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Gay Activist Attorney Schwab Dies of AIDS Infections
By Robert Hyde
The illusive killer AIDS struck the gay
community close to its heart Thursday
(Dec. 15) and robbed it of one of its more
respected and influential leaders, Morton
Robert Schwab.
It had been announced about a year ago
that Schwab had been diagnosed with
AIDS.
Born in Chicago 36 years ago, Schwab
obtained a Ph.D. and went on to become a
noted civil rights attorney who was the
chief strategist behind the landmark case
of Baker vs. Wade, which resulted in section
21.06-the "sodomy statute" -<>f the
Texas Penal Code being ruled unconstitu·
tional in August, last year.
Don Baker, plaintiff in the case and
close friend of Schwab, said, "I personally
join hundreds of thousands of gay men
and women in Texas to mourn the loss of
one of our state's foremost gay rights leaders.
"Robert and I were comrades-in-arms
over the years, something that solidified a
deep sense of respect and camaraderie
when we were caught in the trenches
together."
Ro9ert Schwab in 1982
Baker said that Schwab became a close
friend of his in 1976.
"We worked together for so long," he
said near tears.
"His loss extends to the entirety of the
state, because he's worked with so many of
us," he continued. "I'm saddened by the
fact that we've lost one of the pillars of our
movement, as well as a deep personal
frie!lll."
Schwab, founder of the Texas Human
Rights Foundation and co-founder of
Houston's Gay Political Caucus, was also
known nationally as a co-founder of the
National Education Foundation for Individual
Rights, the Gay Rights National
Lobby and the American Bar Association
Committee of Gay Rights.
GPC current president Larry Bagneris
said, "The gay rights movement here in
Houston has definitely lost a true friend
and we atGPC will truely mourn one of the
founders ofGPC. Before his death, he was
able to make a large contribution to the
gay community with his fight against
21.06."
Former GPC President Lee Harrington
stated: "Almost all social change and pro-
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greso begma with the court system. Robert
chose this avenue in his endeavor to
remove the so-called sodomy statute from
the Texas Penal Code. Oppressive and
unjust, it affected heterosexual as well as
homoRexual citizens.
"His efforts were tireless and successful;
the gays, in particular, will miss him very
much."
His body was scheduled to be flown to
Miami, Fla., at 10:30 p.m. Thursday even·
ing.
Schwab is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Esther Schwab of Ft. Lauderdale. and by
his sister, Mrs. Charlene Touby of Miami.
Levit-Weinotein Memorial Chapel, 1921
Pembroke Road, Hollywood. Fla, handled
the final arrangement.;. Levy Funeral
Directors at 1402 Cleburne handled the
arrangements locally.
A local memorial service has been scheduled
for Sunday, Jan. 8, at Rothko
Chapel at 3900 Yupon in Montrose.
Contribution• in lieu of flowers may be
made to the Texas Human RightsFounda·
tion; 3128 Lemmon Avenue, East; No. 304;
Dallas, TX 75204.
For additional information, call (713)
522-0100.
Do Your
Christmas
Shopping in
Montrose
Hollis Hood, p .3
Spirit Soars at the Lighting of the Montrose Christmas Tree
By Billie Duncan
Hundreds of people lined the street across
from Mary'1 last Sunday evening for the
annual lighting of the Montrose Community
Christmas tree, sponsored by Mary's
and the Gay Political Caucus.
They were in faded jeans, leather, cot·
ton, dresses, cut-offs. They were holding
hands and holding babies. They were
neighborhood people of all kinds, both gay
and non-gay.
And for that brief amount of time, while
the traffic rolled down the street and the
carols floated up the eky, it really seemed
that there wae peace on earth and good
will towards man.
The Montrose Symphonic Band, under
the dynamic leadership of Andy Mills,
provided the musical backbone of the
evening's Christmas caroling
Voices were provided by the MCCR
choir (under the direction of John Kirk·
land) and the crowd. Also singing wae
Sharon Steenbergen in full clown cos·
tume. Her strong operatic presentation
added immeasurably to the entire sound.
This was the fifth year of the lighting of
the tree and the fourth time the ceremony
has been at Mary's. The first year, the tree
was put up at the little park at the beginning
of Westheimer.
The Montrose Singers were there that
year to sing songs of peace and love. Someone
called the police. Activists Ray Hill
and Phil Slusser were arrested because
they had no sound permit.
Later that tree was set on fire.
Five years later, the mayor of Houston
was at Mary's to throw the switch that lit
the tree.
Aleo on hand were city councilman
George Greanias and GPC president
Larry Bagneris. After mercifully short
speeches by all concerned, Kathy Whit·
mire flipped the switch that lit the tree.
About the same time, searchlights came
on from the Union Jack and Numbers.
After one last song, Andy Mille invited
interested members of the crowd to join
with him and the MSB to go on a caroling
expedition of the Montrose. "Over a
hundred singers and the band went
around," said Mills. "We were invited into
the Godfather, and we all went in and sat
around the tables and entertained."
They made a big circle that included a
good portion ~f lower Westhe1mer, Taft,
Avondale, Pacific and California.
Then they returned for more Christmas
cheer at Mary's.
Contributions to the event were made by
the Westheimer Colony, the Avondale
Association, Union Jack, Numbers and
Mary's.
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A void the Crowds; Make this a Montrose Christmas
By Hollis Hood
With Christmas iust around the corner,
there is usually the last mad dash of last
minute shopping. If you don't feel like
braving the shopping center (crowded during
the year and insufferable during the
holidays), try your neighborhood first;
there are many gifts in store.
TLC on Alabama has lots of ornaments
for late tree-trimmers and is running a special
on bell-shaped tree lights. Among
favorites for trim this year on packages or
trees is "The Bear in the Box" and the gold
or glass ornaments. For under the tree, the
store has a Christmas Choo Choo, a small
train with Santa as passenger which can
run on a track placed on a tabletop or
under the tree (about $25.)
TLC also has many specialty items, plus
dozens of cards for every occasion and
reader, including a gourmet dog snack,
festive Christmas glaSBware and mugs
(also on special) and all kinds of interesting
books, such as a manual on how to be
butch.
Wilde 'n' Stein on Westheimer is also a
good place to check out books for the readers
on your Christmas list. In stock Charles
has The Color Purple, a Pulitzer prize
winner by Alice Walker, Waylon Flowers'
biography of Madam, and Torch Song
Trilogy. .
Always popular are calendars, particularly
this year the Working Out calendar,
he said, which runs under $10.
Wilde 'n' Stein is one of the few places
that will have the new gay monopoly
game for Christmas, and this game is
reputedly a winner. It includes places like
Montrose and Cedar Springs in Dallas on
the board, and players purchase tubs
instead of houses for their properties. (The
game sells for right at $20.)
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Earl at Waugh Drive Liquor said he has
brought in five different liquor items just
for Christmas. This year folks seem to be
looking for less expensive ways to show
their appreciation, he said, and he has
something in every price range, from
boxes of wine at $20 to specialty liquors at
leSB than $10.
Waugh at Waugh and Welch or Cobweb
Liquor on Westheimer should be on the list
of where to purchase libacious holiday
cheer.
For the morning after, give a gift of coffee
from the House of Coffee Beans in Rice
Village. It stocks everything for the coffee
or tea drinker and will mix special blends
as well. You'll know when you' re close
because of the aroma that prevades that
part of the shopping center.
Possessions on Westheimer has a special
item for that certain someone-a
leather jump rope with brass handles. If
Arizona Gays
Upset at
'Hitlerism' Remark
The Arizona Republic newspaper and
local gay groups have threatened to try for
a recall of Republican Hawley Atkinson,
chairman of the County Board ofSupervisore
following a remark that gays should
be ~ubstituted for animals in medical
experiments.
Atkinson, however, says he has no
intention of stepping down and will run
again in 1984.
In an ABBociated Press article, San
Francisco gay leaders likened the remark
to Hitlerism when Atkinson said "homosexuals
and lesbians from San Francisco"
should be used in experiments instead of
animals. He insists it was a facetious
remark which he didn't think would make
the newspaper.
The Arizona Gay-Lesbian Task Force
threatened to mobilize the county's estimated
150,000 gays for a recall vote if he
did not quit.
Despite the confrontation, Atkinson
says he can represent gays. "I'm against
homosexuality, absolutely against it ...
but when anybody calls me up who wants
assistance with Maricopa County, I don't
ask them what color they are, what race
they are, what their creed is."
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that doesn't do it, prehaps he/ she could
use a porcelain ice bucket or a leather rag
rug.
If you are into a huggable Christmas
mood, check out the plushy offerings at
Critters on Hawthorne. Everything from
Elizabear to a stuffed parrot with threefoot
legs is available and not that expensive.
Going to Critters is a lark because of the
numerous friendly little pairs of eyes that
greet you from little animals peering
through the forest waiting to be taken
home and loved.
The Gay Political Caucus is selling a
coupon book for $20 that is just chocked
full of two-for-one dinners, movie passes
and other discounts. It would be a gift that
keeps on giving, for sure.
Montrose has shopb that can fill every
need. Check out the "really keen" clothes
at Googies on California, the furniture
bargains at Old Furniture Gallery on Birdsall
or Creative Stained Glass "on the
curve" on Westheimer.
If your special someone really needs
auto repair, check out a gift certificate
from One Stop Automotive Center, 200
Pierce. Sports car and English auto repair
are the specialties of the house.
Also, Taft Automotive, Neartown Garage
and RMS are in the Montrose area to
serve folks in need of major or minor auto
repair.
Had a hard time wrapping that tire your
roommate needs for his car so he'll stop
asking to borrow your vehicle? Drop by
the Tire Place at Upas and Fairview.
These guys will make you a good deal, and
they might wrap a tire if they have time.
The holidays aren't complete without
going out to dinner with friends, and
Montrose has a wealth of places to visit.
Boulevard Cafe, 808 Lovett, is open for
breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bajas, Rascals
and the Spud-U-Like will be open during
the holidays with special treats in
store. Or give the gift of barbeque-visit
Matt Gamer's Restaurant on West Gray
this holiday season or take a break at Luigi's
while shopping.
If that someone has really been good
this year, maybe a cruise is in order, or at
least a getaway weekend in a distant city.
Call Bruce at Travel Consultants, 529-
8464, for exact pricing and departures.
If you can't get away that far, try a
show. Pace puts on several really good
ones at the Tower Theatre, and more are
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coming in the new year. Tickets are very
reasonably priced, and by giving pleasant
enterta.inment, you also can give pleasant
memories.
Everybody always needs hair care, and
Montrose is the place to get excellent service
at several establishments. Gift certificates
are available for the asking.
So with all the shopping done, you can
rest and relax the remainder of the holiday,
and never have to face the freeway
traffic. Have a flamboyant holiday season,
do something memorable-you have
all of '84 to live it down!
UT-Arlington
Grants Recognition
to Gay Group
The University of Texas campus at
Arlington officially recognized the 60-
member Gay/ Lesbian Association of
UTA recently with very little controversy
or debate.
Luan Green, co-founder of the group,
said she was told if they ran the organization
smoothly, they shouldn't have any
problems. She said the move was encouraging,
esperially in light ofrecent event.
barring recognition of a gay group at
SMU.
The main difference is that UTA does
not provide funding for its campus groups,
while student organizations at SMU can
apply to use the student fee monies. At
UTA student groups are allowed to use
campus facilities and services, post notices
and raise funds on campus.
A nine-member committee of students,
faculty and staff voted on Nov. 23 to recognize
the group, with only one dissent:er.
This is the second such group to organize
at UTA. The earlier one has disbanded.
Twiggy's
Getting Fat
Twiggy might have to change her name to
tubby, reports the San Jose Mercury
News.
The famous stnngbean weighs 20
pounds more than she did in the 60's.
"I used to have 31-inch hips," she wails,
"but now I have these massive 35-inch
ones."
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4 MONTROSE VOICE I DEC. 16, 1983
Montrose
Mouth
By Amanda B. Recondwith
Christmas is
so-0-0-0 close
It's coming• Yes. it's coming! Can you see the
lights everywhere, and feel the chill in the air
and hear all the cheery carols in the elevators
and corridors of our vast metropolis? Christmas
1s getting so close. I can almost feel the
crowds pressing against me at the airport
already• Christmas in Houston has about the
same effect on the population as a hurricane
evacuation
Well, for those of you who choose to stay in
Houston this year, there 1s plenty going on-at
least for those of you who live in the blessed
area of Montrose'
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Our own Montrose Singers will be giving a
wonderful Christmas program at Bpm Friday at
St Stephens Church. 1805 West Alabama. If
you are not totally hohday'd oU1 by then, drop
in and hsten and enioy your very own neighborhood
singers
-o-
The Montrose Symphony Band will also be
playing at Bpm Saturday at Cullen Auditorium
on the campus of good or U of H. The Symphony
1s one of the best gay-oriented bands
around. and 11 you've never heard 1t, you
should go.
