skaters, decompress with self-deprecat- Championship — a title second only to Once Gardner did come out, when he queer people,” he says. “I’m just dipping ing foolishness. A particularly popular the Olympics as far as prestige goes. They was free of career pressures and the world my toe into the water, but activism is method of letting off steam and thawing were at the top of their talent and athletic was a different place, it was a relief. “I something I definitely want to become the ice? Perfecting a flawless runway

ability. was comfortable with myself, I was ready, more involved with in the future.” walk. Shantay, you stay. █ And yet Gardner couldn’t come out. and I didn’t fear anything,” he says. “No Cain and LeDuc are a true team, bring- — Coy Covington

“I was keeping a secret, and I was OK regrets.” █ ing beauty, brains and ability together in Watch Skate America on NBC and doing that,” he told us in a recent phone — Jonanna Widner a seemingly perfect package. But they’re NBCSN. Check local listings. conversation. “The skating overshadowed everything.” It was a different time back then. Even post-Stonewall, out athletes were few and far between, and those few who came out (or were outed) were publicly ostracized, losing friends, sponsorships and careers. (The 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal also saw another American athlete achieve great acclaim: Bruce Jenner. He wouldn’t come out as trans until 2015.) The AIDS crisis was just beginning in 1980, 888.226.0114 Everett directs himself in ‘Happy Prince’ triggering a new wave of hatred and fear of DALLAS | MESQUITE | ROCKWALL gay men. Let’s just say closet doors weren’t exactly busting open. Gardner did eventually come out publicly, in 2006, after an incredibly successful career… and several decades of a life far from ordinary. He’s in a new confessional performance piece called Go Figure! The $250 Down Randy Gardner Story, co-written and directed by Joshua Ravetch (co-author of Carrie $250 A Month Fisher’s Wishful Drinking). Go Figure! focuses on Gardner’s fascinat- ing career — everything from his and Babi- 250 Cars lonia’s beginnings as a preteen skating pair (they have been close ever since; she even to choose from appears in the show with him) to their most crushing moment: the 1980 Olympics. Favored heavily to win the gold, Gardner and Babilonia were forced to withdraw when Gardner sustained an injury. It was supposed to be the pinnacle of their career; instead, it was their lowest moment. “It was devastating,” Gardner says. “I went on autopilot. The thing in my mind was ‘Am I ever going to skate again?’” The play covers other parts of Gardner’s life as well: coming out; surviving gay-con- version therapy; and, at age 40, discovering he was adopted… and that his conception 2018 KIA Soul 2018 KIA Stinger was the result of his mother being raped. Hardly the stuff of sunny self-reflection. “It’s emotional. I choke up sometimes doing it,” Gardner says. “But if you’re NOW HIRING gonna get up there and tell your story, you might as well dig deep.” Non-Commissioned Sales Staff While his story does have its heavy parts, it’s tempered by appearances by SouthwestKia.com Babilonia and former skating icon Dorothy $250 Down. $250/month. $15.99 for every $1000 excludes TTL. Example Forte: Finance a New 2018 Kia Forte - MSRP $18350 - $2500 Kia Rebate = Hamill (of the famous “Dorothy Hamill $15,850 sales price for 72 months @ 4.9% apr at $250 per month for well qualified buyers thru Kmf. $250 down excludes ttl - $15.99 for every $1000 wedge” hair style that was the “Rachel” finance. Several at this price and payment. Sales ends 05/31/18. See www.southwestkia.com for complete details.

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The cast of ‘Steel Magnolias.’ (Photo courtesy Karen Almond)

