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Comedienne Margaret Cho contin­ ues to defy labels and categories as she brings her new stand-up tour to Houston. voice Page 15 ISSUE 1177 WWW.HOUSTONVOICE.COM AU THE NEWS FOR YOUR LIFE, AND YOUR STYIE.MAY 16, 2003

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An analysis of New Census data shows HIKING SIMILARITIES new Census 2000 data, households led by gays released this week, shows not unlike those with a number of similarities heterosexual couples MEDIAN: between same- sex couples in INCOME $52,400...... $55,000 Texas and Both pro- and anti-gay bills By PENNY WEAVER other families get sidelined as the Texas PROPERTY $85,000...... $85,000 in the state. House, led by Republican Tom Just as state officials have highlighted (Graphic by Craddick, stalls from a mass differences between gay and heterosexual CHILDREN 1.97 ...... 1.90 Bonnie Naugle) Democrat walk-out. couples with a Texas Defense of Marriage Page 3 Act, newly released data shows striking similarities between households led by sioned a new analysis of Census 2000 data. ly discriminatory, and, if signed into law, same-sex couples and all families in the “Families headed by same-sex couples is destined to be overturned. All couples Lone Star State. are much more similar to most other fami­ and families deserve the same treatment “This study should serve as a wake-up call lies than they are different — yet the Texas and protection in the eyes of the law — to both state and federal leaders,” said Seth Legislature has chosen to treat them dif­ regardless of sexual orientation.” Kilbourn, National Field Director for the ferently in the eyes of the law,” Kilbourn Human Rights Campaign, which commis- said. “The Texas DOMA bill is unabashed­ Please see FAMILIES on Page 4 Conservative groups upset over GOP meet with gays

Marc Racicot, chair of are acting desperate because their perceived U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) RNC chair says session the Republican stranglehold on the party is slipping.” prepares for a run for U.S. National Committee, Gary Bauer, founder of the conservative Senate without addressing per­ follows Bush order to 'carry said that gays have 'a group American Values and a former presi­ sistent rumors that he is gay. right to be involved in dential candidate, tried to soften Wildmon’s Page 6 message to everyone’ the public discussion’ question by emphasizing that the point was and that he didn't not to compare gays to members of NAM- By JOE CREA know what caused BLA, but rather to observe that simply meet­ homosexuality after ing with a group implies a level of accep­ WASHINGTON — Marc Racicot is facing pro-family groups tance, according to the Knight article. •a storm of criticism from conservative reli­ provided him with “There are people I’ve met who are gay — gious groups outraged that the Republican 'evidence' that there thoughtful people,” Racicot said in the National Committee chair met with the is no genetic link to Knight article. “I know of families with chil­ Human Rights Campaign to discuss gay homosexuality. dren — some of them are gay. They have a rights issues earlier this year. right to be involved in the public discussion.” Racicot faced his critics in a May 6 meet­ Racicot if he would meet with the North But after the meeting, Bauer sensed that ing that drew 11 conservative leaders to the American Man-Boy Love Association, since the message from the conservative groups GOP headquarters. At the meeting, Racicot he was willing to meet with gay activists. might not resonate as strongly as it once did defended his March 7 meeting with the HRC, Racicot reportedly said he would not and within the GOP, according to the Knight saying that he was trying to implement “the called the group “aberrant,” noting that he article. directive that the president gave me ... to used to prosecute child molesters. “My sense after the meeting was that, for carry our message, our principles, to every­ “They are testing the depths of despera­ reasons I don’t fully understand, we still have Montrose fixture Don Gill body and anybody,” he said, according to an tion, there’s no doubt about that,” said David a lot of work to do educating the Republican admits he has learned many life article written by Robert Knight for the Smith, communications director for HRC. establishment about why this matters,” lessons from his beloved pets. Concerned Women for America. “Racicot and others are getting an education Bauer said in the Knight article. Page 17 At the meeting, Don Wildmon, founder of in terms of the viciousness of [pro-family the American Family Association, asked groups’] motives for all to see. Perhaps they Please see GOP MEET on Page 6 2 MAY 16, 2003 www.houstonvoice.com HOUSTON VOICE

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Police report beating death LOCAL NEWS______3 NATIONAL NEWS______6 FORUM...... 12 recently moved into OUT ON THE BAYOU...... 15 Officials unable to confirm Westheimer Rd the town home with COMMUNITY CALENDAR...... 21 the victim, accord­ APPOINTMENTS...... 21 whether or not men were ing to police. The CLASSIFIEDS______22 suspect learned that Q PUZZLE______23 a gay couple the victim was look­ MY STARS.___ :------26 __Site of' ing for another roommate and was By PENNY WEAVER death planning to evict Houston police are investigating the him, the police Wednesday evening death of a man report stated. Police allegedly beaten by his roommate. said the suspect was As of press time Thursday, Houston not able to pay rent. Police Department spokesman John The suspect told Cannon said he could not confirm whether police that there or not the men involved were gay or were a was a confrontation couple. when the victim The incident occurred about 9 p.m. at the came home and that victim’s home at 9515 Pagewood, according the suspect repeat­ to a Houston Police Department report. edly struck the vic­ The name of the victim has not been Harwin tim’s head with a released, pending notification of next of blunt object. The kin, police said. Medical examiners were victim sustained still conducting an autopsy Thursday severe blunt trauma morning, according to Cannon. returned from a walk to his town home to the head and died at the home, police said. HPD Homicide Division Officer C.Y. when the suspect, who was waiting for him Charges are pending against the sus­ Park and I.E Flores reported that the victim inside, confronted him. The suspect had pect, according to HPD. IN MEMORY: Laurance Butler, a member of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston, will be remembered Gay bills likely victim of House impasse in a celebration of life this weekend. Page 5.

As Democrats maintain walkout, state law enforcement officers Democrats coming together do not have jurisdiction to "lihd 'standing unified on this proposals both pro-gay and arrest the legislators if they are issue,” Ellis said. “They’re out of state, the Houston standing up for a process. anti-gay may fall by the wayside Chronicle reported. “People say they’re not The House was to re-adjourn engaging in the process [but] Thursday morning, and what we had for the four months By PENNY WEAVER Craddick told the Chronicle he prior to this was the Republicans will have members who show not engaging in the process,” he AUSTIN — Democrats in the Texas House up wait for a quorum to arrive. added. “The fact that the of Representatives this week maintained Without a quorum, Craddick Democrats are standing up as a their headline-grabbing walkout, and a num­ said, he will adjourn the legisla­ unified voice to protect the inter­ ber of measures directly affecting gays tive body until Friday, the ests of the people of Texas and appeared Thursday to be down for the count. Chronicle reported. w they have the ability to stay “It puts a lot of things on hold on the “That effectively puts a nail in Republican Speaker of the together as a cohesive group NO COMMENT: U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is House side,” said Randall Ellis, executive the coffin on the bills that were House Tom Craddick means that they’re really look­ preparing for a run for U.S. Senate, but won't dis­ director of the Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby left pending,” LGRL’s Ellis said. blames that legislative ing out for their constituents. cuss a published report that renewed previous of Texas. “It’s just shut down the House. The high-profile redistrict­ body's impasse on the Texas “That should be hopeful to speculation that he is gay. Page 6. Effectively, pretty much all the House bills ing flap specifically affects gay Democratic walkout, but GLBT Texans,” Ellis said. “They will be dead (Thursday at midnight). Texans in a number of ways, Democrats like Rep. Jim are willing to take risks.” On Monday, 55 Democrats shut down Ellis noted. Dunnam of Waco blame the The redistricting plan the House by not showing up for work at “There are several levels to stall on Republicans' redis­ backed by Texas Republicans the state Capitol. The effort was in protest look at,” he said. tricting plans. would re-draw a number of of a redistricting bill pushed by For one thing, at least one congressional districts and Republicans that would give the GOP addi­ anti-gay bill would fall if the House does not give several a new majority of GOP voters. tional Texas seats in the U.S. Congress. return to session, and three pro-gay bills — “While LGRL is a bipartisan organization, Since both chambers of the Texas relating to nondiscrimination in employ­ I think people have to realize that in Texas, Legislature hold a Republican majority, ment, education and housing — also would Democrats have traditionally stood up for the Democrats know they are out-voted on the stall on the Legislature’s calendar. LGBT interests more so than the Republican redistricting proposal if it comes up for a vote. The walkout limits the opportunity for Party,” Ellis said. “A day that they’re not on the TEEN MURDER: Newark, N.J, police have labeled But without a quorum, lawmakers cannot new or renewed anti-gay moves in the House floor is a day that they can’t gay bash.” the murder of Sakia Gunn, 15, a bias crime after meet, debate or vote on bills before the House. House, according to Ellis. The redistricting bill is backed by U.S. she was stabbed at a bus stop this week. Page 7 The 150-member legislative body must have "What it does do on another level is it House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Sugar 100 representatives present to have a quorum. will knock down the number of vehicles Land, the Chronicle reported. State con­ Most of the rebelling Democrats are at a that anti-gay legislators could tack gressional districts now give Democrats a POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Holiday Inn in Oklahoma. After the walkout, unfriendly amendments onto,” he said. 17-15 majority, but DeLay said districts Houston Voice, 500 Lovett Blvd, Speaker of the House Tom Craddick, a But the action by the Democrats also should be redrawn to match statewide vot­ Suite 200, Houston, TX 77006. Republican, ordered that those lawmakers can give gay Texans hope for the future. ing patterns, according to the newspaper. Houston Voice is published weekly, on Friday, be arrested and returned to the Capitol. That “On another level, it should be encour­ The DeLay plan would give the GOP four to by Window Media LLC. Subscriptions move is permitted under House rules, but aging to GLBT Texans because we have seven more seats in next year’s elections. are $92/year for 52 issues (only $1.77 per issue). | local news Military service records differ by gender

