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JUNE 27, 2003
Court strikes down sodomy law
On eve of Pride celebration, decision affirms privacy rights
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Gays claim Montrose as their own
The 1960s saw the evolution
of this traditionally diverse,
gay neighborhood
Bditor's note: In honor of Pride Week
and 25 years of pride and gay history in
Houston, this story is the second in a three·
part series taking a look at the changes m
the Montrose neighborhood, traditionally
known as the heart of gay Houston.
By JOHNNY HOOKS
In 1948, Houston was awarded the label
"Fastest Growing City in the Nation,"
according to an article in the Houston
Business Journal. The Saturday Evening
Post described the city as in "a dazzling
phase, like Chicago in the 1850s."
The reason for such tremendous
growth? Petroleum. The fossil fuel would
propel Houston from a frontier town to
the 14th largest city in the US by 1950.
Betty Chapman in the Houston Busine~s
Journal wrote: "Fourteen refineries m
the Houston area produced more than
half the nation's oil. More wealth left the
ground within a 200-mile radius of
Houston than in any other location in
thf' world."
Life magazine wrote then what many
residents feel now: "I think I'll like
Houston if they ever get it finished ."
The 1950s and '60s saw the city through
its first "boom years." To learn more about
the queer emergence in Montrose, as well
as in Houston itself, I went to gay activist
Ray Hill.
"There was always a strong gay influence
in [Houston) development, mortgage
banking ... even, I suspect as far back as
turning an old dairy farm into the first
Houston subdivision," Hill said. "Gay folk
were laying out streets and financing
homes.
"Jesse Jones had no children of his
own, his fair-haired boy Bob Smith had
no children, left no heirs ... of course Ms.
Ima (Hogg) never married and I don't
know what they paid her secretary after
she died, but she's living comfortably for
not writing a book," Hill said. "There
have always been rumors about those
relationships."
Why is it no surprise that this city had
such colorful (ahem) characters from its
very start? ·
But when and, curiously, WHY did the
queers arrive in the neighborhood?
Again Hill remembers. "I can tell you
exactly, almost to the date. I certainly
know who was at the table when the gay
community discovered Montrose as aeriable
soil... and that goes back to the
Almeda Street era.
"We had downtown [gay] bars, and the
first bars to venture out of the downtown
area were down Almeda road from Holman
to Southmore, and it was cruismg strip,"
Hill said. "You know. Houston's always
IJcen a cruising town."
Houston gay activist Ray Hill recalls when gays
m.1de Montro~e the heart of their community in the
Bayou City. (Photo by Kimberly Thompson).
At the time, all bars in Houston closed
at midnight, but the men and women still
had some tap in their shoes. The only
place open was a coffeehouse on Main
Street called Cokens. Apparently the
owner, Bernard Coken, was rumored to
be a "family member," though vf!ry clos·
eted if so. Depending on his mood, Co ken
would either reluctantly welcome the
late-night "perverts" or force them to hit
the road.
In the early 1960s, the "grand dames"
of that time decided they'd had enough.
"Paul Stewart, Bobby Gant, J11ay BQtich.
Rita W~sttum ;md that ~811 ~<tSically
the Gtro''ftpup..., the les tiak were
somew~-else but they ~me !Ill
the way acros town to join us for
Coken's," Hill said. "We got together
there, after recently being let back in.
and said, 'This is bullshit.' You can't
plan your evening, you never know 1f
Bernard is going to be on a terror, or if
Helen the waitress is gonna cough on
your food; it's an awful place and we're
not welcome
"So there was a place, Ari Wren's,
where Katz's Deli is now .. that v.as only
open for lunch," Hill continued. HUI and
his friPnds convinced Wren to open !us
restaurant 24 hours a day and from the
first night. a traffic jam formed due to all
the cars leaving Almeda. headmg down
Montrose to Art Wren's.
At the time. Montrose dead-ended at
Westheimer and by the late '60s some
quick-thinking queens decided to open a
few bars "out Westheimer" past Montrose
Boulevard. The Encore was the first
Montrose "gay bar" - it was actually a
private club where men could dance with
men and enjoy cocktails. The second was
Mary's; May Britz was the third; and
fmally a bar called Numbers, located on
1004 California.
The Bayou Landing was reported to
be the largest gay dance hall between
the East and West coasts! The sexual
revolution of the times was embraced by
the writers. musicians. gays and exiles
that flocked to Montrose at the time.
thanks to Ray Hill and his fellow queer
pioneers. The early 1970s saw the lower
Westheimer/ Montrose area referred to
as "Houston's Left Bank," with cafcs,
boutiques, antique stores and chic
European·mfluenced restaurants such
as Ari Grenouille's, Bacchanal,
l\lichaelangelo's and Boccacio 2000.
Boccacio 2000 was described by Texas
Monthly as "a disco-restaurant fur
nished in Modern Kubrick that's
become a Jet-set pit stop for mone stars
lost in Houston,"
The late 1970s were a testament to
urban decline, and Houston's "Left Bank"
was now being compared to Boston's
"Combat Zone.'' "First one sex shop
opened, then another ... once you go
cheap, you start attracting a bad element...
landlords get greedy and only the
sex shop owners are willing to pay; the
restaurants couldn't survive," recalls
Michaelanelo owner Willie Rometsch in a
Houston Post article.
The early 1980s saw Montrose dissolve
into its most lawless era. Cars packed
with drunken (mainly straight) youth
cruised bumper to bumper from South
Shepherd to Elgin and back again on
weekend nights. Prostitutes of every
variety lined either side of lower
Westheimer; side streets saw sex in alleyways,
rampant drug deals and more than
the occasional assault.
Numbers 2. Godfathers Pizza (soon
to be La Strada), the infamous Chicken
Coop, the Midnight Sun, Twins (sole
lesbian bar on the strip), Tila's
Restaurant (in the old An Wren's
locale) with its neon clock, Rutgl~s. the
Tower Theater and the Booby: Rock
strip club were all fixtures 6n the
famously seedy strip.
How did the former jewel in Houston's
crown overcome its eyesore status and Jaw·
less reputation to become. yet again. the
zip code to inhabit?
Next we .. k: .'1ontrose faces the der:CiStat·
ing effects of AIDS arul gentrifying redei·el·
opmcnt, plus a determined community looks
to thcfuture
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LANDMARK DECISION The U.S. Supreme Court.
with the 1!1aJOnty decision written by Justice
Anthony M. Kemedy on Thursday struck down
the anti-sodomy Texas statute. Section 21.06 of
the Texas Penal Code. Page 6
1HRJUED'. Gay Houston attomt')' Mitchell Katile
said he and others l!lVOh'ed m the Lawrence v
Texas case agamst the states so-called 'homosex·
ual conduct' law are 'thrilled' at the Supreme
Court rnrmg agamst the statute. Page 8
RAl.llES Houstonian Jom l..awrence who, along
with Tyrone Gamer is at the center of the case
that led tci tJie Supreme Court ruruig oo the Texas
sodomy statute. participated in a Thursday rught
rally at Houston CrtY Hall Page 8.
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Volunteers ready new Pride chandelier
Gene Ruple (center), owner of
Fashionable Events Co., and helpers
Clarence .James and Billy Roberts
prepare the huge chandelier that will
set apart the Houston Pnde Parade this
year. The chandelier is 20 feet In diame·
ter and weighs almost 1,000 pounds. It
has 16 arms. each with globes that,
combmed, will contam lights the color
of th Pnd flag. Mol1' than 500 hghts will make the chandelier stand out when it ls dis·
pl~C!I Saturday night near the corner of l\lontrose and Westhe1mer The piece was build
in 1986 by T Duff and M. Grant Associates for the State of Texas' sesquicentennial and
hung m the Capitol building heavily decorated with floral pieces. It is bemg electrified
and decorated for Pride, mcluding being palntPd silver to mark the 25th or "Silver"
anmversary of Houston Pride. (Photo by Dalton Del I art)
State lawmaker to speak
at caucus general meeting
State Rep. Syh1!Ster ....------..
Turner, a member of
the Texas state
Legislature since 1988
and a candidate for
mayor of Houston. will
be the guest speaker at
the next general meet·
tng of the Houston Gay
& Lesbian Political State Rep Sylvester
Caucus on Wednesday. Turner (O·Houston)
An attorney and civic 15 slated to speak to
leader in the Bayou City members of the
for more than two Houston Gay &
decades, Turner holds Lesbian Political
degrees from the caucus on
University of Houston Wednesday.
and Harvard Law
School. He IS the Speaker Pro Tempore of
the Texas House of Representatives and
serves on the Regulated Industries,
Calendars, and Appropriations C-0mmittee ..
Wednesday night, Turner will discus,~ the
challenges facing Houston and his plans for
the city if he ls elected mayor. He will
answer questions from HGLPC members
and visitoni Th1.:.Public is invited to_attend.
@MORE INFO
Houston Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus
General meeting w 1th speaker Rep. Sylvester
Turner • 7 p.m Wednesday
Houston GlBT Community Center
3400 Montrose. Suite 207
Center 713-524·3818 • www.hglpc.com
Crossdresser shot to death
while driving in Houston
Houston Police Department officials report
that Houston police are investigating the
fatal shooting of a man in the 5900 block of
Antoine about 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, .June
18. According to a police report, the victim
was .Michael Charles Hurd, 23, of 6101
AntoinP No. 7107. HPD Homicide Division
Sergeant D.A Ferguson and Officer BC.
Mc.Daniel re1JOrted that the victim had been
drivmg a green four·door Saturn north·
bow1d in the 5000 block of Antoine. At some
point, police sairl, the vehicle was shot at and
the victim died at the scene. The victim was
wearing women's clothing when he was
found. Police said the suspect(s) and motive
in thP shooting are unknown so far. This
week, officials with PFLAG (Parents
Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays)
decried the shooting. "PFLAG condemns the
hatred and misunderstanding that leads to
cnmei; against thQSe of us who don't appear
to conform to society's repressive nonns,"
said PH.AG national president Sam Thoron.
'111.ls colrl-blooded killing would appear to be
a hate crtme. If so, it is yet another chilling
example of the violence perpetrated against
trnnsgcnder people. PFLAG extends its sympathy
to U1e fam 1ly and loved ones of th IS victim
and promises that this heinous act will
only serve to fw1her its commiUnent to fight·
lng for justice and safety for everyone,
regardless of gend r identity or snrual ori·
entauon." Anyone with Information is IU'b'Cd
to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-
;m.36()() or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
fl'lll1 Raff reports
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Supreme Court overturns Texas sodomy law
Ruling invalidates
laws in 13 states
By LOU CHIBBARO JR.
In a sweeping victory for gay rights
advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court on
Thursda) overturned sodomy laws in 13
states, mcludmg Virginia, declaring that
gay couples, as well as heterosexuals, have
a constitutional right to privacy 1n the area
of "private sexual conduct."
Attorneys called the 6-3 decision in the
case, known as Lawrence vs. Texas, a stun·
ning victory for the gay rights movement
because of the specific legal changes it will
bring about and because of its strongly
worded declaration on behalf of privacy
rights for gays.
"The state cannot demean their existence
or control their destiny by making
their private sexual conduct a crime,"
states the majority opinion, VITitten by
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
The case stems from a decision by two
gay men from a Houston suburb to chal·
lenge the constitutionality of the Texas
"homosexual conduct" law. The law makes
it a crime for consenting adults of the
same gender to have oral or anal sex in pri·
vate, while allowing heterosexuals to commit
the same acts legally.
The two men, John Lawrence and Tyron
Garner, were arrested by Harris County,
Texas, sheriff's deputies on Sept. 17, 1998,
after the deputies barged into the bedroom
of Lawrence's apartment and observed the
men engaging in anal intercourse.
Authonties said they entered the apart·
ment after receiving a call, which was later
found to be false. that an armed intruder
was on the premises.
Both men pleaded "no contest" to the
charge and were fined $200 each. The plea,
which has the legal effect of a conviction,
could have resulted in several states adding
their names to police sex offender lists.