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Th1s Tuesday night 1s the third annual Montrose
Voice Christmas Party and Pubhc Spectacle
at the Officer's Club Upper Deck. This 1s a
public event for the readers of the Voice (you)
with a free beer bust. and disco by premiere
Houston DJ Ram Rocha It'll be Bpm to 1ambe
there (And. 11 we can twist your arm. bring
$2 to donate to the Media Fund for Human
Rights)
-o-
T1ckets are now available for GPC's "Night at
the Alley," Friday, Jan 27-at the Alley
Theater, of course. The play will be "Cloud 9."
a popular off-Broadway comedy (see related
article inside). Tickets are $12.50 and may be
purchased at Montrose Hair Design, 1004 California
(Now who would think that a gay organization
would be selling tickets for an event at a
hair studio?). Just so we all may get political
together. there will be a wine and cheese party
after the performance
-o-
And now for a httle Hol1dae Cheere Greedy
Seasons to Miss ·o· from Princess Plastic
Basket and Blanket B-of Taft Automotive
Oh, I love these quaint. d1gn1f1ed Christmas
greetings
-o-
There 1s something wonderful happening on
Westhe1mer-maybe not for the drivers of
Metro. but at least for those of us who take
pride in our little community A group of merchants
has assembled and formed an association
called the OTC (On the Curve). It is a
name that is only too appropriate. since the
shops concerned are all located on the bothersome
curve between the 1300 and 1400 blocks
of Westhe1mer.
Among the shops involved are Creative
Stained Glass. Whal"s Up. Muscle Beach.
Appearances. Nothing Sacred. Stop the
Clock, T1z Avenue. Creative Beveled Designs.
Fnday's Floflst. The Dragon and The Rat.
Facets. and East Texas Omer
The recently restored Ftrehouse 16 will be
the future meeting place of OTC. Park that car
and get out and walk for a change-abandon
those massive parking lots and give up those
plex1glass domes for real sky and air. Stroll
along Westhe1mer and shop at what could
become the first inkling of a maiorturn-around
for this city's most colorful (and perhaps
endangered) street
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Poor Larry' We send our heart-felt condolences
to your hp, after the accident at Mary's last
Sunday night
It seems that Mr. Bagneris (prez of GPC} was
helping unload a transformer from the roof of
the building when 1t suddenly slipped and fell
on his face. h1tt1ng him In the mouth-OUCH"
Hopefully there wasri"t too much damage. and
we have confidence that the community wdl
continue to hear from you. despite your miury
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Really, Lola' Even us Housromans(vlle, uncul-lured
creatures that we are) were shocked to
find out they would serve hot dogs and last
year's lasagna at a Ire' posh gathering in Dallas'
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Miss Gooch. all of us in Houston are sure that
you've already installed your birthday present
from Slings N' Things.
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Get out those Christmas sombreros Saturday
night. ya'll!The Gay Hispanic Caucus is giving
their big Christmas bash, "Dazzle 'Ttl Dawn."
-o-
Mary's has really outdone itself this year The
tree looks wonderful, and the crowd was so
festive and in such good spirits. And what did
we see but even some straight people admiring
the tree Well, 1f anything, this season brings
out the best in all of us, and the great tr.ee on
top of Mary's 1s rather like a symbol that Montrose
is a community unto itself. It is a beautiful
tree. (I just wish we could tear down that billboard
on the west side')
PARTY ALERTS·
Saturday, Dec. 17: The Wright brothers flew
their first successful flight today in 1903. It
lasted 12 seconds and covered a distance of
120 feet-less than the wingspan of one of
today's iethners. But order an "Airplane" today
at your favorite bar and raise a toast
Monday, Dec. 19: Today 1s the birthday of
"Barbette," a famous drag queen of the 1920s
and the insp1rat1on for the movie Victor/
Victoria. "Barbette• (Vander Clyde was his real
name) was born today in 1904 in Round Rock,
Texas.
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Slap Mr. Bray on the fingers, because he did
some mistakes last week. Wallace Whitman 1s
not Wallace Whitman-he is Wallace Whitworth.
Mr Whitworth has just left the Houston
Symphony, not the Opera• And Marilyn Roark
played at Central Presbyterian, not First. Well.
Amanda B. Recondwith will not make such
silly mistakes in the future
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Attention Doctors
and Nurses
The Montrose Clinic reports it is in desperate
need of your services to see that our
community is healthier.
And they'd appreciate as little as four
hours a month of your time.
The clinic now serves at a rate of over
7000 mei:i and ":'omen a year, and they're
not making a dime off of it.
See what you can do, and place a call to
528-5531 or 665-6917.
Men Organizing
Against Deception
There is a new group forming in Montrose
composed of men who say they are "tired
of the bar scene, tired of waiting for calls
that never come and tired of worrying
about all the hassles of dealing with poople
w~o don't give a damn about you."
Entitled the "Men Against Deception
CourU>sy Club," the founders would like
those who may be interested to write them
at Box 541871, Houston 77254.
Ac~o~ding to their press release, they're
prom~smg some heart-to-heart fulfilling
expenences and are very concerned about
physical, mental and emotional welfare.
Convicted Killer
Dan White to
be Paroled
International Gay Newe Agency
SAN FRANCISCO-Convicted double
murderer Dan White will be released frorr
Soledad Prison on January 6 after having
served a little over live years for the
murders of San Francisco Mayor George
Moscone and gay Supervisor Harvey
Milk.
The parole plan submitted by White to
prison authorities is likely to be approved.
Accordin1r to Susan Sward of the San
Fra!tc1sco Chronicle, the plan calls for
White to be released in the San Diego
qounty area, ~n area with a large population,
much of 1t conservative.
Specul~tion t hat White might be
released 1!' the San Francisco Bay Area
was d1sm1ssed by authorities, who indicated
that White had too much to fear from
those angry at the lenient sentence he
received for two murders.
When White killed Moscone and Milk in
1978, he set in motion the removal of two of
the most liberal members of city govern·
ment and opened the way for their replacement
by more conservative members of
government, a trend that continues unto
the present.
Computer Crime
Wave Predicted
When it comes to computer crime, we
haven't seen anything yet. That prediction
comes from Lawyer August Bequai, a
specialist in high-tech criminal cases,
reports the Philadelphia lllquirer.
Bequai says computer hackersteenagers
who make a hobby out of breaking
into Sl'<'ret records-are only a minor
problem. A more ~erious threat arc tho~e
who use computers to doctor records or
steal trade secrets and other valuable cor·
porute data.
Even though computer theft costs $100
million a year, Bequai say&, only 22 states
have laws against it, and the federal
government has none.
Florida Rep. Daniel Mica wants to fill
that vacuum. He's proposed a bill that
would punish computer trespassing by up
to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
His proposal would al8o give eac~ taxpayers
a $200 tax break for purchasmg a
home computer. Mica says that's to make
sure the romput<·r does not become "a
social harrit·r hetween the rich and the
poor."
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There Are Political
Alternatives
A:te you bored with Reagan, Mondale,
Glenn and the rest? Try voting for the
American Lizard Party, suggests the Boston
Globe. It's just one of the dozens of
off.the-wall organizations that have filed
for the New Hampshire primary ballot.
Another group is pushing hard for the
Archangel Gabriel, and a third thinks the
job's too tough for any one man-or even
two. Its name: "The Committee for Three
Presidents."
Why do they do it when their chances of
winning are zero? Says New Hampshire's
secretary of state, "probaby to tell their
grandchildren."
Born-Again
Christians Aren't
Sexually
Adventurous
Born-again Christians do it, they just
don't do it quite as often, repol'UI the San
Francisco Chronicle. That's the conclu·
sion of two Denver researchers who asked
365 unmarried churchgoers about their
1ex lives.
One in four say they've had a premarital
fling, and one in 10 say they do it m.ore
than once a week. The biggest surpnae:
older fundamentalists have even more liberal
eexual attitudes than younger ones.
But the researchers say the born-again
still aren't as adventurous as the rest ofus.
Lees than half have ever tried oral sex,
and only 8 percent admit to having had a
homosexual experience.
And No Food
Fights, Either
Having a little fun on the job may soon
coat you your job. Larry Stessin, management
professor emeritus of Hofstra Uni·
versity, says more and more bosses are
warning that employees who engage in
"horseplay" will be fired on the spot, says
Boardroom Report..
Stessin claims stunts such as snapping
paper clips and practicing karate in the
office caused 25,000 injuries last year. But
instead of canning the office clowns, Stessin
eays, bosses should simply give them
more work to do.
Most fooling around, he notes, happens
when workers have too much time on their
hands.
Republicans Need
to Change Image
Senator Paul Laxalt hae warned his fel·
low Republicans they'd better shake their
country club image, but he's having some
problems getting hie point across, repol'UI
the Washington Post.
Writing in a magazine called Republi·
cana Abroad, Laxalt said, "We've go~ this
unfortunate image that most Republicans
ride around in Mercedes-Benzee and eat
quiche." .
Unfortunately, of the 24 photogra~he m
the magazine, 11 were of Republicans
wearing tuxedos.
Debbie Reynolds
Competing
with Fonda
Move over, Jane Fonda. The newest Aerobic
Guru ia Debbie Reynolds, repol'UI the
Pacific News Service.
Reynolds' new exercise record, "Do It
Debbie'• Way," is aimed at women who
ar&-ae Reynolds put it-"39 and hold·
ing.''
Even the music ie tuned to an older
crowd. Instead of the standard disco beat
found on moat aerobic albume, Debbie
etretches and bends to the big band eound.
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8 MONTROSE VOICE I DEC. 16, 1983
Better Business in Baghdad by the Bay On the Job
By Arthur S. Lazere, C.P.A.
The assassinations of Supervisor Harvey
Milk and Mayor George Moscone in 1978
changed the course of gay activism in San
Francisco. Milk, on his third try, had been
elected to the Board of Supervisors the
year before, becoming the first upfront
gay elected official of a major city. Euphoria
prevailed in the gay community.
Established activists experienced a surge
of optimism and renewed energy in their
quest for social change and legal protec·
tion. Many who ere previously inactive
were inR · ' success .t.o get
After ooting spree, the
mood chang euphoria to bitter·
nees, from hope to gloom, from a sense of
genuine possibilities for positive change
to a despairing of such an eventual out·
come. The example of violence against a
gay man, spread as it was across the front
pages and the television ecreens, quickly
elicited imitators. Violence againet gay
men and women, always a problem, grew
markedly in frequency, a trend further
~timulated by the implicit message con·
tained in the leniency of the Dan White
verdict. Many observed a new and pervad·
ing sense of anxiety in the community.
In that crucible of thwarted expect&·
lions and dashed hopes, a new strength
was emerging from a previouely unex·
pected place-San Francisco's gay busi·
ness community and its fledgling
chamber of commerce, the Golden Gate
BusineS& Association. Founded in 1974,
GGBA had kept a low and closeted profile.
(The Tavern Guild, which dates back to
the early 1960s, was for many yeare the
more visible and politically-oriented
organization of bars, bar employees and
related businesses.)
San Francisco politicians saw the
potential clout of GGBA, even before it
was perceived by the membership of the
organization itself. GGBA'e annual
dinner, at which the board of directors for
the new year is installed in office, was the
first GGBA event I attended, back in 1977.
Prominent on the dais and at the speaker's
rostrom were Harvey Milk (the proprietor
of a camera shop} and George Moscone.
Vocal in their support for this emerging
ray constituency, the politicians received
enthusiatic ovations from an audience
grateful for their friendship and awed by
such fervent wooing. For many, it was the
• first awareness of an enfranchisement for
gay identity. It certainly felt good to a then
recently-arrived immigrant from New
York and its City Council's monotonous
and disheartening annual rejection of gay
rights.
Late in 1977, I attended a monthly
GGBA membership meeting and unex·
pectedly found myself elected to the board
of directors for 1978. In the class of 1978
were a number of new faces, young and
energetic professionals, aome emerging
from the cloaet for the first time. (Local
gay business groupa have found that
many of their newer members do not
belong to other gay organizations; the bus·
iness group providee a relatively comfor·
table, nonpolitical environment for
participation by some who feel threatened
by the contentiousness, both internal and
external, which aeema inherent in politi·
cal clubs.) It was this new energy which
brought GGBA firmly out of the closet at
the 1979 inetallation dinner. The dinner
program described the organization as
"businees people who happen to be gay,
working together to build a better com·
munity." It was the first time the word
"ray" had appeared in writing in a GGBA
document. The description was sincere in
intent and not unsophieticated in its public
relations message. "Working torether
to build a better community" ie about ae
unaSBailable as motherhood and apple
pie.
The board w&11 eworn in by supervisor
Harry Britt, appointed by Mayor Fein·
etein just a few weeb before to the vacant
Milk seat. My speech that evening-as
newly elected president-was an articula·
tion of the concerns I had heard expressed
by GGBA'• board and memberehip. The
tumultuous and disturbing events
through which we had lived in recent
months called for a more outspoken stance
on issues that could only be effectively
pursued by an upfront organization.