ing the number of children being raised, the respondent identifies another same-sex of the Urban Institute’s Population Studies FAMILIES, continued from Page 1 income and home value. adult in the house as his or her Center. “It reveals that laws on adoption, HRC, the largest national lesbian and The study showed that the average “husband/wife” or “unmarried partner.” marriage, immigration, tax and military gay political organization in the United same-sex couple with children in Texas is Data about the nation’s single gay and service clearly impact all Americans, States, this week announced the results of raising 1.90 children, while other average lesbian population is not available from regardless of sexual orientation.” an analysis of newly released Census 2000 couples are raising 1.97 children. the Census. Activists said many Texas laws are data. The group commissioned the study by The new data also revealed that the aver­ Information on individual states is inherently unfair to gay couples and their the Urban Institute, a nonprofit, nonparti­ age same-sex couple has a median house­ being released incrementally, with Texas children. san policy research and educational organi­ hold income of $55,000, while other Texas among the first 15 states to have data pub­ “What kind of society grants some chil­ zation, according to an HRC press release. couples have a median income of $52,400. lished, according to the HRC. A full report dren the security of a legal relationship to Data on Texas families is among the Same-sex couples and other couples in will be completed once statistics on all both of their parents, but denies the same earliest released from the analysis. Texas also share the same median property states are available. security to other children simply because of The study comes on the heels of the Texas value of $85,000, according to the institute. who their parents happen to be?” said Lisa Legislature’s approval of a DOMA, which In addition, the study showed that many Differences are in laws Bennett, who runs the HRC Foundation’s prevents the state from recognizing same-sex gay men and women from Texas have FamilyNet project. “Gay and lesbian couples marriages or civil unions. Texas already does served in the country's military alongside Human Rights Campaign officials and in Texas, along with their children, have not allow such unions. Despite intense lobby­ heterosexuals, although men and women gay activists said the new data emphasizes been singled out for hardships and inequities ing by gay Texans and groups such as the appear less or more likely to serve depend­ the injustice of discrimination against gay that are reminiscent of Jim Crow laws.” Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas, the bill ing on their sexual orientation. Texans. The Urban Institute was established to now goes to Gov. Rick Perry and will become The institute found that 9.7 percent of The size of families raised by same-sex examine the social, economic, and gover­ law if he signs it, which he is expected to do. coupled lesbians in Texas have served in couples is roughly the same as families nance problems facing the nation, accord­ “GLBT Texans are denied hundreds the military, compared with only 1.5 per­ headed by heterosexual couples, they point ing to an HRC press release. The Human upon hundreds of rights because they are cent of married women; 14.6 percent of out, but the number of rights and protec­ Rights Campaign works to lobby Congress, not allowed to marry the person they love. gay coupled men have served in the mili­ tions they are granted is not. Without any provide campaign support and educate the The time for demanding equality is now,” tary compared with 29.1 percent of mar­ form of legal relationship recognition for public on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual said Randall Ellis, executive director of the ried men, according to the HRC. same-sex couples, laws that most Texas and transgender Americans. LGRL. “This is not the end of this issue.” The new analyses were drawn from the families enjoy are not always available to recently released Census 2000 One Percent children and families of same-sex couples, Similarities across the board Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), a HRC officials stated. O MORE INFO sampling of individual Census records from “The newly released Census 2000 data Urban Institute According to the Urban Institute study, one in 100 U.S. households, HRC leaders stat­ provides a detailed portrait of gay and les­ www.urban.org the average Texas family headed by a ed. The Census does not ask questions about bian families that can inform and frame same-sex couple shares many characteris­ sexual orientation, but gay and lesbian fam­ public dialogue about issues that affect all Human Rights Campaign tics with other families in the state, includ­ ilies are understood to be households where American families,” said Gary Gates, Ph.D., www.hrc.org Gayribbean Cruises

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Center for AIDS plans session on 'HIV: Past, Present and Future' As part of its “Conversations at the CFA,” Houston’s Center for AIDS presents a discus­ GAY MEN’S CHORUS of HOUSTON sion next week as the last presentation in its three-part series, “HIV: Past, Present and Future.” The forum, titled “HIV and the Future: Revelations or Mysteries?” will be led by Dr. Richard Sutton, an assistant professor SONGS OF OUR In Molecular Virology at Baylor College of Medicine and a staff physician at Harris MORE INFO James Knapp County Health Department’s Thomas Street Conversations at the CFA Artistic Director Clinic. Dr. Sutton combines both “ivory 6 p.m. dinner on Thursday, May 22 tower” research and “real life” patient care Center for AIDS to give attendees a unique perspective on Beth McConnell 1407 Hawthorne this topic, according to a CFA press release. VOICES Principal Accompanist To RSVP, call 713.527.8219 or The public is invited. The series is funded E-mail: [email protected] by The Hollyfield Foundation.

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Christian counseling “without condemna­ Saturday where, the journey home tion” for gays is the goal at the Community June 7, 8:00 pm Gospel Life Counseling Center, according to

leaders at Community Gospel Church in Sunday always begins. Houston. The center opened May 1. “The Life June 8, 3:00 pm Counseling Center will fill the critical gap in therapeutic services to our community,” said Tuesday church pastor Chris Chiles. “Persons in need June 10, 8:00 pm will no longer have to hide their sexual orien­ tation or their Christianity from their thera­ Wednesday pist.” Counselor Dennis Schave will provide June 11, 8:00 pm love, understanding, and sound advice, church leaders stated in a press release. “The Bering Omega Community Services honored a Resurrection goal of the Life Counseling Center is to offer number of people at its Volunteer Appreciation Metropolitan hope to all and especially to those within the Day. From left are John Haskins, a volunteer for Community GLBT community,” Chiles said. “We want to administration; Lashonda Hopkins and Theodora Church dispel the notion that God does not love Foster of Abundant Life Cathedral, Peg Nevers, 2025 W. 11th Street homosexuals and help people heal from this an Omega House volunteer; and Gil Warrick, a serious and common wound.” The program volunteer for development. Not pictured, but also $15 in advance offers a sliding scale fee system, and standard honored as 2002-2003 Outstanding Volunteers $20 at the door rates are $50-$75 per session. Schave, a profes­ were Steve Spillette, Adult Care Center; Greg featuring sional counselor with more than 35 years’ Simpson, Financial Assistance; Susan Wood, experience, will offer private counseling ses­ Dental Clinic; Cynthia Holliday, Volunteer Order on-line: Robert Seeley’s sions to explore spirituality, spiritual abuse, Services and Community Outreach; and Ken Hurt, www.gmch.org extrABBAganza! and general life challenges. His wife, Evelyn, Omega House. Bering Omega Community THE GREATEST HITS OF a nationally known outspoken revival speak­ Services assists indigent and uninsured people Order by phone: er, also joins the center. living with HIV/AIDS in the greater Houston area. Box Office Tickets The organization provides a number of health 800.494.8497 EXILE ABBA O MORE INFO care and social services to people who have no other care alternatives, all at no cost to the "...it was evident that the GMCH is ready to break out of its community base and stake out a Life Counseling Center client. Assistance offered includes help with rent strong position in the city's performing-arts community"- Charles Ward © Community Gospel Church and utilities, dental services, adult day care and 4305 Lillian • 713-880-9235 counseling. (Photo by Dalton DeHart) | obituary

© 2003 Houston Chronicle Publishing Company. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. Laurance Butler, 65, aerospace systems analyst

Laurance Erwin “Larry” of Denver; brother, Edward When you consider selling your Butler, 65, of Houston died on Blakely of Annapolis, Md.; Saturday, April 5,2003. and many friends and extend­ home, wouldn’t it be nice to Butler was born on March ed family, including Donald 31,1938, in Santa Monica, Calif. Bryant and family, and Julius have a Realtor in the family? He served in the U.S. Air Force Daguanno and family from 1956 tol962. He then was A celebration of life will employed as a systems analyst be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Call me... I’m family. in the aerospace industry. He May 17, at Resurrection worked on the mission simula­ Metropolitan Community Church, 2025 11th Street at T. tors for the Apollo and space C. Jester. 713-623-8899 shuttle programs. direct: 113-^23-5109 • lax: 113-623 0322 Butler was a member of the In lieu of flowers, dona­ Resurrection Metropolitan tions may be made to Body Community Church and the Gay Men’s Positive Wellness Center of the Montrose COLDUJQLL New Office! 2 Greenway Plaza W Chorus of Houston, and supported many Clinic, 3311 Richmond, Suite 100, Houston, BAN^GR Suite 150, Houston, TX 77046 HIV-related charities. TX 77098. www.houston-realty.com Survivors include his sister, Joy Spencer PENNY WEAVER Boline www.houstonvoice.com HOUSTON VOICE 6 MAY 16, 2003______| national news Newspaper says Fla. lawmaker is gay