"We are very pleased with the rul·
ing," Lawrence said at a news confer·
ence Thursday. "We never chose to be
public figures. This ruling allows us to
From right. gay attorney Mitchell Katine, gay Houstonians John Lawrence and Tyron Gamer, and Lambda Legal"s Lee Taft leave a press conference held Thursday
afternoon at the Houston GLBT Commumty Center. The session was held to brief members of the me<fia on reaction to the US. Supreme Court decision striking
down Texas' antiijc1y sodomy staMe. {Photo by Penny Weaver)
get on with our Jives and opens the door
for gay people across the country to be
treated equally."
Attorneys affiliated with Lambda Legal
Defense & Education Fund, which repre·
sented Lawrence and Garner before the
Supreme Court, argued that the Texas
homosexual conduct Jaw should be over·
turned on two grounds. One - the ground
that the high court invoked in yesterday's
decision - holds that the law violates the
Constitution's 14th Amendment due pro·
cess clause, which protects an individual's
privacy rights.
The second ground contended that the
Texas Jaw violates the 14th Amendment's
equal protection clause because it singled
out sodomy committed by same-sex couples
and not heterosexual couples.
Had the court chosen the equal protection
clause, it would have overturned only
the Texas sodomy law and sodomy laws in
three other states - Kansas, Missouri and
Oklahoma, all of which outlaw homosexu-
Gay Houstonians John
Lawrence (right) and
Tyron Gamer read a statement
dunng a Thursday
press conference m reaction
to the Supreme Court
dec1S1on on the case that
origmated in 1998 with
the arrest of the two men.
{Photo by Penny Weaver)
al sodomy only. •
By choosing to overturn the Texas law
on the "privacy" rights ground, the
Supreme Court struck down sodomy Jaws
in the four states in which they apply only
to gays as well as in nine more states.
where the Jaws apply to both homosexuals
and heterosexuals.
The other states include Alabama,
Florida. Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
and Utah. Also included in this category is
Puerto Rico.
Perhaps most important, the court's
ruling overturns the court's own 1986 deci·
sion known as Bowers v. Hardwick. That
decision upheld Georgia's sodomy law on
grounds that the law did not violate the
Constitution's 14th Amendment assurance
of privacy rights.
Gay rights activist~ viewed the Bowers
decision as especially harsh and onerous
because it couched its reasoning for rejecting
the privacy rights argument in antigay
rhetoric.
"To hold that the act of homosexual
sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental
right wouid be to cast aside millennia of
moral teaching," then Chief Justice Warren
Burger wrote in a concurring opinion.
' It's a great victory for all Americans
because now all Americans are protected
from government intrusion mto their bed·
rooms," sa1 Pau1 Smith, a gay Washington
attorney who argued the case on Lambda
Legal's behalf before the court in March.
"They didn't make the 'equal protec·
tion' argument because that argument did·
n't need to be reached," Smith said. "They
said anybody. gay or straight, has a right to
make choices about their sexual partners
and their sexual practices in the privacy of
their homes."
Joining Kennedy in signing on to the
majority opinion to overturn the Texas
statute on "privacy" grounds were Justices
John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor filed a con·
curring opinion that supported overturn·
ing the Texas law, but based her opinion on
the "equal protection" argument.
Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dis·
senting opinion, with Chief Justice
William Rehnquist and Justice Clarence
Thomas signing on to Scalia's dissent.
Thomas also filed a separate dissenting
opinion.
In his dissent, Scalia called the majori·
ty opinion a loss of the "people's right" to
make laws through their elected leaders
that take stands on "moral" issues.
"It is clear from this that the court has
taken sides In the cultural wars," Scalia
said, in a statement he delivered from the
bench, a departure from usual practice.
Kennedy appeared to set the stage for
the majority opinion when he described in
his opinion the rationale for the decision.
"The present case does not involve
minors. It does not involve pE'rsons who
might be injured or coerced or who are sit·
uated in relationsh ips where consent
might not be easily refused It docs not
involve public conduct or prostitution ..
ThE' cas,. does involve two adults who, with
full and mutual consent from each other,
engaged in sexual practices common to a
homosexual lifestyle. The petitioners are
entitled to respect for their private lives.
The State cannot demand their existence
or control their destiny by making their
private sexual conduct a crime."
See www.houstonwlce.co for more on this story.
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Attorneys, clients in sodomy case 'thrilled'
Gay Houston attorney points
out far-reaching implications
of U.S. Supreme Court decision
By PENNY WEAVER
The historic t.:.S. Supreme Court decision
to strike down Texas' so-called "homosexual
conduct" law sent npples of joy throughout
the country, but nO\\ here -..vas the excitement
more palpable than in Houston, where the
ca~e originated.
Gay Houston attorney Mitchell Katine
and others who have worked on Lawrence
and Garner v. Texas for five years - and on
the move to eluninate the Texas sodomy law
in political arenas rejoiced at the news
Thursday morning.
"At first we knew we had won but we didn't
know what we had won on," Katine said. "Quite
frank!}; I could not imagine that the court
would actually ovemtle Bowers v. Hardwick.
"When I got the decision that this was an
overruling of Bowers v. Hardwick, I knew this
was even a further reaching decision than on
the right to equal protection," Katine added.
"This is a much further reaching decision than
I could have unagined. We're very excited."
The Supreme Court struck down the state's
ban on gay sex Th~ ruling that the law
was an unconstitutional violation of priva~
Gay activists and attorneys had argued that
Gay Housion attorney Mitchel Katine has helped
lead ihe case on behalf of J<m Lawrence and Tyron
Gamer since the two were arrested in Lawrence's
bedroom ITT 1998.
the Texas statute was not only a violation of
right to privacy but also a violation of equal
protection guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.
This week's ruling reverses Bowers v.
Hardwick, the infamous Supreme Court 1986
decision that upheld a Georgia anti-sodomy
law similar to the Texas statute.
Katine said gay Houstonians John Lawrence
and Tyron Garnei; the two men arrested in 1993
in Lawrence's bedroom, originating the challenge
to the Te.us !av.; are amazed at the nation·
wide reaction to the decision.
"I called John and Tyron and congratulat·
ed them and let them know that we could not
have done thts without them and their willing-ness
to be out in the forefront." Katine
said. "John and Tyron ... ! think they
truly appreciate today ... the historic
significance of their contribution.
"They are thrilled. They are excited.
They are happy," he added. "They
understand the significance of this
decision on the country.
significant this year in light of
the Lawrence v. Texas decision.
•rve been telling people let's
wait for this decision and thm }'Oil
can go have l!l!X." Katine said with a
laugh. "We are oow free and we are
going to have one hell ri a Pr¥le
rmade. The rally i~ going to be great.
"I spoke to them this morning and I
was able to give them the news. They
were both thrilled. They were both just
beside themselves," Katine said. "They
appreciate today that the whole nation
has been watching this. They know
that it's because of their willingness to
go forward. I thmk that they truly
appreciate the significance of this."
The office of Harns
County District Attorney
ctllCk Rosenthal
handled the Lawrence
case on behalf of the
state of Texas.
"Everyone needs to know
that every case is important and
we all have civil rights that can
be protected. We can actually
win," Katine said.
The office of Harris C.Ounty
District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal
represented the state of Texas in the
Lawrence and Garner v. Texas case.
Katine actually first heard the news from
his mother. At 9:12 a.m. Thursday, as members
of the media and fellow attorneys surrounded
Katine's desk, awaiting the official decision,
the phone rang. It was Katine's mother.
"(She said] 'Congratulations, son - you won!"'
Katine said. "I said, 'Mom, that's fant&1ic.'"
He emphasized the potentially far-reach·
ing effects of the Supreme Court ruling.
·~ I'm saying is that what this decision
has done JS 1t puts me and my partner on the
same grounds as our heterosexual neighbors,"
Katine said. "We nil have the right to privacy in
this country. We all have the right to not have
the government telling us what we can do and
what we can't do in our bedrooms as adults."
On a lighter note, Katine is ready for
Saturday's Houston Pride Parade particular
Ro6enthal. who initially argued the case for the
state, rould not be reached by press time Thursday
But Rosenthal said last fall that hi:; office was
prepared to vigorously defend the Texas law
"One of the things that we've done is
we've sworn to uphold the Constitution of the
State of Texas and of the United States. and
we're fulfilling our oath," Rosenthal said.
Bill Delmore, the Harris County assistant
prosecutor who also worked on the case, in the
past has said that the Legislature should throw
out the sodomy Jaw if that's what Texans want.
"My concern was primarily that the decision
be made in the Legislature so we could
protect the people's right through their elect·
ed representatives to determine what conduct
they believe to be immoral and ought to
be against the law," Delmore has ~aid.
Gay Houstonians celebrate court ruling
Pro-gay decision in time for
Pride; celebration rallies held
across the state
By PEMIY WEAVER
Pride 2003 bas taken on a whole new
meaning this week for gays across the
nation and partictilarly in Houston.
The Thursday decision by the U.S.
Supreme Court that effectively strikes
down anti.,gay sodomy laws across the
nation came in time for Pride Week. The
case that ra~ the challenge to Texas' socalled
"homosexual conduct" law originated
in Houston.
So gay Houstonians prepared for an
even more raucous Pride Parade on
Saturday night.
Following the Supreme Court
announcement of its decision, gay
activists and ~upporters across the nation
planned celebrations Thursday night. In
Houston, the rally was held on the steps of
city hall, and speakers included Mayor Lee
Brown and gay attorney Mitchell Katine,
who was involm in the case of Lawrence
and Garner~ ~ns since it 9egu in 1998.
Joiul ~ llOd Tyrone Gani.er, the
two men whose arrests in
Lawrence's Houston bedroom
led to the sodomy law challenge,
also were to be present at
the Thursday rally at city hall.
Across the nation, gay
activists planned celebrations
after the ruling. Cities in Texas
that planned rallies, in addition
to Houston, included
Galveston, Austin, Dallas
legalized marriage, we in the
USA are still fighting for what
should be the basic human
right of equal protection under
the law." Tyler added.
Guided in part by the
National Supreme Court Civil
Rights Rally, activists also
were to gather in Allilnta,
Boston, Cleveland, Detroit,
Los Angeles, Miami, New
Orleans, Milwaukee, San
Francisco, Philadephia,
Seattle and Washington, D.C.,
among others.
PflAG-Houston Secretary
Slit ,.., ~ the mother
Sue Null, secretary for
PFLAG-Houston (Parents,
Families & Friends of
Lesbians & Gays), was sched·
uled to speak at the Thursday
night rally at Houston City
Hall. Her comments included
the following.
of a gay 50l1 and daughter,
saidln~to
Tlusday's Supreme Court
dectslOfl. 'No longer will
my chikh n be selectivelv
brallded <IS crinlinals simply
for loving someone of
the same gender.'
"I feel like I've been bouncing
all day on one of those
children's moon walks. No
longer will my children be
selectively branded as criminal6
simply for loving someone
of the same gender.
"I come before you today as
"Local organizers around
the country are sti>pping up to the plate
and taking the lead in defending their com·
munities," said Robin Tyler, co-coordinator
of the civil rights rally group, of the
inde1>4'ndently organized rallies. "Each
community controls the event in their
town and most oC the 29 have reached out
to us to help publicize and gain national
visibility for ~ir efforts.
~While Canada, wbere I was born, just
a member of PFt.AG and as a
loving mom of a lesbian daughter and gay
son." Null said. "No mother, cradling her
new baby in her arms, expects this child to
grow up to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or
transgender. But every mother wants her
children to have equal opportunity in the
world. to find someone to love, and to be
safe. And all children deserve their mother's
unconditional love, regardlesi of the
getlder Q/. ta.e persca ttlley love.
"How could any mother tell her GLBT
children that they don't deserve the same
opportunities as their straight siblings?,"
Null said. "How could any mother tell her
GLBT children that they don't deserve the
same rights? Equal respect? How could any
mother have the arrogance to deny her
children the right to love whom they love?
