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(Gay) Outdoors The great (gay) outdoors LGBT Outdoors offer exercise, adventure by Tammye Nash, Page 20 2 dallasvoice.com █ 01.22.21 toc01.22.21 | Volume 37 | Issue 38 7 headlines departments CAROLE ANN BOYD, DDS, PC JONATHAN VOGEL, DDS █ TEXAS NEWS 4 InstanTEA 6 A new day in America 6 News Call today 214.521.6261 7 New at the Resource 19 Voices 4514 Cole Ave, Ste. 905 Center’s clinic 20 Life+Style DrBoyd.net 7 8 Coping with difficult times 25 Best Bets 11 App-propriate 27 Cassie Nova █ LIFE+STYLE 28 Scene 20 The great gay outdoors 30 MarketPlace 11 22 The right wellness tools █ ON THE COVER LGBT Outdoors at Rainbow Ranch Photo courtesy of LGBT Outdoors Cover design by Tammye Nash In a HAIRY Situation? WE CAN HELP! Schedule your FREE permanent hair removal consultation TODAY! 214-865-8345 hairnowelectrolysis.com Proudly LGBT Owned and Operated 01.22.21 █ dallasvoice 3 DallasVoice.com/Category/Instant-Tea instan Biden signs executive order since she won the gold in 2018, but again (de- TEA protecting LGBTQ people servedly) ascended to the throne by winning the title. Karen Chen (2017 U.S. champion) made against discrimination an exquisite journey back to the podium to nab Within hours of being inaugurated, President the bronze, and two-time — and reigning — Joe Biden had finalized 17 executive actions, gold medalist Alysa Liu,15, battled puberty and including one to prevent workplace discrimina- a 3-inch growth spurt to earn a very respect- tion on the basis of sexual orientation or gender able pewter medal (4th place). identity. Biden’s office had previously described But then there is silver. that order as one that “builds on” the U.S. Shimmering silver. Supreme Court’s ruling last summer in Bostock Dallas’ own Amber Glenn skated like a war- v. Clayton County, declaring that Title VII of the rior and beat the odds to command the silver Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ people from medal. discrimination in the workplace. (Glenn, the 2014 Junior National champion, Biden also signed order stopping funding for made a huge splash last year when she came Trump’s border wall, cancelling the Keystone XL out to Dallas Voice in a story that was reported Pipeline, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and internationally.) stopping the U.S. from withdrawing from the Well-known for a fierce work ethic, Glenn, World Health Organization. More such orders 21, has battled the good and the bad since are expected in the days to come. 2014 to claim her own place on the senior level. —Tammye Nash Last night the bad became beautiful when she slayed the field with her emotionally shattering free skate to “Rain in Your Black Eyes” (original Courtesy of the National LGBT song by Ezio Bosso, musically reimagined and Media Association choreographed by the glorious Misha Ge). Update from U.S. National Figure Skating — Coy Covington Championships The U.S. figure skating world was rocked last Rachel Levine tapped to night as the finals of the Ladies Competition aired live on NBC. Things were shaken like a become first out transgender mad martini with a series of ups and downs, Senate-confirmed official spins and salchows, loops and lutzes. Rachel Levine, who Pennsylvania secretary Bradie Tennell has played lady-in-waiting of health guided her state through the corona- President Joseph R. Biden 4 dallasvoice.com █ 01.22.21 chosen for the senior health role, which is the in U.S. history. In the Obama administration, No. 3 leadership position at the Department of Dylan Orr at Department of Labor and Aman- Health & Human Services. da Simpson at the departments of energy Biden hailed Levine in a statement and defense made history as the first openly announcing her nomination, which builds transgender presidential appointees, but their on several openly LGBTQ appointments, roles didn’t require Senate approval. Trump, including Pete Buttigieg as transportation whose administration was marked by open secretary and Ned Price as State Department hostility to the transgender community, had no spokesperson. openly transgender appointments. No openly transgender person has ever — Chris Johnson | Washington Blade sought or obtained confirmation by the Senate █ pet of the week / MIDNIGHT a hug. He’s an active, curious dog who would do best in a home with an active owner who will take him out for daily exercise and play. He can be a bit timid meeting new people, but as soon as he sees the bag of treats in your hand, his whole face will light up. and he’ll do his very best to impress you. Midnight is looking for a home where he can be the only dog with adults and older teens. Midnight is super playful but also enjoys a good cuddle and head scratch. Midnight is waiting for you at the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center in