or keep criminalizing, one of the most basic ment this week. human expressions,” he said. Staff for Rep. Mark Foley Fordham, Foley’s chief of staff, declined But Fordham called it “unfortunate” that to discuss Thorne’s claim. “some in the gay community who, on the one Yet “I would point out that Tracey — who says sexual orientation hand, are outraged when law enforcement offi­ I think is a very courageous young man who cials in Texas violate the rights of two men in certainly served his country well — made a irrelevant to Senate bid their homes, then feel the need to pry into the decision when he entered the military to personal lives of their elected officials.” withhold information about his own person­ 'It By LAURA DOUGLAS-BROWN In addition to the Victory Fund, officials with al life,” Fordham added. the Human Rights Campaign and the Log Cabin U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican candi­ “He served for quite some time in the mili­ Republicans — two national gay rights groups tary dishonestly, and I think it is unfair of him to date for a U.S. Senate seat in Florida next that have endorsed Foley in the past—said they now demand that everyone else disclose details year, “is gay” and “the people have a right to oppose outing people against their will. know,” according to a column published last about their personal lives, especially when it Young, from the Victory Fund, also cited may affect their job or position in society” week in a weekly newspaper. the Texas case in explaining why his group No openly gay person has ever served in Fbley first elected to the US. House in 1994, will formally announce “in the next couple of months” opposes the practice. the U.S. Senate, but Foley’s staff contends the “Gays and lesbians have just been before his bid for the US. Senate seat currently held by issue is irrelevant to voters. U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) won't publicly discuss the Supreme Court arguing for our right to “Generally, I just don’t discuss Congressman Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.), according to Fordham. his sexual orientation, despite a newspaper column privacy in our committed relationships, so to Foley’s personal life with reporters,” Kirk Graham’s decision to run for the 2004 take that away from Congressman Foley or Democratic presidential nomination touched off last week that reported he is gay. (Photo by J. Scott Fordham, Foley’s chief of staff, told Houston anyone else in the name of politics is just a scramble of candidates, both Republicans and Applewhite/AP) Voice on Tuesday when asked if Foley is gay dirty and also hypocritical,” Young said. “When Congressman Foley travels Democrats, for the potentially open Senate seat. Whether “outing” a pubic official is ever around the state, voters are a lot more inter­ Foley has said he will run for the post even if appropriate was hotly debated then, and ested in his view on things like prescription Graham changes his mind and seeks reflection. Impact on Senate bid remains strongly contested today. drugs or Medicare reform or the threat ter­ No openly gay person has ever served in the US. “People who chose to lead a public life know Of the three openly gay people currently serv­ rorism poses to their lives,” Fordham said. Senate, and only three out of the -435 members of that their lives are open for discussion to the ing in Congress, only one—Rep. Tammy Baldwin “He doesn’t ask about their personal lives the US. House of Representatives are openly gay media. Whenever it is relevant to a larger story, (D-Wis.)—came out prior to first being elected to and they certainly aren’t asking about his.” Out of the more than half-million elected their sexual orientation, just like their tax the body Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Rep. Foley was not available for interviews on offices in the country, there are 246 openly returns or anything else, should be discussed,” Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) were already serving in the the subject, according to Fordham. gay officials and only 17 in Florida, according said Michelangelo Signorile, a gay writer and US. House when they acknowledged being gay, Foley and Fordham also declined interviews to. the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, a activist who penned the 1996 Out article. although both have since been reflected. with the New Times Broward-Palm Beach for writ­ Washington, D.C.-based group that supports In the past, outing has usually been reserved Foley “decided he would run, and he knew it er Bob Norman’s column, “Out with the Truth.” gay candidates across the country. for politicians who are gay and closeted, but oppose would provoke lots of discussion and politics,” In the column, Norman decries the way Yet despite the potentially historic nature gay rights. But with the exception of DOMA. Foley Frank said in an Atlanta, Ga., interview where most media outlets have ignored the issue of of Foley’s race, the Victory Fund disagrees has supported legislation backed by gays, includ­ he met this week with gay leaders to campaign Foley’s sexual orientation, even while report­ with Norman’s decision to “out” him, said ing co-sponsoring the Employment Non- for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John ing on possible controversy over his positive Jason Young, spokesperson for the group. Discrimination Act, a bill to ban anti-gay job bias. Kerry (D-Mass.). “You stick your head out and voting record on gay issues. “We are opposed to outing anyone,” Young “As a conservative ... he has been consis­ you expect to take a couple of hits.” The column quotes several sources — said. “We want people to be openly gay candi­ tent in his view that government should not How big those hits might be remains to be seen. ranging from a gay Democrat who serves on dates by their choice — the whole idea is to be interfere with private enterprise or private Florida’s Republican Party does not the Wilton Manors City Council to a staffer honest with the electorate.” endorse candidates in the primary and had lit­ with Florida’s chapter of the Christian lives,” Fordham said. But voters deserve to know if there is another tle official response to Norman’s column. Coalition — who say it is well-known, though Honesty vs. privacy motivation behind Foley’s votes, according to “Congressman Foley is a valued member of not openly discussed, that Foley is gay. Norman, especially because they represent a “hard our Republican family and we are not going to But the most direct evidence comes from As Norman notes in his column, he is not left turn” from his other Republican positions. engage in this gossip and innuendo,” said Tbwson Tracy Thorne, who gained national recognition the first journalist to broach the subject of “Might not this be actually, for lack of a bet­ Fraser, the state OOP’s communications director. when he came out while serving in the U.S. mili­ Foley’s sexual orientation, although he is the ter word, for a selfish motive?” Norman said. Fordham, Foley’s chief of staff, predicted tary to protest the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy” first to state as fact that Foley is gay. Both supporters and opponents of outing Norman’s column would have “very little Thorne, now an attorney, has urged Foley National gay magazines Advocate and framed their arguments in terms of privacy, impact” on the Senate race. to come out for years. But he offered evidence Out, before they both became owned by citing the pending Supreme Court challenge “Voters in Florida don’t make their decisions for the first time for his claim that the Florida Liberation Publications, broached the sub­ to the Texas law banning gay sodomy. based on second hand rumor and innuendo. They Republican is gay, telling Norman that Foley ject in 1996, when Foley voted in favor of the Norman said recent attention to the case — see columns like the New Times as rather dis­ — a family friend — brought his boyfriend on Defense of Marriage Act, which banned fed­ and the now infamous remarks by Sen. Rick tasteful, and it offends their sensibilities that a lib­ a visit to the Thornes in the early 1990s. eral recognition of gay marriages. Santorum (R-Pa.) supporting the law and com­ eral publication that champions the right to priva­ "What put it over the top was Tracy “Frankly, I don’t think what kind of person­ paring homosexuality to incest and bestiality — cy would turn around and violate Mark Foley’s Thorne.” Norman told Houston Voice. “He al relationships I have in my private life is of any relevance to anyone else,” Foley said in a helped prompt him to pen his story outing Foley. right to privacy simply because he is a conserva­ has no reason to lie about it.” “People in his party want to criminalize, tive Republican,” he said. Thorne could not be reached for com­ written statement to the Advocate at the time. Log Cabin director: Conservative groups hold GOP 'hostage'

ic link to homosexuality, Racicot told the failed. According to the HRC, he opposed leg­ GOP MEET, continued from Page 1 ty of these groups to the Republican Party. “They say to the Republican leadership, groups that he didn’t know what caused homo­ islative efforts in 1995 to add gay people to sexuality nor did he know how much was Montana’s sexual offenders registry. Many of the conservative leaders demand­ ‘Do this, or we’ll walk away’ LCR does not “genetic or environment," according to the HRC said Racicot also signed a bill in 1998 ed from Racicot a “clear, strong, unequivocal agree with everything the Republican Party that made same-sex marriage illegal in statement” from the GOP that declared homo­ does but I can assure you that we are not Knight article. While governor of Montana, Racicot Montana. sexuality to be immoral. Knight’s article sug­ walking away. These people hold the presi­ dent and Marc Racicot hostage on these enacted a state employee non-discrimination Smith said that while Racicot spoke of gested that if their demands were not met, policy that included sexual orientation. He inclusion to more than 300 gay rights activists many evangelical Christians would stay issues.” Racicot did not respond to calls seeking attempted to repeal the state’s sodomy law in on March 7 — the first time ever that a sitting home on Election Day in 2004. 1993 and was criticized by the Christian GOP chair addressed a gay audience — he did­ Mark Mead, political director of the gay comment. Coalition for the effort, which ultimately n’t articulate any policy decisions. Log Cabin Republicans questioned the loyal­ Despite being told that there was no genet­ HOUSTON VOICE www.houstonvoice.com______MAY 16, 2003 7 | national news New Jersey lesbian, 15, murdered at bus stop

Sakia Gunn was a member of the West that. A woman is dismissive to the violence Newark police call Side High girls’ basketball team until low of men, and they pay for it with their lives. grades forced her to the sidelines last year. It’s still unclear how old these murderers She had hopes of someday playing for the are, but these were young girls.” it a bias crime Women’s National Basketball Association. “There’s no way around it. This young By several accounts popular with other stu­ woman had her whole life ahead of her.” By KEVIN SPENCE dents, Gunn, whose nickname was “T,” had a he said. Gunn’s murder was especially talent for braiding hair and often created senseless, he said, “because of her dismis­ NEWARK, N.J. — A 15-year-old girl was hairstyles for her friends. “The teachers and sive attitude toward these men.” Most fatally stabbed at a bus stop here after the coach are having a hard time dealing with cases of crimes against lesbians involve returning from a Greenwich Village party this,” said Michelle Baldwin, a spokesperson sexual assault, not murder, Patton added. with her friends early in the morning on for the Newark Board of Education. Calls to The police are continuing to look for more Sunday, May 11. Newark police are treating Sakia Gunn was stabbed to death on Sunday at a West Side High School were not returned by information about Gunn’s murder. Until the murder as a bias crime after someone in bus stop, in what police are calling a bias crime. press time. Maurice Gunn told the Associated then, the real reason for Gunn’s murder will the group told her assailant they were gay. Press that several students were wearing T- remain unknown, he added. “Until the inves­ Two men in a white station wagon were short time later. shirts with Gunn’s likeness on them. tigation is complete and you have statements passing by the five teenagers at the corner of “There is a wari-ant out for his arrest,” Glenn, who is a 15-year veteran of the from all parties, you don’t have any public Broad and Market Streets, a few blocks from said Glenn about 29-year-old Richard police department, said that Newark has records,” said Glenn about the killer’s motive. Newark’s Pennsylvania Station, and taunted McCullough. When apprehended, he will face not recorded a high incidence of bias “We are following up leads in search of him.” the group with sexual suggestions around charges of homicide, weapons possession and crimes. He said he found Gunn’s murder “It’s sad. Their lifestyle didn’t interfere 3:30 a.m. An argument followed after the bias intimidation. On Monday, May 12, the particularly upsetting for personal reasons. with anyone’s,” Glenn said. “It’s like teenagers rejected their advances. One of the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office determined “I tend to have more of a personal issue racism. It hasn’t progressed, even in this men then thrust a knife into Sakia Gunn’s that the sophomore at West Side High school, with this because some of my close friends case. It’s an aspect we’re investigating.” chest. After the incident, the men fled. was, in fact, the victim of bias crime. and family members are gay,” he said. Alicia Toby-Heath and Saundra Heath- “One of the girls expressed her sexuality,” “The murder didn’t have nothing to do Clarence Patton, a spokesperson for the Toby, Newark residents who are being rep­ Lt. Derrick Glenn of the Newark Police with her being bisexual,” Maurice Gunn, the New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence resented by Lambda Legal Defense & Department told the Voice. The New York victim’s uncle, told the Voice. LaTona Gunn Project, noted that this case was unique. In Education Fund in a landmark case for Times has reported that one of the girls told the told a reporter from the Newark Star-Ledger most gay-related bias crimes, the perpetrator same-sex union rights, expressed shock at men they were not interested in them because that her daughter was gay. All five girls (ages believes that the victim is gay or transgen­ the murder. “We have stood on the street the giris were gay Glenn said the perpetrators 15 to 17) dressed like boys, she said. dered. Here, the killer did not know Gunn’s corner where this happened many, many at first did not know the giris were gay LaTona Gunn told the Times, “I won’t sexual orientation when he approached her. times while waiting for a bus,” the women A friend of Gunn’s then signaled a pass­ know what kind of crime this is until I talk Often, the perpetrator of anti-bias said in a statement. “For a proposition to ing motorist, who drove the victim to to the guy who did it and he tells me. All I crimes claims, “I got so upset I had to kill turn violent all because this time the pret­ University Hospital in Newark. She died a know is that my child is gone now.” them,” Patton said. “This is the flip-side of ty girl is a lesbian shocks and frightens us.”

