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HOUSTON
May 31, 1996
ISSUE 814
A W ekly Community News Publication
Mission: Impossible
Review Page 21
State GOP Rejects Log Cabin Ad, Says
No to Booth
In nn unprecedented mow to stific dissent \\.:hm the party
r c\aS GOP lc.tdcrs ha'c reJccted a Ga) Republican group's
request to have nn cxhibu booth nt the state Rcpublicar
con,cntion. according to a kner from the state GOP organ1zatmn
released b) the group, the Log Cabin Republicans or l e\ots. I he
swte GOP has also refused a lull-page ad,ertiscmcnt for the
convention pro~ram submiucd b~ the Log Cabin Republic,m$
I he part)\ decision comes just da)s after a landmark ruling b)
the United States Supreme Court that Ga)s and Lesbians could
not be excluded from the political process simpl) because of their
sexual orientallon.
"The party's decision to den) a Republican group a displa) booth
at the state con\ention is an unprccc.:-dented act of c'clusrrm," said
Dale Carpenter, noting that e\cn pro-choice groups \\ho disagree
"ith the part) 's st.md on abortion are perm111cd booths at the state
con,cntion Carpenter is the President of Log Cabin le\as.
"We're not asking for 'special nghts.' We're Republicans asking
for the same opportunit) to be heard that other Republicans ha'e
rbe part) ll~USt make room for those \\hO dbagree. [hat'> \\b3t
the democratic process is a ll about" Carpenter noted that e\h1bit
booth nppl1cations have been routinely accc:ptcd from other
politi«•I l!roups and commercial \endors wnh no relat1orsh1p
"hatsoevcr to !he pan) .
If this ts the first shot ma rene\\ed ·c~ ture \\dr' ag nst ga)s and
lesbians. 11 l>as badl) misfired. It comes at the "orst po .''let me
for the par!) , m the middle ofa president ~I c.impa1gn m \\hich
our pany 1s alread) seen as intolerant. P. s aLUOr mdicates that
some part officials ha' c no patience for those \\ho agree \\uh
them regardi"g the c1\ll nghts of ga)s and lcs1'1ans. said
Carpenter
On ,\ pn I I, l og Cabin applied for an e\h:'llt boot.h at t!'c state
GOP convention The group sent in their npp·1cation a ong "1:'1 a
check for S400 to CO\cr the booth fee Carpenter confirmed
acceptance of the booth app11cacon in a telephone call to
JonJthan Gurn 1tz sc\er.il da)s later Gurn 1tz ts exh1b1ts
chairperson for the part> Subsequent I), the state par!! cashed the
chec~ subm1ned along" uh the booth application "As far as Log
Cabm is concerned \IC had a deal," sa1'1 Carpenter an attorne) 1~
I louston. 'l'o:ow the pan 1> backing out on us \\Ord· log Cabt~
also subm1ned a full-page ad, en sement for inclusion m the state
mm cnllon program. Again, Carpenter c;infirmed rcce pt and
acceptance of the ad the nc\l d3) "1; a pan) offic I.
In ' rue o f the agreement and mc lus1on of other roups s tate GOP
cxrcutl\ e darecror Barbara Jackson sent .i letter to the log Cab 1 ~
(Continued on Page 171
Voice Welcomes New EditOrl
Deborah Monenef Dell uetiv st and \\rtter
has been named ns editor .:if the lfo11ston
J 01ce Bell succeeds Sheri Cohen Darbonne
\\ho has lcll thc \-01ce after over 6 }cars as II>
editor A welccunmg reception m honor of
Bells appointment will be held on Friday
Ma) JI at the l/011ston ~ 01ce offices, 8 I I
\\ esthcmicr Suite I ()5 from I to 3 pm
her)onc 1s 10\lted to stop b} to meet
Deborah and en JO) refreshments "ith the
staff
A history of ae11vis111 m both paid and
'oluntcer pos11101h tn community and non ..
profit organ11at1ons has pro\ldcd Be ll \\1th
\\Cll·proven ab ilities in \Hiling, e diting a nd
media relations. She has w o r~ed as an
Dehoralt Bell
assistant to d~ editor fo~ techn1c.' Journal
for an intern.111onal prof es 1onal o ~1zat1on ,
cJueJ a bi-annual repon of contnbutor; to
elected official>, and has \\or~ed on coun•'css
newsletters for the: ~ational Orr,amzat• n for
\I c men ('JO \\ ). One of the founders d
\\ 0\1) 'Sl'ACI, m 1984. a femm st
collccll\c \\Or~ing to provide space and
acti\ ities for "omen in a chemic&: y-free.
safe and supporti\e en\ aronmcnt, she helped
de,elop and name their newsletter, The
\I A">D (W0\1' ">SPACE ,\ct1vit1cs and
'•h,orking Director)) She SCC\ed on it's
editorial board for a number of) ears.
Bell also ha, been a popular raJ10 co-host
and commentator for the comrnunit) affi11rs
programs, "\\.' ildc 'n' Stem .. and ''Lesbian and
Gay Voice>." on KPI 1 radio, 90. I fm
Community involvement has inc luded
ser\ ing as co-chair of Houston's Lesbian and
Ga~ Pride Week m 1987 and 1988, scrvmg
on the boards of the ~1ontrosc Counseling
Center the \lontrose Actl\ tty Center and the
\\omen's Lobby Alliance She has been an
officer ofllou<ton Arca ~0\1, a State officer
of Texas '0\1 and a member of the
\\ omcn·s Group at the l mtanan Church
since the late SC\cnt1cs Aside from the
volunteer activu1cs, Bell's 1mpress1ve talents
ha'e benefited \!other's Against Drunk
Dm mg and the llenng < ommumt) Scrv ccs
l·oundallon m employed posu1ons Not the
lcasr of her accomp· hmcnts ~as been the
upbnngin!( of l\\o sons, •.lSO" and le hn both
grov.n and 'Out ol the J,ot.: c than
goodncs\1' exclaims Be..'!
·1 he 1993 ,\larch on\\ ·"hmgtun for I csbmn
l < ont1nucd on Page 20)
()lliccs RI I Wcsthc1111crSiutc 105. HoustOJ~ TX77006
Bering Care Ccnta i.1 pn•scntcd "' Ith a $41,000 check ra i~cd by thi., )Car's
Soiree Aubergine. Shown here arc (/-r) arc John Gonzale;, Bill Kersten. lee
Daris. Robert Meyer and Barry Petree.
Soiree total exceeds $40,000 again!
8oos1cd by 1 s1gn1f1ca I con1r1 u11on
from TGRA Houston Chaple for the se<
ond year tn a row Smrec Aubergine s IY96
fundra sing: efton on beha f t Bum,:
Conmunll Scn1cc Founda ion ha\'c
e•c edcd $40 000 once agam Th •• r s
total c~ $41 000 1hc sec nd htghc an the
groups f, ye h IOI\' and br ngs c com
munllv s t a ontr ~J ion 10 found
•ion pro ram!i 1hroug:h So ~cc to er
Sl59 0 0 In addui 1.1 un~.r" I a
tuod cos1 usoc iatcd "'1,h the Be m Adu t
D > l a c C cnte nutrH un r~ogrn ;n for 1ht
vcar funds raised 1hrou,:h Soiree \ 'Wiii also
pc chase 1he remaining equipment 1ccdcd
t c ~plc:e 1'1c rec.cm y rcno\.a•cd Care
Ccmcr Kuchen and assist an a rcno\'allon
tontr ~Jllons
pc or cc by a
h s of 101 a 11 _b dcr and .t:n ertarn
c In add ' on to 1he S.Jftpor of ... ORA
Phones H(lll<;IOll (711) 529-l\.t'JO Natio1m id· o~rn 729-8-190 Fax (71 ll ,29-9,11
HOUIS l\lond.l) tluouglifndl\ 9(Xl t m to' 1tlp rn Dt."'ldlirr, 'vl .. rrd;i:. ;, r
"PROl DLY TELL 'Et\1 \ Ol SAW IT IN THE HOLSf0'-1 VOICE!" v
Hou t ".'I Ci uce V rece ved s1gn1flean1
suppon 'r m "'om11\.inll} organ1Zatrnns
inc Jdtng RSICSS aid Mont osc Softball
Lea~u- and f om corp ;-ate sponsors Bis
1ro CJ1s1ne Cuy Streers (' n incnta
Airlines Gentry House of (olcma and
Lea er b" Boats As n P~" ~us ) can fun
d a sing \;osts "-UC undcnuuu:n by Soi
rec Acber~ c Hos1 Commn cc fees and
sponsLrs m kmd i.:ontr !)u1 ons allo•
mg :oo percent of mon cs raised to be c.on
tributed ..-cct y to Benni C .>mmun111
Service Found11 ~n
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Date: Sat. & Sun. June l & 2
Time: 9am - Spm (both days)
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• Fully Automated • Up to 160 dozen
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Ask for W illiam " Bill" Johnson, Ill
U you would like an cveni hsted m this section,
please feel tree to call me H 529 8490 or la~ 1he
facts 10 me at 529-9531
Friday, May 31
•Borders Bnnk Store Ga)'/Lc.sb1an Book Club
meets ll the E'ipresso Bar at 9634 Wc.1o1hc1mer
Call 782·6066
• HIV Art clancs a1 the Art Leii.guc. Call 523
8817
• HATCH meets Call 942 7002
• 12 step program at Montrose Counseling
Center. 6 00 r m Call 529 00.17
• Aftercare Group Treatmenl al \.1onlrose
Counseling Center 6:00 p.m. Call 529-0037
• Housron Tennis Club meets a17 15 p.m. Cali
527 1348
• Q-Pa1rol meets 10 walk the slrcers 11 lO JO
p. m Call 528 SAFE
• Free Buffc1 al 1hc Bruos R1nr Bollom
4 00 p m.
•The Women·, Group meets iill 10"4~ am. Call
129·R571
• Using the Resource\ of Bu\rncss lncuba
tors to Accelcra1c Bu\1ncu Growth Lunt..:h·
con at 11:45 Call 932-7495 X 42.
Saturday, June 1
Ht 1J~ton Cham Gang Bicycle Club rides
Call 863 I 860
•After lfour.; on KPr:-r 12J)l a.m. to 1:00 am.
90 I F\.1 Call 526·5738
• Gulf Coan Transgender support group
meets Call 780·4~82
• Q Pa1rol meets 10 v.alk the suceu at 10 JO
p m Call 528 SAFH
• Visual Ari Alliance meets at 10 00 a m Call
583-8408
• Determ1n1ng Your P.n1repreneunal El.po
nents for Scarfing a Busmcss 9 00 a m. Call
912 7491 x 40
• Mr Chances C'on1c~1 11 Chances 9 00 p m
Ca 5217217
• hlanJ Art f·cs11"¥al otl (i;ll'llt!Ston'a Pier 21
1000 am Call 521 OIJl
• hlmi .at 1hc Mu.;;eum ol Fine Ans Super Fly a1
7 30 pm and Foxy Brown .ill 9 30 p.m Call 639
7515
Sunday, June 2
PFLAG meet\ at 2 00 pm Call 867·9020
• Houston Cham Gang Bicycle Club meeh
Call 863·1K60
• Front Runner\ mttt at 9 00 a m. at the Tenm~
center in Memorial Park. C1ll 522-8021
• HATCH meet> Call 942-7002
• Inner Loop Sunday Bowling League Call
522·9612
•Out in Ft Bend meeh Call 344-06)8
•Brunch at 1he 611 12 30 pm S3
• S1cak. Night 11 the Brazos River Bollom. 6:00
p.m 10 10 00 p.m
• Mon1rose kc P1d) skare at noon Call 629·
1432
* Pool Tournament 11 Chance~ 6:00 p m .
• Hous1on Tennis Club meet~ 11 10:30 a.m
Call 537 1348.
• Mr. Pnme Choice Conte~t at 1hc Ripcord
9.00 pm Call 521-2792
•Island Ari Fesuval 11 Galveston·s Pier 21
II 00 am Call 5l1·013l.
• Fihm at 1he Museum of Fu'lt Ans: Super Fly at
5:0:• pm and Fo'y Brown 11 7:f)J p.m Call 639·
7515
• Montrose Softball Lngue plays at Memorial
Park fields 4 &. 5 10 00 a m
Monday, June 3
• Greater Houston Gay and Lesbian Chamber
of Commerce meets at b 00 p m For info call
523-7576
• Gay fathers F;a1hcrs Fust supporc 1roup
8 oO pm Call 861 6181
• JkartSong open rehearsal 11 1he F1rs1 lJm
1u1an Church 11 7 :00 p m Cal S26-9095
• Calendar/Compu1cr workshor tor Pru.Jc
\\'eek 7 110 p m Call ~i9 1223
• Pos111vc L1v1ng Group at '-f..,nt osc C'oun
schng Ce"lter 2 1 ~ 1, m Call 119 0037
• Outpauent G. up Treatmcn• al Mon1rosc
Counsehnt Center 6 oo p rn Call 4jl9-0037
• Womc, ind HIV AIDS Group at Mon1rose
Counschn1 Ccnrer 6 I'\ r m < '\2t> 17
• Mei Surv von of SeJLual A~usc Group a1
M1 '"'OU ( •unsclln1 Cenrcr 6 I~ r m (
~29 0037
• Lcsh1an Sun von f Cani;:cr .. nd ~h- r uc
rivers II MonUOSC C unstl nJ ( cn:cr
6 30 p m. Call 529 0037
•Men 1 HJV Group at \1on1rn'c Cuun'ielmg
Center. 7 00 p.m Cal 529·0037
• Pool Tournament al the Bruos River Bot
tom. 8 00 p. m Call 528-9192
• Free HIV Teuing and Counseling by the
Montro.sc Clm1c at lhe Brazo'i River Bollom
4:00 p m. to 8·00 p.m.
