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• coverstory •LINKED IN | Karyn Choi, from left, Carolina Azevedo, founder Tiff Khris Cochran and Patricia Durham are among members of The S.O.L.I.D. Network, which prides itself on diversity. (Anna Waugh/Dallas Voice)The sisterhood of S.O.L.I.D.Lesbian social network founded byDallas woman has grown to morethan 1,800 members and expandedto several other cities in two yearsANNA WAUGH | News Editorwaugh@dallasvoice.comTwo years ago, Tiff Khris Cochran wanted tomake some lesbian friends. Now she has morethan 1,800.After Cochran’s marriage ended in 2011, she realizedher few friends were scattered aroundNorth Texas, so she created a Facebook page forThe SOLID Network — short for “Socially OpenLesbians in Dallas” — as an avenue for lesbians tomeet one another.“That’s what it started as and then it quickly becameso much more,” Cochran said.Cochran remembers asking her friends to jointhe group in hopes of reaching a few hundred.The group grew in a matter of months to severalhundred, with members using the network to seekadvice, plan social gatherings and bond.“People started talking online and started havingevents, and it just continued to grow,” Cochransaid.Amy Poole was among the group’s first members.After serving in the military for several years,she moved to Texas and was looking for a groupin which to get involved. She said SOLID has aThe original focus was on lesbians, but Cochransaid she later decided to open the network to bisexual,transgender and even straight women becauseshe wanted the group to focus on femalerelationships. And while the group is closed tomen, they are welcome at several of the group’sevents.“I came to realize that lesbian includes bisexualfamily feel much like the militarywomen. It also includeswith members who listen,Fundraiser set Aug. 25women who are transgender,”offer advice and care about oneshe said. “But the primaryThe group is having a fundraiser foranother from the beginning.focus is for women-to-womenlegal expenses to make it a nonprofit“It’s a sense of community,” organization from 4-7 p.m. Aug. 25 at relationships where they canshe said. “It’s really neat becauseit’s a safe place to go.” Facebook.com/Groups/SolidWomen can discuss things involvedEden Lounge. For more info, visit have a safe place where theySOLID members plan or TheSolidNetwork.com.with being a lesbian within theevents regularly and the grouphas a monthly talk series focused on empowermentissues for women like building confidence,self-improvement and navigating coming out. Artexhibits, happy hours, game nights and volunteerdays are other events the group has staged. Thegroup launched affirming faith events earlier thisyear as an opportunity for church leaders to speakabout their beliefs.community.”Cochran said the group’s diversity has helpedchange the views of some of the women aboutstereotypes and cliques within the lesbian community.She said education within the group to createsolidarity has always been a focus of events anddiscussions.“What I’ve learned is even within our owncommunity we have to learn to educate ourselvesabout who we are and embrace one another as awhole and not L and G and B and T, but LGBT,”she said. “I wanted to get to a place where we havethe solidarity that we need so that people don’tfeel like they don’t have anywhere else to go.”The group’s more than 1,830 members havebuilt a community that extends beyond online,building friendships as they empower each other.Karyn Choi joined the group about a year agoafter hearing about it from a friend. She said itsmembers genuinely care about the women in thegroup — and negative posts and people aren’t tolerated.Members helped take her to the doctor after shewas in a car accident.Others have helped complete strangers moveand left food and medicine on doorsteps when awoman posted that she was too sick to leave herhome.“I see it as more of a family because, yes, wehave our drama, but we’re also supportive of eachother,” Choi said.Members come from all age groups and back-SOLID, Page 86 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

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• coverstory• SOLID, From Page 6grounds, something Patricia Durham, one of originalmembers, values.“What I love about the group is I have met peopleI probably would not have met,” she said. “Ihave made friends and met people from all walksof life.”Durham said the group helped her grow as aperson and become less shy. She said she’samazed by the kindness of SOLID members, whotreat one another as extended family.“A lot of them that you don’t even know supportyou,” she said.Carolina Azevedo joined the group a year agoand enjoys the online discussions. The group isclosed, so non-members can view basic info butnot discussions or events.“It’s a really safe place to communicate thingsyou feel or get advice,” she said.Azevedo said the calendar allows women topost events or places they want to go and offer tomake it a group event, so they will know otherpeople going.She said events go on every holiday for memberswho don’t have family in the area or a placeto celebrate.“It’s really a neat family situation,” she said.SOLID’s outreach has expanded beyond Dallas,with Austin and San Antonio chapters formingless than a year after the local chapter launched.• pet of the week / GUNTHERGunther is a handsome devil with a charming personality. He wastransferred from a city shelter and brought to Operation Kindnessin hopes of finding his forever home. He is a good-natured dogwith a loving and affectionate disposition. He will make an awesomefriend and companion for the right family. He will do best in ahome with older children and an active lifestyle. If you're lookingfor a big love bug and a warm cuddle bunny, come meet Gunther.Gunther and other pets are available for adoption from Operation Kindness, 3201Earhart Drive, Carrollton. The no-kill shelter is open six days: Monday, 3-8 p.m.; closedTuesday; Wednesday, 3-8 p.m.; Thursday, noon-8 p.m.; Friday, noon-5 p.m.; Saturday,11 a.m.-5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. The cost is $110 for cats, $135 for kittens,$150 for dogs over 1 year, and $175 for puppies. The cost includes the spay/neuter surgery,microchipping, vaccinations, heartworm test for dogs, leukemia and FIV test forcats, and more. Those who adopt two pets at the same time receive a $20 discount.Cochran has helped start chapters in other statesas well, with groups in Portland, Seattle and Denvershe launched with her connections in thosestates.Denver’s chapter started last year whenCochran visited its Pride celebration and saw theenergy the city’s LGBT community had. Shehelped get the conversation about the groupstarted and reached out to local leaders.“What makes The SOLID Network special isthat it’s not just a Facebook group,” Cochran said.“What we’re doing in Dallas is what I’d like toreplicate in other cities.”As the network launched other chapters,Cochran changed the name to stand for “SociallyOpen Lesbians in Demand.” SOLID launched ablog and is working on a new website, whichCochran wants to eventually function as the maindiscussion forum with an event calendar and resourcelinks.She’s also working on a YouTube channel formembers to post videos.While Cochran’s desire to make more lesbianfriends has provided an entire network of familylikesupport to Dallas women and beyond, sheknows SOLID’s success will only continue becauseof its members.“It’s really a sisterhood,” Cochran said. “I mayhave started the group, but it’s the women in thegroup and the community feel that makes it whatit is and keeps it growing.”•8 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