acters (a nosy neighbor, an elderly immi- grant clockmaker, a hostile classmate) to become yet another Jerseyite that keeps the play so vivid and surprising. There’s just one set for A Doll’s House and Absolute Brightness, as well as another play closing this weekend, Dallas Theater Cen- ter’s Steel Magnolias at the Wyly. I know a ton of people who, upon learning that DTC was reviving this community-theater staple for its season-opener, sniffed and sneered at the craven unambitiousness of this comedy-drama buzzsaw about six women in a Louisiana beauty parlor, circa mid-’80s. Yes, it’s mawkish. Yes, it’s about as familiar as pumpkin-spiced latte. But it’s also a solidly constructed tearjerker with tons of memorable lines. (If you’re gay, you don’t need me to tell you any of them; you already know, Steve.) This gossipy South- ern clucker may not be Tennessee Williams — heck, it may not even be Tennessee Ernie Ford — but its charms ooze through. Chad Crager, FNP | Steven M. Pounders, MD | Chad Nyland, DO And not, in this production, where you D. Trew Deckard, PA-C, MHS | Cameron Wyatt, FNP might expect. The casting of Liz Mikel as Truvy seems misguided; she’s such a stentorian powerhouse, you never believe We are expanding in both our space and staff! she’s the conspiratorial confidant with whom people share their intimate secrets, A medical practice with more than 30 years experience and Tiana Kaye Blair seems wrong as the in the heart of our community headstrong young girl who won’t let a weak body slow her down. But they are compensated by good work from Sally New Saturday PrEp Clinic Nystuen-Vahle as the ornery Ouizer and Ana Hagedorn as the bubblegum-brained new cut-and-curl girl at Truvy’s. By the Primary Care | HIV Specialists end, when the light comedy takes a dark Gender Affirmation | Cosmetic Procedures turn, I dare you not to choke up. Manipu- lative? Maybe. But effective. █ A Doll’s House at the Addison Theatre MEDICAL PRACTICE OF Concierge Medicine offered by Centre, 15650 Addison Road. Through Nov. 4. WaterTowerTheatre.org. The Absolute Dr. Steven M. Pounders Steven M. Pounders, MD Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Gay History Month Festival) at Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys campus, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd, Call Today 214.520.8833 Through Sunday. UptownPlayers.org. Steel 3500 Oak Lawn, Ste. 600 | drpounders.com Magnolias at the Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. Through Sunday. DallasTheaterCenter.org.

24 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 Friday 10.19 — Saturday 10.20 LIFE+STYLE Jaston Williams delves once again into the Texas psyche in best bets ‘Clear to Partly Crazy’

Jaston Williams has made a career out of parsing the lovable idiocracy that is the Lone Star State, most memorably in his series of plays (co-written with acting partner Joe Sears) about Greater Tuna, the third smallest town in Texas. But he’s also ventured out on his own with several one-man shows, the latest of which, Clear to Partly Crazy, debuts at the Eisemann this weekend. Williams dissects dear-to-his-heart Texas topics, including cheerleading, tornadoes and insane relations. The premiere will get three performances only this weekend.

DEETS: Eisemann Center for Performing Arts, 23521 Performance Drive, Richardson. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. EisemannCenter.com.

and Carmen. This Bizet classic, about a seductive gypsy woman who cannot be tamed, even by Friday 10.19 — the man who loves her, features the “Habanera,” perhaps the most famous aria in all opera. Sunday 11.04 Stephanie d’Oustrac plays the title role, and DO favorite Stephen Costello plays Don Jose. Dallas Opera continues season Emmanuel Villaume conducts. with an all-time favorite: Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ DEETS: Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. Oct. 19, 21, 24, 27, Nov. 2 and Nov. 4. The bread-and-butter of opera companies, it’s DallasOpera.org. said, is the A-B-Cs: Aida, Boheme (or Butterfly)

fellow local legends Cara Statham- Serber and Sara Shelby-Martin for the Friday 10.19 camptastic jukebox musical Mamma — Mia! Breckenridge Sunday 10.28 plays the mom of a daughter about to get married, and Statham-Serber and Shelby- Here we go again! ‘Mamma Mia’ Martin play her besties, all of whom sing boogies into Brick Road ABBA songs! It’s the latest production from the new Plano-based company Brick Road It’s been a minute since Dallas audiences have seen Theatre. actress-singer Patty Breckenridge onstage, but that draught was bound to end, given the right circumstances. And what DEETS: Courtyard Theatre, 1509 H Ave., could be better circumstances than having her pair with Plano. BrickRoadTheatre.org.

