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ISSUE 997
Reform Party
candidate Pat
Buchanan
welcomes gays to
his campaign,
while John
Mccain is
attacked for
meeting with gay
Republicans.
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ALL THE NEWS FOR YOUR LIFE. AND YO UR STYLE.
Mayor declares 'AIDS emergency'
Houston Mayor Lee Brown announces ambit ious f ive-year plan t o combat
rising HIV infections among blacks, though the $3 million initiative comes
with little funding in place
by MADI IEW A. l !Li\<NIE
l louston Mayor Lee Brown marked
World AIDS Day Wednesday by announcing
J nearly five-year, $3 million effort to
battle a growing AIDS epidemic in the
city's black communitr.
Brown was flanked by local elected offioals,
AIDS activists and service providers
in declaring a state of emergency in
l louston's bl,ick community over AIDS,
two Wl·eks aftl'r the Ryan White Planning
Council, the area's leading funding source
for AIDS c;m•, criticized Brown for not
spe.iking out on the issue.
City hl'alth officials had repeatedly said
they first wanted to de\'elop a comprehensive
approach to addressing startling
new statistics that show 61 percent of new "'
l llV m fer lions in the Houston area this ~
year are among African-Americans. ~
"Gay white males have traditionally ~
been the face of AIDS. Today we recog- J:
nize AIDS affects a cross section of our ~
rnlture," Brown told a packed press con- " ._ ___ ._ _ _ ~=--..:._. . . . ..
fcrence. "'J hl' new statistics show an Mayor Lee Brown announced on Wednesday an ambitious five-year, $3 m1lhon effort to combat
alarmmg, undeniable increase m the HIV in the city's black community.
African-Ammcan community. We need ty to enlist their help in stemming HIV leaders in the black community, which
to address this problem and we must do infections. sometimes views homosexuality, sex and
so aggressively." "I call on all of Houston to work with illegal drug use as taboos that shouldn't
Brown also pledged to use the mayor's us to make sure we have a state of emer- be discussed.
office .is a bully pulpit, speaking out on gency," Brown s.iid. Among the metro Houston's new cases
l IIV pren•ntion during his public appear- City health officials hope to apply some in 1999, African-Americans account for
•lnCl's .ind speeches, and to convene a of the lessons learned in the gay commu- nearly 61 percent of the heterosexual
summit m·xt month of business, political nity about education and prevention: transmissions of HIV, 66 percent of the
and clergy ll•aders in the black communi- Over a 16-year period, new HIV infec- cases transmitted by drug use and 23 per-tions
among gay men have dropped from cent of male-to-male sexual transmis-
88 percent to 31 percent of all new infec- sions, the council said.
U.S Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee said
blacks must combat illegal drug use as part
of stemming HIV infections among AfricanAmericans.
lions, m part because of strategically tar- • Past discrimination m the health cart>
grted funding and pr~vention efforts. systrm, which may lead many African-
"To the gay community, let me say this: Americans to distrust the medical estab-
1 want to thank you for first putting a face lishment and cause some with HIV to
on I !IV/ AIDS," U.S. Congresswoman forego testing and treatment until they ::ire
>~::: Sheila Jackson Leehsaid dduring
1 1thVe/Apr1lDS's~ i1
n the later stages of AIDS, combined with
confl•n•ncl'. "You s owe me I ower income lewis and less access to
is not the other person's problem. We affordable health care may also contribute
i!j ncl'd to travel the road you all ha\·e to the higher infection and death rates.
~ already trawled " • Once infected, African-Americans are
"' more likdy to die of the disease than their
A plan without funding'? white and llispamc counterparts. AIDS
Brown and citv health officials face a death rates in 1998, the most recent statts-daunting
task · lic.s available, showed African-Americans
• 111\' I AIDS is not often mentioned by :.- Continued on Page 12
A hit in Sweden,
a new romantic
coming-of-age film
about a girl
(Alexandra
Dahlstrom) falling
for another girl is
finding limited
success in U.S.
theaters.
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DECEMBER 3, 1999
Noted researcher and college professor
David Sexton was brutally killed in his New
Orleans home.
Brutal killing
shocks the
Big Easy
In the early morning of
Nov. 20, David Sexton was
repeatedly stabbed by
someone he knew; the
kill ing of this respected
researcher has sent shock
waves through the city's
gay community
by MELl'.'o)OA SHELTON
!\:EW ORLEA:'\S--Colleagues and friends
knew ~mething \\as terribly wrong when
Dr. Oa\id Sexton mbsed an 8 a.m. meeting
late last month at the l..SU Health Sciences
Center.
A co-worker's calls went unanswered on
:"\ov. 22, so she went to his home at 1221
I fagan Aw., dL'>Covered his car and three days
of newspapers, and called a neighbor and
friend, Steve Loria.
Loria, who oflt.'ll took care of S..>xton's
home during the researcher's frt>quent
ab~nccs, grabbed a key and called another
friend, Randy Scott, for support.
Their worst fears \\ere realized when Lona
unlocked a x'Cllrity gate and found several
bloodied footpnnb on the porch. Their horror
;... Continued on Page 10
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INSIDE
NEWS
Around the Notion .••• . . . .•..•.••.. . . 5
Advocacy group flunks Bush
on AIDS report cord . • • • . • • . . . • • . .. . 5
Calif. anti-gay marriage initiative renamed •. 5
Supreme Court to rule on hate crime
sentences • . . . • . . • . .•.....•.•.. . 5
High school students sue to form alliance •. . 5
Prosecutors will seek deoth penalty in killings 5
McCain attacked for meeting with gay GOP .. 6
VOICES & ECHOES
Kubiak: A profile in courage ... 8
Plant: Resolutions for o new year . • • • • . .• 9
Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . •. . ...•••.. 9
OUT ON THE BAYOU
Happy Holliday! . .... • . .15
Just between ir; girls . . . • • • . . . . . . • • • .15
Out in Print: 'Crisis of Desire' . . . . . . • • . .16
Bestsellers . • . . . . . • . • . . .. ....• •. 16
Eating Out: Inside charm turns unappetizing 19
On Stage: Slice of life is 'bong on' • . . . • .21
Community Calendar . . . . • . . • . • • • • .22
Occasions . . . • ••.. . . . .••...•. .. •.. 22
Post Out: Intimate 'Boston marriages' • .23
My Stars! . . . • • .. ... ...•...•..•. . 27
CLASSIFIEDS •.....•.••. . .•..•• •......• 24
CARMA RT ........ 25
BUSINESS DIRECTORY ...... . 26
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LOCAL NEWS 3
Woman robbed, shot after leaving Montrose bar
by MATTHEW A. HENNIE
I louston police are asking for the public's
help in identifying two suspects in the
robbery and shooting of a 31-year-old
woman Sunday a few hours after she left a
\1ontrose bJr. •
Tracey Lynn Deal, 31, remains in fair condition
at Ben Taub General Hospital after
being shot several times in the face, chC!>t
and hands sometime after she left Chances,
1100 Westheimer, part of a complex of
mghtcluhs pnmanly for lesbians, police
said.
Robbl•ry apparently motivated the
attack, s.1id john Cannon, a Houston Police
Dl·partment spokesman. There is no evidence
that the incident took place because
Deal was at a bar for lesbians, he said.
"It's way too early to say it was anything
otht.'r than a robbery," Cannon said.
Today, investigators were expectt.'d to
release a videotape of two men who used
Deal's debit card at two local banks after
she was abducted, shot and dumped m the
10,000 block of East Haven somehme after
230 a.m. Sunday, pohce said.
Dea l's family was also expected to post a
~5.000 reward for the arrest and indictment
of her attackers during today's briefing at
police headquarters on Travis Street,
authorities said. CrimeStoppers has also
offered a $1,000 reward •n the case.
"These suspects are cold and bold," said
hom1ade Sgt. LD Foltz, a case im estlga·
tor. "\\'l' need to get them off the streets.
Someone will recognize the men on the
\'tdeotape. Someone has seen her car Call
us, please "
Deal called a friend about 2:30 a.m.
Sunday and satd she was at Chances,
which was prepanng to close, police said.
About two hours later, Deal-\\hO had
been shot sewral times-managed to crawl
more than 300 vards to awaken residents of
an apartment ~omplex at 10280 Windmill
Lakes and ask for help.
Police would not comment on where
Deal lives.
Her assailants allegedly forced Dl'al,
driving her 1996 Honda Accord, to
Whataburger on South Shepard about 4
am. They ordered $9 in food, police said.
Less than an hour later, Deal was di.,CO\·
ered by residents of the Windmill Lakes
apartment complex.
Her Honda Accord, descnbed as a white
4-door with license plate VCB 71C and with
a Green Bay Packers sticker on the windshield,
is still missing. police said.
LC'ss than two hours later, pohce said,
two suspC'Cts in the case were videotaped at
two banks withdrawing money from an
An.I using Deal's debit card Some $400
was taken, authorities said.
Investigators \\ere expected to release
segments of the videotape during the bnefing
today to help identity the two men.
A third suspect m the robbery has used
Ol'al's credit card, pohce said.
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UH wants to rehire prof it fired before lawsuit
Jury verdict prompts school to revise sexual harassment policy in
case that was first for Texas
by (,IP Pl.ASTLR
What a diffcrl'nce a few weeks makes.
,\ dental department chairman at the
Umversity of Texas J louston Health Science
Ccnll•r found guilty last month of sexually
harassing a male professor who \\Orked for
him now faces termination after refusing the
school's request for his res1gnatton.
The harassed employee, who was fired by
the school after he complained about the
liarassmcnt, has been offered his old 1ob.
Fonner dental emplovee Luis Mota, who
is gay, "as awarded $448,000 last month
after a fcdcral jury found that the he w.is
Sl'Xually harassed by the Dr. Raul Caffesse,
the acting dean ot his department.
The 1ury also found that the university
failed to take prompt action to stop thl'
harnssmrnt, then retaliated against Mot.1 by
firing him when he complained to school
officials.
The university askl>d Caffesse to resign
last week and gave him the Thanksgiving
holiday weekmd to consider his decision.
When the professor refused to rl>s1gn, the
university launched termination prcxl'C<l·
ings, according to David Bates, a university
spokesman.
If Cafbse fights the firing, the process
could take as long as a year, but he could
resign at any time. He is now on paid
administrative leave.
"I le ts not being dismissed simply
bl'Cause he was part of a lawsuit the universitv
lost," Batl>s said.
The proceedings are based on testimony
from the tri.il that suggests Caffessc lied to
his supem sors and concealed important
information from them, school officiab said.
And the university has offered to rehire
Mota.
Joe Ahmad, om• of ~Iota's attorneys, said
the job offer came in the form of a terse letter
attached to a court motion The lrtter,
according to Ahmad, does not sprafy what
type of job IS being offered or whether it
would be a comparable, tenure track po itlon.
\1ota has not decided \\hether he will
accept the offer, Ahmad said. He IS currently
employed at the Umvers1ty of Pittsburgh
Ahmad said that although Caffesse \\ 111
likely be gone from the school, other Unt\ er'
tty officials are responsible for the way the
complaint was handled, and those officials
remain al their jobs. Before he can make a
deasion about the offer, Ahmad said t-.1ota
will need to know 1f he \\ill "report to the
same dllains in the case minus Caffesse"
"1lus is a umvef!i1ty that basically treated
him as an outcast from the moment he complained.
They took a rather disdainful view
of ~oml'<Jnl' complauung of same-,ex sexual
h.irassment," Ahmad said
The job offer could be a cost sa\~ng meas·
urc for the university If the offer is dt>emt'<i
by the judge to be "in good faith, it could
replace $130,000 in front pay that Mota won
in the case. If Mota refuses an offer made in
good faith, he will lose the money, Ahmad
satd.
Ahmad expressed concern that nothing
has changL'<I at the university except the
removal of Caffesse. But university officials
say changes are being made ·
"The one thing that is underway that
would make Mota's situation better is that
the sexual harassment pohcr under \\ hich
he made his complaint IS under review and
bemg revised," Bates said.
Uniwrs1ty of Tex.is s)"stem offiaals \\ere
concerned wllh the school's timeliness m
resolving the situation and with making
sure a method of separating emplo\ ee'
invoh ed in complaints IS establ.shed he
said.
The unl\er;1ty denies th.it it retaliated
against Mota and is appealing that part of
the judge's verdict. The school docs not plan
to appeal the verdict of sexual haras meflt
Mota ts being offered the same poSitton he
left, Bates said. But 50me of the perks that
previously accomparued his postlton arc no
longer available because they \\ere funded
by grants which have smce expired Bates
would not elaborate
A lawyer for Caffesse told the Hou~ton
Chrorucle th.it the verdict is not cause for the
university to breach its contract \\1th
Caffesse.
Caffosse testified during the trial that he
had a sexual encounter with Mota, a native
of Venezuela, at a June 1996 dental conference
in MeXIco, but Caffesse promised Mota
then that it would not happen again.
But in August, Caffes.-.e booked the two
into only one hotel room for another conference,
forcing them to share. Caffes!'e asked
Mota to join him in bed during that trip and
during a later trip to Orlando.
Caffc~se IL>stified that he was joking t>.1ota
canccll'<I future dental trips to arnid staymg
in the same room with him.
Because Caffe:"e appro\'ed Meta's teaching
contract, Mota said he felt pressured by
the advance'.