Dallas. To request an appointment to meet him, please visit spca.org/adopt. In an effort to reduce the potential for spreading COVID-19, the SPCA of Texas’ shelters, clinics, mobile adoption events and mobile wellness events remain closed to the public until further notice. Adoptions are available by appointment only. Adopters will Rachel Levine need to submit an adoption inquiry form in order to begin the virus, has been tapped to become assistant federal official. tele-adoption process and schedule an appointment to complete secretary for health under the Biden admin- The Biden transition team on Tuesday, the Meet Midnight, a 4-year-old, 46-pound Chow mix who is going to be a delightful, loyal pal to whomever is lucky enough to adopt the adoption. Browse our available animals at spca.org/findapet istration, setting her up to become the first day before Joe Biden’s inauguration as pres- and visit spca.org/dogadopt to inquire about a dog or spca.org/ openly transgender U.S. Senate-confirmed ident, announced in a statement Levine was him. Midnight does a wonderful sit and is working on shake, although sometimes he can’t fight back his urge to turn it into catadopt to inquire about a cat. YOU CLICK, WE FETCH! FREE Curbside pickup in 1 hour ® S $ offany ONLINE order of $30 or more Use Code 89409 PLU at checkout Valid 2/28/21 online only! 5 Excludes Acana, Fromm and Orijen products. minus the hassle 24 DFW locations to serve you. PET SUPPLIES PET SUPPLIES petsuppliesplus.com 01.22.21 █ dallasvoice 5 A new day, a new administration President Joe Biden spent his Rights Act of 1964 as prohibiting work- first day issuing executive orders, place discrimination on the basis of sex- ual orientation and gender identity.” including one protecting LGBTQ Sharon McGowan, national legal di- people against discrimination rector of Lambda Legal, said her orga- nization is “thrilled” with the the ex- ecutive order establishing the reach of LISA KEEN | Keen News Service Bostock. She noted that, as recently as of [email protected] Sunday, the U.S. Department of Justice under Trump issued a memo, saying that emocrat Joe DOJ’s Civil Rights Division would “con- Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts Biden was sworn tinue to abide by … the multiple statu- as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20, as in Wednesday, tory and constitutional protections that their children Ashley and Hunter, and newly-inaugurated Vice President Kamala Harris, far right, watch. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) Jan. 20, as the may exempt religious employers and next president of educational institutions from the rule Grennell as acting director of national in- from Washington, D.C., came at a small the United States, announced in Bostock, or applications of telligence, a Cabinet-level position. 21-gun salute ceremony he staged for ushering in a Bostock’s reasoning to other statutes.” Television coverage showed Buttigieg himself at Andrews Air Force Base be- much-improved For McGowan, “We thought it was im- sitting with his husband Chasten on fore departing for his home in Florida political climate for LGBTQ people and, portant on Day One to recalibrate” the the inaugural platform. Both men were prior to Biden’s inauguration. many might say, the nation. federal government’s interpretation of wearing what appeared to be KN95 According to a White House pool re- In one of his first acts in office Wednes- Bostock “and have a definitive statement masks underneath black cloth masks, port, as Trump arrived, the sound speak- day, President Joe Biden signed several that the Biden administration will fully a combination that helps mitigate the ers played openly gay performer Elton executive orders, including the order implement Bostock.” build up of moisture on cloth masks on John’s “Love Lies Bleeding” (which in- “Preventing and Combating Discrimi- In addition to the executive order cold days, cludes the lyric, “Oh, it kills me to think nation on the Basis of Gender Identity or building on Bostock, President Biden Biden had already announced an- of you with another man”). Sexual Orientation.” signed 16 other executive moves within other first on Jan. 19, appointing an As Trump finished his impromptu re- The Biden LGBT executive order hours of his inauguration, many of them openly-transgender person, Dr. Rachel marks to the small gathering and began “builds” on the U.S. Supreme Court’s directly reversing actions by Trump. Levine, to serve as assistant secretary of walking to the plane, the speakers blared decision last June that holds that Title VII Among those were orders stopping the the Department of Health and Human the Village People hit song, “YMCA,” of the federal Civil Rights Act protects U.S.’s withdrawal from the World Health Services.
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