10.19.18 █ dallasvoice 25 calendar highlights

Magicians and showmen perform amazing acts of legerdemain in ‘The Illusionists’ at Bass Hall this weekend. Louisiana. Final weekend. Wyly Theatre, ARTSWEEK 2400 Flora St. DallasTheaterCenter.org. THEATER Clear to Partly Crazy. Legendary Texas playwright and actor Jaston Williams (of Greater OPERA Tuna fame) in the North Texas debut of his newest Carmen. The classic by Bizet, about a fiery one-man memoir for three performances only. woman and the man who cannot resist her. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts. Presented by the Dallas Opera. Winspear 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. Opera House, 2403 Flora St. Through Nov. 4. Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., DallasOpera.org. Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. The Flying Dutchman. Emmanuel Villaume EisemannCenter.com. conducts Wagner’s mysterious romantic fantasy, Gay History Month Play Festival. Uptown with Greer Grimsley as the cursed captain. Final Players presents two more plays in weekend. Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. commemoration of Gay History Month: DallasOpera.org. The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey and Straight. Both are in Bryant Hall on the Kalita FINE ART Humphreys campus, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. An Enduring Legacy: The Eugene and Final weekend. UptownPlayers.org. Margaret McDermott Collection of The Illusionists: Live from Broadway. A magical Impressionist and Modern Art. The recent death evening of daredevils, card tricks, sleight-of-hand of Dallas arts patron Margaret McDermott, at age and mystery. Infectiously fun. Bass Performance 106, led to a bequest of 32 works from her private Hall, 535 Commerce St., Fort Worth. Oct. 19–20. collection, housed in her own home until recently, BassHall.com. and now on display with three previously-donated On the Verge. Victorian women travel through works to the DMA. Dallas Museum of Art time as explorers. Final weekend. Bath 1717 Harwood St. Through Feb. 17, 2019. House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. DMA.org. WingspanTheatre.com. The Nature of Arp. Exploration of the work of the Radiant Vermin. Philip Ridley (The Pitchfork influential 20th century artist. Nasher Sculpture Disney, Vincent River, The Fastest Clock in Center, 2001 Flora St. Through Jan. 6, 2019. the Universe) wrote this 2015 play, presented NasherSculptureCenter.org. by Kitchen Dog Theater and to kick off its Dali: Poetics of the Small, 1929–1936. Before he 2018–19 season. Trinity River Arts Center, was an acclaimed surrealist of monumental work, 2200 N. Stemmons Freeway. Through Oct. 28. Salvador Dali was a craftsman of small, classic KitcheDogTheater.org. (and modernist) paintings. Meadows Museum of Steel Magnolias. The classic tearjerker and Art on the SMU campus, 5900 Bishop Blvd. gay fave, about six women in a beauty parlor in

26 dallasvoice.com █ 10.19.18 SATURDAY 10.20 COMMUNITY FrontRunners. Gay jogging/walking group meets weekly at 9 a.m. in Oak Lawn Park at Hall Street and Turtle Creek Boulevard for a run along the Katy Trail.

FUNDRAISER Flashback to the ’80s. A retro fundraiser for AIN. Lofty Spaces, 816 Montgomery St. 7–11 p.m.

MONDAY 10.22 CABARET Mama’s Party. Weekly cabaret night with special guest performances. Uptown Theatre, 120 E. Main St., Grand Prairie. 7:35 p.m. $10