During 1979, two situations arose in
which the newly-energized GGBA was
able to flex its political muscle. An ano·
nymous, aggrieved gay employee of
Oakland-based World Airways sent me a
copy of a memorandum. addressed by
president Ed Daly to all employees. It
included the line; "This company doesn't
need hoodlums, racketeers (or) queers .... "
GGBA wrote to Daly, but its protests were
ignored. A Coors-type boycott was consi·
dered. A key problem was that World Air·
ways was outside of San Francisco and
subject to no law prohibiting discrimina·
tion on the basis of sexual orientation.
When World later opened a sales office in
San Francisco, we immediately registered
a complaint with the San Francisco
Human Rights Commission. With the
cooperation-and legal force-of the Com·
mi88ion, we were able to obtain a pledge of
nondiscrimination from the recalcitrant
Mr. Daly.
The second confrontation of 1979 was of
more lasting significance. After the White
Night riots, the then-president of the pow·
erful San Francisco Chamber of Com·
merce, Bill Dauer, wrote a scathingly
critical piece about the riot in the
Chamber's widely-circulated magazine.
In a television interview with gay journal·
i11t Randy Shilts, Mr. Dauer was asked
about the importance of gay tourist dol·
Jars. "There are more legitimate ways to
get money," he replied. He was quoted in
the San Jose Mercury: "The positive
effects of the gay community? There are
no positive effects." It seemed to me that,
as our community's chamber of com·
merce, it was the responsibility ofGGBA
to confront our downtown peers. A delega·
tion of GGBA board members met with
Dauer and explained its concerns. To Dau·
er's credit, we never heard an anti-gay
remark from him again, and not long
after, he hired two well-known gay acti·
vists to work for the chamber.
The San Francisco Chamber, obseivirft
the rapid growth of GGBA membership,
sent its well-commissioned salespeople
into the gay community seeking new
members. There was always some overlap
between the memberships of the two
groups. But the GGBA board and member·
ship have long underetood that the differ·
ences between GG BA and the chamber are
not only those of sexual orientation. The
chamber is controlled by, and works in the
interests of, the major downtown corpora·
tions. GGBA, on the other hand, is a group
of small merchants and professionals. On
iS&ue after issue, we would not be able to
work with the chamber. Neverthele88, the
chamber was certainly viewing GGBA in
a new light. Under Dauer's successor,
executive director John Jacobs, the rela·
tionship between the organizations
improved to the point where, in 1983, when
a new delegation from the GGBA board
called upon Mr. Jacobs, we were able to
secure an endorsement by the chamber of
the gay employment rights bill, AB-1, cur·
rently pending in the state legislature.
Of continuing interest to GGBA has
been the thorny problem of police/gay
relations. In my installation speech in
1979, I promised: "If there are incidents of
police harassment of gay businesses, as
has been suggested in the press recently,
GGBA will speak out and make it clear
that anywhere, but least of all in San
Francisco, such activity is not acceptable
and will not be tolerated by this com mun·
ity." Polic C ·er Charles Gain, an
ycommun·
ndship alone
was no suffi to combat homophobia
in the police force. A March 1979 GGBA
program on the subject drew an unusually
large crowd, some of whom were angry ~
over problems with permits and threa·
tened closings of baths and other sexually
oriented establishments. A Chronicle
front page headline the next day trum·
peted: "Gay Businessmen Boo Police
Chief." Since 1979, GGBA has played an
active and continuing role in programs to
educate police recruits and familiarize
them with our community. In addition, we
have supported efforts to recruit lesbian
and gay officers into the San Francisco
police force.
Lazere is on the board of the San Fran·
cisco Industrial Development Authority.
Hits column originates at the "Bay Area
Reporter," a San Francisco gay news·
paper.
Where Should
You Put Your
Advertising?
Us or Them?
The Newspaper
Here's 2y~ 1~8h~e-~~g~~d~~~!ght more
advertising space in the Montrose Voice newspaper than they did in
the competing magazine-and they spent a lot less money doing it.
1. The Voice has the highest Houston circulation-11,000 copies every week.
That's thousands more, we have estimated, than the magazine's, which limits its circulation
in order lo give an "illusion of popularity."
2. The Voice distributes through over 125 major distribution
points-dozens more than the magazine. We're not JUST in the gay
bars. We're in the shops and stores and guest houses and restaurants.
This is especially important for your special event advertising for people
who do not normally come out to the clubs. The Voice reaches
these people in addition to the normal "bar crowd~'
3. The Voice is read-not thumbed through. Our readers READ every spread.
Watch the people in the clubs on Friday reading the Voice newspaper. And watch those
reading the magazine. Our readers flip slowly through the newspaper; scanning every
spread-and catching the ads. Many of the magazine readers flip rapidly-stopping
here and there-but missing the majority of the advertising.
4 . Yes, the Voice has the higher Houstpn circulation and a format
that makes more people notice your ad. But our advertising rates are
lower, much lower, than the magazine. For example, the equilivant of a
$300 ad in the magazine costs only about $100 in the Voice.
Our advertising representatives don't sell advertising based on emotion. They sell
it based on facts. Facts that prove Voice Advertising works better-far better.
We want you to advertise with us for one reason-and one reason
only. That advertising will bring you customers-far in excess of the
cost of that advertising.
Voice Advertising really works-as hundreds of Houston
businesses found out in 1983. And hundreds more will find out in
1984. Call us at 529-8490 and we can go to work for you-bringing
you more customers too in 1984.
Letters
Hall Applauded for
AntiDiscrimination
Action
From Gregg Russell
"My review convinces me that not only
does the City Council of Houston have the
authority to amend Chapter 12 of its code
in the manner which you seek, but further
that i(such action ~e tak )l Council,
yod't ame
basis of (Ii • ual
preference."-Letter from Stefan Presser,
Legal Council, American Civil Liberties
Union, concerning the Domestic Privacy
in Employment Ordinance as drafted by
Gregg Russell.
It would be easy to argue about the ver·
bage, content and approach of Councilmember
Hall's proposed alterations of the
Domestic Privacy in Employment Ordinance.
Some grandstanders, both in and
out of the gay community, believe that the
proposal should be madeinto an issue. I do
not agree.
Having had an opportunity to review
the Hall proposal as it amends my original
draft, I am satisfied that changes in content
and approach ofintroduction are wise
political and legal alterations, so long as
they are implemented according to plan.
You're Reading the
MONTROSE VOICE
One of America·s Ma1or
Gay Community Newspapers ----
By separating the inclusion of the categories
"sexual orientation" and "marital status"
into separate ordinances designed for
introduction at separate times in piecemeal
manner, Mr. Hall's amendments
effectively divide the strength of opposition
groups. In my view, this is an astute
political maneuver. Furthermore, by placing
the enforcement clauses of the ordinance
into the Affirmative Action
Program of the city rather than the Code
of Ordinances, the chances of a referendum
occurring are greatly minimized,
while still providing legal redress in cases
of discrimination
As for the other phases of the proposed
draft, I feel confident that those amendments
will be dealt with at an appropriate
time in the future.
Although I worked vigorously on the
Van Hightower race because of her willingness
to take a position on the ordinance
proposal, I do wish to publicly
thank Anthony Hall for his efforts to
pursue the agendas of the gay community
in such a swift manner. I trust that he will
continue to work with the legal depart·
ment in order to expedite this proposal.
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10 MONTROSE VOICE/ OEC. 16, 1983
'Yentl' Proves Streisand
Can Do Anything
By Steve Warren
Via Ga) Preea Aaaociation Wire Service
A new Barbra Streisand movie is greeted
in the gay community as an entertainment
eventequalled only by Bette Midler's
monthly book/ concert tour and Liza Min·
nelli's occasional sneeze.
Does Yentl live up to its hype? Creation
didn't live up to Yentl's hype, but Yentl
comes closer than I thought it would.
}'entl is about two subject.; close to gay
hearts, tfioagh,not in the way we usually
think of them: ci05S-dres5ing and corning
out.
In eastern Europe 1n 1904, it was unthinkable
for a Jewish girl to be educated-"A
woman who studies Talmud is a demon"except
in domestic skills. Yentl (Streisand)
was different. She was born asking
"Why?" and grew up extracting knowledge
from her scholarly father (Nehemiah
Persof1).
When Papa dies, Yentl, rather than
board with a neighbor and listen to the
local yentas nagging her to marry, cuts
her hair and dresses as a boy to get into
school. She's taken under the wing of
handsome fellow student Avigdor (Mandy
Patinkin) and winds up marrying his
fianc~ Had888 (Amy Irving). Their wedding
night may be the most suspenseful
scene in any movie this year.
The songs are well integrated, and Streisand's
in fine voice, butthe musicis generally
accompanied by montages which
Rlow an already too leisurely pace.
If you're not fanatical about Streisand,
you'll get more than enough of her in
Yentl, but the movie ali;o provides more
meaningful entertainment than we had
any right to hope for.
The beautiful and delu:ate Hadass (Amy
Irving) 6erves a perfect meal to Avigdor
(Mandy Patinkin} and his study partner
(Barbra Strei~and) in " Yentl." a
romantic drama now playing
Films
Dining Room Hours
Lunch: 11:30 to 3:00 Monday thru Friday
Dinner: 7:00 to 11:00 Sunday thru Thursd
Dinner: 7:00 to Midnight Friday 6 Saturd
Sunday Brunch: Noon to 3:00 Yentl's masquerade and the sexual confusion
itcreatea-"Who knows what's natural?"
she asks at one point in a perfectly
innocent context-are as funny as the correa;
ponding events of Victor/ Victoria and
several Shakespearean plays; but they
also raise serious issues about male and
female roles and the oppression that
reeulta when they are rigidly defined.
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When at last Yentl "comes out" as a
woman, she'• realized the importance of
being herself "No Matter What Happens"
(the song could become a gay anthem),
because by believing in herself, she can do
anything.
As director, star, co-writer and -
producer, Streisand has ali;o proved she
can do anything. Director of photography
David Watkin has given the film a beautiful
earth-toned look, although the mOl't
prominent visual ii; Strei,and's face. With
short hair and no obvious makeup, she's
not a great advertiRement for either
gender.
Mandy Patinkin's vocal talent goes
untapped-the leading lady sings all nine
soundalike songs-but his body is displayed
to advantage in a nude swimming
scene, and he gets to give his most sustained
screen performance yet.
Amy Irving functions primarily as
Yang to Barbra's Yin.
Hayes,
Remember
the Side Door!
I M iss You a Lot.
Love & Kisses,
Denys
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Night of Candles
By Randy Alfred
WHY? Five to ten thousand marchers
joined a candlelight procession from Cas·
tro Street to City Hall Nov. 27 to observe
the fifth anniversary of the assassina·
tions of Mayor George Moscone a nd
Supervisor Harvey Milk. A group of local
anti-Marcos Filipinos joined the march to
mark the birthday of assassinated opposi·
tion leader Benigno Aquino. A representa·
tive of the Kennedy family and a
statement from Coretta Scott King turned
this year's annual ceremony into a gen·
era! protest against assassination as a
political weapori.
"We are here for three main reasons,"
said organizer Cleve Jones as be opened
the program in front of City Hall. "To
show that we remember Harvey and
George, that we love them; that we're continuing
their work, to say that no bullets,
no coward's bullets, will stop us. For every
leader who is shot down, five will emerge
the following day .. ..
"And thirdly, tonightwesaythatgaymen
and lesbians are taking our rightful place
among the ranks of decent working men
and women all across this planet who
stand together in these perilous times for
peace and democracy and social justice.
That is our message tonight.
LONG RUN FORCES: Scott Smith,
Milk's business partner, former lover, heir
and executor, echoed Jones' thoughts:
"The assassin made the same mistake
that many others make, believing the
leader of a movement is the force behind
that movement. Assassination seems to
be an easy solution to complicated problems.
And in the short run, it can be effective
and disruptive. But in the long run,
the forces of history win out.
"Bullets can stop one person or two or
10, butthere are a million of us left to carry
on the work, and that's just what we've
done here in San Francisco. That's just
what black people did when so many of
I ..
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,rf
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their leaders were gunned down. And
right now, millions more continue to work
for democracy and freedom in the Philippines,
despite the murder of their leader,
Ninoy Aquino."
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL: Similar
thoughts came from former member of
Congress John Burton, whose elder
brother Phil, also a congressmember, died
suddenly in April. "We lost friends, but we
did not lose theirideals," John Burton told
the throng. "We did not lose the direction
that this city and our society will take, and
your being here is a reaffirmation of the
commitment that George and Harvey had
to a world that will be at one, with peace,
justice and equity for all men and women,
regardless of age, race, disability or sexual
preference."
ALL TOGETHER NOW: Lupita Kasha·
wahara, a leader in the Filipino-American
resistance to Marcos, sister of Benigno
Aquino, and wife of ABC News reporter
Ken Kashawahara, sounded a note of
solidarity: "Since Ninoy's death, millions
of freedom-loving Filipinos have rallied
around the battle cry, 'Ninoy, you are not
alone!' George Moscone, Harvey Milk,
John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and
Ninoy Aquino, you are not alone!"
HIS HONOR: John Laird, the newly
elected openly gay mayor of Santa Cruz
(about 75 miles south of San Francisco),
told of Harvey Milk's influence on him:
"He used to talk about people from
Altoona, Pa. . .. Really he was talking
about all of us in the non-urban environment
that he needed to give us hope. He
needed to hold out a chance that we could
make our maximum contribution and still
be who we are and be honest about it.
