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ISSUE 1001
A challenge to the state's antigay
sodomy law went to court,
a lesbian politician took her second
term in office and a gay man
was appointed municipal judge-a
recap of news from metro
Houston. Page 3.
And from Paul Hope to Simone
Cunningham, Cher, Rufus Wainwright,
Scott Wolf and Donna Garrett, year In review see what local artists and national
celebrities told us during interviews
in 1999. Page 1S
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Around die South ...•......•......... 6
Two Texas gay men convided of fraud ..... 6
Texas Instruments to offer DP benefils ..... 6
Center issues guides oo ovoiding arrest ..... 6
Bolon Rouge gay student group on hold .... 6
Around the Notion .••....••......••... 8
Ohio cily rejects gay rights bill .•...... ... 8
SChools sued over onli·gay harassment .. ... 8
J !idge delays ruling in bid lo dismiss suit .... 8
Jiidge denies eval for 12-yeor-old •.•.••... 8
Wyoming school oHows onti-goy program ... 8
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AROUND HOUSTON 1999
year 1n review
January
'Good chance' of winning sodomy
appeal
A two-pronged legal argument may be
enough to convince a Texas appellate
court to strike down the state's 119-yearold
sodomy law, according to an attorney
representing two men recently charged
under the statute. Tyrone Gamer, 31, and
John Geddes Lawrence, 55, stand a "good
chance of winning" their appeal to one of ~
two state appellate courts, but if they ~
don't, their legal team will take the case to <
the U.S. Supreme Court, said Mitchell ~
Katine, a Houston attorney representing ~
the two men. Sheriff's deputies arrested ~
Garner and Lawrence Sept. 17 as the two
An estimated 7,000 people crowded the south steps of the Texas Capitol in March to rally against
men were allegedly engaged in consensu- anti-gay adoption proposals before the slate Legislature.
al sex in Lawrence's second-floor apart-ment
in northeast Harris County. March
Authorities entered the apartment after a Thousands of gay men and les-report
of an armed intruder inside. bians from across Texas rally
Texas is one of five states with a Some 7,000 gay and gay-friendly
sodomy law that bans sex only between marchers came together in Austin in what
same-sex partners; 12 other states ban oral was one of the largest events of Equality
and anal sex for same- or different-sex Begins at Home, a week-long series of 250
couples. The state's sodomy law makes actions in all SO states this week. The two-gay
anal or oral sex a class C misde- hour rally and march came as part of a
meanor punishable with a fine of up to three-day series of events in Texas spurred
$500. Gay men and lesbians have tried for by a handful of anti-gay legislative propos-years
to invalidate the law, which was a als and a measure that would expand and
felony until 1974. But with no defendant toughen the state's hate crime law, in part
in a criminal case, efforts to strike the law by including sexual orientation.
have met with mixed success.
Bush supports adoption ban for gays
Popular Texas Gov. George W. Bush, a
possible Republican presidential candidate
in 2000, would sign into law legislation
banning gays from adopting children or
serving as foster parents, a top aide said.
Two conservative state lawmakers filed
bills last month seeking to keep gays from
adopting or becoming foster parents. If
either of the bills were passed during
the Legislature, which opened Jan. 12,
Bush would sign the measures, said
Terral Smith, the governor's legislative
liaison, according to a report in the Jan. 21
Houston Press.
February
Two gay men slain in Texas City
Two gay men in Texas City were brutally
shot to death and burned Jan. 17 in the
city's first double homicide in more than 25
years. Investigators have combed gay bars,
collected mounds of forensic evidence and
interviewed more than two dozen people
since friends Laaron "Larry" Morns, 28,
and Kevin Tryals, 30, were discovered by
police early on Jan. 17 as they responded to
reports of smoke near Loop 197 South.
Police have yet to say what motivated the
killings, or if they were hate related. And
the shocking crime has received a muted
reaction from gay rights activists in
Houston and across Texas.
First openly-gay municipal court
judge in Houston confirmed
John Paul Bamich, 53, longtime community
activist and lawyer was unanimously
confirmed by city council, March 24,
becoming the city's first openly-gay municipal
court judge. He will serve a two-year
term and will judge class C misdemeanors,
such as traffic tickets. He was nominated to
the post by Mayor Lee Brown.
April
TV Montrose signs off after
months on 'life support'
TV Montrose is going off the air. After
months of being on life-support, show producers
are reluctantly pulling the plug citing
financial and community concerns.
Producers Steve Baker and Russell Byrd
had been hoping to give the 16-month-old
program a new lease on life by hooking up
with a Dallas producer. It was hoped the
collaboration would work to create a
statewide news program called Out TV. But
the marriage didn't stick.
May
Hate crime legislation dies in Texas
The Texas House gave initial approval
on April 27 to a hate crimes bill that would
toughen penalties for crimes that target
Texans because of their race, "sexual preference,"
and religion. Passage was secured
by expanding the bill's coverage to discrimination
based on "sexual preference,"
"age," and "pregnant women." One supporter,
GOP state Re. Pat Haggerty, told
colleagues that the dispute wasn't a partisan
or racial fight. "This bill even covers
white male Republicans," he said. Even
then, the 83-61 vote was neither overwhelming
nor final. But the bill died May
14 in the state senate, where supporters
said Texas Gov. George W. Bush privately
urged Republicans to kill it.
June
Man awarded $7.3 million in
same-sex harassment case
An El Paso jury awarded $7.3 million to
a Dillard's employee who claimed his male
supervisor sexually harassed him. In a
unanimous decision, the six men and six
women of the jury voted, May 20, to award
$5 million in punitive damages and $2.3
million in actual damages. In addition to a
sexual harassment claim, the case also
included a claim for intentional infliction of
emotional distress. Spurgin said settlement
negotiations are "ongoing," but if they fail,
an appeal by Dillard's is likely. If a settlement
is reached, the amount awarded to
Gonzales will likely be lowered.
Tens of thousands pack Montrose
for annual Pride parade
Pride, power and pizzazz was the theme
of the 21st annual Gay and Lesbian Pride
Parade held in the heart of Montrose. And
there was plenty of all three P's. Gays, lesbians,
bisexuals, transgender and families
and friends came out in force to show their
pride and growing power. This year's
parade, the only nighttime parade in
Houston, was the largest yet with over 120
floats and an estimated 85,000 spectators.
July
Caucus votes to include transgendered
in mission statement
In an effort toward inclusion, members
of the Houston Gay and Lesbian
Political Caucus unanimously voted July 7 to
include bisexuals and transgendered in their
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Around the South
Two gay men convicted of fraud through Texas AIDS agency
L.lJBBOCK, Texas (AP)· A federal 1ury found a man and his seven-year life partner guilty
of more than 70 fraud charges Dec. 22, including charging AIDS pallents rent while receiving
money for them to reside at an AIDS center and redbtributing dead clients' med1cattons.
David Crader, former South Plains AIDS Resource Center executive director, and
Gerald Eckert, a former care coordinator at the f.ioht}. each face up to 1,000 years in pnson
and a $32 m;lhon fine. A third m,m was also chJ•ged m the sawe crimes, Jeff Echols diC'd
pnor to the trial. Crader founded the crnter in 1988 from his hving room, onginally providing
AIDS informJtion <md food to those in need. Among the cJllC'gations against the p.11r
1s thcJt they defrauded the Social Security Admm1strat1on by paying s.ilaries to "phantom
emplo}CC5" instead of actual ones man effort to prC'vC'nt them from losmg disability benefits.
Maxine Schoenrock, once a fnend ot Crader's, said he told her in 1990 that he had tested
positive for 111\', and that over the next four y(';ir~ sh(' ga\'e him more than $15,000 for
AIDS-related medication, doctor nsits a11d tests. Last week, Crader told the court hl' was
not HIV-pos.t.ve US Attorney Wil 1am M.iteja w.1med the jury, "This is not a Robin I food
situ.ition .. what the dtfcndJnts were doing was stealing from the poor and taking this
money and doing whate\'er the} wanted to do."
Texas Instruments to offer DP benefits to employees in 2000
DALLAS-Texas Instruments 1s the latest
Portune 500 company to authorize domestic partner
benefits, officials said, man attempt to keep its
edge in the competition for qualified employees,
the Dallas Voice reported Dec. 24. "We made this
change for the same reason that we make any
other changes in our benefits, to stay compellti\•e
with other companies in the industry,'' said
Teguin Pulley, vice president for staffing and
diversity issue~. The benefits ha\'e been offored to
heterosexual employees m common-law marriages
for some time, Pulley said The change will
not be implemented until sometime in 2000, she
added. She said Tl would not require employees
signing up for domestic partner benefits to submit
any kind of legal documents or affidavits as
proof of the status of their relationships. "If an
employee wants to add a child to their insurance,
we don't ask them to show us a birth certificate,"
said Pulley. "It's all part of trusting our employ-ees."
Texas Instruments is the latest Fortune
500 company to add same-sex DP
benefits, and a spokesman said Tl won't
require employees to submit documents
to prove the relationship.
Gay center issues guides on avoiding public sex arrests
SAN A~T0'.\10-Gay achv1sb have followed up a tra\'el advisory they issued earlier this
month with a wallet card intended to help protect gay men from alleged abuses by local
law enforcement, according to the Dallas Voice. A pocket-sized "Survival Guide" is a continuing
effort by the San Antonio Gay and Lesbian Community Center to warn about
undercover operations in the city's parks, which some gay activist say unfairly targets gays.
Since 1997, more than 500 people have been arrested on misdemeanor sex charges by San
Antonio park rangers. "You'll sec that [the Survival Guide] advises the kind of behavior to
keep you from being arrested in many cases, in addition to suggestions that will preserve
your constitutional rights," Silid Michael McGowan, the community center's executive
director. Ron Smudy, assistant d1n'<"tor of operations for the Parks ilnd Recre,1tion
Department said that law-abiding citizens have nothing to worry about. "We told
[:\kGowan) that we welcome anyone in our park.~. We say that if they break the law, then
we will ha\'e to react to it That's the bottom line" The contro\'crsy over the undercover
program, which sometimes includes notifying employers of those arrested, promptl'd
Mayor Howard Peak to call for a meeting bchn>en city officials and gay leader~ dunng a
recent rad.ft tal~ shw.
Baton Rouge gay student group on hold as district drafts policy
BAT00: ROCCE A student's request to start ,1 gJy-straight alliance chapter has been
denied, and the school dL~trict says it will not approve any more club~ until it can dr,1H a
written policy, the Bato11 Rouge Adrrocate reported Dre 23. Martin Pfeiffer, a McKinley I ligh
School senior, said he has endured name-c,1lhng and social harassment ever since middle
school. I le 1s openly gay, but classm,1tes ridicull>d him bdorc Pfeiffer even realized hl' was
gay. When McKinley Prinopal Almcnia WJrn'n denied him permission to start the club,
Pfeiffer asked to sec the policy they were enforcing. Schools Superintendent G,1ry Mathews
acknowledged in a letter to Pfeiffer th.it school system administrators ha\'e fallC'n short in
guiding schools on such matters, and suspended all requests to start clubs until a policy 15
drafted "It prompted us to say, 'Good point. We don't have a pohc},'" said Assistant
Superintendent Don Mercer "I don't think we can ha\'e ii pohcy that cvC'ryone can mCC't
except this club."
-From $/aff and Wirt' report~
HOUSTON VOICE • DECEMBER 31, 1999
i ~J!Jj] AROUND HOUSTON 1999
year 1n review .- C.ontmued from Page 3
mission stall'ment. "It shows that m
Housto11 Wt' are moving along with the
national trend towards mdus1on," s.ud
c.iucus president Carl Smith. Longtime
transgender ach\ 1st Phyllb Randolph
hye said the unammous vote was 111 a
word, 'glorious." She said her quest for
mclus m m the caucus began over nine
years ago, and members wouldn't even discuss
the issue.
Mayor, police chief decry Gay bar
'inspections' during Pride
hbpl·Ction of 1 louston gay bars should
not be done during Gay Pride celebrations,
Police Chief C.0. Bradford ruled following
his internal investigation as to why three
popular gay nightclubs were inspected
June 24 He called the inspections of JR's,
611 Hyde Park and Cousins "inexcusable."
One of the bars was insp<'Cted twice in one
evemng. Mayor Lee Brown said he has concerns
the inspections were not better handled
between the two agencies conducting
them-1 IPD and the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission (TABC).