"Not all of us have the privilege of
learning to embrace a son or daughter
who is a sexual minority," Null said. "I am
grateful to my own children who have
opened doors to a whole new community
of people whom I wouldn't otherwise
know if it were not for them. They, and all
of you, have offered my husband and me
an opportunity to grow in sensitivity,
compassion, and admiration for your
great courage and strength, often in the
face of fear and adversity
"Hopefully, [Thursday's] decision will
lead to a change in the putllic's percept.ion
of sexual minorities, which in turn will
lead to greater safety, safety on the streets,
safety in the job market, and safety in all
aspects of life," Null said. "Misguided reli·
gious, social and political forces will con·
tinue to rail against sexual m1noritie:s,
and we have a long way to co before our
loved ones achieve true equality, but
PFLAG is with you all the way! Justice
will tr~!"
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Ruling may impact sex laws, sets stage for marriage fight
By CHRIS CRAIN
Jn sweeping language, the Supreme
Court struck clown the Texas sodomy law,
and with it similar laws m 12 other states.
as violating gay Americans' right to due
process, but the rlebate among the justices
was far broarler, and In many ways set the
stage for the court to arldress the issue of
marriage, the next looming battle in the
"culture wars," In Justice Antonin
Scalia's parlance.
Even on the issue of sodomy laws, the
justices were expansive in their reason·
ing. The Supreme Court typically
decides only the question before it, but
the majority opinion in Lawrence vs.
Texas went further than it neerled to,
tacklmg not just Jaws like the one in
Texas and three other states that crimi·
nalize only homosexual sodomy. Instead,
the court reached out to effectively rule
unconstitutional the sodomy laws of
nine other states - including Virginia
that apply to homosexual and hetero·
sexual couplings.
The case was decided 6-3, but only a
bare majority of five were willing to take
the extra step of effectively striking
down all 13 sodomy statutes as contrary
to the Constitution's Due Process Clause.
In doing so, these five justices overruled
the court's 1986 decision in Bowers vs.
Hardwick, which upheld Georgia's gen-
Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and
SalKh Day O'Comor voted with the majonty in
striking down the sodomy laws.
era! sodomy law.
The sixth Justice in the majority,
Sanrlra Day O'Connor, voted with the
majority in Bowers and was unwilling to
revisit her thinking in that case. Instead,
she agreed that the Texas Jaw was uncon·
stitutional, but limited her analysis to the
fact that the law applies only to homosexual
and not heterosexual conduct. That dis·
linction violates the Equal Protection
Clause. which like the Due Process Clause
is contained in the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution.
The other five justices in the majority
acknowledged that the equal protection
challenge "is a tenable argument," but
they nonetheless went on to overrule
Bowers and face the broader question of
the government's ability to legislate sexual
morality.
,Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for
the majonty, "Were we to hold the
statute invalid under the Equal
Protection Clause" as O'Connor suggest
ed, "some might question whether a pro·
hibit1on woulrl be valid if drawn differently,
say, to prohibit the conduct both
between same-sex and different sex
participants."
The five-justice majortty answered that
question loud and clear: "Liberty presumes
an autonomy of self that includes
freedom of thought, belief, expression, and
certain intimate conduct." Private and
consensual sexual conduct between adulL~
even homosexual adults qualifies as
protected "intimate conduct," the court
concluded. and the government cannot
regulate it.
The impact of that ruling could be far·
reaching. Jn his dissent. Justice Scalia
cited a number of laws that may collapse
in its wake: those prohibiting the sale of
sex toys, adultery. fornication (sex outside
marriage}, adult incest. public indecency,
bigam}; masturbation. bestiality. obsc-enlty
and same-sex marriage.
But the majority opinion was not
simply a treatise on how individual
freedom to engage in sexual acts must
not be infringed upon by the govern·
ment. Although the five-justice majority
was not deciding the case based on
the fact that the Texas sodomy law was
hmited to homosexual conduct, Justice
Kennedy's opinion dealt directly with
how apphcation of the law was used to
discriminate agamst gay men and lesbians.
(Though it is noteworthy that
"homosexual" remains the preferred
descriptor for gays at the highest court
in the land )
"When homosexual conduct is made
criminal by the law of the state," wrote
Justice Kennedy, "that declaration m
and of itself is an mvitation to subject
homosexual persons to discrimination
both in the public and in the private
spheres."
The Lawrence case, according to
Justice Kennedy, "involves two adults
who. with full and mutual consent from
each other, engaged m sexual practices
common to a homosexual lifestyle. The
[two men] are entitled to respect for
their private lives. The state cannot
demean their existence or control their
destiny by making their private ~exual
conduct a crime."
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'Sleeping lawyer' case ends for gay defendant
Burdine trades new trial for
life in prison in plea deal
By PENNY WEAVER
A gay Texan and former death row inmate
who won a new trial because his lawyer
allegedly slept through parts of his first trial
pleaded guilty last week to capital murder
and will spend life in prison.
Calvin Burdine, 50, was convicted in 1984
of capital murder and given the death penalty
for the 1983 stabbing death of his lover and
roommate, WT. "Dub" WJSe. A federal judge
reversed the conviction and granted a new
trial because evidence showed his trial attorney,
Joe Cannon, slept for up to 10 minutes at
a time during crucial phases of testimony.
Cannon, who has since died, denied ever
falling asleep during the trial. Burdine's
Decatur. Ga., attorney, Robert McGlasson,
argued in appealing the death penalty case
that Cannon was sleeping instead of objecting
to the prosecutions repeated references to
~urdine's homosexuality.
In arguing for the death penalty and against
life in prison for Burdine following his conviction,
the prosecutor told the jury, "Sending a
homosexual to the penitentiary [for life] certainly
isn't a very bad punishment for a homosexual,
and that's what he's asking you to do."
Gay and civil liberties groups, in a 1995
brief asking that Burdine's conviction be
overturned, said, "The prosecution clearly
implied that... life behind bars would be
pleasant for a gay person - in effect portraying
the gay inmate as a 'kid in a candy store."'
The prosecutor also said that Burdine's
1971 Texas conviction for sodomy, a consensu-
Gay Texan Calvin Burdine, formerly on death row in
a capital murder case, last week entered a guilty
plea and likely will spend the rest of his life in
prison. (Photo from AP)
al offense, was evidence of his "likeliness to
commit criminal violent acts in the future."
Cannon also was found to have used antigay
slurs during the trial. According to
McGlasson. Cannon was homophobic and did
not challenge the prosecutor's biased statements
to the jury, as well as prospective
jurors who exhibited anti-gay bias.
In Burdine's appeal, the higher courts did not
address what McGlasson, gay rights activists
and death penalty opponents have said was
homophobia on the part of both the prosecutor
and defense attorneys during the original trial.
A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court
declined a state request to reinstate Burdine's
conviction and death sentence, sending the
case back to Texas, where authorities either
had to retry him or set him free.
On June 19, Burdine pleaded guilty to capital
murder, aggravated assault and felony
possession of a weapon in exchange for life in
prison, and state District Judge Joan
Huffman levied consecutive life sentences for
the crimes. The punishment virtually assures
he will spend the rest of his life in prison.
When Huffman asked Burdine if he understood
the deal, witnesses said Burdi.Ile replied,
"It means we're going to do a lot of time."
Prosecutors agreed to the deal because of
"the guarantee that he would die in prison," if
not by injection then by old age, Harris County
District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal said. Also,
potential trial evidence available to prosecutors
had deteriorated with age had they gone
for another death case, Rosenthal said.
Burdine survived six execution dates
before a federal court agreed that Cannon's
performance violated Burdine's constitutional
right to an effective lawyer. Houston
lawyer Danalynn Recer, one of Burdine's
attorneys, said last week that Burdine understood
that prison will remain his home.
"His experience of living on death row for
close to two decades was a traumatizing experience,"
Recer said. "He came close to being executed
and the terror of having that over his head
for nearly 20 years has finally been removed. He
is very relieved not to be facing the executioner:"
Burdine was convicted of killing W1se at the
Houston trailer they shared. Burdine confessed
to police and later recanted, claiming an accomplice
killed Wise while Burdine tried to talk
him out of it. That alleged accomplice, Douglas
McCreight, made a deal with prosecutors in
exchange for testimony against Burdine.
Mccreight served eight years in prison for
his role in the slaying before being released.
After the first trial, the jury foreman and a
court clerk described how Cannon, Burdine's
court-appointed lawyer, slept periodically
during the testimony and sentencing phases.
Recer said prosecutors took advantage of
Cannon's lapses by often referring to
Burdine's homosexuality during the trial.
"No real defense was put forth," she said.
Rosenthal said he doesn't believe Cannon
slept because the court transcript indicates timely
objections, and "you don't expect him to be as
vigorous as he was if he were actually sleeping."
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals first reversed the finding
that Cannon's snoozing violated Burdine's
rights in a highly criticized ruling in 2000. The
full appeals court then chose to hear the case
and agreed with the first court that Burdine
didn't get a fair chance to defend himself.
In July 2002, the Supreme Court allowed
that ruling to stand.
Last fall, Burdine's case again made headlines
when, in a rare move, a federal judge
called a state judge to his courtroom to resolve
a civil suit that stemmed from Burdine's retrial.
In October, U.S. District Judge David
Hittner ordered Huffman and attorney
Annette Lamoreaux to appear in his court.
Lamoreaux, East Texas regional director for
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU},
represented Burdine in his fight to keep
McGlasson as his defense counsel.
McGlasson handled Burdine's death
penalty appeal and appeared with him in
Harris County court a year ago for a hearing
to determine Burdine's future counsel.
But at that proceeding, Huffman refused
to appoint McGlasson as Burdine's counsel.
Her stated reason was that he is not on the
Harris County list of lawyers approved to represent
defendants in capital murder cases.
By the time Burdine's new trial was to
begin this spring, he rejected help from two
defense attorneys appointed by Huffman,
and McGlasson and Recer both agreed to represent
Burdine at no charge.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Ariz. governor bans anti-gay bias in state agencies
PHOENIX -Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat.
signed an execuuve order June 21 barring state agencies
from d1scnmmating based on sexual orientation, the
Arizona Hepublic reported. "To the people of Arizona. I
say, 'Welcome to a new Arizona,"' Napolitano said,
announcing the order at the Arizona Human Rights Fund
dinner. "It's the right thing to do because it sends the message
that we're going to value people on their workplace
merit, and that's the beginning and the end, period."
Officials with the Human Rights Fund, which lobbied for
the measure, praised the move. ''It's one more step for·
ward for us in gaining the rights that everyone else takes
for granted," said Kathie Gummere, Arizona Human
Rights Fund public affairs director. But the Center for
Arizona Policy called the order "an outrage." "If one gov·
ernor can put it in, the next can rescind it." said Len
Munsil. president of the conservative Christian group.
Anzona Gov. Janet Napolitano
said her order banning bias
based on sexual orientation is
'the right thing to do' for state
workers. (Photo by AP)
Gay employees at Justice Department
hold Pride event despite snub
WASHINGTON -Department of Justice
Pride members held their annual awards
ceremony in the Russell Caucus Room on
June 20 and honored Joseph Clark of the
D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office and Susan
Sommer from the Lambda Legal Defense
1''und for their contributions to gay equality.
The event, sponsored by Sen. Frank
Lautenberg (D-N.J.), who did not attend,
last1Ki for nearly two hours with speeches
by IJOJ Pride members and Rep. Harney
Frank (DMass.), who is gay. Originally
scheduled to be held in the Department of
Justice's Great Hall. the event denied hy
the department earlier this month
because the employee association, DOJ
Pride, did not have an official preslden·
tial proclamation. In recent \\eeks, the
department agreed to allow the event to
go on as scheduled, but said the group
would not receive any official sponsor·
ship. DOJ Pride President :\farina Colby
took time out of the ceremony to honor
those employees not present who might
"fear retaliation for attending" such an
event. About 150 people attended.
