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eet Under' & out
The hit series that is dark
and funny at the sme time
begins its last season.
Page 12
SENATE BILL 6: Gay
foster parents OK. Page 3
'DESI': Film fest offers up a
lesbian flick. Page 3
MARRIAGE WOES: Trouble
for New Paltz mayor. Page 5
Calif. marriage bill falls short
in Istvote
Second vote was
expected on Friday
By EARTHA MELZER
Gay marriage supporters
failed in their first attempt to garner
enough votes in the California
Assembly for a measure that
would extend marriage rights to
same-sex couples.
The first vote on the bill, AB 19,
the Religious Freedom & Civil
Marriage Protection Act, was 35
in favor, and 37 against in the 80-
member body. The bill needs 41
votes to pass. Supporters of the
bill planned to lobby the seven
Democrats who abstained from
the first vote and try again. The
second vote was to be held after
the Voice's deadline.
Eddie Gutierrez. the director
of communications for Equality
California, said he was not overly
concerned that the bill did not
pass on the first attempt.
"We hope it will prevail, but
the vote will come down to the
wire." Gutierrez told the Blade
Wednesday night after the first
vote. "We hope that as [legisla·
tors) spend tonight with their
families and children, they con·
sider that our families· future is
in their hands."
If the bill becomes law,
Gay Assemblyman Mari< Leno (D-San Francisco) sponsored AB 19, which would legalize
same-sex marriages in California. (Photo by AP)
California would become the first
state in the country to voluntarily
rewrite marriage laws to include
gay couples as equals.
AB 19 would change the Ian·
guage concerning marriage in
California's Family Code from
"only marriage between man and
a women is valid or recognizPd in
this state .. to "marriage is a per-
Please see MARRIAGE on Page 7
dish
After their wedding. Houstonians Brian Lang (left) and Joseph Werle posed with
Vancouver, B.C. Wedding Commissioner Ann Moore, who has presided at some
300 same-sex weddings.
Gay Houston couple
decides to tie the
knot in Canada
Two men find that getting married is
a civilized and joyous affair in the
city of Vancouver, British Columbia
By BINNIE FISHER
As Houstonians Brian Lang and Joseph Werle planned a trip to
visit friends in Seattle, Wash reccntl); they realized that a quick
excursion to Canada could grant them something the Texas
Legislature wants to deny them in the state Constituuon: marnage.
"We decided as long as we were going up there anywa}: why
not go ahead and get hitched," Lang quipped. adding that
although it sounds flippant, getting married in Canada requires
advance research and planning.
Please see WEDDINGS on Page 4
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Whether he's Bette or a
mouse in a martini glass,
Rick Hurt's a Pride presence.
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'Power Lesbians' should make
her a gay household word
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Empower gets down to business with new features for 2005
Empower, the business expo hosted annually by the Greater Houston GLBT Chamber of
Commerce gets underway Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, 19 at the George R. Brown
Convention Center. This year, Empower features two new events, an Equality
Conference and the Taste of Montrose, a chance to sample the area's cuisine. The Expo
showcases gay, lesbian and gay-friendly businesses as well as non-profit organizations
and takes place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Cost to attend
the expo is $5. The Taste of Montrose luncheon is from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Cost
is $20 in advance and $25 at the door. The Equality 101 Conference and Futures
Conference take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and feature local and national
speakers on a range of topics including corporate development, aging issues, political
organizing, fundraising, the art of building voting power and afllrming religions communities.
Cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door. More information is available by
phone at 713-523-7576 or by e-mail at info(a ghglcc.org.
Texas Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston) will
speak at the annual Pride Social hosted by the
Houston Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay
Journalists Association.
Texas Rep. Senfronia Thompson
among speakers at Thursday event
Tuxas Rep. Senfronia Thompson (I}Houston)
is among the speakers who will address the
annual Pride Social h~ted by the Houston
Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay
Journalists Association Thursday (June 9).
Al<;0 on the program are Houston City
Controller Annise Pruirer and Sue Lovell, a
candidate for Houston City Council.
Thompson, a Tuxas legislator for more than 30
years, recently delivered an impassioned and
memorable speech in support of gay marriage
as the House was considering a bill that would
not only prohibit same-sex marriage but would
also ban civil unions. House Joint Resolution 6
passed both legislative houses and will be on
the state ballot Nov. 8. The Pride Social lakes
CORRECTION
A story on Page 1 of the May 27 Houston Voice
said the proposed constitutional amendment in
Texas "paves the way for someone who was
legally married in another state to come to
Texas, file for divorce and keep all the property
that was aqcuired •
The story should have said. 'because same-sex
marriages and civil umons from other states will
be unconst1tut1onal in Texas. a divorcing samesex
spouse may be able to come to Texas where
the relationship 1s not recognized and unfairly
avoid all marital obligations such as community
debt or spousal support. and may even be able
to keep some community property to the delri·
ment of the other spouse •
The matter will go to the voters Nov. S .
place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Rouge, 812
Westheimer and is free and open to the public.
Community Center events include
GLBT Night at Montrose Diner
The Houston GLBT Community Center inau·
gurates a twice-monthly GLBT Night at
Montrose Diner, 1111 Westheimer. The first
event is planned at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (June 7),
and the event is planned on the first and third
Tuesday of each month thereafter. Features
include door prues and discounts. On Frida>:
June 10, the center hosts a special Pride edi·
tion of the monthly performance night,
Featured at the Center. The event takes place
at 7 p.m. the second Friday of each month and
is free. Donations are gratefully accepted. The
center is located at 3400 Montrose Blvd., Suite
'lffl. www.houstonglbtcommunitycenter.org.
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by the Houstoo G.1y and Lesbian Film Festival.
Houston Gay and lesbian Film Festival
presents lesbian film by Desi Del Valle
"Desi's Looking for a New Girl." a lesbian
comedy by Desi Del Valle, will be shown at
7:30 p.m. today (June 3) at Talento Bilingue
de Houston, 33.3 S. Jensen. The film. with
dialogue in Spanish, English nnd
Spanglish. premiered at the 2000 San
Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
and has won numerous regional film
awards. The plot chronicles the highs and
lows of Desi's search for the perfect
woman after she gets dumped by her livein
lover. Cost is $5. For more information.
call 713·222· 1213.
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JUNE 3. 2005 3
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CPS overhaul passes Senate
without Talton amendment
Passage of SB 6 leaves
gays and lesbians free to
continue as foster parents
By BINNIE FISHER
The Texas Legislature last week gave
final approval to a bill to overhaul the
state's Children's Protective Services
Division after last·minute negotiations
stripped out an amendment that would
have prevented gays and lesbians from
serving as foster parents.