• texasnewsOut candidate: Don’t call me gayRepublican George Clayton isn’ttrying to hide his sexual orientationbut says he doesn’t like labels as helaunches bid for TX House in 2014ANNA WAUGH | News Editorwaugh@dallasvoice.comAt least three openly LGBT candidates plan torun for Texas House next year, but one said thisweek he doesn’t want to be labeled as a “gay candidate.”Republican George Clayton formally announcedhe’ll seek Dallas Republican Rep. StefaniCarter’s District 102 seat in 2014. An administratorfor the Dallas Independent School District, Claytonserved on the State Board of Education from2010-12 until he was outed as gay and lost in theprimary last year.Carter is stepping down to run for RailroadCommission. Former Dallas CouncilwomanLinda Koop has also announced that she will runfor the seat in the 2014 primary.But while Clayton would be the first openly gayRepublican elected to the Texas Legislature, he isfocusing on his education platform, which includesstandardized testing reform and cappingadministration salaries, and he rejects the gaylabel.“I am out and have been for many years. However,I will not run as a ‘gay candidate’ or ‘gay Republican,’”Clayton told Dallas Voice this week.“Labels promote inequality and should never beused by anyone.”Clayton initially indicated he would seek an endorsementfrom the Washington, D.C.-based Gayand Lesbian Victory Fund, a political action committeethat helps elect openly LGBT candidates.But he later said the organization is too left-wingand is “all too fond of labeling.”“I believe that labeling segregates people andcreates a platform of inequality,” Clayton said. “Iam always amazed at how quickly the gay communityis willing to embrace this inequality. Trueequality will come when labels do not precede aperson’s name or party affiliation.“Let me be clear,” he added. “I support equalstanding under the law for all people includingmarriage, job opportunity, political freedom andthe absolute right to live upon the public and privatestage free of labels, categories or any highlightedaspect of a person’s life or condition.”Victory Fund spokesman Denis Dison said theVictory Fund instructs its endorsed candidates toaddress questions about their sexual orientationand then move on to address the issues that areimportant to them.“In some sense he’s right,” Dison said aboutClayton not wanting to be the “gay candidate.”“There is a built-in, mistaken assumption thatLESSONS LEARNED | Dallas school district administrator George Clayton, shown during histenure on the State Board of Education, was defeated in the 2012 Republican Primary after beingouted as gay. Now Clayton plans to run for Texas House in District 102. (Associated Press)being honest about your sexual orientation ismainly what their campaign is about. People arerunning for a variety of reasons and more often it’sbecause they see a need for change on issues importantto them.”Texas currently has only one openly LGBT statelegislator.State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-El Paso, a freshmanin the House, said she’s already launched herre-election campaign. She said her outspokennessabout LGBT and women’s issues during thisyear’s sessions have drawn two potential challengersin the Democratic Primary.Gonzalez, who identifies as pansexual, was targetedfor her sexual orientation last year, but wonthe primary without a runoff. During her firstterm, she passed four bills to help reform educationand infrastructure in her district. She also filedtwo LGBT-specific bills.She said while she expects a hard fight to keepher seat in the coming months, she’s excited aboutthe possibly of having more LGBT politicians joinher at the Capitol.“I’m always excited about increasing theamount of LGBT voices in the Legislature,” shesaid. “Having more than one person makes surewe have seats at many tables on different issues.”Austin lesbian Celia Israel could join Gonzalezas a representative in a few months. Israel has filedto run in the special election in November to replaceformer Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, who resignedearlier this summer.The election will fill Strama’s unexpired District50 term. Israel, along will two other Democratsand a Republican, are seeking to replace Strama.She has applied for the Victory Fund endorsementfor the special election. Endorsements will be announcedin late August.Israel, a real estate agent and community activist,said she planned to run for Strama’s seat atthe end of last year when it became clear hewouldn’t seek another term. Her campaign willfocus on equality, Medicaid expansion, healthcareand public education reform.“Our state doesn’t stand for progress,” she said.“The leadership in the Legislature does not representmainstream Texas.”She referred to the filibuster of a restrictive abortionbill this summer and the bill’s later passage inanother special session that engaged many Texansto speak out against the Legislature’s actions.“That was the spark that motivated many Texansto say, ‘This is enough,’” Irsael said.• OUT, Page 1208.09.13 • dallasvoice 9

• texasnews3 TX schools on ‘Gay-Unfriendly’ listSMU avoids dreaded distinction for2nd straight year, but Texas A&M,Baylor and the University of Dallas allmake Princeton Review’s bottom 20DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.comThree Texas schools remained on The PrincetonReview’s newly released list of 20 most Gay-Unfriendlyschools in 2013 — University of Dallas atNo. 10, Texas A&M at No. 11 and Baylor Universityat No. 12.Southern Methodist University, which appearedon the list for several years before droppingoff in 2012, remained absent this year. Baylor cameoff for one year but returned last year at No. 10.No Texas schools made The Princeton Review’sGay-Friendly list, nor did any school anywherenear Texas. The closest is Grinnell College in Grinnell,Iowa, 750 miles from Dallas. All of the Gay-Friendly schools are on the East Coast, or in theMidwest or California.Sidney R. Gardner, GLBT Resource Center programcoordinator at Texas A&M, searched to findsomething positive about her school’s ranking.“Last year, we were at No. 7,” she said.Unlike Baylor and University of Dallas, A&Mhas recognized LGBT student groups and anLGBT professional network for faculty and staff.Gardner said A&M is the only school in Texaswith a stand-alone LGBT resource center with fulltimestaff. Other schools combine women’s andLGBT programming into centers for gender initiatives.While A&M doesn’t have a formal LGBTalumni group, Gardner said some former studentsare working to create one. And this year, the GLBTResource Center was invited to share informationat Fish Camp, the school’s orientation for incomingstudents.And while A&M doesn’t offer partner benefitsto its faculty and staff because of a prohibition atstate universities, the school does have nondiscriminationpolicies in place.But Gardner said the real story about whereA&M stands could be seen after the Student Senatevoted to cut funding for the Resource Centerin April by allowing students to deduct an amountfrom their student activity fees. After the measurewas vetoed by the student body president, “Wegot an amazing outpouring of support for the centerand the community,” Gardner said.Gardner also cited other surveys. The groupCampus Pride ranks gay-friendly schools using afive-star system based on policies, programs andpractices rather than student opinions. On thatindex, A&M receives three-and-a-half stars.On the Princeton Review index, which is basedon student attitudes about their campuses, A&Mmay be in the same position SMU was severalyears ago when it was working hard to climb offthe Gay-Unfriendly list.Karen Click, who runs the SMU Women’s Centerfor Gender and Pride Initiatives, said she wasvery happy with the news that the school remainedoff the Gay-Unfriendly list this year.“You have a choice when selecting schools,” shesaid. “You can choose one that will support andaffirm you.”SMU has officially recognized gay student organizationsand offers domestic partner benefitsto faculty and staff. Its LGBT employees workwithout fear of reprisals because nondiscriminationpolicies have been in place for more than adecade. Campus Pride gives SMU four stars.Joe Hoselton, admissions director for SMU’sMeadows School of the Arts graduate programs,said the school continues to move in the right direction.“We’ve been proactive,” he said. “We’re nowmaking ourselves more visible.”Hoselton, better known as drag performerJenna Skyy, should be plenty visible when heWEATHERING A STORM | SMU’s LGBTstudent group, Spectrum, marches in theAlan Ross Texas Freedom Parade lastyear. SMU has managed to get itself offThe Princeton Review’s list of the nation’smost Gay-Unfriendly schools. (ChuckMarcelo/Dallas Voice)The Princeton Review’s Most Gay-Friendly and Gay-Unfriendly schoolsGay-Friendly1. Emerson College2. Warren Wilson College3. New College of Florida4. Stanford University5. University of Wisconsin-Madison6. Oberlin College7. Franklin W Olin College of Engineering8. Smith College9. New York University10. Bryn Mawr College11. Wellesley College12. Bennington College13. University of Chicago14. Yale University15. Carleton College16. Sarah Lawrence College17. Macalester College18. Pitzer College19. Marlboro College20. Grinnell CollegeGay-Unfriendly1. Grove City College2. Hampden-Sydney College3. College of the Ozarks4. Wheaton College5. University of Notre Dame6. Brigham Young University7. Wake Forest University8. Calvin College9. University of Rhode Island10. University of Dallas11. Texas A&M University12. Baylor University13. Trinity College (Connecticut)14. Auburn University15. Colgate University16. Wofford College17. Hillsdale College18. Catholic University of America19. Pepperdine University20. University of Wyoming10 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