•Queer Nation meelS at 7.30 pm at 2700
Albany
Tuesday, June 4
Pride Convrurtee of Hou~on meets at 6: 30 pm
Cao! 529-6979
•Helping Cross Dressers Anonymous mee1s
u 239 Wcsthe1mer 8:00 p m Call 495-8009
• Bi.s1~ Computer Skills Class at the Kolbe Pro·
JCCI Call 522·8182
• Southern Country gives dance tenon at lhe
Ranch 9200 Buffalo SpccJway 8:00 pm
•Gay Men HIV+ P'i)Cho1hcrapy 11 Mon
1rose Counseling Center 4 .30 p m. Call 529
0037
• Ou1pa11en1 Group Trea1men1 11 Montrose
Counseling Center. 6 :00 p . m. Call 529-00]7
• Aftercare Group Trea1men1 at Montr111ie
Coun'ielmg Center. b :OO p.m Call S2C) 00)7
• AIDA Alhan'e of the Bay Area mee1s at 7 00
p m Call 488·4492
• Empowerment for LI\ ing meet\ for pot
luck Call 861-9149
• PROTECT support g:-:>up meets at 7·00 p ~
Call 520· 7870
• Free HIV tesung hv 'he Montrose Clinic 11
Club Body Center 8 oo pm Call ~10 208)
• Women Sun1vors of Childhood Abuse at
Montrose Coum.c• ng Center 6 10 p. m C
529 oon
• Survivors of loss suppnrc group meets al
8 JO p m Ca.I 778·2677
• Free Dance Lessons and Karaoke a1 1he Hra
ios River Bo11om 9 30 p rn Call 4i28 9IQ2
• L1\le Jan :11 BonJcrs Book Slwp. (~II 182
60()tJ
• Eas)' Yard Mam1enancc tor 1hc Home Owner
ill l.c1\ure Learnini? l'nl1mt1ed Call ft77
1981 x 1211
Wednesday, June 5
Rex Reed <rcak at th,. Mu\eum of Fme Arts.
7 00 p rn Call 639 7530
Houston Gay anJ Lesbian Pohucal CauCU\
meets at 7 30 p.m. C1ll 521 1000
• Hou'ilon Tenn1!1 Club mceis at 10 30 p.m.
Call 537 1348
• Shiela Lennon performs at Ch1nces . 9 00
p .m Call 523·7217
• Houston Pride Band prac11ce\ 11 D1gn11y
Houston . Call 524 ·0218
•GLOBAL meet> at 4 00 p m Call 743-7539
• Women's Ac.11on Coah11on meeu a1 Toopccs
7 00 P m Call 867 9181
•Men's Network al Monlro'ie Cnun\el1ng
Center. 7 00 p m Call 529 0037,
•Houston Tennis Club mec1s It 7~15 p.m Call
537-1348
•Lambda Rollcrskaung Cluh skate\ 11 8 :00
p .m Call 933 ·58 18
• women's Network at Montro'ic Counsel
ing Center 7 00 P m Call 529·0017
• On11'.01ng Mu.ed living m ProcCS\ Group for
rnen and 1,1,omcn Call 622 7250 tor more mfo.
• Ll\llRg wuh Chrome Pain at Montrose Coun.
seling Center 9 30 p m Call 529·0037
•Aftercare Group Treatment ll Moncrosc
Counseling Center 6 oo p m Call S.29 0017
•Women's Issues Process Groufl at Mon1rose
Countcl1ng Center 6 JO p m. Call 529·0037
• Women's Ac11on Coahuon (WACl meets at
7 00 p.m Call 867 9~81
• Lesb11n1Biscxual sur\11vor' at Montrose
Coun\chng Ccnier 6 10 p.m Call 529 0037.
• Bt·Ne1 of Hou\1on meeu al 1 00 Pm Call
467 4)80
• Accelenlcd Spani~h tor Beginners oet I.ct
sure Learning tJnl11n11ell Call 877 198! x
401 l
• Devclop1ng: Business Sk11ls workshop
7 15, m Ca' 912 74 ''~ X 4 8
• Wme Tasung at Charley c; .517 by Leisure
L,.,;arning l ~l.n· ... :! 11 S71 1981
• lh)l.1$100 Arta lkJr \ Dine Ou1 II 7 •Ip m II
ZuLu s Call 86 7 9 23
• F"tc Srop Smokin~ C'.Jucs O) AIDS f unJa
11 l Hous. n ;1 nd B11Jy P sll ve ' 00 rt m
Cal' 621 6"796
Con 1nueJ 1 Page 4 )
Relationship Series
What are the keys w .uccess·_> And where
doe' the gay and le!!.h1an community get
them·> MCC ol the Resurrection (MCCR)
niters a solution. Each Wednesday eve·
mng 1n the month ol June MCCR will be hosting
.1 lecture seru:s on relationships pre
«nted by Patrad Vachon
Pat1 ><k " a Certified IMAGO Rela1>on'
h1p Therapist The Inrntute for IMAGO
Relatwnsh1p Therapy ts directed by Dr.
Harville Hendrax, author of the books
Geumg the ltn·e You "'am and Keeping the
I .ole You Need . Patrick has specialized m
relat10nsh1p therapy for same sex couples
for several years 111 Houston.
Part One, June 5, will examine why we fall
111 lnve. Part Two. June 12. examines why
we overreact to s11ua11ons. Pare Three,
June 19 examines the b6is1c human desire to
enter a relat1onsh1p and our fears of it Part
hrnr. June 26. teaches beuer commun1-
ca11on skills to assist 111 all of our relation\
h 1ps
Donations ol $20 for the series or $5 per
sessmn are suggested. MCCR 1s located at
1919 Decatur, one block ott Wash111gton
al Wh11e. For more 1ntormat1on contact
the d1urch oll1ce a1 861 9149
Women's Center Offers
Group for Men
I he llou~ton Area Women's Cen1er0 s
OfAWC) rape cns1 .. prosram has formed a
new 'upporl £ roup for male survivors uf
sexual assauh. It l!i dc~igned to provide a
s.1te. cnnfu.lcn11al environment for men
10 ia.Jk ahout 1he1r e~perienc.:e and their
:u 1uu:lcs 1n <.c•t:1e1\· around the i<>sues of
male sexual assault
The group will hcg1n mee11ng in June at
llAWC JOJO Waugh l>nv~- All '>Crv1c.:c:-. _.re
w11hou1 charge and confidential. For
nHnc 1nforma1inn call Diane Williams at
sn 6798 ext 246
AVES Counseling and Testing
Amigos Volunteers in Educa11on and
S<r'IC<' (AVES), a Houston based non·
protu agency providing a var1e1y of serv·
ices to individual\ living with or
allecte<l hy lllV, now ofle" anonymous
,.111.J conf1dent1al HIV counseling and
1e~11ng at their ott1ces in T"'elve Oaks
To-.er 4126 Southwe>t Frwy #1717.
fesung hour' are Mondays and Wednes<
lay' trom I unlll 7:00 p.m hy appointment
only A $5 dnnatuu1 1s suggeMed and park-inv
"tree Call 626-2837 to schedule an
appointment or for more information.
Chamber Dinner
June 3 1s the date set for rhe next Greater
Hou\lon Gay and l.eshian Chamber of
Commerce quarterly dinner with speaker
meeting featuring Tom Britton. a
nauonally known protes'>1onal speaker
wlHl promises lO .. Bring us Magic ,"'
lie will .. how us how to capture the vision
for individual succe!is ant.I explain the
ABC's of making 11 happen for you
Please RSVP to the GllGLCC hotline at
523-7576, pres. opuon I. The cost os S20 for
members and $25 for non-members and
wolf be held at the Doubletree Hotel, 400
Dallas St with registration and networ~
ing beginning at 6:00 p.m .. entertamment
and social at 7:00 p.m. and dmner
and speaker at 7 30 p m
Galveston Gardens
The 3rd Annual Back Gardens Tour, sponsored
hy Clean Galveston. is planned for
th" weekend with nexl weekend held for
ra1n<lates . Discover wonderful design
ideas and corner the owner' of the'e private
home gardens for their gardening
lips
The gardens will he open Satun.Ja) from
10:00 a.m . un111.5:00 pm. anJ SunJa) from
noon w 5 00 p rn T1d.:t::t' are a\ailahle
from Clean Galveston at 2106 .Seawall
Blvd Telephone (409) 762-3363 tor more
inlnrmataon
Power Brunch
l he llou,1on Gay and l.esh1an Pol111cal
Caucus and the Texa' Hum;.rn R1gh11;, Foundation
are hostang a Power Brunch featuring
a ~pec1al question and an~wer session
w11h former t• S Drug C1:ar, R tt:e tfni·
ver'!I)' Professor and probable May ..
oral candidate. Lee I' Rrown
Planned for the River Cafe, 3615 Montrose
Blvd . Sunday June 2 lrom 12:30 p.m.
to 3:00 p rn. ·nie cost os $35. Plea'e RS\'P at
527 8695
G&L Fun Day At The Gallery
The Earth Galleries. 2~ ! 5 W Htllcornbe
(at Korby) wolf ho-i a Gay and Lesbian Fun
1 Day wuh collec11ons ol perrnnal hygiene
1ten1' for the Smne Soup and proceeds from
donated painting and 203 ol gallery sales
aho going l<l Stone Soup
Music and !leverages will be on hand and
rhe tes11vu1es are planned from I ;00 p. m.
unt il 5 00 p.m Sunday June 9.
Clinton def ends support of
bill outlawing gay marriages
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Thursday,
May 23 (AP)-President Clinton
defended Thursday hiS support of legislation
that would allow states to outlaw
same .. sex marriages and deny recogni·
11on of gay marriages allowed in other
states.
Despite that po<ition, Clinton insisted,
.. I <lo not favor d1scnm1nat1on against
people because 1hey are homosexual."
Clinton was m Milwaukee for a meeting
with German Chancellor Helmul Kohl.
The two leadel'li spoke at a joint news conference
but a question-and-answer session
th.at followed was dominated by
U.S. domestic poh11cs. Clinton fielded
questions about Republican proposals
to cut aas taxes and outlaw same-sex marnage
s.
Kohl looked amused at umes as Clinton
fielded electoon·related questions.
Gay right' groups that have supported
Clin1on are furious at the White House
announcement that Clinton would sign
the boll The president accused Republi·
cans of pushing the measure m hopes of
winning an election 1s1;,uc
"And lel me JUSl say, even though I will
sign this bill ••• thi> is hardly a problem
that is sweeping the country," Clonton
said
Antic1pattng that gay mamages may
soon be teealized in llawai1, a bill pro·
posed in Congress would allow states to
reject same-sex marriages performed in
other states. But 11 wouldn't block any state
from confemng us own legal status on
same·sex unions.
The bill also defines marriage as a union
between a man and a woman.
Let's keep it simple, shall we?
We're Here!
We're Queer!
We've MOVED!
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HOUSTON VOICE I MAY 31, 1996 5
Power at the Polls: new survey paints portrait of gay, lesbian, bisexual vote
Wash1n11on. D.C , April 2S, 1996 Now
1ha1 the primary season 1s effectively over,
1hc major poli11cal parties are planning
election stra1cgy Which states and const
ituenc1cs will bring victory'> Which
states and voters need attenrion? And which
can be written off?
But a new survey, released by the National
Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), for 1he
first time paints a portrait of a political
consutucncy that Democrats and Rcpublicanc;
ignore a1 their own risk .
"Power Al 1he Polls· The Gay Lesbian and
Bic;uual \rorc" ic; based on exit polling data
from 1he 1992 and 1994 electJons . The da1a
wac; originally collected by Vocer Nev.s
Service (VNS), a major national polling
organization. and until now has remained
largely untapped by the media_ The rcpon
wa< produced by 1he NGLTF Policy lns1i-
1ute NGLTF 1s a non-parcisan organiza
lion. The gay vote sun··ey 1S dn analysi~ of
gay. lc\b1an a,d bisexual voter demogra phic\
poluu:al pcrliuas1ons and voting
pattern~ It provide~ the first statistically
reliable picture of self-identified
gay, lesbian and bisexual voters,
•·we are releasing this report at this criti·
cal time becau~c gay issues have exploded
into the 1996 presidential campaign in an
unprecedcn1ed way:• said John D'Emilio.
NGLTF Policy Institute director and
author of the rcpor1 "After a generation of
coming ou1 of lhe close1, gay, lesbian and
bisexual Americans arc nocking 10 the
poll ins b<HHhS ••
The VNS 1992 0111 polling da1a 1s based on a
nattc.lnally rcprcsenta11vc sample of
I S,488 vo1ers. The poll allowed gay<, les bian\
and bi~e~uals to identify 1hemselvc\
for 1he t1rs1 time m a presidential
elec11on Some of the ma1or finding~
in1.: lude
Gay, lc\tu.in oand 1)1sc,ual \Clf·iden11
l·cd ... ocer-. con1,111uted 3 2 percent of the
1n1al \IOlln{! popula1ion in 1hc 1992 elec
tmm. Thctl 1\ rouihly the Sile of the national
Latino vote in the same year, more than double
1he size of the Asian vote, and slightly less
1han the Jewish vote. It's also as large as 1he
old s1aple of American poli1ics, the family
fann vo1e ... Because we know tha1 fear s1ill
keeps 1he majori1y of gay people in 1he
closet. this figure of 3 2 percent must be
considered a floor rather than a ceiling, and
a basement floor al 1hat,'' said D'Emilio.