TUESDAY 10.23 FILM Gods and Monsters. Bill Condon won an Oscar for his screenplay about the final days of pioneering film director James Whale (Ian McKellen), who was openly gay in early Hollywood. Screens as part of the Tuesday Big Movie New Classic Series, which now includes a matinee. Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre in the West Village, 3699 McKinney Ave. Screens at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY 10.24 COMMUNITY The Queer Off!! Weekly variety show with 14 contestants, 12 weeks and one eventual winner. Sue Ellen’s, 3014 Throckmorton Road. 10 p.m. THE PLEASURE IS ALL YOURS Louisiana. Final weekend. Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. DallasTheaterCenter.org. EXHIBITIONS Ultimate Dinosaurs. Exhibit analyzing the history of the creatures that would come to occupy THURSDAY 10.25 Jurassic Park. Perot Museum of Nature and CABARET OPERA Glitterbomb Denton. Weekly queer variety show Carmen. The classic by Bizet, about a fiery Science, 2001 N. Field St. Through Jan. 6, 2019. PerotMuseum.org. with a new lineup every Thursday, now at a new woman and the man who cannot resist her. locale and new time. Andy’s Bar, 122 N. Locust Presented by the Dallas Opera. Winspear Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello. Archeological St., Denton. 8 p.m. Opera House, 2403 Flora St. Through Nov. 4. exhibition that details life for possessed DallasOpera.org. peoples who worked the plantation of the The Flying Dutchman. Emmanuel Villaume third president of the United States. conducts Wagner’s mysterious romantic fantasy, African American Museum at Fair Park. this week’s solution with Greer Grimsley as the cursed captain. Final Through Dec. 31. weekend. Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St. DallasOpera.org. STATE FAIR State Fair of Texas. Annual celebration of livestock, fried foods and other aspects of FINE ART Texas culture. Final weekend. BigTex.com. An Enduring Legacy: The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Collection of HALLOWEEN Impressionist and Modern Art. The recent death Screams. Annual Halloween-themed park on of Dallas arts patron Margaret McDermott, at age the Scarborough Faire grounds, 2511 FM 66, 106, led to a bequest of 32 works from her private Waxahachie. Through Oct. 27. ScreamsPark.com. collection, housed in her own home until recently, and now on display with three previously-donated Dark Hour Haunted House. Primetime for the works to the DMA. Dallas Museum of Art best scary-creepy mansion tour in North Texas. 1717 Harwood St. Through Feb. 17, 2019. 701 Taylor Drive, Plano. Weekends and Halloween DITTOTM DMA.org. through Oct. 31. DarkHourHauntedHouse.com by We-Vibe The Nature of Arp. Exploration of the work of the Plug in a new sensation influential 20th century artist. Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St. Through Jan. 6, 2019. FRIDAY 10.19 NasherSculptureCenter.org. COMMUNITY Dali: Poetics of the Small, 1929–1936. Before he Panoptikon. The weekly retro disco dance party, was an acclaimed surrealist of monumental work, presented by Lord Byron. Red Light, █ browse █ submit Salvador Dali was a craftsman of small, classic 2911 Main St. Doors 9 p.m. (and modernist) paintings. Meadows Museum of For a more complete Community To submit an item for inclusion in 1720 W. Mockingbird Ln. Art on the SMU campus, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Calendar online, visit the Community Calendar, visit Dallas, TX 75235 • 214-630-7071 Tinyurl.com/dvevents. Tinyurl.com/dvevents. (enter in rear behind New Fine Arts)