"And for my!>t'lf at that time, in watch
)
DEC. 16, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 11
Dateline S.F.
ing Harvey's career, I'd been a congres·
sional assistant and a delegate to a
national political convention, but I was
still thinking about giving up a shot at a
political career on the basis that I probably
just couldn't be myself, that I just
couldn't be honest and open and still make
my maximum contribution.
"But Harvey Milk held out that dream,
and he held out that vision. And when he
died it really sealed my dream and my
conviction that nothing was going to stop
me from being exactly what I wanted to
be.
"And this last week, when I was given
the title of mayor of my city, a title that
George had when he died, and one that
would eventually have been Harvey's had
he lived, it's now my chance to experience
how this dream is continuing ....
"We have the first returns from Altoona.
And we're hearing from Altoona and Boston
and Key West and San Francisco and
Santa Cruz and Laguna Beach and even
Bunceton, Mo."
In November, Boston elected an openly
gay man to its city council, and Key West,
Fla., elected an openly gay mayor. Bunceton
and California's Laguna Beach had
previously elected, respectively, an openly
gay mayor and an openly gay councilmember.
''The vision is alive, and the dream is
growing," Laird concluded. "We're getting
closer to the day that there'll truly be justice,
and we can all live our lives without
fear of persecution. So keep it up."
J USTICE? Keep up the demonstrations,
for one thing. Several are planned for Jan.
6 when the killer of Moscone and Milk will
be released from prison. Dan White will
have served five years and 40 days for two
counts of voluntary manslaughter.
Alfred's column originates at the "Sentinel,"
a San Francisco gay newspaper.
1983 Randy Alfrt!d, all rights rt!St?rut!d.
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Montrose Art
Avant-Garde Art Crowd Gathers Just Across the Bayou
By Jeff Bray
The drive in the car was hysterical
enough-Marilyn and Kathy in their
evening gowns, Marshall and Mark in
nice tUJ1:edoes, and me in my New Wave
outfit, make-up and all. We had all
received our invitations to the gala event
at the Jack Pearce Warehouse, 908 Wood,
north of downtown. across the bayou.
Actually, it was a little frightening as we
got to that "no-man's land" area on that
side of the city-especially dressed as for·
mally as we were.
There was a beam of light swirling in
the night sky above the bayou, and as we
drew closer to the mas&ive white warehouse,
we could •ee what looked like a K·
Mart parking lot on Chri8tmas Eve.
Thousands of cars covered the area. and
the thumping of loud music filled the air,
rather like sitting at the stop light in front
of Mary's on a Saturday night.
We parked the car and walked across the
pitted gravel lot to the rough street, then
down the block to the massive three story
warehouse where all the noise was coming
from. Around us, others were walking, like
moths converging on a bright fire. Everyone
was dressed to kill. Some were in
Punk attire (whatever that really is), and
others were quite formally dressed, looking
as though they had just left the opera.
After all, this was the sort of avant-garde
event that stimulates an otherwise drab
evening-even for the jet sel
Jack Pearce Warehouse: Looking like a scene from "The Day After" but containing creative fuel for the future.
At the door, we paid and walked into the
most bizarre fantasy setting ever concocted
for semi-public amusement in
Houston. The city was left behind. Reality
was thrown away. Men wore eye shadow
and lipstick, and women dressed in expensive
rags and diamonds. The place was
Sf'flthing with people of every walk oflife-many
looking like they didn' t belong and
others looking like they would never leave.
I couldn't help but wonder where all these
beautifully weird people lurk during the
day. Had the party dragged them out of
their lairs like old stoats?
The first floor held a massive dance
floor and lobby, with several stairways
leading up to the second floor. The Houston
New Wave bands, Voices and The
Switch, played hard-edged music in the
new mode, while a multitude of the glittering
crowd massed around the stage, dancing
and hopping. Yes, gays and nongays
shared the floor, end it really made the
whole event so much more interesting.
On the second floor, literally hundreds
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of people preSBed into a large room, hung
with colored fabric and neon art, while
cryptic fashion was displayed on a makeshift
runway. The models were certainly
not what would be seen in a regular haute
rrwnde ramp in Milan or Paris, but then
this is Houston-Space City-land of the
future. The effect was to shock, and the
clothing shocked and pleased and added
to the totally decadent atmosphere of the
whole event.
On the third floor, more art was displayed
in separate galleries. In fact, the
whole warehouse is full of little galleries
and studios, occupied by a host of Houston's
most gifted photographers, sculptures,
designers and painters.
The artists were hard to trac'k down
because of the massive press of sightseers,
but the art was truly original and inspirational.
George & George, photographers, had
some of the most unusual photos on display.
Particularly interestmg were some
black and white pictures, depicting
murder scenes. One photo had a vampy
looking woman wearing feathers and
leather. She carried a meat cleaver in her
hand, and the bottom half of a man in
jeans wa.a lying in front of her in a pool of
blood. Another photo was called "Child
Support," with another vampy looking
woman holding a set of tongs with an
unmentionable piece of male anatomy
dripping from them. Again, the legs of a
man were lying at her feet in a pool. Aside
from these grisley little photo funnies,
much of the other photography was beautifully
done, and certainly not as sadistically.
Other interesting art displayed on the
third floor was the neon sculpture of Jon
Piccinin. His was certainly some of the
most colorful work in the building, being
illuminated by neon gas and formed into
intriguing shapes and brilliant colors. His
is not the normal type of neon art that is
mesa produced in the novelty shops (palm
trees. flamingo, etc.). His neofl sculptures
are very sophisticated, looking as though
they would actually be more at home in
some big corporate office lobby than on
the front porch for the neiglibors to see.
Neon art is surprisingly reasonably
priced, and Piccinin says that contrary to
popular belief, neon does not cost that
much to maintain. The colors neon offers
are brilliant and exciting, and although
neon has bt!en around for quite a while, the
art of molding it for more than restaurant
signs is comperativelv new.
There were so many artists represented
that it would be impossible to cover them
all in this story. The best thing to do is to
see them for yourself.
There have been rumors of this warehouse
art community spreading over the
city for the laat couple of years, and it was
all too evident that the rumor was not
false! The whole building simply burst a t
the seams with creativity. It was the type
of place that one envisions gifted artists of
the future writing about in their autobiographies;
like certain alleyways of Paris
and London, or inspirational settings like
lofts in New York or villas in Biarritz.
Well, this is Houston, and as an artistic
center, the city is not that terribly well
estabHshed in the world-but something
is changing.
With the end of the oil boom, the city is
searching for new and more lasting means
of notoriety. There is a sculpture boom
downtown, and publications are beginning
to find some creative vent here. The
movie industry has been having a field
day in Houston over the past few years
(Term• of Endf'arment and The Man Who
Loved Women), and now there are some
real art communities springing up.
The reason for the great warehouse
event was to promote a new cultural infor·
motion and half.price ticket center called
SHOWTIX-something many major cities
in the world have. SHOWTIX is a
story in itself but. in short. it will provide
last-minute opportunity for people to see
cultural events at lower pri<'es m Houston's
fast-growing cultural C'enters (for
information, call Arts For Everyone, 522-
3744).
After many hours o~wandering through
the warehouse, drinking wine and talking
to artists and other visitors, we finally
made our way out to the carefully guarded
parking lots. It had been a night to
remember. The neon hallways; the pounding
music; the wonderful fashions; the
light-hearted and thoroughly entertained
crowds of people, looking like children
exploring a hidden world of wonders for
the first time. Indeed, we had seen something
that was hidden and wonderfulreal
originality in a city that seems
sometimes to hide its talent behind glass
and marble and granite. This was bold
illumination and creativity thrown open
to the world through the medium of warehouse
walls and iron elevator doors-not
silent, shiny underground passageways
and melodical muffled Musak compartments.
Beware, Houstonians. One of these
days, if this trend continues, you may not
have to go to New York or San Francisco
for your entertainment. Who knows. They
may have to start reserving their tickets in
advance to come here!
Acclaimed Art
Mistaken for Junk
A campus work crew at Williams College
in Massachusetts recently bulldozed what
they thought was a heap of junk. Trouble
was. it was really an internationally
acclaimed work of art, reports the Boston
Globe.
There was no comment from red-faced
college officials, but the artist says she's
"upset and surpriaed."
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I Won't Dance; Don't Ask Me Commentary
By Sharon McDonald
To me, there is no more awesome sight
than a dance floor filled with human twosomes
moving in time to a common beat. I
know Eleanor Roosevelt said no one can
make you feel inferior without your consent,
and I believe it. Situations, on the
other hand, frequently make me feel inf~
rior without my consent and having to
perform on the dance floor is one of them.
It's during adolescence that dancing
first rears its ugly head, along with other
timely delights like menstruation and
body odor. As a teenager, I was blessed
with only moderate acne and personality
bland enough to spare me overt social
ostracism. By some quirk, I was a nondescript
swan, secretly waiting to tum into
my true ugly duckling self. I watched
those around me who fell as casualties of
the teenage social scene and knew that
there but for a set of braces, 30 pounds, or
four square inches of pimples, went I.
Those execruciating years introduced
me to the particular despair endemic to the
dance floor. But what I felt then at those
awkward high school dances was just the
tip of the iceberg. In retrospect, it was relatively
easy-if anything in those days
could be described as "easy"-to bluff my
way through social obligations without
ever really learning how to dance. My
high school years and several that followed
were years of dancing with heterosexual
men who are notorious for having
invented the Brick Wall School of Dancing.
This is closely akin to their Brick Wall
AIDS Not 'White
Gay Man's
Disease' as
Many Thought
B,Y Dion B. Sanders
Via GPA Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO-City officials, healthcare
professional. and leaders of the gay
and minority communities reacted with
shock-and in some cru;es, anger-to the
disclosure that up to 40 percent of the more
than 2.500 AIDS ca,;es in the United States
are ethnic minorities.
Gay newspapers around the country
recently carried a copyrighted story
revealing data from the National Centers
for Disea~e Control in Atlanta that
showed that more than 25 percent of all
AIDS cases nationwide are blackincluding
Haitians-and that an addi·
t ional I4 percent are Hispanic.
Amazingly, less than 1 percent are
Asians and ~a tive Americans, according
to the CDC statistics, which were as of
Oct. 19.
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The high percentage of nonwhite AIDS
patients sharply challenges a widely held
belief by the general public-and esp~
cially by minority communities-that
AIDS is a "white gay man's disease"-a
belief that s tems from a perception of the
gay community ne being exclusively
white.
Harry Britt, the only openly gay
member of the San Francisco Board of
Supervi~ors, told GPA that he wasn'tsurprised
by the year· long period between t he
first dissemin ation of the AIDS ethnic
data by the CDC and the reporting of it by
the news media.
"'Gay' triggers into the American con·
sciousness a certain image-a white
image," he aid. adding that "the general
slowness of the press in dealing "ith (the
gay oommunity) except in the stereotype
of the white male" is the chief reason why
the AID::> ethnic data had not previous!)'
been reported m the media-main. trcam,
gay or mmority
School of Emoting. No men I ever danced
with thought my erratic swoops and
lunges on the dance floor were the least bid
odd; they were plunging about with equal
abandon and equal ineptitude.
Later, when I can out, I entered a politically
active circle of feminists whose last
brush with fashion occurred a decade
before. De-emphasizing personal appearance
was a feminist statement. We hung
around one homey women's bar, lurching
our way through our favorite songs,
unperturbed by prevailing community
standards about what constitutes a dance.
The life of gay women before feminism
was never like this, I am told. You had to
know how to dance, drink and shoot pool
to win the woman of your dreams. Any\)ne
doubting this should have seen the two
60-year-old women I saw clear the floor
one night waltzing wonderfully to an old.
old tune, showing the youngun's how it's
done.
It seemed like I'd only been out of the
clost a few months when dancing, real
dancing, experienced a revival that has
yet to subside. No longer did shuffling
around face-to-face with your chosen vie·
tim suffice; suddenly couples were kicking
and twirling on cue. In a matter of months,
the happy camaraderie of the local bar
became the close scrutiny of anxious eyes
looking to pick up dance pointers. And I'll
admit it, this change did not exactly cause
my contemporaries to dance a path to my
door. Okay, so I'm not so light on my feet,
but I have a great personality. But people
are so fickle. My friends stopped asking
me to dance with them altogether, and my
lover atarted pretending she was dancing
with the woman to my left. Dancing now
meant you had to do a predetermined ser-iea
of steps, in sequence and in time. Well,
forget it.
A wiser woman than I would just resign
hereself to learning how to move it with
the big kids. Not me, boy. You won't catch
me in a gym full of third graders going,
"One, two, three, turn!" I ignored TM, est
and macrame, and I can outwait this silly
and tenacious preoccupation with actual
skill on the dance floor. Alright, so I don't
have rhythm. I'll wait 'til the Old Values
come back around: Money, Looks and
Power. They're a lot more versatile and
easier to acquire.