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DECEMBER 3, 1999 • HOUSTON VOICE NEWS
Around the Nation
Advocacy group flunks Bush, gives Gore 'C' on AIDS report card
NEW YORK Texas Gov. George W Bush flunkt'Cl and Vice President Al Gore did JUSt slightly
better on the annual World AIDS Day Report Card that Lambda Legal Defense and
Education fund released Sunday. "This year, we find hope in a national resurgence of activism.
But pt'Ople's lives continue to be endangered by callous and compromising public officials,"
said Kevin M Cathcart, Lambda's executive director. For the last four years, the nation's oldest
and largest gay rights legal organization has issued the report card, grading public policy
efforts and highlighting trends in treatment, prevention and civil rights. Gov. Bush received an
"F" on the report card for his push of "abstinence education," a "Just Say No" approach to sex
that Lambda s.1ys is based on subjective moralizing rather than effective techniques designed
to help young people avoid HIV infection. Gore received a "C" for retreating from his strong
record on AIDS issues and siding with pharmaceutical companies out to block South Africa
from producing affordable, generic versions of I IIV treatments for its citizens, the report said.
In total, Lambda handed out 22 grades to a wide range of groups and individuals working on
AIDS-related issues.
Calif. anti-gay marriage initiative renamed by attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Cahf.-Attorney General Bill Lockyer has ordered the name of a March ballot
measure that would ban same-sex marriages in Califorrua changed from "Definition of
Mamage" to "Limit on Mamage." Lockyer made his ruling, which affects the measure's title on
the ballot and in other official election materials, on Nov. 23 in response to a complaint by opp<r
nents who said the original title was misleading. The initiative states that "only marriage
betwl>cn a man and a woman b valid or recognized in California." A recent poll by the San
fra11c1.~o Examiner and KTVU showed support for the measure, which is known as the Kmght
Initiative bl'Cause of pnnetpal author GOP state Sen. William "Pete" Knight, had slipped from
54 percent in June to 51 percent.
Meanwhile, two California brothers, one a high school teacher and the other an attorney,
have startt•d c1rculatmg petitions to legalize same-sex marriage, the San Francisco Exammcr
rq1orted The measure, which may be the first attempt to legalize same-~x marriage through
a ballot initiative, would change the state constitution to allow gay couples to marry in
Californiil, but 1t would not require churches or religious groups to perform the ceremonies.
Tom and John I Ienning will have to collect at least one million signatures in the next 150 days
to plact• the measure on the November 2000 ballot.
Supreme Court to rule on harsher sentences under hate crime laws
WASl ll~GTON In a cao;e that could have 1mplic.1hon.~ for hate rnmes laws that II1l:lude ~xual
onmtation and other categoncs, the Supreme Court agn>t..U Nm'. '19 to dmde whether judges can
impose longl·r sentences under state h;ite-crime laws ba~.U on their own determination that som<"
one WilS motivatL.U by bia~ to commit a mme. The court said 1t will hc,u a New Jersey man's argument
that a jury; not the iudge, mtL~t detide whether rati,11 b~1s was a moti\'e when he fired shots
into a black family's home.
Calif. high school students sue to form gay-straight alliance
SANTA ANA, C11if. (AP}-Two gay students fill'd a fr.Ueral lawsuit NO\·. 24, accusing the
Orange Unifit'Cl Sl:hool District of violahng their right to frl't' speech by refusing to let their GayStraight
Alliann• Club mL>ct on campus. The suit also cbims thl· district violated the federal
Equ.11 Accl'ss Act, which requires that sch,x>ls treat non-curricular student groups the same
reg.irdbs of the religious, political or philo~phicJI content of Spl'l'Ch at their meetings. Students
Anthony Cohn, 15, and f leather Zetin, 16, proposl'd thl• club in September as a place for all studmts
,It Fl Mcxlena I hgh School in Orange to discuss issues rt'latl'Cl to sexual orimtation. The
!Khoo! district initially refused to allow thl• club to ml'd on campus, but the school board vot1.'Cl
7-0 two Wl'd<s ago to publicly consider the m.1tter on D1.>t.'. 7 Thl' suit, which names the school
district. its board membl·rs and the high school's principal, was a preemptive strike of wrts,
according to thl' tl'm-.igers' attorneys.
Prosecutors will seek death penalty in killing of Calif. gay couple
REDDING. Calif. -Citing the "significant
ilmount of plannmg that went into two murders,"
Distm:t Attoml'y McGregor !X·ott s..1id last Wt'l'k he
will seek the dc;ith penalty for two brothers ;iccuscd
of murd1.•nng a g;iy couple. 0:0 tri.11 tbte has b<!en
set for the dl'fl'ndants, ll•mpmin M.itthl'w Williams,
31, and J.1mes Tyler W"tlhams, 29. lhl')' are ,musrd
of robbing .rnd sh<x)ting to d1.•,1th Cary :-.1atson, 50,
and Winfidd f\.1owdl'r, 40, on July I at tlw coupll'\
11.ippy V.1Iley hom1.'. Benj,1mm Willi.um adrmtt1..U
in ii J.iilhousc mteniew earlier I.1st month that ht•
•hot the men because he beb1.>Vcd their homosexu-hty
\'101.:itcd God's law. lmestig.itors also susp1.'Ct
the brothers of parhc1patmg m the June fircbornbmgs
of three 5.icra'llento '>}11agogues. o charges
have been filed m those attacks.
Benjamin Matthew Wdl'K1111s (left) and
James Tyler Wilriams (right) face the death
penalty for a murder Be"1min admitted
was motivated by 111ti-gay hate.
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McCain attacked for meeting with gay Republicans
Bush campaign denies
responsibility for S.C. flyer,
while Buchanan says he
welcomes gays
GREENVll l E, S.C.-Ofhaals with
Republican rre51derhal front-runner George <
W Bu"h '> G!IT'pa1gn .ire denying respons1b1litv
for a ma1Img that attacked opponent John
lcCam for mcctmi; with th Log Cabm
Republicans, the nat oral group for gay C.OP
supporters
Meanwhile, fall-out conhnucd last week
o\ er Bush's statement that he would not meet
with the Log Cabm Republicans becau~e it
would prove to be a "huge political scene"
South Carolina supporter5 of \'kCain, the
Anzona senator currently trailmg Bush m the
race for the Republican nomination, received
m the mat! last week anonymous copies of a
\\ashmgton limes story about McCain's
recent meetiPg with Log Cabm leader.-.
The Tunes, a conservative D.C newspaper,
descnbcd the tcCain's 30-mmute meeting
with the group as "going after the homosexual
Republican vote as no other senous pnsidenhal
nominatmn contender has m his party
m recent memOI) "
A paper slip with the typed word,
"l lmmm," was attachrd to the limes arhcle
sent to McC1in' South Carolina supporters,
s;ud House Spe;iker Pro Tern Terry 1 laskms,
Mc'Clin's state co-chairman.
I-1, Gay Men's Chorus
~of Houston
Dr. J. David Faber,
Artistic Director
Jn t~e
Ongmal artwork b)· Dan e. Lun
Reform Party presidential candidate Pat
Buchanan said last week that gays are welcome
to join his campaign if they 'endorse me
and support our agenda.'
The Grl'Cnville Republican said he talked
with MrCain about the meeting and "he made
11 dear he doesn't agree with their objectives or
theu lifestyle "
''Why IS 1t bad to meet with a gmup you
don't agree with'" 1 Iaskins said.
McCain's South Carolina campaign d1rL'Ctor
stopped short of accusmg Bush's campaign of
mailing the letter.
Bush said last week he would be angry if he
found anyone in lus campaign questiorung
nval tvkuin's temper and fitne-s for office as
a former Vietnam prisoner of war.
"I don't thmk that's taking place," Bush
said. "I rertamly hope not"
Although Bush currently has a large lead in
the ran~. McCain s.i1d the appaf('nt attack was
• ,, the spl1'1l • a corcel"l teat<JT'1n9 a
.., <:le va,. ely oF Sac,.ed music
ce1ebt "9 the wintet' ho. do~s and
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part of the mcreased scrutiny that comes when
a candidate demonstrates he is a legitimate
challenger for the no nination.
"Six months ago, when nobody "as with
me, I could have sa.d the moon 1s made of
green chc.-ese.'' McCain said "I've 1ust got to
move on with my ca npa1gn."
Log Cabin leaders have said they used the
meeting to "brief" ~ lrCain on 1SSues of concern
to their members.
\Vhile McCain did not announce new po!
cy pos1hons on these issues, Log Cabin
spok=an Kem1 Ivers said McCam made
"his general abiding prinaple very clear."
"He saJd, 'I have a \isceral dislike for d1scnnunabon
.. I will work to ehmmate dismmmahon.'"
according to Ivers.
Sl!ll, \kCam has not suppl>rtl'd thl'
Employment Non-Discnmmation Act th.it
would ban job discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation, and said he supports the
"Don't A~k. Don't Tell" pohcy that bans military
scnice by openly gay men and lesbians,
Ivers s.11d.
At the time, Ivers said Bush had also agrt'Cd
to meet with Log Cabin. but a date for the
meeting h.id not been set.
But in a No\'. 21 interview on the NBC News
program "Meet the Press," Bush said he
would "probably not" meet "ith the gay
Republican group. in part because he 1s
''someone who 1s a uniter, not a divider."
Asked by the San Francisco Chronicle last
WL'l'k how the meeting would divide pl'()ple, a
spokesman at Bush's headquartt•rs in Austin,
Texas, s.11d it would prompt a deb.1tc on issues
flush opposes like ;;..1ml'-SCX m.image, adoption
by i;ays and hate mmes ll'gislation.
But Bush would take money or .m endorSl'mcnt
from Log Cabin, spokesman Scott
1cClellan said when asked.
"f le welcomes the support of all people.
[But) I can't imagine that they would want to
(endorse him]," he said. "They differ on a
number of 1SSues."
Log Cabin Executive Director Rich Tafel has
since descnbed Bush's decision not to meet
with lus group as "a dumb m .stakl•"
"Ten years ago his father met with gays m
the White I louse Pat Buchan.in announcrd
he's welcoming gays to support his campaign
m the Reform Party. Jerry Falwell met "ith
gays down in Lynchburg, Va. It's just not .i big
de.ii." 1:1fel told the New York Times in ,1 Nm'.
29 inten·iew. "We are way beyond ml'dings.''
In the wake of the contron•rsy O\W flush,
Republican candidate Ste\·e Forbt!'-who has
courted votes from the religious right-said he
would also be willing to med with Log Cabin,
although he disagrees with many of the
group's positions, the San Francisco Chronicle
reported.
Vleanwhile, even arch social conscn·ahve
Pat Buchanan-who de:;erted the
Republican Party to seek thl' Reform Party
presidential nomination has said th.it he
wants support from gay voters.
"As long as they endor.;e me and support our
.igenda and help us out, they're welcome,"
Buch.1mn said after a ~-p<.'L'Ch Nov. 2.1in01ic,1go.
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IT'S YOUR VISION ...
... MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION
In the era of powerful anti-HIV therapy,
HIV I AIDS and CMV retinitis patients. and
their doctors. may be tempted to eliminate
their anti-CMV medication. But will this be
the right choice for you?
CONFLICTING OPINIONS
Medical opinions are divided on this question.
Although the numbers of patients studied are
small. the implications are important to consider.
On the one hand. early results from some studies
appear to support the view that some people
with CMV retinitis, whose HIV is being controlled
by highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART),
can safely stop taking their anti-CMV
maintenance therapy.' In contrast other studies
show that CMV retinitis can still occur, even
in people with a good response to HAART.2
Furthermore, there is no test commercially
available that can accurately determine if
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fight CMV.
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Remember, HAART is not indicated for the
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people against the progression of CMV retinitis.
HAART can also fail! If it does, people with
HIV/ AIDS will be vulnerable to CMV and other
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In response to these concerns, a panel of experts
convened by the International AIDS Society
(IAS) has recommended continuing anti-CMV
maintenance therapy in people receiving
HAART. According to the IAS panel. "Generally,
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VOICES AND ECHOES DECEMBER 3, 1999 • HOUSTON VOICE
VIEWPOINT
A profile in courage chooses to fight
by GREG KUBIAK
Perhaps you've wondered how a gay
fnerd could choose to serve in the military,
the Republican Party or a religious
domination that officially withdraws the
wdcomc m.it for gays
At times I think what a waste 1t 1s for
these lesbians and gay men to work in
institutions where hope for our integration
1s futile. But most of the time, I stay
thankful we have our own on the inside,
fighting for ch.inge and doing what they
believe
Steven Baines 1s executive (oordinator
of Equal Partners in Faith, a
Washington-based network of religious
leaders committed to equality and
diversity He was born and raised m
Charleston, S.C., where he attended the
oldest Southern Baptist church m the
country.
One da)', when he was six, his preacher
w.ilkt'd him up into the large, raised
pulpit of that historic sanctuary Unable
to see over the lectern, the young boy
tugged at the preacher's robe, telling the
minister, "I want to see!" As he lifted the
young Baines up to sec the magnificence
of the empty church, the boy knew he
wanted be a prc.icher.
But as he grew older, Baines learned
another thing about his life I le was gay.
Despite the nagging reality of his sexual
onentahon, Steven eventually became
Rev Baines, an ordained minister in one
of the nation's most homophobic
denominations.