The amendment, tacked onto the legislation
in the House by Texas Rep.
Robert Talton (R·Pasadena). v;ould also •
have required the state agency to inves·
tigate all current foster parents and dis·
miss any of those who were found to be
gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Gay rights activists hailed the last·
minute passage of the bill before the legislative
session ended as a victory.
"The hours of talking and waiting
and lobbying paid off," said Randall
Ellis, executive director of the
Lesbian/Gay Rights Lobby of Texas.
"The Talton amendment was cut without
with any compromise."
He said a number of compromises
were placed on the table including one
that would have allowed current gay and
lesbian foster parents lo remaln but
When Senate Sill 6 was debated m the Texas
House of Representatives. Rep. Robert T aJton IR·
Pasadena) tacked on an amendment that would
have prevented gays and lesbians from serving as
foster parents.
eliminate future gay and lesbian appli·
cants from becoming foster parents.
Among those opposed to the Talton
amendment was Sen. Jane Nelson (RLewisville).
the original" author of
Senate Bill 6. Nelson argued that the
amendment would not only cost the state
millions of dollars, but it would displace
hundreds, perhaps thousands of chil·
dren at a time when foster homes art.! at
a premium.
She also said the amendment would
have left the legislation OJ;>C'n to being
overturned by the courts.
The Senate gave final approval to the
Texas Sen. Jane Nelson (R-LewtSV111e) authored
Senate Sill 6 to overhaul the state's foster care
system and she made 1t dear that she opposed the
Talton Amendment that would have prevented
gays and lesbians from being foster parents.
bill last Frida~:
Ellis said he worries that the measure
will come up again m the next legisla·
tive session.
"The point I make is that I'm already
worried about 2007 on this issue," he
said. "We'll have to fight it even harder
next time, because it v.ill be back, and it
will have momentum."
Before then, Ellis said, he hopes to
have a statewi<le effort In place to lobby
not only legislators but also the public.
He said he hope;; gays and lesbians come
forward and offer their help.
"They need to help put a face on this
issue," he said. "We need resources,
whether it's funding or whether its
spokespcr~ons."
In addition working to derail another
bill that would ban gay and lesbian fo ·
ter parents, Ellis said, supporters of gay
rights need to be actively campaigning
against a proposed constitutional
amendment that would ban gay marriage
and limit civil unions.
"We need marriage rights, whether
It's civil unions that eventually become
marriage, we need to get them." he said.
The 79th Legislative Session that
ended in May gave gay activists a clear
view of their friends as well as those
who could be cultivated, Ellis noted.
He pointed out that there were legis·
lators who took a clear stand in favor of
same-sex marriage.
'"Some legL~lators have to \1ew the
landscape before making an active
movement," he said.
l\elson could not be reached for com·
ment regarding pas5age of the bill, but
her staff indicated that she is happy
with the outcome.
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In the living room of her Vancouver. B.C. home, Marriage Commissioner Ann Moore marries Houston residents
Joseph Werle (left) and Brian Lang.
Weddings of same-sex
couples are booming in B.C.
WEDDINGS. continued from Pagel
Once they arrived in Vancouver, B.C.,
Lang said, they found that most residents
of the city are not only in favor of same-sex
marriage, but they seem to celebrate it.
A B.C. Appeals Court ruled in 2003 that
same-sex marriage is legal in the province
and since then, thousands of couples have
taken advantage of the ruling.
By consulting gayvancouver.com, Lang
said, he learned that he and Werle would
need to find a marriage commissioner to
perform their ceremony. He looked at the
list on the Web site and chose Ann Moore.
He fired off an e-mail to her and was
delighted to hear back that she would be
happy to perform their marriage.
Moore sent Lang a copy of the wording
she normally uses, \vords she wrote herself.
"She told us we could change anything
except 111-tiat was written in red because it is
raiuired in British Colwnbia," he said "We
thought it was lovely We didn't change a thing."
In e-mail exchanges with Moore, she
invited the two men to come co her home
for the service and told them they could
purchase their marriage license at an
insurance company near where she lives.
Moore told the Voice that when couples
come from outside Vancouver, she usually
conducts the service at her house.
"I've done close to 300 same-sex weddings,
and 75 to 80 percent of them are
from the states or outside Canada," she
said. "I do a lot of weddings in my home
because a lot of people (from outside
Canada) don't have a venue."
On May 18, their wedding day, Lang
said, events did not seem to be shaping up
as he had planned. It was raining, and he
and Werle were running late.
The insurance company where they
were to purchase a license was closed.
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They called Moore in a panic, and she sent
them to a business in China Town.
Because there was no time to change
into the clothes they had planned to wear,
Lang and Werle showed up at Moore's
home with license but casually dressed.
"She has a lovely home," Lang said.
Moore put the two men at ease and
posed with them for photographs after the
ceremony.
Vancouver celebrates marriage
When they left Moore's house as a mar·
ricd couple, Lang and Werle found that in
Vancouver, all marriages are celebrated.
Stopping at a store to make a purchase,
they proudly told the clerlc they had just gotten
married. "She crune around from behind
the counter and hugged us both," Lang said.
As they checked into the Pacific
Palisades Hotel, Lang said, he and Werle
told the desk clerk they were newlyweds.
"They gave us a lovely suite at a discounted
price," Lang said. "We ate in the
hotel restaurant that night at dinner. We
told the waitress, and she gave us a 20-percent
discount. She went and got the gener·
al manager. He chatted us up for a while
and sent over a bottle of champagne."
It was a far cry from life in Texas,
where legislators recently approved a proposed
amendment to the state constitution
that would ban same·sex marriage and
civil unions. Voters will decide Nov_ 8.
"The real difference was just being up
there and being able to celebrate something
like this," he said.
In addition, Lang said, marriage is no
frivolous matter in British Columbia. "If
we wanted to get a divorce, we'd have to
establish residency first."
Moore said those who come to
Vancouver to get married are often
amazed at how openly they are greeted.
"The couples I marry say they get won·
derful help," she said. "Right here in
Vancouver it's very cosmopolitan."
Moore said she is one of about 25 mar·
riage commissioners, and by law, all must
agree to perform same-sex weddings.
they're expected to resign.