McDonald, who liues in Los Angeles, is
co-winner of the 1983 Certificate of Merit
for Outstanding Work in Feature Writing
from the Gay Press Association. Her
column appears here and in other gay
newspapers.
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DEC 16, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 15
Airing SMU' s Dirty Linen on National TV Commentary
By Joe Baker
I must hand it to students and administrators
at Southern Methodist University.
The majority of them might be bigots,
homophobic, naive or somewhat ignorant.
But they are true southern ladies and
gentlemen. They don't like to air their
dirty linen in public.
Airing it in Dallas is nil right. It's even
all right sometimes to air it throughout
Texas. But, please, not on national televis10n.
The folks at SMU have been in a tizzy all
week over an invitation extended to a
flamboyant anti-gay activist lo appear on
Phil Donahue's talk show.
Ted Brabham's invitation lo appear on
the popular daytime program, along with
a member of the Gay and Lesbian Student
Support Organization, has brought public
expressions of dismay from SMU administrators
and student leaders for fear millions
of viewers will see him as a poor
representative of the university.
Kind of ironic, isn't it? They didn'tmind
cheering Brabham on when he was the
leading critic against recognition of the
campus gay group.
But that was when the story was relatively
confined to SMU's own backyard.
Once it hit the big time and started to draw
national publicity and attention, theSMU
folks got embarrassed about their selfappointed
guardian of campus morality.
It seems that Brabham is a little too
"flamboyant"-that's their word, not
mine-for SMU. Funny, hey, isn't "flamboyant"
the word used usually lo describe
us?
Nobody has tagged Leslie Cooper with
the word, either She's co-chair of the gay
support group and also has been invited lo
appear on the Donahue program, along
with Brabham.
Indeed, Leslie is anything but
flamboyant-and I'd bet thatSMU admini~
tratore and etudent lenders were wish·
ing she could be viewed as the official
representative of the university.
But, of course, she can't because she's on
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the "wrong" side in this battle!
Reportedly, when SMU officials learned
that "Donahue" producer Susan Sprec-ker
had invited Brabham to appear on the
show, they pleaded with her to reconsider
his appearance, or at least to allow a less
controversial student leader.
Sprecker refused, sticking to her judgement
that Brabham speaks for a large
number of SMU students who oppose
recognition of the fledgling gay organization.
The "Donahue" controversy has added
new fuel to the campus uproar over gay
rights that has raged since the gay support
group first sought recognition as a
campus organization last spring. The stu-
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16-15-not lo sanction the group.
Brabham, who admits harboring aspirations
of a political career after graduation,
calls himself colorful and articulate.
And he likes controversy-and publicity.
Some SMU administrators and student
leders started questioning Brabham's
motives after a move he took before the
second senate vote in October.
He infuriated th<•m by sending 1,000
SMU alumni a letter asking them to notify
university Pre,;ident Donald Shields that
they oppose the gay organization. The
letter-written on SMU stationary-also
asked for contributions to educate the public
about the "dangers of homosexuality."
Shields responded by makmg a public
statement to disclaim Brabham's letter,
saying Brabham was not acting on behalf
of the university. Shields said he resented
the implication thathe could be swayed by
pressure tactics.
SMU students leaders also then began
disavowing Brabham's style and actions.
The result: He's not just as controversial
among those who agree with him as he i,;
among the university's gay men and
women.
Student body president Homer Reynolds
says it is not only admini~trators
and student leader,; who are dismayed
over Brabham appearing on the Donahue
show. He says the majority of the students
feel that way.
" I think the concerns that were articulated
lo me were not just frustration, but
sheer disgust that a persons such as Ted
would, in essence, be representing SMU on
national TV," said Reynolds.
"He's an opportunist, a media hound.
He'll do anything to get his name in the
press, and that turns a lot of people off."
Personally, I think Brabham's television
is a god-send. He's ju~t the kind of
spokesman against homosexuality that
the SMU gay groups needs to gain public
support and achieve official campus
recognition.
Keep on talking, Ted. Keep on doing
your dirty tricks.
ThiR country may have a few problems.
And people may not always agree with
each other. But there is one thing for sure:
big-mouthed bigots always come across as
big-mouthed bigots.
Isn't television wonderful?
For those who are interested. the
Donahue show in quei;tion will be aired in
Dallas on Jan. 10.
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16 MONTROSE VOICE I DEC. 16, 1983
Over the Rainbow (and Beyond) Commentary
By Dan Siminoski, Ph.D.
Stonewall F~aturee Syndicate
Of all my memories of the 1979 Gay Rights
National March on Washington, the
image I recall moet clearly came shortly
before the end of the rally at the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial.
It had been a glorious fall day, with blue
skies, white clouds and a light breeze that
snapped the flags all around the Washington
Monument. One hundred fifty thousand
people had come to make themselves
visible to our government and demand
equality under the law.
I was standing at the side of the stage as
Holly Near began to sing the Judy Gar·
land s.l.ii&dard from ~y
"Over '!lllll!'R"'ambO~." ~ singinK w
electric. sparked by the ll'lagic -of the
moment and the power of our mingled voi·
ce.; I cannot speak for everyone's feelings,
but mine included tears, pride, satisfac·
tion and faith in the continued growth of
our struggle to be free.
In The Wizard of Oz, the rainbow represented
both escape and arrival-ei>cape
from a world ofloneliness and frustration,
irrival in a place of technicolor hopes and
imitle,;s potential. Like Dorothy, many of
1s have felt isolated and unloved, and
lave dreamed of some time or place where
Ne might know security and affection. For
is, as Dorothy discovers, witches have
:>een all too real, and powerful wizards
with empty promises all too plentiful
(especially in election years). And, as
Dorothy discovers at the end of her odys·
sey, the place to struggle for change is
right here at home, in the real world of
ordinary people and routine,;.
\\ihen we sang with Holly Near those
familiar lines of yearning for something
better and freer, we were in part reminding
ourselves of our goals and purposes,
affirming to one another that we would
make it to the Promised Land, to that pot
of gold at the end of our quest. But while it
is important for us to consider long-term
goals, it seems to me that too much emphasis
on our dreams may leave us just as
unsatisfied as Dorothy was in the Land of
Oz. What we need is an image of ourselves
that is less concerned with dreaming and
more occupied with doing. What we need is
a political program.
Neither I nor any writer or activist I
know of is prepared to present a fully·
developed manual for accomplishing the
goals to the gay or human rights mov~
menl But some important steps are being
taken by the architects of one strategy,
which I believe may be the moat powerful
idea of the 1984 elections: "The Rainbow
• Coalition." Though the image belongs to
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many, it is most associated with Jesse
Jackson, the black activist and Democratic
presidential candidate. It was incor·
porated as the theme of the recent March
on Washington for Jobs. Peace and Frdom,
at which blacks, Hispanics, women,
gays and others united to strive for individual
goals through collective action.
The "melting pot" was once the common
image of a society in which ethnic differences
would be minimized as all individuals
became "Americans." Though
pleasing in history, this image is patently
absurd in application. Americans are far
from equal with one another, and differen·
ces among us are based more on race and
class than on any other factors. The
"Rainbow" concept offers an image of
groups working together, each still as dis·
tinct as the bands of color in the rain bow
The proponents of the Rainbow Coali·
tion urge minoritie, to ignore their differ·
ences and to emphasize common goals by
uniting on voter registration projects and
by agreeing on candidates to support in
19114 The program bego three questions,
each of potential interest to the gay com·
munity:
(1) Is such a coalition feasible, or might
it tend to weaken incumbent progressives,
largely in the Democratic Party?
(2) If a coalition candidate (probably
Jackson) were to enter the presidential
primaries, most observers agree there
would be little actual chance of winning
the nomination. Therefore, could a coali·
tion candidacy justify itself through
increased voter registration, deeper atten·
tion to coalition issues in the campaign,
and election of candidates to lesser offi·
ces?
(3) Is there a place for gay issues and
candidates in the coalition, and would
support for Jackson offer lesbians and
gays a better political str \ .
The11e are large questions that gays and
others will be debating for months, per-haps
years in the future.
However we feel about particular candidates
or strategies, one thing is certain.
C:ay political muscle was evident in every
·ace in which the Human Rights Cam·
paign Fund made an endorsement in 1982.
That success was made possible by sizea·
hie contributions of time and money, and
by some fine work by our national and
local organizations. But we haven't unco·
vered more than the tip of the iceberg of
potential gay power. As will all minorities,
our cnmmunities are under-registered, our
candidates underfinanced, and on election
day, fartoomanyofusdonotvote. We
' · ' ac f these tenden-
4 . -
a rea nee to return control
of the Senate to the Democrats, a party
historically friendly to the neejls of minor-ities.
And we have the best opportunity in
our history to elect and reelect supporters
of the Gay Rights Amendment, and then
push for serious committee hearings on
the bill.
These are not dreams to be realized at
some indistinct point in the future. They
are specific opportunities that we must
commit ourselves to realizing in the
months to come. If we do, and if we main·
tain that commitment, I believe that pas·
sage of the Gay Rights Amendment to the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 will be possible
before the end of the decade.
Dr. S1mmoski is a political scientist and
has been a in the ga · s ·
-ment for a decade. He may lie writ·
ten at 1221 Redondo Blud., Los Angeles,
CA 90019. ~1983 Stonewall Features Syn·
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Mark Janas Shapes Montrose's Boys in the MontroseLive
Chorus for Tonight's Christmas Concert
By Robert Hyde
The Montrose Singers are presenting their
annual Christmas concert this evening
(Dec. 16) at St. Stephen's Episcopal
C.hurch, and since September, their new
director, Mark Janas, has been pulling
every string from his professional back·
ground to whip the group of volunteers
into what he calls a "really spiffy organi·
zation ."
Tonight, he sincerely hopes that the
-1. •..z.. ..•.. ...~ ceomn.! !!~)' will apprecillMl.his endeavors HF bfings his ~ gay chorus
• together for the music so cherished during
this season.
Accompanied by piano, organ and
brass, the chorus will enter the church
singing a processional especially
arranged by Janas inspired by his love for
Gregorian chants which have been haunting
music lovers since the Middle Ages.
Although the piece is the traditional "Oh
Come All Ye Faithful," Janas directs his
own personal interpretation, which is
based heavily on his classical training.
Also joining the chorus will be soloist
Stella Zambalis, a mezzo soprano recently
involved with the Metropolitan Opera.
On a more accessible level, the traditional
favorites will be sung, as well, and
there will be comedy numbers designed
especially for this performance. The concert's
finale will be a sing-along to wrap up
the evening.
Afterwards, members of the community
are invited for waisal, good cheer and a
chance to get to know the boys in the chorus,
as well as Janas himself.
When Janas first joined the group in
September, after being invited to do so by
Montrose Singers president Clark Moore,
it was only a group of 12 gay men who
simply wanted to pour their hearta out in
song-many of them had had no professional
training. Today the group consists
of 30 members, all intent on being one of
the best choral groups in the country.
Under Janas' direction, they might just
make it.
"My plans for the group are to see it
increase in number and ability," Janas
said in a recent interview, mentioning
that he would eventually like to see the
chorus increase to 48 excellent singers.
"And I'm always amazed at how much
better they're reading music and how everything
is coming faster"
To some, Janas might seem a bit
arrogant-or temperamental-as "they"
say in the art world. But his charm is dis·
arming, and his arrogance might just be a
little justified-he's worked with Leonard
Bernstein, has a master's degree in conducting
from Rice University and has
toured Europe twice with his baton in
hand. Furthermore, his chorus members
sincerely appreciate him.
"I don't think I'm temperamental at all,"
he said, smiling and looking a bit amazed
that he even had that reputation. "I
always try to keep (the chorus) excited at
rehearsal. If I think they need to be
cheered up, I'll try to joke with them. If I
think they're acting like kids and need a
little discipline, I throw a little tantrum
every once in a while. They understand
what I'm trying to do, I think."
Then Janas set back and took a closer
look at himself, perhaps thinking that
some of the criticism might be justified.
"I'm too much of a perfectionist for my
own good," he said. "Being a perfectionist
gets me in trouble lots of times. Sometimes
I plan beyond the scope of the group
involved- sometimes my own scope.
That'1 something that an artist always
has to watch out for. Planning for something
you can accomplish in more time
than you have is always something I
struggle with.
"I've always been too much of an optimist.
I also know it takes optimism to grow.
You have to believe that something can be
better and much better. If you aim at a
five, you might get a three or four. Ilyou
aim at 10, you might get that five. That's a
rule of life."
Go to the concert this evening and see
what the boys in the community have
come up with. I have a feeling that we'll be
in for a special treat. And I know they've
certainly worked very hard at it.
Diversity Players, tllat ou o-br
you Noel Cowa11d's Private Lives and
entertained packed houses for several
weeks at the new room at the Pink Elephant,
is holding auditions for its next
production, the more serious Boys in the
Band.
Auditions for the play will be held this
weekend on Saturday from 3-6 and on Sun·
day from 1-3 at the Pink Elephant, 1218
Leeland. One final audition is scheduled
for next Wednesday from 6-8.