He desperately wanted to make "his
life right." So he attended an ex-gay
ministry in Raleigh, N.C., under an
assumed name soon after taking his first
preaching Job. After a year in the pro-gram,
Baines found only one lesson was
being taught: that he should hate himself
for his homosexual tendenCJcs.
But one day, Baines looked m the mirror
and heard an inner voice telling him
he was as God intended and changing
that God-given nature was futile.
The self-acceptance came hard for
ing "homosexuals arc incompatible with
community standards," Rev. Baines
could no l~nger stay silent. He spoke at
a protest rally and came out.
Fearing that word of this provocation,
and of being gay, would make its w;iy to
his fundamentalist parents, Baines told
them later that week, on Thanksgiving
The next time you think what a waste it is
for gays to work within anti-gay institutions
like the Southern Baptist denomination,
remember Rev. Steven Baines.
Baines, but not as difficult as what was
to come in his congregation some hme
later in Greenville, S.C. He had developed
a mutual, romantic relationship
with a church organist, who was struggling
with the same self-hatred from
which Baines was now free.
Incapable of enduring the difficult
relationship, Baines ended it. But in a
retaliatory act, the jilted lover ou!t'd the
young minister to church leaders. Very
quickly, a few of them confronted Barnes
with the charge. Rather than he and perhaps
save his job, Baines told the truth,
"Yes, 1 am gay"
On the spot, Baines was told he had
"four months to find another Job", and
was asked to go quietly so that the
"scandal" would not impair the church's
ability to hire a replacement. But when
Greenville passed an ordinance decl.:ir-day.
His mother did not speak .ind left
the room His father, after expressing
shame and disgust, demanded his son to
give back his house key.
"No words could ever express the
dcv.istation that 1 ft'lt when my father
told me he wanted the keys to the family
house back," Baines said. "'!he unspoken
message he gave then was, 'You're
no longer my son."' Since that time, h1~
chilled, family relationship has thawed
somewhat But not so with his church
Baines, like many of our profiles of
courngc, has turned his personal
tragedy into an activist calling. He now
works in an important national ministry
at bqual Partners in Faith_.
lie organizes and speaks at rallies and
conferences that challenge the sexist,
ranal and homophobic forces in the
church and society-the same forces
that saw him fired from his job and nearly
disowned by his family.
Baines leads "Equality Summits" that
highlight progressive values in response
to the Promise Keepers, the arch-conservative
group that conducts large, antigay
crusades in football stadiums.
De:;pitc his new work and the reach of
his ministry, Baines has not renounced
his denominational roots or his ministerial
credentials. Instead, he intends to be
"a thorn in the side" of a church he sees
as out of touch with the true meaning of
Christian love.
By his own admission, Baines may
never live to fu lfi ll his d ream of being an
openly gay minister in the Southern
Baptist church. But maybe one day, he'll
again climb into that pulpit of the country's
oldest Baptist church and preach
the word. In the meantime, he's still tugging
at church robes.
Greg 0 . Kubiak 1s a Washington -bastd
public policy analyst, author and syndicated
writer; lte can be reachtd via this publication
or by t-mail, GKubiak@aol.com
HOUSTON VOICE • DECEMBER 3, 1999 VOICES AND ECHOES 9
PLANT LIFE
Resolutions for a new year and a new millennium
by DREW PLANT
At least once e\'ery
vear, I write a list aimed at
rl·solutions for self-betterment. Now I
suspect I am supposed to write about
changing the world or myself for the new
millmnium.
I'm all for any signal flan~ that creates
,1 chance for bona fide introspection. We're
a self-,1bsorbcd lot. me mcluded, and Wl'
lo\ e to dl•cide what we'll do next for self
hl'lp. I 1ust wish we could be moti\'alt·d to
such on our own, and at some rl•al 1uncturP
of ch.mge. (I ley, the new millennium
starts with 2001, not 2000; could wt• .1t
IP.isl obsess about it in the right year?)
Well, instead of being a compll'le p.irty
pooper, I intend to drag my datell'ss sl'lf to
a :\l'w \ear's Evc fund-raising gala with
my fine lesbian friend Abby on my arm
and party like it's, well, 1999. In the meantime,
I chose to stake my claim on World
AIDS Day-that was Dec. 1-as a time of
promised change and self-reflection.
of yourself"; and (2) call someone you
know who is HIV-negati\'e and say, "I am
so g!Jd you have been able to avoid this
terrible pandemic; keep yourself healthy."
As for the Y2K, you make your wishand-
self-help hst, and I'll make mine:
Take more tub baths. One week short
of the six-month mark in mv new lowslung
ranch housl', I finally iook a long.
hot b,1th. It was blissful. Wlw m the hell
did I wait this long? I looked at catalogs,
rl•ad a bit of Va111ty Fair and didn't touch
myself once. Rt•ally.
Rt'.1d each issue of Vanity Fmr with the
ft•rvor of .1 stalking fan. I know it's trash,
but it b st.1r-fucking, intriguing trash. It's
the People magazine of the academic,
semi-informed wannabes. EscJpe to
Palm Beath, monl'red people with fehshes
and the rumors of people who ha\·e
bl'tter bodies than anyone you or I could
e\'en hope to sleep with.
Watch CBS' Sunday Morn111g (with
melodic-voiced Charles Osgood•) on a
regular basis. On Halloween weekend, I
was ensconced at my sister's Nash\'ille
home alone, all Sunday morning from
7:30 a.m. until the troops got back from
an Episcopalian attempt at faith.
I worked on my laptop (computer'),
perused the New York Time:; and watched
the best hour and a half of tele\ision
since an episode of Dynasty ran long in
the 1980s.
I plan to proselytize for HGT\'. '\o,
I'm not going to sell my body for sex. I
want everyone to know how addictive
I lome and. Garden Television is. Okay, I
know they ha\•e the insanel) cr.ifty
shows, but they abo can hone. tly teach
you to rl•do your foyer in marble and still
host a dinnl'r party thl• saml' mght Is this
1 \'-by-and-for-fags, or what?
I plan to work in thl' yard mon•
I don't earl' if it has been d1ggmg up a
half·burit•d and rusted-out toaster own
(no kidding), planting abel :i or domg
basic lawn mamtenancl', the lime I ha' e
spent in my new old house's }ard has
been gratifymg beyond de~ription. Did I
pay for all of that therapy before I had a
yard? When I am in the yard, I don't ewn
care if the neighborhood children come
around. This is bliss.
I've said it before, but I am really, real·
ly, really gomg to say "no" more. Okay,
maybe not to the tragic men in my hfc.
but to commitments I shouldn't be mak-mg.
It 1s indescribably freeing to let go of
the need to do e\·erythmg. I suspect 1t
\\ill take a centun- of World AIDS D.ivs
to do so, but I will learn not to take ~n
e\'erything. and I am starting now. :\o.
I plan to actually get to know Helpful
Larry from the Storehouse Clearance
Center. 1 plan to not apologize for shopping
at Storehouse
I plan to unapologel!call) adopt the
neighborhood stray cat. feed it well and
t.ike 1t for regular veterinary care
Startmg nm\, her name is "Lunchmeat "
As for) ou, I hope you will write and tcll
me what you are doing for the new milknmum.
\\'hill' you're at 11, tell me what you
did to help make this one of the la't \\orld
AIDS DJys we nl'l'<l to have her. I gaw the
I.me of :-.ty Lile and several of my OO;t
lnL'llds to thb d1~a..'il.', and I am all gi\·en out.
In whatewr wavs work for vou, commit
to celebratmg ~ real holiday that's a
cau~ none of us can ignore.
Drew Plant 1:; an Atlanta writer wlw
work.< 111 corporate communrazlwns for a11
111s11ra11re n11d vzaliro/ company. He manls
11011 lo nclunlly do something about AIDS. He
can be readied al drert'plant@sotl().com.
You Sl't.?, I think we've become a little
too blase about the disease that the AIDS
Czar herself-Atlanta's own Sandy
Thurman-recognizes as "no longer chic."
If you didn't wear a red ribbon or write a
chl'Ck (and, by God, what more import.int
thing could you write a check for?), I hope
you JI least stopped on the one paltry day
Wl' sl'I Jsidt• for the Pandemic of Modern
Generahons to do the following:
Let us know what you think
(I) Cnll someone vou know who is
I llV-pos11lve to say, "I :im so glad you .ire
he,1lthy and 1>hll with us; please take c.ire
LETTERS
Some films do trans well
To the Editor:
When :-.lark J. l lu1sman wrote about nl·gative
movie characll'nzations of tr,msgendered
people ("On tht• oul,idc," Nov. 19), which 1s
unfortunatdy too oftm the case, he quoll's
Ros.1lyne Blumensll'in, the executive dirL'Ctor
of the Gl'llder Identity Project ils saying,
"There's ne\U h<'<'n a movie who ha5 1ust
allowed J pm;on of tmns experience to just be
that pl•rson v.1thout pathology or ridicull'." I
am morl' dis.1ppomll'd and surprised that
apparently ncither of them is aware of two
films I can rl'Call which did.
'1ust Like A V\'oman" and "Differl'nt for
Girls," both c1f which played m ! louston, were
set in l'.ngl.1nd. In the fin.I, a male, hell'rosrxu·
al tr.1ns\'cstill' is thrown out of tht• houS<' by his
wife who rdurns from ,-.ic.ition early to find
his st.bh of female clothing scattl'red ,1bout
their fl,11 and assumes he is having an affair.
Tht• film portrays the triab and tribulations he
endu~, induding bt·ing .mrsted and humili.11l'd
by the police, the knowll>dgeable am·ptance
by his business colle.1gue, and his ultimate
v1rtory owr his transphob1c boss.
In ''()jfft0 1l'nt for Girls," a post-<Jperatiw
transsexuJI ml'ets and falls in lo\'e with a high
school class m.1te who 1s now a motorcycle
messengl'r dPli\'l'ry person. Again 1t deals
with hl·r pl'rsonal relationship and career
issues in a sympathetic manner
Both films had male actors who portrayed
the tr.msgendert'Cl rok'S effecti\'ely. Both were
low visibility films that should haw, but ne\'l'r
got, the distribution the sub1ect matter
dt'Sff\'l><l. More of this sort of portrayal will go
,1 long way toward demystifying tran.sgmderl'd
peopk•.
fnckAdmns
Houston
Buslt c.a11 lean1 from Buduman
To thl' Editor:
lhe dl'Cision of Gl'Orge W. Bush to refuse
to spmk to the Log Cabin Republicans ("Bush
says no to mtl'ting with gay Republicans,"
No\'. 26) suggl'Sls that he is a homophobK
bigot pandering to a religious group fueled by
ignorance, hatrL>d and superstition.
Pat BuchJnan, whose \\T1tings dl'aling
with homosexuality may haw been fuell>d by
ii \'isceral homophobia, apparently has had
his t•p1phany. This cvmt occum'Cl, of course,
on thl' road which he hopes will reach to the
White I lou.c;e. (story, page 6)
The ma1or contender for the Rl'form Party
pr>s1dential nomination has urged gap to
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enter the Reform Party and to support hb candidacy.
Dol'S this represent intelk'Ctual growth
in a person who has bet~n called a ''bigot" and
a ''Nazi" by many in the media? Or L' this
sht\.'r political opportunism in the mannl'r of
George W. Bush?
Whatever it is, Buchanan cannot help but
experience a measure of soul-searching and
look upon some of his gay bashing of J"CCl'lll
year~ with regret. As for George W. Bush, he
has exposed himself as the bigot that he is.
One can oppose the concept of gay mamage
\\ithout being a bigott>d homophobe.
But for Bush to refuse to speak to loyal
members of his own political party becau.<.e of
their sexual orientation suggests that "~luub"
1s still hopelessly immature and a coward to
boot for his f.iilure to rt.>Cognize the humanity
of per.><ms simply btxausc thm ~xual orirntation
is diffl'rent.
Rev. Tom Hult, (Rel.)
Meiuishn, Wisc
Bradley a gay come-lately
To the Editor;
I rt'Jd your account of the contro\'ersy surrounding
Bill Bradley's sugge.tion to amend
the 1964 Civil Rights Act ("Gore, Bradley par
O\'l'r gay rights," ~m·. 26), but I'm concerned
it widely nu:,scd the mark
I apw Bill Bradley L' a good and farrminded
man. I also behe\'e his commitment
toda: to the gay community is real.
Cnfortunatdy, his tJmmg, hLS n.'Cord and his
1udgmmt are not as real.
In 1991. Bill Bradley had the chance to rospon!-
Or legblation to do pn.'CiX"ly what he
now advocates, but he did not. Most \oters
probably don't realize that during his l~)ror
Cl)"('(>r in the US Senate, Bill Bradley authored
573 b11b. ~ot one of them would ha\·e guaranteed,
expanded or e\·en addres..;ed the nghts of
gay men and lesbian.,. He failed to ro-spon.--0r,
com cruently mL-..'>t.-><l or \'Oted agamst bills of
importance to us
We wdcome Bill Bradley's newfowid pa...sion.
Just imagine hb leg1slative clout and hb
vote in the Senate on behalf of gay roncclTh
these pa:.t thll'(' years had he mstead dt'Clded
to stay and fight m the Senate with other
Democratic leaders.