August
Texas court tells mother she can't
take daughter to gay church
A rexas court ruled in a custody case
that a child could only attend a "mainline"
church with her lesbian mother. The parents
are of diffcn'nt faiths-a Christian
mother and a Jew sh father-and part of
the divorce proceeding was about deter
mming what fJllh the child would be
rai~L'd in. The father objected to the !T'other's
decision tt' t.ike her child to the prcdom111antl)
gay ?\letropohtan Commuruty
Church. Thl' Tnas Court of Appl'ills agreed
with the fathrr, holding that only "mainline
churches would be utilized by the parties
for the relig10us training of the child," and
hstmg whJCh Protestant denommallons
qualify as "mainline."
September
Black community declares
HIV state of emergency
African-Americans in Houston are
figh ting back against the number one killer
of its youth-AIDS. According to data from
the national I llV Prevention Conference
held this month in Atlanta, AIDS is now the
number one killer of young blacks in
America, moreover, death rates in the
African-American community are 10 times
those in the white population. Locally, the
statistics are equally as sobering. Increased
publicity within the black community
about HIV I AIDS has prompted some progressive
African-American civic leaders in
to call for action. The prevalence of infection
rates in this commumty is now being
discuss('d in the press, via presentations in
front of political leaders and in the organization
of a town hall meeting.
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Center, setting a record attendance and helping
the ewnt meet most of ib goals this year,
organizrr5 said A church service orgamzed
l:-y a handfu: of gay and g.i>·friendly
churchl's-mcludmg Bermg l!nited
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Interfaith ~lmistm•s, Metropolitan
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The whole day was truly like a f~hval."
November
Annise Parker, Houston's first openly lesbian
city councilwoman,. was elected to a second,
two-year term in November.
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Open lesbian wins second term on
city council
Houston's first openly lesbian city counal
member easily defeated her challenger on
Election Day, but three gay men hoping to
join Annise Parker on the council failed to
make it into the run-<>ffs that will d('cidc their
races. Parker was among a handful of gay
and ll'sbian candidatl's that did wdl m elections
this week across thl' country." Although
I had antiapated thewm, I'm glad to haw job
security for the next two years," Parker said.
"I'm very glad the dection is over."
Jury awards former dental professor
$448,000 in harassment suit
Former dental professor Luis Mota was
awarded $448,000 on No\·. 8 after a federal
jury found that the he was sexually
haras~d by tht.' man who was at the time
the acting dean of his department. The iury
also found that Mota's employer, the
Un1vers1t\" of Texas Houston Health
Science Center, failed to take prompt action
to stop the harassment, then retaliated
against ~1ota by firing him when he com-
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Dayton rejects gay rights bill; Lakewood considering DP benefits
DAYTO"\, Ohio (AP)-{:ity leaders on Dec 22 refused to
change Dayton's anti-discrimination law to protect gay men
and lesbians in employment and housing. More than 40
people spoke before the city commission voted 4-1 to
remove Commission member Mary Wiseman's proposal
from the calendar, effectively killing the proposal for now.
After the vote, the commission unanimously approved an
mformal resolution stating that it does not condone d1scrimmat1on
against any group, mdudmg gays, and opposes
any attempt to deny gays their rights. Meanwhile m
Lakewood, a Cleveland suburb, the city council b consider· Dayton Gty Commission ing providing unmarried partners of city employees, indud- member Mary Wiseman.
ing same-sex couples, with the same benefits as married
couples. A council vote could come as early as Jan. 17.
Washington, N.Y. schools sued over anti-gay harassment
SPOKANE, WASH-School officials in two states have been sued by students who
charge that they were harassed for being gay, or for having gay family members. In
Spok.:ine, Wash., two brothers-one who other students thought was gay, and one who
was taunted because of his brother's reputed sexual orientation-have sued for unspecified
damages, charging that the actions the school district took "only increased the harassment
to both children." The younger brother says he is not gay, "but it doesn't matter if
you're homosexual or heterosexual," said Sheryl Phillabaum, the family's lawyer. "It':. still
not okay to be called tho~e derogatory names."
Meanwhile, in Sand Lake, ~.Y., the mother of a student who dropped out of high school
because of verbal and physical abuse from classmates is suing the school distnct and the
Board of Education, the Albany Times Union reported Dec 22. The 17-year-old boy
dropped out of school in April after years of almost daily mocking, ridicule and torment.
In a letter to Averill Park Central Schools Superintendent Michael Johnson, attorney
Richard L. DiMaggio wrote· "The viciousness of the student body is no worse than the
deaf ear your faculty has turned on !him]."
Judge delays ruling in school's bid to dismiss DP suit
PITTSBURGH-A judge withheld hb ruhng until at least Jan. 12 on the University of
Pittsburgh's latest attempt to kill a four-year-old same-sex benefits case, the Pittsburgh
Post Gazette reported Dec. 22. Pitt asked Common Ple.1s Judge Robert C. Gallo to dismiss
seven current and former workers' complaints that the university discriminated against
gay and lesbian employees in denying health care coverage to their same-sex domestic
partners. The university is arguing that the Pittsburgh City Council had no authority to
enact anti-discrimination protection for gay and lesbian citizens. In November,
Pennsylvania passed a Jaw that sought to exempt state and state-related universities from
any local ordinance that might require them to provide same-sex benefits.
Judge denies eval for 12-year-old who had sex with HIV+ man
COLORADO SPRINGS (AP)-A 12-year-old boy will not have to undergo a psychiatric
evaluation as part of an HIV-positive man's defense against an attempted manslaughter
charge. Defense attorneys for Anthony Dembry, 32, contend the boy may be gay and initiated
the sex that led to the charge. Dembry signed a confession admitting to sodomizing
the boy Feb. 17. ln his confession, Dembry said the boy "wanted me to make love to him,
and I did." Dembry's defense attorney Pat Behan said a psychiatric evaluation would help
jurors grasp the victim's mental state and provide insight into whether the sex was consensual.
But Judge Thomas Kennedy denied that request Friday. "I don't want to try a 12-
year-old boy in this courtroom when he is the victim," Kennedy said. Prosecutors charged
Dembry with attempted manslaughter, claiming he knew of his HIV diagnosis at the time
of the alleged assault
Wyoming school allows anti~ay program as 'counterbalance'
CASPER, Wyo. (AP)-A Casper College instructor who believes homosexuality is wrong
will be allowed to give presentations on campus supporting his ideas, the Casper Star
Tribune reported Dec. 13. Mike Keogh said his prospective program, "Anchor," will provide
a counterbalance to the school's "Safe Zone" program. The school offers one-hour
training Safe Zone sessions on a voluntary basis to college employees about two or three
times a year The proposed counterbalance to Safe Zone characterizes homosexuals as
"sexual deviants" who may try to seduce others into a "homosexual lifestyle." It was pre·
sented to Casper College President Leroy Strausner in 1998. The college has agreed to
allow Keogh, a photography instructor, to use campus facilities to present his views,
although it does not endorse the program." A college should be a bastion of thought," said
Strausner. "People should disagree but without being disagreeable." Keogh said his anti·
gay stance would not affect his relationships with those students in his classes who are
gay or who oppose his views.
- From staff and wire reports
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year 1n review _. Continued from Page 7
plained to officials. Sexual harassment suits
involving two gay men are rare because
judge~ typically dismiss the cases as simple
horseplay, legal observers noted.
Transsexual can't marry man, Texas
court ru les
A transsexual who transitioned from
male to female remains legally a man,
despite having completed sex reassignment
surgery, a Tel\as court ruled late last month.
Christie Lee Littleton, a male-to-female
transsexual, married Jonathon Mark
Littleton in 1989, a decade after completing
sex re.:iss1gnment surgery, according to
court documents. Littleton sued Dr Mark
Prange for medical malprachce after her
husband died in 1996. Prange's attorneys
argued th;it Christie Littleton did not h;ive
standing to bring the lawsuit, because she
rrmainrd a man and therefore could not
qualify as :vtark Littleton's "sur\'ivmg
spou e." A Tex.is district court agreed, and
Littleton appealed the ruling to the 4th
Court of Appe.1ls in San Antonio. The threemember
panel of the appeals court upheld
the lower court's deas1on on Oct. 27, ruling
3-2 that chromosomes-not genitalia, outward
appearanc-e, or even legal documents
like a birth certificate-determine gender.
Ministe ring in the suburbs
An openly gay rookie minister with
experience in caring for people with AIDS
has found an unlikely home-a small
church in suburban Houston in Fort Bend
County. Rev. Bill Clark began his duties as
the first full-time minister of Henry David
Thoreau Unitarian Uni\·ersalists
Congregation in Stafford in September
Since then, the 80 or so members of the
congregation have been nothing but supportive,
Clark said.
Texas sodomy appeal moves forward
The 14-month-old legal battle of two
men against the state's ban on gay sex
continued in a packed courtroom, marking
the next step in what legal experts
have ca lled one of the strongest fights yet
against the 120-year-old sodomy law.
And when Tyrone Garner, 32, and John
Geddes Lawrence, 56, walked into the
14th Court of Appeals with a team of
attorneys, it started the second challenge
in three days to sodomy laws m two
Southern states. "In 1999, it's too late m
the day to say we can draw a line that discriminates
along sexual orientation,"
Ruth I Iarlow, an attorney with Lambda
Legal Defense & Education Fund, told the
three-judge panel of the Court of
Appeals. "It's too late in the day to deny
the right to privacy between two consenting
adults." I larlow told the Appeals
Court the state ban on gay sodomy 1s
unconshtutional and violates privacy
rights.
December
Mayor declares 'AIDS emergency'
Houston Mavor Lee Brown marked
~Vorld AIDS Day Wednesday by announcing
a nearly five-year, $3 million effort to
battle a growing AIDS epidemic in the
city's black community. Brown was
flanked by local elected officials, AIDS
activists and service providers in declaring
a state of emergency in Hou~ton's
black community over AIDS, two weeks
after the Ryan White Planning Council,
the area's leading funding source for
AIDS care, criticized Brown for not
speaking out on the issue.
City health officials had repeatedly
said they first wanted to de\·elop a comprehensive
approach to addre,,ing startling
new statistics that show 61 percent
of new Ill\' infccl!ons in the Hou~ton
area this year are among AfncanAmeric-
ans.
Texas act ivist takes new role
with Millennium March
After two years of planning, the
departure of its founder and numerous
attacks on the way 1t is bemg planned,
details of the Millennium March on
Producers Steve Baker (above) and Russell
Byrd made the difficult decision to close down
TV Montrose in April.
Washington planned for April 30 are finally
becoming dear. The march's new vbion 1s
largely due to the work of Dianne HardyGaraa,
executhe director of L£'sbian Gay
Rights lobby of Texas (LGRL). She has taken
over a:. co-executi\e drrector of the march
and is running the event's Washington D.C.
office. A.' executive director of a large and
powerful statewide gay and lesbian organization,
Hardy-Garcia has become one of the
mo~t vocal and influential acti\ists in Texas.
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i~I!IH year 1n review
The year according to cartoonist Ron Williams
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HOUSTON VOICE • DECEMBER 31, 1999 VOICES AND ECHOES 11
VIEWPOINT
Only baby steps forward for lesbians in 1999
by JE.'\:\IFE.R \ANASCO
The last vear of the
decade wasn't a banner
one for lesbians and bisexual
women. It came with no major breakthroughs-
no bbians declaring a run for
the presidency, no laws passed that
would unambiguously make our lives
ea~ier, no major public figure coming out
and changing the world.
Yet change is often brought about in
small ways, and this year highlighted
many individual women and organiza·
hons slowly pushing the lives of lesbians
and bisexual women forward-Qr backwards,
as in the case of Donna Brazile.
Debra Clias11off
Academy-Award winning documentary
producer Debra Chasnoff crossed a
major hurdle this year. Her 1996 documentary
"It's Elementary: Talking About
Gay Issues in Schools," was aired on 100
of the 347 total PBS stations nationwide,
despite demonstrations and a write-in
campaign from opposition groups.