Calif. high court limits judges'
membership in Boy Scouts
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - California
judges who are members of the Boy
Scouts of America may have to disqualify
themselves from hearing cases
involving anti·gay discrimination, the
state Supreme Court announced June
12. But the state's top court, which sets
rules for California's 2,000-member
judiciary, did not bar judges from being
members of the Irving. Texas-based Boy
Scouts. as several local bar associations
requested. Under the new rule, judges
would either have to step down or notify
litigants in cases dealing with discrimination
in the workplace against gays,
and "any case involving gay adoptions
or cases in which the sexuality of the
litigant is an issue," said Angela
Bradstreet, the former San Francisco
Bar Association president who urged
the Supreme Court to alter its rules.
Gregg Shields, the scouts' spokesper·
son, said the or iginal proposal to ban
scout membership by judges "would be
inappropriate and unconstitutional."
Gay bias complaint filed
under new Orlando law
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Six months after
Orlando passed an ordinance barring
sexual orientation discrimination, a
man filed the first complaint under the
law alleging he was kicked out of a
sports bar because he is gay. Roger Welch
said a bartender at Players Sports Pub
told him to leave Feb. 13 after Welch men·
tioned to another patron that he was gay.
Welch said he refused to leave but the
bartender called police and he was cited
for trespassing. The city's human rcla·
tions drpartment was investigating the
complaint, but wouldn't release any
details. A manager at Players Sports Pub
rleclmed comment. The Orlando city
council voted in December to add "sexual
orientation" to the list of categories 1n
the city's anti.di -crimination protection
law, which includes employment, hous
Ing and public accommodations.
Soldier's mom continues fight
against general's promotion
WASHINGTON - Pat Kutteles, mother
of slain Army Pfc. Barry Winchell,
returned to Capitol Hill on Jw1e 17 to
again lobby against Major General
Robert Clark's promotion to lieutenant
general, NBC Nightly News reported.
Clark served as commander at Fort
Campbell, Ky., in 1999 when Winchell was
beaten to death in his barracks by fellow
soldiers who believed he was gay because
he had a transgendered girlfriend. An
Army investigation found that Clark was
not responsible for Wmchell's death, but
said soldiers at the base had not been
properly trained on the military's "Don't
Ask, Don't Tell" policy. "If he's promoted,
then everything that surrounded Barry's
death and Barry himself didn't matter,"
Kutteles told NBC. Clark has declined
interviews on the subject. He met with
Winchell's parents last month. but
Kutteles said he did not apologize and
they remain upset that he did not attend
their son's memorial service or contact
them earlier. "How can you spend four
years, four years and never once call on
us, never acknowledge in a face-to-face
meeting our child's death," she said.
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Issue 1183
editorial
Blind justice
Bush style
The president says he dreams of a 'color-blind' America, and
apparently a 'gay-blind' society, too. But our victories in the
courthouse won't be so easily ignored in the White House.
By CHRIS CRAIN
EORGE W BUSH HAS SAID
precious llttle during his politi·
cal career about his views on
homosexuality and gay rights. g Those who know himespecially
family friend Charles
Francis, the gay Texan who orga·
nized the meeting Bush had -...ith 12 gay support·
ers after he clinched the GOP presidential nom i·
nation say that our president is personally
comfortable around people he knows to be ga;:
Other gay Republicans argue that Bush is at
least a "rompas.>ionate conservative" on our
issues; in other words, don't look for him to stick
his neck out In favor ci gay rights, but at the same
time don't worry about the type ci anti.gal( wedge
politics practiced by the right wing ci his party
All this is probably true enough. but the
record of his administration so far suggests a
y;orldview that is a little more nuanced. and
more than a little bit troublesome, for gay
Americans - and for Bush's political future.
COMMENTATORS HAVE LONG NOTED
this president's sunny view of human nature;
he is a likable guy who is prepared to enjoy
the company of most of those he encounters.
A classic example surfaced just this month,
when Bush played host at the White House to a
college reunion of his fellow Yale alums.
As the San Francisco Chronicle reports it,
one woman told a surprised Bush, "You might
remember me as Peter when we left Yale."
Bush didn't mJss a beat. according to those
present. He grabbed her hand and responded,
"Now you've come back as yourself."
Of course. that doesn·t mean the president
will be lobbying Congress to add "gender iden·
tity" to gay rights legislation - he hasn't.even
said he supports gay nghts legislation -but it
does suggest a welcome personal acceptance.
That sunny disposition, and its disconnect
from public policy, was also on display this
week afler the Supreme Court announced its
split ruling on the affirmative action policies
used m admissions at the University of
Michigan. The court approved of affirmative
action in principle. citing "diversity" as a com·
pelling government interest that justifies
treating different races differently.
The White House responded with a statement
from the president praising the court '"for
recognizing the value of diversity on our
nation's campuses." The statement neglected to
mention that Bush had personally approved a
Justice Department brief that urged the court
to strike down affirmative action entirely.
Even more telling was the portion of Bush's
statement In which the president added, "Like
the court. I look forward to the day when
America will truly be a color-blind society."
If "diversity" really is a compelling inter·
est, of course, then America will never truly be
"color-blind." and shouldn't be. Race neutrality
is not the same thing as color-blindness, but
that difference appears lost on the president.
THE SA.\tE MAY WELL BE TRUE ON GAY
issues. The president's personal acceptance
of gay people has made possible the appoint·
ment of a number of White House staffers
who were known to be gay, even if they are
"private·• about it.
But in none of these cases does the presi·
dent appear to see his gay appointments as
proof of his commitment to "diversity," or as
his predecessor put it, putting into place a
government that "looks like America." In
fact, as far as homosexuality goes. the White
House "line" is that it is a non-issue, irrele·
vant in every way.
The Bush administration's position on our
issues is roughly the same, "gay-blind"
approach: Hom6sexuality is private. a non·
issue, and has no role in setting public policy
The number of closeted Republicans in the
Bush administration, and on Capitol Hill. only
reinforces that sentiment
A "gay-blind" government is better. of
course, than one outwardly hostile to us and
our interests. But we are constituents as well,
and Ignoring us comes at a cost.
Take the president's AIDS policies, for
example. Bush has consecutively named two
gay men to be h!S AIDS czar, but the stark con·
trast between the two Scott Evertz played a
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JUNE 27, 2003
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loud and visible role but was removed in favor
of Joseph Phillips, has been missing in
action - suggests that the position is to be
neither seen nor heard.
The primary AIDS focus of the White
House has been on the global epidemic, which
Is largely heterosexual, probably because it is
viewed though the prism of our national secu
rlty. The president's only real contribution to
addressing domestic HIV and AIDS has been
increased funding and favoritism toward
"abstinence-only-until-marriage" as a preven·
lion policy. That approach only makes since if
the administration is blind to gays, since mar·
riage is not an option for us.
·when AIDS groups have tried aggressive
marketing to get gay men interested again in
HIV prevention - using sex as a lure, just like
Madison Avenue and Hollywood would - the
Bush admtnistration warns against "encouraging
sex." Absent an effective alternative, the
m~e again appears to ignore the gays.
The New York Times has even reported
that AIDS groups fearing cuts in funding are
avoiding use of words like "homosexual" and
"anal sex" ln their grant applications. Hear no
gays, see no gays.
PU'ITING ON THE GAY BLINDERS HAS ITS
downside, and it is not all ours.
A number of cities are reporting an
Increase in HIV and STD rates among gay
men, and if that trend continues it will be our
president who must answer for it. (Presuming,
of course, that our AIDS organizations overcome
their bloodlust for federal funding long
enough to rediscover their activist voice.)
Even more daunting are some pending gay
rights victories in the courthouse that won't
be easily ignored in the White House.
If, as expected, the Supreme Court this
week strikes down the Texas sodomy law. how
will the president respond? George W. Bush
was governor of that state, after all, when
Tyron Gardner and John Lawrence were
arrested, convicted and first challenged the
"homosexual conduct law." Gov. Bush swore
back then to uphold and defend the
Constitution, but our Supreme Court will be
saying that he failed to do that. Will he find
away to again praise the justices, as he did on
affirmative action?
The real challenge, however, is coming
from the north. First Canada will legalize
gay marriage, and then (according to many
court observers) so will the Massachusetts
state supreme court. Conservatives are
already planning a constitutional amend·
ment to block forced recognition of gay
marriages in other states, and perhaps even
forbid them outright.
President Bush is on record opposing gay
marriage, but how far will a president who
wants our lives kept private go to squelch
this issue?
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'In Amenc11n 2003,
you can't say bad
things about Af1 ican
Amencans, but you
can still say bad things
about gays. That's where
we are."
Republican strategist
Rich Galen. on the rela·
tively calm reaction to the
comparison of gay sex to
bestiality by Republican
Sen. Rick Santorum
(Pa.) (immediate left),
with the firestorm over
former GOP leader Trent
Lott's wistful view of
Strom Thurmond'sfailed
segregationist bid/or the
presidency (London
Guardian, June 16)
"This 1s gay Mardi Gras; it's a day for us to be who we are. It's a party, but it's also a
meaningful celebration, and for some people, it's the only time all year that they can be
who they are.
Jean ('ienasd, a member (Jj the Albuquerque, N.llf. chap/ff of l'urents. Familws & Friends
Qf Lesbians & Gays (PF!..AGJ. on thectty'~ Gay Pri.defestiool (A.<;S1Xiated Press, June IS)
"(The Smith College policy is) political correctness carried amok. I believe that
we're going to see a coming generation that will curse the ground that was plowed with
political correctness."
Reu Lou Sheldon, of the Traditional Values Coolitlon. on a vote by Smith College
students to replace the pronouns "she" and "her" in the student government constitution
with "the student" as a way to welcome transgendered students into the women-only
school. (Associated Press. June 16)
"If there was a show about attractive gay women who happened to not have their
clothes on occasionally, do you think some straight men might watch?"
Show time chair and CEO .\fatthew mank, on
the auditncefor "Quee1 As Folk," u·hich i•1cludes
50 percent women, most of whom are assumed to be
heterosexual (.VeuJsweek. June 23)
"Les always calls me in the middle of the night
and says, 'Yow· show i~ so special, it's like a Faberge
egg. I can't bear to show it to anyone yet. I just want
to look at it over and over and over.' And he told me
he was changing the title to 'My Big Fat Greek Gay
Congressman.' And we'll be premiering after ·csr:
Athens,' so be sure and look for that."
Gay actor Natlzan Lane, reacting sarcastu·ally to
the decision by CBS president Leslie Moonties to delay
by six months the premiere of Lane's new series,
"Char/it Lawrence" (Clei·e/and Plain· Dealer, June 14)
"Disgusting. I'm ashamed to be a London Free Press reader, I'm ashamed to be an
Ontarian. I'm ashamed to be Canadian."
A reader angry over a front page photo of two men kissing, illustrating a story on the
historic court ruling in Ontario opening up marriage to same·se( coup/~ (London Free
Press, London Ontario. June 14)
"I would lllrn to congratulate you and commend you. I'm 77 years old and I don't
understand it, but J accept it."
Aoother reader reacting to the same front-page photograph and coverage (I,ondon Free
Press, London Ontario, June 14)
The British have a system that ... they
call It 'Don't ask. don't misbehave.' I
think the leaders in the [United States]
Armed Forces will look at that some day,"
Cieneral Wesley Clark.former NATO
supreme allied commander, and potential
!Jemocrotic presidential candidate, on the
currrnt American policy of "Don't Ask, Don't
Tell" on gays in the military; asked by NBC's
7'im Russert if he would look at changing the
pali.c): Clark answered, ''Absolutely." (NUC'.~
"Meet the Press, ".June 15)
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JUNE 27. 2003 15
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OUT ON THE TOWN: Pride extends beyond this month
when gay Houstonians help their fellow Texans. Page 20. I PARENTING: Houston activist Sue Lovell shares her
story on the road of gay parenthood. Page 21
ut
By FAREN D'ABELL
EBONY HAITH PROBABLY IS NOT
the first black lesbian model, but she
may be the first to come out on
national television.