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N.Y. high court says New Paltz mayor must face trial
ALBANY, N. Y. (AP) The village mayor who challenged New York law by attempting to
marry gay couples last year will face trial, the state's highest court ruled last week. New
Paltz Mayor Jason West faces 24 misdemeanor counts of violating the state's domestic
relations law by marrying couples without licenses in late February 2004. He faces fines
and up to a year in jail if convicted. West's
actions came amid a flurry of efTorts in
various states to wed gay couples after San
Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a
Democrat, allowed gay couples there to
marry in February 2004. Those efTorts have
l~ely been put on hold by the courts.
West, a Green Party member. has main·
tained he was upholding the gay couples'
constitutional rights to equal protection
and thus his oath of office - by allowing
them to wed in the Hudson Valley college
town in late February 2004. But state offi·
cials, including Gov. George Pataki and
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, have said
same·sex ceremonies violate state law. The
state Court of Appeals, the state's highest
court, last week refused West's request for
it to hear the case without having lower
courts weigh in first.
Mass. high court rejects bid
to halt same-sex marriages
BOSTON (AP) The state's highest
court last week rejected a Roman
Catholic activist's bid to halt gay mar·
riages in Massachusetts until after voters
have weighed in on a constitutional ban.
The Supreme Judicial Court authorized
the nation's first same-sex weddings with
its landmark November 2003 ruling.
Joseph Doyle, executive director of the
Catholic Action League, had argued that
the ruling went too far by allowing gay
marriages to proceed before voters had a
chance to consider the constitutional
amendment. Doyle's lawsuit sought a
stay on gay marriages until after the
vote, which could happen in November
2006, at the earliest, but the high court
rejected his request. The court held
same·sex couples shouldn't be denied the
right to marry on the possibility voters
would approve the amendment.
Microsoft severs ties
with anti-gay lobbyist
SEA'ITLE (AP) Microsoft Corp. says it
has severed ties with Ralph Reed, a
Republican lobbyist who once headed the
Christian Coalition and is now running for
lieutenant governor in Georgia. "Ralph
Reed is no longer on retainer with
~1icrosoft," company spokesperson Ginny
Terzano told the As.<;0eiated Press last week
The move came a month after liberal
activists urged Microsoft to quit using Reed
as a political consultant, upset that the soft·
ware company had pulled its support for a
Washington state gay rights bill it had
backed in the past. The company has since
s;ud it will support such legislation in the
future. "Microsoft has a wide range of consultants
on retainer, both Democrats and
Republicans. and they are brought on based
on need and for various reasons. but it's not
our policy to discuss specifics about their
retainers," Terzano said. Microsoft claimert
Reed lobbied only on international trade
and competition, not social issues.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled last week
that New Paltz Mayor Jason West should be put on
trial for attempting to marry gay couples last year
(Photo by Tim Roske/AP)
Protesters call for Spokane mayor
embroiled in sex scandal to resign
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Demonstrators
who picketed outside City Hall say they
plan weekly appearances until Mayor
James E. West resigns. About 30 people
demonstrated last week in the first organized
public protest against West since the
Spokesman-Review newspaper raised alle.
gations of past sexual misconduct and con·
temporary misuse of office against the
mayor on May 5. The demonstration capped
a WC<'k in which West said he will be vindicated
by two separate investigations into
his conduct, and several major Spokane
business and economic development groups
called for him to step down. West also
defended himself on NBC's .. Today" show
on Monda;: denying allegations of past sex·
ual molestation of boys.
Anti-gay fliers trigger anger
at Southern Oregon University
ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) Fliers urging the
killing of gays have been littering the campus
of Southern Oregon University the past
two weeks, triggering anger and shock from
administrators. students and politicians. One
flier bore the mes.c;age: "And the Bible says
that homosexual ofTenders should be put to
dC>ath .... So help eradicate homophobia
now. Kill the Queer." Roger Wert. who is gay
and president of the student Senate, said he
rea.'lltly was the victim of a hate crime in
which several young men accosted him and
two female friends at a convenience store in
Ashland, making lewd sexual advances. Al'-0
last week, stuclenb at the university voted to
ban military recruiters as well as recruiting
material from the university's student union.
Students reasoned they should exclude
recniit<'rs because the military violates the
university's anti-discrimination policies by
barring gays and preventing women from
certain jobs, such as combat roles.
Investigators do not know if that action is the
motivation behind the anti-gay fliers.
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MARRIAGE. continued from Page l
sonal relation arising out of a civil contract
between two persons."
The gender-neutral language was used
in the California Family Code between
1850 and 1977.
The bill, which has 30 sponsors, also
states that no priest, minister, or rabbi of
any religious denomination, and no offi·
cial of any non-profit religious institution
will be required to carry out any wedding
in violation of his or her right to the free
exercise of religion.
Political observers said that if the bill
passes the House it is likely to pass the
Senate, before heading to the desk of
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Schwarzenegger has not said whether
he would sign the bill. A spokesperson for
the governor said that he will have about
two weeks to decide, should it be approved
by the Senate and sent to his desk in
August as expected.
"This bill would make a mockery of
marriage," said Mathew Staver, president
and general counsel for the Liberty
Counsel, the legal wing of Rev. Jerry
Falwell's ministry.
'Drain marriage of its essence'
Staver said that AB 19 would "drain
marriage of its essence, objective, and
common sense purpose." The purpose of
marriage is for procreation and raising
children so they are in an environment
with gender duality, Staver said, it is an
essential role of government to be able to
strengthen families.
Staver claimed that the people of
California voiced opposition to same-sex
marriage by adopting Proposition 22,
which prohibits recognition of same-sex
marriage, in 2000.
Gay rights activists, legal scholars and
social conservatives disagree over whether
Proposition 22 was intended to keep other
states from forcing California to recognize
same-sex marriages performed elsewhere
or whether it was intended to ban all samesex
marriages.
California has a unique ballot initiative
system in which citizens can enact laws
through a statewide voter initiative; legis·
lation enacted in this way cannot be
changed by the Assembly.
Staver said that if AB 19 passes, the
Liberty Counsel would sue to overturn it on
the grounds that it violates Proposition 22.
The constitutionality of Prop 22 itself
is also in question. On April 14, Judge
Richard Kramer of the San Francisco
Superior Court ruled that Prop 22 violated
the equal protection clause of the
California Constitution and unfairly dis·
criminated against same-sex couples.
Last week, California Attorney General
Bill Lockyer filed an appeal of the trial
court decision in the San Francisco-based
1st District Court of Appeals. Lockyer has
said that he supports gay rights and is
simply fulfilling his responsibility to
uphold state law.
If same-sex marriage becomes legal in
California through the passage of AB 19, the
lawsuits over the constitutionality of state
laws against same-sex marriage would probably
be set aside, said Barbara Cox, profes·
sor at California Western School of Law.