"In other words, the total number of these
voters is certain to be higher than three percen1
and 1s likely 10 be considerably
higher"
-The gay. lesbian and bisexual vote can be
decisive in urbanized states. The self·ident1fied
iay vote is not e\·enly disrribu1ed
throughout the population , hut ins1ead 1s
heavily concenua1ed rn ci1ies . In 1owns
w11h a popula11on be1ween SOOO and 10.000
people. 1he c;elf 1dent1fied vote is sligh1ly
more than one percent But in cuies with
popu lall o ns belween 250,000 and
.500,000 , 1he figure rise ... rn more than eight
1 pcr1.:ent •As 1ime goes on and more i;;mall·
town residents come out , this figure will
grow. But the urban concentration means
the ,:ay, lesbian and bisexual vote can be the
margin of vic1ory in key c;tates," said
D'Emillo ''It can also make 1he critical dif·
ference in many Congressional races and in
stale and local elections as well." D'Emilio
pom1s ou1 1ha1 eleven stares with urban areas
and well -organized and v is1ble gay. lesbian
and bisexual communities-such as
California . Ne"' York, Illinois. M1ch1-
gan and 01hers-rogether pro\11de 49 percent
of the 101al electoral .,.oic Add any 1wo
other i;;1a1ec;, and a candidate wins the pres·
1dency
The selt· 1dent1tied gay. lesbian and
bisexual vote 1s al~o a younger \IOte, and \!rill
rne\11ably r:ro"'n 1n " Because of the
1.:hanJ!CS provoked m American life by 1he
gay .tnd le\b1iln 111ovemen1 younger .,.otes
arc \1gn1f11.:an1I)' more likely 10 \cit 1den
11ty 1han are older \Oler,," \;Ud o·Em11lo In
comp..ul\on 10 the o\crall '<'Olinr popu
la11un . the ~elf 1den11l1ed vote 1s under·
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represented in the older-than-60 group. is
concentrated in the under-40 group. and is
represen1ed especially heavily among
vo1ers younger than 30 "Gay voters
already cons1ilu1e five percen1 of the
under·30 voter~:· said D'Emilio . "As our
issues continue to have high visibil11y 1n
national and sta1e poli1ics. there is every
reason to believe the proportion of selfidentified
voters will tzel larger over
time:·
The gay, lesbian and bisexual voter displays
a clear pol111cal profile The polling
data shows the gay \/Oler leani;; hea\·tly toward
liberal positions on key 1s~UC\ The gay
vorcr is more likely 10 fa·oor more go,·ern
ment services and htgher tu.es tu pay for
1hem. downpla~ the importance of deficu
reduction, support greatc-r access 10 health
care. blame government neglect rarher
1han a decline in moral values tor liitlCa.al problem'i
. believe that government should
encoura@:e tolerance of diverse value systeils
, and suppor• c onunued legalila
tion of abortion "' In other ~ord\ this 1~ the
profile of a politically pro1reH1ve constituency;
· 'iaid D'Emll10
The survey also details who gay \·oters vole
for. In I 992,Clinton received 43 percent of
the tmal popular vote. but 72 pcrcen1 of 1he
gay. lesbian and bisc.ual vo1e Only Jewish
voters and African - American voters
provided Clinton 'Wllh larger margins. The
gay vote for Clinton c;urpassed 1he percent·
age of '<'Otes he rccel\·ed among union house·
holds and Lal inos
But. cautions D'Emiho. the ~a) \.Ote 1i;; not
guaranteed to an)'· cand 1da1e "It the onl)
two options m 1996 were to \IOte ~moc:rauc
or Republican , the stor)' "'ould \eem to be
O\ler But 1a)·. le\b1an and b1su.ual voters
have a 1h1rd (np110n. 1hc) can s1ay home."
said D Emilio
Evidence lrom 1he 1994 eled1on~ \Up·
porl'i 1h1" d\,..erlHHl In lhr mrdlerm rJrc
1100~ . when !?dY l\\Ut' rece1\ed ks\ iUlen
lion than m 1992, .-nd \\hen d1-..ippomtmcn1
was ~till he!!ih horn 1he Clrn ton Admin1"
rration's support of 1he "don't ask , don't
1ell" policy, 1he self-1den11fied aay, lesbian
and bisexual \IOte shrunk by more than a
1hird . "It still remained a heavily Democratic
vote. but there were a lot fewer \IOtes
cast,'' said D"Emillo
Whether voters stay home 1n 1996 or rush 10
the polls depends on several factors said
D'Emilio . Will 1he Democra1ic parly
act1'<'ely coun the f!ay vote, or simply rake 11
for gran1ed' Will 1he Republican Pany cas-
1iga1e 1he gay communny hke 11 did m 1992.
or 1ry to a\oid polarizing social l"sues" Will
1he extremist Chrasuan Right make gays the
target of their rhetoric. and thereby gal·
vanize ga)·s, lesbians and bisexual 10 come
out and \·ote., Will iay organaza.tmns succeed
n their plans to coordinate massive
voter reg1strauon drives, and v.rll rhey be
able to mob lize those \olers"'
'"In other words. the Republican Party can
antagonize the gay\lote or •ry to neutral
1ze u ;• said D Emilio "The Democrat1c
Part) can effect' e:) mobilize n or v..atc.h n
slip a"'ay in macuon To a degree rhe sur ~
vey confmns 'What \\e ha\ie ._nown onl> m1u -
11ively-bu1 ne\er had s1at1st1cally \la
ble da1a to prove" said o·Emilio 6-There 1s
a gay. lesbian and bise,ual \ 'OIC . It 1s ,:rowing.
u 1s concen1ra1ed, and 11 1s sull unla·
pped"
The surve) was relea\ed 1oda) a1 a Wash
ington DC press conference. which also
featured a reporr by Carmen Vasquez. ,
direc1or of public pollq . Lesbian and Gay
Community Sen1ces Center New )ork
Cit)" , on the "' Promote the Voic' 1ay. lesbian.
bLsexuat and uans1enJer riarional
\'Oler registration dn' e. and Tony \'al en
zuela and Brenda S'humacher. co·cha1rs of
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Lesbians and Gays are
without Due Process
The pos"b1l11y of 1he S1a1e of Hawaii
legalizing same·sex marriages has
caused quite a stir among religious rad1·
cal> They lhrnk 1ha1 1heir rnrn1u11on of
marriage 1s somehow thrca1ened Oy two
men or two women being able to marry one
another While many of us very much want
lh righ1 and are wa1chrng hopefully for
passage of 1hc= Hawaiian law, we are not
"Very opum1st1c .
B> expanding the marriage contract
hetwc:en two consenting adults and the
State to include same-sex couples 1s not
only granlrng righ1~. bul add11Jonally
conveys the re!'lpons1bilu1es
involved in such a partnership. Taxes.
'"'urance coverage. rights of inherit·
ance, and other financial rcspons1bll·
mes would be mauers that would make
their marriages advantageous to everyone
Lesh1an, Gay, 8JSexual and
Transgcndercd persons are denied
certain rights of c1t1zcnsh1p in this
country the .'lame a~ convicted crim1·
nals Criminahi are allowec.I to marry
another conicn11ng adult (of the other
gender) while lhey are rncarceraied,
even ii both parties arc in prison . While
our ~c:itual relations arc con\1dercd
criminal m 'onu~· Males. we do not have to
he- tound guilty 1n a court ot law to be: c.len1eJ
our rights. We arc without du~ proce!ios. It
we are m face criminah, then charge us
'A-llh a crime. But do not deny U!io, otherwise.
law abiding. tax paying c1t1zens
our const1tut1onal right\ based on the
prc1ud1cc and d1scriminJtion sane·
turned hy and perpetuated hy "ome p1rn·
pie ',"' called " rel1g1ou' belief"" The
JUd£ment of our moralHy hy these closemuu.
led homophnhes h hugely ofh:ns1ve
10 the many people ol fa11h m lhe l.IGIBlT
Community and to all ol us who believe m
'eparallon ot Church and S1a1e . The
Mctropoluan Community Church of
the Resurrecuon founded hy Gay Min
JSler Rev. Troy Perry along wi1h olher
J~n3m1nat1ons. recognize same-sex
par1nersh1p w11h "Holy Unions" or
··commumcnt Ceremonies."' These
include branches of more maini;trcam
churchC\, i;-,uch a' Unitarian Unaver
... a1i~t. Method1i;t.., Lutheran. Ep1scopahan,
& Presbyterian as well as some
Jewish synagogue. The trulh JS 1ha1
... ame-scx marriages already exist m terms
ot religious rituals bul none are recognized
as legal rn any of 1he Un11ed
1 Sures . F1r't cou,ins are not permuted
to marry one amllher 1n some states, hut 1f
first cousrns marry m a state where It IS
legal, their marriage is recognized in all
50 s1a1es. Many siaies have already Slarled
proposing laws that would mean same·
sex marriages performed legally lit any
other Slate would not be recognized in
that state .
At least five to seven legal documenh
have to be drafted be1ween same- sex
domesllc partners 111 order co establ1~h
protections that are granted auto·
ma11cally 10 maleJtemale coupleo;; when
they marry. Even then. we are not aUorded
the same privileges or protect1ons
granted in legal marriage If lhe downfall
of civilization being caused hy homo·
sexuality were the case, as some have
charged, ii would have happened a long
tame ago, as II has existed a' long a' human·
k111d and 1s h1scorically well documented.
The love and commitment I have with my
panner, equals 1f no1 surpasses any such
partnership between a man and a woman.
We get up 111 the morning, go to our jobs,
spend lime with our friends and families.
are active Ill the community. grocery
shop. do our housework, pay our bllh,
tale care of each other If we are 111, clc.just
like other tam11ie..,_ If anyone 1s
fr1gh1ened by 'uch ordrnary day rn day
hfc. then I am very sorry for lhem Our sex·
ualuy " a private mauer hetween the
two of U\ and need not concern 1hem
In addition to the right lO have our inti·
male rela11onsh1rs honored 111 legal
marriages throughout th1.., country, all
'odomy laws 'hould he repealed . l.e>b1·
<1no;; Gays_ Bisexual~ and Tr;11at:,en
dered rnd1v1duah should ~e allowed 10
ser"'·e openly 1n service to their country tn
the military if that is their choo~ing
President Clinton needs to rea,!'.ert h"
promise of eliminating the Milllary
Ban 1ns1ead of letting the rid1culou~
"Don'1 A,k, Don'! Teti" policy con·
1Jnue Lesbian, Gay, B"exual and Tran
t;gendered service memhers have and
DO, serve their country with honor and
dign11y The UnJled Staie' Governmenl
ha~ no business legitin11zing d1:>crim ..
ina11on . No one 1\ a\kang for special
rights, we arc only asking for protcc11on
from d1i;cr11111nat1on . We wan1 the right
10 our homes, our JObs, our children, and
our pursuJI of happiness. Our very lives
are a1 stake. as evidenced by 1he rise rn
haie-cnmes agarns1 UG/B/T in 1his coun·
iry. Thal 1s 1he bo11om·l1ne of 1he so·
called "Homosexual Agenda "
How can anyone so smart say
something so dumb?
Former Rhode> Scholar and Pres1den1
of 1he Un11ed Su1e;, 8111 CIJnion· ·
quoted from ncwsconferencc 1n May
1996
'Well firH of all , as I undersland JI,
whal 1he bill doe<··lei's make JI clear
As I undersiand JI, whal 1he bill does " 10
state that marriage 1s an 1ns111ut1on
between a man and a woman that. among
01her thrngs, JS used to bring children
rnlo lhe world bul 1he legal effec1 ol lhe
bill ·as I undersund ll, lhe only legal
effecl of 1he bill JS 10 make JI clear 1ha1
!'tiles can deny rccogn1t1on of gay mar·
riages that occurred mother state!). And 1f
!hat's all JI does, !hen I will sign 11. Now,
havrng said 1ha1, I do nol favor d1scnm·
rnallon agarnsl people becau\C 1hey're
homosexual.'
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Son's Horizons Not Broad
Enough
I was in Beaumont about a week ago to sec
my youngest son receive an academic
honor at that cuy's Central High School.
Not 10 be outdone, his brother had some·
thong to show off, too. "Take me to drop off
my film," he begged
This os my traveling man-child. I have
" taken him to drop off"' cani sters of film
he snapped of monks and girlfriends in
The People's Republic of China, artost·
welders m lllinoos, aunts and "friends"'
on New Mexico. streets, schools. and kids
asleep m dorms on New York City, and the
brick. wall view of his kitchen window in
San Francisco. The remarkable thong is
not that he os pu rsued (all expenses paid)
by colleges and universit ies in all these
places trying to romance horn to their
rnstitullons, no. The rema rkable thing
IS that when he &etS home Wllh his film he
can' t get himself to the drug store to have
the pictures he took developed .
This os my nonmaterialimc (he trav·
els wnh a few drawing pencils and a Call
Home phone card) dosdaoner-of-status
and lover of the planet , Zen Buddhist son.
Parr of his religion involves respect for
the environmenc and so great 1s this
re.peel that he does not drove (" It depl·
etes the natural resources of fossils and
causes air. noise and nerve pollution ."
ll1s mother\ nerves , that 1s) .
"So will you take me 10 Wal-Mart'"
Wal-Mart! Wal-Mart? Last tome I was in
that town there was no Wal-Mart The bog·
gest commercial business was the
"Bobby·Q Stand" That's the place where
all the lmks were made on the spot. Lmks
and robs, "Bobby·Q Bones," that
wouldn't quot tasting good until about an
hour after you were through eating them.
They were cooked. sold and served by a
lady who was black. and thin as scissors.
She kept herself "all doodoed up" and of
her name wasn'1 Hazel 11 should've been
Wal-Mart?
"Not JUSI ' Wal Mart'-n's a Wal-Mart
Super Store! It's open twenty-four hours
and it has everything! Everybody goes
there It's so popular you have to call
ahead and reserve a parking space. I mean,
everybody in Beaumont goes there
every day• People pack lunches and drove
on from Raywood and Saratoga and
Honey Island 10 see u You owe u to yourself
not to moss 11. It 's like going to Pans
and bypassing the Louvre, u's like going
to London and mossing the bridge. It 's
like going to the Galleria and avoiding
Ne1man's to come all the way to Beaumont
and th en mus our new Super store!"
I dropped horn off at Wal·Mart. I never
found out wha1 pic tures he was having
developed, but I thin~ that boy needs to get
out more . Out of Beaumont, out of East
Tex3'. He needs to broaden hos horizons.
He should try La Capua/ (Mexico Coty)
next I bet he'd love the bazaars
New Developments in Neartown
The Neartown As"1c1ation reports that
the ""ne" of Roch's, a popular ought·
cluh 1n lhe Midtown area, are redevelo·
ping lhc old Tlla's restaurant huilding
m the 700 hlock of Wes1he1mer The)
plan to open a ma1or new nightclub. The
club ts alread) m possession ot a liquor
permit, and the redevelopment seems
imminent
Neartown has a blankel polic) of f1gh1
ang any new liquor permits 111 the area
lhe assoc1atwn say!rl ll has received
many call$ conoplamong of the elfect such
development will have on Avondale and
the hoard 1s reviewing the process b)
which a liquor permit was granted before
1he Nearto..-..n A'suc1atrnn, or sur·
roundrng property owners. learned of
the plan'
The parking loo the new cluh will t>e on the
~outh side of Wcstheimer in what 1s now a
row of vacant lol!'\. Ncartown view, this a~
a positive step to keep cars off rhe res1-
den1tal \treets, hut 1s concerned with the
ind1cat1on of the number of parron~ the
cluh owner\ ant1c1pa1e
Robert Waters. a partner (or former
partner) ol on R1cl"s Cabaret on Roch·
nwnd 1s attemp11ng 10 purchase a pint of
land het"ecn Korhy and Greenhroar on the
Snuth\lcSt hec"•Y (l'S II") 59) on
order to optn a scx.ually oriented hU\I"
ness Water~ 1s trying to secure both a liq~
uor pc1m1t and a sc\uall~ oriented
bus111ess permit Just outside the Neartown
boundaries, anJ a more 5 blocks
from Poe Elementar) School, Neartown
s board 1s interested in the oprn
ion~ ol us rncmhcrsh1p in 1h1s matter
The) are \lllrkong w11h the Boulevard
Oaks Assoc1at1on in an a1tcmp1 10 per
!iUade Mr. \\.'attrs that 1s current location
is s1mpl} not appropri11c
The dehatc over the Westhe1mer Street
Fe" continues. A recent poll sho,.ed that
a strong ma1or1ty ot res1Jcn1S arc in
favor of the feu1val. Neartown remains
offocoally neutral ahout the Fe,t hut has
created a comm1t1ee charged "tth the
authority 10 research and make recom~
mendatrnns on I) How to dramattcally
change the Festival 10 rrotect the most
affected neighborhood' or 2) To 'top the
Festival completel}. 1f the concerns
and suggestions ol thts committee,
upon adopllon. arc not addres..,ed
The tall 1996 Fest and p<»s1bl)' those
scheduled for 1997, have alreaJ) heen
perm11ted by the cit) The ex1,ting com
m1ttee created last year to negotiate
volunrary compromi,es on conduct of
the l'est "Stoll operating. It os chaired
by former Neartown President Annn1se
Parker. and 1s cur1entl) worling w11h
Westhe1mer Sercet l·est Inc lhe fe!'.ll·
val organ11ers
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~luch to lhc chagrin of compeling ncl" orks,
CBS ""' lhc victor m lhc highly contentious
efforts of all networks to \>OO Tom S•ll•ck
back lo lhe small screen. Selleck " :1 star m an
as ) et undisclosed sho" for lhc s1ruggl1ng
n<t"ork 10 premiere durmg lhe 1997-98
season. In addition to Sellec~. Bill Cosb} and
Ted Oan)on will be on the net\\Ork·s slate.