Haith, one of the 10 finalists on UPN's
reality show "America's Next Top Model,"
says executive producer and supermodel
Tyra Banks brought together a diverse
group of contestants to compete for a mod·
eling contract and other high-value prizes.
Since a "top model" has to be more than
just a pretty face, they learn something new
each week. One week, gay consultant J.
Alexander - a thick black man in a dress
and heels teaches the girls how to walk
down a runwa)Z Another week, they take
acting clasoos with Alice Spivak who helped
Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schifiei:
After their lessons, the models are judged
on how well they applied their lessons. A
panel r:i celebrity model judges eliminates
one model each week. Imagine "The Waltons"
meet "The Jeffersons" meet "SurvM>i:"
Robin Manning - a plus-sized model
whose personal motto is "I can do all things
through Jesus Christ who strengthens me" -
became the mother figure to the group as
they were narrowed from~ women to 10. But
that mother quickly became disapproving of
several women in the house, Haith says.
Elyse Sewell, the Wynona Ryder look·
alike, is an atheist, and Haith is a lesbian,
so neither participates in the bible study
classes held by Manning.
nthe HOUSTON VOICE
JUNE 27, 2003
PAGE 17
Black lesbian isn't 'America's Next Top Model,' but she's still out and proud
The outspoken
Haith says she was
not going to let
Manning bring nega.
tivity into the house.
"The first thing I
told her was 'I was
born 7-7-78, honey. I'm
all lucky. Sevens are
the gates to heaven, now you look at me and
tell me I'm not a child of God,"' Haith says.
'Mer that, I didn't hear a word from her."
FROM THE BEGINNING, HAITH SAYS
she was there to win. She was not in the
house to make friends.
The first argument occurred when the
girls arrived at the house and were treated
with new clothes of different sires. Haith says
the logical way to divide the clothes 'M>uld be
to see what looks best on each model.
But mother Manning irevaiJed, causing a
clothing raftle r:i sol1s to determine which
m:xlel.receMld which outfit- ~r:i size.
In an early episode, Haith lost a competition
to win a night partying with recording
artist Wyclef Jean. When ''Tyra Mail" -
little notes from Banks telling the contestants
what to expect the next day - came
while the four winners were out partying,
Haith wanted to hide the mail from them.
But, there's more to every story, she says.
"It's an eight-hour show. We were
together for over a month," she says. "A
lot of the times, my interactions with the
girls were things that were built up. If I
got frustrated at them, these are things
that we went through in and out all day."
The almost 25-year-old model from the
Bronx says she's not as mean as TV view·
ers might think.
"Why was I portrayed this vmy?"' Haith
asks. "Sometimes African American women
especially in my style - have a tendency
to be portrayed [as) angry or very forceful"
HAITH IS NOT THE TYPICAL SUPER·
model. Her current style is bald and a bit
rough around the edges. Even people who
know her well may not always recognize her
because her style, which has included blonde
hair, is constantly changing, she says.
"I'm naturally a clown," Haith says. 'Tm
really a girly girl as well If I'm going through
something, you're going to know it"
Her big clown smile was seen naturally
when she invited her girlfriend, Ka, to
visit the house. "The girls came in to meet
my girlfriend, and their whole attitude
[changed]," Haith says. "They all came
and introduced themselves - Robin too.
... I knew that they were going to be
acceptable toward it and understand that
this wasn't something that was a joke."
Haith was an out lesbian from the beginning
of her involvement with the show, but
none of the other contestants knew.
"Tyra already knew," Haith says.
"After we were narrowed down to the 10,
that was the first thing she said to me, 'we
all know you're a lesbian.'"
Haith told Banks that because there
are so many gays in all aspects of fashion,
she didn't believe that being gay would
hinder her career.
And besides Manning's protestations,
if the other on-camera guests and celebrity
judges are any indication, she's right.
In one episode, the flamboyant runway
expert J. Alexander refers to his husband,
the doctor, when one of the model-hopefuls
reveals that she'll attend medical school if
she does not win the competition.
Manning's anti-gay sentiments were disrespectful
to the large numbers of gays who
support models and actresses, Haith says.
"I was a little shocked," she says.
"Thinking to myself, 'You're not only
making these comments toward me,
you're making the.c;e comments to the person
who made you look fabulous yester-day,
the one that made that outfit that you
wore look amazing, the one who held your
hand when you were crying.'~
DURING AND AFTER JUNE - TYPIcally
known as Gay Pride month - Haith
says gays should be out and proud in all
aspects of their lives.
She does not fear that being out will
hurt her modeling career. In fact, she
wants to be a director and an actress as
well, and fears that may be more difficult.
"I think that people are always going to be
in fear of what other people say," c;he says.
In the future, Haith says she hope·
attitudes will change.
"We have newscasters who are 60 years
old, 'iO, 80, who are coming out saying
they're gay now," she says. "W~ have priests
who are now finally getting accepted into
churches. This is something that, In the
next ten years, it really is yesterday's news."
After a month of nationally televised
grueling work - including sub-zero outdoor
shoots, criticisms about dry skin, and
being called a sinner; Haith is still smiling.
"I think I'm one of the most happy financially
unstable people there is," she says.
And she says if she learned one thing
from participating on "America's Next
Top Model," it's that she exists.
"I am present," Haith says. "I have always
felt that as an African American woman
especially - a woman, period - that I have
had to do extra to say I'm here. •.• I was
helped to realize, by watchlng this shol\; that
I was present from the beginning.''
Haith was eliminated on the June 10
episode. The show's season finale airs July 8.
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for role as porn star Sam Tyson.
From 'Hero' to porn star
REMEMBER HERO MAGAZINE? IT
was that conservative gay men's publica·
tion that had a su·ict policy against adult
content. Hero was geared toward men in
committed relationships and had a general
"we're gay, but we're so normal" flavor
In late 2001, the magazine closed its
doors for good after three years in operation.
The publisher told Press Pass Q,
an electronic newsletter about the gay
media, that a weakening economy and a
drop in ad sales after the Sept. 11
attacks caused the magazine's downfall.
Ironically, Genre magazine now
reports that SAM FRANCIS, one of the
ccrfounders of Hero. became SAM
TYSON - a gay porn star. Co-star of
such movies as "Goldenrod" and "The
Hole," Tyson apparently is one of the hot
stars on the rise in the adult film industry.
"(Hero] re.illy served a market of
men who felt alienated from the heavily
sexual vibe of other gay men's magazines,"
Tyson said in an interview with
Unzipped.net, a porn magazine.
Tyson said there was always a part of
him that wanted to do what he's doing now
"It existed even before I came out,"
he noted. "But back then I was too
ashamed and too afraid. So this part of
me the sexual energy in me was
Just held back."
LESBIAN :MEDIA BIGWIG lfiLARY ROSEN
joins CNBC Aug. 1 as a regular commentator
on the "Capital Report," "Power
LunC'h" and "Squawk Box" programs after
le.1Ving her job and $1 million annual
salary this week as chair of the Recording
Industry Association of America.
Rosen, the life partner of Human
Rights Campaign Executive Director
ELIZABETH BIRCH, came under fire
as a spokesperson for the RIAA as illegal
file-sharing made it easy for anyone
with IntP.rnet access to download music
online without both·
ering to buy CDs.
"I really like the
perspective of
CNBC and the way
they .communicate
with an audience
whom they expect
to be knowledgeable
"'911i1111.;;;:.iliil••I- and sophisticated
about issues,"
Rosen told the
Washington Post. "So I don't feel like
I'm entering show business."
Rosen and Birch announced earlier
this year that they are leaving their full·
time posts to spend more time with
their children. Birch's tenure at HRC
ends in Dccembe1:
Pom star Sam Tyson was fonnerly know as Sam
Francis. who founded the now-defunct Hero maga·
zme. which catered to conservative gay men. (Photo
courtesy of Badpuppy.com)
MAER ROSHAN. THE GAY EDITOR
of Radar magazine, is having a bad time.
In May, someone sent a box of human
excrcmPnl to his New York office and
claimed the messy missive was from rap
executive SUGE KNIGHT. the New York
Post'~ Page Six reports. Roshan named
Knight as one of the "celebrity mon·
sters" pron.Jed in
Radar's debut issue.
Knight's handler
told the paper he did
not send the package
to Roshan.
But in the July
issue of Stuff
Magazine, a Maxim
knockoff headed by
editor GREG
GUTJ<'ELD, a cor- Maer Roshan
rect10n ran saying,
"In M11;; we sent n package of excrement
to [Roshan]. Turns out, he had
a~ked us to send it to his home
address."
Gutfeld is claiming the correction
was a Joke, hut Roshan is skeptical.
"I received n box of shit from 'Sugo
Kmght' whkh later turned out to be
the, uh, handiwork of [Gutfeld],
Roshan said in the online magazine
Black Table. "I thought it was one of
his more impressive accomplishments
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Houstonians can show
their pride anytime by helping
fellow gay Texans in need
Pride lasts all year
"WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, GET USED
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Your first Pride parade is always a memorable
experience. I have been fabulously fortunate
in my life with opportunities to march in
the New Yor'k City Pride Parade in 1009, tit the
height of the ACT·L'P protests; in San
Francisco the year Bill Clinton swept into
office on a dream called HOPE (we sang "Ding.
dong the witch is dead" from "The Wizard of
Oz!"); in Houston's pre-nighttime, Sw1day
afternoon, drag queen melting parades of Yore
(oh those nelly ribbons!); and its much cooler
sister. the Saturday, only nighttime parade In
the country, disco ball over the intersection of
Montrose and Westhelmer extravaga.!17.a.
Whew!
As I look around today, in our local community
and our national and global ones, 1t
seems that the years of hard work, loss and
pride are paying off You can't turn on the
TV now without running into gay and !es·
blan characters such as Will and Jack from
"Will & Grace.~ Lena and Bianca on "All My
Children," or real·life couples like Riechen
and Chip from the "Amazing Race," or
recently voted off Ebony and her girlfriend
Renee on "America's Next Top Model."
By the time YoU read thi~. the US.
Supreme Court probably will have ruled on
the constitutionality of the Texas anti·sodomy
la~ hopefully decriminalizing the actions of
tens of thousands of Texans. There are clearly
lots of reasons to celebrate PRIDE thls year.
HOWEVER, EVEN THOUGH YOC MAY TAKE
Monday after Pride weekend off to recover.
there are people in this city who can't take
time off before heading back to work. because
they can't wor'k. They are too sick. too ill to
even attend the parade, to enjoy the celebration
that all the hard work over the years ?<as for.
My column usually highlights people, places
and events that are, for one reason or another, of
mterest to the GLBT comm\llllty ci Houston.
The Houston \'tuce has pJt together its annual
Pride guide 1i:r Houstoo alre:ld}: I decided to
remind yru, dear readers, that after the rartY
sttJill, }".JU can make a REAL difference in the lives
ci ~le infected aixl affected by HIV aixl AIDS
It takes as little as one hour a week, but
the help You provide-and the good it does
for our still-young community- insures its
survival, and maybe even your own.
D.l.F.F.A Houston. The Design Industry
Fbundation Fighting AIDS is the largest
source of pnvate dollars for HIV I AIDS care
in the greater Houston area. according to
DIFFA leaders. The group has granted more
than $2.6 million to local service providers
since Its inception in 1987. DIFFA Houston
gives funds to HIV I AIDS services organizations
that provide preventive education programs
targeted to populations at risk of infec.
lion and to pro>iders of treatment and direct·
care services for people living with AIDS.
Throughout the year. DIFFA raises money
with amazing annual events like Dine OUt &
Chip In, the J loliday Collection Auction (featur
Ing wreaths designed by local artists. designers
and loving citizens like myself!) The heart of
the local chapter is Rodney Honerkmnp, but
the organization depends on volunteers for its
lifeline. The 2003 Holiday <:-Ollection Auction
steering conunittee meets for the first time this
week and could use YOU www.diffa.org/houston
ha5 further info on all volunteer needs.