According to Staver, the legislature's
actions are the least important in the hierarchy
of California lawmaking because a
ballot measure can override a bill passed by
the legislature and the constitution trumps
even laws adopted by ballot initiative.
Assembly defeated attempt
Bills to amend the California
Constitution to ban same-sex marriage as
well as the recognition of domestic part·
nerships were defeated in the Senate and
Assembly judiciary committees earlier
this month.
Those bills, if passed into law, would
have repealed legal protections for !es·
bians and gays and their families includ·
ing benefits they already have under
California's domestic partnership laws.
Following this defeat, social conserva·
tive groups announced a campaign to
amend the constitution by ballot initiative
to ban same-sex marriage and recognition
of domestic partnerships.
"It's high time that we the people override
the judges and politicians who've been
relentlessly attacking marriage," said Randy
Thomasson, an initiative organizer. "This
vitally important ballot initiative empowers
average Californians to stop the insanity of
judges and politicians flushing our precious
vote on marriage down the drain."
Initiative proponents have begun fund·
raising, expect to begin circulating petitions
in July and to have the measure on
the ballot in a June 2006 election.
According to Equality California, a
statewide gay civil rights group, a coalition
of more than 200 religious, labor and civil
liberties groups called Equality for All has
formed to oppose the proposed constitu·
tional amendment. In news conferences in
Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego,
the group said, that the ballot measure, if
passed, would hurt millions of same-sex
couples and their families and others by
denying them essential legal protections.
"The effort to target one category of
people - in this case gays and lesbians -
for reduced rights has profound implica·
tions for all of us," Rabbi Doug Kahn,
executive director of the Jewish
Community Relations Council said. "What
Researchers pursue post-HIV vaccine
By RYAN LEE
ATLANTA - AIDS researchers are
optimistic that they may have found a vaccine
that would treat people already living
with HIV.
Participating in a panel discussion at an
Emory University conference on mv vac·
cine research and drug development late
last month, Jean-Marie Andrieu, a virologist
at the Institute of Research for Vaccines
& Immunotherapies for Cancer & AIDS in
Paris, discussed the early successes of a
therapeutic vaccine his team developed.
The French team has tested its vaccine on
mice and monkeys and has begun administering
tests to humans. The effects of the vaccine
in non-humans is predictive of results
when the vaccine is delivered to people, a
breakthrough that could shorten the length
of time it takes for a vaccine to reach
humans. researchers said.
"It is much faster to attain results in
animals than in humans because with
humans, you have to go through human
trials and other things that take time,"
said Genoveffa Franchini, a principal
AIDS vaccine researcher at the National
Cancer Institute who participated in the
May20panel.
"So with the similarities between nonhuman
primates and humans, different
vaccine approaches can now be tried quite
effectively," Franchini said.
Therapeutic vaccines as opposed to
preventive vaccines that protect mv-negative
people from contracting the virus -
have been researched for almost two
decades. They offer a potential alternative to
the "lifetime of chemo" currently available
to HIV-positive individuals, said Terje
Anderson, executive director of the National
Association of People Living With AIDS.
"I don't know if I'd say there's a lot of
buzz around it in the mv community, but
people are hoping this can offer something
new," Anderson said. "Obviously for people
living with HN, a preventive vaccine does·
n't do anything in terms of our O\\n health,
so both kinds of vaccines need to continue
being pursued."
But the therapeutic vaccines now being
tested in humans have not shared similar
success in all subjects, Franchini said.
The effects last only a limited time with
some participants before they must return
to traditional drug treatment, the
researcher said. •
"It's important to know that [therapeutic
vaccines] cannot be substituted for
anti-retroviral therapy - the results are
seen for months. but need to be sustained
more," Franchini said.
Human testing of the therapeutic vaccine
created by the French research team
involved people with HIV being injected
with a mixture of mv taken from their
own blood and their own dendritic cells.
When foreign pathogens enter a person's
body, dendritic cells mark those
pathogens so that the immune system can
easily recognize them and develop a
response to fight the illness. But HIV
avoids being marked by dendritic cells and
renders the immune system unable to
is the next group that is deemed so threat·
ening that their basic rights should be
rolled back?"
National groups offer funds
The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
and the Human Rights Campaign
announced that they would donate up to
$100,000 each as a fund-raising challenge
to raise $1 million by Labor Day to defeat
the proposed amendment.
If AB 19 passes and becomes law, it is
possible that same-sex marriages could
begin and then be suspended again if a
constitutional amendment banning samesex
marriage passes later, Cox said.
Cox said that it is also possible that the
move to amend the constitution would lose
steam after same-sex marriages happen
and people realize that they aren't having
a damaging effect on society.
Cox said that she believes given the
option same-sex couples will chose mcrriage
over domestic partnership, but, she
said, it is not clear what AB 19 would do to
the existing domestic partner registry.
California's domestic partnership sys·
tern extends a broad range of rights and
responsibilities to same-sex couples regis·
tered as domestic partners.
Earlier this year a bill known as AB 20.5
took effect, expanding the rights granted
to domestic partners so that they receive
nearly all of the benefits extended to mar·
ried couples by the state.
Jeff Winkler has been with his partner
for nearly six years and was married for
the brief period during which same-sex
marriages were performed in California.
Winkler said that he and his partner
have created wills and medical power of
attorney documents in an attempt to com·
pensate for the lesser legal status of their
domestic partnership.
T erje AJdersoo executive director of the National
Association of People Wrth AIDS. said a therapeutic
HIV vact111e would offer an alternative to the 'lifeline
of chem> amntty available to people living with HIV
mount a resistance.
80 percent drop in viral load
The French researchers discovered
that when their mixture of "killed" HIV
and dendritic cells were injected, the
patients' viral load - or amount of HI\'
present in their blood system dropped
by an average of 80 percent
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A Houston Pride Parade fixture for 23 years
Rainbo de Klown will be
at Houston Pride in
spirit as he attends a
wedding in Illinois
By DAWN RORIE
Pride just won't be the same this year
without Rainbo de K.lown.
Every year for the past 23 years, Ricky
Hurt, better known as Rainbo de Klown,
has been a parade fixture, sometimes
controversial, sometimes silly, always
original and imaginative,
Rainbo de Klown is often the talk of the
tov.11 long after the parade has passed b}:
So, v. hy will Rainbo de K.lown be MIA
at Pride 2005?
"What IS Rainbo going to do for Pride
this year?" Hurt repeats the question,
looking extremely disheartened.
"Rainbo's going to a wedding; you know
one of those heterosexual weddings!"