For more information, contact Joe
Watts at 266-1111 or 522-2204 (evenings).
Montrose Singers' Mark Janas
NYC Gay Men's Chorus Scores
with Christmas Album
By Robert Hyde
It's not Johnny Mathis or Nat KingColeand
it's miles away from Elvis Presleybut
if you get in a reverent mood this
holiday season, you might want to pick up
the New York City Gay Men's Chorus
Christmas album, A Festival of Song.
Not only is the album a major contribution
to the gay community-it's the first
recording by a gay choru s on a major label
(Pro-Arte)-but the selections are performed
well enough to stand as a comparison
for our local groups. Under the
direction of Gary Miller, the 150-men chorus
displays all of the attributes that
packed New York's Carnegie Hall several
times, as well as Lincoln Center.
Most of the album is sung a cappela,
that is to say, without instrumental
accompaniment, and this approach to
most of the selections allows the chorus to
display their musical talents and cha!·
lengea them to the maximum, since a cappe/
a is extremely difficult, especially when
sung softly.
In Bruckner's Ave Maria, the voice
balancing is perfect, and the chorus per·
forms it as if it were written for them.
"La Virgen lava pansies" is another
fine piece which offers a nice solo effort on
this traditional Spanish carol.
Michael Praetorius' "Lo, How a Rose
E'er Blooming," a very inspirational piece
and nicely done, demands repeated listenings.
Also the differences in the men's voices
emerge in Gabrieli's "Jubilate Deo."
The highpoint of the album is Thompson's
interpretation of Robert Frost's
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
from his "Frostiana_" This selection
opens and closes nicely with piano, and
displays the chorus' best use of vocal texture.
I could almost see the snow falling
softly in a New England wood.
The chorus does have problems, however,
which make the album fall short of
four stars.
The baritones are a bit heavy on
Vaughan Williams' "God rest you merry
gentlemen."
Sweelinck's "Hodie Christus natus est"
needs to be lighter-it's not the joyful piece
it should be.
And Thompson's "Alleluia" is monotonous
to the extreme. Imagine listening to
the same word for five minutes and 59
seconds!
The voices are also too heavy on SUBa's
"The Chanticleer's Carol," although the
trumpets and trombones in this piece area
NYC Gay Men's Chorus taking a break from their May recording of their
Christmas album
nice change from the a cappella of most of
the works. Unfortunately, the instruments
are too loud, and it's difficult to hear
Susa's words.
Otherwise, Kountz' ''The Sleigh" captures
all the spirit of Russian Volga boatmen
desperate to catch the last sleigh into
Moscow, and you can almost see the !um-berjacks
in the traditional "O Tannenbaum,"
which is sung first in German,
then in English.
For the most part, appreciators of interesting
classical music should enjoy the
album. It's also a nice professional boost
for the gay community and a recording
event of which it can be proud.
MCCR Choir to Present Cantata
The MCCR Choir will present their
annual Chri11.tmas Cantata Sunday night,
Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the church at 1919
Decatur and extends an invitation to the
everyone in the community to come and
enjoy traditional Christmas music.
This year's Christmas festival will feature
Christmll8 spirituals, a Christmas
medley, "Twas on a Cold and Wintry
Night" and "Symphony to the Savior."
These selections offer many favorite carols
and a few new ones. Choir members
will also be featured in solo works
throughout the concert.
''We found this music to be enjoyable
and challenging," said John Kirkland,
director. ''The use of new and traditional
Christmas carols i8 the reason."
He stated that the concert represents
many hours of choir members' personal
dedication, and that the group of musicians
is an asset to the entire gay community.
18 MONTROSE VOICE I DEC. 16, 1983
Montrose's Robin Mosely Is Working Her Way Up to Cloud 9
By Billie Duncan
Now, let's see, the actor who plays the
stuffy father in the first act plays his own
effeminate son in the second act whose
lover is played by the same man who
played hi~ mother in the first act.
Confused? That's only the beginning.
How about this one. The white man who
plays a black servant in the first act plays
a fiv~year-old girl in the second act. Not
only that, but the second act takes place
100 years later than the first and the characterg
have aged only 25 years.
The play is Cloud 9 which opens at the
Alley Theatre on December 29 on the
Arena Stage- It is expected to draw a large
gay audience.
That is not to say that the play is a gay
play, per e- Iti~ a play about breaking free
of sexual stereotypes-whatever they are.
One of the players in the production is
an Alley favorite, Montrosean Robin Mosley.
"It 1ounds very confusing," she said,
"but it will take maybe three minutes into
each act to figure out what's going on."
Robin seems to have a handle on what's
going on in her own life, in any case.
Her father was in the Air Force, and she
ActreBB Robin Mosley
was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, about
30 yeare ago. She went to 13 schools in 12
yeare and lived in at least six different
states.
Travelling around helped her to learn
skills that ehe would later use as an
actrees. "You have to learn how to perform.
You have to learn social skills early
because you're going to constantly be
meeting new people. You have to be very
aggreaive.
"I would entertain constantly as a child.
I think the motto was 'anything for a
lauah.'"
Robin &miled. "I think I learned young
how to deliver a line. 'Cause I was such a
amartaaa."
Aa far u seriously getting into acting,
Robin explained, "When my older sister
did it, I wanted to do it. I wanted to do
everything she could do. I remember when
1he used to hang out at the Dairy Queen
and I wanted to co bane out at the Dairy
Queen, too.
"But I was 1till more interested in getting
on my bilr:e and going exploring the
quarry than hanging out at the Dairy
Queen and eating french fries and talking
to boys. I was atill at thatltagewhere (it's)
'Let's go poke a stick in that hole and see if
a snake comes out.'"
Most of her life she lived in San Antonio,
but she came to Houston in 1972 to go to
University of Houston. She has yet to
graduate. "No papers. She's no pedigreed
girl, this," joked Robin about herself.
Even though most of her acting has
been at U of H or the Alley, she did a stint
at a dinner theatre in the northern part of
the 1tate. "I wae the belle of the Texas
Panhandle for about two weeks."
Festival as Lady Macbeth, dircted by Sidney
Berger, to whom she gives great
thanks for casting her in so many incredible
roles at U ofH, including Olphelia and
Juliet.
"Having the opportunity to play those
roles at that age .... It was great."
From there whe went to the Alley's
Apprentice program. "The first year I did
the children's show and laundry."
In the children's show (Alice m Wonder·
land) she played the Mock Turtle and
Humpty-Dumpty. Her costume for
Humpty was more of a house than a costume.
"Inside it looked just like an outhouse,"
she said. One day, one of the crew
put in a roll of toilet paper.
"Aa the Mock Turtle, I looked like a
giant green cheeseburger with ears and a
tail."
Her work ae an apprentice so impressed
the Alley staff that they brought her back
to be a member of the company. She has
been working there ever since.
"Most people my age (in theatre) have
been out of work from the years 20 to 30,
and I rot the chance to a<i one stage show
after another in a big theatre with big production
values. I've worked with some
really fine people."
As for her future, she admitted, "I think
I would like to live in New York for a while
and see what I could do."
But right now, she is submerged in
doing Cwud 9. "This play is geared
towards making everybody look at the
way they perceive people's relationships.
It's very powerful writing in a very palatable,
entertaining form.''
The play is being recommended for
mature audiences only. "People might
find the language shocking. Some of it is
very graphic."
As far as any personal relationships in
Robin's own life, she would only say, "I
have a lot of friends."
Some of those friends are people who
have seen her over the years and know her
to be one of the very best actresses around.
Cwud 9 would be a play to see, in any
case, but with Robin Mosely in it, it is
certainly on my must-eee list.
o Duncan's Quick Notes
There are shows and there are shows. And
some shows show you things you've never
seen before.
In any caee, there were plenty ofthinrs
that nwi had never seen before at the
leather faehion show that was part of the
first anniversary celebration at the Ripcord,
715 Fairview.
Boots Adami of Leatherwork1,
which has an outlet in residence in the
Ripcord, came up with the idea for the
show and off they went.
Boots ineisted that the models wanted to
be known only by their firat names. They
were Mike, Gilbert, Charle1, Al,
David, Randy, John, and Duane.
It see1n1 that there were more men than
that on stare, but someone we all know
lost her purae that night with all her notes
and everything.
David modeling in the Leatherworks
fashion show at the Ripcord
Randy prepare• ro go on stage at the
Leatherworb fcuhion show at the
Ripcord
bandage in the traditional flesh color.
Lookinr eleekly simple was the slick black
1traight jacket, complimented with
matchinr boots.
For those who do not care to be overdressed,
that aection of the show illso
included an outfit composed of a suspension
harneae and 1tandard jock.
The next section was the beautifully
understated jeans and shirts entry.
Lovely.
After all the food and drink offered by
the Ripcord, it's a wonder Yours Truly
could find her head the next day.
Oh, the food! There were three tables
laden with everything from cold cuts and
cheese to oysters on the half shell. There
were meatballs, shrimp, even rumaki. The
board of directors of the Ripcord worked
for two days on the feast and it showed.
Following that wae a particularly intricate
1howinr of restraints, tit clamps and
whips. All were color-coordinated in the
evening's favorite shades.
Owner Vince Janis told me the week
before, "If you're going to have an anniversary,
do it in style." And that is just
what they did.
But back to the show. The emcee was
Maude (Richard Smith), who went
leather and became known as Motorcycle
Maude. As usual, he kept things going
and managed to 11ing dishes in every
direction.
Randy and David then showed off some
outstanding chaps that were nicely
complimented by T-shirt and tank top.
The theatre she played was out on a
highway in the middle of miles and miles
and miles of cotton fields, but her name
was on the marquee. So she took a picture
of the marquee. Then she panned around
and took a companion 1hot of the cotton
field a.
When 1he rot back to Houston, she
appeared in the Houston Shakespeare
The show itaelf featured some really
darling ite1n1 in the bondage section,
includin1 a full neck-to-heels multistrapped
apparatu1 in thia year's fashion
ehadea of black and silver.
In a light.er mood wu the full body ace
'/.
The Finale of the Leatherworks fashion
show at the Ripcord
David eported plain arm bands, while
Randy charmed the crowd with his
studded rauntlet.
Harness, jocks and briefs were next
(need I 1ay more), followed by David and
Randy again in vests and boot straps.
Every detail of both outfits was carefully
orchestrated to go with their exquisite Ripcord
t-shi rts.
All that was left of the fashion show was
the finale. All the models showed up on
stage in harnesses with lighted candles.
They formed a triangle There was a
moment of silence.
Then they burst into "We Wish You a
Merry Christmas." It was a hit.
Then Tom Beck and Danny Villa
joined in song to the true and sincere
delight of the crowd and especially this
reviewer.
All in all, the show was a hoot and the
night was too. Now, if I can only find my
purse.
If not, I will take some other purse with
me when I go see the Montrose Symphonic
Band's Third Annual Christmas
Concert on December 17th at
Cullen Auditorium at the Univereity
ofHouaton.
If you have never been to one of these
concerts, ro. It ie an evening of joyous fun
and really wonderful musical entertainment.
Another fun Christmas show is
The Gift of the Magi at Chocolate
Bayou Theater Company. Diane
DeMille as Della and Michael P.
Giles aa Jim both display that rare
combination of good acting talent and
excellent voice1.
And, talking about talent, the finals of
the Exile's popular talent contest will be
this cominr Tuesday, December 20. Hmm,
that'• the same night as the VOICE's
Chriatmaa party and the Houston OffBroadway
Holiday special at E/J'e.
Some nirhts it'• just really hard to decide
what to do.
One night that will be particularly
tough for decision-making will be New
Year's Eve. There will be so many ehowe
that night. Even B.ia•s will be bringing
back live entertainment with the appear·
ence of Louiea Amaral-Smith.
There are so many other specials that I
will just have to cover them all next week.
Stay tuned.
Still Looking
By Tom Dolan
There I was in my '65 VW, rubber tipping
my gums as instructed by my periodontist
rocking the car forward and back waiting
for the light to change, when wh~ should
pull up next to me but Dirk, my steady, the
only almost-constant in my life.
I rolled down my window and hollered
"Hey, Dirk! Where ya goin'?" '
"I'm on my way to the Gondola. Wanna
meet me there?"
"Sure," I said. The Gondola is an Italian
restaurant offering two meals for the price
of one on Thursday nights.
No sooner had we given our order to the
waitretJ8, "Two cannellonis, please,'' than
the trouble started.
"Would you like to come over for quiche
tomorrow night?" Dirk asked.
"Gee, I'm sorry, Dirk. I have other
plans."
My friend looked stricken.
"Are you seeing somebody else?" he
asked.
, "I ~ave the feeling no matterwhatleay,
Im m trouble," I said. "I'd rather not
answer questions about tomorrow night."
"You're going t? have sex with him,
aren't you?" he said.
"I have no idea," I replied.
"You're open to it, aren't you?"
"I can't rule it out," I said, beginning to
squirm.
"What kind of work does he do?" asked
Dirk.
"He's an artist."
"You're susceptible to artists."
"I'm susceptible to men," I said.
"Is he good-looking?"