AIDS Foundation Houston. Volunteers
are the backbone of AFH. Officials at AFH
note that it i5 the oldest HIV I AIDS organu.ation
In Houston, and it has a four-step process
for becoming a volunteer: Application,
Interview, Orientation and Placement.
A short walk around their well-organized
Web site shows a need for help Ill the followmg
areas: Big Brothers and Sisters,
Newslettei; Habitat for Humanity (helping
build homes for HIV+ families), Camp
Hope;Gamp H.U.G, special events, hospital
visitation and lots more; unfortunately. lhll list
is long and continues to grow. Take a minute
and see how you can HELP. wwwaidshelp.org
Bering Omega Community Services.
Founded in 1986, Bering Omega provides a
continuum of compassionate, quality care to
People Living with HIV I AIDS in Southeast
Texas, according to Bering leaders. Bering
Omega relies heavily on volunteers to deliver
cnre to more than 2,800 people each year.
Utilized m all aspects ci Bering's operations,
volunteers contribute more than 23,00J hours of
assistance each yeai: Bering Omega provides
assistance including a free dental clinic for pro
ple living with lllV/ AIDS. Even simple ge;tures
like recycling your old magazines for their lobby
can help. Patients sometimes ha11e to wait for
hours and a newish magazine can hE'lp pass the
time and the jitters a dental visit can hring. Adult
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support to individuals living with AIDS by paying
their health lllSurance premiums until they
qualify for Medicare, aa:ording to the group.
Assistance Fund al5o offers financial assistance
for the purchase cf medication. Those helped
through this group have reached a point in the1r
disease process where work is no longer possible
and available financial rerources are inadequate
to maintain quality of life, dignity and
pea~ cf mind www.theassistancefund.org.
After the chandelier comes down. and the
rainbow balloons are stowed for another year.
continue celebrating your PRIDE by showing the
cit): the nation and the v.OOd wey we're queci;
we're STIU.. here, and they'd better get used to it.
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parenting ELLA TYLER
Family enjoys sports, other
activities together with the
diverse Montrose as a backdrop
Lovell proud to be a mom
SUE LOVELL, 53, MOTHER OF TWO,
says, "The gay and lesbian parenting
boom is amazing to me. Growing up, I
never thought I would have kids. It wasn't
part of the dreams gay and lesbian people
had for themselves. It wasn't the way we
planned our lives."
Lovell, however, always wanted chil·
dren, and adopted S·year-old Robbie and
his brother Stephen, now 14, when Robbie
was an infant. "I was there when Robbie
was born," she says happily. When asked
if parenting is easier now that the boys
are older, she can't decide.
"They're more independent, and in
some ways that makes it easier and in
some ways it is harder," she says. "I
have truly enjoyed every age. Each age
has different challenges and different
rewards."
The famlly lives in the Montrose area,
where Lovell had lived before mother·
hood. "I bought a house here because of
the diversity of the area and because the
neighborhood schools - Poe, Lanier and
Lamar - are all good schools. Good
schools and a diverse neighborhood were
priorities for me," she says. "Montrose
isn't the only place where this happens,"
she adds, "but I was comfortable here. I
wanted a place where they would feel
comfortable growing up."
Lovell is a big fan and supporter of
the Neartown Little League where
Robbie plays, Stephen umpires and she
is an assistant coach. "Everyone plays.
There are no tryouts, just skill assess·
ments so that the team's balanced. It is
so wonderful to see this diverse group of
parents all getting along, all accepting
of each other and all cheering for each
other's kids," says Lovell, who is a
coach as well.
Everyone in the Lovell family likes
sports. "It's something they chose to do,
but I'm glad because it's something we
all have in common," she says. "You
should have seen us screaming and
jumping around when Rice won the
College World Series. The boys were
really excited because we would go
watch them play."
LOVELL SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
with the boys. "I'm fortunate to have
them, and they're my priority. I wanted
them so I could be part of their lives, not
just to have them," she explains. "I cut
back a lot on my involvement in things,
but I will have time to do that later. It all
goes by so quickly. "
Stephen and Robbie like Lovell's
Involvement in politics (she's running
for Houston City Council this year).
They know that It's important, and that
it helps people, she says. It isn't always
Gay Houston activist Sue Lovell adopted her two
sons, Robbie, 8. and Stephen. 14. when Robbie was
an infant.
easy for them, though, she admits.
"They'll get teased or harassed about
who I am when my name is in the paper
or I'm on the news." However, she says,
"When they see someone [else] being
harassed, they'll reach out. They know
what it's like."
Lovell is very proud of her sons.
"They're really good kids, and it doesn't
seem to be a struggle for them. They're
fun, smart, and have good senses of
humor. They're well rounded, and that's
important to me. They do volunteer
work," she says.
The boys maintain contact with their
bir.:h mother, Lovell says. "They have two
sisters, one younger than Robbie, and
they see them." They also have close ties
to Lovell's family. "They're leaving soon
to spending three weeks in California to
see their cousins," she reports.
THE FAMILY ALSO HAS PETS,
though not as many as they had last
week. "We had 10 puppies, but fortunate·
ly, they're gone," Lovell says. "It was a
good experience for them, and they
wanted to keep them until they saw how
much work they would be."
Although the gay and lesbian parent·
ing is more visible and accepted than it
once was, Lovell says there still is
progress to be made. "Gay fathers and Jes·
bian mothers still lose access to their
children in divorces and single parent
adoption is allowed, but gay couples can·
not [adopt]," she says.
"If I had to give advice to a young gay
or lesbian, what I'd say is there is no
right moment [to have children]. Don't
wait for enough money or time or the
perfect situation," Lovell says. "Just do
It. Things will fall into place. I've been
amazed."
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Ellen DeGeneres returns to stand-up
where she belongs, but trail-blazing
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Ellen playing it safe
IF YOU SAW ELLEN DEGENERES
Jive on her latest stand-up tour, skip
watching her new HBO comedy special,
"Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now," on
Saturday. The special is the same act
she performed on tour this spring.
DeGeneres shouldn't be faulted for
this. A show that is going to get so
much exposure on national television
needs to be tried out in front of live
audiences beforehand.
But for a special called "Here and
Now," not only is the material a bit old,
but there is also nothing edgy about
DeGeneres' act anymore.
It's neither in-your-face like Sandra
Bernhard's standup material, nor polit·
ically current like Bill Maher's whiny
revelations.
DeGeneres garnered national atten·
tion for being one of the first actors to
come out in publicly - on national tele·
vision and on the cover of Time. But
since then, she gradually shied away
from talking too much about politics or
sharing cutting-edge material.
THE NEW SPECIAL IS VERY SIMILAR
to DeGeneres' last failed sitcom, "The
Ellen Show," which aired on CBS in
2001. It tried to resurrect the familiar
feelings evoked by family sitcoms like
"The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The
Andy Griffith Show."
Ellen's now-defunct show had its
funny moments. but something was lost
in the translation from Griffith and Van
Dyke. Too much time passed, and the
formula for those programs faded to the
point thnt audiences just couldn't relate.
The new special would be more aptly
titled "Then and Now." since most of
the jokes are based on the disparity
between how simple life once was and
how complicated it is today.
DeGeneres jokes about the days
before remote controls, how toilet paper
used to have more than one ply, and
how pickles used to be in a big barrel in
the general sto~.
If a comedian like Bob Hope, who
turned 100 on ;vfay 29, were to discuss
such revelat10ns in his act. it would
generate chucl<les. Hut Ellen is only <15
not exactly a spring chicken, but also
not old enough to do the "when I was
your age" bits yet.
Many of her observations are quite
funny and astute, but some of the jokes
fall fiat before reaching the finish line.
Talking about how hard it is to open new
CD is more of a gag to do with friends
in a bar than a bit in n standup act.
After breaking barriers when she came out on
national television, out comedian Ellen lleGeneres
fails to break new ground on her HBO special on
Saturday, June 28. (Photo by Cliff Watts/HBO)
IF NONE OF THIS SOUNDS GAY·
oriented, that's because it isn't.
At the beginning of the show's hour,
DeGeneres says that everyone in the
audience has something in common.
"You're all here. because you're ga;;"
she teases.
It's a smart move to address the "gay
issue" right off the bat. For someone who
became famous for being openly gay, but
who still strives to reach mainstream
audiences. it's worthjokiilg about briefl}:
"That was my obligatory gay remark,"
she says. "If I didn't do anything ga); pe<>·
pie would be upset. They'd sa); 'She didn't
do anything ga): She's not our leader!
What happened to our leader?'"'
She'~ makes a gay joke or two. but
the meat and potatoes of her act is the
wr;: insightful. observational quips that
will crack up anyone, regardless of
race, religion or sexual orientation.
DeGeneres notes in the show that
the real rt>ason everyone has gathered
bl'fore her is just to "to laugh."
Watching her in action does gener·
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KEVIN RIORDAN
'The Queen of Harlem' novelist is not
his own title character, and being out
in interviews serves a larger purpose.
Black gay author 'represents'
YES, BRIAN KEITH JACKSON IS GAY
and hves m arguably the most famous
black neighborhood in the country.
And yes. his latest novel is titled "The
Queen of Harlem."
But this vivid and insightful book.
which has been likened to an African·
American "Breakfast at Tiffany's." is not
an autobiography in fictional drag.
"I am not the Queen of Harlem," the
35-year-old author says recently from his
home m the storied neighborhood where
his third novel is set.
"I wanted to create a book about iden·
tity, and perception." Jackson says.
"There's no better city in the world to do
that than New York, and I've had a fasci·
nation with Harlem for a long time. I
wanted to explore what Harlem means
to people."
Jackson moved to Harlem's West Side
two years ago, and like his narrator,
Mason Randolph, the author - who was
born in New Orleans - grew up in a well·
off Southern family.
BUT MASON, WHO TAKES THE NAME
Malik and disguises his upscale origins
when he moves uptown, is thoroughly het·
erosexual. He's smitten with the glam·
orous Carmen the "queen" of the title
and with Kyra, a wealthy Columbia
University student.
Jackson says writing characters Mis
not always fun for me."
But Carmen - a wise and witty diva
whose SOc1al network seems to include
every bold-faced name in New York's gossip
columns was "very fun" to write, he says.
"Everybody has a little Carmen i~
them." Jackson says. "I honestly beheve
that. She's grand ... but she"s aware."
Like Mason/ Malik. Carmen recreates
herself in a neighborhood not only histor·
ically famous for its artists, musicians
and writers, but more recently renowned
for a surge in the value of its residential
and commercial real estate.
Hamstrung for decades by the neglect,
decay and drugs that afflict many city
neighborhoods, Harlem is hip again.
Jackson wanted to explore what it
means to be a young black· man in a place
where so much is changing - and not
always in a positive direction, he says.
With its contrasting scenes o( blue-col
Jar and upper crust black life, MTlie Queen
of Harlem" is more concerned v.1th class
than race or sexual orientation.
JACKSON WAS A CO~BIJl'OR TO
"Shade," a 1996 anthology of fiction by black
gay men, but until recently tended to be pulr
licly circumspect about his sexual orienta·
tlon in interviews as well as in his work.
The
QYeen
I of
ar e111
RRtAl': KFITII )An:so.'
Even though he does live m New Yorlc's famous
black neighborhood. gay writer Brian Keith Jackson
does not refer to himself in the title of his third
novel. The Queen of Harlem.'
"It takes a great deal to be who you are,"
Jackson says, comparing Carmen's fiercely
proud act of self-creation to the ongoing
process of being gay in a straight world.
"I basically identify as ga);" he adds. "I've
never trted to hide it. It's a non-issue to me."
Besides, he's too busy: Jackson is writ
mg a screenplay based on "The Queen of
Harlem," working on a one-man play in
which he will star, and getting started on
a new novel.
"[The new novel] is going to be about
how people have relationships based on the
free minutes of their cell phones," he hints.
Jackson also admits that being out in
recent interviews promotes his work and
his date-ability. But it has another. larger •
purpose, he says.
"It's about representation." he says.
'i\.bout having faces to see. If your face is
In a magazine, and you're a novelist, and
some kid is in a dentist's office and sees
you, that kid knows it's possible.
