500 Iovett, Suite 200 * Houston, TX77006 Phone: 713-529-8490 * Fax: 713-529-9531 A Window Media TollFree Out-of-State: 877-966-3342 Publication PUBLISHER Window Media LLC All content of Eclipse GENERAL MANAGER magazine copyrighted o other time of year is quite as liberating as Mike Kitchens ©2003 by Window Media, LL(, and is Pride Month - especially the last weekend in ADVERTISING SALES protected by federal June when Lower Westheimer is officially gay Brett Cullum> Tom Jones (Classifieds) copyright law and may N not be reproduced instead of just by default. The streets will literally crawl EDITORIAL DIRECTOR without the written Chris Crain with thousands of gay boys and our Sappho sisters. consentof the publisher. EDITOR The sexual orientation Penny Weaver of advertisers, Of course, we here at eclipse advocate always being your- photographers, writers WEBMASTER and cartoonistspub- self, being out and being proud. But there's something Aram Vartian lished herein is special about this weekend that really lets our hair down. neither inferred nor ART DIRECTOR That's why this issue is dedicated to all things Pride. Rob Boeger implied. The appear- ance of names or PRODUCTION MANAGER pictorial representation John Nail does not necessarily The 25th anniversary celebration is extra special, with a indicate the sexual ori- calendar chock full of daytime and nighttime revelry. GRAPHIC DESIGNERS entation ofthe person Bonnie Naugle. Joey Carolino or persons. Check out our lowdown on special events (Page 20) that PHOTOGRAPHERS Eclipse isfor adults will keep you bopping well into the night. The ever ready Dalton Dehart only and ispublished nightlife calendar breaks it down even further (Page 18), weekly and distributed CONTRIBUTORS and the handy bar map (Page 22) gets you there. Jim Buck, Raquel Chevallier, Michael Derry, free throughout the Greg Fox, Glenn Hanson, Woody Miller, Deep South. Allen Neuwirth, Christopher Seely, Arjan Timmermans, Romeo San Vicente Of course, "Bitch Session" still lets you vent (Page 24), and Woody gets all hot and bothersome (Page 30). NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE And don't forget "Our Guy" Michael (Page 12). Rivendell Marketing Company, Inc. 212'242-6863 Web: www.eclipse-mag.com Enjoy this issue, Happy Pride and as always, let us know E-mail: [email protected] how we're doing at [email protected]. STEEL P IDE A Special Grey Party Event at Meteor to introduce their faU GLBT funraiser STEEL WEEKEND October 10-12, 2003. Grey Party Inc p r u w e u f « FRI. JUNE 27 ~T..,.. •••• r.,. lt••:'• -:*~ 9pm-2am ~W_w. ••... ~ Urban IVideo Ilounge WEEKEND Octobet 10 12 2003 Featuring entertainment by Catherine Burnside and others,plus door prizes including two Steel Weekend VIP passes! Suggested donation $10. All door proceeds go to the GLBT Charitable Work of Grey Party, Inc. www.steelweekend.com Meteor. 2306 Genesee @ Fairview. Houston, TX· 713.521.0123. www.meteorhouston.com HEW 625w6 VlRACEPT" 625mg coming soon nelf'na~,~,,;;.esylate Gays anticipate TX paid a $200 fine. The case was Events planned for the day of the Sodomy law ruling appealed to the Texas Court of Supreme Court decision on the Texas Criminal Appeals, which refused to case include rallies in West Hollywood, consider the matter. u.S. Supreme Gay activists have prepared for Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, D.C, Court justices agreed last fall to hear months for the u.s. Supreme Court and Charleston, S.c. the case, and oral arguments were decision on the challenge to the In Texas, activists plan a 5:45 p.m. given before the court in March. Texas sodomy statute. The court is rally in Dallas on the day of the deci- expected to issue its ruling in the A number of events have been sion. Houston leaders plan a 5 p.m. case of Lawrence v. Texas sometime planned with the anticipated Supreme rally on the steps of City Hall, 901 in June. Lambda Legal Defense & Court decision in mind. Gay groups Bagby St.. in reaction to the decision Education Fund, which is helping plan celebrations or protest rallies for when it is made public. lead opposition to the Texas the afternoon and evening of the deci- "homosexual conduct" law and sion, depending on the court's ruling. 