The GOP frontrunner is drawing heat for anti-LGBT remarks JAMES RUSSELL | Staff Writer If any word describes the 2016 Republican presidential race, it’s “unpredictable.” A year ago, establishment candidates like former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were seen as frontrunners. But neither experience nor, in Bush’s case, name [...]
Jane Clementi talks about her son, his roommate’s trial, the Tyler Clementi Foundation and ‘Tyler’s Suite’ DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer Bullying killed Tyler Clementi in 2010. Now his family hopes that a nine-piece choral movement written about the gay teen can help stop the bullying that drove him to take his own [...]
Artist Nick Cave brings his ‘soundsuit’ art to Shreveport with the community project As Is Mark Lowry | Contributing Writer marklowry@theaterjones.com SHREVEPORT — Artist Nick Cave discovered his first “soundsuit” when, in response to the Rodney King beating, he made something out of twigs that he thought was sculpture — until he put it on [...]
‘Queer’ candidate Huey Fischer wants to step away from politics after losing his bid for the legislature, but he doesn’t regret the effort Joanna Cattanach | Contributing Writer nash@dallasvoice.com AUSTIN – Huey Rey Fischer, the 23-year-old liberal candidate for state office, the queer son of a once-undocumented mother from Mexico and a Jewish father [...]
Report says half of black MSM will be diagnosed with HIV Mathew Shaw | Contriubuting Writer nash@dallasvoice.com About half of all black men in the U.S. who have sex with men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes, according to a report released last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [...]
The Wedding Workshop and the Wedding Party and Expo: An LGBT Community Event, will be held Sunday, March 20, with both events at Renaissance Dallas Hotel, 2222 N. Stemmons Freeway. The Wedding Workshop will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Featuring LGBT wedding experts Kimberly Vaughan with LGBTWeddings.com and Donnie Brown, the workshop will [...]
Drag show venue inside Caven’s S4 is getting its first upgrade in 12 years David Taffet | Senior Staff Writer For the first time since Station 4 opened 12 years ago, the Rose Room — the drag venue on the dance club’s second floor — is undergoing an upgrade. Show Director Cassie Nova said most [...]
Fundraising organization also names 5 additional board members From Staff Reports Zach Hess has joined the staff of the Black Tie Dinner as development director, according to a statement released recently by Black Tie officials. Hess, who has more than a decade of sales and fundraising experience, will join the Black Tie board’s sponsor committee, [...]
Rockwall couple will exchange vows Sunday at Wedding Expo and Party Tammye Nash | Managing Editor Rebecca Stroud and Shawn Williams, who have been together 13 years, didn’t hesitate when their friend, Melody Gualtiere, of Melodies and Memories Entertainment, asked them if she could use photos of them in a slideshow at an upcoming [...]
Northeast Texas couple hit a wall of bigotry when they tried to plan a hometown ceremony David Taffet | Senior Staff Writer Waylon Jordan and Billy Mead, who live in a small town in Northeast Texas, have been together for 11 years. When the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage was handed down, they [...]