C1h hopes 1hc1r marquee 'aluc "111 tran><:end
1010 stellar raungs. \ bd•lin• Kahn relurns
to ~cnes telcv 1s1on m CBS' nev. Cosb) shon
this ran Joan Collins is bemg heavily
considered to play Endora m the big-screen
adaptation of Bc\\Uchcd starring ~l i ci 1
Sil\.tn,tone ~o \I.Ord on \\ho Y.111 portra)
Damn. Real hfc '-YPD delcctl\C Thom•>
\1 ck:enn1 has \\Cltten 1 book detailing his
most grisly cases. "1cKenna has assucd Sean
Penn, John T urturro. \tichatl Douglas and
.\ndy Garcia v. th preparation for their
\atlOUS dctect1\c roles in movies. \lanhauan
l\orth lfom1<1d• 1s published by St \1artm's
Press Simon & Schuster " I release an
apdah:d \CfSIOn of l n/1m11ed Partners Our
American Storv bi Bob and f.lizabelh Dole
Originally released in 1988. lhe nc" ed111on
w be released July 2 Y. orld rcno" ned
Fre~ch chef Julia Child "on the daytime
Emmv for Oulstandmg ~er>1cc ~ho" llos last
week Ch· d's a"ard category "as nol
telc\'1SCd C'ompct ng nominees \\ere Bob
Villa 11nd \ lar tha Ste,.art lhis)ear> Ion)
A"'ards ceremony promises to be more
exc.nmg than recent galas. despite the fact that
Julie \ndrt" ' and her I"'°' l'1ctona en,."\\.
"'II bo)t tt 1he C\nt I he easl or the laiest
Broad"ay smash Rent will perform I vc as
y,111 thc casl of /he !..m11 ~nJ I. I funnv T711n11
llappcneJ Dn the Hur lo {he /· 1,rum and firm;:
m 'da \orse Brmg m 'Ja Funk.. ro mark the
prest1g1ous a,1,ard ceremonies 50th
anmversat}, CHS has snared Liza \1innelli
and Bernadette Peters to sing a medic) to
honor the occasion. "uthan Lane Y..tll host
this year's fesuvilles The Ton) /\\\.ards air
June 2 .. The June 12 performance of Tomm,r.
lhc rock opera by The \Ho. al the C)nth1a
Woods Pa\lhon ha< beeo canceled Refunds
arc available at all T icketmasters. No.
)Oure not inebriated, that really 1s J ohn
\ Va)' nt in those Coors commercials. Thanks
to d1git1zed compuler technolog) similar to
that used in Forrest Gump. the ad's director
\\.as able to make the late actor's appearance
m the spot seen reahst1c The ad"en1sc:ment
nas appro\icd by V.ayne"s estate and Coors
made a 1t.11erous donation to the John Wa) nc
Cancer Institute. a non-profit treatment and
research fac1ht) Christopher Reeve and
llllO have formed a partnership Reeves "'II
mark his directorial debut for the cable
net" orL:. "1th In 1hr Gloaming. about a
"~celchair-bound young man cl) mg of AIDS
\\.ho r11.-tums home In add1t1on. the para!) zi:d
actor w1·· direct an as )Ct untitled romantic
corned) film later this >Car, \Hite a OO<>k and
be heard as the \<lice of King Anhur m the
upcoming animated mo\ 1e The Qu~sJ for
Camtlot. Rob Rtmer "111 direct an
upcommg film based on lhc real fc drama of
lhc murder of \1edgar £,crs Jam•s Wood
\o,.iJI ponra} B)rOn de la Dcd.\\.1th. the man
com 1cted of shooting the slam c1vtl rights
kaJcr in front ofh1s \\.1fe and children Altc
8 1 ld,.in and \~h oopi Goldberg. "ho
portray"s Mcdgar's"1fc.. also star in 1hc ta'\1.Jc
Rock film 'lated for release this ( ·hnstmas.
ABC hm postponed mdefinlld) their plans
for laum.:hmg a 24·hour all nc.:"s 1.:hanncl to
EST. 1 973
compete \'Ith CNN on cable oullets. Media
tycoon Rub•rt Murdoch and NBCs
commitment to debuting their respccti\.C
efforts at rivaling CNN thlS fall has been
at1nbu1cd as a maJor fac1or m ABCs
dect.sion Jon Stewart is bcmi bandied as a
possible replacement for G r•g Kinn•ar for
NllC's /.ater program. Kinncar's big-screen
career 1s rismg and NBC '"ants to be
prepared , Demi Moore will star m R1dlc)
Scot1's GI Jone as a Na-) SEAL. Moore" 111
sha"e. her head to gi\e the character
authcn11cll) • Jeff Foxworthy has penned a
nc" book of down home humor entuled Vo
Shirt \'o Shoes \'o Problem, published b)
Hyperion and currently available at
bookstores. ~x. Drugs and Conrrquences
"the name of an ABC Ne"s Spc<.ial staled 10
air fhursda) June 6 at 7 p.m The special \\ill
prO\.tde a rctro~pcct1ve on the AIDS dilemma
and look at recent de\.elopments that appear
to be promising 8!; a combatant to the disease
Ba rban \\.-'1 lttrs and Morein Fairchild cohoSL
Oa\l id Lindsey \\.111 be signing his
ne\\ bestselling book Requitm for a Glass
l/eart on Sa1urday, June I at the Tanglc\\ood
Super Cro'"" bookstore at I pm Lindse) 's
popular hools place many of the characters m
Houston and Requiem 1s set at an
intemat1onaJ crime summit m our city
.\1o' ng Piclurc's. Demi Moore's production
compan) has alread) purcha.~d the no\. cl for
adaptation to the bigs~rccn . Moore \\.Ill
produce and star in the film ens debut> a
revampc:d \.Cr:tion of Central Purk West, last
)Car's highly pubhc1Lcd flop. R1qu•I W•lch
and Gerald ~1cRant)' ha\ e been cast rn an
effon to boost the "'hmH ratings ·1 he sho''
retitled CPV- . debuts on June Sat 9 p.m and
\\ill n1r (\\1cc \\Cd.I) on Wednesda) and
Frida) at 9 p.m . . Singcrlactres<iac11ml ll<tty
Buckley guests on CBS' This ,\formng
program June 6 at 7 a.m .. Elton John '"'ts
the set of Good lformng 4mmca on ABC
fuesday, June 4 at 7 a.m Dia na Ross and
director J ohn \Vattrs chat \\.ith Oa\. id
Lett•rm1n on Cns• Late V1gl11June5 at 10 35
p.m .... Top of the Charts: Mission Impossible
""" kmg of the box-ofticc and sci a record as
the biggest Memorial Oa~ Weekend opening
of a film in h1~tof) (see re\iC\\ m this issue of
The l/ouston I oice). The Flintstones held that
record until nO\\.. Mission raked in $57 million
over 1he weekend and has tallied $75 million
since its opening last Wednesday T'K-uttr
conunues to force mo\1egoers to the theaters as
C\.idcnced b)' ib impressive third week gross of
S37 million bringing its tolal to an 1mprcssi\.·c
$144 million 10 date. Leslie Ni•lso n's Spy
/lard opened at No. 3 \\Ith SI I mill ion in
receipts ..•. Semftld was the highest rated !\hO\\
accordmg to Nielscns. Bone Thugs-!11-
Harmony's Tha Crossroad<t is the numhcr one
>inglc in the counlry and The Seo" by the
Fueees is lhe b1ggcs1 selling album
Cassandra \\'ilson rules the Jal'.l chans \\.Ith
her single \ew \loon Daughter and Jose
C1rrt r11s Pauton tops the classical charts.
T•rry l\1c.\11llan's I/ow Stella Got lier Groow
(Viking) and Dennis Rod man's
au1ob1ograph 1cal Bad 1s I Hanna Rt
t Delacorte). co-\\ ntten "nh Tim t\.town, ore
the bcst·selhng l1ct1on and non-fictu.m utlcs
according to The Ne\\ York I imc:-i bc~t·sellcr
l1>t. Quote of the \hek: "I'd rather ta/A to a
bag tt-·oman ar 111. wp.•rmarktt rhan a 101 of
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Poll Results Question Clinton's
Popularity
repeatedly intoned during stump
speeches,
The GOP seems to have forgouen that
President Clinton and a Democra1
controlled congress enacted the largest
tax increase 1n history during their
reign. Thal 1s something that bears
repeat mg Ill a po mt of redundancy as tt 1s a
fact that will mdelobly re'<inate wuh the
\'Oters. Clinton and his colleagues had a
1wo year opportunll) to enact welfare
reform and neglected to do so Now he
v.ants to tale credit for welfare reform
efforts m .states like Wisconsin that were
created by Republican governors.
Likewise, they could have raised the mm-
1mum wage during the first half of his
presidency wuh relative ease. Again
they neglected 10 do "" This type of posturing
by Clinton I' typical and to he
expected. He 1s a much helter acror than
Ronald Reagan ever was and should have
no problem obta1n1ng roles rn Holly·
wood once he leaves office
President Clinton's high standing 111
recent polls aside. most American's have
not succumbed to liberal ideology as
some pundus would like to suggest. Jn a
recent Gallup Poll conducted April 25-
28. 01lled as a "nat1onal referendum•
fhlll focu,1ng on 27 1mporrant issues, the
American public overwhelming sways
con~erva11ve on a majority of those
l\SUCS
The poll demonstrates the public s
unwavering commitment and undying
support on 11 Ol3JlH issues by a 2-1 mar
gin. More than 803 of those polled favor a
balanced hudge1 amendment, ra1s1ng
the minimum wage. English as the off1~
cial language and life sentences for drug
dealers. Over 703 favor the death pen·
alty for murderers, congressional 1erm
llmtls voluntary school prayer, rec.Jue·
ing government agencies and a two year
cutoff for welfare recipients.
Mandarnry JOb training and doctor
a,~11\ted ~uic1de were favored by 69% and
683 of the publoc, re'pecmely. In add1·
cron , the public appears to be in agree
ment on ~everal issues that the\· over
whelmingly oppose such a .. 1eia11z111g
marijuana (73S). wuhdn""ing from the
UN (77%), •elling publoc lands (703)
and racial preferences in JObs and
'chools (833) 67% are oppo,ed to Gay
marriages, as are Pre .. 1dent Clinton
and Bob Oole.
rhe lact "that most people 111 this coun·
H) know that .. oi.:1a11 .. m doe~n t work.
l urope '" a pr 1me t''>ample of t he 11/s of
\OC1al1sm-doutile d1g1t unemploy ment,
blcH.:ked private JOb creation. etc.
Ronald Reagan ·, popularny clearly
e'empl1fled that the public does not
favor clas' warfare or zero-\um econonrn;
pessunism So why are the Republ
1ca n \ losing ground and Bob Dole's
campa11n strugg ling ro gain momentum'!
Several reasons
F1r~1 and foremost. Bob Dole needs to
real11e that he will not win the While
House if this clect1on is a referendum
over income 1nequaltty and redistri·
but1on or aus1ere numerical balanced
budget plan,. The GOP"> misaligned
commitment and fixation wuh the balanced
budget issue has cauc;ed them great
consterna1ton and provided an ideal
opportun11y for Clinton 10 look presi·
dential and reasoned It was a mistake. A
m1"ake that can be rec11f1ed D1ffi·
cull'' Yes Impossible'! No Here's how I
believe 1t could be accomplished · The
GOP need' 10 aggressively bring 10 the
forefront a host of issues that President
Clinton cannot waffle on wuhout serious
risk of alienaung his core constitu
ency. In poliuc .. , the ,·actor is usually
the candidate who 'hapes the dialogue of
the campa1an. lhe current resident of
the While lfouse has clearly heen the wm·
ner to date . II the GOP wani. 10 gain
ground, they need to rever~e the t1de and
'take claim~ on sub!ltantl\C 1~sues. How?
Taxes. The l\sue of taxe\ i\ something
every workrng American understands
They are fully aware of the impact that
taxes impose upon them It I\ a winning
IS\UC Ronald Reagan and, more recently,
Chri"1ne Todd Whitman are mode ls of
the benefits o l this issue . Whitman's
1993 gubernawrial win in New Jersey
agarn\t a well finarH.:ed 111cumbent, Jim
!'Iorio , " con"dered by many 10 be the
catalyst that resuscitated the Repub·
l1can Party 10 victory 1n 1994 Wh1·
1man°!'. entire campaign c;tayed focused on
the U\atwn issue and never veered from
1t " You will spend your money more
""1sely than 1he government will, .. she
The puzzling a'pect of Cltnion 1~ his
en<.Jearing popular1ty amongst the
electorate when he campaigns Clinton
, as President , never could mu,1er
approval r.attngs O\er 50" in opinion
polls. In fact he has had the lowe't poll
rattngs of an) pre,1dent , cons .. 1enth
tor mo~t of his term, hovering around th~
lo"' to mid 40 percentile range He 1s an
etfcc11Ye camra1gner and .. eem~ tn ha"·e
an uncanny abil11y a1 man1pulat1ng his
negatives 11110 ro,1t1ve .. Jn my oprn
ion, Clinton's pnpular11y says more
about the public s acquiescence than
their steadfa't allegiance 10 h1~ cand1
tL.u.:y The tac1 that < hnwn 1s c.:ampa1g n
mg on Rcpuh lu:an <hemes has also heen a
cnntrihu11ng facior.