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DENVER — Colorado Rockies pitcher SAN FRANCISCO — The California Spiritual Uplift service. Wednesday 7 p.m. Todd Jones again spoke out about gays in Supreme Court is expected to rule within a May 7 column for SportingNews.com. 90 days on whether second-parent adop­ “They think I’m a gay-hater, a narrow­ tions, commonly used by lesbian and gay minded redneck from Alabama who ain’t parents, are legal under state law. On May never been nowhere. ... I stand by what I 7, the state’s highest court heard testimony said, but I’d like to tell you the context of in the case of a lesbian couple, named in RESURRECTION how it happened,” Jones wrote. The court records as Sharon S. and Annette E, METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH pitcher was referring to comments April who split up after their second child was 27 to the Denver Post, when he said he born. 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Charles Bird, week pitcher John Rocker — who made Annette’s attorney, argued that “from the “Personality Dynamics” 7 p.m. headlines in 1999 for anti-gay remarks perspective of the child, whether the func­ when he played for the Atlanta Braves — tioning parents are married is irrelevant.” returned to Major League Baseball, In questions to the attorneys, the state’s May 18 • called up by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. supreme court justices appeared to lean “What Is Rocker signed a minor league contract towards upholding the adoptions by gays Fellowship with the Devil Rays on April 10. “Maybe and other unmarried partners, the Times A Fleece?” Maranatha I’m a little wiser than I was four, five and the San Francisco Chronicle reported. years ago,” Rocker said. Rev. Janet Ind. judge dismisses Parker McDonald's appeals ruling gay marriage lawsuit Metropolitan for employee with AIDS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marion County Community Church CLEVELAND — A three-judge panel of Superior Court Judge S.K. 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Global AIDS Fund in need of cash, Congressional study says WASHINGTON (AP) — An international fund that is a key to the Bush administration’s $15 billion plan to fight global AIDS is threatened by a lack of money, according to a congressional report made public last week. The ISN'T IT TIME? report by the General Accounting Office, the investiga­ tive wing of Congress, could bolster the argument of some that the administration needs to do more to support the Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Earlier this month, the House passed a five-year, $15 billion package to fight AIDS glob­ ally. The Senate is expected to take up the measure soon. Up to $1 billion in fiscal year 2004 is earmarked for the Global Fund, which has been working since January 2002. Rep. 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Ddia McLaughlin, mother of a gay teen who was ■ OTHER’S DAY IS ONE OF She granted an interview in March and forced to recite biblical passages by school officials, her photo ran with the story. set an example for mothers by defending her son. days that doesn’t make me Imagine being 14 again and opening up (File photo by AR) III crin§e- For starters, it’s not a gay newspaper to find your mother’s Publisher- WINDOW MEDIA LLC Sill a true manufactured picture alongside a story about gay rights. President- WILLIAM WAYBOURN American holiday, with As if that weren’t enough, the son said ed of the growing number of lesbians and Editorial Director-CHRIS CRAIN that his mother fully supports his display­ even gay men who are taking on the Corporate Controller- BARNETTE HOLSTON roots in the ancient Greek Art Director- ROB BOEGER celebrations of Rhea, mother of the Gods ing a poster in his bedroom of a man responsibility of parenthood. General Manager- MICHAEL KITCHENS and formal recognition in the United emerging from a swimming pool. According to recently released figures Marketing Manager- DAN GARRIOTT States by President Woodrow Wilson in “Why not, you know,” McLaughlin said from the U.S. Census Bureau, one-third of JlNationai 1914. More importantly, moms routinely when our reporter asked about it. Why lesbian couples and one-fifth of male cou­ r Cay exhibit the kind of strength and character not, indeed. ples now have children living in their r WewapanT J Guild that merits a day of recognition. homes. The numbers speak to a trend Just last week as the holiday loomed, I MOST OF US HAVE MORE COMPLICATED among gays; in 1990, only one in 20 same- MEMBER retrieved a voice mail from a particularly relationships with their mothers, sex male couples had children, while 22 angry PFLAG mom irate over Sen. Rick although more and more of us are lucky percent of lesbian couples had kids. Santorum’s (R-Pa.) recent anti-gay remarks enough to have open-minded, supportive In a related move earlier this year, the VM*er hourton g)b< ch»i*er at conmwice and his subsequent failure to apologize to a moms. My own mom was upset when I Washington, D.C., officials announced a CHARTER MEMBER roomful of PFLAG supporters. came out to her — not because her old­ plan to recruit gay men and lesbians to adopt the city’s abandoned children. As of Established 1974 as the Montrose Star. Santorum apparently wasn’t comfort­ est son is gay, but because I didn’t tell able meeting with actual gay people and her sooner. March 21, about 200 D.C. children and 500 Lovett Blvd., Suite 200 thought he might get off easy by meeting The moms of PFLAG were busy last teens between the ages of 6 and 18 were in Houston, Texas 77006 their parents and friends instead. He was week, coordinating Capitol Hill visits to need of a foster home. (713)529-8490 wrong. According to reports from those congressional offices while lobbying for a “We urgently need foster homes in the Fax:(713)529-9531 who attended the May 1 meeting, the good range of pro-gay initiatives. Among the District of Columbia," said Maureen www.houstonvoice.com senator was in such a hurry to escape that moms’ demands: passage of a hate McFadden, supervisor for adoption and Contents copyright 2003 he tripped over a chair on his way out. crimes bill and the Employment Non- foster parent recruitment for the Child & Office hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays Only a wronged mother could inspire Discrimination Act inclusive of gender Family Services Agency. “Unlike other such fear in a U.S. senator. identity protections; and passage of the jurisdictions, we are looking openly for

To submit a letter I was inspired, too, by a recent story Permanent Partners Immigration Act, a GLBT foster parents.” Letters should be fewer than 400 words. involving an Arkansas teenager who House bill in need of a lead sponsor in So if you forgot to call your mom last We reserve the right to edit for content and length. came out at his high school only to be the Senate. weekend, take heart and pick up the We will withhold names upon request, but you In addition, PFLAG members are phone for what she has done for you and must include your name and phone number for marched to an assistant principal’s office verification. Please send mail to Houston Voice, where he was forced to recite biblical pas­ working to oppose a disturbing number of for the PFLAG moms who work hard on 500 Lovett Blvd, Suite 200, Houston. Texas 77006; sages condemning homosexuality. School conservative judicial nominees backed by behalf of advancing gay rights. If nothing fax (713) 529-9531 or e-mail to editor@houston- officials later outed the kid to his parents. President Bush who have decidedly anti- else, do it for the 33 percent of lesbian voice.com. Opinions expressed therein do not reflect But nobody warned those school officials gay records. couples raising children — and especially those of the Houston Voice. that the mother, Delia McLaughlin, is a The PFLAG moms who canvassed the for Delia McLaughlin. Ad material in Houston Voice is protected by federal force to be reckoned with. Hill carried with them photos of their gay copyright law and may not be reproduced without the written consent of Houston Voice. The sexual orientation “If anybody is preaching to this kid loved ones, and they describe those photos of adwrtisers. photographers, writers and cartoonists published herein is neither inferred or implied. The or throwing Scriptures at him, it’s going as among their most powerful tools. appearance of names or pictorial representation does not necessarily indicate the sexual orientation to be me,” she said. “I don’t worry, “There is no argument quite so strong of that person or persons they’ll get theirs. Judge not, lest you be as the one that says, T do this work not Kevin Naff is Houston Voice accepts unsolicited editorial for myself, but for these friends and material but cannot take responsibility for its return. judged yourself.” managing editor of The editor reserves the nght to accept, reject or edit loved ones,”’ says one mom on the any submission. All rights revert to authors McLaughlin not only supported her the Washington Blade, upon publication. Guidelines for freelance son against the school system, she pur­ PFLAG Web site. contributors are available upon request sister publication sued legal action to remove any mention of Houston Voice, and of disciplinary measures related to his ALSO, AS ANOTHER MOTHER’S DAY Issue 1177 can be reached at sexual orientation from her son’s record. passes into memory, we should be remind- [email protected] HOUSTON VOICE www.houstonvoice.com MAY 16, 2003 13 | letters

Both sides to blame change all the Congressional districts. If that had been on the ballot, myself and for statehouse lockdown thousands like me would have voted a dif­ ferent way. To the Editor: I find it highly offensive that DeLay WAP I have viewed the current state of dys­ would twist voting results around this function in Austin with great interest. I way. Who elected him to be in charge of WAP am an endangered species in Texas: an this? Again, I did not; I saw him nowhere Independent. on my ballot, and he does not represent I vote for the person and their posi­ me or most Texans, only his little district tions, integrity, record, experience, etc. in Sugarland. Many times people like me swing elec­ The statewide office elections are not a tions one way or the other, but neither mandate to do what he and his colleagues party wants to recognize us because we in Austin are trying to do. I applaud the don’t do everything they say. I do not Democrats for standing their ground, but blindly vote for a party; I am objective it does not mean I would vote for them in and not partisan. I look behind all the an election. Apparently all the good con­ political rhetoric at the logical, rational sensus building that George W. Bush did issues, so let me try to give you my view in Austin to get things done has evaporat­ on this situation. ed in the heat of partisan politics, and I The Democrats have walked out blame both sides for that. because they were not allowed a voice in Shame on all of the principles here. something as critical as congressional Why can’t we work together as Texans? redistricting. The current districts were The whole nation is chuckling, and it is at drawn by a three-member judicial court. both sides. The proposed districts have been drawn Mike Johnson by Tom DeLay and his colleagues in Houston "She said the Senator's position on Austin, without input from many affected gays needed a 'Mother's Touch'..." groups. I would trust three judges to be Former EJ's bartender objective far more than I would trust DeLay and his colleagues. thanks benefit supporters The proposed districts look like a Picasso print with wildly jagged bound­ To the Editor: aries; the current districts look much I would like to thank all of the more block-like and seem to encompass Montrose community for your every entire communities and neighborhoods. kindness. It means more than you know We want to hear your voice! DeLay says his map reflects what at this time. Texans voted for in the 2002 elections — I have always heard that if you are Send the editor your letters (400 words a state dominated by Republicans in lucky, when you die you can say you have maximum) or op-ed submissions (800 statewide offices must equal a state one true friend. With that in mind, I am dominated by Republicans in Congress truly blessed. words maximum). Names may be withheld too — so it is right. Thank you all for everything and a upon request, but submissions must include The weight of logic here says DeLay’s special thanks to everyone at EJ’s. way is wrong. I must have missed some­ Wil a.k.a. Wilma a name and phone number for verification. thing in the 2002 elections I guess. I William Johnson thought we were voting for governor, lieu­ Houston Send c/o Editor, Houston Voice, tenant governor, etc. I did vote for most Republicans for statewide office, because Editor’s Note: The letter writer is a 500 Lovett Blvd., Suite 200, Houston, Texas they had the best candidate for the job, former EJ’s bartender for whom a fund­ 77006; fax (713) 529-9531 or e-mail to not because of the party they represented raiser was held on May 4 to assist with or because I viewed it as a referendum for medical expenses since he has been diag­ [email protected]. a Republican plan to dominate and nosed with cancer.