Although Hurt is excited to be heading
back home to Illinois to participate in his
brother's wedding, his jaw dropped when
the wedding date was announced ..
"l said, 'June 25th? That's Pride Day!
You can't get married on Pride Day'"
Pride celebrations in and around the
state of Illinois should take notice: If
Rainbo can't participate in his beloved
Houston Pride Parade, he plans to slip
away from the wedding festivities for
long enough to get his Pride fix somewhere.
Chicago and St. Louis are possi·
bilities, says Hurt. "I've got to check the
schedules and see if I can go."
In 1981, Hurt saw his first Pride Parade.
Having come from a small town in central
Illinois, he had never seen anything like it.
The follov; ing year, Hurt decided to partic·
ipate. He had been working a side job as a
clown for the past few years, and after
receiving a rainbow-colored clo\\11 wig for
his birthda}; he had even developed a
clown name: Rainbo de Klown.
Rainbo de Klov.11 made his first
appearance at Houston Pride in 1982.
After that, Rick} Hurt was hooked. Every
year since, he has pushed the limits of
the imagination to come up with new and
exciting entries.
One year, Hurt dressed in a clown tuxedo
costume and tutu. As a finishing touch,
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he stuffed inflated balloons underneath
his shirt as breasts. Parade officials did
not find his balloon-breasts amusing. As
Hurt suddenly blossomied into womanhood,
the head of the parade insisted that
Hurt pop the balloons because comic drag
was not considered polite parade fare at
the time. "I popped them, but I wasn't
happy about it," says Hurt.
Hoping to change Parade rules about
comedy drag, he began working on the
Pride Committee, eventually becoming
the Pride Parade Chair. In 1988, the
Garden Party, an anything-goes drag
ensemble ("Think guys in beards and
dresses," says Hurt). took part in the
parade "Before then, you could only
march if you were a 'pretty' drag queen,"
explains Hurt.
Going as Bette
During his time on the Pride
Committee, Hurt continued to create his
infamous parade entries. His most famous
entry was a spoof of Bette Midler's
Delores Delago act. Hurt dressed in a mer·
maid costume and was pushed down
Westheimer in a shopping cart by a man in
a banana suit. The next day, his picture
was in the paper and on the local TV news.
Hurt recalls that his most controversial
entry started out as a perfectly
innocuous idea: a clown lounging in a
martini glass.
"The clown's name was Mickey in de
Martini Glass," Hurt says. It was a trick
In 2003. Rainbo de Klown celebrated the U.S
Supreme Court decision in Lawrence vs. Texas.
(Photo by Dalton DeHart)
costume. with Hurt's feet coming out at the
bottom of the •·martini glass" so that he
could walk down the parade route. The
entourage that would accompany the mar·
tmi-clown consisted of a giant styrofoam
tequila bottle, a giant saltshaker, and
someone dressed as a giant cup of coffee
("The designated driver," explains Hurt.)
The only thing missing was the slice of
lime. The night before the parade, Hurt
found a shy, quiet guy at E.J.'s who said
he'd like to be in the parade. "I don't
know what happened the next day."
remembers Hurt. "I put the costume on
him, and he came alive!"
Hurt demonstrates how a slice-of-lime
costume would fit on anyone silly enough
to agree to wear such a thing. He shows
@RICKY HURT
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GLBT history
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how the top of the !Jme slice would swoop
forward and down, over the wearer's
head, while the bottom of the lime slice
swoops up and forward. right at the wearer's,
well, midsection. "You can just imag·
inc," he laughs.
As Hurt walked along in his martini·
clown getup. completely unaware of
what was happening with the condi·
ments in his entourage, the naughty
slice of 1 ime leapt and frolicked, gyrat
ing and thrusting his way up the entire
parade route. Over the next few days,
Hurt says he was flooded with calls and
letters of complaint.
When he is not designing costumes
and creating interesting characters, Hurt
is an activist for various causes. Over the
years, he has participated in protests of
all kinds. From AIDS awareness to general
gay rights issues, "I've done sit-ins,
stand-ins, walks, marches, and rallies,"
says Hurt.
One issue of particular interest to
Hurt is "bandit signs". Those are the ille·
gally placed signs that find their way
onto utility poles, stop sign posts, and
pretty much anywhere else they can be
posted. Some scream "Lose weight now!"
while others offer jobs or advertise for
auto insurance.
Hurt feels that beautifying Houston
and getting rid of bandit signs is a two·
part effort. He is working to push legis·
lators to strengthen the penalties
against those who violate sign ordi·
nances. Meanwhile, he feels that it is
up to all Houstonians to send the viola·
tors a message. It only takes a minute
to pull down a few signs and trash
them. he says.
"Why have all these beautiful trees
and plants and things that our state is
paying for. only to have it trashed up with
signs?" he asks.
From activism, to bungee jumping at
the Westheimer Street Festival while
dressed as Bette Midler and self-discovery
through several days in the woods at
Fairy Camp, Ricky Hurt truly has some
amazing stories to tell. "Life is an adven·
ture," he says. "Let your hair groweven
if you don't have any- and just
enjoy what's out there!"
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editorial
Keep your eyes
on our 'allies'
Conservative groups never scream more loudly than
at their own allies when they waiver. But gay groups
offer political cover when our rights are compromised.
By CHRIS CRAIN
EORGE W. BUSH, TOM
DeLay, Rick Santorum,
Karl Rove.
Tu hear our activists tell it,
these conservative Republicans
ought to be the focus of the gay
rights movement
John Kerry, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
John McCain. Howard Dean.
In fact, "liberal" Democrats and moder·
ate Republicans like these ought to be the
main focus of the movement right now.
No amount of Chicken Little rhetoric and
frenetic fund-raising will convince the stalwarts
of the right to moderate their views,
and the next opportunity to unseat them is
almost two years awa)l Even then. how much
will we really gain v.ith their successors?
Our s<>ealled allies, who we cheelfully
toast at black-tie dinners and lavish with
our donations, could be reached and influ·
enced right now with enough pressure
applied at the right places.
Instead, for years now. our activists have
given a free pass to anyone who will parrot
the right words of support for gay rights. and
offered them political cover when they com·
promise away our future for their present
THE RECENT BROUHAHA OVER THE
president's judicial nominations is a classic
example of how we facilitate the abuse of
our rights at our own expense.
It wasn't a mammoth showdown like the
votes last year to amend the U.S. Constitution
to ban gay marriage. It wasn't a test of politi·
cal will like last year's presidential campaign,
when Democrat John Kerry withered
when pressed on the issue of gay marriage.