Paul Yandura
Wa.,Jm1gto11, D.C
E.dilor's rwte The letter wnter trorked tlzm:
years as n prcsidentlill appointet.' m the
Ointon/Goreadmzm;.lratwn and m::. National
Gay and Lesbzan Outreadz Dm:clar far the
Clinton/Gore '96 campa1g11.
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Police tum to gay community to solve brutal New Orleans slaying
..- Continued from Page 1
deepened as they partially opened the front
door and found Sexton's body on the other
side-in a pool of blood.
"David was right up against the door,"
Loria said. "It was pretty bad for us .. but I
can't imagine what it was like for David. He
must have put up quite a struggle."
Pol ce and Orleans Parish Coroner Dr.
Frank Minyard said that Sexton, an mtematJonally
renowned researcher m early childhood
mterventJon and speaal educahon, had
been v1oously stabbed at least 16 times.
Following an autopsy, Minyard said
Sexton suffered long, deep gashes to h1S arms,
suggeshng that he attempted to fend off his
attacker He was abo stabbed h-.1Ce in the
heart, had several other chc.st and back
wounds, and two wounds 111 the back of his
head, authonhes said.
In an attempt to allay the fears of neighbors
m Sexton's quiet Bayou St. John neighborhood,
Minyard told reporters that he was killed "by
someone who knew Sexton and who he let m
hlS house (or) pos.s1bly returned with to his
home 1lus was not a random murder."
Signs of a struggle extended from Sexton's
bedroom to the front door, police said
Minyard said that based on the condition of
Sexton's nude body, the three days of newspapers
on his doorstep, and reports from
friend ,-Loria and Scott, who were among
the last to see him ahve-that Sexton died in
the early morning hours of Nov. 20.
Oct. 1im Allen of the New Orie.ms Police
Department said that Sexton's wallet and
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He declined to say whether the murder
weapon, believed to be a kitchen knife, was
found. He also wouldn't confirm the presence
of blooched footprints on the porch or
the discovery of fingerprints and a blood type
other than Sexton's.
"This investigation is in progress and I
don't want to jeopardize the case by discussing
what we may or may not have as eV1-
dence," Allen saJd
Police ask for help,
say attacker was hurt
Allen said that the police investigation has
hit a dead-end and police need the help of the
gay community to solve Sexton's murder.
"It looks like David did know the perpetrator,
based on what we found at th(' house,"
AllenS<lid. "For how long. we don't know. He
m.iy h.ive met him that mght or longer
before We 1ust don't know."
Allen s.i1d that police went to several gay
bars that Sexton's friends said the professor
occas1or.illy frequenlt'd, including the
Phoenix and the Friendly Bar in Faubourg
Mangny. \r151ts to those and other Marigny
and French Quarter bars turned up nothing,
Allen said.
''We haven't found anyone at any [gay] bars
who rccogruzed David and remember seemg
him e.irly that morning," the detective said.
But the perpetrator may be more easily
identified th.in police initi.iUy thought, Allen
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said.
"We think he may have been injured in the
course of the struggle," Allen said. "I can't say
how, but if anyone, anyone, remembers seeing
someone last week with cuts and scratches
on his arms, hands, neck, or to his head, or
saw fn.>sh bandages, they should call us.
"If someone seems to have just dropped out
of sight, gone underground, or is acting
unusual, people should call us. Or if they
remember seeing someone [that Saturday
morning] with bloodied clothes, or if they've
noticed blood in someone's car, they should
call."
Sexton fondly remembered
Loria said that he, Scott and Sexton
enjoyed a Friday evening out that began with
dmner, includ('d a play, and endL'<i with jovial
conversation at the Friendly B.ir, a small
nC'1ghborhood establishment in the Mangny.
"W(' were there about two hours and never
noticed anyon(' strange," Loria s.iid. "And
David had only four drinks the entire night,
so I know he wasn't impaired in any way."
He said Sexton dropped them each off at
their homes about 1 a.m. on NO\', 20, "but he
didn't say anything about going anywhere
C'lse. I assumed he was going home."
Although they often exercised together at a
gym on Saturday mornings, "D.iVJd told me he
had a gr.int or something like that to work on
that Saturday morning, so I didn't rail him."
Loria said his friend, whom he had known
for more than a decade, "must have really struggled"
for his life. "David was tall-6 feet 3 inch·
es----and although he was thin, he was re.illy
strong and in great shape for a 51-year-<>ld m.m.
He must have fought whoever killed him."
Lona said that Sexton was not known to
cruise bars, and mstead frequented smaller
e;tablishments outside the busy French Quarter.
"He wasn't the type to 1ust pick someone
up, not at all," Loria said. "David was quite a
talker, and very friendly, and would check
someone out first."
Loria said he first met Sexton and his partner,
Jerry Robinson, about a decade ago.
Sexton and Robinson wer(' together for more
than 20 years. Robinson died two years ago
from lung cancer, he said.
In September, Loria and Sexton traveled to
Gn..'CCe for 12 days "and we had an absolull'ly
wonderful time. In fact, we had such a
good time we were a]r('ady planning to go
again next September."
Struggling to find the words to describe hb
friend and Sexton's impact on people, Lori.1
said: "llalf of th(' professional people I know
owe thl'ir work to David. f le encouragL'<i people
to do more, even m('; I haw a master's [in
soa.il work] ana 1e badgell'd me to g('t something
published, just one paper, until I did it.
Sexton, who earned his doctorate from
the University of T('nnessee, was a
researcher and professor m the School of
Allied Health Professions at 15U lle.ilth
Sciences Center.
Sexton was nationally recogniz('d as an
expert in early childhood development and
was president of the Council for Exceptional
Children's Division of Early Childhood.
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Dozens of ornaments were placed on the Tree of Remembrance during cere·
monies Wednesday at the MetropoGtan Multiservice Center on West Gray. The
somber event started 11 years ago by NAMES Project Houston as a way to
focus on AIDS.
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Mayor declares 'AIDS emergency'
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dymg at 10 times the rate of whites, according to a
study released m August at the National HIV
Prevention Conference in Atlanta.
• The trend continued within the gay population:
A study by the New York Department of Health
showed that Afncan-American gay and bisexual
men were almost twice as likely to die of AIDS as
white and Hispanic gay and btSexual men.
• The aty's five-year plan, developed by its health
and human scmces department, costs an estimated $3
million, most oi which the city doesn't have to spend.
Brown's call to action on Wednesday targets three
groups for intensive HIV prevention efforts: AfncanAmerican
women; ga)~ bise)(ual and non-gay identifying
black men who have sex with men; and blacks
m p1l or prison.
The plan proposes community-based education
and prevention programs, a public information campaign
and one-on-one services to modify beh.iviors
that put blacks at higher risk for HIV.
Some aspects of the city's plan will be put into
action next month, the overall effort may change
d1rect10n or format as the black community energ12es
around it, said Kathy Barton, spoke.-; woman for
the city health department
"Our techruque on reaching (blacks) may change
as our community gets better at it," she said.
Much of the oty's nearly $5 million annual HIV
Pre\'enbon Program is already allocated, but officials
hope to direct unused funds to the new initiative
announced this week, Barton said.
The rem,1inder of the program's funding has yet to
be raised, she said.
"We are actively looking for more money," Barton
said. "We hope that the Afncan-Amencan community
will nse to the occasion and help us with the
money."
Of the $3 million program, $861,000 is earmarked
for an extended media campaign-advertisements
on local radio stations, billboards and in:;ide movie
theaters, and posters and brochures. The rest of the
funds will be distributed to community-based prevention
and education programs, Barton said.
But the new m1tiat1ve will not sap money for existing
programs, or prevenhon and education efforts in
the gay community, she said.
"That would be the worst thing we could do. Will
money be pulled from gay programs to fund these'
Certainly we won't do that," Barton said.
Discussion part
of focused effort
Brown said Wednesday that during future spl'eches
.ind appearances, he will discuss HIV prevention
to help combat the problem. There also must be an
open discussion about sexual activity and an effort to
counter "the millions of media messages that glorify
unsafr sex," he said.
Jackson Lee said the public must also be willing to
talk .ibout 11legal drug use, which contributes to new
HIV infections in the African-American community.
"This is the roll your sleeves up day," Jackson Lee
said. "I ask us all to be in the fight. As we roll up our
slec\;;s• let no one tell you 1t is the other guy's problem.
Mary desVignes-Kendrick, city health department
dirl'Ctor, said specifically targeted prevention and
education efforts should blanket the area's black
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"No African-American in this community
should not hJ\'e the education, the
resources," Kendrick said. "We need to
deploy our resou rces in a \'ery focused
way."
After Brown hosts his forum next month
Jmong black leaders, Jackson Lee said
Surgl'On Cl•m•ral D;l\·id Satcher will lead a
n.itionJI summit in l louston on the issue.
"l w,mt (S.1tchl·r) to asses the work we
startl•d ,ind see what else we need to do,"
Jackson Lee said. "lie has committed to
coming to this summit in February 2000 on
HIV I AIDS. This is not going to be a onemonth,
two-month c,1mp.11gn."
Mobilize like the
civil rights movement
On ful·sd,1y, Satcher called on the bl.:ick
community to mobilize against AIDS tlw
way 1t came togl•ther to fight for ci\'il
rights in tlw 1960s.
Dunng J teleconforence beamed to tradi·
tionallv black medical schools, S.:itcher
fornsl·d on what b!Jcks could do to slow
the spread of the deadly disease in their
community.
Almost half of new AIDS cases in recent
years haw been among black men, although
they make up only 13 percent of the popula·
lion, Satcher said. AIDS is the leading cause
of death ,1mong black men ages 25-44 and
the second behind heart disease among
black womm in that sJme age group.
"When you come to Atlanta you have to
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think about how people were mobilized
during the ci\·il rights mo\·ement," said
Satcher, speaking to faculty and students at
Morehouse School of Medicine there. "We
need the same kind of mobilization."
Satcher said he hoped the conference
would help de\'elop partnerships between
black organizations that would work to
spread AIDS awareness.
"We lll'l'd to find a wav within our communities
to moti\·ate pt'Ople to change their
beha\'ior," he said. "See, the go\·ernment t:
c,m't do that. We c,m't sit up there in ~
Washington and find a way to molt\•ate ~
people to changt• their beha\1or. It has to be i:2
pl'ople who they respect, they trust, m tht•ir ~
loc.11 communities."
The satl'llitl· conference focused on pre·
\'l'ntion, resl'arch, the a\'ailability of safe,
l'ffortiw treJtments Jnd the need for adherl'nce
to those treJtments.
Satcher called on churches, fraternities,
sororities and schools to get in\'ol\'ed.
! le said the number of new ,\JDS
cJSl's continue~ to be higher among
blacks bec,rnse AIDS started off as a white
gay mall• disease and most education
efforts were not directed toward blacks.
"I think a lot of people in the Afriran·
American community missed the
first round of communication about this epidemic,"
Satcher said. "I think we are paying the
price now." ~
The surgl'On general. a native of Alabama, for- ~
merly headl'd the Centers for Disease Contml z
and Pre\'cntion in Atlanti. ~
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A GUIDE FOR YOUR LEISURE TIME
Jennifer Holliday talks about making her Carnegie Hall debut
in 'My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies,' an extraordinary
concert coming to PBS's 'Great Performances' on Monday
by 11:\V IDl,OLD~tAN
Tony Award-winner Jennifer Iiolliday is curiously
low-key when discussing her appe.1rance in "My
Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies." TI1e sold-out
show, l'l'Cordcd last year at Carnegie J laU, is now avail·
.iblc on CD and is also ainng nationwide this month on
PBS's "Great Pl'rfonn.rnces" senl'S.
"Tlus group of ladies may not be as fanuliar to
ever; one, but this 1s a beautiful group," Hollida) said
recently in a telephone interview from New York Gty
''We all really genumcly like each other and an• quite
supportive of each other, .md we have ,1 lot of respect.
CA>spite J lolbday's modest description, the c.ist of
"My Favorite Broadway" includes legends of
American musical theater-lJza Minnelli, Juhe
Andrews, Andrea McArdle, Nell Carter, Elame Stritch,
Bebe Neuwirth, Holliday and rising star Lea Ot:!L.ariaas
well as others who are Jess well-known outside
Manh,1ttan-Faith Prince, Karen Ziemba, Pnscilla
Lopez, l.111da Eder, Audrd McDonald, Marm Mazzie,
Judy Kuhn, Debra Monk and Dorothy Loudon. Also
featured on the TV shO\\ (but not on the CD) are Anna
Kendnck. the Kit .K.it Girls, the Rockettes, Rebecca
Luker and ROSJe O'Donnell
Was the atmosphere competitl\e baootage at the
"So I call us the 'sccond-strmg divas,' in the sense diva-packed event' Nov. .iy, said Holliday.
that we do not have entourages, but we are aw.1!'l' that
we have J gift from God, our voices. We .ilso 1u~t enJO)'
wh,1! we .ire doing; we look townrd the futun.'; ,uid
we're rmlly supportive of e.1ch other."
'There were no catflghts '\Jo one\\ as woml'<I Jbout
who was gomg to sing before who It was almost like,
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Jennifer HolDday performs in this week's 'My Favorite Broadway'
show on PBS.
Rebecca Liljeberg as Agnes and Alexandra Dahlstrom as Elin in
'Show Me Love,' a romantic coming-of-age story of two girls
falling in love.