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“I am inclined to think, Mr. Kohler, that in view of the fact that all of our intelli­ gence agencies agree that men who are homosexuals ... are security risks, and in view of the fact that this man has held a very important job and may hold one again tomorrow, I think we have to require that you answer.” Then-Sen. Joe McCarthy, ordering Eric Kohler, a prominent accountant at the time, to give the Committee on Un-American Activities the last name of “Bill, ” a formerly high-rank­ ing budget official with whom Kohler admit­ ted having an affair (Newly released tran­ scripts of the McCarthy hearings)

“Drinking a diet soda doesn’t make you gay, but it does make you look gay.” Helpful advice for straight men from Maxim magazine, cited by op-ed columnist Maureen Dowd (New York Times, May 11)

“(Madonna’s guest appearance] will probably be our biggest episode. Let’s have that number of people show up to watch me hold George Clooney’s hand, or whoever’s up for doing it.... Maybe that’s what it’s going to take to really make that next big, bold move: an actual relationship where we know, when [Will and another man] walk out of a room, they’ve probably just had sex.” Eric McCormack, who plays Will on “Will & Grace," on prospects for the character’s on-screen love life (Entertainment Weekly, May 2)

“I feel very connected to [Will],... and I would imagine that the next time I fall in love New • New Prices! • New Floor Plans! will probably be the time Will falls in love.” “Will & Grace" co-creator and executive pro­ ducer Max Mutchnik (Entertainment Weekly, May 2)

“Yeah, I bring this out in women. I think both these gals were psyched to jump into roles Available that are part of their identity, but that they had kept dormant.” Location! Location!! Location!!! Lesbian director Lisa Cholodenko, on how she coaxed sexy performances out of Ally Sheedy Off of Northwest Freeway at Jones Road. in “High Art"and Frances McDormand in the Red tile roofs, Stucco front elevations, Sprinkler new film “Ixiurel Canyon" (Miami Herald, May 7)

systems, Energy Star package, lake, and much mon “Butt Munch II: Back to the Crack” The video title that “Six Feet Under" charac­ ters Keith and David are admonished for not Peter returning to the rental store in the HBO show’s April 27 episode. All Worlds Video reacted to the scene by issuing a press release trumpet­ ing that the title is a real one, by legendary “diva director” Chi Chi LaRue (May 2) 20 77065 “I’ve been out as a gay woman and as part of a gay family for one year. And in one year, the tabloids have had us breaking up four times, and I think that’s homophobic. You want to say that I’m fat, say that I’m fat. You want to say that I have a big mouth, go ahead. You want to say that I’m stupid and not funny, fine! But don’t say my family is breaking up when we’re one of the only public gay families in the nation. I think there’s some sort of per­ verse joy: ‘Oh, look, it’s breaking up!’ No, it isn’t.” LL YOUR BUYING, SELLING & LEASING NEEDS Rosie O’Donnell (May 6, “Access Hollywood") Foreclosure/Investment Specialist • FREE LISTING CONSULTATION “I think vaginas are wonderful.” • FREE PREQUALIFYING Oprah Winfrey to Jennifer Finney • FREE LIST OF HOMES IN ANY AREA Boylan, author of “She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders," during a discus­ sion about gender reassignment surgery and transgender issues (“The Oprah Winfrey Show, ” May 7) PETS: Gay Houstonian Don Gill passes along a few life I THEATER: Theatre New West opens its new production, 9 lessons that pets can teach their owners. Page 17. I Robert Chesley's Uerker/ this week. Page 18.

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MAY 16, 2003 Out on the Bayou PAGE 15 The Cho 'Revolution'

Performance "Exhilarates while Comedienne Margaret Cho of the Year it has you guffawing nonstop. returns to Houston with her own outrageous spin on today's world

By PENNY WEAVER FIL >N HE’S “VERY CONSERVATIVE," SHE LIKES to sew and she’s getting married this summer (to a man). S And although some fans may not recog­ nize comedienne Margaret Cho from that description, that is Cho in her own words. Yes, she’s Asian. Yes, she’s bisexual, although she says “slutty” might be a better way to say it. Yes, she’s a woman, and yes, she has battled Hollywood’s vision of what a woman should look like. But Cho says people are people — labels are too confining — and that might be a key reason so many gays and lesbians fill her fan base. “I am the voice of the unheard," explains Cho, who brings her new tour, “Revolution,” to Houston on May 30. In the past, Cho has done work on behalf of Montrose Clinic, and she says she has a special regard personnel from Iraq. She noticed that gay military fam­ “Notorious C.H.O.” tour and feature film. for the Bayou City. ilies were treated differently when it came time to wel­ Cho wants there to be more than just laughs behind “Houston was the first place that I really played a come soldiers or sailors home. all that she does. big venue... like I felt like a star,” Cho recalls. “I have a “The partners of the people were not allowed to wait “When we do work, like, it’s got to mean something. I real affection for it.” on the dock,” she says. “It’s an expression of hatred don’t like comedy that’s secular Or anything that’s secular. I She has shown, quite publicly, her affection for one that I cannot really comprehend. don’t like something that I can’t feel what the artist is feel­ famous Houstonian, too. Cho calls Anna Nicole Smith — “It’s not about sodomy or any of that shit. We’re ing. To me, that’s not art — that’s just killing time. I want to and the experience of kissing her — “gorgeous, delicious. talking about love. To me, to deny that moment...to be able to live an entire life with an artist That’s why I do “She’s the most beautiful woman ever. I just think deny that of homosexuals because of the fact that what I do. I mostly want to give people an entire experience." she’s a goddess. She’s a dream." they’re homosexuals is heinous. It’s atrocious and it’s inhumane and it’s against love and it’s against God. Changes on tap The Cho spin “They always say that homosexuality is against Called everything from “bisexual” to “multi-sexual” “(The new material] is a workbook to a personal rev­ God. That’s against God,” says Cho of discrimination in the press, Cho says love does not fit into a category. olution — starting with yourself as breaking down against gay military couples, expressing her frustra­ “I have an enormous capacity for love which is beyond some of the ideas that society has put out,” Cho says. tion with “the inequality in the home of equality." sexual and beyond all that stuff. Whatever happens in bed Cho’s new show covers current events in her well- She doesn’t see her views as unusual or liberal. it’s like a different thing in every experience. I don’t think known unbridled, no-holds-barred fashion. She tackles “I don’t consider myself an extremist. I’m actually that we’re supposed to be monogamous generally.” topics ranging from the “axis of evil” to her travels in my mind very conservative,” Cho says. “All I ask is As it happens, she is getting married — to a man — on through Thailand’s red light district, the explosion of that America be America — that it be a place where June 13. She says that as much as she travels, she actually child birth, bartering sex for household chores and more. we’re allowed to be equal.” prefers to be at home — her “sanctuary” — with him. “I’m really excited and I think that it’s really fun,” But she relaxes from her frustrations with politics a “He’s a famous artist and he’s very talented. We’re she says this week in an interview with the Voice. “I minute. very private. We have a very beautiful house and it’s think that what’s really exciting is the new material: “Basically, that’s what the show is like — but it’s huge and [yet] it’s like I’m really agoraphobic. I’m just the state of the world, combined with what’s going on funny,” she says with a laugh. kind of freaky like that,” Cho says. “I’m kind of old... with the media...the fact that reality television is much I like to entertain at home. more valued than reality itself.” Comedy with heart “My husband is very similar minded to me, which is Cho notes the recent return of American military Cho was 16 when she started performing stand-up why we’re getting married,” she explains. “I really love comedy. In 1994, she starred in “All-American Girl,” a him and I really love the way I finally figured out my life O MORE INFO television sitcom that featured the small screen’s first — that I can have really fulfilling relationships with Asian-Amer lean family. Her groundbreaking one- both sexes and have totally queer politics and have a ’Revolution' • Margaret Cho • 8 p.m. Friday, May 30 woman show, “I’m the One That I Want,” toured the totally queer life and not feel as if that is a responsibility Verizon Wireless Theater • 520 Texas Ave. *'713-230-1600 country in 1999 and became a best-selling book and fea­ www.verizonwirelesstheater.com • www.margaretcho.com ture film. She followed that success with 2001’s Please see CHO on Page 16 ______r______www.houstonvoice.com HOUSTON VOICE 16 MAY 16, 2003 | out on the bayou Cho: 'The gay community is where my heart is'

shit. It doesn’t really reflect on my work. CHO, continued from Page 15 “I think that the way that the media is to anyone because it’s so different. — which is horrible — is that you add a THE Health Club for lllontrose “It’s not really gay, it’s not really prefix to your name that may or may not straight — nobody really knows what to be considered something against you but do with it,” Cho adds. people can’t see past the shorthand. That After “Revolution,” Cho plans time to when we are ‘out,’ then that’s all you are. work on her Web site, a new book and Then your talent is irrelevant.” other projects. And — she’s going to sew. She says she is no more Asian than “I just want clothes that fit me. I bought bisexual, and identifies no more as a 1/2 OH a bunch of patterns that were from the woman than any other part of herself. ’30s, ’40s and ’50s,” Cho explains. “[That’s] “There is no separation. There is no Guaranteed Renewal Rate when women’s bodies were completely way to say one is more [important] than respected and worshipped and loved. the other. I feel like I belong to all the Memberships! That’s all it’s about is to have this worship­ minorities,” Cho explains. “I feel like it’s ful woman’s body revered once again.” not even bisexuality — I feel like I am a gay man, I am a lesbian, I am transgen­ Beyond tradition der... this is all about the fact that we are 713.524.9932 As an Asian bisexual woman, Cho the same no matter how we identify.” rejects being pigeonholed into any of those That thought process, no doubt, is part “minority” labels, or into any other catego­ of why so many gays love this Asian, ry She says she doesn’t feel any pressure to American, bisexual, soon-to-be-married 4040 IHilam St. Houston stand up and represent any minority group. female comedienne/actress/author. Between Richmond 6 niaboiM in lllontrose “Unfortunately, like, the way that the world “And racism and homophobia are the is, it’s just fucked and... it’s almost as if some­ same thing, and in that we come together ttiw.RtnessfMtange.cc times you identify yourself in that manner as well,” Cho says. “I totally like get it, and you automatically add a prefix to your you know. The gay community is where profession,” Cho says, noting that she often is my heart is and where I do a lot of my introduced in the press as “Asian.“I’m act, and I’m really proud to be able to do already used to the label I don’t really give a what I do within that.”