Take A TripTo The Wild Side.GIGGING THE GAYS | Texas A&M student Emily Bach holds a sign in opposition to a Student Senate billaimed at cutting funding for the GLBT Resource Center in April. Given repeated attacks on the ResourceCenter in the last few years, it’s no surprise A&M once again appears on The Princeton Review’s list of thenation’s most Gay-Unfriendly schools. (Stuart Villanueva/The Eagle)Dallas VoiceClassifiedsbrings an evening of Gay Bingo to the SMU campusthis fall along with the crew from the RoseRoom. Hoselton wondered if he’d be equally welcometo stage that event at Baylor.Susan Duty, a film and digital media major atBaylor, said she doubts it. She described the atmosphereon her campus as “don’t ask, don’ttell.”“If you’re LGBT, that’s fine,” she said. “As longas you’re not out.”She called Baylor’s faculty more accepting thanits administration, especially in departments likehers.Earlier this year, she said, she heard aboutnondiscrimination ordinances in other cities inTexas.“Why can’t we do that in Waco?” she said.Working with Equality Texas, she helped introducea city EEO policy that passed a committeein July. She said she was surprised that no oppositioncame from the school, but she thinks thatbecause the school is a religious institution, it considersitself exempt.Representatives from the University of Dallas,a Catholic school, did not respond to a request forcomment for this story.A&M, Baylor and the University of Dallas alsoappear on The Princeton Review’s top 20 schoolswith the Most Conservative Students and the top20 schools with the Most Religious Students.While the poll is not a scientific, random sampling,it reflects attitudes of students about life ontheir campuses.Campus Pride does not rate either Baylor orUniversity of Dallas.Of the three Texas Gay-Unfriendly campuses,University of Dallas fared the worst, appearing ona number of lists, including No. 3 Least BeautifulCampus. The school was also in the top 20 for LittleRace/Class Interaction, This Is A Library? andFuture Rotarians and Daughters of the AmericanRevolution.The only positive list University of Dallas madewas No. 3 Most Popular Study Abroad Program.With such an unattractive campus, leaving is apparentlya great option.Students at SMU, on the other hand, are someof the most content in the country. SMU placed inthe top 20 Best-Run Colleges, Most BeautifulCampus, Best College Dorms, Best Athletic Facilities,Best Career Services and Happiest Students.Dallas even gets a nod from SMU students in theCollege City Gets High Marks category.Other Dallas-area schools didn’t do so well inthe surveys. Texas Christian University made onelist — Little Class/Race Interaction. University ofTexas at Dallas is on the Least Beautiful Campuslist.Rice University students in Houston toutedtheir institution naming it as No. 3 Best RunSchool and scoring No. 2 under Happiest Studentsin the country.While University of Texas in Austin didn’t earnthe rank of top Party School of the year, it didplace in the top 20 in that category, as well as Lotsof Hard Liquor, Lots of Beer and Reefer Madness.And in case the partying overwhelms any UT students,they ranked their health services among thetop 20 in the U.S.The National Center for Transgender Equalityhas begun a project to collect information aboutresources for the trans community.Its Transgender On-campus NondiscriminationInformation or TONI Project listed six schoolsin Texas with some policies or practices providedfor their trans students, such as gender-neutralhousing options.Those schools are TCU, SMU, UT Austin, TexasA&M Galveston, Texas Tech and University ofHouston.•Starting on page 30 #) ' # # ! # %! $! #) # ""!* ( "% %$ # "%!$% !# $&# "%08.09.13 • dallasvoice 11

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SA council to vote on anti-bias law Sept. 5Opponents falsely claim ordinanceprotecting LGBT people would‘punish those who speak outagainst homosexuality’SAM SANCHEZ | Contributing Writereditor@dallasvoice.comSAN ANTONIO — LGBT activists in San Antoniolearned late last week that a City Councilvote on the proposed nondiscrimination ordinancewill most likely occur on Sept 5.The vote, which has been delayed several times,has proven controversial after local opponentsdubbed the measure “anti-Christian.”Opponents of the proposed nondiscriminationordinance, which adds citywide protections forLGBT citizens, are speaking out to complain (erroneously)that the revisions would “punish thosewho speak out against homosexuality.”The proposed changes would be made to sectionsof the city code that cover public accommodations,fair housing, city employment, citycontracts, and appointments to city boards andcommissions.The language in the code would be amended toinclude sexual orientation, gender identity andveteran status as protected classes. The cities ofDallas, Fort Worth and Austin have similar ordinances.In late July, articles in online publications includingThe Washington Times, One News Now,World Net Daily and Biz Pac Review, and reportson KENS-5 TV and KABB Fox, ignited a firestormof criticism nationwide that has yet to subside.A copy of the proposed ordinance changes weremade public in June after the measure was slatedfor discussion by the City Council. The passageopponents have been citing says:“No person shall be appointed to a position ifthe City Council finds that such person has, priorto such proposed appointment, engaged in discriminationor demonstrated a bias, by word ordeed, against any person, group or organizationon the basis of race, color, religion, national origin,sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteranstatus, age, or disability.”This language already existed in the city codefor decades, and the only difference is the additionof sexual orientation, gender identity and veteranstatus.“Me standing here, or anyone standing here inopposition of this particular ordinance are not allowedto be on any committee in the city and thatgoes against my freedom of speech,” Mike Knuffkeof the San Antonio Family Association toldKENS-5 TV.Soon after those complaints surfaced, CityCouncilman Diego Bernal, who is leading the effortto enact the ordinance changes, removed thelanguage from the draft.CONFLICTING SIGNS | An anti-gay activist, far left, stands next to pro-LGBT counterprotesters at a rally in San Antonio’s Milam Park on Aug. 3. (Sam Sanchez)Despite that, the attacks in conservative mediahave continued.Many of those conservative media reports arespreading untruths about the ordinance, includingthat it threatens free speech, that it bans Christiansfrom public office, and that religious businessesand organizations will be shut down.In an Aug. 2 interview with MediaMatters.org,Bernal said: “I don’t mind people saying they disagreeand listing the reasons why they disagree.And there’s a very stately or gentlemanly way todo that. But I’ve been taken aback by the amountof purposeful misinformation and I find that to bevery harmful.“Because I believe that instead of saying ‘youshould oppose this because of these reasons’ or‘you should oppose this based on moral or religiousgrounds,’ they’re saying if this passes it willresult in this, and whatever this is, isn’t true,” headded. “Whether it’s keeping people off workingcommissions, disallowing them from running forcouncil, or resulting in the arrest of Christians.That is ludicrous.“So at any point someone speaks to the publicor addresses the public and tells them that somethingwill befall them that is not true, not only is itscary but it’s dangerous.”On Aug. 3, about 150 anti-gay Christians,mostly Catholics, held a protest rally at MilamPark. There was little discussion of the nondiscriminationordinance and more about protectionof “traditional families” and anti-abortion rhetoric.LGBT protestors mingled with the crowd, oftenstanding side by side with them during prayersand singing of hymns. The event was sponsoredby the Texas Leadership Coalition, the San AntonioFamily Association and the St. Joan of ArcBrigade.While the City Council was on vacation duringJuly, CAUSA (Community Alliance for a UnitedSan Antonio), the coalition of LGBT groups andallies that’s promoting the nondiscrimination ordinance,has been working to help assure passageof the measure.In the past two weeks, CAUSA met with severalCity Council members, including Rey Saldana,Ray Lopez, Shirley Gonzales, Ron Nirenberg andCris Medina. Three of those meetings, with Saldana,Lopez and Gonzales, resulted in assurancesof support for the ordinance.In the other two meetings, Nirenberg and Medinadid not reject the measure but have asked formore time to make their decisions. Passage of theordinance changes requires six votes out of 11 onthe City Council.CAUSA organizers say they hope to meet withall 10 council members prior to the final vote. Twocity council members, Elisa Chan and CarltonSoules, have already said they would vote “no.”Mayor Julian Castro supports the ordinance.CAUSA has started a Change.org petition urgingcitizens to sign in support of the ordinance. Asof Thursday, Aug. 8, 588 people have signed it. Tosign, go to TinyURL.com/saordinance.Also this week, Equality Texas issued an actionalert: Equality Texas is asking that people contactthese four city council members and ask them tosupport the ordinance:• District 2, Ivy Taylor: 210-207-7278• District 3, Rebecca Viagran: 210-207-7064• District 7, Cris Medina – 210-207-7044• District 8. Ron Nirenberg – 210-207-7086. •08.09.13 • dallasvoice 13