But the fight over whether Democrats
could use the filibuster to block some of
President Bush's judicial appointments was
the fll'St big test of 2ro> for the gay rights
movement and its allies. Unfortunately, pretty
much everyone failed.
Senate Democrats once again sacrificed
gay rights for the greater good of their own
political expedience, and our lobbying
organizations nodded meekly in understanding.
not managing a peep of criticism.
These same Democrats. and their likeminded
predecessors, have talked the talk
but never walked the walked for years, fail·
ing even to pass employment non-discrimination
when their party controlled both
houses of Congress and the presidenc}:
THE Nl1I'S AND BOLTS OF THE F1LIBUSTER
battle were arcane enough to excite only the
m~t ardent political junkie: Senate
Democrats had used the filibuster to block 10
of the 4.5 judges nominated by President Bush
to serve on the nation's federal appeals courts,
just one step below the U.S. Supreme Court.
Frustrated that the minority party was
thwarting the president and his fellow
Republicans in the Senate majority, GOP lead·
ers planned to invoke a "nuclear option," cutting
off the filibuster with 51 votes, rather
than the 60 required by Senate rules
Of the IO judges blocked by the
Democrats, the one judge with the clearest
anti.gay record is William Pryor. the former
Alabama attorney general. While in that posi.
tion, he w-ged the Supreme Court not to strike
down sodomy laws in Lawrence vs. Texas.
Pryor argued that constitutional protection for
consensual sex between gay people would
inevitably lead to similar protections for incest,
necrophilia. pedophilia and prostitution.
President Bush managed an end-run
around the Democrats' filibuster of Pryor
and last year used a "recess appointment"
to put Pryor temporarily on the 11th Circuit
Appeals Court in Atlanta. The judge from
Alabama quickly returned the favor, casting
the critical deciding vote upholding
Florida's ban on adoption by gays.
But Pryor's "recess appointment" will
expire soon if he does not receive official
blessing from the U.S Senate, so when the
president re·nominated him this year, gay
rights groups quickly condemned the move.
Then the Gang of 14, a group of seven sen·
ators from each part); cobbled together a
grand compromise: The Dem0<:rats agreed to
abandon the filibuster on three of the pre.si·
dent's worst nominees, including Pryor. In
exchange. the Republicans agreed only to
delay, for now, a vote on the "nuclear option."
Most progressive civil rights groups crit·
icized the "compromise" because it virtual·
ly guaranteed the confirmation of three
arch-conservative judges in exchange for lit·
tie. A vote will still come on the nuclear
option, only now it's more likely to involve
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a nomination to the Supreme Court, when
the stakes are infinitely higher.
"We are very disappointed with the
decision to move these extremist nomi·
nees one step closer to confirmation," said
Nan Aron, head of the Alliance for
Justice, in a reaction typical of liberal
interest groups.
"ls there anybody on our side who is
happy?" she asked rhetorically.
NAN ARON, MEET JOE SOLMONESE,
THE newly installed director of the Human
Rights Campaign, lead pacifist organization
in the patsy movement for gay civil rights.
He's plenty happy with the "compromL<>e."
In language more befitting a judicial pronouncement
than an activist organization.
HRC and Solmonese issued a statement "laud·
ing" a compromise that "protects our nation."
It certainly didn't protect gay
Americans from William Pryor, and how is
delaying an inevitable vote on the "nuclear
option" any sort of victory? Will the odds
be any better for a filibuster when there is
even more at stake?
These s<>ealled allies have never protect·
eel us at crunch time. They voted for "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" and the Defense of
Marriage Act. One of them, Bill Clinton,
even signed that nefarious twosome into law.
They oppose marriage equality, and
many won't even go on record about civil
unions. They have thus far voted against
the president's constitutional amendment
banning gay marriage, but only on frighten·
ingly tenuous. legalistic grounds.
Our national gay rights groups do not
even keep track of how many members of
Congress actually back marriage equal ii}:
Only two non-gay members. at least judging
by the debate on the president's marriage
amendment.
In the meantime, the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force, which used to be count·
ed on as our most aggressive gay rights
lobby, issued a navel-gazing statement mum·
bling something about a "deep foreboding"
over the compromise. Perhaps they were
still counting the money raised last month
at their dinner starring Howard Dean, who
was awarded the Task Force Lifetime
Achievement Award despite his repeated
dismissals of marriage equality with a
wave of his hand.
It is not the job of a civil rights movement
to offer political cover at crunch time.
Conservative groups understand this and
never scream more loudly than at their own
allies when they waiver. Some liberal groups,
like Aron's have learned that critical lesson.
Unless and until our own activists can
summon the courage
to demand our equality,
we surely can't
expect politicians to
lead the way.
I/iii Clvis Crain IS
~ executive editor of
the Houston Voice
and can be reached at
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'six feet' over & out
HBO'S BELOVED SERIES l<ICKS OFF ITS FI FTH AND FINAL SEASON
By BRIAN MOYLAN
T'S SOMETIMES DARK AND
sometimes light. It's often funny and
just as often sad. More often than not,
it's both wacky and deadly serious at
the same time. Perhaps this explains the
appeal of HBO's '"Six Feet Under.''
'"Sb: Feet Under" Is especially popu·
lar with gay audiences who tuned in to the show·s
debut in 2001 not only for the great storytelling, but also
for the relationship between gay funeral director David
Fischer (Michael C. Hall) and former police officer and
now bodyguard Keith Charles (:\tathew St. Patrick).
They offer one of the most starkly honest portrayals of
gay men on TY.
Co-executive Producer Alan Poul and Creator Alan
Ball, both gay, knew from the beginning that "Six Feet
Under" would have a limited run. At the beginning of
the show's fourth season, Ball decided that after the
fifth season it was time to end it.
.. Alan had some ideas about how he wanted to end,
but the details the shocking details - were all
worked out over the course of this year," Poul says.
As last season ended, David, still harried from his
torture after a car jacking, admitted his various infi
delities and Keith admitted that he had an affair with
the female singer he was working for as a bodyguard.
Though they characteristically fought about it, they
also characteristically forgave each other.
Nate (Peter Krause) discovered his former brother-in·
law murdered his ex -wife, Lisa (Lily Ta}·lor), with whom
Nate has a child. He returned home to seek ,;olace from the
perennially troubled Brenda (Rachel Griffiths). who
became a psychologist.