A hit in Sweden, new romantic comingof-
age film about a girl falling for
another girl is finding limited success in
U.S. theaters
by EARL DITT~1 AN
In Sweden, the mega-successful box-office
hit "Titanic" is the large.t-grossing film in that
country's history. Surprising!)~ the film that
holds the No. 2 spot is not anothtc"r epic
romanctc" exported from Hollywood.
Although it is a love story, the Swedbh·
made ''Show ~1e Low" isn't your typical boygcts
·g1rl date mo\1e. Instead, the LuJ...as
Moodysson film, which was selected as
Sweden's official entry for the Best Foreign
Film Academy Award, is a contemporary
romantic talc about a girl falling head·o\·crheels-
for anothtc"r girl.
How has a movie about young lesbian love
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Out In Print BOOK NEWS
Fighting AIDS from beyond the grave
by J.S. HALL
The toll th.it AIDS has taken on the gay
community 1s easiest measured by the hundll'ds
of thousands of lives th!.' \ ,rus has
claimed. But wh,1t other .onsl'quences, subtl!.'
T and less r!.'ad1ly noticeable, has the p.mdemic
inf.ictcd upon gay men'
This 1s one of the central issues
addressed in this series of essays wnttcn by
the late Robm Hardy .ind edited .ind el.iborated
upon by David Groff A llreless, I llVpos11tve
AIDS ad1v1st, Hardy ironically
died in a freak h:king accident m a remote
part of his beloved Arizona m 1995.
Frequently exasperating, Hardy nevertheless
po sess!.'d a keenly analytical mmd
that, combined with a certain scholarly eloquence,
produced incisive work. Two of his
brothl'rs battled cystic fibrosis, so perhaps
he was better prepared than most when it
came to fighting for his hfe
"Although I live with 1t daily, I h,H·enever
believed that 1 must die of AIDS. I believe
only that I h:l\'e been told so," he wrote.
Fiercely sex-pos11tve, Hardy feared what
AIDS would do to the unique sexual expressiveness
of gay men, which he felt was a
foundation to our "brotherhood " The
"benign nl'glcct" that research scientists
inflicted on people with AIDS enraged him,
as did tho'e who believed that AIDS was
over with the .ldvent of "glamorous"
sounding protease cockta1 '
Early in th!.' first essay, "The Enemy of
Love," his biting rhctonc all but leaps off
the page "Only the virus endures, no
longer a crisis, but lingNing like ~luzak in
the background at ghetto parades, in commumlles
narcolt1.ed with red ribbons,
busy with sentimental notions and symbolic
observations that conceal the evi·
dence of the col'tmumg slaughter we rush
to leaw behind They sing. AIDS is over
Gay men lost"
To Hardy, AIDS lurk.s like an
omnipresent phantom, driving a wedge
between us. Like the negative half of a
mixed sero-st.itus relationship says, "For
us, every fuck is a threesome." It lessens
communication-as if by not invoking its
name or presence, the virus will pass us by.
In his opinion, it has fueled the drive for
monogamy and gay marriage to replace
"promiscuity" <md multiple sex partners as
the desired norm. (Somehow this bond will
magically protect us, apparently.)
fl.:irdv believed AIDS robs us of the
wisdom· and life expencnce~ of most of
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days; makes us ashamed and mistrustful
of our bodies; bolsters internalized homophobia;
and divides us not only between
the positive and the negative, but pits
activists against other, more media-friendly
people with AIDS.
For anyone who thinks that AIDS is
over-<>r even an espL'Cially manageable
condihon-"The Crisis of Desire" will be
as jolting as an unexpected slap across the
face. It may be that in this case, a little fear
(or a lot) is a good thing. After all, as
Hardy writes, some strains of HIV can
become drug-resistant if one tr!.'atment
dose is missed.
How can anyone read the chapter
"Hope Inhibited" and not bl'come
incensed at the lethargic official response
to AIDS and the si:emingly half-hearted
"solutions"? Granted, this is with 20/20
hindsight, but it's powerful stuff, especially
for those who don't know the full
story or only lived on the periphery of
activism at its height
And after reading "Disposal," which
chronicles the state-assisted suicide of
Hardy's ex-lover, Hans, in Amsterdam, the
reader will be hard-pressed not to feel more
positive about having the choice of selfeuthanasia.
"Of all the deaths I have seenand
I have seen too many-<>nly his had
dignity," Hardy wrote.
For a community that has become
understandably weary and numb to the carnage,
Robin Hardy reaches from beyond the
grave with fiery passion to remind us not to
let these deaths be in vain, not to let I IIV"
the antagonist of love"-win and lay ruin
to everything that gay men have crafted for
themselves. It's a multi-faceted wake-up
call, erudite yet highly readable, that we'd
do well to heed.
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bl'Come such a sensation in Sweden and in
a number of other Scandinavian countries,
when it 1s struggling to secure bookings at
American art house thl'aters? According to
its dirl'Ctor and writer, the answer is a simple
onl'---acceptancc
"For ~omc reason, American mode-going
audiences seem to ha,·e a hang-up \\ith
mo,·ies that deal with gay or lesbian sub·
jects. That's just not the case in Europe,"
Moodysson said in a telephone interview
from Sweden. "I think the success of 'Show
Me Lo,·e' demonstrates that Swedes and
most Europeans aren't as homophobic a~
their Aml'ncan cousins. That mav sound
likl' a gl'neralization, but it's tru~. 'Show
Mc Love' is a bl'autiful romance that I
think anyone could relate to. The fact
th.it the lon•rs are both girls shouldn't
make a difference.''
Starring film newcomers Ale\andra
Dahlstrom ,1nd Rl>bccca Uljebcrg, ''Show Me
Love" -wh1Ch L' now showing in I loustonis
the story of Elm, a smalltown teenage girl
who discovers she's a lesbian and bcgms to
have feelings for Agnl>s. The film documcnl~
Elin's efforts to come to terms with her self
and her budding lesbianism.
When Moodysson first sat down to write
the screenplay for "Show Me Love," the
Swedish poet made himself a list of guidelines.
No. 1 on his list was making sure the
story was set in the present.
"I think people arc more moved by
films that have contemporary settings,"
he said. "I like to write stories about living
in the here and now Otherwise, you
can be tempted to create a whole lot of
false mwntions."
Ensuring that the characters m the
scrl'Cnplay rang true was lus next concern
"When I look at rcalit\• around me, I sec
stories," he said "I dori''t acti\'cly do anv
research on th<.' streets, but I continualh' see
tensions and emotions around me. But I do
const,rntly find m\'s<.'lf going through
neighborhoods, w,rndering about what
might bl' going on in the how;l's there. I am
ob~l'SSL'd bv houses and the live:; of the people
m them. Th.1t's kind of how I came up
with 'Show Me Lo\·e' For some n'ason, I
wanted to explore the id<.'a of a teenager
who comes to her parents and says, 'Gue-s
what? I'm a lesbian.' For me, a crisis 1s
always a good starting pomt for a story
about feelings and emotions."
:'vfoodysson admits he has always been
fascinated with the way that women are
always more apt to express themseh·cs in
more <.'motional terms than men.
"When I was a teenager myself, I can
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and hope"
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Inside charm turns unappetizing
by KATI !REEN LEE chilled mint sauce. The crabcakes were
greasy, and the pulverized innards created
When I discovered that CAFE NOIR is a much-too-mushy consistency. One would
owned by Carl Lewis, l first imagined a expect crabcakcs to be thick and fluffy with
sports bar, in the fash10n of Wilt bread crumbs lightly sheltering a heavy
Chamberlain's theme restaurants, or any morsel, but the portions were too meager,
other concept establishment owned by and the basil in the crabcakes was over-cclebnties
who han~ no right to go any- done.
where near other people's food. One redeeming feature, however, was
While the surroundings of used car lots the three different sauces, chipolte, bucrre
and dilapidated buildings did nothing to blanc, and poblano, which were served
endear me to 1b isolated location, Cafe with the crabcakes. The three sauces out-
Noir is charming inside with its cultivated stripped the crabcakes and made them
and simple decor. more tolerable
Caft! Noir is cleg.intly decoratl'd The Merguez was much more
with black and white photo- agreeable, with the skewered
graphs lining the key lime bite sized ~ausages grilled to
paint1'd walls, helping to a perfect smoky flavor.
cvokr a relaxed, sophisti- IJ While the spicy sc.1-
c.it1•d atmosphere~~ somng brought out
From the start, the ~ ··- ~ an extra tang in the
service was impl'C· sausages, the mint
cable, with the host, sauce that came with it
wait staff and bus was disappointing.
crew all disposed to answer I resorted to dipping the
questions from my dining sausages in the three crab-companion
or me, even to the cake sauces.
spl'Cifics of the name of a particular for the entrees, my companion
seasoning or sauce. and 1 did not get what we expected. For
Our waiter had a trainee with him that instance, my companion ordered the
evening, hence his eagerness to please and grilled tuna steak ($19.50), which our wait-impress
I le summoned his copious regalia er extravagantly described as marinated in
of waiting skills. Everything from deliver- herbs and servt·d with roasted vegetables
ing the speoab-of·the-day spiel to deliver· and peppcrt•d rice.
ing another Coke was done with a flourish. Much to her dismay, the tuna lacked
My companion and I did appreciate the any seasoning and was so dry the taste
prompt and thorough attention, despite the evaporated. My companion commented
borderline obsequ1ence that the vegetables were overcooked and
Unfortunatclv, we didn't find the food that the pt'ppercd rice had an "overly
a~ pleasing as its' presentation nutty" flavor. She was not impressed.
The e\·l'ning started with Crabcakes l ordert'd the Peppered Penne ($14.75),
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tomatoes and light lemon butter. But the
supposedly "light" lemon butter ended up
overpowering any other seasoning, and the
salmon also retained its heavy fishy odor,
which is usually not so pungent when
cooked correctly. The combination of the
two flavors were irrcconolable and made
the entire dish rather unpalatable. With this
rather unappetizing summation of our dinner,
Wl' dl'Cided to at least leave \\1th something
sweet
For dcsSC'rt, we chose the Chocolate
Pyramid ($7.95), a mixture of chocolate
mousse, chocolate cake and a negligible
amount of fresh fruit, all shaped into a
pyramid with thin sides of milk chocolate.
While the dessert was delicious. it did not
justify the price we paid for the dabbling
amount of mousse and cake, garnished
with a mt•rt' singlt' spht strawberry
Carl Lewis should stKk to wh;it he
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..- Continued from page 15
'OkJy, 1t's your tum-i;o, gul."
There weren't J lot of rehe.irsJls, either,
"because wc:'re all \cry busy, thank God. We
only l'l'hear;ed about a week pnor to 1t,"
f lolliday said.
"My Favorite Broadway The Leading
Ladies" was recorded live at Carnegie Hall on
Sept. 28, 199 . A portion of the proceeds from
the event and the CD go to Broadway CaresEquity
Fights AIDS. The v.ar against the killer
Yin.JS IS close to Hot iday's heart.
"I think that any organization that IS devoted
to AIDS IS dose to all of us in theater and dance
In the fir;t major sweep of all ~ homble
deaths, we were affected most-the Broadway
commur: !y. the dance rnmmuruty, the art~. ,
"It got to the point where everyday, every
time the phone would nng, somebody was
dymg. So this 1s a cause that will never go
away for any of us.
"I took up the cause after the director of
'Dreamgirls,' Michacl Bennett, died m 1987.
He left money to AIDS re,rorch, but he ddirutely
had dreams that we would keep working
to find a cure,'' said Holliday, who noted
that she has "a huge gay following."
Holliday was born and ft.'ared 10 1 lou~ton,
which she left m 1978. She m.1de hl'r
Broadway debut in a ft.'Yival of "Your Arms
Too Short lo Box With God."
Then in 1981 came her big break: The 21-
year-old Holliday created the role of Effie in
:Vtichacl Bcrulett's "Dreamg1rls." Audiences
flocked to Broadway's lmpenal Theater to
share the joys and sorrows of the Dreams, a
Supremes-like tno of vocalists. The show ran
for 1.522 performances and brought Holliday
a Tony Award.
Broadway composers know that a strong
first act closer 1s essential for a show's pacing,
Henry Kneger and Tom Eyen penned a true
roof-raiser for "Dreamgirls"-the defiant
anthem "And Im Telling You."
\-\'hen an artist and a song fit so well
together, "11 becomes your signature,"
I lolliday s;ud Even today; 1 years after the
show's premiere, 11 remains the song most
associated with Holhdav. And it's the
Holl day selecllon featured on both the TV
and CD versions of the show. (1 lolhday also
perfom1L>d the ballad ''If He Walked into My
Uk Today" from Jerry Herman's "Mame,''
but tlus song is not included on the record·
ings.)
Absent from the recording studio for eight
years, f lolliday hopes soon to return and add
to her five-CD catalog. She has abo Jppean.'Cl
on "Touched by an Angel" and "Ally
McBcal,'' where she has a repeating role as the
ch01r leader at Ally's church.
Though thnlled at making her Carnegie
l lall debut, Holliday was "disappointed" that
the show wa~ not more "intimate"
"I iust thought it was too much power, 10
tl'rms of loud music, for a place like that. I
would love to go back and have less things,
like me and a piano, a few small things-but
. MY FAVORITE
BROADWAY
THE LEADING LADIES
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not like a whole big old orchestra of as many
as we did"
The large scale of the show, she said, forcl'<l
the singers to "compete v.ith the orchestra."