"When I was a kid, I dldri't see many
black faces when I was flipping through
the magazines," he adds. MI have to go out
and be a facP..''
ft FOR MORE INFO
The Queen of Harlem'
by Brian Keith Jackson
Broadway Books
256 pages. Sl2. 95
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~ mrt.Jphy\ic;ll books!~ and classes.
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Gay C&tllDllcs of Sl Anne's-Houston. 5 p.m. worship sern:e Omer
and socbl alexcam wt.net. ~30
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Gl8T student group meellnQ. 2 pm at the Houston l.tsbbn & Gay
Conmmrty Centtr. 3400 Montrose. Suite 207 71J.524-3818.
wwwunedu/.glob.11 [-mad: globa!@bayou.uh.edu.
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Gin luthonn Clut!I. Sunday school for all ages 9 am. Serwtce
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Ramdlon MCC. Setvlce>. 9 ...i ll am. Chlldttn Mid ~uuth
SundJy Sdlool. 10 am Children" servic•. II am 713-861-9149
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Holy EllClurist, RM ll 8~5 am., E4atm hour. lo am.; a.or.ii
Eudwist.11 am 713-528-6665
~ ......._For HIV-po51t"" ,....,_ 11 am Riva\ 1117 MisSCIJri
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lo-JO am "°9·7b5113JO
~,......,of.-_ M.it forum, 10 a.m. S..VU.11
am. 713-686-5876.
HMDo Ill.BT Conlrulllr Cerltw. llrop-0\ 2~ pm • GI.BT Comnulty
OH'cll with llN Meissa l'.llod. II"* >tudy, 10-lfr45 am. woNllP
lla.m. www~ • GlOBAl .....tnJ 6pm • 3400
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MCN>AY, JUNE 30
EVERY MONDAY
C...-lw s,111111110.. __ ,..,..,, ll:"!O a<n·I P-"'
~ ---JU-»t ..
Free HIV Testing. ~ton Area Commun•~ Servous. 9 a in·
noon at Joseph-H•nes Clime 1710 West 25 St 713-52b-0555.
ext 23L 227 or 226
Fret HIV Testing. Montrose cronic. 4-8 pm. at Bricks. 617 faimew
7IJ.830·3000.
Frost Eye CWc. Free eye exams for people with HIV 713-830-3000
Gay Bowling Leagues. Women's lea<jUe. 645 pm. Dynamic Unes,
6121 Tamel O.-M. m-861-1167
Gay FatherVFathers Flrsl Support group. 6-9:30 pm. Bering
Memorial United Methodist Churtlt TOI!\ ro-nb-8736.
WWW.geo<•l16.ccm/gaydadsho<Jston/
Gnia! Assembly Cluth G.ly/ljay-affirmlng congregatoon. 7 pm.
aenlblcs class. 567 Cedar Grove. Lrvmgston, Texas, m5L 93b-
64b-72l4 E-mail leol:11>mttexnel
Grief & DIYoltlt Suppcit ~ 7 p.m Beri1g. 71J.526.1017. ext. 200.
Houston Roughnecks Rugby Club Prac:tce from 6:30-8 30 pm.
For more lnfonn.itJO<l, li;>o on to www.roughnedcwgby.nrg.
l(olJo Project. Eucharist 'VO pm. 71J.861-1800.
l.vnilda c.nur. Alcoholics Anonymous. 8 p.m
llcoimen' Group. 1201 W Cl1y 71J.52H243 or 71J.52B-9772
WWW IJrnbcldhoustonorv.
Mont7osf Clinic Offers ._-ldy peer S1JPPQrt groups for gay and
bisexual m<n wllll HIV. Spanish spe.1klng group meets, 6:30 pm.
21S Westhelmer. 71J.830.3050 Grupo de Aflt1(o para lallflOS OJY
y OOl!xuales VJH pcsitivos. LLnes &JO. Para mas onforrruoon lbma
al 713-830-3025
~Voices Radio Show. 8·10 pm. KPFT 90.l
Houston Cl.BT Community Center. Orop-11 2-9 p.in • 3400
Moo11r<i • $(, '• 207 71'-~24-"~P wwwhoustonglblctnU.-.~
TUESDAY, JULY 1
Lesbian HuJth InrtiatM. M.. . .tmg, 7 pm. 713·603·0023.
NWW 1n · oo • l\.org
EVERY TUESDAY
~Support~ Be. :h Gang. II am 71J.52b-l0ll
Center for Spiritual Llmg. M"""''--" CdnlJ>in). ll30 a.m. I pm.
6610 fl.ltwrn. 713-339-lBOB.
Fret HIV Testilg Houston Area Conmmity ~
10 am 2 p.m. at Joseph-Hines tr1111C. 1710 west i5lli st.
71J.52b-0555, exl 23L 227 or 22b.
Fret HIV Testilg'. Montrose Clil1lc. 6 p.m."'11drnght at Qui> Houston
Also 4-8 pm. at 611 Club. 611 Hyde pan_ 7lJ.830. 3000
GlBT PenleaJstals. Bible s!Ldy, prayer 7 pm 11 the HclQht>. For
Info: 93b-931-376L e-maol: wwwWgbl947:@cs.com.
Houston Women's Rugby Team. No experience necess;uy Practice,
6;30-6:30 Westbnd YMCA Kay. 71J.20!H529
Introduction tD Buddhism. All wet:orne at 634 W Ttmple 1n the
Hcights. 7 pm. Carlton, 7lJ.B62-8129.
Rainbow Ranglffs. F~ e&w dance lessons. Brazos River Bottom
No p.lrtner needed Beo11mer 2 Step. Waltz. Shuffle & SwlllCJ. 8:30
pm 713·528-9192
Houston GLBT Com,,..,,;ty Center. Drop-tn 2·9 p.m. • Ltsb!Jn
Coming Out Group, 7 p.m. • 3400 Montrose, Suite 207 713-524·
3818. wwwhnu\tc-ilb'.,...."<.r-g
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Center for SpWrtial Living."" : "' I (drop-ln), ll:JO am•! pm;
SOM Dlscussoon & Explor;ruon, 7 pm. 6610 Harwin. 71H39·1808.
Cr}5tal Meth Anonymous (CMA), 8:15 p.m meeting Montrose
Counseling Center, 701RicfmJndAlie.Room15.
~ Memorial lkitod Methoclsl a...ch. Support Hetwor1c l'llt
lud Dinner. 6:30 pm. Varilus suwort groups. 7 pm. 713-52b-1017.
Bible Study Noon & 6:30 pm Sl Sttphen's ElliscqlaL
71J.526 6665
Fret HIV Testlng Montrose Cflnic. 4-8 pm. at M.ir{s.
1100 Westhelmer. 9 pm ·mldni)ht at Rrpconl. 715 Fa.-.-.
10 pm.·l a111 at EJ'~ 2517 Ralph; 10 pm.·l am at Midtowne Spa.
3100 Fannon 713-830-3000
Fret HIV Ttsbng. Thomas Strett Clinic. 9 a.m.-1 pm. 2015 Thoma'
St OraSur! method Call for appoiritment Sharon. 713-873-4157
c..y lowing Lugues. 630 pm. Palact lane<. 4191 Btlaire BNd
7U-861 ll87
Gin AstemlJly Cluth G.y/Q.ly-afformnJ congreg.itlon 7 pm.
~ c1.1 .. 567 c.d.11- r.ro.e. LivuigstOI\ r.xas. m5L
9lb-646-72l4 £-malt lool •-tlec...t.
Houston Pr111111Md. Open~ 7:30-9.30 p m.1307 VIie.
ID-862-1468.
..... Rougllnodls ~cw. Prada from 6J0-8JO pm. For
,_. 11fonrwtoon. iot 00 ID WWW~Dr9
........ T-a., 7:00-9 p.m. Memorwl Paric at tho Ttmis
Center houstontemisdl([aotcorn
Sj1irt1ua1Uplft....a.7 pm. RtsMmct1on MCC 713-861·914q
"""""' Gl6T c-.lly c.w. Drop--. 2-'I p"' •
Ft.f HIV l<Slm!I ~ ~9 p.m. • HouslDn Gay & ~
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THURSDAY, JULY 3
GiM Cellll T ........... Com1n111eo. M<tbn; m-780-4282
EVERY THURSDAY
l!INot "°"5tlll Grnup for bl'"""'"-~ welcomo
7::JO pm Hobb<! C.le, 22'40 PorlvnMI!. WWW w...t/-Wloust.
nJ-467-4180.
c.1t1r for Spinblll l.Mng. M<ditation 4droP-fll, 1130 aJl'I. ·I p.m.
'610 H.lrwNI 71J.3J'I 1808
~ ~ Sor>~• 7JO p,. 713 ll0-~235
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Fret HIV Ttsbng. Houston Area Comnuiitv Servica 10 a.m.-2
pm. at Joseph-Hmcs Clinic, 1710 West 25111 St Also II a.nt·3JO
pm. at Gallery Mediul Cfmic. 5900 North Freeway and Cli TOl'Z
lrom 9 pm -f111dmght 713-526-0555. ext 231227 or 226.
Free HIV Tesm. Montrose Cli1ic. 8 P..'lt· rrOiqit at Brazos RNeBollom
IBRBl. 2400 &um. Md Cousins. 817 Farnew 713-B:l0-3000.
Fret HIV Testing. 7.9 pm at Al Star Ne~ 3415 Katy f'mw;Jy.
Health clinic wrth free testrno for HIV and <yphilis. 71J.869-7878.
Fron!Runners. Runrung dub. 6:30 p.rn. 713-522-802l
Web site: http//home.-wbe nct/larathon/houfr.htm.
E-mail: larathon@>wbcllnct
Gay ao..Gng leagues. Luci Duos. 9 pm. Dynamic lanes. 6121
Tarrrf OrlVe ID-861-1187.
GLOBAL G.ly, Lesbian or Bisexual Alliance at the Unr;mrty of
~ CampJs. Wetk!y meeting. 6 p.m. t-mait
nguyen002l,1!liotmail.Clllll.
._, C AoetMoy. Stwort ~ 6:30 p.m l!tm} 71J.52b-IOIZ Ext 2ll
Houston Womm's Rugby Team. No r>penence lll!O!SSar)'- Practice.
6:30-8:30. Westland YMCA. Kay, 713-208-1529
Wt lMngsllln GlBT Support Group 7 pm. dinner and discussion.
Grace Assembly o-11, 567 c..!ar Grow, Uvn;ston. Tcx.is. n35l
9J6.646.n14 E-mail: leol li:'easttex.net.
~ SlcalJng CU> 8 p.m Tradewinds Sbting Rlnlc.
wwwneosoftoom/-lnc 71J.523-9620.
Montrose Ch:. Offers -1cly pctr support groups for gay and
blstxual men with HIV English speaking group ~ 6:30 p.m.
215 Westheimer 713-830-3050.
Rainbow Ranglffs. Free CJ.W dance lessons. No partner required
Brazos R1"" Bottom. 6:30 p.m. ID-528-9192
Recoveiy From Food Addiction (RFA). Meeting for 12-sttp program
apen to all Noon-I p.m. St. Stephen·s EpiScopal Churtl\,
lBOS W Alabama Sl RFA: 713-673-2848.
www.geocltits.com/rfa7721S/ E·mait rfaworldsel'VICe ii'aolcom.
Spoi11S1t Chat1o Conwrsat1on Group. eate Aqora. 1 p.m. r-man char·
lahouston@msn.com 71J.41t.-nol
Women's ewe. Montrose Clink. 71J.830.3000
Houston GlBT Comninly Centar. 0rop 112-'1 pm. • Montrose
Writers' Prllject.10 am. • Mcrding and Stitching." 2 pm • 3400
"" ·- ~ ""'"IJ.524·381awww.houstongtbt~
FRIDAY, JULY 4
Houston G..y & Lesbian Pannts. Board of directors ~ Also. 2
pm. l'lltluck pool party at Cl1ns and Shelby's house. 261 ·290--0473.
www.hgtp.oro
Hollstoo Outdoor Group. lric!epeOOence Day Party BiD and Thomas.