The soon to he former Senator Dole
need' to buy some Lnerg 11cr bat1er1es
and start campaigning w11h a fer"or The
aforementioned poll sho""s that when 11
comes to l\SUe~ . he has the upper hand
Add111onall) the poll confirms that a
clear maJOrlly \l.aOl !<i governmen1 less
involved w11h 1he1r l1\'e~-ho1h financially
and in personal mailers . Dole
should disavow government intrusion
into peoples private lives, i.e. aboruon
and homose.uality "sues, and focus on
the economy, crime and foreign policy.
If the GOP truly believes in removing the
government oil of the backs of the pub·
Ire, then they should prac11ce that maxim
on the personal front as well.
Dole needs to offer clear dis1rnct1ons
between him and Clinton , Th" should not
be d1fflcul1. Dole 'hould promise the
American people that he will provide
them with tax relief. His recent meeting
wuh Steve Forbes 'uggests he will do JUSI
that Dole 's decisrnn to bring Jeanne
Kirkpatrick aboard 10 head hlS foreign
policy agenda wa> equally as 1mpress1vc.
I expei.;t he \I.Ill announce other high
profile and re~pectcd ind1v1duals as
ideological contr1hu1on. to his cam·
pa1gn tn the1r re\pecuve fields as 1he campaign
cyc le progres'e' Both Kirkpat ·
rick and Furhc .. would add lus1er to his
fledgling campaign a' vice prc~1dent
1al cand idates A' would Chris11ne
Todd Wh11man or Rep . John Kasich .
The elect ion 1s Bob Dole's to lo\c , To be
sure. he is the underdog hut Americans
have alway\ had an attrn ity for an underdog
Ronald Reagan was more than 30
po111ts heh111d President Caner \I.hen he
won the nomina11on and managed 1o wm
the pre"dency in a land,lode In poli·
tics nothing ''certain Personally. I
cannot get e:ccucd abou1 either candi
dale and have not )Ct determined who will
get my vole this early Ill 1hc procc~ ... nor do
I believe mO'il American' have euher
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,\.CS for Chnst by our acuons and mtcractJOns "ith others. It 1c;
gnaalh not the "preacher" type " ho "1nS the fa\ Or of others
for God It,. the one "~o l ves the r hfe full of JOY, smcenty,
truth. mh:gnty and pcaa '~at has lhc greatest mfluc:ncc on others
for ksus I began to look at the stages that most people go
through m becoming ii ( hnst1:m. or cntcrmt; mto a re: 11onsh1p
" th Chnst I h1..• first st:igc "Mone of unconcern. or not carmg
or sccmg a nc1.-'1.i for n spiritual l1fo fhe second stage "as one ol
concern A person wM oblc to ~ec 1hc ni.:1.~. to pursue development ot D !i.piritual hk and the
need for (Jod fh•~ \\ttl '"'c wall loo._ at th~ n:mammg lhrc:c sbgcs.
fhc third st.age 1s one of bcmg con\ 1ch:d The person now has enough information and 1s ~·
mg challenged b) the llol) Spirit to do something ahoul their spmtu.11 need>. It " very 1mfX.
lrtant at this llmc that )OU !»pend a lot of 1i111c pra)mg for th1~ pcl""on. Your pr.t)crs " Ill
help them listen ,md respond to the "orkmg of 1hc I lol) Spirit It 1s at lhrs stage lhal lhe person
reall) need~ 10 ~ m felto\\sh1p \\ 1th other Christians Fxposmg hungr') ~(' kcrs to praise
and "'orstup. to h:achmg und good pn. ". 3\'.'.hmg ttllows the Spint of GoJ to continue the conv1ct1on
proc(:Ss If 111s successful. it \\JU take them to the next stage
The fourth stage 1s repentance Repentance'' making on about face and \\alL111g man opposite
dm:ct1on Instead of h\ 1ng for ~If and thc \\Or1d, a person 1s now read> to tum around
and wall "'•th God It is at this stage 1hat a person realizes that the) \\ Cte l"ing their fife for
lhcmsclvcs 1n a sclfi5h way Sin 15 the d"'"'S1re to he independent of God Sm ts wanting to run
~our o\\n hfc apart from God's help Sm;, !al.mg matters into )Dur o\\n hands. When a persrn
realizes that the) "ere made to Ii> c m rclat1onsh1p " 1th God. repentance brings them 10
the place of iKkno"'lcdgmcnl Herc a person Tc:arns about forgt\cnCSs and hO\\ to rccc1\c II
and begin a ne" hie \\ e must not get m the wa} of le1tmg a person go through this stage It
rs ii bcaut1lul C'\.P.,"flcncc and a frccm~ one Hae God frees us of our own stuhborn nil ls so
1ha1 \\e can be free to be \\hat and "ho God made us to be
This brmgs us to the linal stage Farth I len: a person receives the gift of farth to behe'e 1hat
Caod c:m lead lhcn C\Cry step of the Y.ay m lit\: \Tctoriously The gin offa1th cnah1es a person
to believe .:nd ac.cpt God's "ord as 1ruth With thlS g1fi not onl) comes the assurance ot
relat1onsh1p "uh (,od as God's child. hul 11 gJ\es )OU strength 10 five each da) It 1s rhe hegmnmg
of .i I• .:tun\! ofcxc1rcment and fultillm1..-nt' fh1s 1s the place \I.here a person 1s horn
ilfle\\ ot the Spir 1 ,f < ,ocf
Once n person n:;iches stage f\c ~ou ha"c JUSt begun a d1sc1plesh1p relationship \\Ith this
pe~n NoY., more th3n ever. they "i~: need )OUr cncour..tgemcnt to guide 1hcm alon~ this
Oe\\ \\l) or fife ft 15 as If} U ltc taking 8 baby by the hand (;ive them time 10 gTO\\ and
learn and e•plorc lfcre >our exomple to them more cnuc ' th:tn ever They arc look mg up
10 )O It d po'\" "'fu expc11enc~1
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• Fruit Juices: apple, grapefruit, orange, cranberry
• Soft Drinks: cola, diet cola, uncola, frutt flavors
• Copier Paper . . .
• Cleaning supplies: bleach, Lysol spray Lysol ltqu1d, dishwasher detergent,
dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent
• Paper goods: paper plates, 6 oz. drtnking cups, napkins, paper towels,
bathroom tissue, facial tissue
• Garden Hoses (2)
• Water Dispenser w/ hot and cold spickets
• Smoke Detectors w/ carbon dtoxide sensors
• Microwave oven
• Hospital Overbed tables (2)
• Patio table and chairs w/ umbrella
• A larger house w/ 5-6 bedrooms, 3-4 baths
• A smaller house or apartment for offices and room for visitors
All donations are tax deductible.
For questions, or would like to volunteer, call:
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FRIDAY - 5/31
• .. Your Sacred Self' - stud) group using the
Oest seller Ii} \\.'ajnc D)Cr CO~ff learn more
.1bout ) our s3crcd sc.:lf. sacred ~ istcrs &
brothers, & the saned. lo\ mg Creator God
\\.ho made It so. Kingdom Commun it~
Church. 4·!04 Blossom Call 862· 7533.
• Catholi< Mass ut IO:OO am. Kolbe Project.
1509Fair'1c" Call 522-8182
SATURDAY - 6/1
• Sen ices at 7 30 p.m D1gn1t) Church. 1307
Yale Call 880-2872
SUNDAY- 6/2
• Gra1.:c I utheran Church Sunday $Chool for
all ages at 9JO a.m. Wor;h1p Sen ice at
IO:JOam. 2515 \\augh Dr. (a M1>soun)
• I irst l'n1tanan llnl\crsalist Church Sunda)
Scr\ICl-S at 9 JOam and 11 JOam. 5200 Fannin
at Southmorc 526-5200
• Sen1ccs at 5:30 p.m Dignll) Church. 1307
Yale. Call 880-2872
• Mamnatha Fcllo11sh1p Metropolitan Church
Services" A Stud) 10 the Gospel of Mark" and
"The ' I' Factor," (llo" to be a positl\e
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CHVRCH CALENDAR OF £V£NTS
10:00 am. Praise and Worship. Min1stl) of
the \\'ord, Drama and Personal ~1m1stn
11 OOa.m Maranatha Fell<msh1p. HOO
Montrose. Suite 600, 528-6756
• MCCR \\Orshipscrvu:cs ''uh Re\. Jim
Bums 9:00 am & 11 :()()am. 1919 Decatur
Call 861-9149
• Communll) C1ospcl Church \\Orship sen ice
at 11.00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m 5011: 18th Call
880-9235
• I louston M1ss1on Church \\Orsh1p sen ice at
I 0.30 a.m 1505 Ne,ada Call 529-8225.
• Kingdom Commun1t) Church \\Orsh1p
sen ice at 11.00 a.m . Sunda' School at 10:00
am Call 862· 7533. "I he C;lestine Prophec).
An hperient1al Guide" at I 0:00 a m
• Lcumen1cal Catholic Church Mass at 10: 15
1405 palm Call 526-8095
• Co\cnant Baptist Church. Worship sen1ce
. I JO p.m. and education housr at 3 OOpm.
6610 Alder Call 668-8830.
• Bering Memorial United Methodist Church
Worship service. 10:50 am Seekers c1.,,,
915 am 1440 Harold. Call 526-1017.
:\10'.llDA Y - 613
• Catholic Ma.'-' at 7 30 p m Kolbe Pro1e.i.
1509 Fain 1c\\ Call 522-8182
• \1CCR 1 landbdl Choir Rchcrsal t 7 00
p.m., 1919 DccP""· Call 861-9149
TUESDAY - 6/4
• MCCR. Lmplmcrrncnt for I i\ ing support
group & pot luck dinner at 6.00 p.m ,
Glol) land Singers at 8:00 p.m .• The Gospel
Lnscmblcat6:00pm Cal.861-9149
• PROHCl meets at Bering Church Call
520-7870
• Small home ~roups mcc:t to smg. share their
Huth and pra~ for one another at 7 30 p.m.
rhcse groups are open to all people Call
\1aranatha f-ellO\\Sh1p at 528-6756 for
location ea1.:h \\Cd ...
WEDNESDAY - 6,S
• Relationship Lecture Sc.:nc::- b) p, trid.
Vauchon at MCCR. 1919 fl<catur 7 JO pm
Call 861-9149.
• MCCR: Jubilation l\foed Ensemble meets
at 6:30 p.m .. M1d\\cd, uplifi sen ice at 7:00
p m . Bible Stud) , Lecture Series & Choir
Rehearsal 7:30 p.m. 1919 Decatur. 861-9149
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A Contest For
Men Over 40
FRIDAY, MAY 31 • 1 OPM
Meet The Contestants
and Judges with
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Guest Bartender
Mr. International Drummer
David Walker
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 • 10PM
A Night of Fantasy with
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J.D. Buchert
Guest Bartender
Mr. International Drummer
David Walker
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Emcees Don Gill and
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Entertainment By
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Don't Forget:
B.O.P.'s Slave Auction
Friday, June 14
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• •A Cour>e rn Miracles• - Stud) Group usmg
the book. published by the r oundallon for
Inner Peace. "hich 1s 1Umed at rcmo\mg the
blocks to our a,o,arencss of one's pre,..cncc
Kingdom Commumt~ Church 7 30 pm
Call 862-7533
• Ecumenical Catholic Church Ma_,5 at 7 ·()()
p.m. 1405 palm Call 526-8095
• Small home group~ meet to sing. share their
faith and pra) for one another at 7 30 p m
I hcse groups arc open to all people Call
Maranatha Fello\\Shtp at 5~8-6 756 for
location each \\eel
THLRSDA Y - 6/6
• Pot Luck Di 1er " p m. at Kolbe Project
\\Jth communtt) concc1.- \\Ith Fri..~ Gaines
"Being Africa-·\mencan & Ga)· 1509
Fa1n1~. 5:22-818~
• Commun1t) Gosrcl Church "orsh1p ~nice
7 30 p.m 501 E 18th. Call 880-9325
• \1CCR \\Orsh1p sen ices. 7 00 p.m 1919
Decatur Call 861-9149.
lf)ou \\ant an C\Cnt listed in this section,
please call (713) 529-8490.
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Wednesday June 5th
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Gay Today
by Glen Webber
The Best of Friends
I was eight yea" old when Mr.
Spunky first came into my life. He
wa~ a cute l1ttle terrier He wa~ a
very small wir) dog 1<ho could not
stay !i.llll for a minute. He "howed up
on the back patio one afternoon,
\Cratching the glass, wanting to
come in So. I let him m. He iumped
up mto my arm~ and \tarteJ hckmg
my face
~ly folks said I could not keep Mr.
Spunky. that I would not take care of
him. We looked at my folk s , hoth
with our puppy dog eyes, and
finally they gave m. They ga-c me a
list Of what they expected about
caring for my new friend .
Mr Spunky was a delight Like
many dog" Mr. Spunky loved
attention . People were warned 1f
they came over. he would JUmp on
their lap MoM people did not mind
too much, but he could be a pc't 1t he
got too c~catcd .
~1r Spunky•s favorite thing to do Glen and Miss Lad'r''
(and my favorite ., well, would be
10 JUmp on the bed where 1 1<as sleeping her <padc She is a wonderlul friend and
and lay do\\n b) m) lace and go to 'lcep. He hopefully, someday I will tell you more
~·ould wake up about two or three in the abour her.
mormng and lick m) face for a minute.
then go bad to sleep I always knew he
loved me
When we 1<cnt on family trip' my Dad
would bring a bo< tor Mr. Spunky We put
his favorne blanket m the ho~ and that 1s
where he woulJ s•ecp \\."e also smugglc<l
h m into our hotel room~ 1h1s way
I will say that Mr Spunky was m) best
tr end I was a sh) introverted child and
he helped me 10 cuine out vi m)' shell lie
v.as welcome everywhere I went ant.I it
someone were to refuse hun entrance. "-C
would leave
Of course 1t all had 10 come to an end One
night he was lymg on the b<d ne<t to m) pil·
low » usual, hut I knew something W3'
wrong. During that Jaq night, he woke me
with one ol h1:) routine licking session'
and then we horh went had; to sleep The
nc~t morning he was I) mg rhere sl1H
My be't lriend had died but had been >1111
able to let me know he loved me before
pass mg a"" ay
We held a bad yard funeral service I
was very sad for a long lime My loneh·
ness kept me compan) for a while but one
day I started to re,over from my g:rief and
go on hvrng without h11n My folks
offered to buy me another pet. but I loy·
ally satd no Mr Spunky was 11.