"It's Elementary" has also been distributed
to 2,000 educational institutions
and, thanks to a $10,000 grant from tennis
legend Billie Jean King, was made available
to every principal in the Chicago
public school system
NOW Lesbia11 Rights Summit
Eleven years after the last one, NOW
hosted a Lesbian Rights Summit in
Washington, D.C. Speakers included
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin,
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the
Human Rights Campaign, NOW
President PJtrici.i Ireland and t.:rvash1
Vaid of the National Gay & Lesbian Task
Force. Though the April gathering
garnered little press cowr.1ge, the
conference reminds us all that lesbians
gather to talk about our rights all
too infrequently.
Lesbian Herstory Archhes
One of our community's best sources
of history, the Lesbian Herstory
Archives, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., celebrated
its 25th anniversary in October.
What began with an arn{ful of books
from the personal collection of Joan
"\estle and Deborah Edel has grown to
20,000 books, 12,000 photographs, miles
of film and video footage and hundreds
of artifacts. There's no better place to
soak in the weight of our history.
Lesbian moms
Battles O\·er parental rights were
fought on several fronts this year. In the
case of J.A.L. vs. E.P.H .. a Pennsylvania
lesbian sued the birth-mother of their
child for v1s1tation rights-and lost. The
family court judge, Allan L. Tereshko,
said his ruling was not anti-gay, but
based on the limited amount of full-time
parenting J.A.L. had done.
This was different from a Colorado
ruling, in which the court ordered Kelly
Cunningham and Leanne Bueker to split
custody of their 9-year-old daughter,
even though they now reside in
separate states. The non-biological mom
in a New Jersey divorcing lesbian couple,
meanwhile, won visitation rights
but not joint custody.
In Boulder, Colo., a judge was the first
to give lesbians full rights over their
children when he awarded full parental
rights to both members of a lesbian
couple, including the right to both
be named on the birth certificate,
even though one had no biological tie!>
to the child
And, in a move that affected both gay
male and lesbian parents, 0;ew Hampshire
hfted that state's anh-gay adoption
ban, lea\'Jng only Florida with a law prohibiting
gay adoption. But then Utah and
Arkansas went the oppo;.ite way, adopting
a policy to ban unmarried couples
from providing foster care.
Melissa Etheridge
After a long, four-year wait, our
favorite lesbian rocker Mehssa Etheridge
released a new album, "Brt'akdown,"
which featurl'S a heart-wn•nching song
called "Scarecrow" about thl' hate murder
of Matthew Shepard. Etheridge is
more than a musical role modl'I; her
long-term relahonship with Julie Cypher
and her commitment to her two ~ns
make her a light within our community
Donna Brazilr
The reticent
Donna Brazile,
formerly on the
board of the
Millennium
March and chosen
in October
as Al Gore's
campaign manager,
has continually
sidestepped
the
issue of whether she is a lesbian or
bisexual. "If I had a personal life,
I'd have a sexual onentahon," she told
the Washington Post. Gore Sl't'mS proud
of the fact that she's an AfricanAmerican,
so why shouldn't he be high·
lighting her (presumably gay) sexual orientation,
too? We can only hope that
Brazile's silence is not used as the model
for lesbian political appointee;. of the
next decade.
Transphobic code speak
To the Editor:
Michael Alvear is fooling no one ("Log
Cabin Republicans play the civil rights
doormat," Dec. 17). "Perpetual victimhood
over incremental victory" is just more code
speak for transphobia by a known transphobe.
Alvear needs to go join Log Cabin
Republicans-he has more in common with
them than he thinks.
thing that he shouldn't and gel~ into trouble,
there is an outcry of injustice. Please.
There are places that gay men can go to if
they want to exhibit that kind of behavior. But
that place is not in a public park, where children
and families are present. Take it someplace
else guys.
Georgia LCR :.talcs so for the record.
We are neither apologbts nor chCC'rleadcrs
for the GOP, but we are a partisan political
group. Our role and approach are different
from a community activist organiz.ation.
Public places
To the Editor;
Katrma Ro~
via e-mail
I read the article on the arrest of so many
gay men in the parks in San Antonio
("Weapon of Homophobia?" Dec. 17). and
thought it was an insult to the general gay
population. My first thought was,"Give me
a break." Every time a gay man does some-
Neither apologists
nor cheerleaders
To the Editor;
Paul Couclr
Hou..~lon
Michael Alvear's column was based on the
premise that the Georgia Log Cabin
Republicans are unprincipled ("Log Cabin
Republicans play the civil rights doormat,"
Dec. 17). This is totally unfounded. We do
hold Republican candidates, elected and party
officials, accountable on the gay issues
our members support and have done so
repeatedly, publicly. First we seek to educate
them, privately. Where we cannot agree,
What Alvear apparently fails to realize is
that our agenda is not that of the gay left, of
other state or local LCR clubs, nor even of the
LCR national office. Generally. Republicans
choose the rights of individuals over the rights
of groups. We will not be coerced by anyone
to take positions deemed correct by the collective
gay community. It is a diven;e community,
even in political matters.
Finally, Alvear's characterization of the
World Cup Soccer
Women's sporb had never seen anything
like the hoopla surrounding the
U.S. women's \\orld Cup champions.
~lore than 650,000 people attended the
32 games, according to Sports Illustrated
for Women, making the tournament
the largest women's sporting event
in h1storv.
All th~ attention, though, brought lesbians
some internal conflict. Sure, the
women on the learn weren't being dismissed
as "d} J...e.;," as so many female
athletes have bl>cn in the past. But was 11
worth it, whm they were sold as "babes"
or "soccer mammas" instead?
Samantha Geller
L.fe \'ersus the Paperback Romance,"
bv 17-vcar-old lesb1.m Samantha Geller,
\\:as sclected as one d the ·se best pla}'s
submitted for the Charlotte Young
Playwrights Feshval. What a shock it
must ha\'e been to Geller, then, when
her play was banned from production by
the North Carolina fe5tival due to "inappropriate''
lesbian content-a kiss, as it
turns out.
Happily, the Great Aunt Stella Center
staged the production. Geller's experience
serves as a reminder that even in
more "hberal" fields like theater, we still
can be silenced.
On a more hopeful note, we can be
proud that a 17-year-old lesbian would
feel enough self-confidence to wnle a
play about le.sb1ans for a state contest If
any event this year showed we should
have faith in the future, this was 1t.
Jennifer \1anasco is a C/11cago-based
freelance writer and can be reac/ied at
1-vanasco@ucl11cago edu or 111 care of
tliis p11blzcatw11.
September fund-raiser chain.>d by me for Go\·
George \\'. Bush'~ pn'Sidcnhal campaign and
attended by Senator Paul Co\erdell, a national
co-chauman of Bush's campaign, .:l!> a Log
Cabin e\'cnt i.-. abo wrong No more than fi\'e
of the 80-plus attendees are now or e\'er have
been LCR members. This event was held prior
to George W. Bush's foolishness regarding
gays and LCR. He is wrong now to say that
he will not appoint openly gay people to
his administration and wrong not to meet
with LCR
M1clrael Braum
Presuient
Log Cabin Republiams Georgia
12 NEWS DECEMBER 31, 1999 • HOUSTON VOICE
The Gay '90s: 'Our' decade brings dramatic change
by LAURA BROWN
Despite some d1sappomtments and setbacks
along the way, the decade fulfilled its
pronusc of bemg the gay '90s-WJth dramatic
changes that could not have even been
envisioned 10 years ago, leaders of several
nat10nal gay organizations said this week.
Perhaps the greate::>t change has come
in the treatment of HIV and AIDS, and
the subsequent social changes as many of
those affected by the virus adjusted to
hving, rather than quickly dying. with
the disease AIDS dominated many
aspects of orgamzed gay life in the 1980s
and early 1990s, as countless fnends and
lovers succumbed to the disease and
orgamzations, many gay-led, offered care
to the dying and comfort to tlie bereaved
Out of the ab1ect IO!>S also rose a new
political spirit a spirit born of the
activist ACT UP mantra, ''Silence equals
De;ith"-that brought gay men and lesbians
mto the streets hme and agam, first
to fight for better fundmg and access to
HIV tre;itment then for other gay nghts
issues as groups like Queer Nation
formed chapters around the country
based on ACT UP's grassroots model
But the face of AIDS, and many AIDS
orgaruzations, changed dramahcJ!ly m the
mid-l 990s, when protease inhibitors became
available to treat the drsease. Taken as part
of complicated medicine regimen dubbed
"drug cocktails," proteJ"C inhibitors offered
The brutal October 1998 kilfing of college student
Motthew Shepard was covered more
extensively in the general press than any
other anti-gay crime and exposed the dears of
gays to the rest of the world.
the first real hope of significantly prolongmg
the hves of those with HIV. De;ith rates
began dropping and headline:. filled with
stories of those who appeared to have been
literally resurrected from the grave.
In the wake of the renewed hope, many
AIDS groups found themselves restructur-
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ing to focus on managing life with HIV,
rather than mostly on hospice and other care
for the dying. Agencies, many formed and
led by gay men in the beginning of the epidemic,
also struggled to target their outreach
and programs to people of color and
women, as HIV began spreading most rapidly
m these populations.
Further study ~oon proved that protease
mh1b1tors were no miracle cure: Some
patients did not respond to the drugs, developed
serious side effects, or were unable to
adhere to the complicated dosing schedules,
developing drug-resistant strains of I !IV
and sparking fears of a new epidemic
But the success of the new treatments for
m.my offered breathing room to activists
focusing on other gay rights causes, and the
later years of the decade offered victories
that would have seemed impossible 10
years earlier.
To be certam, major battles remain to be
won-as m 1989, the U.S. still has no federal
law bannmg job discrimination on the basis
of sexual orientation, no federal law recogmzmg
the nghts of same sex couples and no
law allowing federal intervenhon m antigay
hate crimes.
Yet an unprecedented level of \'IS1b1hty in
tlus decade has led to advances in the fights
for each of these, as well as mynad other
changes, both in pubhc policies and pnvate
opin10ns, which many say will pave the way
to larger victories to come.
The U.S. Senate fell only one vote short of
passing the Employment NonDiscrimmation
Act to ban anti-gay )Ob discrurunation
m 1996, and a bill to add sexual
onentation to federal hate cnmes laws
passed the Senate m 1999 attached to a
spending bill, although 1t was cut from the
final version of the bill.
Meanwhile, ga} lobbyists and their
Congressional supporters battled back
numerous anti-gay bills and amendments
dunng the heyday of Newt Gingrich's
"Republican revolution," includ:ng a measure
that would have O\'ertumed President
Ointon's executive order banning sexual
onentation discrimination in the federal
avilian work force.
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"-the 1993 "com·
promise" bill that banned gays from serving
openly in the military while supposedly
protecting them from witch hunts-and the
"Defense of Marriage Act," which banned
federal recognition of same-sex marriages,
were the only maior anti-gay bills to pass
Congress in the 1990s, despite repeated
pressure from right-wing organizations.
Still, "the single greatest accomplishment
of the '90s was not legislative," said Wayne
Besen, spokesperson for the Human Rights
Campaign, the national gay rights lobbying
group. "Before the 1990s, when you heard
coming out stories, they always began with,
'I thought I was the only one,' and you don't
hear that anymore.
"In the 1990s, we blew the door off the
closet .... Even though someone might not
know another gay person in their small
hometown, they know there are role models
out there, and they know there are places
they can go and be safe."
The historic efforts of this decade created
numerous markers of how far we've come,
from the growing attention to gay righb
issues in the current presidential campaign
to local victories ranging from more openly
gay politicians, and an increasing number of
local and state go\'emments banning antigay
job discrimination and even providing
domestic partner benefits.
In addition, gay leaders pointed to the following
as key moments of "our" decade:
• Gay youth come out
Gay youth arc among the biggest beneficiaries
of the role models and safe spaces
that emerged in the 1990s, creating an everexpandmg
area of civil rights activism that
was virtually non-existent until this dl'cade.
"For all practical purposes, there was no
movement to end homophobia m schools 10
years ago, and the entire LGBT youth mo\•ement
was very embryonic," said Ke\1n
Jennmgs, who founded the Gay Lesbian
Straight Education Network m 1990 and
now serves as its national executive director
"Ten years ago, gay youth were an issue
no one wanted to touch-the gay movement
didn't want to give the right-wing the
ammunition of us bcmg recruiters, and the
mamstreJm education community didn't
believe there were gay students. .. I think
there has been a complete sea change, tram
an ISSue no one even acknowledged, much
less addressed, in 1990 to a front-burner
issue now," he said.