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In July 2008,he was brutally attacked by two young menbent on robbing and savaging a gay man in thestoried Cedar Springs neighborhood.Now, his face a wreck from failed surgeries,Dean has reached out to the LGBT community inhis longtime Dallas home. But despite coverageby the Dallas Voice commemorating the fifth anniversaryof the attack that nearly stole his lifeaway, and an Indiegogo campaign to raise themoney to set his ravaged face rightagain, only three anonymous fundershave risen to the challenge andreached out to him.What is going on here?Besides the usual American aversionto remembering difficult eventsfor longer than a news cycle, couldthere be something else preventingLGBTQ people from respondingpositively to the pleas of a homegrownhate crime victim who barelyescaped with his life?Jimmy Lee tells the story of hisneed on the Indiegogo campaign home page heoriginated two weeks ago. Here is his statement:“On July 17, 2008, I was the victim of a hate crimein Dallas, Texas. Through the kind act of everyday peoplelike you, I did not die that night. The criminals werestopped, prosecuted and the good people of Texas provided$50,000 from their crime victims’ fund to repairmy physical damages and any psychological help thatmight be needed.“Problems started when I left Parkland CountyThe Rev. Stephen SprinkleContributing ColumnistHospital intensive care unit. Up to that point everythingseemed to be going OK. Then after some 16 visitsto the Oral Surgery Clinic, two surgeries and one attemptedsurgery that never took place and 27 visits toParkland crisis center I am in the same physical situationas at the crime scene.“Work done in the second surgery at Parkland Hospitalhas all come undone. My jaw and cheek bone areno longer attached. Teeth have never been dealt with.No one has followed up on my broken back. I haveheadaches every other day. My eyes are having problems.I walk with a cautious gait. I get lightheaded allthe time. I don’t really go anywhere because of the facialdisfigurements and the way I look when I eat.“I never asked for what happened. It could have beenany one of us at that spot at that time.“My dreams and identity are gone along with myability to smell, but maybe there are medical proceduresthat might restore me to a point where Ican have some kind of a normal life.”The anti-gay hate crime attack onJimmy Lee in the heart of the “gayborhood”was an outrage. The twodefendants in the case, JonathanGunter and Bobby Singleton, werebrought to justice. Gunter received a30-year sentence, and Singleton got70 years.Dean moved away from Dallas totry and put his life back together, buthis orphaned story has largely beenunremembered and unattended, despitethe efforts of a few LGBT activists who wentto court in support of Jimmy Lee, and the effortsof Dallas Voice editors and staff.Who knows if Jimmy Lee’s assailants willserve their whole sentences — sentencesachieved by the Dallas D.A.’s Office without hatecrime enhancements for the usual reasons thathate crimes are hard to prove in Texas.But what Jimmy Lee is asking for is somethingmore tangible than answers to opaque questionsof law and right and wrong. He is asking for financialhelp. And, as of this writing, only threedonors out of the thousands and thousands ofqueer folk in North Texas have done anything.The Indiegogo fund stands at $100.00.Shaming, of course, does little or no good. Butthe broader question behind the non-response tothe pleas of a bona fide hate crime survivor iswhether there is anything like an LGBT communityto appeal to in the first place? Has the looseassociation of interest groups and tavern patrons,the merchants and real estate developers in Dallaswho are happy to claim to be progressiveLGBT community members when it suits theirself-interest, actually never matured into a communityat all?Is the reason for the non-response to the call ofa former member of the gayborhood for help actuallybecause there was no real LGBT communityin Dallas to begin with? And, what are thesigns that a gathering of people on the marginsof heterosexual society have begun to attain theseriousness and sacrifice for their own peoplethat denotes a community of character and concern?Whether Jimmy Lee’s appeal finds its wayinto the generous heart of queer Texans remainsto be seen. LGBT Texans are an able bunch, oncethey are motivated. But hate crime victims are atleast one important litmus test of a true community,as African-Americans, Jews, and Buddhistcommemorators of Hiroshima and Nagasaki canattest from their own histories of struggle and resistance.A community begins to become serious andexist in the real world when it starts to take careof its own whenever they meet crisis and disaster.Until then, it is a fair-weather association, at best.•Dean’s page is at TinyURL.com/JimmyLeeDean.The Rev. Stephen V. Sprinkle is an ordained Baptistminister, an openly gay professor at Fort Worth’s BriteDivinity School, theologian-in-residence at Cathedralof Hope and the author of Unfinished Lives: Revivingthe Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Victims.He can be reached at svsprinkle51@yahoo.com.speakoutpollCAST YOUR VOTE ONLINE AT DALLASVOICE.COMAre gay sex stings in public parks agood use of police resources?RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK’S POLL:Do the Pope’s recent statements about gays representprogress?• Yes: 64 percent• No: 29 percent97 votes cast• Undecided: 7 percent14 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