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For Montrose fixture Don Gill, pets are reminders of important life lessons Animals teach a lot

I PULLED INTO THE DRIVE OF AN adorable wood frame house located in the heart of Montrose and there was Don Gill on his lawn, leisurely sipping a drink. As I stepped out of the car I could just make out the little pointed ears and curious eyes of an Australian Shepherd through the glass of the front door to the house. Don and I exchanged pleasant introduc­ tions and then he ushered me into Studio 911 where he works his hair magic. He offered me a seat and then we plunged right into the discussion regarding his pets. We’d not pro­ ceeded far when I realized that I was speak­ ing with such an interesting and multi­ faceted person that I was going to have a dif­ ficult time staying on the topic of his pets. Don inherited Kodie, his 6-year-old Australian Shepherd, at 11 months old from a salon customer relocating to New York. The customer didn’t think Kodie would make the transition well as a puppy and Don willingly took him in and has never regretted this addition to his household. Kodie’s temperament is multi-faceted too: Longtime Montrose resident and fund-raiser Don Gill Don says that he appears vicious at first and shares his home with critters including dog Kodie therefore is a great guard dog. But after he and rooster Scooter. (Photo by Penny Weaver) has become familiar with your scent on an '’Come to us when you flaw extended hand, he’ll roll over on his back KODIE FINDS HIS GROUNDING IN CHASING Hanns Ebensten with all four legs in the air for you to rub his balls; he loves them. He frequently holds a a part that needs some belly. In fact, he’s so lovable that Don’s friends ball in his mouth while chasing or playing TRAVEL have nicknamed him the “Love Sponge.” soccer with another. He also has keen focus while waiting for the ball to be tossed high special attention. ” KODIE SHARES HIS HOME WITH SCOOTER from his master’s hand and an amazing jump­ Great European the rooster, six hens, a new baby chick, and sev­ ing ability as he soars through the air to trap eral more on the way One of Don’s hobbies is it in his mouth. Don says this is Kodie’s Hikes! raising poultry and this has also been some­ favorite activity while playing at the family’s Ireland-Austria what of a therapeutic and life-stabilizing river house. At his river house, Don also has a Italy-Greece endeavor for him, he says. He mentioned his Siamese cat named “BaayBeee,” and yes, it dad quite fondly several times, at one point must be pronounced in just this way. telling me about the important life lesson he It seems that Kodie inherited his jumping learned from this man, although his dad was ability and love of bouncing balls honestly. illiterate. Don’s dad told him that if life ever got Don is an avid Houston Rockets and Houston too stressful or overwhelming that he needed to Comets fan; he can’t wait to get up in the watch the animals, because they would remind morning to read the sports section of the Ipine O him what was essential and necessary in life. newspaper concerning his two favorite teams. August 22 - September 6 So there have been many days when Don He modestly spoke of breaking religious bar­ See the stunning vistas of the Austnan sits out on his back porch, throws out some riers to be die first young boy in a particular Alps then relax in Venice with friends. e Highline Body Repair & feed for Scooter and his friends and then denomination from his small hometown to Mykonos & Monastenes Collision Service just watches — they eat, sleep, talk to one play organized school basketball. September 4 -15 When not spending time with Kodie and another, and procreate. Mykonos extension to September 18 • State of the Art Technology One would think that after having two the pack, Don has dedicated his life to chari­ Hike through history on Mount Athos lovers and eight friends succumb to AIDS that ties. Through Don Gill Productions, he helps • FREE ESTIMATES along spectacular mountain trails. there are probably more days than not that raise money for the Gulf Coast Archives & e We support the Gay & Don has spent watching those chickens. But Museum, AIDS and HIV, and breast cancer. Irish Idylls Lesbian Community His studio is filled with plaques and awards after personally nursing and caring for these 10 September 20 - 27 that he loved and then seeing them die in his presented to him by high-profile politicians Explore the magic of the Emerald such as Ann Richardson, Annise Parker, own home, he says, “From that point on, every­ Isle from our cozy gay-friendly B&B. thing I learned about living came from dying." Bob Lanier, Debra Danburg and more. But This is why, although Don’s pets are cute the title and honor he seems most proud of Also contact us about trips to the Nile, and lovable, I frequently had a difficult time is to be called “Mr. Wonderful” and “Mr. Peru or viewing the polar bears of Canada. Call us at 713.520.9696 or focusing on them — though as I learned Everything” by the Montrose community. (866) 294-8174 visit us at 106 W. Gray in Houston from him, these are the very creatures that It’s easy to see that Don is “Mr. Wonderful” [email protected] www.suddenimpactcollision.net can help ground us in life. to Kodie, Scooter and the gang, too. www.HEtravel.com www.houstonvoice.com HOUSTON VOICE 18 MAY 16, 2003 out on the aisle penny weaver

Homoerotic 'Jerker' debuts as first production at Theatre New West..Too New stage opens

‘Jerker’ Directed by Joe Watts, artistic director of Theatre New West, “Jerker” is the open­ ing production in the new second stage of Theatre New West, dubbed “Theatre New West...Too.” First performed in Los ■■ Angeles in 1986, the Robert Chesley play caused a stir not only because of its nudity but also because of its honest depiction of homoerotic sex, according to a theater press release. The play revolves around two men who share a relationship over the tele­ phone. The storyline brings out the humor of the bizarre relationship, as well as the feeling of isolation, loneliness and the unabashed honesty of one human reaching out to another. Watts directs actors Brett “If you+iave td”ask*yourshou Id n’t come” Cullum and Glen Fillmore in “Jerker.” Brett Cuium (left) and Glen Fillmore star in the gay- Mature Audiences - Strong Language - Nudity themed 'Jerker,' opening this week as the inaugural pro­ written by Robert Chesley 'Jerker' duction at Theatre New West..Too (Photo by Joe Watts) Directed by Joe Watts 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays May 23-July 5 • Tickets: $20 production. The play has been called “clever, Starring Brett Cullum & Glen Fillmore Theatre New West.Too provocative and resonant” by the New York MAY 23rd thru JULY Sth • Fridays and Saturdays 1415 California • 713-522-2204 Times, and praised as a “shimmering, irides­ rtaln: 8PM • Tickets: $20 • Reservations 713-522-2 cent beauty” by London’s Financial Times. ‘Stones in His Pockets’ California St. Houston, A hit from Broadway and London’s West ‘City of Angels’ End, “Stones in His Pockets” relates the Two shows in one, “City of Angels” hilarious story of an American movie being interweaves two plots: one dealing with the shot in County Kerry, a small rural Irish writing of a screen play in legendary 1940s town. Told from the perspective of two locals Hollywood, and the other the enactment of — who also play everyone else in the produc­ that screenplay. According to a press release tion — the play won the 2001 Laurence from Houston’s Masquerade Theatre, this Olivier Award and the 2000 Evening production is possibly the only “color BANKRUPTCY Standard Award for Best New Comedy in coded” show theater audiences will see. The New York and London. “Stones in His movie scenes appear in shades of black and Pockets” by Marie Jones also is the recipient white, and the real life scenes are in techni­ of three Tony Award nominations. The color, the press release states. The show Free Initial Consultation Alley production features Todd Waite and includes two musical scores and finishes Jeffrey Bean as all 14 characters in the play with two happy endings. Phillip Duggins ROGENA JAN ATKINSON directs. The program is based on a book by 'Stones in His Pockets' Attorney at Law Larry Gelbart, with music by Cy Coleman Through May 18 • Tickets: $40-45 and lyrics by David Zippel. 3617 White Oak Drive, Houston, Texas 77007 Alley Theatre • 615 Texas Ave. 713-228-8421 • www.alleytheatre.org 'City of Angels' 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays 3-862-1 ZOO 3 p.m. Sundays • Through May 24 Not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specializohon ‘Speaking in Tongues’ Tickets: $25 or $20 for students and seniors Stages Repertory Theatre presents the Masquerade Theatre • 1537 N. Shepherd award-winning “Speaking in Tongues” by 713-861-7045 • www.masqueradetheatre.com Andrew BovelL The production examines a PROVINCETOWN surprising — and possibly fatal — series of ‘The Big Bang’ Rent time in Paradise Karan Stone events triggered by one random night of flir­ Theater LaB Houston celebrates its 10th tation between two married couples, accord­ Condominiums & homes A professional psychic providing anniversary season with “The Big Bang,” a individual consultaion,'making ing to a Stages press release. Nine people tale of two struggling musical writers trying weekly or more... u ciirah- pn-dictions^. become connected as they navigate the unpre­ to raise money for their pet project: a history jSfc.abdut your future^Mk. \ dictable paths of fidelity betrayal and forgive­ of the Western World from creation to the 1-800-838-4005 ness. “Speaking in Tongues illustrates how year 2000. Jimmy Phillips and Greg Gorden Can lie relief1 on to make sound decisions on- our actions, regardless of how small or incon­ tf W ***&>»£! star in the production, which is directed by Love Transactions sequential, alter the course of the universe,” Linda Phenix. Music is by Jed Feuer, with vtCarcer Court Cases said Rob Bundy who will direct the Stages musical direction by Steven Jones. The play .VH<“alth 7^ * Family Affairs is based a book and lyrics by Boyd Graham. Business Wealth (-7^4 'Sneaking in Tongues' 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays ’The Big Bang' Will achieve results in all emergency situations. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays • 3 p.m. Sundays 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays • Through May 24 Nothing is beyond your reach with Karan Stone! Through May 25 • Tickets: $32 and up 5 p.m. Sunday, May 25 • Tickets: $20-22 Stages Repertory Theatre • 3201 Allen Parkway Theater LaB Houston • 1706 Alamo 162 Commercial St. ~ Provincetown Toll Free 1-866-491-4877 www.HARBORSIDE-REALTY.com 713-527-0123 • www.stagestheatre.com 713-868-7516 • www.theaterlabhouston.com MAY 16, 2003 19 HOUSTON VOICE www.houstonvoice.com