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

Pumpkins, grinning pumpkins everywhere! Boo’s new life were nothing less than gilded… How in the hell did the most ridiculous of until, one fine spring day entered “the creature.” holidays ever invented — and not even a real But first, a question: Occasionally, in between holiday, mind you, but just some prefabbed my cracks of infidelity-versus-endowment ques- nonsense for hawking tooth decay along with tions, I’ll receive a few random, category-de- otherwise utterly useless, giant orange bulbous fying, pet queries; not often, but enough here squashes — end up hogging the lion’s share and there to choose selectively for this issue’s of calendrical shelf-space? Halloween, for four uncharacteristically G-rated column — we’re solid months — from the very stroke of July 5 going inspirational here, men, and for those of all the way up through to Nov. 1 — has the hol- you nearing retirement, pay closer attention; iday merchandise run-of-the-show all to itself, heck, my words may even be helpful to some of impeded only by those insignificant “holiday” you, for once. We’ll come back to grizzled Boo, glitches known as, respectively, Labor Day and plus his ball-an-chain nemesis in just a tomcat Columbus Day, both of them cash-cow duds, moment here; meanwhile, let’s get all animalis- with the latter conjuring up no celebratory im- tic right to it. agery whatsoever, and the former (if celebrated at all outside guild halls and political rallies) Dear Howard: I’ve been styling hair for more requiring only some charcoal briquettes leftover than 30 years. My retirement’s looming, so I’m from the 4th of July, and maybe an appearance trying to figure out some kind of geezer “hobby/ of Old Glory herself…. also recycled from the business” that’ll serve the dual purpose of both 4th. All the way forward from Independence keeping boredom at bay and my bank account Day fireworks up to icicles and frostbite, no bob-bob-bobbing along, except, I’m too old to matter which way I look or wherever I am, fang- hook. All joking aside, my only real extracur- mouthed, tiresome jack-o-lanterns stare hollow- ricular passion is dogs, particularly Miniature recently turned 5-years-old when entered the ing-order placement in the pyramidal scheme of ly back at me these dwindling days of October, Dachshunds. I’ve owned at least one, if not a serpent into Eden. To describe Roo perfectly things, was Boo’s daily hierarchal cross to bear. reinforcing my every fresh concern about my pair of them at a time, ever since I was 9. I’ve in one word: Scrappy. I was traveling a lot, and Of my two toms, if faced with that rhetorical evermore tired, old dazed orange American already got a well-fenced-in backyard; basical- had only intended to pick up Boo an extra bag Sophie’s Choice quandary, I’d have to pick Boo: Shorthair, Boo, who, at the edge of 18 now ly, I’m just a CKC certification application away of dry provisions for an upcoming trip to New One is obligated to save the defenseless first, (which equates to a mere sprightly 89 in human from being able to open a Miniature Dachshund York, rather than a diseased, deaf and half- after all. Roo The Scrappy would be equally years) is suddenly showing every hoary minute adoption agency: Toy Dachshunds are what starved new little baby brother, hairless as a as content living in a dumpster as the sky of his octogenarian decrepitude. they’re more commonly called, but that’s purely sub bottom’s sphincter, and equally vociferous ark, provided he could forage enough victuals Way back in the summer of 2001, the Katy a marketing term, not a recognized designation. with his trembling screams. I spotted him in the amongst the trash to keep his Abyssinian belly Trail — which runs alongside my building — CKC, by the way, stands for Continental Kennel adoption cage next to the cash register, curled from growling. Boo, in contrast, has always was still under construction and on weekends Club. up whimpering in an empty food dish. I popped been too much a hothouse succulent to ever was virtually empty of all humans, allowing me Best of all, I’ve discovered the web moniker, open one of Boo’s FancyFeast tins. “There’s no survive in an atmosphere less rarified than his to enjoy the former train tracks for my own pri- DachshundCentral, was available, so I bought food in this cage, Sir.” The cashier didn’t glance aerie he was raised in; Boo would readily opt vate contemplations; whereupon one sunshiny, the rights to it. Now, all I need’s a couple from his scanner. “It don’t need none. He’s the for suicide off our 16th floor terrace rather than autumnal Saturday afternoon, I spotted glim- sire (father) dogs and a matching number of only one left. A new replacement herd comes in move down anywhere, ever, with the likes of mering in the distance an orange kitten perched child-bearing dams (mothers), plus a pretty tonight. He’s awfully affectionate but, well, you his embarrassing brother. And now to see Boo, primly in the middle of freshly paved asphalt, “Little Wieners” website, and I’m off to the races know. Just look at him.” He nodded a pim- hardly the great lion in winter anymore himself, prettier than a pumpkin tartlet, apparently — a part-time business that not only keeps a pled chin to the opened can. “Did I scan that if ever he was, liking to be nearby me, close there