In true Broadway style, there's not shortage
of "sell it to the balcony" vocalizing on the CD.
Minnelli sounds more like Merman (Ethel)
than "Mama" (Garland) as she roars through
"Some People" from "Gypsy." In "I Can Cook,
Too," Del.aria shows why her role as a female
cabby in the recent revival of Bernstein's "On
the Town" made her the talk of the town .
And the CD and TV show both include
Elaine Stritch's electrifying rendition of "The
Ladies Who Lunch" from Stephen
Sondheim's "Company." A tribute to afkrnoons
whiled away in boozy indolence, the
song was covered by Barbra Streisand in 1985
and has long been a gay brunch favorite.
My Favorite Broadway:
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Slice of life is 'bang on'
by D.l •. CROOVFR
Simply put, go St~ this plav.
You might be famihar with British playwright
Jonath,in Han-e)"s popular film
"Beauhful l11ing" from 1996, but the pl<wa
hit m London and :\ew York and no~· m
Houston-is more subtle and full of nuance
The movie ga\'e a foce to the London area of
Thamesmeade, but "opening 11 up" for the
big screen didn't enhance 11
BEAU flfUL THING 1s a chamber pu:.w,
and needs the small, rnnfinmg I mils ot the
thr:iter to breathe lite mto lls fin• characters.
The qumtl'l comprising this "urban fairy
tall•" lives side by side in a public housing
project in London's mdustrial southeast near
Grcmwich
Jamie, 16, hws with his divorced Mum,
S.1ndra, a hard-working, hard-10\'lng bar
maid 'Jot good at sports. "weird" and
picked on at school for being different, Jami
is too conflicted about his awakening scxual-
1tr to make sense of anything. His dreams,
though, include his next door neighbor, Ste,
a school chum
Sandra h,15 dr.:>ams of nian.igmg a bigger.
better pub and getting out of the projects
where she can r.:>l:ix on a spiffy, new, mw·
stuffed sofa.
Ste dm1ms of working at the Sports
Centl'r where he could swim underwater,
alone and happy. But his daily hfe is far from
idyllic, with be.-itings each e\'ening from h1!>
father and oldl•r brother.
Leah lives on the other side of Jamie and
Sandra's ilpartmcnt Recently kicked out of
school for a \'arll't)' of offenses, she's a goodtime
girl, unconcerned that her untethered
life is drifting out of control. She dreams of il
singing c;ireer like her idol, Mama Cas!>.
And then there's Tony, Sandra's
boyfrirnd "du jour," a pot-smoking hippie
whose brain SL>ems fried, or at least stuck in
the pl,1titudes of the '60's, an era he's too
young to have lived through.
I hese five are the only people we see. It's
to I larvey's credit that we don't really miss
anyone else. Their hard ~crabble li\'es arc
enough for us. We're immediately drawn to
these '\·ictims of the :;ystcm," as Leah says m
one of her luod moments, these five who sit
on thm apartml'nl walkwa}~ drink, fight,
mock and (bclM'Cn Jamie and Ste) fall m
love.
Although rootL><l 111 kitchen sink realism
(the program comes complete with a slang
gloss.1ry), 1 larvey balances the frightening
abuse and familial love/hate with genuine
tender <;t"ntiment and rapid comic pacing.
This 1s a fairy t.ile, and we're glad for it. We
want thl>se pl'Ople to milke it, and if 1t seems
all too unre,11, we don't care.
Dodd Bates' hang-dog expression with
head crooked and shoulders hunched,
embodies Jamie's wary world view ilnd his
yearning for "a quiet life ... Full of old movies
and a love of "Cagney and Lacy," he comes
alive when Ste's around and makes that
most awkward age of 16 believilble. Gawky,
yet assured of wh.1t he wants, when Ste g1\'es
Dodd Bates and Laura Chapman in 'Beautiful
Thing,' the theatrical take on a popular
1996 film.
him a present of a baseball hat, Bates lights
up like he's just been given keys to a
Conette.
Almost too young looking, Laura
Ch.1pm,111 com inccs us she's J.im1e's mother
by the timl' she's finished ~peaking her second
lmc. I lard-boiled as a fin~·mmull' egg,
rattling off rl'lorts to Leah or put-downs to
Tony, or }'l'lling at the unset'n neighbors,
~hap~an's ~oui;h·love approach is played
1u~t nght. Shes one sohd good-hearted
mother and isn't about to lose her son When
she embraces him, she embraces us.
Elizabeth Bannor plays Leah with the
nght amount of d1tzy panache She's a
tramp, but she knows 11. Her acid trip
"ilcceptancc speech" is theatncal, comical
and ovt>r the top.
Without the romp-in-the-woods love
scene from the film vcr.;ion to help ease the
transition, Ste's character in the play must go
from confused young jock to young jock in
lo~e. Alfonso Chable handles this tricky part
with assurance. His outburst at Jamie to
!car~ how to "knock about" like a guy
(whJCh 1s really his own self-doubt showing
through) is quite effective.
Tim Wrobel, the misplaced Tony, is
slightly too stolid for such an air head and
hasn't quite managed the accent or attitude
of these Southea~t Londoners. He seems to
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Fillt>d wit~ brittle humor, tangy one-Jin·
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saturday, dee. 4
After Houri. KPfT 90.1 FM. 12 a.m. to 3 a.m. 713·526-5738.
Q-Patrol walks the streets at 8c45 p.m. 713 52B·SAFE
Visual AtU Alliance. 10 a.m. 281 58J.-8408.
Dignity mass at 7 30 p.m. for gay Catholics 713-880-2872
St Stephen's EP<scopal Church. Rosary at 8 am. 1805 W
Alabama
713 528-6665
Montrose Writer's Gnup rneeu •t the Gay and lesbian
Community Center 3 to 4 30 p m. S7 per sewon. 713-117 4
0655
Houston lesbian and Gay drop-m hoers from noon to 4
pm. 803 Hawthorne 113 524-3818.
"In the Spmt• Gay Men's Chorus Concert at 8.00 p.m. 80().
494·TIXS
hJC (lesb ans Unrted "' Coaf1t10n) meeting 10 a.m. 714
529-4788.
sunday, dee. 5
The Womens Group. 1°'45 am 711-529-8571
Houston Area Teen Coaht.an of Homosexuals meets. 713·
942 7002
Raonbow R1deri. A biqde dub for women. 71 Hl69· 1686
Church of the XII Apostle> Ang ICM\ Rrte Old C..thollc
Church. Holy Commuruon 10 30 a m at 239 Westhe•mer
7131665-7903.
St. Stephen's EposcQpal Church Holy Me Euch.lrost I at 7·45
•on.; Hoty Rite Euct\artSt n at 8 55 • o:n Education hour at
10 am Choral Euchar st at 11 • m. •BOS W Alabama 713
528-6665
Maranathol Fellowship Metropolrtan Church. •Preaching the
Go>pel" at 10:30 a.m. Bible study at 9 30 pm. 713-528·6756.
Metropofrtan Community Church of the ResurrectJon.
SetVKH at 9 a.m. and 11 a m. 713-861 9 • 49
Grace Lutheran Church. Sunday school for all age> at 9.30
am. S..rvice •t 10:30 am. 713-528-3269
f1nt Un.tanan Un.versahst Ch'6ch. Sttvicn ilt 9:30 a.m. and
11 30 a.m.
Communrty Gospel s.,,..ce at 11 a.m 7 p m Sunday School
for chddron. 4305 Lillian. 113 880-9235 °' www.communoty·
gospel.erg.
Houston M1U10n Church. S..rvico at 10:30 • m. 713·529-8225.
Covenant S.pbst Church. SeMce at 1 30 p.m., education
hour at 3 p.m 713-668-8830
Bonng Memorial Uruud Methodist Chutch. Services at Be 30
._m.. 10:50 •.m Sunday school at 9,40 a.m. 713·526-1017
MCCR Handbell Chotr rehea...,l at 130p.m 713-861-9149.
Unotarian FelloW\hlp of Galveston County 402 Church St 1n
Galveston. S..nnce at 10:30 am. 409-765-8330.
F.,tlund Hope Fellowshtp S.mce at 11 a.m. 713-52().7847.
F1n:t Congregational Church ~Memonaf). ServKe at 11 a m
713-468·9543 or fcc-houston.org,
Church of Kindred Spirits (Beaumont). Service at 7 p.m. 409·
835-4765.
Un1tan•n FeJlows:htp of Houston Adult forum at 10 a.m.
S..rvice at 11 a.m. and noon. ()pet' Ord• farruly Support at
12.30 pm. 1504 Wort. 713 686-5876
ln1erta1th Worsh•P C.lebratoon. 7 p.m 2515 Waugh Dr. 713·
528-3601.
Houston Gay & lesbian Parent'S F•m1ty Thanks91\/'1ng Pot
Lud< dmner 713-284-4939
Thoreau U01tanan UnaYttSah~t Congregataon: Adult discussion
at 9 45 a rn.; semce- •t 11 am. 3945 Greenbnar.
Stafford. 281-'177 8882 www.neosoft.com/-thoteau.
Advent Senn at the Kolbe Proiect 6 p.m. 71 3·861-1800.
"In the Spint" Gay Men's Chorus Concert at 3 p.m 800-494
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monday, dee. 6
Gay Fatherslfathen f1nt support group, 8 p.m. 713-861
618'
Calondar/(omputer worbhop for Pride Wttk. 7 pm 113·
529·1221
Gay Men SufVlVOIS of Dom<stK Violence support group
713·'26-1017
Bering Suppan Network Gnef and Divorce GrO\:ps at 7
pm 713·526-1017
Frost Eye Om«. free eye exams for people wrth HIV 713·
83().3000.
AIDS Car-rs' Support Group. 6 p.m. 713-732-4300.
HN testing. Free from AVES from 1 p.m. to 6: 15 p.m. 713·
626-2837
FrontRunners. 6c30 pm. 713 522-8021
Kolbe Proiect Eucharost at 710 p.m. 713-861-1800.
Integrity Houston. For gay •nd le.sbt:an fptS<opal1ans.. 7 30
p.m, Autry House, 6265 Moon.
More ltght Presbyterians.. Meeting. 1110 loveon. 9:30 p.m.
281 ·444-8861 X309.
Black Lesboan and Gay Coal1toon's weekly mttt•ng at 7 p.m.
803 Hawthorne. 713 524·3818.
Houston lt'Sbian and Gay Communtty dtop-m hours from 6
to9 p.m.. 803 Hawtl'IOrne 713-524 3818.
tuesday, dee. 7
Helping Cross Dr""'n Anonymous. 7 p.m.. 239 W~sthe1mer .
713,.9~
Gay Men HIV+ Psychotherapy Montrose Counseling Center
at 430 pm. 713-529.0037
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5414 Kat1,I Freeway @ TC Jester • Houston. Texas 77007
713-961 -9455 fox: 713-850-0856
Youth·Rap. 6:30 p.m. 713-822-8511.
Aftercare Group Treatment. Montrose Counseling Center at
6 p.m. 713-529.00]7
AIDS A1hanc• of th• Bay Area 7 p.m. 713-488-4492.
PROTECT. An HIV-negative support group at 7 p.m. 713-526-
1017.
Women Surv1Yors of Chddhood Abuse. MontrCMe
Couns<hng Cent<r at 6:30 p.m. 713·529-0>37.
Berong Support Network. Lunch Bunch Gang at 11 a m. 713-
526· 1017
Gay Mt!n's Procen Group. 7 p.m.. 3316 Mt. Vernon. 713·526·
8390
Men's Network Discussion group for soc1.1I, educational
denfopment of gay and bisexual men. 7 p.m. Monttose
Coun,.hng Ce-ter. 713·529-0>37.
More on Relationships. Discuss.on group. 7 p.m. 415 W
Gray 713 861·9149
Lambda Skating Cub skates at 8 pm. at the Tradewmds.
713·523-9620.
Gay & B• Male Support Group support group forming
Sporsored by AVES 713 626-2837.
Houston lest>tan and Gay Communrty Ce,,ter drcp-10 hot.rs
6 to 9 pm. Lesb1t1t'I Com109 Out Group mttU at 7·30 pm.
803 Hawthorne 713-528·3818
wednesday, dee. 8
B1Net Howton. 7·30 pm. Social meeting at Cafe Toopees.
1830 W Alabama 713-467-4380
Women> Network 7 p.m. Montrose Counseling Center, 701
Richmond. 113-529.0037
HIV swvivor support group. 7 p.m. 113-782 4050.
Mind/Body Connection: Alternative Approaches. 7 p.m.
1415 W Gray. 713·524 2374
Pto1ect Caesar 7 p.m. AFH, 3203 Weslayan 713-623-6796.
Out Skate Rollenl;atong Cub, 8 to 10 pm. at 8075 Cook
Road 281-933·5818.
Hous1on Lesbian ar'KI Gay Community Center drop-tn hours
noon to 9 p.m. Brown B<ig lunch at noon 803 Hawthorne.
713-524 1818
thursday, dee. 9
Art With•,·· Art League at 1 p.m. 713-225-9411,
Gay Mrn's Chon.I) of Houston. O~n rehearsal •t 7 p.m.
713 521·7464
HIV+ Men Psychotherapy Montrose Counseling Center, 1 1 S
p.m 713-529-0>37
Relapse Pre~nt1on Montrose Counseling Ceriter. 2 p.m.