Jennings attributed the "sea change" to
young people commg out at earlier ages
and "demanding to be treated equally,"
as well as an ever-mcreasing number of
schools recognizing their duty to educate
and protect all students
• Fighting anti-gay
tide in court
In the face of sometimes hostile school
systems and public officials, gay routh
joined other gay righb activists in t.1king
their battles to court, resulting m kt•y
legal victories that will influence policies
for years to come.
In one of several landmark legal decisions
of the 1990s, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court
of Appeals ruled in 1996 that public schools,
and school officials, may be held liable
under federal law for failing to address antigay
abuse of a student by other students.
Jamie Nabozny, a s tudent from
Wisconsin, sued his school district after
enduring years of anti-gay abuse in middle
school and high school, and his ca~e offered
powerful leverage to gay youth facing discrimination
around the country.
"From youth issues, to sodomy laws, antigay
referenda, family law and custody, marriage,
the military, asylum, immigration,
employment, HIV issues-from all of these
issue areas I can pull out key cases, and it is
an amazing thing to me," said Kevin
Cathcart, executive director of the Lambda
Legal Defense & Education Network, the
national gay legal group involved in many
of the precedent-setting cases of the 1990s.
"There has been dramatic change in the
last 10 years, ... and I don't think anyone
HOUSTON VOICE• DECEMBER 31, 1999
could have predicted either the amount of litigation
that has taken place or the range of victories that have
occurred over the course of the decade," he said.
Based on breadth and impact, Cathcart picked the
1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Romer vs. Evans
as "the highlight of the decade."
In November 1992, Colorado voters passed
Amendment 2, which would have repealed all antidiscrimination
measures for gays and lesbians
statewide. The measure touched off a firestorm of similar
attempts in other states, and became a key issue at
the 1993 March on Washington.
With the Romer case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
Amendment 2 unconstitutional, in one of the high
court's first pro-gay decisions, deflating many of the
efforts to pass copycat legislation in other junsdictions.
"Up until the time of Romer, it looked like we as
a community were going to be faced with putting
extensive time, energy and money into fighting
these bad anti-gay referenda, which was time and
energy that could be spent pushing for positive
steps," Cathcart said.
l:ven high profile defeat, like the 1 lawaii
Supreme Court's dl'cision in December 1999 ending
hopl's for gay marriage there, helped advance the
cause of gay rights in the courts by at least bringing
the issues to public .:ittention, Cathcart said.
This month's dec1swn by the Vermont Supreme
Court that gay couples in that state must receive
equal rights is proof of the growing success in that
debate, he noted.
• 'Visibility and access'
For many who don't follow politics closl'ly, one of
thl• most t.mgible moments of gay progrt•ss in tht•
dcc,1dc came in 1997, when Ellen Degl'ncres c,1me out
on her prime-time television show. The e\·ent, hypL•d
in the mainstream media for months m ad\"mce, put
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gays in America's living rooms as never before,
although the show lasted only one season longer.
And while "Ellen" showed mainstream America
the daily life of a gay person, the 1998 murder of
gay Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard,
covered in the general press more extensively than
any anti-gay hate crime to date, showed the world
our greatest fears.
"I don't think, even as optimistic as we were,
that any of us thought we would see the amount of
change that has happened m the last 10 years, and
the level of progress we have made in terms of visibility
and access," recalled Cathy Renna, community
relations director for the Gay & Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation.
"In the very early 1990s, the only way to get access
to the media was through mass protest or picketing,"
she said. "Now, there is an unbelievable increase in the
level of access we have, whether it is lime magazine
or one of the TV stations or movie studios."
Like HRC's Besen, Renna said she believes the
rise in gay visibility in the media began with "a
ground swell of people coming out," especially
those involved or interested in journalism.
Increased coverage of gay issues in the news
media, in turn, helped change the hearts and
minds of those in the public, creating a climate
where television producers were willing to take a
chance on "Ellen'' m 1997.
"What this really shows is the challenge that we
now have," Renna said "The level of media visibility
has prompted an enormous amount of public
discussion, and now we have to translate that into
more legislative victories and institutional victories.
"Now that we han" all of this visibility and
access, what do we do with it?" she said. "That is
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Openly gay elected officials
1991 49
1999: IBO (including four in Ga.; Atlanta City Council member Cathy
WlXllard tiecame the state's fiM in 1997)
YOUTH
U.S. ~oob with gay-straight alliance dubs
1989: two (both New England private schools)
199<1:600+
MILITARY
Gays di~harg~ fami the U.S. military
1994 617 (first year of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy)
1998: 1,163
MEDIA
Gav lead characters on pnml'-time T\
1996: :zero (Ellen IA.>Genere~ became the first on "Ellen" m 1997)
1Cl99: one (Will on !\'OC's "\\111 & Grace'; plus 2S more ~upf'C'Itmg and
recurnng charades on cai>le and bniadcast shm•·s)
LEGAL
States with sodomy laws
1990: 25 Cplus the bistrict of Columbia)
19<19:1()
Statt.'S with non-dt..<crumnatwn law5 that include :.exual ori<'fltation
1990: one \Wis.)
19<19:11
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Companit?S offonng domestic p;irtner h<>nefill>
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Out in the arts
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My intent for
Sundance was to
focus on unheard
voices. ['Longtime
Companion'] proved
to the industry that there
was a market for gay
and lesbian films and
that they should be
taken seriously."
-Robert Redford,
Sundance Film Festival
founder, January
"The four different
lines represent different
male body fluids. The red
ones are blood, the yellow
are urine, the blue is the
sweat of the brow, a
metaphorical notion of
sweat, and the white ones ...
are semen. It's a reference to
Onanism-you know, 'spilling
the seed.' That's why they're
on the floor."
-Artist Michael Petry explaining
his "Fluid Man· during a
showing in Houston, January
"I've not missed anything
by not being in the
closet. I can't imagine
having to keep my life in
the closet. Life's too short,
and there are too many
wonderful things to experience
along the waywhether
you're gay or
straight."
-Glenn San Marco, "Les
Miserables· cast member, January
"Cher and Diana Ross
and David Bowie were
my role models."
-RuPaul, Apnl
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A GUIDE FOR YOUR LEISURE TIME
"I tend to shoot
for the stars in
what I want. With
music and fashion
and stuff like that.
that's pretty feasible.
But in terms of
love and relationships,
you're most
often disappointed if
you keep such high
standards, which I
believe a lot of gay people
do. Growing up in
the '80s, the whole
AIDS freak-out-you did
put a lover on a
"I get a lot of letters
from gay fans, and I do a
lot of interviews with gay
publications. They always
tell me that I'm a hero to
them, which I consider an
honor ... I always take it as
a compliment when gay
guys hit on me-which
happens fairly often."
-Punk rocker and poet
Henry Rollins, February
"People think because
[the Queerstock tour] is
called 'queer' that it is this
raging political music. ..
but 'queer' is a new word
and it's a great word,
because it encompasses
everything-it's not just
black and white, gay or
lesbian, it in includes the
gray areas."
pedestal, because they
were 9oing to save
your hfe. Or theY.
were going to kill
you. It's like a life-ordeath
situation."
-Songwriter
and recording star
Rufus Wainwright, March
-()ueerstoek organizer Doria
Roberts, March
"After reading the
script, I didn't think twice
about the sexuality of
Adam ... From the moment
I finished reading the script,
I just knew it was a story I
wanted to be a part of
telling."
-Scott Wolf on "Adam,· the
doseted gay character he plays m
"Go," Apn7
" ... I've never regretted
anything I've said, even the
stuff about being a male
prostitute. I'm not ashamed
of it. It was necessary for
me at that time in my life. I
was going for a career in
acting, but I wasn't completely
successful. So, I
year 1n review
became a male escort."
-Rupert Everett, June
"I like to think that if I
were gay I would be out,
Rupert Everett-style."
-Ben Affleck. September
'Tm queer and I'm
proud but I'm also mentally
ill-so don't expect me to
be a role model. I must be
gayly incorrect. I'm perhaps
the only gay man who has
never been to the baths or
the gym-I've done much
worse. But certainly I can't
be your leader."
-John Waters, September
"When you look at it all, ~
realistically, gay roles only ii
make up two percent of ~
prime time's lead charac- i::
ters. That's really not a
good number ... It's very
disappointing."
-Scott Seomin, GIAAD
Entertainment Media Director, on
the unprecedented 28 gay, lesbian
or transgender characters in
the current TV /me-up, September
Strange beaf ellows
"The existence of an
extreme left wing as the
representation of gay people
prevented me from
coming out ... The establishment
of these left-wing
elites actually impedes the
)'>- Continued on Page 18
"So many women,
particularly AfricanAmerican
women,
are oftentimes left
unsatisfied after sexual
encounters.
Millions of women
have yet to explore
their full sexual
curiosity. Women
need to take time to
find out what they
want in a sexual
relationship."
-Houston poet Simone
Cunningham, December
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Out In Print BOOK NEWS
Top shelf reading from 1999
Three of our reviewers-f.S. Hall, Debbie
Fraker and Colleen McMahon-pondered
their 1999 reading lists for highlrglrts of the
year m print.
THE BOOK OF LIES bv Felice Picano,
Alron Publications .n th next decade,
an up-and-coming queer studies scholar
d1sco\·ers both more and less than he bargained
for when he learns of a previously
unknown member of the gay male writing
group, the Purple Circle. Picano shows his
considerable range in excerpts from nine
different fictitious authors in this sprawling
tale, which is part literary mystery,
part aHectronate tnbute to his fellow members
of the Violet Quill.
BRUISED FRUIT by Anna Li\·ia,
Firebrand Books. Po~sibly the funniest
novel ever about childhood trauma, abusive
relationships, .md senal killers. The
scene m which one character uses a
Mickey Mouse mask to disguise herself
while shopping in Good Vibrations 1s
'l\orth the pnce of adm1s~ ,., e
Cl.\'.\'AMO:-; GARDEI\IS t Shyam
Selv dura1, Hyperion '\ r"freshing
change of scenery from the present day
gay ghetto that takes place in 1920s Sn
Lanka Its leisurely p.ile rec.ills a bygone
er.i of writing. and as its ch.ir<1cters evoke
classic English literature, the novel contains
pride, prejudice, and a passage to
India as well.
Tl IE CRISIS OF DESIRE by Robin
Hardy with David Groff, Houghton
Mifflin With a striking combination of eloquence
and pulling no punches, Robin
Hardy reaches from beyond the grave lo
remind us that AIDS is not over and
i~IJJj]
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explores the not-so-obvious ways in which
the \'irus affects the daily interactions of
gay men. Ch ng and thought provoking
THE ELUSIVE EMBRACE: DESIRE
AND THE RIDDLE OF IDENTITY by
Daniel Mendelsohn, Knopf Personal mem·
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THE GUMSHOE, THE WITCH AND
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TALES OF THE LAVENDAR MENACE.
A MEMOIR OF LIBERATION by
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THAT'S MISTER FAGGOT TO YOU:
FURTHER TRIALS OF MY QUEER LIFE
by Mich.id Thomns Ford, Alyson
Publications. Ford's follow-up to his hugely
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Me" is darker, angrier and iust as b1tmgly
funny. Fabulously testy and trenchant, he
simultaneously exposes our foibles for
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TO BELIEVE IN WOMEN: WHAT LESBIANS
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Though it is thick and densely academic,
this is a very important account of les·
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an equally brilliant historian to fill in the
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WEDDING BELL BLUES liy Julia
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A WOMAN LIKE THAT editt•d by Joan
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" I have quite a few really,
really close gay friends. In
fact. maybe most of my
friends ... You know the
reason why I think I
inspire a lot of female
impersonators? Because
it 's not difficult to try to
look like me! Put on a
nice, big, fluffy wig and
lots of eye makeup. It's
such a blessing for me to
know that gay people
really like me."
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possibility of gay people's living
fulfilling lives. It keeps them back
in the ghettos."
-Gay wrrter Andrevv Sullivan, January
"I suggest we work together
to flush Judaism, Christianity and
Islam into the Mediterranean and
restore the Greco-Roman world,
where, believe it or not, there
was no word for fag or dyke, nor
was there any conception that an
occasional sexual activity constituted
an entire personality."
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"Watch your back, be careful
who you come out to. I've
been with my partner 10 years,
but I'd never hold his hand in
public-because in Ala bama,
it's a death wish."