71J.52b-0961 713-KAMPOO.. T
EVERY FRIDAY
CenUr for Spirfual lMng. Meditation Cdro!Hn) :DO am I pm.
0610 H.lrwtn. 71J.3J9-1B08.
Free HIVT~ Montrose Clric.10 p.m-2 am at The MeatrJd, 2915
San .bc*'llo; 10 p.m.·l am al U; and at Mldtowne Sp,\ 71J.83Q-3000.
Fret HIV T~ Thomas S~t Cfuuc. 9 am. I pm. 2015 Thomas
St OraSure method. CaU for appointment Sharon 713-873-4157
Frost Eye Clllic. Ft.f t'I' exams for people with HIV 71J.830.3000
~ AstemlJly Cluth G.1y!g.iy-aff'"'1ll1\l congregation. 7 p.m.
aerobics class. 567 Cedar C.-ove. l.tvi1gslol\ Texas. n3st
936-646-7214 E-fllail: leol MaSllanel
HA T.CJi. Houston Area Teen Coa toon of Homosexuals mects
HO p.m. For meetJng Information, taD ID-529-3590.
wwwlla~
tloustlln T .... ClAl 7:00-'I pm. Memorial Park at the Tl!MIS
c.ntrr Houstonttmiscli
l(olJo Ptajocl Morning praye-, 10 am. 713-861·1800.
~ AlzSn. GLBT Jewish cong,.gation Sabbilth strY1CtS at
6 p"' on the waJl1d Friday of each month al Baby ~ b02
FairYlew Monthly s!Ldy QnlUllS with Ccxr,ireQation Beth lsraot.
5600 North a..a.s->d. Misfl>achat Alizim, P.O. Box 980136,
Houslof\ TX 77098. B66-84!-q139_ ext 1834.
Q--l'ltrol VokJnt<en wallc the str..ts to help pr!Ytf1! hate crimes.
930 pm. Ccnvm! at COITll!llmity center 713-526-SAFE. E-mail:
qpatrolinc@aol.com
Hollstoo GL8T Comninly C..- Orop-11 2-9 p.m. • 3400
Montrose,Sil~t 'l07 713-524 3818. wwwhoustonolbtcenter~
A To hst an event. ~ 713-529-8490. fax V at 713-529-9531 or HUil ~ .
~ Oeaililt is lllRay at 5 p111
JUNE 27. 2003 25
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a weekly guide to arts & entertainment
activities for gay Houstonians
SPECIAL
UPCOMING
Actor and Houston native Rob Nash
offers a three-day evening intensive
workshop, "The Rob Nash 12-Steps-ToBetter-
Acting Workshop." Youth and
adults from age 16 up may participate.
The event is geared for intennediate and
advanced actors. Tuition: $75. Limit 20
students, with enrollment on a firstcome,
first-served basis. 6:30-930 p.m.
July 7-9. The Humphreys School of
Musical Theater, official training wing of
Theatre Under The Stars, at the Hobby
Center for the Performing Arts, 800
Bagby. 713-558-8801 www.tuts.com.
www.robnash.com.
NIGHTI.IFE
EVERY THURSDAY
FO, a local all-female rock band. hosts
open mic/cider night. Musicians and
vocalists of all styles and genres are
welcome. No cover. 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Chances. 1100 Westheimer 713-523-
7217. www.chancesbar.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
"Countdown to Pride" will be hosted by
Space City Empire and Crown Pnnce
Royale 1 Keith Vyvial. The show celebrates
Pride and is a fund-raiser for the
group, with proceeds going to AIDS
Foundation Houston Camp Hope and
AssistHers. 8:30 p.m. EJ's, 2517 Ralph.
713-527-9071.
GAll£RIES
THROUGH AUG. 31
'Bob Knox: Non-Fiction Paintings' will be
presented at Blaffer Gallery. New York
City-born Knox presents acrylic on canvas
parntings based on photographs of
interiors seemingly furnished and decorated
in the 1950s. Knox's paintings rely
on the human psyche to establish meaning
in them. Free. Open Tuesday-Friday
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends 1
to 5 p.m. Blatter Gallery, Art Museurl't of
the University of Houston. Fine Arts
Building on the U of H campus. entrance
No. 16 off Cullen Blvd. 713-743-9530.
www.blaffergallery.org.
ONGOING
Cilllf Coast An:IMs • MllseMrn of QIJf
History 5-..e EldMieR. The first
exhibition from the GCAM collection
presented at the Houston GLBT
Community Center henors the HAMES
f>rgject Houston. Comrnllnity Center,
3400 Montrose. Suite 207. 713-524-3818.
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text Houston GlBT Community
Center. 3400 Montrose. Surte 207.
713-524-3818.
26 JUNE 27. 2003 CLASSIFIEDS
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
COLDWELL WKER UNITED REALTORS 'Min you con·
Sider st ng your nome. ISll'' 11 nKe ID fax! a reattor that's in
the family? ea Mark Boline, he's family. can Mark today
'711) 523-< 709
l'llT YOUR TRUST n 1he bes:'' Call REIMAX METRO Real Es
tate Serwes (713) 528·1800 or toll free (SSS) 920·MIKE
16453 Visit our websltt 0 wwwm kecopenhavercom or
krcopeCaolcom.
SALE I HOUSTON
FOR SALE AT WESTBURY GARDENS
~hatmtng 2 BR. 1 5 BA 'I! 11 quiet ccurtyard lntenor has
been '!Cfl1t!y upgraded; '1eW ~1 cabinets & kno~ parq-.iet fin.
French doors IC patlO, 2 built-Ill booltshe!'leS. M9 has bu: HI'
boc:k:ase & des< S72,000
"5illlllar TH with different floorplan, also upgraded. S68,000
For lease
""Jg 1 BR study, a~ upgraded. 800 sqft, S 700lmo.
"'.ima adorable 1 BR w/ f.1bulous ~pgracles. WO & more.
S5251rro.
"''lf1CJency OYt ookmg the poq Fantasnc BA nd iacuzz
S5251rro.
Call (713)729-9316 for an appt
MONTROSE REAi.TY Check CUI these wonderful homes'
o'lliver Oab/Grey Area Space & Seartf' I BR. 1 BA. 901 sqlt
wl area pool Sl 11,900, Ref 110•1
tt0st Area • Delighlfafly Moot:Qsel 2 BR. 2 5 BA. 1189
sqft. s 115 000. Ref 11~12
"'~ lfideaway Hidden Yet (CIM'fllentl 2 BR. ' 5 BA,
·~15 sqft S 149,000, Reff 1013
.-!'ibulous Condo In lhe Heights • High In 1he Hetglltsl 2 BR.
2 5 BA. area pool & "F E~a· ,,_ from rooftop! 1496 sqft.
S'94.900, Ref •~014
...i.!idtown Area · Cute 'll 11 Midtown 4 BR. 2 5 BA. 1658
sqft. S199,000, Ref 11015
..... hamplons/1960 Area · Beautiful Herne. Greal Price' 4 BR,
2 5 BA. 2320sqft.S159,000, Rel 11001
-'lJngtlOOCI Area · Eff.nent & Quiet 3 BR. 2 5 BA. 2109 sqft
S 118,000, Ref '1002
"'!he Woodlands · Dlis ~ This Price 1 In the Woodlands?
YES! 4 BR 25BA.2(12sqft.S121 900. Ref 1'005
.,.;;wood llc:rth Area · ~ ufe• 3 BR. 2 BA w1 ~
pool, 1740 sqft S82,800 ReH1010
Ca Steven Midlael Bridgwater Montrose Realty (71 3) 520-
0789 e- <nat1 r.icntrosehomesOaoiccm.
STAND Oln' FROM THE CROWD Is your home special?
Ttll 01inaders about L uarantee 1hey Wll ste ~With our
'1eW feat:m. Bold or boll your ad for added atlJilChOn
Cont.la cu customer stfYU reps for "lOle details. 1877)
863·'885
RENT I HOUSTON
MONTROSE AREA CONDO 2 BR. l BA. 1140 sqft, wet bat,
WO, LR den pooVj cuzz1, covered prig S 1,41Y. mo Ref
11007 MoNrose Rea tf, SIMO Midlael BrWNater (711) 520- om or monuosehomesCaoiCDm
1 3 A 3 8
3 NY~~
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on page 27
RENT IT FAST with our f8 features. Draw attention to
your ad by wig our bold or boll feature. Contact our CllS·
torner seMCe reps for more details. (877) 863· 1&a5.
SHARE I HOUSTON
1960 AREA GM ISO NS M to shr home. Unfum room. S250/
mo + utils. No <tugs. no pets. Leave l!leS5ag(' 1281) 443·
6262.J.2238
GALLERIA AREA Slw 2 BR apt w gay or straighl M or f.
Nice. very ~an. No dn.';s. Prefer NS. Sooal drinker OK. Ca
Ron (713) 462· 7535 or even (713) 9n·3'68
HEIGlfTS AREA Renov 312 wl pool & spa ID shl wl 30ish, NS,
GWM S575/mo + shr uuls. Quiet neighborhood, dose to
everylhing I (832) 277-04 !3
NW HOUSTON GWf, NS/no drugs. Slv House, pnv BR. BA.
marl)' amen~ S400lmo+ 1ll utls.l281)97G-7912
COMMITMENT
CEREMONIES
ANNOUNCE YOUll UNION The Homi0n VOICe s proud to
announce the addioon of a ·comrr.runent Ceremonies· category
to our Classlf~ tistmgs. \'lben making arrangements for
your l..nion, don't forget to Include 1he most important aspect
at aft .-.ang the date Pubfislli.'lg your tJ!llOll IS easy &
simple Call (877) 863 '885 oxt 223 ID put the fmishing touches
on your ceremony.
ARTISTIC WEDDING INVITES Ulllque & cobfUr Mdding1
comrr.ltment l\Yl!aborlS for the couple stelung to •xpress their
lndivlduat1)' Please VISlt my website
www nicolerivera.ccm,
VIDEOGRAPHY For aimrratmenl ceremonies II wedcfmgs.
can (770) 636-2222 or e-mail
Vldeofreelanceremth ink.net for more info.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
HOMELESS CHARITY DONATIONS AIDS she~er needs
items for rummage sale & client <ecyde Must be 11 working Cl·
det lax rec"PI & non-profit (713)864 1795 (502W 24th SI)
EMPLOYMENT
ADVERTISING SAW The '1ouslOn VOKe, the le<)IOll's GLBT
media leadet IS stek :i; an adverllslng accooot oxeat!IVe. You'n
be responsible tor a phases of 1he sales process. quafifying;
cold<alling, prospect development conceptuala1ng. plann ng
& delivermg sales presentallOllS; wr:~ng proposals. IJt90llatlng
ccntracts & dosmg ~ business. One ye111 of prmt or on-lone
adveltlS!ng sales expenence preferred, but not necessary. W•
offer a dla leng1ng & exotmg opponurutf in a last-paced, goal·
oriented (yet fun) enwonment. We offer competJtNe compen·
satron, specifk tram:ng & a cornprehensive benefits package indud
ng hea th/dental/I le 111SUrance, generous paid holidays.
vaca ft & more tt you have a proven track record n ~les. are
results-dnvtn & want to help build a newspaper that has a pos·
111>e Impact on your .;:mmunity, we want 10 hear from you
S.nd cam lett: & resume to Goneral M<lnager. The Houston
Voice. 500 llMtt, Suitt 200, Houston. TX 77006 Fa.< (713)
52q 953' E ma demF.chCtioustonvooce com.
BARBER STYLIST I COSMETOLOGIST Montrest 111•a T.
lease a diam Very easonat.e. More money 11 your ~l YI!
Frark (713) 522 2263
CAllPENTER I CARPENTER'S ~,1 wanted. Call ..o.-y 0
lawrr.!e Constn:aJon. (936) 160-5531
GROUPS
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