Thal 1s. until eleven year!) ago when
M"> Lady came into my life I fuund her on
tbe streets eating garbage. I took her
home, and a' a re~pon~1hlr p•·t owner had
It the time comes ~hen J can no hmger care
for ha due to my 11lne,s, I k.no"' I can call
the caring people of the Pet Patrol Their
hard "'orking volunteers will wall and
feed pct' when a p<r>on hvmg with AIDS
i< unable to do SIL They 1<111 even supply
food tor pets ol those on l11n1tcd inc .... me
The'e people love animal s and help
rel1e"e )OU of the streH nl "'011y1ng
ahoul you1 an1rnah~ "-hen you arc 1101 ahlc
w ~arc: tot them l he) ""Ill cHn help !Ind
su11ahle , lo'ling homes f ol you1 turr)
lo\.ed ones "'hen rhe time comes
Somcumes people say you should not
have pet\ when you arc 111. W<ll, I say 111)
heauttful friends are my hest lr1ends
When my lover Kclsc died Min I.ady and
M"> Garhcld (yes, my call krpt me from
going completely crazy. ottering me a
lovrng support system. The Pet Patrol
knows how 1he1r client\ feel ahout 1he1r
pets. They will take very g1xxJ care ol them
and save you the worry
So many ol the Pet Patrol volunteers
fall m love with their client'> pet\. Those
that need th" help in turn love the Pet
Patrol. Please call them 1f you or a friend
need their help. or 1t you would hke to vol·
untecr. and when they have a tund
1 raiser, be generous. M 1\~ Lady, Miss
Garfield and all of us, thank you very
much.
The Pet Patrol may be contacted at 522-
1954 I NAMES Project Houston
I Elects 1996 Board
! The NAMtS Proiect Houston is pleased
to announce u s new Board ot Directors
and otf1cers Llcctcd at us general rn~rn
bersh1p meetmg on May 20. are David B
Jack s on, Chairperson . Leora l·cl
dman, Vice Chair; Arnold Sachs, Secre
tary. Pierre Dolph, Development, Jo
Anne Banker I· ma nee Dom Prrce, l:du
cation; Barry Mandel, Outreach. Gcrr)
Buncher Volunteers , Bert Rttvo
Membership Susan Battlestein, Uts·
play / Logistics Daniel Chanis , Mer·
chandase , Pete Martinet, Panel
makmg; Maggi Jones, Media Voted m as
members· at·large of the Board were
Jackson H1cls , Keith JCrawlord, Joel
la'o;;cr. Steve Lupino. Robert Cruz, Mon·
1qu< Bossen, hie II . Shamban, and John
Janco
rhe NAMl'S Project llous1<1J1 e<pr<sses
srncere gra11tude to Barry Mandel "'ho
served as past chairperson, and the reM
of laq year 's ott1Ccr\ "-110 overuw a
remarkahle expansion ol the cduca
110111ouueach cftorlS ot the education
and outreach eltorts ol the group
Part ot the work 01 the new olhccrs and
board "111 be prcparattons tor the 1996
D1spl3) ot Ihe AIDS Qurlt in Washmgton,
DC this coming Octoher. The Names
I Proiect lloust1>n may he contacted at
713152-NAMl: S .
HOUSTON VOICE I MAY 31, 1996 13
PLAIN SPEAKING ~
Remembering Memorial
Days Past
This past Memorial Day, like many before
tt, passed wtth barely a no1tce except that I
wa~ aware the banks were closed and 1he
mall was not delivered. Memorial Day is
one ot those bottom-tier holidays, so
unrecogntuble that they can be placed
on random Mondays and not be affected.
Such was not always the case for me. As a
child, I actually looled forward to this
harbinger ot summer not JUSt as an end to
another !iochool year. bur as a day of adven ..
ture. In my distant youth, Memorial Day
v.as an occasion when my grandparents
took my brother and I 10 the cemeteries.
While on the surface of It, hardly an aus ..
p1t:rnus beginning, such adventure was
hut an open door to history-an my case.
family history
Our llule party ventured a mere twemy
miles to the hamlet of Ouervillewhu:
h, one supposes, came by its name
from a certain animal in the nearhy
1.amtnc River although I fa tied to ever
spot sui.:h a creature From the high" a}
we "'ailed down a dirt road. stopping
in1crn11tlen1ly tor short v1s.11s. v. 1th
assorted relatives. and tmalt) reaching
the town's cemetery In those remo1c
vcars bet\\ecn the Second World War and
~he Korean ac11on \.'Clerans group' had
already placed ttny llags marking the
~raves ol tl10\e \I.ho tought 111 the war that
tcally mattc1ed -the Cl\ ti War (hardly
civil) or the \Var lor Southern Indepen
dencc
Years later during a somewhat brtef
tc.u:h 111g llllCC'I I loun<l 1h.11 lhc lu,to1y of
that \\,II 11 taul?ht at all centered a1ound
cause"' and etlect"' battles and iiener
ab. Yet the gut' of that conflict was rep
1escntcd hy the more than six hund1ed
thousand so ldiers who tdl in battle
Based on a percentage of the nation's
population at the tune that would cora
respond to five m1ll1on war dead toda}
This Ottcnllle grave site "as con
nectcd h> my rnatcrnal grandfather's
fan11I), the Langdons ot Indiana and
he tore that. New England But no flag~
marked the gra\'CS ot the male member!'I ot
that clan as none had actually had to wear
1hcir na11on s uniforms. After a few hours
of surve) ing the marker~ and receiving
a retrcsher course on this family's his·
iory, we tound our way to an even more
remote dirt road wh11.;h runs past an almost
hidden small church wuh accompany-
111g c;emcte1y. llere the Mount Olive Bap·
11 ... 1 Church silentl) !>lands over nearly
overgrown grave marker:, of perhap~
two hundred mounds. Yet as a child, th"
was the most fascinating place on earth.
rh1s wai; home to the remains of my mate1-
nal gr:rndmother·s tamil}. the Steeles
of Kentucly and Vtrgtnta Actuall)
every one buucd 1hc c I bore some rela·
11on ~o remote was tmy ~foum Of ve thal
by that lime no vc1er1n group mam1a1ncd
the usual tlag ritual
Nearly all the markers bore dates end mg
before or ar.:>und rhc 1urn o( the century
But It wa" here that l search for the grave of
Uncle Gteen Steele so that I <Ould once
more hear Grandma tell me the stories ot
Uncle Gtecn s rtdtnG with the "trrcgu
la rs" S\1u1hcrn troops not al'-' 3) s actu
all} 1n Conteder:ue service: It "as 1n
that peaceful sc11111g that I heard the s10
by Larry Lingle
rtes of the Seven Years War (1854·1861)
when M1ssour1ans fought Kansans over
the extension of slavery to that more
western state Missouri was a slave
state, surrounded on three sides by freedom
territory, and my part of Missouri.
that central strip which marks the influ·
ence of 1he Missouri River, was the bedrock
of slavery 1n a d1v1ded state.
My mother'" parents had shouldered
much of the re1;,pons1h1l1ty m ra1smg my
brother and me And certatnly my grand·
mother's love ot family history passed on
to me a broader fascmat1on wtth h1s1ory
ttsclf. And, while I learned somethtng of
the toll ol our great C1v1l War, I also
absorbed from my grandparents an
undcrstandmg that a person s color was
no longer an !'Sue of conflict. It was from
my grandfather's experiences 10 the
union battles wtth the railroads (my
hometown of Sedalta existed only
becau1;,e ol the railroads) early on conltrmcd
my faith tn the right of worling
people to latr treatment and JUSt "'ages.
ftnall), ti we had the lime, tn) grandparents
would stop al another small commun1ty-
th1S one right on the h1gh,.ay to Jef·
feison Cit), the state's capital- Syracuse.
the ongm of \\h1ch I \\Cluld not learn
until college Herc was buried my
father's fam,Jy My paternal grand!»
ther-who died the )Car bt:lore I was hornhad
the requ1s11c American flag 1.Jcnot-
1ng his "er\·11.:e in the Span1 .. h-Amcrican
War, allhough I have Ol) idea whether he
made u to Cuha or was trained in Texas.
The hull ol my lather's lan11l) wa> hur·
1cd 111 Cl 11HPn Cnun1y w here lhcv hat.I ~cl
tied 0.1 century and a halt ago and gener
ally pur"ued JOUrnalt"'m for .. everal
generation,, producing but one note
worthy 111d1v1dual, rn} COU\ln, Jake Lin·
gle. whose lasting claim to the history
hooks 1s that while a newspaperman in
Chicago, "as murdered h) Al Capone's
gang after oftendrng thal nohle soul 111
print
I don't go back to those cemeteries any·
more, I don't go hack home ani more. If I
dtd I'm not sure the) sttll plant mtnta·
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hetng a spy. Unfortunately, lamtly his·
tory tatled to recall which side, North or
South lor which he was 'PY•ng
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umc 111 the Arm~ htt~een Korea and \ 1ct·
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Mcmu11al J).1y Ire kl and have no regrets al
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"Koi and Lillies" and other works by Da vid Wheeler
may be viewed at his one man show opening May 31
at Hyde Park Gallery.
David W Wheeler--One man
show at the Hyde Park Gallery
'elect1on of \UhJeCU'I, he c r eate~ a
st:n~c of peace and tranqu il ity. One can
<ee and leel the peace ol nature and enJOY
SPORTS NOTES
l nternatio11al Bowl i11g
rourteen llouston howlers traveled to
Pholaddphoa thos pasi "eekend and
JOIOed more than 600 other hov.: ler' from
all across the USA. Ne" Zealand. Canada
and Australia for the International Gay
Bo,.long Organllatoon's (IGBO)
Annual Tournament
Marla A11enshtat came hack wuh a tro·
phy for High Handicapped game for the
women. In the sing les events, John Laehy
placed 25th. Pat DeCarlo 46th and Condy
Lawrence 56th In the double!'> event.
Randy Gooch and Tom O'Dell placed 14th,
Del Fulkn and Randy Lamb came on 22nd
John Laehy also placed 22nd on all events
and Pat DeCarlo placed 58th
Tv.:o Hou'\ton howlers, Andrea Black
and Gardy Harvey were honored by being
nominated for The Fellow~h1p Av.;ud,
IGBO's hrghest ond.-odual r<cogn1-
t1on for ou1s1and10g ai:h1evemen1 1n the
bowling commun11y Gary Shope was
elec1ed Regional Director of the South
Plain' Reg ion ol IGBO. representing
the leagues from Tex» Oklahoma and
Colorado
Many of the part1c1pants at IGBO said
h was dee.Jed ar the last rt1omhly meeting
1ha1 all ieaguc meinhcrs are cntllleJ to
purchase an HMBl Jacket at the price of
SSO. Ron Sioux, lre.,uror. ha< all the
information 111cluJ1ng actual lahric
~watche\. He reque~h payments ht' mac.le
in ca\h and definite ly prior to the Ja1,,t
monthly meeting which 1s the deadl1ne
L ambda Ska t e rs
The Lambda Rolle"katong Club will
hold '" next Skate Night Wednesday June
5 from 8 unlll 10:00 p.m at the Starlight
Roller Ronk, 8075 Cook Road.
Admission os $5 plus an adduoonal SI of
skate rental 1s nc:eded Everyone 1s wel·
come lo skate and a vancty nl events will be
scheduled along with door JH11e .... The
vrgan1zallon v. ill be hav ng a Board
~eeting June 2. Please phone for more
information
If }our club or organization would Ille
to hold a slate c:ven1, plea'e contact us
For more 1nforma11on or to co ntacl
Lambda telephone 933·5818: onlone at
gaysl ate l@aol.com or at the WEB Page
Sil e h t t p://membe".aol com/gays
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/BL Wint e r A wards
It ts wuh great pride that the Hyde Park
Art Gallery presents David W Wheeler
in h s first one man show Th" Friday,
May 3 I. a hody ol wrork ol unmatched real·
ism will be pre ented to the puhl c.
they are planning to attend the Texas lnv1-
ta11onal Tournament planned for the 4th
of July hol odap which could make the
Houston based tournament one ot the
the realist Cl:ecutton ot the subjects in
1 large~r the city has seen. l·or more intorhos
"Kor and l tiles" (II ' ' 14") The 1 mauon about the Teos lnv11auonal
The W1111er Season"•, Award"i Banquet ''
Saturday June I at the Santa l'c side of
J R's Bar and Groll on Pacollc. The party"
from 2 until 5 :00 p m and members and a
gue!"t are rnvued to auend and have har-h~
que wnh all the ttxm's and trci: drmls. ll11s
ts abo the hrs1 Ann1vcr~a1y
David 'Wheeler, a nat ve Tel:an, 1s a selt
taught arust havrng painted and e<hohiting
his \\Otk !lilntt: he was fi(teen
Having moveJ to Houston rn 1979,
David ~Js enjoyed suc.ess w th hts art rn
g oup sho\\mgs around to\\n To conunue
bis development a~ an art1,t, he
has continued to fur1her his art and
style lhrough many prtvate les"'"'
from leading artists David's style can
best toe descrtbed a< Realism (Photo
Rcaltsm) l n his painting and in his
publrc rs cordially onvued to a recep- please phone 522 9612
uon for the armt, Friday, May 31 from
7:00 pm. to IO·OO pm., to meet the art
ost and see tins unique one man sho". The
cxh1h1t1on \\ !I continue through the
month of June The Hyde Park Art Gallery
IS regularly open Sunday, Monday,
and Thursd3} from 12 noon to 6:00
p m • •nd 1-foday and Saturda) from 12
I noon to 9·00 p m Contact Larry Crawford,
Director, Hyde Park Gallery, 7 11
ll yd e Park o r ca ll 7 IJ/526-2744
Do IJOU realize the
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The 1cJm ( oalttrnn 1..ont1 lues 11s
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The 'ummcr season v.111 hegin u~ tarsi
night of play fhursda) Jul) 18 \\Ith regos
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8th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists named
·r-rom the unprintable 10 the spiritual,'
The 8th Annual Lambda Lt1erar)
Award hnali"lts announced March I in
W3'h1ngton, DC once agarn bear wtt
ne" to the depth and range of Gay and
Lesbian boob. A collccllon of Les
b1an ftctton "1th a four-leuer word 1n
1ts title wa' honored in two categories
while the Gay and Lesbian Sptri
tualtty category debuted with an
1m1ncss1\c li\t of hooks. all from marn
\lream houses .