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"I'm single and available. If I
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orientation."
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"Gays in the military, I find
absurd. I came from a time when
people were being killed by our
government in a war in Vietnam.
My cousins and school friends
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"This is the hardest thing I
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our followers. Many of them
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-Stephen Gately, 23, of the Irish
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-Actor Paul Hope on his role in a
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iPI!I!l AROUND THE NATION 1999
year 1n review
January
AOL, Merriam-Webster
dump anti-gay thesaurus
In response to pressure from activists,
Merriam-Webster announced 1t would remove
offensive synonyms for the word "homosexual"
that had been included IIl a thesaurus on
the company's web-5ite and America Online.
Words rncluded as synonyms for "homosexual"
included fag, faggot, fruit, homo, invert,
queer, uranian and uranisl
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
discharges highest since 1987
According to figures released in January,
the military discharged 1,145 service members
in 1998 for violating the DADT ban on
openly gay soldiers, the highest number of
discharges since 1987. Discharges from the
Air Force were more than 30 percent higher
than 10 1997.
'Barebacking' on the rise,
new epidemic feared
A study releasro by the Center; for Disease
Control showed the proportion of gay men
who reported engagmg in unprotected anal
intercourse, known as barebacking, rose from
30.4 percent in 1994 to 39.2 percent in 1997, a
near 30 percent increase. The report fueled
fears that a new generation of gay men
would be decimated by HIV I AIDS.
February
Tinky Winky outed by Jerry Falwell
According to the February issue of Rev.
Jerry Falwell's National Liberty Journal,
linky Winky-a character on the popular
"Teletubbies" television show-is gay and
a dangerous role model for children. "He is
purple-the gay pride color, and his antenna
is shaped like a triangle-the gay pride
symbol," the group said, also noting that
Tinky speaks with a boy's voice but carries
a red purse-like bag.
March
Billy Jack Gaither, an
Alabama man who
cared for his amng
parents, was
stabbed, beaten to
death with an ax
hondle and his body
burned on a pyre of
tires Feb. 19 by two
men who claimed a
pass by Gaither
prompted the attack.
Gay man brutally
murdered in Alabama
Steven Eric Mullins and Charles Monroe
Butler confe.~sed to the Feb. 19 murder of
Billy Jack Gaither, a gay textile worker from
Sylacauga Alabama. Gaither was stabbed,
beaten to death with an ax handle, and his
body burned on a pile of tires. Mullins told
authorities he killed Gaither because
Gaither made a pass at him. In June,
Mullins pleaded guilty to capital murder;
m August, a iury convicted Butler of murder
and kidnapping.
April
Shepard killer gets life in prison
Russell Henderson, one of two men
charged with the October 1998 killing of
gay University of Wyoming student
Matthew Shepard, pleaded guilty to kid·
napping and felony murder to avoid a pos·
sible death penalty. He was given to two
consecutive life sentences.
May
San Francisco 'Equal Benefits'
ordinance upheld
A federal judge upheld important portions
of San Francisco's landmark "Equal
Benefits" ordinance, which requires companies
th.it contract with the city to provide
domestlC partner benefits. In July, United
Airlines, a plaintiff rn the ATA suit, became
the first atrline to offer full domestic partner
benefits, including health insurance.
American Airlines and U.S. Airways quKkly
followed suit.
June
Hormel appointed
ambassador to Luxembourg
While Congress was on a 10-day break for
Memorial Day, President Clinton offered a
"recess appointment" to James I lormel,
which will allow the openly gay philanthropist
to serve as ambassador to Luxembourg
until January 2001. Honnel, who bt>came the
United States' first openly gay ambas.<;ador,
wa~ first nominated to the post by Clinton in
October 1997, but Republican senators
opposed the nomination and refused to
allow it to come to a vote.
July
Vatican shuts down ministry to gays
In a move that rocked the already shaky
relationship between gays and the Catholic
Church, the Vatican's Congregation for the
Doctrine of Faith ordered a well-known
American nun and priest to halt their 25-
year minbtry to gay and l~bian Catholics.
The Vatican had been investigating Father
Robert Nugent and Sister Jeannine Grannick
for more than 10 years.
Senate passes gay-inclusive
hate crimes bill
Gay rights advocates declared victory
July 22 when the U.S. Senate passed the
llate Crimes Prevention Act as an
;imendment to a spending bill. But
bec;iuse the House version of the budget
bill did not include the measure, 1t
required approval by a conference committee
In November, under pressure
from Republican Congressional leaders,
confert'es and White !louse nrgohators
allowed the hate crimes bill to be
dropped. The HCPA would add sexual
orientation, gender and d1s.:ibility to
existing federal hate crimes laws.
HOUSTON VOICE• DECEMBER 31, 1999 OUT ON THE BAYOU 21
August
New Jersey Supreme Court rules
against Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts ban on gays 1s illegal
under state law, the New Jersey Supreme
Court ruled Aug. 4 in the case of James Dale,
an assistant scout master who was kicked
out nine years ago after leaders learned he is
gay. Jn May, the Boy Scouts formed a committee
to study the causes of homosexuality.
September
Democratic candidates come
out on gay rights
Vice President Al Gore and former Sen.
Bill Bradley, the two candidates vying for
the Democratic presidential nomination in
2000, came out as strong proponents of gay
nghb in dueling inteniews with the g.1y
news magazine, the Aduocali'. Fir:;t, Gore
told the magazine he favored a more "compassion.
lie" impll'mentation of the "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" b,in on open gays in the military.
Then, Bradley told the Ad110calc he
would on~rturn the military ban completely.
Both men opposed gay marriage, but
Bradley said he supported domestic partnersh1
p .ind would oppose the Knight
lmt1ahve, a California ballot measure to
hmit m,1mage to "one man and one
woman." Gore !Jter said he too would
oppose the Kmght lnihallve.
Drug·resistant HIV on the rise
lhghly drug·rL'Sistant strains of the AIDS
virus are on the rise, showing up in as many
as 4 5 percent of newly infected patients,
according to two studies in the Journal of the
American Medical Association. While power·
ful "drug cocktails" including protease
inhibitors have helped many with HIV, the
complicatl·d drug regimen has prO\·ed difficult
to ,1dherl' to.
Anti-gay harassment 'the rule'
at school
A first-ever national survey conducted
by the GJy Lesbian Straight Education
Network found that 69 percent of gay students
surveyed around the country said
they had experienced verbal, physical and
sexual hJrassment and assault at school.
Results show 61 percent reported verbal
harassment, 47 percent sexual harassment,
28 percent physical harassment, and 14 percent
had been physically assaulted.
October
Calif governor signs landmark
gay rights bills
California Gov. Gray Davis signed into
law three landmark gay rights measures
passed by the state legislature, including a
measure to outlaw the harassment of gay
students and teachers in public schools and
colleges, a Jaw creating a statewide domestic
partners registry for couples who are
gay or over age 62, and legislation to ba.n
job and housing discrimination on the basis
of sexual orientation.
Falwell meets with gay Christians
Rev. Jerry Falwell, the Moral Majority
founder Jong known for his condemnation
of homosexuality, held a weekend meeting
with 200 gays from 30 states organized by
Rev. Mel White's non-violent "Soul Force"
movement. White, a former ghostwriter for
Falwell and other religious right figures
before coming out himself, organized the
meeting with his former boss and his
church members to try and reduce \'iolence
against gays and Christians and lower the
rhetoric between both groups.
November
Gay S.F. supervisor forces
mayor into run-off
On the strength of only a write-in campaign
l.iunche<l 1ust 20 days before the election,
Tom Ammiano, the openly gay presi·
dent of San Francisco's Board of
Supl'rvisors, shocked man} by qualifying
for a run-off in the city's mayoral election
against incumbent Mayor Willie Brown.
The contest, between the openly gay
Amm1ano and strong gay rights ally Brown,
divided some in San Francisco's huge gay
community, but Brown beat Ammiano decisively
in the December run-off vote.
Ammiano would have become the first
openly gay mayor of a major American city.
December
James Hormel finally
became the United
States' first openly
gay ambassador in
June, three years
after he was first
nominated.
Bradley, Gore, Clintons oppose
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Politicians continued lining up against the
mihtary's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on
openly gay scmce members, prompted in
part by the July murder of a gay soldier at
the Army base in Fort Campbell, Ky. Former
Sen. Bill Bradley, running for the Democratic
pn-sidenhal nomination, led the pack in
September. Jn Dlwmber, First Lady Hillary
Clinton-planning a run for U.S. Senate
from New York-joined him in declaring
DADT a failure that ought to be scrapped.
President Clinton was next. Finally, Gore
said he, too, would overturn DADT.
Hawaii court rules against gay marriage
Hawaii's Supreme Court upheld a 1998
constitutional amendment against gay marriage,
closing the door on three gay couple:;
who had sued the state for the right to
marry. But gay rights activists said the ruling
does not reverse the high court's 1993 that
failure to recognize same-sex marriage
amounts to gender discrimination.
Gay couples win 'equal'
rights in Vermont
In a first of its kind decision, the Vermont
Supreme Court ruled that gay couples must
be given "equal" rights and benefits. The
court stopped short of calling for the state
to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples,
holding that the state legislature
should decide whether to grant the benefib
through marriage or a separate system of
domeshc partnership. Vermont officials,
including Gov. Howard Dean, predicted
the state would adopt a DP system.
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Occasions
Birthdays
Lisa Garrett celebrated her birthday on Dec 26
PUPk rocker Patti Smitt- on Dec. 30.
Orrgmal 'Simpson' Tracey L11'Ilan on Dec. 30
Norman of Toopee's celebrated the big 5-0 on
Dec. 30
OUT ON THE BAYOU
Super singmg c;ensalion Susan Mas.ir sings her
birthday song on Jan. 6.
The one and only Darrell (a.k cl Darla K)
toa~ts his birthday on Jan. 6
DECEMBER 31, 1999 • HOUSTON VOICE
Spot is a year old
male domestic short
hairtcl cat. He
loves to cuddle and
wlll even leave his
food to do so. He Is
an indoor only cat
and is &tterbox
trained. ~e1th app1er ads a jewel to his birthddy septer
onJan 1
CCCC nember Sonny ads a mile on !us birth·
day odometer on Jan. 4.
Singer Michael Stipe on Jan. 4.
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Se11d e-m.ii/ to crobertSli!.lwu~to11vozcc com Fax
713-529-9531 Mai1: Occasions, Hous/011 Voice, 500
Lo-llett Blvd S11ite 200, Houston, Texas 77006. Please
rndude a telephone 1111mber so c>ecnsions can be iierified
and considered far publication.
Houston Voice
coltlntllist Gndy Abel
celebrates her birthday
on Dec. 31.
To adopt Spot, call
the Houston
Humane Society
at 713·434·SS38.
Car Mart
'93 Mitsubishi Eclipl>e
Monrcgo Green w/ grey mrenor.
au1o=t1c, AIC, A!'.1/FM
Cassette. Ocan & sporty fun 1 •
$3500 • For mon: det:uls. c:ill
711660 7746.
'96 Mcrt:ul)' Cougar XR7 • VS.
1..e:uhc:r. pow er package, and
much. much mon:, Srk #26161-1
• S9.97~ • c.atl S:itum of Houston
Sou1hwcs1 Frwy.
71'3777.6100
'96 N1ss:in 200SX SE • l2K
upcr low miles. spoiler. :in<l
many sporty excirmg opuons' •
Only $8,9 • Call Frank LO\e :u
Loncsrar S1ssan-Oldsmob1le.
281 241 '600
'98 Volkswagen Beetle • Blacl.
Only 17K miles. PW. PL. ~P<-'
Cd. k.'t 1his one ukc you back 1
• Sl6.9 • Conbe1 Frank Love
:u l.oocsbr Niss:m·Oldsmobile.
2 1.243 8600
'96 lnfimu I· 10 • Gru."O, sunroof.
le:uhcr, full power pkg. low
miles • S 16.295 • For ioon: mform:
i11on. Cilll Henry Craft at
Archer Motor Sales.