'Father of the Houston assists gays across the country in Lambda Legal is working with commu- legal battles, charges that the Texas nity activists to coordinate these gay rights movement' sodomy statute violates lesbian and events and disseminate up-to-the- presses on in his own gay Texans' constitutional rights to minute information on the case and privacy and equal protection. the decision, according to a Lambda unique style Lambda asked the high court to press release. Ray Hill was a gay activist in review that statute and declare it Lambda Legal asked the US. Houston at a time before" gay unconstitutional. Supreme Court to strike down the Texas The Texas law bans intimate rela- activist" could have been a term said sodomy law for two reasons: first, that it tions, including oral and anal sex, out loud. He remembers the day between consenti ng ad uIts of the is an unconstitutional invasion of priva- when a gay man got assaulted and a same sex. It does not apply to hetero- cy; and second, that by singling out gay sheet was spread out on a pool table sexual couples. In 1998, sheriff's people, it violates the Constitution's in a bar so that those present could deputies, responding to a false report guarantee of equal protection under the treat the victim themselves. They had of an armed intruder, entered John law. A victory on either or both claims to, Hill relates, because to call in Lawrence's Houston apartment and will affect all 13 remaining sodomy laws emergency medical technicians would found Lawrence and Tyron Garner in the nation and will be a powerful tool mean that the victim would have to having sex. Both were arrested and for securing equality for lesbians and tell where, how and why he was jailed overnight Both pleaded no con- gay men in all 50 states, according to beaten up. If he did that, the best test to the Class C misdemeanor and Lambda Legal. case scenario would be that he would 8 I 06-27-03 I eclipse 1 was personally involved in reacting to that infamous Houston gay beating. In the early morning hours of July 4, 1991, Hill received a phone call that a young gay man, Broussard, was the victim of a gay bashing, was lying in a parking lot and the emergency team refused to pick him up. Hill got on the phone and demanded that Broussard be picked up. When Hill arrived, Broussard's blood was still wet on the ground and many in the GBLT commu- nity just stood around in stunned silence, Hill recalls. Knowing that the stigma and mystery surrounding HIV and AIDS made even gays frightened of their own spilled blood, Hill walked up, put both of his hands in Broussard's blood, wiped them on his shirt, and then proceeded to talk to those on the scene, he relates. He still says that gays are individuals and need to be seen in all their messy, multi-faceted diverseness. Hill's desire is Ray Hill continues the activism that has made him part of the foundation of gay Houston. that those who have had such a pivotal Photo by Kimberly Thompson impact in the GLBT movement, though perhaps having untidy lives like his own, lose his job for being gay. school quarterback, an evangelist, not be written out of GLBT history. He Hill dipped his hands into the blood served time in prison and conquered doesn't always go with the flow. of a gay-bashing victim in the days when alcoholism. He doesn't fear struggling upstream to HIV/AIDS was new and fear of the dis- Think 1991, the Paul Broussard bring about change. He wants to make ease was overwhelming. He was a high case and the "Woodlands 10." Hill people think, and he certainly succeeds. eclipse I 06-27-03 I 9 !Domestic' Beer ~ ~ Well Drinks ~4pm-6pm Happy Hour 4pm-8pm ~ 1 CON T EST • 11 pm $25ill2Cash to High o Score Winner! % Come see our flat screen games! CHOCOLATE MARTINIS 9:30-11 :30pm JUST $4~ KIM YVETTE Come see this great young performer. with Jerry Attwood MARCY RAE Hear Proud Mary, Special Guest "Sweet Mama Karin Cotton" Showtunes, and even Known as a great singer, country. You name it. Enjoya quiet evening and listen to Kim and Jerry rock the house on 9:30-11 :30pm Warren knows it! one of Houston's best piano players. 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