RUTH (FRANCES CONROY), NATE AND DAVID'S
mother, discovered her new husband. George (James
Cromwell), is suffering from a mental illness that caus·
es him to be insufferable at times. Ruth's other child,
Claire (Lauren Ambrose), shacked up, again. with
Brenda's crazy brother Billy (Jeremy Sisto). Funeral
home co-owner Rico (Freddy Rodriguez) finalized his
divorce from Vanessa (Justina Machado).
Surprisingly, in tbe first episode, the only people
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associated with Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home who are
in a good place are Keith and David, who are thinking
about starting a famil;: Nate and Brenda are planning
a wedding and trying to have a baby together. But with
them, it's never smooth sailing.
Meanwhile, Ruth feels tricked because George, who
is incapacitated by the electroshock treatments he
needs to keep him sane, didn't tell her about his illness
before their hasty marriage. She's also not speaking to
Claire, who has decided to quit school to concentrate on
her art full·time. Rico is also adrift now that he's with·
out Vanessa and dating again.
Though the season lightens up quickly, it starts off
on a dark note that includes a showdown between
Brenda and Lisa's ghost. It is one of the program's
rawest scenes to date. The final season also features two
new characters: George's daughter, Maggie (Tina
Holmes), who moves into the funeral home to help care
for her father, and Roger (Matt Malloy), the gay film
producer who David attacked last season and who
now employs Keith as his bodyguard.
Poul says that, as has often happened on the show. a
bit character took on a life of his own. "Roger is a clas·
sic case of a character who starts off as rather two·
dimensional," he explains. "Matt Malloy brings so
many colors and shading to the character, it made us
want to keep him alive and let Roger begin to become a
layered person with more sides." One of those sides
includes promiscuous Roger being married to a woman
(played by the unforgettable Julie Brown).
As for David and Keith, they're still 12 episodes
away from living happily ever after. This is something
St. Patrick says would be refreshing for the bickering
duo. "I would have been happy with maybe not as
much fussing and fighting," he says. "We could have
used some times where we really got along and could
have been more appreciative of each other and non·
confrontational."
What St. Patrick says any couple can learn from
David and Keith is perseverance. "They have gone
through some tough situations. The first time you see
Keith is at David's father's funeral," he says. "If you get
someone who loves and supports you and will take care
of you and will fight for you, I think you have a winner.
You should really appreciate that and value that and
realize that you have a great situation."
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Back from her fann at Brenham, the Alley's
'Steel Magnolias' star Annalee Jefferies talks
about overcoming Dolly and playing to gay men
Feeling so butch!
"I FEEL VERY BUTCH," LAUGHS
actress Annalee Jefferies. The Alley
Theatre star is just back from working 10-
hour days at her HO-acre farm in
Brenham, a "piece of heaven" that's a
devil to keep up.
"I got really; really dirty;" she explains.
"So dirty you could write on my skin." In
just a few hours, Jefferies will be fluffing
up to get back into the beauty parlor that
is the meeting place of six funny; strong
women in Robert Harling's crowd-pleaser,
"Steel Magnolias."
As Trudy; the Dolly Parton role • oops!
Don't let Jefferies hear that! It's hard
enough, she explains, to make Truvy's
one-liners sound fresh without "having to
overcome the Dolly Parton mess."
(Anyone who's gay knows that Parton
played Truvy in the film version of the
play. Anyone who's really gay knows that
"Steel Magnolias" began as an offBroadway
play without Parton.)
"I get disconcerted when someone
says to me, ~you playing Dolly
Parton?"' Through clenched teeth, she
responds, "No, I am playing a character
called Truvy ... "
And what a character she is! "Truvy is
one of those larger-than-life, wonderful
Southern women," says Jefferies. "She is
so splashy; so big, to play her you have to
jump in with both feet!
"She has a thick shell, with a wonderful
spirit inside, and she keeps the force
positive," adds Jefferies. "Truvy says, 'No
one cries alone in my presence."'
Of the play, which has been held over
through June 12 to accommodate high
demand for tickets, Jefferies says, "It is
interesting doing something so popular,
and such a part of pop culture. You have
an audience that is a little bit ahead of
you. They've seen the movie a thousand
times. They know the lines. They know
what's coming. It's a little like visiting a
dear aunt."
GAY MEN IN PARTICULAR. "CAN'T
get enough of it!" she says. "They love it.
Last night there was a man on the front
row, and I could sense him and his
friends right at my station. It was like
they were right on my left shoulder all
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Melissa Hart (right) as Clairee Belcher and Amalee
Jefferies as Truvy Jones are in the Alley Theatre
production of 'Steel Magnolias,' running through
June 12 on the Alley's Hubbard Stage. (Photo by
John Everett)
night. So when we came out for our curtain
call, I pointed at them."
Later, the group met Jefferies at a bar,
and they giggled over cocktails.
"I haven't talked with my lesbian
friends," says Jefferies says, "but the play
is all women · not that I have anything
against men - but there are no men in the
play, and I like that better than the movie
because I think you can imagine the men
better than they showed them."
At the helm of the show's sorority
was director Judith Ivey; the two-time
Tony Award·winning actress who hails
from Texas.
"She was marvelous!" says Jefferies.
"Everybody adored her. Don't get me
wrong, she was not a pussycat, not a
pushover. But she never said a negative
word. She built up the respect in the
room that we have for each other."
Now that the play has opened and
Ivey has left town, Jefferies says, "We
all miss her desperately Directors
always leave us."
Likewise, Jefferies often travels to
other cities to perform in plays, including
16 with former Houstonian Michael
Wilson as director.
Someday fans might hear that Jefferies
is not acting but directing a show.
"I taught for a good deal of time," she
says, referring to her ActorSource classes
for working actors in Houston, "and so
many of my fellow actors have asked me
why I'm not directing. So yes, it is something
I have been interested in doing.
"Once I get behind a project, instead of
having a project picked for me, that is
when I think it will happen."
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life JOHNNY HOOKS
Rainbow flags are flying, 'Tarnation!' is out
on DVD, the 'Ancient Babylon Dance Tour' &
'Lord of the Rings' the exhibit come to town
Pride in the air
THE MONTH OF JUNE IS FINALLY
upon us, and that means PRIDE!
The next four weeks are full of
events, parties and fundraisers leading
up to the Pride Festival and the biggest
nighttime parade in the US!