281 445 f>UXl
'97 k1..11 Wr.:mglcr • Black, lors of
fun to dnve, go anywhere' •
S 15.120 • For dctuls, call Hcniy
Crafl :u Archer Mocor Sales,
281 4456400
'91 Oldsmobile Nmcly·Eight •
Gre:ii twg:un m an nffordlblc.
good-dnving vehicle' • Only
S4.995 • To find out more, c:ill
Saturn of Houston - Gulf Frwy~
7139444550.
'9 S:Uum SL-2 •Allio. PW. PL.
uh. speed conrrol. only 2'.?K
miles. Saturn CemfieJ Warran1y
• $12,900 • Call Saturn of
Housron Nonh Frwy .•
281.847 . 700.
''17 Sarum Sl.-2 • 46K miles. uh.
cnnsc:. grc:u fun-dming vehide,
Stk #SI I07 • S I0.975 • Call
Saturn of Houston • Southwest
Frwy. 713.777.6100.
'96 Saturn SL • 4-Door, NC.
grc:u dnvmg econom1cal car
wnh plenty of room • S:lle pnc-.:d
al $5.995 • To dme today. call
Saturn of Humble - Hwy. 59N.
281540 55
'98 Ponllac Sunfire • 4 Door.
pcrfccr car for school. don '1
rruss this one' • $9,898 • For
your 1es1 dnve, see Frank Love
al l.onesrar N1ssanOIJsmobile,
281 24) 8600.
'97 Nissan Parhfmdcr
Champagne, ready 10 go w 11h
lors of c4u1pmcn1! • Sl9,290 •
For more mfonn:lllon. sec
Henry CrJfl at Archer Mulor
Saks. 281 445£1400.
'93 Salum SL-I • Aulo, AIC.
low m1 lcs. very economical
and dependable vehicle • Only
5:\995 • For dcratls. call S:uum
of Housron Kary Frv. y
281 556 1400
·95 Chevrolcr Suburban
I 500L<; •Only WI\ miles. dual
NC & Hear, CD. IOW mg plg •
pnvacy glass, musr see' •
518,995 • Call Salum of
Houston NW290.
281 894.JIOO.
'9.5 Ford fl 50 Exrended Cab •
Cusrom Conversion y./ ground
cffec1s. don '1 miss 1h1s one' •
S 11.995 • S1..-e Henry Cr.1fl al
1\ re her 11.1 olor Sales,
281 44Hi400
·94 N1sSJn \1axun:i • 4-door,
auro. P\\, PL. and much more'
• Only S7 .998 • For mon: mfor·
ma11on. see Franl Love al
Loneslar 1ssan·Oldsmoh1le.
281 2H8600
'97 Toyora LnndCnnser • The
Cn:am of rhe Crop' A one of a
lmd bcauly • S30.595 • For all
rhe details. call Henry Crafl al
Archer Molor Sales,
281 445.6400.
·97 Honda Passport 4X4 • V6,
PW, PL. 1111, cruise. nerf bars
and more! • Sale pnced al only
S 15,760 • A'l fur Henry Crafl
ar Archer Moror Sales,
281 445 6400.
·97 Ford Wmd,rar GL • Grrar.
roomy van loaded wnh many
fea1ures1 Rear A/C • SI 1.995 •
For all rhc: dc-1a1ls. call Sarum
of Houston - Gulf Frwy.
713.944 4550.
'97 Salum SC-2 • Lcalhcr. 5·
specJ. PW. PL. 1111. crw;e, 58K
miles, Cenified Sa1um 12/12
Wamnry • 59,950 • C:ill Salum
of Housron • Nonh frwy.
281.847.8700.
'99 Saturn SL • lih, 5-spu:d.
gre:u vehicle ru a great deal'
Srk.#S 1108-1 • S9675 • For
derails. c:ill Saturn of Houslon •
Sou1hwes1 Frwy .• 713.777.6100.
"98 Dodge Neon • 4-dmr, NC,
auro. good lrall<ponauon at a
dove anywhere pncc' • S8.688 •
To t1..'S1 dnvc, call Frank Love al
Lonesrar N1ssan·Old mot-lie,
28124l8600
'98 Chcvrok.1 Prum • 4-door,
auto, NC, only 35K low miles.
\Cl)' affordable and ccono1111cal
vehicle • S8.895 • Call Salum of
Humble Hwy 59N.
2. I 540.8855
'99 SJlum SL • Ver) econom1cal,
dnve anywhere' • S:ilc pnccd al
onlv S9.995 • For dc1ails and a
1~· dme, 1..-all Salum of Hou.,1on
• Kary Frwy .. 281 556.J-l(X)
'9J GMC Sonoma P/U • 6·
Cylinder. only 69K miles. NC,
bcdhner. very clean !ruck' • Only
S5.995 • Con1ac1 Salum of
How.ion NW290.
281894.JICXl
'95 :0-:issan Exr...'llded Cab Pickup
4X4 • Be<!lmcr and much more'
Gn.':11. go anywhere truck!
SI0,9SS • Call Frank L<we a1
Lone tar Nissan-Oldsmob1le.
281 2418600.
'99 Chrysler LHS • 17K , Supl'f
clean vehicle w/ lo<s of oprions,
Let's do bu"ness! • $24.180 •
C:ill Henry Craft al Archer M\Jlor
Sales, 281 445.6400.
'98 SJlum SL-2 • Loaded w/ all
!he options, a muM sec. great
vehicle, save 1housands! • Only
S 11.995 • Call Sarum of HouMon
-GulfFrwy. 713944.4550.
'96 Sarum SC· I • Black Gold.
aulo. alloy wheels. PW, PL.
O:n1f1<.'d Salum Warranry. a rnUSI
see' • Only S8,600 • c.atl Salum
of Hou$10n • Nonh Frwy ..
281 847 .87(~.
'96 Sruum SL-2 • Power package,
rear spmlcr. ~pony and lots
of fun 10 dme, Srk. #90987-1
• S7,975 Call Salum of
Hous1on - SoulhY.est Frwy.,
711.777.6100.
'97 Ckvy S-10 falcndcd Cab
Piclup • Grc:ir !ruck, auro, V6.
Like 1'ew1 • Priced 10 sell ru only
S I0,988 • Coniacr Fr.:mk Love ru
l.oncMar Nissan-Oldsmobile,
281 2418600.
·97 Fon! Fl 50 farended Cab
XLT • )rd door. many grear
OpllOll.5 and fe:11ure. • $18,120 •
For mfonnation. c:ill Hcniy Crall
a1 Archer Moror Sales.
281.445.6400.
'97 Jeep Grand Cherokee •
\\ b11e. real clean. low 1111les •
S 15.790 • For more mfonn:i11on
and a lest drive. c:ill Heniy Crafr
nt Archer Motor Sales,
2814456400.
'96 Salum SC-2 • Auto. ~unroof,
le:uhcr. pJu, much more. dme m
style' • Only S8,995 • To tc-st
dm"C. con~KI SJium of Humble.
Hwy. 5'1N, 281 540.8855.
'98 Salum SL·2 • PoY.cr srocnng.
JIO"-Cr brake,. ca.~scue. and much
mon: • SI 1.795 • For further
details, call Saium of Hou,lon •
Knty Frwy, 281 556.140.I
'98 Fonl \1ustang Com·cn1tile •
Mo:ullic red w/ black lop and
inrcrior,auto, CD • $15.995 • For
your lest dnvc, call Salum
of Housron • NW290, 281.
8943100.
·94 Nissan Maxim:i • Fully
loaded. rhis one won ·1 slay
around long. pnu:d 10 :.ell' •
Huny! Only S7.498 • Call Frank
Love al l.one>lar NissanOldsmob1lc.
281.2438600.
'98 Jeep Gr.ind Cherokee • Red.
rcal ~harp vehicle w/ IOIS of room
• S 18.860 • Call Henry Craft for
de1a1b ru Archer Mocor Sales.
281 445.6400.
'98 SJlum SL· I • Many exciring
opuons ! Grcat-Onvmg vehicle nt
a gn::ii pnce • Only $9.995 • For
all rbe details. call Salum of
Houston Gulf Frwy ..
7 I l.944 4550.
'97 Toyota Ten.cl • Gnxn. au10,
NC. only 30K low nub. much
mon:! • S8,<)(Xl • For more mfo«
ma11on. contact Salum of
Houston Nonh Frwy ..
281 847 8700
·97 Buick l..cs..hn: • Leather.
alloy wh1:cls, all lhe bells and
wh1'>1Jc.,, a rnusr see' Slk #S 1119
• S 11,975 • Call Sar um of
Houston • Sou1hwc I Frwy.,
71J.777.6J<Xl.
'96 Chevy Bla1.er u; · CD,
alarm. and all lhc hells .uid wh1s·
lies, very nice, clean vehicle' •
Only Sl4.W8 • For d1:1ai1,. call
Frank l.ove a1 Lonestar N1s.s:mOldsmob1lc,
28 I 24 l861Xl.
'95 Ma7Lla 626 • PW, Pl~ 'Jill,
cruise. and many gn:ai IC:i1urcs •
S:ile pm:ed at only S8.595 • c.atl
Hcniy Crafl at Archer Mowr
Sales, 281.445 6400.
'94 Fonl Escon S/W • Aulo y./
full poY.er p;K lagc. A rrue 111us1
see 10 apprcclatc 1 • Sale pnccd
ru only S1,995 • Call S.uum
of Humble • llwy 59N.
281.540 8855 .
'96 L.cxu' [~') JOO • Pearl wh11c,
loodcd. CD & casscue, lea1her,
al) lhe OJlllOOS, CXlrJ cJC<Ul1 •
SI 8.W5 • f·or mfonnalmn. c-.tll
Salum of llo1L\lon • Kruy Frw y.
281 556.1-llXJ
'94 lnfinou HO • Rc'll w/ hcigc
lcarhcr mlcnor, CD, sunroof,
only 62K 1111le.,, musr see' •Only
Sl2.995 • Ju Im ume for Xmas.
Salum of Hou ion • NW290.
281.894 3100
'95 GMC Yukon 4X4 • l..caiher.
one owner' Like new! Sa\c lhou·
sarid'' •Only Sl6.998 • To find
our 1mrc. conla(;I Franl Love al
Lonesrar N1>san Old1mobilc.
281.2418600.
'97 GMC Bravada • Low miles,
lca1her. CD, PW, PL. 1111. and
much more' • Sl9J60 • Ask for
Henry Cm fr al Arc h<:r Mor or
Sales. 281.445 64<~
·9g Saturn SW-2 • Grca1 dnving.
'Cl)' affordable and 1..-cononucal
car. gas and go 1 • Sale pnccd al
ooly 512.295 • Call Salum of
HouMon Gulf Frwy.
713.9444550
'97 Honda CRV 4X4 • Red,
auro. NC. PW, PL, 47K miles,
mus! see• • Only $14.950 •For
more mfonnarion. call Salum
of Houslon - Nonh Frwy.
281 847.8700.
'98 VW Beerle • 17K miles,
alloys. PW, lei rh" car 1ake
you back 1 Srk #S 1117 • Sale
priced al S 15,975 • Call Sarum
of Hous1on • Sou1hwe;1 Frwy.,
713.777.6100.
·97 Nissan Maxuna • Pearl
white. PW, PL. rill. cru1 c,
snappy vehicle! • $17.260 • To
1cs1 dnvc, call Henry Cmfl al
Archer Molar Sales,
281 445.6400.
'96 Toyora Camry • PW. Pl~
T1l1, cruise, grcal vehicle' • A
grcal deal al only S 12,350 • for
dc1ails. ask for Henry Crall al
Archer Motor Sales.
281 445.6400.
'97 Sarum SL-I • 4·Door, NC,
power sunroof, many grcal
op11ons, Salum Cen1lied 12
mos/12 K 1111 Warran! y •
S8.250 • Call Sa1urn of I lumblc
- Hwy 59N. 281 540.8855.
"18 Toyo1a Camry LE • Auro.
PW, PL. uh. cruise. and llKirc.
Dq1cndable and reliable! •
$13,995 • For more, call Salum
of HnU\IOn Ka1y Frwy.
281.556 1400
'96 Lexus ES300 • Chainpagne
w/ Ian leather, sunroof. CD,
pnvacy glas;. only 57K mile> •
Only $ 18,995 • To IN dnve,
call Salum of Housron •
NW290. 281.894..1100
·99 GMC Yukon • The: one and
only. 9,875 low miles. mu t
drive 10 apprecimc! • S26,395 •
Call Henry Crafl al Archer
Moror Sales. 281 445.6400.