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LifE+StYLEconcertsI’m not constantly trying toreinvent myself,” Eric Himandeclares. But even if he’s nottrying to, it’s what he seems todo.Himan might disagree, seeingeach new phase of his career,each new album, as a naturalprogression. But even he wouldconcede that working on his latestalbum, Gracefully — whichcame out just last week, and forwhich he kicks off his nationaltour in Dallas Aug. 17 — markedan evolution in his way of working.It’s only logical that it would.Himan has been at the musicgame for 12 years, spreading hisrockabilly influenced sound. Afew years ago, he teamed upwith a brother and sister act —calling themselves Eric Himanand the Adams — and added anelectrified edge to his typicallyacoustic-laden songs.He split with the Adams in2011. Then last year, Himan marriedhis husband Ryan (they justcelebrated their first anniversary)and simultaneously launched anonline fundraising campaign tofinance a new CD.“We raised $16,000, and Istarted [recording] in October,”Himan says. “It had more of arock approach, but it didn’t feelrefined to me — it was like I wasgiving away demos.”That’s when he did somethingthe old Eric never would have: He began againfrom scratch.“I’m the kind of guy who typically says, ‘Let’smake the best with what we have.’ So it washard for me to start over,” he says.Through a series of lucky breaks, Himan got anew producer who booked him into the famedJim Henson Studios in Los Angeles. “This wasthe studio where they recorded ‘We Are theWorld,’” Himan says, still as much a fan of musicas a maker of it. “We were recording with, basically,Alanis Morissette’s band. There are four[bays in the facility]. That week, it was me, theGoo Goo Dolls, the Jonas Brothers and JustinBieber, who I kept bumping into.” One day,Chaka Khan barged into Himan’s studio andSOUL SISTERS | Eric Himan teams with back-upduo Soultré Sisters on his new album and tour.(Photo courtesy Jeremy Charles)SoulEric Himan reinvents himself (again) with a funky, neo-soul vibe on his new CD, ‘Gracefully’asked to commandeer it for just a few minutes.He was delighted to accommodate her.But even that didn’t give him what he wanted.The sound wasn’t there. Yet.“It was too rock-oriented. It broke my heart [towalk away], but I came back to Tulsa,” he says.And that’s when things finallystarted to come together.“I hooked up with LeonRussell’s drummer [Brandon],and once I started recordingwith him, everythingchanged,” Himan says. “Noone ‘got’ me the way Brandon did. I was overwhelmed.I wanted that Bill Withers, Earth Wind& Fire [vibe], or Richie Havens; Richie Havenswas my first album I bought. He was ridiculous —acoustic but soulful.” The album that proceededin fits and starts for six months was quicklyfalling into place.searchingARNOLD WAYNEERiC HiMANPoor David’s Pub, 1313 S. LamarSt. Aug. 17. Doors at 7:30 p.m.$15. FrontGateTickets.com.“It was working up with people who got it,”Himan says — the core of what he’s alwayswanted to do.You can sense Russell’s influences on thealbum, which combines elements of ’70s neosouland Southern funk with a pop-countrycrossover appeal. It’s eclectic but addictivelygood and radio-friendly.“Suddenly, this album I was tryingto squeeze out quickly but was takinga year came together in just the lasttwo months,” he says. Himan evengot to open for Russell in concert recently,a personal highlight of the experience.“If you said to me [before I started], ‘Here’sthe road you’ll have to take in order to reach theend,’ I don’t think I would have taken that road.But the experiences that led to this CD are why itended up the way it did,” he says.Himan is sharing the experience with hisJONESLife+Style Editorjones@dallasvoice.combackup singers, who are billed as the Soultré Sistersand add depth to his songs while reinforcingthe sound he’s aiming for.For economic reasons, “I had the opportunityto bring either a drummer and a bassist or thegirls; I had to bring the girls,” he says. “Theyhave this amazing gift to add to the music withoutany equipment. It makes for an interesting‘evening with’ thing.”And rising to the level where Himan is worthyof “an evening with” title is kind of the point.“I love Ani DiFranco, Leon Russell — I thinkconsistency is what those artists possess. Two ofmy favorite people are Sade and Natalie Merchant:To me they are the best at doing what theydo. They don’t placate or do any gimmicks. Theyare just artists. It’s not about people being a flashin-the-panor taking your clothes off. It’s aboutlongevity and talent and being consistent aboutwho you are. And this is where my heart is.” •16 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

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L+S travelDesertheartsGay-friendly Flagstaff is a refreshing ‘contemporary cowboy’ Western localeANDREW COLLiNS | Contributing Writeroutoftown@qsyndicate.comThe laid-back, cultured and pine-studded collegetown of Flagstaff has plenty going for it andmakes a terrific base for exploring northern Arizona.The largest city on Interstate 40 between L.A.and Albuquerque, Flagstaff is known for itsseemingly endless supply of inexpensive chainmotels and restaurants. Sadly, too many roadtrippingvisitors never get much beyond the exitramp before continuing on with their journeys.In fact, this well-kept, historic city of about66,000 is worth getting to know — it’s renownedfor cool, dry summers and snowy but sunnywinters, and has enough diversions and attractionsto keep you busy for several days.The presence of Northern Arizona Universityinfuses Flagstaff with a youthful, bohemian personalitythat’s enhanced by the many outdoorsytypes who have settled here from smoggier andmore crowded parts of the West. The gay sceneis subtle but pronounced — plenty of gay menand lesbians live here or nearby, and the rest ofthe population seems largely split between thosewho embrace diversity and those who simplydon’t care much about their neighbors’ gender,race or sexual orientation.Activity in Flagstaff often revolves around thepicturesque downtown, which is rife with Victo-18 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13rian and early 20th-century redbrick buildingsthat date to the city’s early years as an Old Westrailroad hub. The Arizona Historical Society’s PioneerMuseum, housed in a 1908 building constructedof rock deposited by an ancient volcaniceruption, traces the region’s growth with a varietyof artifacts and exhibits. The AHS’s RiordanMansion, an ornate Arts and Crafts mansion, isalso open for tours — it was built by the samearchitect responsible for the Grand Canyon’siconic El Tovar Hotel.Be sure to see the Museum of Northern Arizona,which contains an outstanding collectionof Native American arts and crafts and naturalhistory exhibits. And keep your eyes and earsopen for any events scheduled for the CoconinoCenter for the Arts, whose arts exhibits, musicalperformances and workshops draw on differentaspects of the American West, from NativeAmerican history to the contemporary cowboy’slifestyle.Outdoors enthusiasts will find plenty to keepthem busy. Reaching around the city on almostevery side, Coconino National Forest containsthe largest concentration of ponderosa pine treesin the world. There are many places within theforest where you can hike or mountain-bike. Just15 miles northwest of town, the Arizona Snowbowldraws winter skiers to its 40 downhill runsand 2,300-foot vertical drop and offers a tramride to an elevation of 11,500 feet during thewarmer months.COCKTAILS AND COWBOYS | The Hotel Monte Vista and its cocktail lounge have anchored downtownFlagstaff for nearly a century, and retain their Old West charm. (Photo courtesy Flagstaff CVB)