A QUICK LOOK BACK AT AN EVENT
from last weekend is in order though. The
Stonewall Democrats had a mixer at
Meteor on Sunday afternoon and close to
~ attended! Houston City Controller
Annise Parker gave a speech on the
Importance of building bridges in order
to be heard in a united voice at election
time. Mark Wood gave a statement on the
importance of the g~ lesbian. bisexual
and transgender presence in this year's
election. and Sue Lovell spoke of her
upcoming campaign and her platform on
gay marriage. The event was also attend·
ed by representatives of the Black
Democrats of Houston an African
American grass roots political organi1.a·
tion. Michael de Medici, director of
Stonewall's special events, has helped
bring the Stonewall Dem's back from a
period of relative quiet His next big event
will be at Rich's. Co-sponsored by owner
Nassim Joseph, the party is entitled "A
Night in Oz" and is listed on the Pride
Houston website as the official ending
party of the weekend. I hear that Rich's
and Medici are planning one big Texas
surprise for this party!
SPEAKING OF SURPRISES, THE space
that once was "O" is said to be close to
reopening, not as a country and west·
ern bar as had been rumored, but as a
bar and grill. Stay tuned for more.
SADLY, TEXAS LOST AN INSTITUTION
this week when the famed Oasis
Restaurant on the shores of Lake
Travis was gutted by a fire started by
lightning on Wednesday How many sunsets
has HotGG looked at from one of
those enormous decks? The owner says
fear not, he will rebuild.
OPENINGS, OPENINGS, OPENINGS!
Get out your cloaks and check out the
ring, Lord of the Rings that is.
Saturda}: at 12:01 a .m .. the Houston
Museum of Natural Science presents,
"The Lord of the Rings,
Motion Picture Trilogy, the
Exhibition!" As well as enjoying an
exciting range of props, jewelry, char·
acters and weapons used in The Lord
of the Rings, you'll also see a range of
exquisitely made costumes and much
more. The museum is located at One
Hermann Circle near Hermann Park.
HOVI on the
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For info and tickets call 713-639-4629 or
visit www.hmns.org.
LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BLISS IN
your life? Then stop by 19th Street in the
Heights. Dan Long and Tom Young have
opened a new store called, appropriately
enough, Bliss. Bliss feature; styli~h quali·
ty gifts, a unique blend of home accents.
gifts, cards and much more, in a casual
and peaceful shopping environment. Bibs
is located at 235 W. 19th and is open from
10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
AND THE BABA YEGA CAFE IS
open. Next door to the original, the
cafe serves up twice the patio, plus an
expanded brunch menu and wi·fi! 713·
522-1885 for all the dish.
CROSSOVER GIFI'S IS HAVING AN
art opening of artists from Houston
and New York on Saturday, from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. at the store at 415
Westheimer . Call 713-523-5201 for more
info and while there, stop into the
hunky new store MaleUWear, right
next door. Register for a $100 gift certificate
until Sunday.
PEOPLE GET READY, THE "QUEER
As Folk: Ancient Babylon Dance
Tour" is headed back to Houston. The
event returns to South Beach the
Nightclub on Saturday, June 18 Sure to
be another sell out, check out the website
at www. southbeachthenightclub.com for
tickets and more information. Also, don't
forget gorgeous DJ Mark Goebel spins
every Thursday night at SoBe!
FINALLY THE DVD OF "TARNATIONI"
is now available. "Tarnation!" - written
and directed by local boy J onathan
Caouette - won raves last year from
Cannes to L.A. See the DVD and you'll
know why.
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dish There's a Fine Line Between Telling the Truth and Talking Trash
Reinventing history
Madonna plays editor,
'Top Model' plays musical
chairs and a filmmaker
plays sleuth
Ask most gay men of a certain age
what's the world's greatest documentary
and most will say "Truth or Dare,"
MADONNA's 1991 behind-the-scenes
movie about her and her (mostly gay)
dancers on a world tour.
Ask most gay men of a certain age
what's up with the planned follow-up to
that film. a new documentary that was
shot by director Jonas Akerlund backstage
at last year's Re-Invention tour and they
probably won't know what to tell you.
New York Daily News gossips Rush &
Molloy say the new documentary (tentatively
titled "Re-Invented Process") was
snubbed by the Cannes Film Festival
because it isn't very good.
"More than half of the film is about how
the kabbalah has enriched her life," a spy
told the gossips about the form of Jewish
mysticism that Madge has been going on
and on about over the last few years. "People
do not want to se<' this from Madonna. They
want to be shocked. All of the juicy stuff
like Madonna and [husband] GUY
RITCHIE arguing - - was cut out by Madge
herself because she wanted to show how
much the kabbalah has changed her."
Madonna's rep. Liz Rosenberg, says of
the film. "There isn't that much kabbalah
in it. The movie has terrific performance
footage."
She also threw in some good words
about the Material Girl's upcoming new
album for good measure. "She's already
back in the recording studio. Her tracks
are said to be incredible," she said.
The Sun reports that the album will be
called "Defying Gravity," an appropriate
name, since the London Free Press
reports that Madonna's reps have been
intrrviewing surgeons about performing
a facelift on the 40something singer.
God bless the British press.
In and out
Ask any gay man who likes reality television
and he will tell you that UPN's
TYRA BANKS-hosted
·~erica's Next
Top Model" is the
cattiest, gayest hour
of drama anywhere
in primetime.
Last week, the
network announced
some big plans for
its highly rated
J. Alexander show. First, judges
JANICE DICKINSON,
one of the world's first supermodels.
and NOLI!: MARIN, the fashion
director for the gay magazine Instinct,
are out.
Insiders say squabbles between Madoma and
hubby Guy Ritchie have been edited out of her new
documentary. (Photo by Max Nash/AP)
Taking their place will be famous '60s
stick figure TWIGGY and flamboyant J.
ALEXANDER. the gay former model and
runway coach who is a frequent guest on
the show.
"With Twiggy and the addition of
[Alexander] as judges, we're guaranteed
to have some lively judging sessions."
executive producer Ken Mok said in a
press release.
On the prowl
Ask any gay man who knows anything
about popular culture and he will have no
idea who REBECCA LOOS is. But some
lesbians, among others. are about to
learn all about her.
The bisexual bombshell made headlines
last year when she went public with details
about her alleged affair with married
British soccrr star (and gay icon) DAVID
BECKHAM.
Now, according to
the Australian Press
Association, Loos
has started making a
documentary called
"Power Lesbians," in
which she goes
undercover to
"reveal the secrets of
the Hollywood elite."
Sounds absolutely Rebecca Loos
dishy!
"I was watching this amazing
American show called 'The L Word,' and I
thought, 'Surely that lifestyle doesn't
exist, it's just television,'" she said. 'Tm
attracted to other women, and since it's
still really srcretive and undercover in
the U.K., I thought it would be great to go
out to L.A. and see what happens."
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