That book with the incendiary rnleT/
Je New Fuck You (Semiotext(e))-was
among a \et of Gay and Lesbian Fiction
Anthology l1naltsts that 11self demon>
trated the field's range. Also
selected in the category were Forbidden
Passages (Clei;) , a collecuon of
gay and lesbian ficuon banned 111 Canada
until a recent lawsuit placed limits
on the ability ol Canadian Cu"on1' to
censor gay and lesbian hooks. Afre
kete (Anchor) a collection of wrll·
111gs by African-American lesbians,
Tasting Ufe T"'ice (Avon), another collection
of lesh1an fiction, and His . a
collcct1on of gay mah: ""riting issued
by the venerable publtshtng house of
Faber and Faber (There's an irony 111 this
category Tasting f,1/e Tw1Ce edllor
EJ Levy m, made her cruena for 1m:lu·
sion in the anthology writing "by le\hranis
; dr3'-"1118 an exrliclt d1 ... t1nc
11on w.th the Lamhda 1 Hcrary A\l.ard\ ,
which recognizes hook' ha,cd on gay
.tnJ le~h1an content )
The trnal1~t4; m the Sp1r1tual11y 1.:::11
egory aho dernon\lrate the range of
gay and lcsh1an wr11111g Queer Sptnts
(Beacon) ts a rebuke to those who regard
gay men as purely physical, demonstrating
a long trad111on 1den11fy-
1ng "queer" men as lovers healers.
artists and teachers 1n cultures as disparate
a< ancient Babylon. native
llawa11an , and contemporary San
Francl\co Peter C.-horal1'' Gay
Fain Tait.< (Harper Collins) likewise
looks at gay men Ill term' of pac;;t trad1-
t1on , re1nterpret111g many •·magical"
stone' with a gay twist Wrestling
l\'i/h the Angel.< (Riverhead) details the
s.cruggle\ of gay men wuh the mainstream
reltg1ons in wh1c.:h the) grew up
Catholic priest John McNe111's Freedom,
G/orwus Freedom (Beacon) and
MCC mtnl\ler Nancy Wilson's Our
Tnbt (Harper San Francisco) look at the
ferment. excitement and promise of
the thriving contemporary gay and
lesbian religious movement.
A<:J ii there were a cosmic fate determrned
to h1ghl1gh1 JUSI how much the
phrase "gay and le,b1an"' can 111clude,
two hook' with very similar names and
very d1llerent agenda- were 'elected
1n the Lesbian and Gay Men's Studies
categories V1Tt11a/ Equality
(Anchor) come, lrom former Nat10nal
Ga) and Lesh1an Ta l hirce e.xecutive
director Una'>IH \ 'aid, and argues that
the gay .and lcsh1an mo\ement "''II
ne\er succeed until 11 g \ICS up u ... dream
ut as.., mtlat1on and ... ee' Its struggle
as one to radically change 'oc 1et} to
ma~t.· ll tolerant of J versll) and d1r-ference
V1Tt11alil' \'ormal (Random
Hou<e) b} Ne"' Republic editor
Andre" Sullivan , argues thal the gay
and le\b1an mo,:cment w1'I never sue·
ceed uruil 11 give ... up 1l\ dream of radi·
cally rc\tructuring \Oc1ety and
instead place\ th hope Ill wmn111g for 1ts
memhers the same right\ and opponun111es.
Such a> marriage, enJoyed b)
the req of \OC1ety
The other f111alt'ts 111 1he Le,b1a'I
Stud1e> category are D)'ke Ufe (Baste
Books), b} Karla Jay; Slhe (Ftrehrand),
hy Minnie Bruce Pratt, Tombors
(Al)·son), edited by !.) nn Yamaguchi
and Karen Barber and Parker and Hulme
(Firebrand) by Julie Glamuztna and
Al"on J. Lurie. The other Gay Men''
Studie\ nominee' arc /nl en11on of
Hetuosexua/ifl (Duuon), b} Jonathan
Ned Katz. De /,os Otros (Colum·
b1a Untverrny), by Jo,eph Carrier, I
Pierre Sul, Deported llomouxual
(BasicBooks). by Pierre Seel: and
Saint-Foucault , by Daniel Halperin
(Oxford lfn1vers11y Pres\)
In addttton to Ure New Fuck You , D)'ke
Life , Tomboys and Slhe were ftnalms
111 two categoric' Large publ"hing
hou'e' continued 10 be v. ell re pre·
sented on th ' year s It t, "llh Harper
Coll111' ha>ong ele,en titles, \ 1k,ng1
Penguin ten tina"1sts and Rand ... m
Hou'e ctght I.oat sts Among the gay,
lesbian and tern ni st srnal pres'c',
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ongoing boom m gay and lesbian books
nearly 450 books were nommated for
the award, "llh espec1all) large num·
bers of titles in categorie~ "uch a' Le\·
b1an F1clton (45), Ga) Men" Stud1e;
(43), Nonltction Antholog1e' (35) ,
and Small Press (60).
The Lambda l.1:erar} Awards bve a
three 11er ,efecuon process A ltst of
nomrnees ts a"embled Med lrom balJOt~
sent 111 by readers th·)~ ear nearl}
300.000 ballotS "'ere d1s1r,buted
na11onw1de The books nominated
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each categor) by a ftnaltst committee
that mcluded ga) anJ lesbian bool
professional, , member' of the le'·
b1an and ga} pre" and other' 104
Judges. represenllng a broad crO,\·
~ecllon of the entire le!-ihian and gay Ill·
erary community, will 'elect a >1ngle
book in each category from among the
ftnal1SIS.
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Republican Rejection .. ..
(Continued from Page I)
Republicans informing them that their
requests for a booth and a full page
advcniscmcnt had been "re1ccted." There is
no explanauon in the text of the letter
giving a reason for the rc1cc1ion
going d"'a' her.
n1e llou,ton Ga) .ind Lesbian Political
Caucus (llGL PC) has JOined Log Cabin
groups from around Tc\as m protesting the
State Republican Pan)'s decision to not
al low Log cabin to set up a booth at the
upcoming convention in San Antonio,
They arc calling on the entire community
to lodge a complaint against the Pan) b)
calling the executive director Barbara
Jackson in Austin.
State GOP officials sought to distinguish
the appearance of a pro-choice group from
the appearance of a gay group. Lester Van
Pelt Ill, spokesman for the Texas GOP,
said that "sodomy is still a crime in Texas."
while abonion 1s legal "rhe Caucus ts committed to the right of
"That is a ridiculous distinction." retoned Gays and Lesbians to pantc1pate openl) in
all political panics here in Texas," said
Carpenter "We're not going to commit HGLPC president Pat Gand) "Opposing
illegal acts in the exhibit booth. We're JUSt pan of 8 party's platform ;, holl change is
going to be exercising our right to speak made to impro\e our li,es. It's a critical
out on the pan)·'s platform, \\hich "as not part of the democratic process."
illegal the last time I checked the
Constitution," he said. Carpenter also noted In a statement, the HLGPC said the) find
that the state's prohibition on sodom) has 11 reprehensible that the Republican pany
been held an unconsututional invasion of has decided to exclude a group of acme
the nght of privacy in Texas.
"I believe !he party's decision wtll not sit
well "ith fair-minded Republicans across
this state, including some pan) officials
and delegates and alternates to the state
convention." observed Carpenter. himself a
Republican precinct chairman and state
convention delegate. He added that Log
Cabin would consider all appropriate
responses to the pan)'s decision, including
possible legal acllon
"Regardless of what happens no", we
intend to stay in the pan) and fight for
equal1t) for gays and lesbians." he
concluded "llere's our message to the
pany: we're Republicans. "e're ga> , and -no
matter what you do or say ·· we're not
Republicans from voicing its belief in fair
and equal treatment for Ga) sand Lesbians.
"We wouldn't stand for this in the
Democratic Part) and we \\On't stand for 11
111 the Republican Part)," said Gand) The
Caucus urges all I loustonians lo stand up
to the politics of exclusion and protest the
state GOP's decision barring the Log Cabm
booth. I exas GOP Executive Director
Barbara Jackson can be reached at (512)
477-982 I.
Log Cabin is a nationwide organization of
Republicans "ho believe the part) should
welcome ga)S and lesbians and should
suppon the principle of non-discnminauon
on the basis of sexual orientation In Texas,
the group has chapters in Austin, Dallas,
I louston and San Antonio.
Rejection Letter from State GOP
May 21 1996
State J.xecut1vc Committee
I ho ma' W. Pau~en, Stai. Clrairpu.w11 Certtlted Mail, Return Recc1p1
Requested #P 43 I· I 05 .44 7
Mr Dale Carpen1er
I.og Cabin Republicans of Texas
P 0 Bin 50484
Austin, Tex3' 78763-0484
Dear Mr. Carpenter·
Please note your organizauon's proposed advertl\ement for the I 996 Republican
Party of Texas (RPT) State Convention program has been re1ected for 111clu
sion m the program. Enclosed please find your chec~ #4729 111 the amount of $750.00.
Also enclosed please find RPT chcc~ #3320 in the amount of $400.00 as retund for
your organ1za11on's booth request This request has also been re1ected
Sincerely,
Barbara Jackson
Executive Director
Get off it. Exercise. American Heart ft
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Friday, M ay 31
It. the "Mr Prime Choice" weekend
at the Ripcord' The fcst1v1t1es start
tonight at I 0 00 p m w nh meet the
1udgcs1 And super hunky Mr lntcrnauonal
Drummer David Walker will be
slinging cocktails behind the bar'
The party starts at 10 00 p.m.
China Doll productions ho•t' the
stnp talent contest tonight at the
Lazy J The spot hght shmcs starung at
9 00 pm
The guys and gals of lhc Royal, Sovereign
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St~r guest bartend "'Top" side
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arm bending starts at 9:00 p.m.
J R 's Video Bar is the place to start
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Houston Artist David Wheeler
opens hts one man sho" tonight at the
Hyde Park Galkry The artists
reception 1s tonight from 7 00 p m. to
10:00 p m The Hyde Park Gallery IS
located at 711 Hyde Park
Starmg at Cousin's 1on1gh1 arc \llss
Zack. Tony Santana. S1v1 Ross, and a
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I ha'1e 10 go poll)''
uonal Drummer David Walker reprises
his role as bartender tonight!
Jade Mykcls hosts the show tonight at
the Lazy J. Join Jade and her guests
Michaelay, Cana Lee Love, Katrina
LaShawn, and Pa1v1 Lee Love for this
II :00 p.m show
Arc you butch·' Head over 10 Chances
tonight for the Mr Chances contest!
The contest start• at 9 00 p.m.
The band Outrageous ( wnh some
former The Frcds member<) will be
performing at Instant Karma tonight
at 9 00 pm fnsun1 Karma" at 1617
Richmond'
Dragging II on
stage tonight at
Co ·-.!l's arc \11u
Zack. Tony San·
tana Rage, and
Brandt Houston
The curtain rises at
11.00 pm
lbc beer IS cold and
cheap today at the
611 Hyde Park Pub
Join m the optional
$2 buy in and get
refills of draft beer
for only a quarter'
Take Me'
Sun your buns this afternoon at Club
Houston' There is a pool side BBQ from
I 0 p m. to 3 00 p .m
Sunday, June 2
Join ;\Ir TGRA '96 candidate Xavier
Luna tonight at the Brazos River
Bottom for one heck of a good show The
show is at 8.00 pm .. but don't forget
about the steaks on the patio from 6 :00
10 10 00 p m
A new ~Ir Prime Choice will be cho·
sen 1on1ght at the Ripcord! Emcees
Don Gill and Don Dowden
host this contest for men
over 401 Allan Gibson
will also provide entertainment!
The contest
starts at 9 00 p m
Bud and Bud Lite are on
the sale rack today at El
J's They are only a buck'
You never know who will
grace the stage of Bae·
ch us II on Sunday nights!
Stop in for the 10:30 p.m.
sho" to find out!
The Houston Arca Bears
lumber out of their den
this afternoon and climb
up the stairs to the "Top"
of the Venturc·N to guest
bartend from 5:00 p.m.
until ?"?
I Sundays at the Mme are
hot' The men are hot' The music is hot!
Jom the Minc's bust! For a $2 optional
buy-in you can get refills of icy cold
Miller Lite Draft for $1 you get refills of
frozen Rnas1 The men. The music The
Mine1
Rhythm and blues and the Motown
sound will be pulsing at Chances
today Gistand and Chancy will rock
your blues away starting at 4 00 p m.
If i1 is Sunday, there must be a drag
sho" at Cousm·, Miss Zack, Y1cto·
ria Nicole, Kara Own. and a guest star
The spol hght shine'
<tarting at 11 00
pm
Monday, June
3
The Brazos River
Bottom with the
Montrose Clinic
offers free HIV
testing and
counseling from 4 ·00
to 8 00 p.m .
All domestic longnecks
are only S2
today and every Monday
at Gentry' You will need lots of
them, 'cuz the Boy Toys heat up the
place starting at 9 00 p .m.
It is Clubber's Night at Pacific
Street' There is no cover when you show
you pay stub from a local nne spot or
restaurant• There is no cover for club
members in colors' Pacific Street,
where real men still dance•
All lockers are half price today at
Club Houston
Tuesday, June 4
Bui I hai·e 10 tt.·m. I bOURhl 60 lid: ell,
If It is Tuesday, I must be a Mary's for
their $2 Jose Cuervo shots all day and
all night!
Jom Catia Lee Love and her guests Mr.
E/J's '96 Brandon Martin, Jade Myk·
els, Mr. Gay Life Today Cameron, plus
the talent night winner from Satur·
day night's talent contest for the Star
Studded Super Show tonight at E/J's .
The show starts at II 00 p m.
Big Mama Marci plays the songs you
want to hear at the BnarPatch ! Be sure
10 try on of the BriarPatch's Texas·
siled martinis' There 1s plenty of
room for ohvcs 1n those glasses'
Terrific Tuesdays at BerryHill If
tempt and tea•c you wnh nearly naked
female dancers' The doors open a1 6 00
• p m and happy hour runs thru I 0:00
p m BerryH11l II 1s located off I 45
orth at the Gr c.n~po1nt exit'
Wednesday, June 5
h's my party and !"II Mal) • 111 want 10'
Jorn birthday gal Gaye Yancey a• she
celebrates her I 0 year anniversary
at Mary'• and the big five O. (yes 50)
birthday. The party starts at 3 00
p.m.!
Back 10 back to Bacchus II' Jorn your
friends for the 6 00 p m. buffet and
enjoy the sounds of Colleen and Sandy
(of W 42nd Street) starting at 7:00
p .m. Bacchus II, where Houston 's
professional women meet'
Sheila Lennon is singing her birth
day blues tonight at Chances. The can
dies arc lit starting at 9 00 p .m.
The Boy Toys boogie at Gentry start·
ing at 7 :00 p m. You might want 10 try
Gentry's specialty cocktail Ambro·
sia for only $2. Tasty, 1asty• While you
wet your whistle, watch the male stnp
contest at 11 00 p m.
Tonight and tomorrow night, Mela's
Tcjano Couniry offers big ol' buckets
of beer for only $9 Be sure 10 check out
Mela's Teiano packed juke bo•!