DiningFlagstaff has a lively and increasingly sophisticateddining scene full of excellent values. Thehip Tinderbox Kitchen focuses on slow food andregional ingredients with its superb and creativemodern American cuisine. Criollo attracts foodieswith its finely crafted, upscale Latin Americanfare, while Cuvee 928 and Hops on Birchappeal to wine and craft beer fans, respectively.You can observe the local color at MountainOasis, a cute storefront cafe with tall windowsand a handful of sidewalk tables; nosh on leafysalads, falafel plates, and fine coffees and microbrews.Beaver Street Brewery turns out greatwood-fired gourmet pizzas, hefty burgers, andother hearty but often creative pub fare.Drop by Karma for the best sushi in town,and Pato for artfully presented Thai food.Macy’s European Coffeehouse & Bakery is a favoriteof the gay community, known for deliciousespresso drinks, hearty and healthybreakfasts and decadent baked goods. Whilethere are no gay bars in town, you’ll often findLGBT folks at some of the restaurants above, atthe lounge in the Hotel Monte Vista, and ateclectic bars like Pay ‘N Take, the Green Roomand Uptown Pub and Billiards.AccommodationsA beautifully decorated, gay-friendly B&B,the nine-room Inn at 410 dates to 1907. Roomshave canopied beds, local Southwestern and Indianarts and crafts and fine original woodworking— the decorative themes vary considerablyfrom room to room, and some units have fireplaces.On the east side of town, gay-owned StarlightPines B&B is a richly furnished, four-room innthat’s a favorite of couples seeking romance.You’ll find a brass-accented fireplace and a long,deep claw-foot soaking tub in the DragonflyRoom, and two ground-floor accommodationsenjoy easy access to the inn’s dramatic 70-footwraparound veranda.A sponsor of Flagstaff’s gay Pride event inJune, Pride in the Pines, the upscale, petfriendlyWoodlands Hotel has 183 well-appointedrooms, a seasonal outdoor pool andrenovated fitness center. The funky but affordableHotel Monte Vista has been an anchor ofdowntown Flagstaff since the 1920s — it’s justa block north of historic Route 66. Numerouscelebrities and dignitaries stayed here duringthe hotel’s heyday.•Accommodations and DiningStarlight Pines B&B, StarlightPinesBB.com.Hotel Monte Vista, HotelMonteVista.com. WoodlandsHotel, FlagstaffWoodlandsHotel.com. Innat 410, Inn410.com. Macy’s European Coffeehouse& Bakery, MacysCoffee.net. Pato,PatoThai.com. Karma, KarmaFlagstaff.com.Cuvee 928, Cuvee928WineBar.com. UptownPub & Billiards, UptownPubHouse.net. TinderboxKitchen, TinderboxKitchen.com. Criollo,CriolloLatinKitchen.com.ResourcesFlagstaff, FlagstaffArizona.org.L+S tubeBed crumbsHBO airs new sex documentaryPILLOW TALK | George and Farid, one of two gaycouples in the doc ‘Americans In Bed.’Americans in Bed, a new HBO documentary,puts couples (including some same-sex) in theirbeds, turns on the camera and has them all pillow-talkabout their intimate experiences. Thosefamiliar with HBO will recognize the tone assimilar to Real Sex and Taxicab Confessions series,with a hint of Woody Allen thrown in. The 10profiled couples range from Jersey Shore-ish Joe& Patty to 6-foot-6 polyamorous Leon and his 4-foot-10 girlfriend Blanca to the elderly, randyHelen & Red, wed 71 years.You’re likely to react, as I did, to each coupleuniquely. A few (Fatima & Kevin, Antonio &Roberta) don’t leave much of an impression,even when the emotions they express are sometimesuncomfortably honest. Leon seems like anass, while Randy & Julie (especially Julie) seemshallow (“Sex is the most important thing in ourrelationship … and I think I’m speaking forevery woman in the world,” she announces).It’s refreshing to see a Muslim couple (newlywedsYasmine & Mohamed) profiled, as it is lesbiansLinda & Margie and almost charminglyold-fashioned gay men George & Farid.“Either you sleep with each other right awayor you don’t,” Farid says — but he and Georgewaited a while … almost to no end. (“The firsttime we had sex was terrible,” they agree. “Eventhough the sex was bad, I thought maybe it willget better,” George says. “But I didn’t just seehim as a sexual being. I saw him as a partner. Idon’t know what changed, but it got better.”)When Farid tears up talking about children,you’re touched by the depth of their feelings.Perhaps the most interesting element, though,is listening to the hetero couples work out theirissues. Gay couples (especially men) are accustomedto coming up with their own relationshiprules about fidelity and openness and sex;watching Farid & George profess theirmonogamy while the straight men (andwomen!) disparage it tickled me. It just goes toprove deep down, we’re all the same … becausewe’re all different.•— Arnold Wayne JonesDebuts Monday on HBO at 8 p.m.Located inThe Quadrangle2800 Routh St. Suite 140GPS: use 2650 Laclede St.“Gay Owned and Operated” ! ! " Enjoy it Here... or Take it Home!UPCOMING EVENTS:• Every Thu/Sat- Live Music• Fri 8/16- Live Spanish Guitar- 8p• Wed 8/21- Gay Singles Night! 7:30p• Thu 8/22- Gourmet Pizza: Chef TJ• Fri 8/30- Live Jazz Quartet! 8p• Happy Hour • Live Music• Custom Labels• Pet Friendly Patio• Create your own Vintageuptownwinebar.com 214-871-WINE (9463)08.09.13 • dallasvoice 19

IMMIGRATION FOR SAME-SEX COUPLESL+S fine artSquaring the CircleKelly Fearing and other artists of the Fort Worth Circle gave mid-centuryTexas art a sophisticated — and often homoerotic — identityARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editorjones@dallasvoice.comWhen you think about “early Texas art,”chances are the idea of “gay art” doesn’tjump to mind.But you might be surprised.One school of painting, the Fort WorthDOMA IS DEADCircle, arose in Cowtown starting around…Same-sex Spouses Are Equal Under Immigration Law!the 1930s, and unlike a lot of other Texasbasedpainting, it exuded worldly sophistication.Let Us Help You Legally Obtain Your U.S. Residency!Now is the time to sponsor your foreign born/immigrant spouse/partner.“[Members of] the Fort Worth CircleThe recent changes in Immigration Law allow us to help: Jaime Barron, P.C.were socially connected and they traveledSame-sex Widows | Victims of Domestic Violence Attorneys & Counselors at Lawand spent a lot of time in New York andPeople who were Deported | People Living AbroadFiancés Children | Step-Children 214-267-9300 | 12240 Inwood Road, Ste. 300 Europe,” says Atlee Phillips, director ofCertain spouses who entered without authorization JaimeBarron.com | email: info@jaimebarron.com Texas art for Heritage Auctions and ascholar familiar with the Circle. “They wereexperimenting with new ideas — theyjaimebarronPCwere intellectuals and bohemians, and FortWorth was a pretty sophisticated town inits time, as far as art goes.”@jaimebarronThe Circle contrasted to the more regional-basedart, such as the school known !as the Dallas Nine, which was more rootedto landscape painting and naturalism.“Some of their contemporaries wereFamilymore solidly in the WPA style,” Phillipssays. “They became modernists and didmore abstract work later, but they weremore regional — more tied to the land.”PRIDEBut because members of the Circle tended tobe affluent, they were exposed to more diverseA safe space for LGBT ParentsZoneand their kids!artistic styles, which they put into practice.“They were driven by modernism and a reallystrong vein of surrealism, probably influenced by the Mexican art of the time,” Phillips notes.It started because one local artist of the day, Veronica Helfensteller, had a print shop wherethe others would gather to make prints — and to '0 $+'*6 $/'#,"*6 -21"--/ 0.!# ', !-,(2,!1'-,drink, according to Lin Wang,4'1& 1&# #01'3* ', ## /) &#*" -, '!* #& $ & $/-+.+ &# #01'3* ', ## /) '0 &#*" 4'1& *, -00 #50 /##"-+who with his partner, Eric Miller, EARLY tEXAS ARt SHOW/"# **0 3#/, 2'*" #3#,1runs Vintage Promotions. TheFort Worth Community Arts $#,!#" -$$ 0$# 0.!# 4'** # !/#1#" -, 1&# -..-0'1# 0'"# -$company is running an art show Center, 1300 Gendy St., Fort Worth./*',%1-, ** $/-+ 1&# #01'3* ', ## /) #!2/'16 ./-$#00'-,*0 4'**in Fort Worth this weekend, displayingworks from the Circle10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free.Aug. 9, 5–9 p.m., Aug. 10,01$$ -2/ 14- **--, /!&#" #,1/,!#0 ,1/,!# $##0 $-/ "2*10," !&'*"/#, 2,"#/ /# $/## - !--*#/0 ,- *!-&-* ," ./-.#/TexasArtCollector.com.11'/# 4'** # *'01#" +-,% -1&#/ &-20# /2*#0and other pioneers of early Texasart. 4'** ',!*2"# $--" ./-3'"#" 6 &'*'70 %+#0“It was a social club [at first],” says Wang. “No#,1#/1',+#,1 3#,"-/ --1&0 ," +-/# .-,0-/0&'.0 3'* *#one cared about sexual orientation back then —-/ +-/# ',$-/+1'-, 3'0'1 -2/ 4# 0'1# %#$#$" it was never an issue. They were intermingled;2#01'-,0 !** #- 20'+,- -/ #+.#01 #""',% 1 5 &# '0 &-01#" 6 1&# +'*6 /-(#!1 **0 -'!#some were gay but they all got along together.”That put them a step ahead of the Dallas Nine,! &'$* #& $ & !""! &" # (! $! "&who were more closely associated with the! "%% )% $" $ '!* #& $ & # %&( ! $ '!* #& $ & &" #America regionalism movement of a decade earlier.The Dallas Nine didn’t even allow womenin their group, Wang says.Members of the Fort Worth Circle weren’t onthe fringe of local art, either. Many of them wererespected and highly successful in their lifetimes,with some gaining in fame and influence.20 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13TEXAS SWING | Gay artist Kelly Fearing pioneered amodern style of painting more than half a century ago.Among the most prominent of the group wasKelly Fearing, who died in 2011 at age 92. Evenin the 1940s, Fearing lived as an out gay man.Like the later work of gay artist David Hockney,Fearing’s subjects were often pretextual reasonsto show men in a state of undress — Male Bather(1950) exemplifies this style, an emerging, transitionalwork influenced by Paul Klee — a themethat runs through many artists of the time.“They were looking ahead,”Wang says, noting the forwardthinkinguses of “pictograph, saturatedcolors and dreamlikequality.”“They were a notoriously wildgroup,” Phillips notes of the FortWorth Circle. “There’s one famous story wherethey had a costume party at Bill Bomar’s houseand people painted [what happened at] theparty.”Along with Bror Utter, Fearing, Helfenstellerand Bomar were among the leaders of the FortWorth Circle — “the top tier” in Phillips’ words— whose work is still collected today. Wang saysto expect works from them to be available at theshow this weekend.“The last 20 years there’s been lots of renewedinterest in early Texas art,” Phillips says. 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(&' "* !(&, "* &( (&,% "* & (&#$/0## "- "* '%!- # &%&' ($ '"&( %$#' $'"# ','("' $"%)(&' )#(' # ") "$&! # $& ! # # &%& $%($#'QUEER CLiPSElysium. With that bone structure and thosesteely eyes, Jodie Foster is naturally designedto seem patrician, even when she’s playing arape victim or a hillbilly. It’s just her lot. So itdoesn’t require any effort for her to portray theelegant, French-speaking defense minister ofthe orbiting Eden known as Elysium, where inthe future, all the rich folks live happily whileearth-bound humans live in squalor. And I meanno effort, because she puts in none here; it’slike watching someone cash a paycheck.She’s hardly the worst thing about this Robo-Cop-in-space movie, though, which, on its ownterms, passes as summer entertainment —cool slo-mo explosions, a few exciting actionscenes — as long as you don’t expect more.The writer-director, Neill Blomkamp (District 9)has made a futurist sci-fi parable without muchthought about the futuristic part. Aside from L.A.looking like 1990s Sarajevo and the use of hovercraft,nothing really suggests 150 yearshence: Not the clothing or the language or reallythe attitudes. Blomkamp is so interested in hismessage about the inevitable results of theone-percenters, he forgets to tell a real story.Elysium is predictable, its smug navelgazing undercuttingits bite. Two stars.Lovelace. Linda Lovelace was a boringwhite-trash teenager until, for a brief time in the1970s, she became the most celebrated pornstar ever, based solely on her oral skills in thecrossover X-rated hit Deep Throat. Hers was anold-fashioned Fellatio Alger tale. Only it was reallya nightmare.Linda spent less than three weeks in theporn biz, but was horribly exploited, which directorsRob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (thedocumentarians behind The Times of HarveyMilk and The Celluloid Closet) tell in a sly, Mobius-stripfashion, starting the film over midwaythrough — first presenting a sanitized version,then one that makes us question all we’veseen. Amanda Seyfried does commendablework as Linda (she’s unrecognizable in the laterscenes), but Peter Sarsgaard as her abusivehusband and a breathtaking Sharon Stone asher icy mom get the money shots. Four stars.Blue Jasmine. I don’t know this for a fact,but I bet Woody Allen got the idea for this scriptwhen he saw a woman in a Balenciaga dressand Prada shoes talking to herself on a parkbench and wondered what could bring a personto that point. What he comes up with is mostlydull stuff about a modern-day Blanche DuBois(Cate Blanchett), putting on airs while taxing thepatience of her middle-class sister (SallyHawkins). Like Elysium, it’s a rambling look ateconomic inequality. But Allen’s secret weaponis Blanchett, such a compelling actress shemakes this pretentious, flawed socialite someonewe care about. Two stars.— Arnold Wayne Jones("% *!") &+'&%&( $%*"&% &##) &"*& * & %. ('"(& &( $&( &( & %. &*!( ('"( (-) * !!' +++!!')%($+#$"08.09.13 • dallasvoice 21

