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TGRA ~ .9'he-Jecond./fJvuud and {j).rf9:ina/ ~ rftlw (!llosev aJaB HEAT r ~ Tuesday, February 22, 1994 • 8:00 PM IT C J~) · C,__;::S".::,>.\. UP AT JR's SUNDAYS SI..tOWEL UDOMESTJ LONGNECK OPEN z CLOS ~~~ .:.~ ROUND-UP SAlOON 3912 Cedar Springs > Dallas· (214) 522-9611 PAGE 12 TWT FEBRUARY 18 - FEBRUARY 24 1994 BY PHIL JOHNSON DALLAS GAY AND LESBIAN HISTORIC ARCHIVES PECULIAR STREET Houston Nightlife During The Albatross, whose first issue came out in 1965, is believed the Stonewall Era to have been the first gay periodical ever published in Texas. nJanuary, 1968, proper Houstonians Texas Tempo went on to inform its Iwere supposedly shocked by an article readers that the Houston Police Depart- in Texas Tempo entitled "Where Boys ment had an unofficial policy of condon- Meet Boys and Girls Go with Girls." It ing the existence of bars and clubs where began, "Male homosexuals along what homosexuals got together. "Frankly," a Houstonians call 'Peculiar Street' in 'Homo vice squad officer said, "we like them to Heights' very near downtown are willing stay together in their own places, as they to talk about what the 'straight' people call are doing more and more. We don't want queerness." them scattering to places where straight Of course, when so-called "straight" people go. It's the trend all across the na- people attempt an expose about "queer- tion. Houston is no different. ness" in an effort to increase circulation- "Homosexuals are a fact of life. They're they may hate us, but they love to dish coming out in the open more than they us-they strive for the exotic. The truth is, used to, probably because there isn't as except for affectional orientation, we are much stigma attached to their activities very much like them. And even in 1968 the as there used to be. Unless we have com- gay scene was hardly new. It is known that plaints that juveniles are involved, or that a gay bar existed in Houston during World overt acts are in progress, we don't do War II. Furthermore, it would not be un- anything about them. Let them stay to- reasonable to assume there were speak- gether-that's the way we like it." easies where gay men and women con- That may have been HPD's unofficial gregated during Prohibition. As one gay policy, but there are more than a few gay man said, "So what's wrong with it? Any men and lesbians who still remember how person who is of age certainly can make the police enjoyed giving jaywalkers up his mind about which way he goes. I'm tickets near gay clubs while the same kind 'that way' and I don't think it's wrong." of offense was ignored near straight What was wrong, according to Texas establishments; they remember a lesbian Tempo, was that people who were "that bar owner being cited for wearing front-fly way" looked ordinary. jeans; they remember vice officers de- PAGE 16 TWT FEBRUARY 18 - FEBRUARY 24 1994 manding to see a bar's liquor license sev- young men wearing hot pants and flower eral times a night; they remember that in children with beautiful long hair and dirty those fearful days, a police officer had only bare feet. There are restaurants and, of to walk into a bar to empty it. Patrons course, bars, straight, gay and mixed. would simply put down their drinks and Visitors to Houston will want to spend quietly leave, hoping to avoid arrest or a a lazy afternoon at the Round Table. This •••• possible raid. is one of those old, old houses that has Even so, the article went on to point out been converted into a lively fun-place. On that gays were not the problem. The prob- a hot day, how nice it is to sit quietly at one lem was the violence committed against of the friendly tables on the front porch, gays by hustlers, thieves and blackmailers. drink a cold beer, meet new friends and _., To protect his patrons, one bar owner paid watch the busy world go by. Then you'll two toughs to roam the streets at night want to visit Mary's Bar and talk with to "hustle the hustlers" away from his comely Dick Reed. He makes visitors ... establishment. feel at home! La Boheme is another house Texas Tempo went on to mention, but that's been turned into a jewel-like bar. did not name, the "14 bars that catered to Small, yes, but so entertaining. In the same _.' homosexual males and three that were fre- block is one of Houston's "adult libraries." quented almost entirely by Lesbians." To This is a private club, so you'll need to set the record straight (so to speak), ac- become a member, but with its full stock cording to the first gay publication in of films, pictures, papers and books, you'll Texas, The Albatross, the bars were Ali find what you're looking for.