'99 BMW 3 I 8T1 • Avus
Blue. sunroof, cass.. Srk
#30067 • MSRP S25.975.
rhis week's special S2 I,
969 • Call Maunc10 Huss·
mann - Advan1agc BMW,
7136538300.
HOUSTON VOICE • DECEMBER 31, 1999 OUT ON THE BAYOU 23
community calendar
(Some events may be changed due to the hohd.iy.)
saturday, jan. 1
After Hours. KPFT 90.1 FM. 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. 713-526·
5738
Q Pat ol walks the streets a l 8 45 p.m 713 528 SAFE
Visual Arts Alhanct" 10 am 28'-583-8408
Oognot~ mass at /·JO pm. for gay Cathohcs. 113-880-2872
St \tept-en s Episcopal Church Rosary at 8 am 1805 W.
Alabama 713 528-6665.
ttouston .. esblan and Gay drop n hot..rs from noon to 4
pm 803 Hawt~orne 713 524 38'8
Piyth1c Fair •nd Whohn1c Health bpo CenterPoint. 1920
l<olhster I• l 9)2 7224
sunday, jan. 2
The Womens Group 1045 am 113 529 85/1
Houston Area Teen Coal1t1on of Homose:icuals meets. 713
942 7002
Rcunbow Riders A bicycle .. lub for women. 713 869-1686
Church of th• XII Apostles Anghcan Rote Old Catholoc
Church Holy Commun10,.. 10 30 a m at 239 Westhe1mer
7131665· 7903
St Stephen·s Eposcopal Churth. Hor; Rrte Euchans1 I at
7 45 am; Holy Rite Eucharist II at 8.55 a.m.; Education
.,our at 10 a.m.; Choral Euchari\t at 1 • a.m. 1805 W
Al•bJm• 713-528-6665.
Maranatfla Fellowship Metrnpolitan Church •preathmg
tho Gospel" Boble study at 9 30 p.m. 713·528 6756
ResurrectlOI" MCC Strv1ces at 9 am and 11 a rn. 713-861·
9149
Grace Lutheran Church. Sunday school for all ages at 9·10
am Servic. at 10.30 am. 713-528 3269
First Unitaoan Urnverul1st Cf\urcf\ Serv1cts at 9:30 am.
and1130am
Community Gospel Service at 11 a ~ . 7 pm Sunday
Scliool for choldrer> 4 305 Lolloan 713-880-9235 or
wwwcommun1tygospel org.
Houston M1ss1on Church Service at 10:10 a.m 713 529·
8225
Covenant Baptist Church SefVlce at 1 30 p m education
hour at 3 pm. 713 668-8830.
Bering Memorial l.lmted Methodist ChLrch. Services at 8
30 am., 10 50 am Sunday school at 9 40 am 713 526·
10t7
Resurrection MCC t-iandbell Choir retaearsal at 1 30 pm
713 861 9149.
Unnanan Fellowship of Galveston County. 402 Church St.
1n Galveston Servoce a t 10:30 a.m. 409-765 8330
fa1tti. and Hop~ Fellowship. Servtce at 11 a.m 713-510·
7847
First Congregattoral Churct-i (Memorial). Service at 11
a.m 713-468-9543 or fcc·houston org
Church of Kindred Spmts (Beaumont). Service at 7 p m
409-835-4765
UmtJnan Fellowship of Houston Adult forum at 10 a m
Service at 11 a.m. and .-ioon. Open Cucle famdy Support
at 12·30 p.m. 1504 Wirt 7•3-686·5876.
lntNfa1th Worship CcJebrat10,, 7 p.m. 2515 Waugh Or.
713-528 3601
Thoreau Unitarian Umversal1st Congregation Adult dis
cuss1on at 9 45 am service at 11 a.m 3945 Greenbr ar
Stafford 281 277 8882 www neosc'l com/ thoreau.
monday, jan. 3
Gay Fathers/Fathers F rn support qr u~ 8 pm 713 861
6t81
Calendar/Computer work.shop for Pude Week. 1 p m 71 J.
529 1221
Gay Men Survivors of Domestic Violence support group
713-526 10'7
Beung Support Network Gnef and Divorce Gro ps at 7
p.m. 113 526-1017
Frost Eye Ointc frel" eye exams for people with HIV 113
830-3000
AIDS Caregovers' Support Group. 6 pm 713-732 4300.
H.IV testing free from AVES from 1 pm. to 6:15 p.m 713
626 2837
FrontRunnotS 6 30 p 'Tl. 7U ~12 8021
Kolbe Prowct Euchamt at 7·30 p.m. 713-861 1800
lntl•gr.ty Houston For gay and lesbian Episcopalians 1 30
p.m Autry House. 6265 Mam
Mor< Loght Presbytoroans Mcet•ng 1110 Lovett 9:30 pm
281 <144 886' X309.
Black lesbian and Gay Coaht1on's weelly mee-t1ng at 7
pm. 803 Hawth< rne 7'3 524 3818
Houston lesbian and Gay Community drop n hours from
6 to 9 pm, 803 Hawthorne 713·524 3818
Classic Chasm. Car Oub. Monthly meetmg at Blue Agave
GVBUICKllaol com.
t uesday, jan. 4
FREE HIV testing at Oub Houston at 8 30 pm to rn1d
f'1ght the Montrose Clinic 713-830-3000.
Helping Cross Dressers Anonymous. 7 p m. 239
Westh0tmer. 713-495 8009
Gay Men HIV+ PsydlOtherapy --Jhe Survivor's Circle• ceremony
and celeb1at1on. Montrose Counseling Center at
4 30 p.m. 713-529-0037
Youth·Rap. 6 30 pm. 713-1122 8511 .
Aftercdrt" Group Treatment. Mont rose Counseling Center
at 6 p.m. 713-529-0037
AIDS Alhance cf the Bay Area. 7 p.m 7•3-488·4492
PROTECT. An HIV--negat1ve support group at 7 pm 7"'3
516-1017
Women Survivors of Ch1ldhrod Abuse Montrose
Counselong Center at 6.30 pm 713-529-0037
Beung Suppo1t Network lunch Bunch Gang at 1 1 a m
713-526-1017
Gay Men's Process G1oup. 7 p.m, 3316 Mt Ver"'t.OJ" 7t3.
526-8390.
Men's Network Discussion group for social eduut1 >nal
development of gay and bisexual men, 7 p m Montrose
Counsehng Center 713-529-0037
More on Relationships 01scuss1or group 7 p m 415 W
Gray 713-861·9149.
lambda Skating Club skat6 at 8 p.m. at the Tradewmdl.
713 523-9620
Gay & 81 Male Support Group suppcrt group forming
Sponsorod by AVES 713 626 2837
Houston lesbian ilnd Gay Commun.ty Center drop tn
hours 6 to 9 pm; Lesbian Corrnng Out Group meets at
7:30 pm 803 Hawthorne 713 528-3818
wednesday, jan. 5
Free HIV testing by the Montrose chmc at Mary's ,4 -8
p m ~and M1dtowne Spa (8 p.m to midnight), and
Ropcord (9 pm to modnoght).713-830-3000
81Net Houston 7 30 pm. Soc1cll meeting at Clf~ Tooprcs,
'830W Alabama. 713 467-4380
Women's Network. 7 p n Muntrose Counseling Centei,
701 Rochmond 7'3·529 0037
HIV survivor support group 7 p m.. 7 • 3 782--4050
Mind/Body Connection Alternatrve Approaches 7 p m
1475 W Gray 713 524-2374.
Pro1ect: Coeur 1 pm AFH, 3203 Weslayan 713-623 6796
Out Skate Roller>katmg Cub, 8 to 10 pm at 8075 Coo•
Road 281 933-5818.
Houston Lesbian and Gay Commurvty Center drop·tn
hours noon to 9 pm Comput • Cass 7 to 8 pm 803
Hawthorne 713 524-3818
thursday, jan. 6
Free HIV testing at Toyz (9 p.m. to m1dmght) by the
Montrose Chmc 713 830-3000
Ar1Labs The Art League at 1 pm. 713 225 941 t
Gay Men's Olorus of Houuon. Open rehearsa1 at 7 p m
713·521·7464
HIV+ Men Psychotherapy. Montto~ Counseling Center.
1 •s p.m. 713-529 0037
R~laipse Prevention. Montrose Counseling Centier. 2 pm
713-529-0037.
Aftercare Group Treatment. Mont rose Counseling Center.
6 pm. 713 529-0037
Women·s Therapy Group Montrose Counseling Center.
S 30 p m 713 529-0037
Center for the tlealmg of RaCtSm. 7 30 p.m. 713 738 RACE
FrontRunnen at 6 30 pm. 713-522-8021
HIV Art Course Program 1 to 4 p.m Patncl Palmer at
7135261118
Women's C m1c Montrose Ch~1c. 713-830-3000
Faoth and Hope Fellowship. Boble study 7 pm. 7' 3 520-
7847
Commuf'l.1ty Gospel Choir practace. 6:30 pm ~rv1cc at
1 30 p rr. 7' 3 880-9235 or www commumtygospel org
lllV/AIOS Support Group 2 30 at famoiy S.rvoce C..nt
71Hl61-4849
Womens HIV/AIDS 5uppon Group. 4 30 pm Farmly
S.mce C..nter 713 247-3810
HIV AIDS SupPof1 Ciroup 7 p m Family Service Center m
Conroe 88$ 247 3810
Housto,, Lesh~,,. and Gay Commurnty Cent drop tn
hours 6 to 9 p rn 7• 3 S24·3818
friday, jan. 7
Housto" Arca Teen Coaht1on of Homosexuals (HATCH l
meets 113 942 1002
Aftercare Group Treatment Mortrose Counseling Center
at 6 p m 71 l 529 0037
Frost Eye Om1c Free eye exams for people With HIV. 7 tJ
830-3000
lesh1an Avengers Cafe Toopees, 1830 W Alabama at 7
pm
0 Pauol walls the streets at 8 4S pm 71) 528-SAFE
K lbc Pro1ect Park Plaza Hospita v1s1tat1on 713-861 1800
Posit ve Art Workshop 1 pm. to 4 p m. Patrn.k Pa mer at
713 5261118.
Lesbian and C'.ay Vo1Ces. KPFT 90 1 FM. 1 pm 713 526-
5738
MoYte Time ot the Kolbe Proiect- 7 30 p m 713 522 8182
Life Beg ns at 40 Pot luck dinner 6 30 p m. 1440 tlarold.
71352&1017
M shpachat Aunm Shabbat S.nnces. 8 p.m 713 748-7079
C<K!ependents Anonymous 7·30 pm. at MCCR 113-861
9149
Houston L~1an and Gay Community Center drop tn
hours 6 to 9 pm. 713 524 1818.
Healing Eucharist at Ch--1st Church Cathed1al 7 pm 1117
Texa< 713-222-2593.
Community Awareness for Transgc:tder Support (CATS)
monthly meet ng 409 927-1705.
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My StarsL _
YOUR WEEKLY HOROSCOPE
by JILL DEARMAN
Dec. 3 I - Jan. 6, 2000
ARIES (MARCH 21 ·APRIL 20)
The new moon falls in your career house on Jan. 6, so get focused about
what you really want to do for a living. It's a good time, too, to print up
some business cards and let the right people know who and where you
are. Make your presence known, especially to a Leo.
TAURUS (APRIL 21 ·MAY 21)
Jupiter moves forward in your house of the unconscious, so write down
your wild fantasies and listen to what your dreams tell you. In love matters,
it may be time to commit rather than stay on the fence. A relationship
with a Capricorn may not completely make sense, but it sure
could make you happy.
GEMINI (MAY 22 ·JUNE 21)
The moon will be in your house of love Jan. 3-4, so it could be hard for
you to concentrate on work-you'll want to concentrate on another
Gemini. But you could do extremely well financially if you hook up with
the right business partners. Just be sure to follow through.
CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 23)
You have the resources to move on with your life and make the changes
you've been too scared to make in the past. Friends can be a great
source of support. The new moon on Jan. 6 falls in your house of love,
so cuddle up with someone you care about, maybe a Libra.
LEO (JULY 24 · AUG. 23)
You should keep plugging away at the projects that give you the most
JOY and the greatest sense of integrity. Stay quiet for awhile. You know
who to charm and who to stay away from. Not everyone has to love you
Let them go and focus on a Capricorn who does.