sports LEE DAVIS Rainbow Fishing Club plans Saturday outing, as MARGOT KIDDER joins Montrose Softball League competition heats up Amy J. Carle & Starla Benford Galveston trip on tap FINAL HOUSTON ENGAGEMENT Fish ahoy, matey Members of Saturday, May 17,2003—Seawall — be there! Montrose The Rainbow Fishing Club recently Softball League's announced a Galveston Fishing Pier expedi­ Rich's Hellcats tion at 89th and Seawall Blvd. The cost of are ranked sec­ admission to the pier is $8 per person. Children ond place so far 12 and under have an admission charge of $4, in the MSL's B while 60+ers have a $6 admission fee. Division. (Photo All interested persons should plan to by Dalton meet at the bait shop between 7 and 7:30 a.m. DeHart) Expected catches will be Speckled Trout, Redfish and Black Drum. Please note that participants must have a fishing license with salt water stamp in order to fish. meet and greet people and show them what Call Scott at 832-971-4900 to RSVP. Texas — more specifically, Houston — hospi­ VAGINA The club reminds all that the “in season” tality is all about. For more info, contact the chart indicates amberjack, bass, bonito, cat­ league at www.montrosesoftballleague.com. fish, grouper, red snapper, salmon, shark, MONOLOGUES tarpon and wahoo are all the catch for May. Gay basketball BY On Saturday, July 26, the club has planned a Replies are still coming! Doesn’t look like it deep sea fishing trip with Captain Elliott’s Ferry will be too long before this venue gets its kickoff. Boats out of Freeport The cost for the 12-hour If you missed it before: anyone interested in a trip is $75 with a $40 deposit If you really want gay basketball league? If so, please e-mail me via to be on this trip, the club will have to receive editors Jioustonvoice.com. Looking forward to a lot EVE ENSLER your reservation and deposit immediately of replies to match the number of inquiries so far! Departure is at 6 a.m. with a return to the docks at 6 p.m. All fishing equipment and bait World Series Softball t BONA FIDE are supphed by the boats, as well as ice for your NAGAAA (North American Gay fish. This charter company is virtually booked Amateur Athletic Association) announces PHENOMENON." for the entire summer already, so hurry! its 27th annual tournament to be held in THE NEW YORK TIMES Washington, D.C., beginning Aug. 17. Ebony and ivory Rooms will fill up fast, so contact the The Independent Billiard League of Houston organizers of this great tournament at infor- (IBL) posts its top teams after Week 13. Ebony [email protected]/, or call 202-543-0326. Ivory Jaded are 11-2, with Bandits 11-2, Bricklayers 103, E J’s Stokers 103 and Bricks Kicks 93. The Volleyball stats top players for Week 13 are V Henry with a 32-7 The Lone Star Volleyball Association record, R. Chew with 283, G. Bartow at 253, R. posted its stats for the current season. In the Hines at 27-9 and L Lentz with 2811. Rec Division, the teams in order of standing are Sluggers, Hot Shots, Mix Nuts, Hot-Nets, Goals for everyone Raunchy Sec, Jackson 7 and Evil Alliance. The Montrose Soccer Club of Houston is The Competitive Division is headed by open to men and women who have experi­ the Marauders, with Skittles, Fongala and ence playing soccer. the Red Hots close behind. The Power The only requirements for membership are Division is led by Scrubs, CH Aerial Attack, that participants be team players, know the rules handful, Assault and Meatstack. of soccer and have basic skills (you don’t have to be a pro, just played before). You don’t even have MSL stats to be gay just willing to be mistaken for gay The Montrose Softball League (MSL) SPREAD THE WORD For more information, send an e-mail to announced as of Week 4, the Houston Force, [email protected] or go to www.geoci- lone competitor in the A Division, holds a ties.com/MontroseSoccer, or log on to other record of 6-0. In the B Division, BRB is fol­ sites such as the international Gay & Lesbian lowed by Rich’s Hellcats and the Bucs. Football Association, Oak Lawn Soccer Club, The C Division is currently champed by or West Hollywood Soccer Club. If you have Meteor, followed by the Butchers, Drillers, the international flair, contact the Munich Swallows, Outpost and 24-Hour Fitness. The Elves (yeah, in Germany). D Division is led by Doc’s Jocks, with the MAY 13-18 Trojans, Mary’s, Sharks, Bering, Toros, Lone Star Classic N’Motion, Grizzlies, Wave, Bolts and the WORTHAM THEATER CENTER The Montrose Softball League announces Hurricanes following closely, in that order. its Memorial Day Weekend Lone Star KUHF TICKETS ON SALE NOW Classic Softball Tournament, set for May 23- Bump, set, spike to raise funds 26,2003. Registration is on Friday, May 23, The MSL is hosting Four-Man Sand 883EM ticketmaster Volleyball at PJ.’s Park on June 8. This is a fund- for Division B, C, and D. Registration is $350 Ptmi.icRAnio if postmarked by May 17,2003. The host raising event with all monies split between MSL ticketmaster.com Special Group Rates: hotel is the Houston Renaissance Hotel. and the Lone Star Volleyball Association. 713.629.3700 Registration begins at 10 am. Entry fee is $20. 512.692.0529 , This is a great tournament bringing Fiesta - Foley’s • Wherehpuse Music teams from all over the United States and For information, contact Travis McGee Canada. It offers Houstonians a chance to at 936-365-3297. www.houstonvoice.com HOUSTON VOICE 20 MAY 16, 2003 dining j.a. chapman

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appreciate being a part of - HOLD ONTO YOUR FEATHER BOAS! this community! I want to A visit to Jenni’s Noodle House is a see Fitness Exchange as fabulous, delicious ride. more than a health club. It is a Located in the old Chinatown on the 1community center! So I use the east side of downtown, Jenni’s Noodle Houston Voice to show my appreciation, and as my House is a restaurant with attitude. invitation to its readers. Maybe it’s the pink flamingos in the grass strip out front that give it away. Maybe ■Mary Ann McBee it’s those T-shirts above the counter with enms Fitness Exchange slogans like “Madonna Eats Here” and NOODLE HOUSE “My Noodle is Bigger than Your Noodle.” Whatever the reason, it’s definitely clear after all the chicken was gone, we were that Jenni’s Noodle House is not your typ­ slurping it out of the bowl. We also enjoyed ical Vietnamese eatery. the straightforward Salt-n-Pepper Shrimp With hip red walls, mirrored columns ($8). Six generously sized shrimp tossed and black and white photos on the walls, with salt, pepper, and chives were served Jenni’s Noodle House is a sleek standout with jasmine rice. It was simple but good. in what is generally a neighborhood “in transition.” On a recent Saturday night, a WE STILL HAD A BIT OF ROOM LEFT friendly waiter found us a table, and for dessert ($4 each), and queried our wait­ joked with us while he took our drink er as to what was available. When he men­ orders. The irreverent humor is definite­ tioned the tres leches, we asked his opin­ ly part of the appeal here. ion. Being a good waiter, he said it was The menu is easy to understand, offer­ tasty, but volunteered that he didn’t think ing $3 Steals, Deals ($5 or $6) and $8 Meals. it was up to the gold standard quality of With nothing over $8, except for bottles of Churrasco’s. We tried a piece anyway, and wine, it’s also a fairly economical meal decided that our waiter was right. It was out. We started with edamame ($3), those rich and milky, but not the best we’ve had. addictive salted soybeans, and dream rolls On the other hand, the simple white ($3 for 2), because they were all out of the cake with a rich dark chocolate icing was spring rolls we really wanted. We enjoyed divine. We polished it off, fighting each the dream rolls, stuffed with tofu, shitake other for the last bit of that deep choco­ mushrooms and vermicelli, but the accom­ panying house soy sauce was the real dis­ late frosting. Just so you know, Jenni’s Noodle covery. Tangy and vinegary, it woke those Chapultepec dream rolls out of their slumber, making House does not serve tap water. It says so all over the menu. Bottled water is avail­ for an excellent start to our meal. MEXICAN RESTAURANT able at 50 cents. Or try the delicious JENNI’S NOODLE HOUSE HAS A FUNKY limeade ($2) or hot chrysanthemum tea ($2), which comes in a glass with dried offbeat ambience. Classic ’70s and ’80s Huevos chrysanthemum flowers floating in it. Happy Hour disco and pop tunes provide a grooving Owner Jenni Tran-Weaver has created Rancheros vibe and everyone seems to be having a Margaritas a cool little dining spot where almost good time. The table of 10 next to us was everyone can find something they like. The $1.99 after decked out in feather boas, and no doubt for $1.99! menu even offers a special lap dance from Open there would be more on display on Boa midnight! Jenni’s husband Scott ($50). You’ll need to Friday. If you forget your boa, just borrow 24 HOUrS- one of the ones hanging by the front door. reserve that waaaay in advance, though. As we passed the boa rack by the door, For the main course, we tried the 813 RICHMOND • 713.522.2365 Shrimply Ramen ($8), which arrived as a our waiter called out his thanks and told bowl full of fresh ramen noodles, shrimp, us to come back again. With the disco shrimp patties, Japanese fishcakes, and beat grooving us out into the warm lettuce, all in a savory broth. This dish Houston night, we all agreed we would. was a cornucopia of funky Asian foods, enjoy yourself, some of which were new to us. The fresh Jenni's Noodle House eat at Mo Mong ramen noodles were a bit tough, but we’d never had them fresh before, so maybe 2130 Jefferson Restaurant. that’s how they were supposed to be. The Houston, TX 77003 shrimp patty, with its spongy texture, 713-228-3400 was weirdly satisfying. With fresh bean www.noodlesrule.com sprouts, jalapenos, and plum paste on the side, this dish provided a delicious Food: WWlWie wealth of flavors and textures. Service: We also tried the Infernal Chicken ($8), Value: WWW MM a coconut-curry dish. It arrived as a broth, Scene: MM* MO MONG RESTAURANT full of chicken and potatoes, with jasmine r = Stay home and eat cereal rice on the side. We were slightly surprised, 1201 Westheimer #B Ml M = Well, if you really must since the menu didn’t mention broth, but W w M = Fine for all but the finnicky HOUSTON, TX 77006 we were not disappointed. The intoxicating WWW*=Worth more than a 20-minute drive 713.524.5664 coconut-curry broth was a winner, and WWWWW=Asgoodasyou'll find in this city HOUSTON VOICE www.houstonvoice.com______MAY 16, 2003 21 | community calendar appts