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life+stylebest betsfriday 08.09‘Men on the Verge’ opens at Teatro DallasA Cuban refugee must deal with his homophobic family ... agay immigrant watches the L.A. riots and thinks he’s in themiddle of a Lethal Weapon shoot ... a Latino actor passes forAnglo — but can he pass for straight? These are just some ofthe comic monologues that make up Guillermo Reyes’ Menon the Verge of a His-Panic Breakdown, the salsa-flavoredplay from Theatre New West, opening this week at TeatroDallas. It’s a colorful adventure through the world of beinggay and Hispanic.DEETS: Teatro Dallas,1331 Record CrossingRoad. Through Aug. 31. $18–$20.214-443-8181.sunday 08.11friday08.09Kathy Griffin headlines at Verizon TheatreShe’s the de facto Queen of the Gays, our favorite hag, the onewho says all the things we think. Kathy Griffin returns to NorthTexas this weekend, and if you haven’t seen her live ... well, wewonder if you’re really gay enough to keep that toaster oven.DEETS: Verizon Theatre, 1001 Performance Place,Grand Prairie. 8 p.m. $40–$60. AXS.com.THIS TEXAS HEATIS A BITCH!Keep your baby coolin our air conditioned play area!pet groomimg, playcare, pick-ups & drop-offs,dog walkings, pick-ups & drop-offscall today to schedule your appointment408 S. Harwood St. • 214.741.4100thepetropolitandallas.comVoice of Pride Finals at Rose RoomIt takes most of the summer at most of the gay clubsin Dallas and hundreds of songs, but the Voice ofPride competition is down to the final 10 contestants(one woman and nine men). And on Sunday, we notonly get to hear some of the best amateur singers intown regale us with their musical styles, we get tosee a la Miss America the winner lauded withsashes, money and bragging rights — but also airlinetickets and a gig at Dallas Pride. Some VIP seating isstill available.DEETS: The Rose Room inside Station 4,3911 Cedar Springs Road. Doors at 6:30 p.m.,show at 8 p.m. DallasTavernGuild.org.08.09.13•dallasvoice 23

"2+,"--&)$ #,*( .%" /-/ ' *, !*)0").&*) 'calendar highlightsARtsWeeK:NOW PlAyiNGTHEATERKiss of the Spider Woman. The Tony Award-winning musical, based on the Oscar-winning film,about a gay inmate in a South American prison. Linda Leonardrevives her performance in the titlerole. Presented by Uptown Players. Reviewed this week. Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Through Aug. 18.UptownPlayers.org. "% "($% !Xanadu. The campy ’80s moviemusical gets an even campier# $ %%"$% stage adaptation. Addison TheatreCentre, 15650 Addison Road.#% "" %%"$% Through Aug. 18.WaterTowerTheatre.org. % % ") % In A Forest, Dark and Deep.Regan Adair returns to Dallas to$ ($&+ " ' direct this Neil LaBute play forSecond Thought Theatre. Bryant"# $!% % Hall on the Kalita Humphreys$& & "! campus, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd.Aug. 9–31 (in previews"& #$&'% Aug. 9 and 10). 2TT.co.* !%! !+ %&+% ! ""$% 4 4 111-"23-&."!*(%# #$&+;< ,7/ :/ %'!+ " "!& B "($ (# $"" @.6=;4>0 C66 ,60D :.,/0 )440;&&$% "#! %%"!%!% "'#% $ %& "$ B &$ %& #$% ! &")! "$.:472; 6=-0 >4/08 30,/ .60,70:;$=;3 %=90: $=;3 ,7/ =7260 =4.0) $$+ & &%&( :060,;0; &8A; 4106