VIRGO (AUG. 24 • SEPT. 23)
Mercury (your ruler) moves into your house of creativity early in the
year, so try your hand at writing something clever. It's also a good time
to spruce up your home and give yourself the sense of safety and beauty
you need. A Sagittarius, by the way, would look lovely in your bed·
room.
LIBRA (SEPT. 24 ·OCT. 23)
Family members can provide you with important information in the
days ahead. Pick their brains. You' ll get lots of insight. Build on your
strengths: your creativity, your love of people and your belief in true
love. You and a Cancer can make beautiful music together.
SCORPIO (OCT. 24 • NOV. 22)
It's fine for you to get into a little mischief. In fact, those closest to you
(and your newest fans) are wondering what crazy scheme you'll pull
next. But with Venus in your money house, you should think long and
hard about how to make your dough grow. A Pisces has faith in you.
SAGITIARIUS (NOV. 23 • DEC. 22)
Jupiter (your ruler) brings you luck in all of the arts, especially the performing
ones. Consider getting on stage and letting your bawdy and
righteous sides shine. These days you're hard to resist. An Aries appreci·
ates you· in and out of costume.
CAPRICORN (DEC. 23 • JAN. 20)
The new moon falls in your sign on Jan. 6, making this a power-time for
you. Other people look to you for answers and advice. The more you
give, the more you get. In love, you should take charge. Do some secret
rituals to build your willpower; a Scorpio won't resist.
AQUARIUS (JAN. 21 · FEB 19)
Mars in your money house promises great rewards for your hard work.
People expect you to ask for what you're worth. You're extremely sen·
sitive these days, so keep your nearest and dearest on call at all times
(especially a Pisces). A psychic breakthrough is coming soon.
PISCES (FEB. 20 • MARCH 20)
Enjoy the lighter side of life: Read more, see more movies, hang with
your friends. You've isolated yourself in your dream world for too long.
The more objective opinions you hear, the smarter and more successful
you will be in the months ahead Learn from a Taurus.
Jill Dearman is the author of two new books, NQueer Astrology for
Men# and NQueer Astrology for Women.# For information on charts
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Announcements
Prism
PRISM is an employee network
for employees of Equilon
Entcrpnses LLC, Motiva
Enterprises, LLC Equ1va
Services LLC, and Equ1va
Trading Company. This net,.,ork
JS open to any employee of these
companies and includes Gay,
Lesbian, and Bisexual employees
and their fncnds. The nuss10n
of PRISM is to provide suppon
for members and co-workers,
promote equality for
employees regardless of sexual
oricntallon or gender idcntificauan
and create awareness in
management of issues and concerns
affecting people in a
diverse "'orkplacc inclusive of
sexual oncntation and gender
idcnufication. For more informatJon
call Jim at 281.544.8138,
Robcn at 713.241.1238 or Dick
at 281 544.8730.
STELLA LINK
SEVILLE
JANUARY 9. 2000- Stella L1nlc
Seville, Candidate for Empress
XVI of the RSICSS will be hosting
a candidate show entitled
"Millennium Madness", held at
the Brazos River Bottom. Show
tJme 1s 8:30 drag .iandard time
p.m Some of Houston's biggest
and bnghtest stars will be performing.
Draft Beer and Hot
Dogs. Benefactors for the show
arc Emperor & Empress XV for
their stepping down at
Coronatton XVI.
Place To Play?
If you play bass/acousuc guitar,
brass or keyboards. a gay
Chnst1an praise and worship
team needs you Call
713686.7735.
PROTECT
PROTECT provides a safe place
every Tuesday at Bering
Memorial United Methodist
Church, 1440 Harold, for HIV
negative people to share their
cxpencnccs in a cffon to understand
and change behaviors that
could lead to infcctJon. Visitors
and new members arc welcome
at every meeting. For more
information. call 713.526.1017,
ext. 211.
DOMESTIC ABUSE
Gay Men Survivors of Domcsuc
Abuse offers suppon for gay
men who arc 1n a current or past
relationship with an abusive or
violent partner. For infonnation
or asscSliment/screcning. call
Russ Rob1nen al 713.526.1017,
ext. 211 . Leave your name and a
safe telephone number where
your call can be returned
Community Resale Shop. 515
Richmond has been providing
clothing to people living with
AIDS for 14 ycan. We urgently
need fall clodlCs. Open 11 a.m.
to 5 p.m. except Sunday.
Purveyors of couture to starving
artists of all ilks. Independent
501 (c) (3).713.528 2555.
Education
Spanish Classes
Alfredo Samano
B.AJM.A.
Conversational Spanish • Beginning
Spanish • Intermediate
Spanish • Spanish College
Instructor • Individual or
Groups classes • 713.521.7805.
Entertainm£nt
Alfredo Samano
B.AJM.A.
PianisUOrganist
Holiday Panics, Dinners.
Company/Corporate Events •
Weddings, Anniversancs,
Rcccpuons. Over 30 years cxpencnce.
713.521.7805.
Employment
CARTER & COOLEY
Busy Heights area deli needs
counter help. Apply in person •
375 W 19TH Street or call
Doug at 713.864.3354.
Window Media
Window Media, the pubhshcd
of the Southern Vmcc (Atlanta),
Houston Voice (Houston)
Impact News (New Orleans)
and eclipse magazine is cxperi·
cncing unprecedented growth
with ambitious plans for the
future. Talented, hard-worlang,
creative and dedicated individuals
arc constantly in demand as
opponuniucs arise within
our publication areas: Sales,
Adnunistration, Circulation/
DistributJon, Ed1tonal, Design/
Production. If you arc interested m
a career path with a growmg organization,
please submit your
resume to: Window Media.
Attn.: Human Resources Dept.,
1095 Zonolitc Road #100,
Atlanta, Ga .. 30306.
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NEED SPACE?
Seeking motivated massage
therapist. personal trainer, nutri tionist
and other health therapists
to lease space in a new
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Historic Heights location.
Convenient to Downtown,
Montrose, River Oaks. Fax
inquincs to 713.426.1258.
MIDTOWNE SPA
All shifts and positions. $6.50
per hour. 3100 Fannin. Apply in
person only
WAIT STAFF
Wait Staff needed, Evenings 4
p.m. 6 nights • Mon-Sat •Apply
in Person • Josephine's Italian
R1storantc • 1209 Caroline <I
Dallas • Behind the Four
Seasons Hotel• 713.759.9323.
Resurrection MCC
Houston. Texas is seeking a
director of Administration and
Accounting. Please contact us at
713.861.9149 foqob dcscnption
and application
RESURRECTION
MCC
Expencnced musically degreed
individual to direct and administer
the music and worship program
of Resurrection MCCHouston,
Texas. Full time •
Contact us at 713.861.9149
or mccr@neosoft.com for
an application.
Nightingale Employment
Services (Division of NADC) 1s
a non-profit organ1zat1on that
provides job seeking skills training
and placement assistance for
persons with HIV. For more
infonnauon call 713.981 1543.
EROS 1207
Houston's newest crouc boutique
super store 1s now accepting
applicataons for energetic
sales staff • Full/Pan-time,
excellent opponunity • Apply in
person, 1207 Spencer Highway,
South Houston, TX, IOAM to
2PM, Monday through Friday •
713.944.6010.
BASIC BROTHERS
Now accepung applicauons for
Management positions and
full/pan-time Retail employment.
Prior retail/sales experience
and computer knowledge a
plus • Come join our team and
cnJOY one of the best benefit
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Executive Director
Houston based pnvatc foundauon
is looking for an Executive
Director posnion • Accounung,
wnt1ng, propeny management
stalls needed. • For more informatJon
call 713.861.7063.
Home Improvements
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Home Rcpat.r Service • 40 Years
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Moving Services
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Pets
The Homeless Pct Placement
League 1s a Houston area, nonprofit
animal welfare organ1zauon.
HPPL provides for the
rehabilitation of stray and abandoned
dogs and cats through its
unique foster care program. All
animals arc spayed/neutered and
have their first set of shots. For
more mformation call
713.862.7387 or view website at
www.HPPL.org
The Spay Neuter Assistance
Program will provide FREE
spaying/ncutcnng, rabies vacCJnations
and city licenses for animals
belonging to qualifying
low income dog and cat
guardians. For qualifications
and transponation infonnahon
please call 713 522.2337
Professional Services
BODY WAXING
Personal groonung by Dale •
Waxing specialist & licensed
Cosmetologist • Pnvatc Location
in Montrose • Call for
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Real Estate For Rent
Heights 2/1 $575+ electric •
New pa.int • Carpet • Central
AC/H • Security Gates • Small
complex • Gay managed/
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Heights House• Charming 1920
bungalow with many upgrades •
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dishwasher. Central
air/heat. No dogs/ $990. per
month. 713.426.0319.
DECEMBER 31, 1999 •HOUSTON VOICE
HEIGHTS
UPDATED GARAGE
Efficiency • $400/mo • Bills
paid • Low Deposit • No Pets •
Available Now • No lease
requtrcd. 713.8629775
MONTROSE
Commercial & rc,1dent1al for
lease • 2 SUllCS 675 & 875 Ml
ft .(S700 & $90CVmo), 211 1500
<q ft ($1100/mo). Jn 875 <q ft.
($900/mo). All available now.
Reduced S for qualified
non·profit orgs. Hollyfield
Founda110n 713.523.6900.
MONTROSE
Large 2BnB unit in 3 unit tropical
compound with pool.
Hot tub, sun room, centrals.
Fresh paint, carpet & hardwoods.
Owner/agent 713.529 9304
MONTROSE
$100 OFF FIRST MONTH'S
RENT One bedroom in small
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• $200 deposit • Convenient
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GREENWAY PLAZA
3308 Branard @ Audlcy • I/I 8
$475. per month• $150 deposit•
Free basic cable • Move in special•
Agent 713.524.9660
Apt. 4 Lease • Montrose
New ITllnt-blinds /carpet • $495
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SI 00 off move-in special •Agent
713.524.9660.
Exccuuve office sublease $250
per month. • One office in a very
nice building located West Loop
610 near Bellaire Blvd. • Private
entrance & suite number. • Call
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Real Estate For Sale
LIVFJWORK LOFfS
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MONTROSE
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• I bedroom • Lots of potential .
Call Alan Morlan or Bob
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MUSEUM
S60's • I bedroom • Nice Unn •
Call Alan Morlan @ 713.
520.8888.
HEIGHTS
SISO's • 2-3 Bedroom • 2 in
bath • 2 car garage • Townhouse
• Pauo and landscaped counyard
• Close to the Boulevard & 19th
Street shopping. Call Alan
Morlan @713.520.8888.
Looking for a home on the Nonh
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Agent Keller-Williams Realty
your Real Estate specialist,
281.364.4862
Roommates
1400 RICHMOND
SGWM <eeks roommate (nonsmoker/
drug user) to share 2/ I
apartment. • Includes cable,
sccunty gates, and pool • $375
month plus in of utilities •
713.520.7662.
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Island House • South Beach's
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• Rooms & Studios • Complimentary
Breakfast and weekend
Happy Hours • Walk to everything
• 1428 Collins Ave. •
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WAIKIKI
Luxury ocean view • 18th floor •
One bedroom condo in Waikiki •
All amenities, fully furnished,
including linens and remodeled
kitchen. • Lovely terrace looks
out to Diamond Head. • Secure
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$99/night (double), 10 day nuni·
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information email : glarp@carthlink.
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Volunteers needed at the Gay &
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HOUSTON VOICE• DECEMBER 31, 1999
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
The new millenium is quickly approaching.
We are kicking off Danburg Campaign
2000. I appreciate and look forward to
your continued support. Please call
(713) 52-Debra and sign up to volunteer.
I need your help!
713.520.8068 District
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CALL FOR BUSINESS CARD DISPLAY RATES
INDIVIDUAL RATE ADS
Up to 20 words for S7.00 per week Additional words at SOt each per week
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Additional words __ x 50¢: ___ _
Bold head!~: lOO (pet week)
Giant headhne S.00 (per week)
BUSINESS RATE ADS
Up to 20 words per w>ek.
Subtotal. ___ x
Total. s
#of issues
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Additional words __ x 60¢ per word (per week): __ _
Bold headline: 300 (per week)
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