Free HIV Testing Houston Area Community Services. 9 am-noon at Joseph- at Joseph-Hines Clinic, 1710 West 25th St Also 11 am-330 pan. a weekly guide to arts & entertainment SATURDAY, MAY 17 Hines Clinic. 1710 West TS01 St 713-526-0555, ext 23L 227 or 226. at Gallery Medical Clinic, 5900 North Freeway, and Club Toyz from activities for gay Houstonians Houston Gay & Lesbian Parents. Beach Party at Pocket Park. Thi is Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic 4-8 pm. at Bricks. 617 Fairview. 9 p.m.-midnight 713-526-0555, ext 231 227 or 226. the May Family Activity for HGLP. 1-5 p.m. at Galveston's Pocket 713-830-3000. Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic 8 pm- midnight at Brazos River Park No. 3. Cost is $5 per car to park. For more information, call Frost Eye Clinic Free eye exams for people with HIV. 713-830-3000. Bottom (BRB), 2400 Brazos, and Cousins 817 Fairview. 713-830-3000. Chuck at 713-667-9325. www.hglp.org. SPECIAL Gay Bowling Leagues. Women’s league. 6:45 pm. Dynamic Lanes, Free HIV Testing. 7-9 pm. at All Star News 3415 Katy Freeway. EVERY SATURDAY 6121 Tarnef Drive. 713-861-1187. Health clinic with free testing for HIV and syphilis 713-869-7878. NEXT WEEKEND Gay Fathers/Fathers First Support group. 8-930 pm Bering FrontRunners Running dub. 630 pm 713-522-8021 Web site: All-Spanish Worship Service/Noche Espiritual. 6 p.m. Resurrection Burt Bacharach, one of the most prolific com­ Memorial United Methodist Church. Tom, 713-726-8736. http://homeswbell.net/larathon/houfr.htm. E-mail: larathon@$wbell.net Metropolitan Community Church, 2026 W. 11th. 713-303-3409 or posers of the 20t'1 century, joins the Houston 713-861-9149. www.geocities.com/gaydadshouston/ Gay Bowling Leagues Luci Duos 9 pm Dynamic Lanes 6121 Tamef Symphony for three evening performances. Grace Assembly Church. Gay/gay-affirming congregation. Drive. 713-861-1187. After Hours. KPFT 90.1 FM. 1-4 a.m. 7 pm. aerobics class. 567 Cedar Grove, Livingston. Texas, 77351. GLOBAL Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Alliance at the University of Bacharach's songs include ’I Say a Little Prayer,” Dignity mass. 730 p.m. for gay Catholics. 713-880-2872. 936-646-7214. E-mail: [email protected] Houston-Central Campus Weekly meeting, 6 pm. e-mail: "That's What Friends Are For" and "What the Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic 11 pjn-2 am at Viviana’s. 713-830-3000. Grief & Divorce Support Groups 7 pm Bering. 713-526-1017 ext 208. [email protected]. World Needs Now.” He has earned three Gay & Lesbian Breakfast Club. 930 am 281-437-0636. Houston Roughnecks Rugby Club. Practice from 630-830 pm Hep C Recovery. Support group. 630 pm Bering. 713-526-1017, Ext 211 Academy Awards, six Grammys, nine No. 1 hits Houston Wrestling Club. Practice. 130 p.m. 713-453-7406. For more information, log on to www.roughnecksrugby.org. Houston Women's Rugby Team No experience necessary. Practice, and is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Lambda Center. Alcoholics Anonymous. 11:30 am. Eye Opener Group. 630-830. Westland YMCA Kay. 713-208-1529. Kolbe Project Eucharist 7:30 pm 713-861-1800. Fame. 8 p.m. Friday, May 23, and Saturday, May 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live, 930 p.m. Willing Ones Group. 1201W. Lambda Center. Alcoholics Anonymous 8 pm Beginners' Group. 1201 Lake Livingston GLBT Support Group. 7 pm. dinner and discussion. 24. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25. Tickets: $25-79. Clay. 713-521-1243 or 713-528-9772. www.lambdahouston.org. W. Clay. 713-521-1243 or 713-528-9772. www.lambdahouston.org. Grace Assembly Church, 567 Cedar Grove, Livingston, Texas 77351 Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. 713-224-7575. Q-Patrof Volunteers walk the streets to help prevent hate crimes. 930 pm 936-646-7214. E-mail: [email protected] Montrose Clinic. Offers weekly peer support groups for gay and bisexual Convene at community center. 713-528-SAFE. E-mail: qpatrolinaa aol.com www.houstonsymphony.org. men with HIV. Spanish speaking group meets 630 pm 215 Westlieimer. Lambda Skating Club. 8 pm Tradewinds Skating Rink. St Stephen's Episcopal Church. Rosary 8 am. 1805 W. Alabama. 713-830-305Q Gnipo de Apoyo para Labnos gay y btsexuales V1H posi- www.neosoftcom/-lrsc. 713-523-9620. 713-528-6665. tivos Lunes 630. Para mas infomiadon llama al 713-830-3025. Montrose Clinic Offers weekly peer support groups for gay and Houston GLBT Community Center. Drop-in, noon-5 pm. • 3400 Queer Voices Radio Show. 8-10 pm. KPFT 90.1. bisexual men with HIV. English speaking group meets 630 pm Montrose, Suite 207.713-524-3818. www.houstonglbtcenter.org. 215 Westheimer 713-830-3050. Houston GLBT Community Center. Drop-in 2-9 pm • 3400 FILM Montrose, Suite 207.713-524-3818. www.houstonglbtcenter.org. Rainbow Ranglers Free C&W dance lessons. No partner required. Brazos River Bottom. 830 pm. 713-528-9192. SATURDAY, MAY 17 SUNDAY, MAY 18 Recovery From Food Addiction (RFA). Meeting for 12-step program "War and Peace’ was banned from public screen­ open to all. Noon-1 pm. St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 1805 W. TUESDAY, MAY 20 ings in India. This documentary considers the dan­ EVERY SUNDAY Alabama St RFA: 713-673-2848. www.geocities.com/rfa77235/. Center for AIDS. Men's mixer. 7 pm. 1407 Hawthorne. 713-527-8210. Bering Memorial United Methodist Church. Services at 830 & E-mail: [email protected]. gers of nuclear conflict between India and 10:50 am. Sunday school 9:45 am. 713-526-1017. Pakistan. The filmmaker contrasts the poverty of EVERY TUESDAY Spanish Charia Conversation Group. Cafe Agora, 7 p.m. Center for Spiritual Living. Services at 11 am., for children at the people with the billions each country spends Bering Support Network. Lunch Bunch Gang. 11 am. 713-526-1017. E-mail [email protected]. 713-416-7203. 10:50 am. 6610 Harwin. 713-339-1808. The center also has on nuclear research. Tickets: $6 or $5 for mati­ Center for Spiritual Living. Meditation (drop-in), 11:30 am.-l pm Women’s Clinic Montrose Clinic. 713-830-3000. commitment ceremonies, metaphysical bookstore and classes. 6610 Harwin. 713-339-1808. Houston GLBT Community Center. Drop in 2-9 p.m. • Montrose nees, MFAH members, seniors and students. 6 p.m. Community Gospel. Service at 11 am. & 7 p.m. Sunday School for Free HIV Testing. Houston Area Community Services 10 a.m.-2 pm Writers’ Project 10 am. • Houston Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Caroline Wiess Law children 10 am. 713-880-9235 or www.communitygospel.org. board of trustees meeting, 7 pm • Monthly volunteer meeting, 7 pm • at Joseph-Hines Clinic, 1710 West 25th St 713-526-0555. ext 231 Building, on Bissonnet at Main. 713-639-7515. Community of Kindred Spirits in Beaumont Worship at 6 pm. 3400 Montrose, Suite 207.713-524-3818. www.houstonglbtcenter.org. 227 or 226. 1575 Spindietop Ave., Beaumont, Texas. 409-8B-2055. www.mfah.org. Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic. 8 pm-midnight at Club Houston. E-mail: [email protected] Also 4-8 pm. at 611 Club, 611 Hyde Park. 713-830-3000. Covenant Church, Ecumenical, Liberal Baptist Service 930 am. & FRIDAY, MAY 23 Gay youth New program for young gay males ages 18-29.7 pm education hour 11 am. 713-668-8830. 614 Avondale. 713-533-9786. Emerson Unitarian Church Adult education, 10 am. Service, 11 am. EVERY FRIDAY GLBT Pentecostals Bible study, prayer. 7 pm in the Heights THEATER Lunch at noon, www.emersonhou.org. Center for Spiritual Living. Meditation (drop-in), 1130 am-1 pm For info: 936-931-3761 e-mail: www.Wgbl947@cscom. First Congregational Church (Memorial). Service at 10 am. Christian 6610 Harwin. 713-339-1808. THIS WEEKEND Education, 1130 am.. 713-468-9543 or fcc-houston.org. Houston Women's Rugby Team. No experience necessary. Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic. 10 pm-2 am. at The Meatrack. Practice, 630-8:30. Westland YMCA Kay, 713-208-1529. "Shakespeare: Love & Wrath’ follows a troupe of First Unitarian Universalis! Church Services at 9:30 & 1130 am. 2915 San Jacinto; 10 p.m.-l am. at EJ's and at Midtowne Spa. 713- actors through some of Shakespeare's most com­ Brunch at 1030 am. 713-526-5200. [email protected]. Introduction to Buddhism All welcome at 634 W. Temple in the 830-3000. Heights. 7 pm. Carlton, 713-862-8129. pelling and provocative scenes, sonnets and solilo­ Free HIV Testing. Montrose Clinic. 9 p.m.-midnight at Club Inergy. Free HIV Testing. Thomas Street Clinic. 9 am-1 pun. 2015 Thomas Rainbow Ranglers Free C&W dance lessons. Brazos River Bottom. St OraSure method. Call for appointment Sharon, 713-873-4157. quies. Presented by Theatre Illuminata through 713-830-3000. No partner needed. Beginner 2 Step, Waltz, Shuffle & Swing. May 18.8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Gay Bowling Leagues. 7 pm Palace Lanes. 4191 Bellaire Blvd 713-861-1187 Frost Eye Clinic Free eye exams for people with HIV. 713-830-3000. 830 pm 713-528-9192. Tickets: $10, Midtown Art Center, 3414 La Branch. Gay Catholics of St Anne's-Houston. 5 p.m. worship service. Grace Assembly Church. Gay/gay-affirming congregation. 7 pm. aer­ Houston GLBT Community Center. Drop-in 2-9 pm. • Lesbian Coming Dinner and social. alexcam@wtnet 713-623-0930. obics class. 567 Cedar Grove, Livingston, Texas, 7735L 936-646- 832-216-3916 Out Group, 7 pm • 3400 Montrose, Suite 207.713-524-3818. 7214. E-mail: [email protected] GLOBAL Gay Lesbian Or Bisexual Alliance. University of Houston www.houstonglbtcenter.org. GLBT student group meeting. 2 pm at the Houston Lesbian & Gay HAT.CH Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals meets 7-10 Community Center, 3400 Montrose, Suite 207 713-524-3818. pm For meeting information, call 713-529-3590. www.hatchyouth.org. www.uh.edu/-global. E-mail: [email protected]. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 Houston Tennis Club. 7:00-9 pm Memorial Park at the Tennis GALLERIES Grace Assembly Church. Gay/gay-affirming congregation. 11 am Center. Houstontennisclub.org Uncommon Legacy. The local chapter meets at Annabelle's. 630 pm service. 567 Cedar Grove, Livingston, Texas, 77351 936-646-7214. All are invited. The group promotes the visibility, vitality and Kolbe Project Morning prayer, 10 am. 713-861-1800. THROUGH MAY 30 E-mail: [email protected] strength of lesbians. For more information, call 713-520-1142. Mishpachat Alizim. GLBT Jewish congregation. Sabbath services at Women in the Visual & Literary Arts (WIVLA) Grace Lutheran Church Sunday school for all ages 9 am. Service 8 pm. on the second Friday of each month at Baby Bamabys, 602 10: 30 am 713-528-3269. EVERY WEDNESDAY Fairview. Monthly study groups with Congregation Beth Israel, 5600 presents its juried visual art membership exhibi­ HATCH Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals meets 6-9 pm Center for Spiritual Living. Meditation (drop-in), 11:30 a.m.-l pm: North Braeswood. Mishpachat Alizim, P.O. Box 980136, Houston, TX tion. The purpose of the group is to offer a stimu­ For meeting information, call 713-529-3590. www.hatchyouth.org. SOM Discussion & Exploration, 7 pm 6610 Harwin. 713-339-1808. 77098.866-841-9139, ext 1834. lating and inspiring forum for women to explore Q-PatnM Volunteers walk the streets to lielp prevent hate crimes. 930 pm Houston Roughnecks Rugby Club. Practice from 4-6 pm. Crystal Meth Anonymous (CMA). 8:15 pm. meeting. Montrose the creative process. One Allen Center, 500 Dallas. Convene at community center. 713-528-SAFE E-mail: qpatrolinc a adeem For more information, log on to www.roughnecksrugby.org. Counseling Center, 701 Richmond Ave., Room 15. Houston GLBT Community Center. 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TAURUS (April 21 to May 20) Several planets are transiting the career sector of your chart. Someone with lots of green is impressed by your artistic talent and business skills. Don’t blow this, baby. But only do business with investors and partners who are squeaky clean and totally on the up-and- ©up. Romantically, focus on your No. 1 crush, preferably a Libra.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 21) F should be a super-delicious week for you and your favorite lover, dear Gemini. Your V/ body is on fire and in desperate need of some special treatment. Open up your heart like you mean it (because I know you do). A Scorpio is totally turned on by your touch. If you have some down moments this week, you can pull yourself out of the darkness by being kind to someone else who needs it. You have the healing touch.

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