"I'm not answering any more questions,"
I said, as two steaming plates of
cannelloni arrived at our table.
"They smell great!" I crowed.
"I can't eat," said Dirk.
"What do you mean you can't eat?" I
said.
"I'm too upset."
"If you choose to be upset, that's your
business. I'm going to enjoy my cannelloni,"
I said, digging in.
"I don't know how you can sit there
sucking up cannelloni under these circum·
stances," said Dirk.
"If you don't ease up, I'm going to have
indigestion. Would that make you
happy?"
"Yea."
"Lieten, stupid, we love each other," I
said. "Let's not be miserable."
"If you Jove me so much, why are you
seeing this other guy?"
"It's important for me not to feel ou:ned.
I'm tired of the compulsory Friday night
fuck."
"You're hurting me," he said.
"You're hurting yourself. Peripheral
relationships can enhance the primary
one."
"Bullshit!"
"One man's bullshit is another man's
wisdom. Anyway, I'm not going to marry
this guy."
"You don't know that," he said.
"You're right," I admitted. "But what
makes you think I'm going to run off?"
"I just feel it," he said.
"Your feeling& are off the wall. But if you
choose to create a purple monster, go right
ahead! It will be amusing."
"Amusing?"
"Allow me to embellish the fantasy.
This guy is an Adonis. As soon as he steps
into my apartment, we plunge into bed
and stay locked in an obscene embrace 'ti!
dawn, when we pack our suitcases and
head for Niagara Falls."
Bald Men Superior
Real men don't have hair
Author William Taylor claims in TidbltB
Magazmt> that baldies are sexier and more
ambitious.
He believes chromedomes are superior
because they're further along the evolutionary
ladder than lower forms, such as
apea or guys *ttll hair:
Saye he, 1'It's precisely' a man's male- •
neee that makes him bald " • ' ' •,
"That's enough," he said.
"I'm sorry," I said.
"Well," said Dirk, "you got what you
wanted," one of his favorite expressions.
"So did you," I chimed as if on cue.
"I guess thi1 is it," he said with the aire
of a 19th century tragedian.
"Not again'i" I said with mock surprise,
sucking up the last of my cannelloni.
"I didn't think it would happen so soon,"
said Dirk, "I'm not ready for it." He hastened
to add, "I think I'm going to freak
out.''
I used to attract guys that liked to watch
Saturday morning cartoons.Now I attract
guys that cry.
"I'm going to cry,'' announced Dirk.
"Please don't cry in the cannelloni.
You'll ruin it," I said.
"That's not funny," he said, choking up.
"I should have said I was working late
DEC. 16, 1983 /MONTROSE VOICE 19
at the office."
"You've ruined my evening," he said.
"You're not exactly making mine," I
said, addinir "I'm sure you'll devour that
cannelloni as soon as you get it home."
"How can you be so cruel and heartless?"
"I'm only being honest. Honesty is a
powerful aphrodisiac."
"So is love. Can we negotiate this
thing?" asked Dirk.
"Sure," I said. "Let's start with the premise
that you're manipulative and I'm
paranoid."
"Who's manipulative?"
"You are. That's why we have so many
con11icta," I said.
"We do n-0t!' he screamed as heade
turned. "Don't you ever say that!"
Glaring at his untouched food, Dirk continued.
"You're making a big mistake."
HAL & DAVID
Commentary
"I know," I lied. "I love mistakes.
They're wonderful opportunities for personal
growth."
"I can't stand the thought of sharing
your body with another man," he said.
"Then think about something else," I
said, adding unnecessarily, "Half a loaf is
better than none."
"That does it! You're hopeless."
"Shut up," I said.
"I will if you will," said Dirk.
"Do you want to go home and fool
around?" I asked.
Dirk smiled acroe11 cold cannelloni and
said, "Do they put whole dinners in a doggie
bag?"
"Let's ask," I smiled back at him.
Dolan is a syndicated 11ay columnist u•ha
lives in San Diego. His articles appear
here and in other gay publications.
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Selected Events
through 7 Days
-.FRIDAY: Committee for Public
Health Awareness's "Sharing
Group for the Worried
Well," 7·8pm, Montrose Counseling
Center, 900 Lovett
-SATURDAY: Choice's Lesbian
Mothers' Group meets
6:30pm Dec.17, 210 Fairview,
apt. 1
-SUNDAY: Montrose Tennis
Club plays 10:30am-1:30pm,
MacGregor Park
-SUNDAY: Choices meets
12:30pm Dec. 18
-SUNDAY: Unitarian/
Universalist Gay Caucus meets
Dec.18, 1st Unitarian Church,
5210 Fannin
mMONDA Y: AIDS victim support
group meets 6:30pm, Montrose
Counseling Center, 900
Lovett Blvd., Suite 203
U10NDA Y: MSA Bowling,
9pm at Stadium Bowl, 8200
Braesmain
• TUESDAY: Lesbian Gay
Resource Service, Univ. of
Houston, meets 2:30pm Dec. 20,
Spindletop Room, Univ. Center,
Univ. Park
•TUESDAY: Montrose Symphonic
Band meets at Bering
Church, 1440 Harold, 7:30pm
•WEDNESDAY: Gay Political
Caucus meets 4600 Main #217,
7:30pm Dec. 21
• THURSDAY: Winter begins
at 4:31am, Dec 22
• THURSDAY: Wilde 'n Stein
gay radio show 7:3().9pm on
KPFT Radio, FM·90
•THURSDAY: MSA Mixed
Bowling League bowls, 9pm at
Stadium Bowl, 8200 Braesmain
Selected Events
in Future Weeks
•IN 1 WEEK: Christmas,
Dec. 2.5
•IN 1 WEEK: Lutherans Concerned
meets Dec. 27, Grace
Lutheran Church, 2515 Waugh
•IN 1 WEEK: Houston Area
Gay & Lesbian Engineers &
Scientists meet ?pm Dec. 27
9/N 1 WEEK: Montrose Civic
Club (Neartown) meets ?pm
Dec. 27, Bering Church, 1440
Harold
•IN 1 WEEK: Interact meeting,
Bering Church, 1440
Harold, 7:30pm Dec. 28
•IN 1 WEEK: Integrity meets
Dec 29, 4008 Wycliff
•IN 2 WEEKS: Greater Montrose
Business Guild meets
7:30pm Jan.3, Liberty Bank
community room, 1001 Westheimer
•IN 8 WEEKS: Lesbians &
Gay People in Medicine meet
7:30pm Jan 7
•IN 8 WEEKS: Citizens for
Human Equality (CHE) meets
Jan.10
•IN .'l WEEKS: Houston Data
Profe"Rionale meet 7;30pm
Jan.10. East Room, Holiday
Inn Central, 4640 South Main
•IN 6 WEEKS: NOW's Lesbian
R1ii:hts Conferenre, Jan.
20·22, Milwaukee
•IN 6 WEEKS: Gay Press
Association Southern Regional
Conference, Jan. 27·29, Houston
9/N 8 WEEKS: Lincoln's
birthday, Feb. 12
•IN 8 WEEKS: Valentine's
Day, Feb. 14
9/N 9 WEEKS: Washington's
birthday, Feb. 20
9/N 11 WEEKS: Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday, March 6
9/N l ,'l WEEKS: St. Patrick's
Day, March 17
9/N 15 WEEKS: April Fool's
Day, April 1
9/N 17 WEEKS: 1984 Rain·
bow Festival, Galveston, Blessing
of the Shrimp Fleet, April
14-15
9/N 18 WEEKS: National
Gay Health Education Foundation
let Southeastern Lesbian/
Gay Health Conference, Apr
21, Atlanta
9/N 20 WEEKS: First primary
party elections in Texas and
party precinct conventions,
May 5
9/N 21 WEEKS: World's Fair
opens in New Orleans, May 12,
lasting to Nov. 11
9/N 22 WEEKS: Texae Senatorial
District Party Conven·
tions, May 19
•IN 28 WEEKS: Gay Press
Association 4th National Convention,
May 25-28, Los
Angeles
•IN 23 WEEKS: Memorial
Day, May 28
•IN 24 WEEKS: Run-off party
elections in Texas, June 2
•IN 26 WEEKS: Texas Dem<>cratic
Party Convention, June
15-17, tentatively Houston
•IN 26 WEEKS: 1984 Gay
Pride Week begins, 15th anniversary
of Stonewall uprising,
national slogan "United &
More in '84," June 15-24
9/N 86 WEEKS: "Series 8"
Gay World Series Softball Tournament
opens in Houston 3pm,
Aug. 26 (tentative), Memorial
Park, lasting to (if necessary)
Aug. 31
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10011 -~212) 741·5800
NGTF1 Cn11&11n11 - (800) 221 •7044 ICM.itstde New
YMStat1)
Tex11 G1y1L11bt1n THk Forc:e- POB AK. Denton
76201 (817) 387-8216
Ac1pe11I c;:;oru1- (Montroae) Church ""Ot"
Chnst 777-9286
~the Sun-clo GT.ciry";;;; Booka. 704
F1u~1ew-522·71195 subgroup of l/H Inc. COf"t+
Cetta 7pm Tues
ACLU-1236 W Groy- 524~5925 --~A°
1DSHGij';ne-c10 -Gey Sw11ch~3211
AmerTc;i; Gey AthetSta- 457-8660 -
Ai'irO'Ra1nbow Aii11nce- 520-9451 (voic~
~52 (TTY)
~~~~f~,:·1~~1 Robert Moon. d1r"20i
Benng Memon1I Unlled Method11t Churc-,;=
1440 H1rold 526-1017 '9rv1e;e 10 SOem Sun
~~~;h~~7~1.• t4~~;~ether (BWMT}-eJO Gey
Cho1cH lesb1~p-e10 Gay Sw11~
529-3211 meeta 12·30pm 3rd Sun. 1lao1ee Lii·
b•an Mother•
Chnahan church of the GOOd Shepherd 1707
Monlrose serv1co11pm Sun B•blestudy7 30pm
Thurs
(Montroae) Church ol Chnal 1700 Mootrose-
7_77-9286 serv•cn 11 Im Sun
Church or Christian Faith 217 F11n;1•w 529-o
9005 serv•ces 10 4Slm Sun & 7 15pmWed Bable
study 7 15pm Tuea & Sun. chOlr practice Wed
1tterJerv1c•
Church of Peo1ecos111 Unit)'- 1217 RtChmond-
850--7296. 52().5690 Serv1cn 7 30pm Fr1 111m
Sun
Citizens tor Human Equelity fCt1El- P08 3045.
772S3- 680-3.146 bolird mMt 2nd Tues
Clippert POB 956. Richmond 774e&
Con ~·s-meets at Brazos R1-:er Bottom 2400
Brazos-528--9192
Committee for P-u-bl_oc_H_e_a_lth-A-,.-.,-.-n.- .-.- POS
3045. 77253-526-6333. 522·50&4 Shenng
Group for the Worried weir meet Fn. 7"'8pm
Montrose Counwhng Center
Communrty Go1pel Center-1100~
~18
Cong Aytz Chey1m-rnHt1 at ccf211
Fa1rv1ew-68&-8997 aervtee & aoc1al 8pm 2nd &
4th Fn
Amencan Gay
Diane Foundation-2700 Meson-52 .... 5791
~Y.~;:~~f~ ~~~7~ ~~·& .~?.~
730prn Sal
111 Un111rt1n Church-5210 F~s:i57'1
servtce 11 1 S.m Sun
~rs=s20--1~288 _ ______ _
Gay & Ahve Sharing Exper1.nCe (G~28="
1311. 528--0891
Gey & Lesbt1n Arch1v11 of T ex11 1ff11i1te of 11H
Inc
Gay Asian CIYb-2615 Waugh 112' 77006
Gay H1sp1n1c Caucua-866-5252
Gey NYrws AIJlance-880-9488
Gay -Po11t1cai ~G~PC>=PQB~
77266-521-1000 meet 4600 Mein 1217 7 30pm
1st & 3rd Wed
Gay· Pride -Week ·13 Comm1ltM Clo Manon
Colem•n. HollH or Colem1rt 801 w Alaba,,,.
523-2521
Gay Sw1tchbo.lrd-POB 362•. 77253-629-3211
mtorm1t1on, counMIU'IQ. referr11s. TTY AIDS
Hothne
Greater MontroH Bus•nHs Guild-contact
throogh Montrose Voice meets 7 30pm. lat
Tues. commun~ty room. Liberty Bank 1001 Wnthetmer
GreeNpomVFM1960 Arel F1r-Aw1~-
821-9681
Homoph1te Interfaith All11nce-729 Minor-
523-6969
Hooston Area Gay-& Lesb11n Engineera &
Sc1ent1sta-52&-7388 ,,,..ts 7pm 4th Tu11
~tort C11)--H-;11-901 Bagby ____ _
Houston Community Clownt-862·8314
~61ta Prof115'on1ll-meets in EHt
Room.. Holiday Inn Central. "640 $ M11n-523--
69tt meet 7 30'p-m-2nd~Tu_n_;__~--Houston
Motorcycle Club-Clo Mary·s. 1022
W•lheuner-52&-8851
~NO°rth-Prof1n1--ono-ls---PO~S~3&ll>-.-H-u-m-ble
77336-Brn a1 821-7129
~POS 1804i, n222~·l732. 529-
7014 1ff1h1ted groups 1r1 lnter1ct, Gr1c19lynn
G111ery·s A Piece tn the Sun. MontrOM Art
All11nce. Gey & Le1b1an Arch1ve1 of Te .. 1. Gly
Switchboard. MonlrOM Symphonic Benet Mont~
tOH Ctoggers boerd meet 7 30pm 11t Thura
(varied k>cation1), educ1t1ona1 forum 7 30pm 3td
Thurs
Ingersoll Speakers· e;:;mu-P08 391, a;n;;r;
77401~9-40&!