Ra tr at Gets a Hat!!
At th~ Ripcord'
Houston Soap, Part II
Thursday, June 6
Burgers on the patio at the BRB
tonight from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Stick
around for free C&W dance lessons
starling at 9 00 p m. ! !
Sexx Thursdays continue at
Pacific Street! There is no cover with
you valid membership card to Club
Houston or any other health club!
Watch 1he towel boys sweat in their
cage' of s1cam heat! The doors open
for "Sexx " at 9:00 p.m
Reach for the Skyy' Skyy Martinis
arc only $3 today and every Thursday
at Gentry! Don't forget the Boy
Toys wiggle wildly starling al 9 ·OO
p m
Other Important Stuff
Lobo 1s moving out their long time
home on the curve to a new, bigger
and better location . Their new
address is 3939-S Montrose That is
in the shopping center that also
houses Marble Slab and General
Joe's They open their new doors on
1 June I!
Tickets are available for the roof
of Mary's for the parade! Stop in the
bar to get your ASAPI They go fast!
The Houston Voice would like to
welcome Coastal Impressions to
out family of advertisers! Bill
Johnson has all you custom screen
printing, embroidery, and ad specialty
needs covered. Call him at
665-1117 for more info.
Get you uckets NOW for the Gay
Pride Comedy Shows that will be at
the Houston Laff Stop on June 17 and
June 18! See the ad on page 3 and call
524-2333 for uckets 1 Hurry, with
these laugh riotous comedians,
the tickets will go real fast!
11 want a bur and I want II ,VOW'
Martin's offers
estate sale management.
They specialize
in professional
household liquidation
for those moving,
retiring, or set·
tling an estate. Call
Martin at 523-6923
for more info .
Those crazy guys at
24 Hour News and
Video are still offering
all videos for halfpnce
with a coupon
form the Houston
Voice! Clip out the
coupon from page 6
and shop till you drop!
Jot June 8 on your cal-endar
I It 1s Gentry's
6th anniversary party! 50C well
cocktails and 75C domestics! I'm
sure not going to miss this party!
Stan Tubbs has solutions for living
Call him at 526-8802 to set up an
appointment.
This week's features at the French
Quarter are "Leather Triangle"
and "Photo Play."
Pony Pals"
Birthday Corner
A happy birthday to Stormy of Charhe'
s l
A happy birthday to Woody of Gen·
try!
A happy birthday to Glen of Gentry•
Rodent Droppings
Ra1rat has been watching old reruns
of McHale's Navy and insisted that I
buy him a sailor's hat• Well, 1l came in
the mail this week! He looks so adorable
with this on and actually has
worn 1f for more than 2 minutes! I
think the only reason 1l stayed on 1l I that I might have lightened the knot
1 JUsl a wee bit too much! Oh, well, pic-
1 tures will be forthcoming!
The usual d1scla11ner is in force! As
you all know, this part of the Houston
Voice 1s not ~ournal1sm, H 1s lies,
gossip and trash 'ccn , overheard,
or tattled to me'
I·.nc (Hangs at \lary's) Whai's the
"hue scuzz ) nu were seen "uh m the
garden?
Papa Del (Gentry)· Are Filipino
grits better 1he second lime around?
J .T. (PS): What 1s this I hear about
you having a funnel tongue? Are you
jealous of Glen's (PS) clover
tongue?
Jim Roberts (Venture-N): Are the
rumors about you true? Details, I
want details!
Dave W. (hangs at Gentry) I kinda
sona hear that you had a date! Did you
remember how?
Pacific Street Bar Whore Tour· How
long did it take you boys to get tossed
out of Austin?
Tommie Sue (BRB)· Sean (Gentry)
wants to know how many customers
you have knocked over lately because •
of your hard nipples?
Kurt (MMC) and Jim . Congrats on
your nuptials!
HOUSTON VOICE I MAY 31, 1996 19
Big Mike (BRB): Why do you have Camuon pu/orms at Erl's
stars in you eyes these days?
Cameron (Mr, Gay Life Today): And
I quote "I've been gerbiled?"
Ken Claude (Basic Brothers) So,
you want a big utility vehicle? Is
that to take truck loads of tricks
Vera (BRB): Who gave you a 12" 1 home?
cucumber for a Mother's Day? Reno (J.R .' s) : Did you get that
Sam (Mary's) Why do you drool jumbo size jar a lube I left for you at the
Spearmint Schnaaps? I bar?
Bnn (M1dtowne): You took 4 out of J.C (Midtowne): What is with you
town guests to the Ripcord! Why did and guys that use in111als for names?
Jennifer (RSICSS)
So you are one crown
shon• Scxt ume, be at the
designated conteq al
the right lime'
R.11nbo (MSLJ Yes
hone) you once "ere
) Oung and cute!
Scan (Gentry) Or
should "e call you cowbO)?
How long has 1l been
since ) ou rode a horse?
Shaboom (E/J'sl So,
you dtd not even recog·
nize an old photo of yourself'
An OIJmprc hopeful NOT'
Jackie (\1SL): So, you
have a Whopper! Do
fries come v. tth 1t?
\1ark (Gentry Gaps): I
think I'm the only one tn
Houston that did not
they have to prop themselves up?
Nick (hangs at the BRB): Is it true,
Don says cats do fart?
Jerry Morin: Where are your c1ga·
rettes? Did Dowden steal them?
Buck (Mary's). How did you get that
racing strip down you back? Or is
more like landing lights?
Tom Sawyer (Ripcord): You
looked like one of those Bud Lue
I
hear what happened to your car'
Rico (hangs at \fary's) Yes, dear
you finally see your name in pnnt'
If you find tons of type-os and gram-mauc
al errors, It is not Clifford's
fault. He did not proofread Soap this
week!
Have a great week'
"girls!" Cuervolyn
Miss A , Big Mike, and Tommie Sue
(BRB) Soap bubbles? Y'all ask?
Calgon takes Miss A. very far away'
Randy (Big Hair) What do you do
with all that toilet paper?
Judy (BRB); Northern-98<:, Cha·
rmm-S 1.29, corn cobs-free I Love,
Vera'
Chester (PS): Has it been a long time
since you heard "It feels good?"
B)ron (BRBJ ; We want Cliff?
Rob Miller (\'enturc 'I;). I sJw v.f>at
you did' You arc a bad, bad bo)'
Kody (Chances)· Do you return 1he
panties to Barbara laundered'
Brian Keever I hope the wardens at
Park Plaza grant you a pardon <oon•
We miss ya honey'
At th• Lambda Skate Club pa1ama par(}'
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On Your Next Vtiitto Homton •.•
What you get at the nwtel on the highway & what you get at
the Montrose Inn
Motel: Heteros .. uah with k ids f ig hting next door.
Montrose Inn: Gay men next door. Only gay men. Nothing but gay men.
Motel. Several miles to the g ay bars.
Montrose Inn: S tiny blocks to the gay ba rs
Motel: Drove to the gay bars & pay SS to park , 1fyou can find parking. Or take a
SIS cab.
Montrose Inn· Walk 10 the gay bar< Or take a $3 cab.
Motel: Drove back from the gay bars and mk the cops making you walk the
straight line. Or take a SIS cab.
Montrose Inn· Walk back from the gay bars Or take a $3 cab.
Motel Pay S3S to S9S a night for a room .
.\font rose Inn: Pay $41 to $79 a night for a room.
Motel: Eat in their restaurant Food for the masses. Pay plenty. SI •oft drink
machine
Montrose Inn. Complimentary late night sandwiche< & full breakfast the
next day. Free soft drinks. JU1ces, coffee 24 hours.
Motel: Crutse the parking lot and get threatened
Montrose Inn· Cruise the hallways. Please!
Mole): The recept1on1st sneers at you
Montrose Inn~ The reception ist wink~ at you.
Motel: Washing machine? Ironing board'! Hair dryer'/ Refrigerator? S1ove?
~!1crowave? VCR & gay movie>? Are you kidding?
Montrose Inn All of the above Free to u<e
Motel: Full size bed, everything else u plamc
Montrose Inn. Queen soze bed, hardwood floors, hardly any plasttc
Motel: Maid knocking 8 a.m., you moan but shes coming in anyway. Checkout
II a m
Montrose Inn: Handsome man next door knocking II a m 10 Join him for
breakfast. Checkou1 I p.m.
Rtstrvations requtstt d . 1-800-357-1228 . Tht houst at 408
A vondalt.
The Monrrose Inn is NOT a motel. We"re NOT a hotel. We're a Bed & Breakfast.
(And we're Basic & Butch . We' re the B&B that's B&B) We' re completely
differe nt!
New Editor ...
(Conllnued from Page I) Are big changes planned for lhe paper? Bell
Gay & Bi Equal Rights and Liberation gave staled that she d?"sn'I think .. that i_s the case.
Bell ihe opportunity 10 take her years of at least for the time being. Shen an_d I are
activism to the national level in a paid different people and of course have different
position as the National Organizer for the styles, so there are bound to be some
march. Billy Hileman, one of the march co- changes. I hope I can keep_ the best of the
chairs said of Bell. "Deborah was the foundation she worked 10 build here and lake
it from there." Bell says. She also says she
welcomes the guidance of members of the
community and ma) e\.·en do some focus
l?roups in the near future. "Cnlike a purely
commercial venture, as a communit)
newspaper, we have a responsibility to 1he
community we serve. To me 1ha1 is Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered people •
not only in Montrose, but in the Grea1er
Houston area. in and outside the loop. I need
10 kno" \\a}S that can best be done Is there
a segment we are not serving? A \\3)' to do it
beuer0 What do people like or dislike aboul
what is being done now? What do our readers
oulstanding candida1e in an impressive group
of applicanls. Her experience as a feminist
organizer is incredible She brings lo the
organizing effort determination, competence
and a commitment to grassroots organizing.•
Work wilh the march included working on
several publications "here Bell was called on
10 'Hile. edit. sell ads. do la) out, and deli' er
papers. •1t "as an incredible experience."
Bell S3)S of the year she spent in the Nauon's
capllal. "I learned so much. got to \\Ork \\llh
ou1s1anding leaders from all over the countl),
and even got lo auend an inaugural ball."
One of m) cherished memories from that \\.ant"
year 1s being asked 10 read names al the
national display of the Names Project Quilt
in 1992. Nol only Y.as I mo,ed by 1he fac1
1ha1 my list of names included some of "my
guys' from Bering, but !he person who I read
afler. "as Jeanne \\h11e. R~an \\'h11e's
morher.• Asked abou1 \\hal the march meant
10 her on a personal leHI, Bell stated, "I had
10 call upon the best of myself and sa" the
rest of the community do the same to make
the march be the successful cvenl that II was.
It also means lhe businesses "e give our
money 10. Of course, "e need 10 have the
financial backing of our advertisers, so we
will also be looking at ways 10 beuer serve
them and build revenues. We are counling on
their support. especial!) so "e can get beuer
equipment in here. Thal \\Ill make our jobs a
lot easier," Bell emphasized. I do h3'c some
ideas 1ha1 I am really excited about. 1hings I
want 10 Mite, and <ee covered My ed11onal
column 'In My O"n Voice' premiers in this
I'm extreme I) proud of the \\Ork tha1 "c did ISSuc. We reallv \\elcome submos ions from
It was ~uch a monumcn1al effort, and \\e the comm unit;. bocilo.. report~. nc\a.-s and
pulled ti off." Bell laughingly ndded, "of culture, as \\ell as our our personal stones. It
course, no" I think I'm capable of handling IS so important th.II "e report "hal our l"es
anylhmg, C\.en editing the 1 lou~ton Voice " really are. It is the documentation of \a.-hat we
Bell Sa)S she has a hard nc1 10 folio" are all aboul as a people, whal h1>1ory "'"
think Shen Y.111 really he missed She is \\ell kno" of us. Bell c"ncluded b) s•ymg • 1·,e
respected in the communily as a '"I) talented onl~ been at \\Ork a le" days, but 1herc IS a
\\rlter and editor which IS one reason I good >laffhere Jack , ~fagg1e. Carol)n, Lee,
nonunntcd her for Grand Marshal of Pride \ 1att, Ray and Al are '\\oorl1ng hard and care
\\eek in 1992. I know I am sorry 10 see her about the qualit) of !heir work. My firs! day
leave Houston, bul understand her need 10 was the busies! day of the week fo r !hem, a
take care of herself and her family si1ua1ion Wednesday - the day lhe paper is put lo bed
She also has 1"0 boys she 1s raising alone (sent to the printe r). I was very 1mpre»ed. It
and I kno" what 1ha1 is like. She will at least 1s a real team effort. The writers also work
have family around to help in Louisiana." hard 10 bring interesting columns and
Bell S)mpath1zes. "I hope that she won't informauon I've been following their work
leave us enlirely, because there will always as a reader and am looking forward lo
be a place in 1he Houston Voice for her working with Glen, Jon, Curt, La rry, Jazz,
wruings." Bell said Javier, B.R. and the others."
~996 PRIDE GUIDE MAILING
VOLUNTEER ALERT
What: 1996 Lesbian/Gay Pride Guide - stuffing,
sealing, labeling, and bagging
Where: Multi-purpose Service Center-1475 West
Gray
When Saturday, June 1, 1996
9:30 a .m. to noon 1 :00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m
Backstage Classroom A &B
Contact Patrick Mcllvain 869-0982
Bring a friend!
Help get the word out about all the Pride Week Activities!
Missiow lmposs1ble (Ml) kicked off the
summer seO'on of high· profile films
slated to be relea<ed w11h1n the next
month W 1th the phenomenal success
of Twister and the record breakmg opening
weekend tallies of Ml. this could be a
record breaking year for filmdoms
annual revenues. Amidst all the hype
regardmg big film>, some of the smaller
independent movies and foreign/art
house films get lost m the melee for media
hyperbole to become kmg of the boxof11ce.
One ol those films JS Nobody loi·es
Me (German). a somewhat complex
>lice of life dramedy that is certamly
unique Both films exemplify the
strengths and weakness of their genre
Looking For Love In All The
Wrong Places
Nobmf)· Lcn·es Me, a hox·office hit in Ger~
many will have it's Houston run, for one
week only, exclusively at the Landmark
Greenway Theatre The fllm can best be
described as a black comedy. Mana Schrader
portrays Fanny Fink. a 29 year old
woman who 1s obsessed wnh the notion that
1f she does not find a husband before she's
thirty, she is more likely to get hit by an
Awm homh An airport security belt
operator. Fanny's Job is frisk111g passengers
as they travel
Enter Orfeo de Altamar (Pierre Sanoussi-
Bh>s), a man covered in body paint
whom Fanny gets stud. on the elevator
w11h. Turns out Orfco 1s a ps |