Presented by Theatre New West. Teatro Dallas,1331 Record Crossing Road. Through Aug. 31.$18–$20. 214-443-8181.Assassins. Onstage in Bedford stages this musical byStephen Sondheim, which tracks American assassinsthroughout history. 2819 Forest Ridge Drive, Bedford.Final weekend. $15. OnstageInBedford.com.817-354-6444.Fly. A new retelling of the Peter Pan story, courtesy ofDallas Theater Center. Directed by Tony Award-winningproducer Jeffrey Seller. Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St.Through Aug. 18. DallasTheaterCenter.org.Forever Lovely. A world premiere play by Alejandro dela Costa features once again third-rate drag queenLovely Uranus dealing with a comical series ofproblems. Stone Cottage Theatre, 15650 AddisonRoad. Through Aug. 17. $18–$23. 214-477-4942.MBSProductions.net.The Fox on the Fairway, a comedy by Ken Ludwig(Lend Me a Tenor). Presented by Stage West,821 W. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth. Final weekend.StageWest.org.Real Men. A series of one-act plays about the male ofthe species, one starring Q Cinema and Q Live!founders Todd Camp and Kyle Trentham. SceneShopat Arts Fifth Avenue, 1628 5th Ave., Fort Worth.Final weekend. $12. ArtsFifthAvenue.org.The Bible: The Complete Word of God (Abridged).A sassy comedy of biblical proportions. Milburn Theatre,120 S. Main St., Fort Worth. Final weekend. $25–$30.817-923-3012. AmphibianProductions.org.FINE ARTThe Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece: Masterworksfrom the British Museum. A collection of marbles,pottery and bronzework from Greek antiquity focusingon the human form, especially the male nude. DallasMuseum of Art, 1717 Harwood St. Through Oct. 6.Special exhibition fee: $16. DallasMuseumofArt.org.Gold on Black: Japanese Lacquer from theJacqueline Lavant Collection. The beauty oflacquered finishes is highlighted. Crow Collection ofAsian Art, 2010 Flora St. Through Sept. 15. Free.CrowCollection.org.Icons. A juried group exhibition featuring images oficonic toys and games. Mary Tomas Gallery,1110 Dragon St. Aug. 10–Sept. 7. Opening nightreception 6–9 p.m. (free and open to the public).MaryTomasGallery.com.Biennial: Origins in Geometry. A juried competition ofemerging visual artists. Museum of Geometric andMADI Art, 3109 Carlisle St. Through Oct. 6.GeometricMadiMuseum.org.fRiDAy 08.09COMEDYKathy Griffin. The dishy comedian performs. VerizonTheatre, 1001 Performance Place, Grand Prairie.8 p.m. $40–$60. AXS.com.sAtURDAy 08.10THEATERMiss Saigon. The sweeping musical adaptation ofMadama Butterfly, by Boublil and Schoenberg.Presented by Casa Manana, 3101 W. Lancaster Ave.,Fort Worth. Aug. 10–18. CasaManana.org.COMMUNITYLambda Legal Landmark Dinner. Annual fundraiserfor the gay legal group will celebrate 10 years sinceLawrence v. Texas and the group’s 40th anniversary.Hotel Palomar, 5300 E. Mockingbird Lane. 6 p.m.–2a.m. LambdaLegal.org/LandmarkDinner.sUNDAy 08.11COMMUNITYMimosas and Music: Sunday Soul Food Brunch.Every week at Havana Lounge,4006 Cedar Springs Road. 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m.Ministry. Weekly Sunday tea-dance-and-more gaymixer with a new DJ each week. LeVu,2505 Pacific Ave. 6 p.m. Cover 21+: $5 before 7 p.m.(free with flier), $10 after 7 p.m.; cover 18–20: $15.MUSICVoice of Pride Finals. Ten local singers perform twonumbers each before a celebrity panel of judges todecide who will be crowned the best in Dallas — andperform during Dallas Pride. The Rose Room insideStation 4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road. Doors at6:30 p.m., curtain at 8 p.m. DallasTavernGuild.org.WeDNesDAy 08.14COMMUNITYDallas FrontRunners fun run for runners and walkersat all levels. Meet at the statute of Robert E. Lee at LeePark at 7 p.m. Dinner to follow. FrontrunnersDallas.org.tHURsDAy 08.15THEATERExit, Pursued by a Bear. A dark domestic comedy,presented by Circle Theatre. 230 W. 4th St., Fort Worth.Through Sept. 14. CircleTheatre.com.this week’s solutionCOMMUNITYHigh Tech Happy Hour. Monthly LGBT mixer for thosein the tech field — or anyone else interested in joiningthem. Max’s Wine Dive, 3600 McKinney Ave.5:30–7:30 p.m.• browseFor a more complete CommunityCalendar online, visitTinyurl.com/dvevents.• submitTo submit an item for inclusionin the Community Calendar, visitTinyurl.com/dvsubmit.08.09.13•dallasvoice 25

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TLIFE+STYLEsceneGirls’ night out at Sue Ellen’s.David and Chase at Woody’s Sports and Video Bar.Voice of Pride finals take place in the Rose Room on Aug. 11. A limited number of VIP tables available can be reservedby contacting Chris@Caven.com. The finalists are Joey Arias, Walter Cunningham, Colby Geyer, VanessaGuzman, Matthew Harrington, Zack Hicks, Tony Jackson, Carlos Saenz, Steve Stallings and Eric Way. … MissGay Texas USofA, three nights of talent and gowns, takes place at the Round-Up Saloon Aug. 13–15. Covercharges that apply each night go to the pageant system. Plus, every Monday in August, there’s a Texas Hold’Empoker tournament. The weekly winner returns for the finals on Aug. 26. Cool prizes and a challenging evening offun. … Karaoke every Thursday and Sunday as well as the second Saturday of the month at Barbara’s Pavilion inOak Cliff. … Andrea Dawson performs at Alexandre’s on Aug. 9 followed by Sheelah P and InfiniTy on Aug. 10. …Win a trip for two to Las Vegas at Woody’s Sports and Video Bar on Aug. 10 at a benefit show for Woody’s softballteams. Raffle tickets available now. … Stop by Randy’s Club Cherries for an evening of song, dance and dragas the bar says happy birthday and farewell to Michael who’s off to Philly. … National Leather Association holds itsmonthly bar night at Dallas Eagle on Aug. 10. … Say goodbye to Steven at BJ’s NXS! on Aug. 9 at Steven’s GoingAway Fireball Party. … Mojo Dolls appears at Sue Ellen’s on Aug. 9. The Heather Roberts Band performs on Aug.10. … Win a copy of Cher’s Woman’s World Remix at JR.’s Bar & Grill on Aug. 13. … Celebrate D Fashion Weekat S4 on Aug. 10 with featured designers Tish Cox, Rulli Torres, Gasolina Wear and Rosie Del Bosque. A percentageof ticket sales benefits AIDS Arms LifeWalk.•To view more Scene photos, go to DallasVoice.com/Category/Photos.Aaron, Heather and Lance at Station 4.J Join us for a twisted turn on the nightlife in the Emerald City!Saturday, August 24.Come as your favorite character!Great Drink Specials and Tons of Fun!!2506 Knight St. at Maple – Dallas – 214.443.0499RandysClubCherries28 dallasvoice.com • 08.09.13

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