71 l-529-0>37.
Aftercare Group Treatment Montrose Counseling Center. 6
Occasions
p.m. 713-529-0>37.
Women's Therapy Group. Montrose Counseling Center, 5:30
p.m. 713-529-0037.
Center for the Healing of Ramm. 7;30 p.m. 713·738·RACE.
FrontRunnen at 6:30 p.m. 713-522-B021.
HIV Art Counf"> Program. 1 to 4 p.m. Patrick Palmer at 713-
526-1118.
Women's Chmc. Montrose Cmu:. 713-830-3000.
Farth and Hope Fellowsh•p. Bobic study 7 p.m. 713·52().7847.
Community Gospt-1. Chotr practice. 6:30 p.m .• \erv1ce at 7·30
p rn. 7 \ 3-880-9235 or www.commumtygospcl.org
HIV/AIDS Suppcrt Grovp. 2·30 at Family Servace Cel"ter 713-
861-4849.
Women'• HIV/AIDS Support Group, 4 30 p.m. Family S..rv1Ce
Center. 713-247-3810.
HIV/AIDS Support Gro1.1p. 7 p.m. fdm1ly Service Center 1n
Conroe. 888·247·3810.
Howton lesbian and Gay Community Center dro~n hours
6 to 9 p.m. 71 J-524 3818.
friday, dee. 1 O
Houston Area Teen Coal1t1on of Homosexuals (H.A T.C.H.)
m .. u. 113·941· 7002.
Aflc-rure Group Treatment. Montrose Counseling Center
at 6 pm. 713-529-0037
Frost Eye Clinic Free eye exams for people with HIV. 713·
83().3000.
lesbian Avengers. C.afe Toopees, 1830 W. Alabama at 7
pm.
Q Patrol walks the streets at 8 45 p m. 713·528 SAFE
Kolbe Project. Park Plaza Hospital VlSltat1on. 713·861 1800.
PoS1t1ve Art Workshop. 1 p.m to 4 p.m. Patrick Palmer at
713-526· 1118.
L"b1all and Gay Vo""· KPFT 90.1 FM, 7 p.m. 713-526·
5738.
Movie Tune at the Kolbe Proiett 7:30 p.m. 713-522-8182
life Begins at 40. Pot luck dinner. 6:30 p.m. 1440 Harold
713-526-1017
M1shpachat Allz1m Shabbat Services. 8 p.m. 713·748·7079.
Co-dependents Anonymous. 730 p.m. at MCCR. 713-861·
9149
Houston lub1an and Gay Community Center drop·in
hours 6 to 9 p.m. 713-524·3818
Healing Eucharist at Chmt Church C.lthedral. 7 p.m. 1117
Texas. 713-222-2593.
To 1'>t an event ca// Carolyn Ro~rts at ll1-S1U490. fax
.lt 713-519·9531. or e-mail ttl1torOhoustonvo1Ce.com.
Deadlme is Fflday at 5 p.m.
Birthdays
'Mutlet' is looking forward to
a stocking stuffed with
Uboles frOll lis s..ta
Daddy Rk lyrd.
Brandon Woff <elebrates a bi'thdoy on Dec. 9.
Happy btrthday to Uttle Richard on Dec. S.
llappy birthdJy to "Amadl'us" stJr Tom Huke on
Ot."C. 6.
The totally terrific Hem1ai1 dons his favorite white
outfit for his birthday on Dec. 7.
Super Chef John (a.k.a. the Kountry Kidd) whisks
in a birthday Dec. 7.
Hc1ppy birthday to Sinead O'Connor on Dec. 8.
Steve Kerbo adds a candle to his birthda>• cake on
Dec.8.
Brian Riedel toasts in his birthday on Dec. 9.
Janke K. adds some birthday cheer on Dec. 12.
HOUSTON VOICE• DECEMBER 3, 1999 COMMUNITY
Past Out 1879
GAY AND
LESBIAN HISTORY
by DAVID BIA:\CO
Intimate 'Boston marriages'
\\'hat "ere Boston marriages 1
In his Pow! "The Bo. tonians" (1886),
Henry James modeled the relationship
between his ch<iracters Olive and Verena on
wh.1t he c.1lil•d "those friendships behwen
women so common in ~cw England " Tu,• ~
''frimdsh1ps" Jame' observed were intimate, ;::;
long·term rel.1honships beh\'l'cn two unmar- 8
neJ womrn, who were often fominists. '°
fhough dubbe J ''l>' <1ston marnages," these ~
rcl.1honsh1ps tKci1m'Cl throughout the country. ~
With the growth of cities and an urban oil
middle d.bs 111 the mid-19th century; oppor· j
!unities that had lwen previously unavailable
to women blt;an to emerge. As women's collegL'S
Wl're found,•d and previously all-male
schools lwg.m to admit women, many mid·
dll~ and uppl·r-cl.bs women left their parenh;'
homes, rl'CeivL'Cl an education, and embarkt'Cl
on car,>crs. Many of these women also bl'Came
politically motivat,•d. ":\ew Women," as they
were c.11led, could for the first time chOOSt• to
remain unmarried and pursue their own
go.1ls ;ind inter,'!ils.
Many of thl'SC women enjoyed circlt>s of
likl~mindl'<.l female fiiends. Within these net·
works, two women might pair off in a closl'
rdahonship in which they shared housing.
living l'Xf'l'nses, vacahons, and often a bed.
Much more th.in roommJll's, thl'!il' womcn
were soul·m,1tes and p.utners, m.1rril'Cl in
spmt ,inJ mind. In ''The Bostonians"' Ohw
"proposes" to VerenJ thb way: "Will you be
my friend, my friend of friends, bt•yond
c\'l'ryon,·, everything, forever and ever?"
l'hese intimate friendships were soci.1lly
accept.1ble, and women m Boston marriagL'S
\\WC oftm rt'Cognized as couples by their
famtlil'S, fril•nds and colleagut.>s.
St1ml' of the most .iccomplished and prominent
women of that era lived in Boston mar·
riagl'.S Most ofll'n they were white, though
ther,• are also rl'CorJs of African-American
fl-male couples. For example, Lucy Diggs
Slowe, the first dean of women at I loward
University, shart"CI her life with writer Mary
Powell Burrill, who had earlier bren intimate
friends with J larlem Renaissance poet
Angelin,1 Weld Gnmke.
Many women 111 Boston marriages were
prornim•nt in education, soc1.1l work,
women', nghb, .:ind the arts. ~1. Carey
111om.1s bcc.1me the president of Bryn Mawr
College when her wealthy philanthropist
p.irmer, M.1ry Eh1.ibeth Garrett, offer,'Cl the
trusll'l'!i of the school a hefty endowment to
cntin• thl·m to appoint Thomas. Thom.is anJ
C.ml'lt ~h.m-J a home on campus for more
than 20 }'l'.lrs.
).ml' Addams co-foundt>J Chicago's l lull
l lou. e, one of the countrv's first sl'ltkment
houses, with Flll•n Gall'S Starr, her inttm.1tt•
companion smcc colll•ge. When she .md Starr
grew .1part, Add.1ms began a 40.year relahon·
ship \\1th Jnother Hull I louse tollc.1guc,
Mary Rozel Smith. Founder of the l .eaguc of
Many women in 'Boston marriages' were
prominent, including Martha Carey Thomas,
who became the president of Bryn Mawr
College and shared campus quarters with her
partner for 20 years.
Women Voters, C1rrie Olapman Catt out·
li\'l>J two husb.1nd, and then shared the latter
part of her lift• with Mary Garrl'lt Hay, a col·
league from thL• suffr<1ge mO\·cmmt. Hay's
death in 1928 "shook Mrs. Catt to the soul,"
one friend n'Calk'Cl. When Catt died 19 wars
later, she was buril-d in the same ccmete~· plot
as I lay under a ioint tombstone that reads,
"I Jere lie two, umted in friendship for 38 years
through constant 51.•rv1ce to a great cause."
Pl•rhaps the bcst-kno\\n of all Boston mar·
nagl>s 1s the relationship of Sarah Orne Jewett
and Anme Adams Fields. Jewett, a fiction
writer from ~1aine, was a de\'Oted feminist
who e.irly on n'jected heterosexual marriage
as dt'Slructive to a woman's identity and ~
ati\'ity. Her first no\'el, "0...'Cpha\'cn" (1877),
depicted a romantic friendship bchwen two
young women who dreamed about li\'ing
together like the Ladies of Uangollen, an 18th·
century Welsh couple.
In Dl>cembt·r 1879, Jewett attended a liter·
ary rl'Ception in Boston at which she met
Fields, the wife of Atlantic Monthly editor
James Fields. The two women became friends
instantly, and when Fields's husband died in
1881, she and Jewett formed a Boston mar·
riage. Jewett kept the family home she had
inherill-J in Maine, and for fi\'e months out of
the year, she stayed there alone, writing full
time. The hvo women wrote letters back and
forth almost daily, calling each other names
like "dear love" and expressing their lonclint'S.~
for e.ich other.
Whether thl>se relationships were typically
scxu.11 in nature is unknown, though. among
the wider SOCIL'ty they were (and generally
contim1t• to be) prt'Sumed to be asexual. With
th,• rise of sc1,·ntific and medical inquiry into
sexu.1lity m tlw first dl•c-.1dl>s of the 20th Cl'n·
hir>~ these clo~e, loving fnendships between
wornm carne under sharp scrutiny and began
to be paU10!11gill'Ci as "female 1mers1on."
PllVid Bumco IS tlze a11t/10r of"Gay f.ssentuils,"
a collcrtio11 of !us !ztStory col11m11s. He am be
rcac/red care of tlus p11bl1catro11 or at
DaveBui11cofi.rlol com
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If you play bass/acousuc guuar,
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PROTECT
PROTECT provides a s:ife place
every Tuesday at Bering
l\.lemonal Vmtcd ~lethod1st
Church, 1440 Harold. for HIV
negative people to share their
expenences m a effon 10 understand
and change behaviors that
could lead to infection. V1s11ors
and new members arc wekomc
al every meeting For more
information. call 71l5261017.
ext 211
DO'.\IESTIC A Bl SE
Gay Men Survl\ors o· : ' >To<: >T
Abuse offers suppon for gay
men who arc m a current or past
rclJt1onsh1p wnh an .lbumc or
vmlent panncr For informauon
or asscssmcnt/s.:rec:nmg. call
Ru s Rohinen at 71l ~26 IOl7.
ext 211 Leave ycur name Jnd J
safe telephone number where
your call can be returned
C-t'mmunuy Resale Shop, 515
Richmond has been pr°' 1dmg
c othmg to people II\ mg w h
AIDS. for 14 years. urrc 1tl)
needs F~· clothes Open 11
am 10 5 r m except Sunday
Purveyors of couture to sur.mg
ani ts ( .ill ilks Independent
501 le) n17 jl 52 :~~~
Education
Convc:rsauonal 'iparnsh • Begmmng
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Spanish • ALFREDO SAMAt'><O
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Instructor• lnd..idual or Groups
classes • 711.521 7805
Entertainment
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Pi:uuSl/Organist • llohday Pan1C$,
Dmners, Company/Corporate
Events • Weddings. Anmvcr>ancs.
Rcccpuons. Over 10 ye;irs ex pen·
cnce 7 n 521 7805
Help Wanted
WAIT STAFF
Wait Staff needed. Evenings 4
p .m 6 n1ghh • Mon·Sal •Apply
in Person • Joscphine•s llahan
R1sroran1e • 1209 Caroline @
Dallas • Behind the Four
Se"'"'r- Ht>ld • 711759 9121
A lJNIQUE CAREER
OPPORTUNITY
If 'lliorlmg ma cn:auve cnvuonmcnl
and handling the world's
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sounds good: 1f dealing "1th a
savvy, soph1s11ca1ed dientelc
who Jpprec1ates and rewards
good taste. professionalism and
great ser.1ce m1erL"St you. let's
talk If you're mto clothes, we
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industry Contact Murry Penner
by phone 111 71 l 527 8100 or by
fax 71 l 527 9648 or email to
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MCCR
Kesurrec11on MCC Houston.
Texas 1s seeking a director of
Admm1s1ra1ion and Accounting
Please cont Jct U$ al
7 n 861 9149 for JOI> dcscnp·
uon nnd apphc:mon
WILL TRAIN
Full time pos111on • \lon-Fn • 8
a.m to 5 p m • GreJt Bcnchts •
2 week paid vac<111on • 401 (k)
• ~ lcdicJI Center • Dark Room
Tech for busy Onhoped1c
Depanment Call Walt Z1pprian•
7119 6 7122 ------- CARTER .'\: COOLI; Y
Busy Heights Jrca d ' needs
c.>unkr help • App y , pc:-o;on ill
175 \\ 19th Stn.'CI or c.i! llt ug :it
711864 Wi4
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Exp.n:ra.<"ll •~) d1'tnl ru\'ldual
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:nl w r.hlp pucr:un of Re ,\lllct
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(onta:t DI us 71l 8tl 9149 or
nurt tl.wllloombm~
N1ght1ngale Employment
Services (01v1S1on of NADCJ h
a non-profit organ11at1on that
provides JOb seeking 'kills train·
mg and placement ru.>1>1anee for
persons wuh HIV. For mon:
mforma11on call 713 981 1541
Christ Church Cathedral
Ep1SCOpal 1s seeking a creative,
organ11ed professional w11h competent
a.:coun11ng skills lo per·
form ru. Financ1'11 Admm1slrator
Th" position will manage and
m:untams and prcpanng financial
repons to the p;insh. Knowledge
of Excel & MS Word necessary.