awaiting patiently for my august arrival. happy grin on my face with my pants still on, already? They found him in some abandoned enough to touch me at all times now; he can “Murp!” he greeted me. “Well, hey there, little but at last I’ll get to be a proud family man as apartment building, almost passed him by for no longer even make it atop the bed, not even Boo,” smiled I, cupping him up and tickling his well, after all! Do you see a downside here, dead… probably should have now, I guess. using his despised cat stairs. Diocletian The velvety ears. “Where’s your mother?” I glanced Howard, that maybe I’ve somehow missed? — Today’s his last day.” Imperial, who came to within but hours of ex- about. “Or anybody at all, Boo, for that matter?” Wienerlicious “His last day?” I stared. Slowly, it sunk in: “On periencing the real world for actually being the (Where the “Boo” came from, I haven’t a clue.) Dear Weenie Bob: None that I can think of; Earth? You mean, he goes from here straight to fearsome hungry, deadly guttural place it truly Boo wasn’t in the slightest distressed; however, the accumulative total of factoids I’ve the gas chamber?” The cashier shrugged, “We is, instead never knew an inkling of any world’s obviously, he hadn’t been abandoned too very on file that involve men enjoying fun together can only hold ’em 30 days. Nobody wanted this existence other than one pampered with splen- long — a couple minutes, at most. Strangely, with canines is, I’m quite certain, 100 percent runt, man. The cards didn’t go his way. Some of dor, but who must now, ultimately, face what too, I’d been expecting for weeks to find a unusable over at your place — nonetheless, ’em just pull deuces.” even I, this giant, fur-less creature who propels kitten, even anticipating what color it would be, I still can happily assist you here with just “This runt just pulled four aces,” assured I, effortlessly about on but two legs (and daily fed albeit admittedly, orange never quite manifest- the three, basic common-sense necessities lifting out Roo and his near-devoured Fancy- him, petted him and tickled that favorite spot on ed into focus as one of my options. Who can for making your DachshundCentral website Feast tin, both, in the palm of one hand. It’s his ears) could not shelter him from: My great, explain premonitions? Yet, as if by the wave of successful: amazing what love and good nutrition can amber-eyed, hollowed-out orange pumpkin, im- a magic ginger Ron Weasley wand, here now 1. Focus. As in never lose sight, or even achieve, and how quickly, too! I suspect Roo perceptibly shriveling day by day, grimly braving was amber-eyed, orange Boo; thus, home we stray very far from, your website’s central must have subliminally known how close was through it, his senior-cat onset of blindness sauntered, up to my upper-floor high-rise cor- tentpole, which, in your case, is selling lots of his call, for there has never been an animal and deafness, the gradually amplifying loss of ner apartment, from where Boo has but rarely wiener pups. on this planet happier than he to be alive: weight and short-term memory, the tremoring deigned to view that world he left beneath him 2. Passion. As in, is waking up every His glass is always half-full, his day is always motor functions and arthritic gait. Boo endures since. Being most miraculously spared from morning (at the age of 60-plus) to a blizzard of sunny, and his tail always uplifted in an eternal it with a majestic, graceful dignity, his long, slow certain roadkill death in a gutter or ditch, I yapping, elongated hound dawgz your idea of candy cane of feline euphoria. Whereas Boo goodbye paralleling, in perfect reverse, Roo’s chose for Boo an emperor’s name: Diocletian. Heaven come to Earth? And, most importantly: was pointedly imperious from birth and as far extraordinarily tenuous start, and if Boo makes (Look it up, bois.) Nevertheless, His Imperial 3. Humor. As in, if your website’s dull, dreary as he was concerned, into the purple born, it to Halloween, he’ll be lucky. Boo, who has Majesty has always been called just, simply, and dry as a old gnawed bone, so then the Roo was his constant reminder that not all always hit jackpot. And with eight more lives “Boo,” who took to his newfound, charmed clientele you attract shall be of its equal. All I’m those deposits in their litter box were just still to fulfill, well, he’ll be lucky again. existence in the same way, oh, the late Alva saying, Wienerlicious, is mull over Howard’s Roo’s, alone. Anyone who walked through the — Howard Lewis Russell Vanderbilt — chief squanderer of America’s three power points before you begin purchasing door, Roo scampered to them delighted as a Have a question about love, sex, etiquette greatest family fortune ever— describes her those starter sires and dams. dachshund; and Boo to the furthest closet. Life or anything else hat needs a special spin from first traveling experience via private railroad of nary a want on this Earth, nor a bubbly little Howard? Send your problem to AskHoward@ car: “It requires no getting used to; one takes OK, now, with that done, sweet readers, Beta brother too dumb to even grasp his peck- DallasVoice.com and he may answer it. to it immediately.”) Indeed, the first five years of let’s fast-forward five years: It’s 2006. Boo had

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