~~~~~ .!2::~~~.·~~~~;~ = ~POe 16041. 77222-529-7014 meet
4th Wed, Bering Church. 1440 Harold, 7 30pm
e KPFT Radio FM-90-419 Lovett Blvd-526-
4000 ''Wilde ·n Stem·· g1y r1d10 ahow Thurs.
730-9 ()()pm
KS/AIDS Foundat•on-1001 W•the1mert193-
524·AIOS
La;;81cyc11 C~•v•d 682-045'. carol
529-4975
~.Center Gay Alcoholica & A1an:o:n=1'214
Jo Ann•e-521-9772
Leab•an G1y Aeaource Serv1ce-Univers1ty of
Houston, 4800 C11houn. b01t 309. 77004 - 749-
1253 meets 2 30pm 111ern1te Tuetdays. Sp1n-dletop
Room. 2nd floor Univert•ty Center
Dec. 16, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 21
L•b•an Mothers subgroup of Choit~
1st and 3rd 5at 6 30pm. 210 Fa~ ept 1
lutherarw Concemed-m&eta at Grace Luthe-ran
Church., 2515 Waogh-521...()863. 4~11'3
rneet 2nd & 4th Tues evenings
Men AgarMt Oeoepllon Courtesy Club-POB
541871 77254
~lttanCommun1tyChurchoftheRewr·
rect.on ll.'CCR)-1919 Decalur-861·9149 pol·
luck dinner 7 30pm 1st Set monthly, aerv~u
1045em & 7 15pm Sun & 7 15pmWed. memMr•
ship .nqu1rers ciau 7.30pm Tues educahon
CIUSM TUM & Wed eves
Montrose Art Afliance-521-2481 1tM11t1 llH
Inc. meet 2nd Thurs
:'1B°:n~,~~~h ~~!::!~.c!' ~~~"~~~r~
berry
MontrOM CJv1c Club see Neartown Auoelat1on
•Montrose Chnic-104 W•theimer-528-5531
open weeknights &-10pm
Montrose Coonaellng Center-900 ~ .... u
•203-5~7 AIDS victim support grOYp ,,_,. e 30pm "'°"
Montrose Singers-car) Lawrence~
1ftet &pm rehearsal Mon eves. Benng C"°rch
1"40Harold
Montrose Tennis Ctub-R1ch 11 524-2151 plly
Sun 1030lm-1 30pm M1cGregor P1r'k
MSAJ MOO Nighl Bowr ng-pl•r Stadium Bow1,
8200 Bra.m1in-528-t5 75 or 499-9036
MSA/T~ Night ~Mixed Le1gue) 8ow11ng·
pllly St1d1um Bowi, 8200 Bri•mam-981·1523
MSAIGruter Houston 1Men·11 Softball-523--
8802 d1y. 523-0&13 eve
MSA/Gruter Houston ~Men·a) Sottbatt 5er181 II
Commun1c1t1on Comm1tte1-POB 22272,
77227 ··s.nes 8" Gay World Senes open mg (tentative)
3pm Aug 26. MemonaJ P1rk
MSA/Women 1 Sottban League-72&-9371
MSAIVolleyb111-1180·2930-g1mH 730pm
Tues. Gregory-L1nc<Mn schOOI. 1101 T1t1
Montrose Symphonic Band-meets 11 Bering
Church. 1440 H11otd-527-9669 meet 7 30pm
TuM. 1H1h1t1 l/H Inc
MontroH Welch subgroup Neertown Alsoc
Mu1t1ngs-meet1 at the Barn.110Pec1fic~
9427 club night Thurs
~:~IO~hc:~::-Ft~~~~~;j~}..•·
Neattown Asloc1a11on (MontrOM Crvte Ctub)meets
at Bering Church. 1440 Hirokl-522~
1000 "'"1 7pm 41h T.-
New Freedom Chr1st11rt Church-812 W 111h-
591-1342' __...,.. 10.m Sun, 7 30pm Wed
Perk People-c/o Neartovrrt Commyn1ty
Firehouse-7•1-2524
Paz y uberec<>n-POB 600083 772li0-523-
ll061
RecrM-1<>-,,.-,- L-and~F~und--Co~m-m-,-tt.- -.-. ...,-,-,.-n-g
Club proflCt
Texu Bey Area Gaya-332-3737 meet Thurs
evening
Te•a 8ay Area Gay Youth--a.:J.?-3737 mMt bf ..
weekly T.ffi _H_u_m_o_n_R~1-g_h_ll_F_o_u_nd_o_1-,o-n---1-8-15
Commonweaith-522-2824
~-Ct-o_M_a_ry-.-.-1-022--w-n-,-,,.,-.,,.-,--
5211-8851
Conroe~ esbt1ns-Klithy It 4091 756-9069
meet 8pm 2nd & 41h Ff'
LAKE CHARLES-O.
gn.ty-R1 1 Box 216C. Longv lie LA 70652
MODELS,
ESCORTS,
MASSEURS
RELAXING SENSUAL RUBDOWN
$15 Chuck, 521-3496
~DSOME_VE_R_SA_Tl_L_E_E_S_C_O_R_T_
Buck. 520-6735.
TEXESCORT-524-9511
Models. escorts & masseurs ''We do care
enough to send the very best• Ma1or
credit cards honored Monthly medical
certificate. Have a real fun time with the
rightguyforl'ou..,,..,, ______ _
FUU. BODY MASSAGE
Tenst0n release. relax & enjoy Very sensual
Call for appo>ntment Tom (713)
524-7163
RELAX 6 ENJOY
The BodyWorks massage For appointment.
call Bill, 526-2470
BODY MASSAGE
In or out Bruce. 521-2009
PERSONALS
G/WiM 48 DESIWgays.
lesbians interesled in occult. supernalural
Larry Box. Box 66973. Suite 130,
Houslon, TX 77006
--aiRBARA_L_O_VE _ S_D_E_B_B_l_E __
I will always love you and will always be
there! Love. Barbara
AMATEUR PH'"o'"T"._O.,_G,-R-APHER
GM interested 1n hear1n11 trom other photographers
for shon tnps. portrait sess•
ons and n•ght photography, etc
~ter 868-9425. evenings
BIG BEAUTIFUL BLOND
GWM 6 , 175 lbs , 30, very attract•ve
architect, onto art. remodeling houses.
exercise. touching Seeking new friends.
lovers. 1&-30. tnm, no drugs Send photo
to Box 164-Z clo Voice
SPANKfNG_S_A_ P_A_D_D_L_f_N_G_S __ _
wanted by GWM. 31 Wnte J•m. Box
35833. Houston 77235-5833
TIRED OF BARS
GWM. 20. 6', 180. looking for same Writa
"Todd," Box 2355 M•dland. TX 79702
AFFECTIONATE, ATHLETIC
attractive very cute. GWM. 26, ST. seeks
s1mp._ fun down-to-eairth buddy type
k~'SP1.! .. ~~·~~,8~~;·~~;·.a~~~o~~~n
77098-1698
AFFECTIONATE
fun. honest male seeks others Serious
26 Call 85(}-7578 between 6-10pm only
UNIOUE GIFT IDEA --~
Give a man Tex Escort has gift cert1hcat•
avatlable for that special person
who has everything else For mform1t1on
call 524-9511 Ma1or cred1I cards
honored
BODY MASSAGE
In or out Bruce. 521-2009
Oh My Ghod! The invitation has a consent form attached!
22 MONTROSE VOICE I DEC. 16, 1983
Psycho Ill
"Hey! You! ... Yeah, that's right! I'm talkin' to
YOU!"
Gary Larson's two books, "The Far Side"
and "Beyond the Far Side," are available at
the Montrose Voice offices, 3317 Montrose,
suite 204, for $4.00 each
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The elephant's nightmare
~
Games you can play with your ca t.
"I don't think I'll be able to tell the kids about
this one."
/' I
GWM COUPlE
Both mid 30°1. professional. seek
frlend(s) 1nterealed 1n friendship, tun Call
52&-5233
CAN WE TALK?
~h~~u·r~r~~~~!l"'~~~'.1n~2re~~/~~
some bars. stable home hie. GWM 25-40
It you're sincere. call 863-700.
MISTER NICE GUY
seeks same. 30-<45 New lo Houston. lnlelhgent.
good-looking, protess1onal Near
~pslown Mall. 995-1127 _ _ _
HAIRY LIFEMATE SOUGHT
by 45-year-old man No smoking, boozing.
drugs Larry, 481-2892, 6-9pm.
ATHLETIC, STABLE
GWM, 27, seeks GWM, 20-30, tor tnendsh1p.
possibly more Am warm. inlelhgent,
active, attractive Desire a relat1onsh1p
~~~~~~o~~~i~o~en\~~~1~!!~0e~x101~'.i
Clo Voice
-roG'ETHER WITH MEANING
attractive, GWM, young, 35. 5'11 ". 158.
sensual. sensitive. monogamous. Chris·
11an. seeks special guy(s) 23-26 John.
~6734 (keep trying)
CHRISTMAS ORPHAN?
GWM. 165. 36. alone-seeks GM to 44-
let me v1s1t over Christmas Eve and Day
tor warmth and friendship, More 11 possible
and wanted Please try. Serious only
526-5300
GWM WANTS ORIENTAL
~::' B•~:~Si. ~~~~~~~o~~hfr~~le TM
- COWBOY, SKIER, BACKPACKER
moving from Cal1torma. 6', 160, B WM.
2134 Stanley Hills Onve, Los Angeles, CA
90048
---RUBDOWN NEEDED
mascuhne. GWM. 29, seeks massage
~ nov1ceo under 22 years 781-8280..;_
FURRY TYPES WANTED
tor permanent relal1on1h1p/triendsh1p by
monogamous. sens1t1ve, sincere. affectionate,
art1111c. endowed Scorpio
cuddler (W· M, 33. 170, OK/BRN, hazel).
Vaned interests Serious replies only lo
Box 1114-A c/o Voice.
---WATCH THAT TIDDYI
Easy on the tldd1es. Caesar okay'/ I love
you, Robby
- MASTER HAS DUNGEON
Wanta bollom slave-lover BO, SM, toys.
SM Call Sir Lou. 526-3140
HAPPINESS IS •••
a handsome. healthy, humorou1, happy
hunk as your escort or model from •
TexEscort 524-9511 Major credit cards
honored Security •nd d 11cr e tion
assured
TOP TRAINER NEEDED
Bollom trainee wants lo expand BO. SM.
toy expenencee Call Mac. 52&-3t•O
SMOOTH NONSMOKER
W1M seeks fnend that en1oys1ports, outdoors.
home. ResponS1ble. mature. any
race Bearded. 53. 5'11", 175 lbs , unh1-
boled, deaire 10 please. no drunks or
dru9s Picture Box 163-1 c/o Voice
PEACEFUL l!ASY FEELING
Tall. altm. GWM. 31, desires warm
encounters with sensitive touchable
bears Box 163-H Clo Vo•ce.
ATTRACTIVETALL WOMAN
GWF, 26. tired of bars and head games
Need 11ncere woman Wnte 163-F Clo
Voice
SERIOUS FRIEND RELATIONSHIPProt
... 1onal. mature. GWM, 5'11 ", 160
lbs . dark brown hair/eyes, masculine,
loving. versatile, seeks same. Letter.
photo, please Box 163-G 'Iii Voice
-- LOVERS SEEK FRIENDS
Both in 30's, blonde. 5'9", both proteaS1on1I.
like sports, work in city, live near
Sugarland Wnle Box 58606, Dept 697.
Houllon 77256
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Sam1 Bame contact Louis Anyone else
knowing h11 whereabouts, please do
same 163-0 'Iii Voice
LOOKING FOR FUN?
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Suite 1183. Box 66973. Houston 77006
FOR MEN OF
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RELATIONSHIP OR FRIENDS
GWM 50 5·9 ' 170 lbs , looking tor
1er1ou1-m1nded replyt; only Not into bars
or dope Age no probtem Call 688·1S.1
FINANCIAL BACKER OR
partner wanted to build homes in boom·
Ing Austin Masculine. sane (512) 445-
5888
G/W COUPLE
One 36. 6'1 ", 156, moustache Other 29,
6'1' . 160, moustache Good-looking, nice
bod•n. versatile Photo and info on preterenoea.
gets same Bo• 163-A Clo Voice
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creet open. tenSUlll and honest for
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