Shelby Windows would be help·
ful. Submt a reswreand 3 prof~
:ii refi=lres IO Origopu Thorra;.
1117 Tex;i,, Ave. Housloo. Tex;i,,
77002orfax to 713.222.2412
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person, 1207 Spencer Highway.
South Hou ton. TX, IOA\1 10
2PM. Monday through Friday•
713 944 6010.
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tary al Chnst Church Cathedral
Vanous J<>b duties include
answering phone.-., greeting vis
nors, handling calendar for
meetrngs. and 111arn1ainmg
prayer hsllhosp11al hst
Computer <kills necessary· ~IS
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1ng skills Fax resume ' to
711222 2412 Alln · Judy
Evercu or mail to 1117 Texas
A\c;;J,, H . tnn TX 77001
BASIC BROTHERS
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plus • Come JOm our team and
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packages around • Apply M F.
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,-.;o phone calls please
Executive Director
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Director position • Accountmg.
"ntmg. propeny management
slulls needed • For more mforma11on
call 711 861 7063
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he ;icr have hammer ~1 d will
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fl ic repair ser.1ce • 4(1 ~- ""
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repair needs. 71 ' 856 61
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BODY TOUCH • Experience
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• Gallena Arca • Chaz Kolb
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Muscle Mechanics 71l52J5330.
Pets
The Homeless Pct Placement
League is a Houston area. non·
profit an11nal welfare organ11a·
t1on 11 PPL provides for the rcha·
b1htauon of stray und Jbandoncd
dogs nnd cats through 11S umque
foster care program. All ammals
arc spayed/neutered and have
their first ser of shots. For more
mforrnauon call 713 862 7 387 or
VlCW website 31 www.HPPI..org
The Spay :\curer Assistance
Program will proHde FREE
sp:iymg/ncutenng, rabies vacCJ·
nations :ind cuy licenses tor animals
belonging lo qualifying
low income dog nnd c:u
guardums. For quahficarions
and 1ran,pona11on mfonna11on
please call 713.52:? 23l7
Professional
Services
BODY \\'AXI1'G
Personal grooming by Dale
Waxmi; spec1ahs1 & licensed
Cosmctolog1s1 • Pnvate Loe
auon m Montrose • Call for
appointment 71 l 529 59'i2
Real Estate For
Rettt
'\III>TOWN/.\ll'SEl l\I
f!J 'e dLjJlcX l I/I 5
llard\<ood/carpct • II ~h Cc1hng
• \\ID • No pets • No more than
three people • 2 year lease • S900
per month• 71 l ~26 614
II EIGHTS
Updated Garage Effic1en9
$400 per ~('nth • Bills Paid
Low Depo II • o pets
Available now • No Lease
DECEMBER 3, 1999 • HOUSTON VOICE
required• 711862.9775
MONTROSE
Commercial & res1dcnt1al for
lea<e • 2 suite> 675 & 875 sq
ft(S700 & $900/mo). 211 1500
sq fl (S 1100/mo). J/2 875 sq fl
($900/moJ. All available now
Reduced S for qualified non·
profit orgs. Hollyfield
Founda11on 7 I 35216900.
MONTROSE
Large 2 BR unit m 3 unu trop1·
cal compound wuh pool Hot
tub, sun room. centrals. Fresh
paint. carpel & hardwoods
Owner/agent 713.529 9104
1419 HYDE PARK
Ett1c1enty apanm .. nts •All bills
paid • SI 00 off I st months rent •
Security gates • Call JD al
711528.0561
CONDO FOR RENT
Downtown h1 ·me condo • I/ I •
SI 025 per month • All bills paid
• Call 7 ll647.8822
MONTROSE
One bedroom m small gated
complex • $450 plus ut1h11es •
$200 deposit • Convenient 10
clubs and shopping
711524 t551
GREENWAY PLAZA
3308 Br:in;Trd "' Audky • I/I 8
5475 per month• Sl50 dcpo;1t •
Fn:c lla~1c cahle • Move in special
• Agent 71 3 524 9660
Apt. 4 Lease • Montrose
New mini llhnd, /carf"'I • $495
per month wuh $150 dcposu •
SI 00 oft move in spec 1al • Agent
713. 524 9660
HEIGHTS
2 bedroom • I bath • All bills
paid mclud111g calllc • 1912
Victorian Couagc/lluplcx m
de.rnable neighborhood • Lots ol
windows • Hardwood floors •
5900 711 880 2740
Execull\"C office subleao;e S250
per month •One office m 11 very
mcc bu1ldmg located West Loop
610 near lkllaire Hlvd. • Private
entrance & suue numbcr. • Call
Koh at 713 661.7700.
Hills Paid • Med Ctr ilk Ilaire •
S585 month • M1nu1es from
~ontrose/Musuem. convenient
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281 164.4862
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HOUSTON VOICE • DECEMBER 3, 1999 25
Car Mart miles. a super clean car v./ lots
of extras. save a bundle • Only
S 14,890 • Call Henry Craft at
Archer Motor Sales.
281.445.6400.
c1al $21,969 • Call l\1auric10
Hussmann-Advantage B~1W
7 I 3.653.8i00.
'96 Saturn SC-I Soort Coupe •
Gold e'tenor, only 45K miles,
full pov.er sunro(\f, ;'i-speed,
onl) I at 1h1s pncc • S7,995 •
Saturn of Houston-North Frv.J .•
281&17.8700.
$600 CASH
'71 VW Supcrbectle
Interior/body m good cond-
111on • Needs engine work • For
more information call 7 D.
779.20'\2. '98
'96 N1ss.111 ~1ax11na GLE • Pearl
Y<hllc, leather, Bose premium
sound syMem1 •Only SB.977 •
For details. call l.onc,tar
N1ss.1n Oldsmoh1lc.
281 241 8(J(JO
'98 Ford l~xrcd1t1on EJJ1e
Bauer• Grc-en v./ saddle leather.
all the extras • $24,795 • For
more information. call Henry
Craft at Archer Motor Sales.
28 I 445 6-l(K).
'96 Jeep Grand Cherokee • PW.
l'I •• tilt, cru"c and a whole lot
more' • 514,995 • For details.
c.111 Henry Craft at Archer
.~1otor Sales, 281.445.6400.
"18 Old"notnlc Delta 88 LS •
Onl) 221.. n11lcs, Leather interior,
don't nms 1h1s one' • 512,977 •
For your tc>t dnvc, call Lonc,lar
N1"an Oldsmoh1le.
281 24U6<X>
·97 Nissan MaX1ma • Wh11c,
,harp car w11h all the !>ells and
whistles • S 16.920 • For more
information, S<'e Henry Craft at
Archer Motor Sales.
281 4456400.
·95 Ford Fl.'\O Extended Cah •
Custom Conversion, don't miss
this one! • $11.787 • For your
test drive. sec Henry Craft al
Archer Motor Sales,
2814456400
'96 Nissan Quest • PW. PL,
Cruise, 111!, casscnc. nice'
$11,977 • For more mforrnatwn
and a test dmc. call Lone<;tar
1"1ssan - Oldsmoh1lc
281 24~ 8600
'97 To)ota limdCru1 er • The
Best! ,\one of a kind bcautv •
S29,905 •For all the 1k1:uls. ~all
llcnr) Craft Ill Archer Motor
Sale>. 28 I .445.64<X>.
'97 llonda l'assport 4X4 • \'6,
PW, Pl .. tilt, cruise, and much
more' • Sale pnccd at only
$15,760 • A'I.. for llenry Craft at
Archc1 Motor Sales,
28 I .44H>4<Kl.
'95 Pont1a.: Gr..ind Am• 4-Door,
auto, ni<"C vch1dc, Wow! • Sale
pnced at only S4,977 • To find
out more, call Loncstar .S1ssanOIJsmoh1k,
2812418600.
·97 Chry,lcr Schnng • Papnla.
Super clean vehicle v./ lots of
option" drive anyv. here
S 11,760 • Call lien!") Craft nl
Archer Motor Sale"
281 445.6400
·97 Ford Fl 50 Extended Cah
Lariat • Wh11e. 3-Doors, nice
cond111on w/ lots of extras •
S 18.295 • To dnvc today, ask for
llenry Craft at Archer Motor
Sales. 281.445.6-100.
·95 Toyota Corolla • 4·door.
auto. great car, this one won't
sla) around long' • Onl) $4,977
• For details. call Lone,tar
N1ssnn-Oldsmoh1le,
21.> 1.243 8600
'98 Ford Explorer .XLT • Green,
full pov.er package. ttlt. cruise.
great \"Chide • Slh.980 • For
more information. call llenry
Cr,1ft nt Archer ~1otor Sales,
28144~6400
'97 Jeer Grand Chcrokl-c • ,\II
the power options and man)
extras • S 16,797 • For more
mlormat1on and a test dmc call
Hen!")' Craft at Archer Motor
Sales. 281.445.M!Xl.
'98 Pontiac Sunlire • 4-Door,
auto, won't stay' • Pm:ed to ,c11
at only $7,977 • To dnve av.a)
today, call Lonestar NissanOlds111ob1le,
281 243.8600.
'99 Chrysler LHS • Lots of
room and Lots of Style'
Aflordahle lu•u!")' • SH.h50 •
Call Henry Craft for details al
Archer Motor Sak"
281.445.6400.
'99 Plymouth Bn:c1e • Auto,
PW, PL. cruise, tilt. fun to drive
v.1th many e<e1tmg options •
$I 0.977 • For further details,
call Lonestar Nissan·
Oldsmot>1le, 281 2438600.
'99 Mazda 626 • Only 13K
·99 Dodge Intrepid • Silver. PW.
PL. 1111. cruise. cassenc • Sale
priced at only S 13.977 • To test
dnve, call Lonestar NissanOld,
mohile, 281 24l86<l0.
•97 Ford Explorer XLT • Pov.er
package. very nice dean vehicle
v. 1th lots of options • S 15.980 •
A'I.. for lknr) Craft :u Archer
Motor Sales. 281 445.6400
'99 :-.lissan Ahuna GXE • Auto,
PW Pl., plus a whole lot more
A must sec to appreciate • Onl)
S l.l.'177 • Contact Lonestar
N1ssan-Oldsmoh1le.
28 l.24186<Xl.
·97 Che\ y Maht>u • Leather
intenor. PW, PL. ttlt, snappy
v~h1cle, drive an}whcre 1 •
$11,280 • To test dnve, call
llcnry Craft at Archer \1otor
Sales. 281.44 5 6400
'99 Oldsmoh1lc Intrigue • 4
Door. auto, P\\. PL. must see to
appreciate' • Only $14,977 •
Call Lone star '>i>'an
Oldsmoh1lc, 281 243.8600.
'97 Che\) SI 0 Super Cab
Stcp"dc • E•tra .sharp, rugged
trucl.. • A great deal al only
S9.8!Xl • For details. asl. for
Henry Craft at Archer Motor
Sales. 281.445.6400.
'99 BMW .ll8T1 • Avus Blue.
sunroof. cass . Stk.#30067 •
MSRP $25.975. this week's spc-
·99 BMW ~B Roadster • While
w/lmola interior, new• $39.900 •
Call Maunc10 Hussman
Aduntage BMW. 71J65l8300
·9g B\1W Z3 Road,tcr • Nev.
Program C~r • $25,900 • Call
Maunc10 Hussmann Ad,antJge
BM\\, 713 6'3 300.
'% TO) ota Corolla LE • Loaded.
clean • S 11 .99' • For details call
Saturn of Houston Katy FR\\"I,
281 '\56 1400.
'% C'hC\) ca,aher • Great car
v./ v. arrant) • 9,995 •I-or details
and a test dm e. call Saturn of
Houston-GulfF"'Y· 7119+1..1'50
'% \'oils" agcn Pa.ssat • Only
15K mile' • '\lli, 'i9'i • For
detail'. call Saturn of Hou-ionKai)
Fm) , 2S I 556 1400.
'96 Saturn SW-2 • Leather
loaded. nKc car v. I v. arrant) •
SI0.895 • For dc1.11b. call Saturn
of Houston-Gulf Fr.')
71'1944 4;'i'i0
94 Butel LeSabre L1m1ted
Series • One ov. ncr muoon.
heav1h loaded, dual comfort
controis. S2 K mis. hut looks
hke 20K • SS,9'i0 Saturn
of Houston !"orth FrY<) •
281 47 700.
'97 Ford f- I 0 SuperCab XLT
Lariat • Pn\lme condttton.
loaded, leather, 46K miles •
Onh SI S,4 50 • Call Saturn of
Hou~ton-North Frv.) .. 21\1.47 8700.
'97 Saturn SL-2 • Auto w/
2 )r /24K m1 v.arrant), great
car, dnve an)v.here. Stl.
# .1~ 109A • $9595 • Call Saturn
of Humble-HWY 'i9!\" 281
'40 ,,
'97 GMC fa tended Cab 112-ton
Pickup• Bedltner, alloy '\\heels
AIC. much more • $12 9~0 •
For more 1n'ormat1on call
Saturn of Hu |
