GayNewOrleans.COM • SouthernDecadence.COM • GayEasterParade.COM • Dec. 4-17, 2007 • AmbushMag.COM • MAIN~21 of 52 Guests celebs Coca & Princesse Stephaney host Drag Dingo at Oz Corey & Wood Enterprises’ Gary pop in Crescent City Outlaws’ Sissy Havana, Crescent City Outlaws’ Miss Ho for Thanksgiving at Good Friends Muffy Lotta, Baby Bissonet & Sharon contestant Bella DeBall Needles host 7th Ho-Down at Marigny Theatre Flava Cafe’s Sharon & Joy do the honors at Starlight’s Peewee & Pete holding Miss Daisy for a Thanksgiving Feast night out at Starlight Ms. Bonnie & Bywater Bar.B.Que’s Mike join Crescent City Outlaws’ Ho-Down Returning Mr. Ho Stumpy hits the stage photos: Rip Naquin-Delain at Outlaws’ Ho-Down To Do Productions’ Donnie Jay & Pride’s Jimmy & Dudley celebrate Mac’s Steve cocktailin’ at Starlight birthday at Cutter’s Thanksgiving Day Nashville’s Vienna Seusage entertains during Crescent City Outlaws’ Ho-Down Mr. Ho winner Jim, contestant David, Muffy Lotta & contestant Josh at Outlaws’ Ho-Down snap paparazzi Celebrations, Holidays, Cocktails ~ New Orleans Poncho says, “If I close my eyes will Charles & Princesse Stephaney on this queen, Christina, go away!” Thanksgiving at Starlight ”You’re the Reason Our Children Are Ugly” - Muffy Lotta and Baby Bissonet, CCOs’ Ho-Down Outlaws’ Miss Ho winner Amanda Straddle Lester joins Miss Ho contestant Mark carves up one of the turkeys for Mac’s got the gravy & Tony’s got the Lickety Split at Crescent Ho-Down’s The Preacher (Ray) & The Thanksgiving at Le Roundup greens Thanksgiving at Cutter’s City Outlaws’ Ho-Down Bride (Muffy Lotta) MAIN~22 of 52 • AmbushMag.COM • Dec. 4-17, 2007 • The One & Only Official Gay Mardi Gras Guide • GayMardiGras.COM GayNewOrleans.COM • SouthernDecadence.COM • GayEasterParade.COM • Dec. 4-17, 2007 • AmbushMag.COM • MAIN~23 of 52 wrong, and Bush does sign a passed ENDA or if a veto is over turned, then I own commentary Mr. Frank a big apology. Should this bill die in the senate or die on Bush’s desk on the Perspectives from a Trans- other hand I believe Mr. Franks and his gigantic ego owns the “T” population of Woman, Dec. 1, 2007 our community a big I am sorry. I really am trying to let this ENDA thing The second news is the resignations go, But! Two things happened this week to of Donna Rose and Jamison Green from keep the dropping of gender expression/ HRC’s Business Council, and the groom- gender identity from the ENDA bill passed ing of Susan Stanton as the “voice of the by the House a issue with me. One was an transgender community” by Barney Frank editorial piece in the Boston Globe on and the HRC. Thanksgiving Day. It gave great praise to Donna Rose was the only Ron Joullian & Rich Barney Frank and a very brief and unedu- transgender member of the Board of Di- Magill ready to unveil cated take on the transgender issue. I rectors of HRC and already resigned from The Faerie Playhouse sent the letter below to the Boston Globe the board over HRC’s supporting Barney’s plaque on this issue, and I did not get any re- throwing “Tranies off the train.” Donna, at the home of Bianca Del Rio flies in from New sponse. and Jamison Green where the only Stewart Butler & snap York to host Drag Dingo with Below is a letter to the editor; on a transgender members on HRC’s Busi- Alfred Doolittle paparazzi Vivica Devereaux at Oz personal note I am willing to meet with ness Council, and they resigned from the your editorial staff to educate on council. In a joint statement they gave transgender issues. there reasons as HRC’s policy decision On the Boston Globes smokescreen to support the non inclusive version of the for anti Transgender bias: Employment Non- Discrimination Act. It was shocking that your editorial of On Nov. 8th they requested a meeting Monday Nov. 26th took the fact that only one with Joe Solmonese to discuss there anti gay bias lobby organization (the hu- concerns over the decision to support the man rights campaign) supported the ver- non-inclusive version of ENDA. After three sion of the bill that the House passed, so weeks with out hearing from Joe lightly. I also was in disbelief on how Solmonese; Donna and Jamison got the uninformative you are on the issue of message and resigned. As they put it; “this Transgender protections. It is not as sim- lack of response speaks volumes” on plistic as protecting “those that do not how HRC feels about transgender is- Jessica Willis & Stewart Butler in front identify with their biological sex.” such as sues. of The Faerie Playhouse plaque Transsexuals and Intersexed people like While this was going on Susan at 1308 Esplanade King Cake Queen Princesse Stephaney me. We are a part of a much broader group Stanton (the former city manager for the & King Satyricon Tony Leggio join the of transgender identified people. Why the city of Largo Florida) has been speaking packed house at Oz for Drag Dingo vast majority of anti Gay Bias organiza- at HRC sponsored events. Susan who tions that have LGBT in there names has been out for a short time; has little if photos: Rip Naquin-Delain sighed off the watered down version; was any experience on all LGBT issues. Judg- the language “gender expression/gender ing from her speeches she is using talk- identity was taken out of the bill at the last ing points direct from Barney Frank and moment. The problem with Franks wa- HRC. On Remembrance Day she stated tered down bill is it for the most part just that Transgender activist should not be so protects gay man that dress and appear aggressive and that we should support as straight males to the public. Butch Congressman Frank’s compromised lesbians, famine men and even many version of ENDA. She went on to say that straight people that present them selves the Transgender activist that came to her outside of perceived gender norms lost office when she was the city Manger of there protections. Most violence against Largo was inarticulate, aggressive, and to us LGBT people, as well as most dis- in your face! I am that Largo transgender Allen slings cocktails for the huge crimination in housing and employment, activist that she is talking about. I hope to crowd at Oz’s Drag Dingo is based on appearances related to gen- have a sit down with Susan Stanton to der expression/gender identity. As a discuss why she is going around the The plaque honoring The Faerie transgender person, the T in LGBT, I sup- country spreading lies about me. So far Playhouse presented by the Bienville Foundation port any law that protects part of my com- she is taking Joe Solmonese’s approach munity. What I do not support is the way a and not responding to me. Susan no doubt soon will be the token transgender mem- huge part of the LGBT community was ber of HRC’s Board of Directors. She will pushed a side. Also I feel very strongly that try her best to look good as she recites it is; not worth dividing a strong unified their talking points. LGBT community for a bill that President --Janice Josephine Dedications, Nightlife ~ New Orleans Bush will never sign, and congress does www.janicejosephine.com not have the votes to over turn a veto. 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