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Young, gay and thrown away

Hope House struggles to provide a refuge for some of society's most vulnerable people

Classless act

Star-Telegram knuckles under to Christian group, reassigns gay editor

Letters

Star-Telegram knuckles under to Christian group, reassigns gay editor

Love story

Beautiful Thing shimmers with quiet joy

World of difference

"Gay-friendly" businesses carve a comfortable niche in North Oak Cliff

Lesser lights

A weak cast dims The Twilight of the Golds

Late Bloomer

When Pat Stone learned her daughter was a lesbian, she helped start a support group for parents of gay and lesbian children. Then, after 35 years of marriage, Stone realized she had her own journey to make.

Letters

When Pat Stone learned her daughter was a lesbian, she helped start a support group for parents of gay and lesbian children. Then, after 35 years of marriage, Stone realized she had her own journey to make.

Events for the week

When Pat Stone learned her daughter was a lesbian, she helped start a support group for parents of gay and lesbian children. Then, after 35 years of marriage, Stone realized she had her own journey to make.

The Wallflower

When is a movie about two women in love not "lesbian" enough? Ask Dallas filmmakers Gretchen and Julia Dyer, whose embattled indie gem Late Bloomers finally makes it to the national screen.

School's out

Walt Whitman Community School in Oak Lawn is America's first private high school for gay and lesbian students. Despite some grim personal stories, the kids are all right.

GOP to gays: Butt out

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

Letters

Texas' Log Cabin Republicans find themselves the ultimate outsiders--vilified by both the GOP and fellow gays

Queer Means "Odd"

Why the News downsized its gay stories

Teenage and Transgendered

Liz and Amber were just friends until Liz became Jay

Priestly Duty

Liz and Amber were just friends until Liz became Jay

Locker Rooms Talk

Patricia Nell Warren discusses her new book

The Gay Priest Thing

The conference of bishops ignored "the elephant in the sacristy"

God Grief?

Gay Orthodox Jews engage in more than just Trembling Before G-d

Get Used to It

Councilman John Loza plans to fight for a city ordinance banning discrimination against gays

A Glorious Gabfest

With a (mostly) top-notch lineup, Outtakes Dallas 2000 details how normal (and screwed up) we all are

The Doctor Is Out

A Dallas activist helps lead the charge against Dr. Laura

Don't Cheer, Don't Tell

Homosexual "reparative therapy" gets a mild drubbing in But I'm a Cheerleader

Mr. Fixit

"Ex-gay" minister Randy Thomas prays to put gays and lesbians on the straight and narrow

The other F-word

Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP promises to spark feverish free-speech debates

Impossible dreamer

Fearless reformer or legal terrorist? Bobby Wightman-Cervantes makes a run for the Senate. The Texas Bar says he should have his head examined.

Air homophobia

A gay-bashing pilot prompts a change at Southwest Airlines

Real, reel gay

Out Takes, Dallas' newest gay and lesbian film festival

Edifice complex

Michael Piazza wants his proposed $20 million cathedral to send a message to the world -- gays can go to heaven too

Straighten up and fly right

American Airlines refuses to let a threat from the religious right steer the company off its gay-friendly course

The police raid on the Rainbow Lounge has rocked the world of Fort Worth gays

American Airlines refuses to let a threat from the religious right steer the company off its gay-friendly course

A Sordid Blanche

American Airlines refuses to let a threat from the religious right steer the company off its gay-friendly course

Why Are There So Many Latina Transexuals?

American Airlines refuses to let a threat from the religious right steer the company off its gay-friendly course

A Brief Summary of the Hubbub Surrounding Dallas Director Israel Luna's Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives

​For those not paying attention, there's been quite the firestorm in recent weeks surrounding Dallas filmmaker Israel Luna's Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives and its inclusion in the Tribeca Film Festival, which kicks off April 21. At the end of last week, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Def ... More >>

As Judges Heard Arguments For and Against Same-Sex Divorce, the World's Tiniest Protest Took Place Outside

Patrick MichelsMichael Robinson, left, and David Bowling were the sole protesters at today's same-sex divorce hearing downtown.​So much for the media circus outside today's highly anticipated (judging by the advance news coverage, anyway) hearing at the George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building, where t ... More >>

DART Struggles With Discrimination Policy, And Gay-Rights Advocates Aren't Happy At All

Incidentally, kudos to Erik Garcia, a third-grader at Harrell Budd Elementary School, for his winning entry in the Student Poster Contest​The Dallas Voice has been all over Dallas Area Rapid Transit's rewording of its discrimination policy, which has been altered, it appears, to exclude protection ... More >>

Sure, a Downtown March Won't Solve Gay Community's Problems. Still, It's Fun to March.

Photos by Andrea Grimes​Folks started showing up at Founder's Square downtown even before 6 last night, carrying Harvey Milk posters, rainbow flags and equal rights stickers. The Texas Evangelical Republican Caucus And Barn-Stomping Jesus Revival was in full swing. Elizabeth Pax, one of last night ... More >>

You May Find It Trans...cendental

Photos by Andrea Grimes​Folks started showing up at Founder's Square downtown even before 6 last night, carrying Harvey Milk posters, rainbow flags and equal rights stickers. The Texas Evangelical Republican Caucus And Barn-Stomping Jesus Revival was in full swing. Elizabeth Pax, one of last night ... More >>

Resource Center Dallas Wants Dallas ISD to Define Students Protected by Bullying Policy

​Yesterday we spoke with Dallas Independent School District trustee Edwin Flores about a proposed policy before the board tomorrow: "Freedom from Bullying." Which is great news, says the Resource Center Dallas. But the center's higher-ups believe the bullying policy doesn't go far enough, especial ... More >>

Resource Center Dallas Happy, For the Most Part, With "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Report

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyRobert Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at today's press conference​The Department of Defense today released its 247-page Report of the Comprehensive Review of the Issues Associated with a Repeal of ... More >>

"I Just Hope You Floss" and Other Pearls of Wisdom From Dan Savage's Kessler Appearance

Dan Savage at the Kessler as seen in one of two videos Jeff Liles shot last night. Both videos are after the jump.​Last night's Dan Savage appearance at the Kessler Theater, his first ever in Dallas, took the form of a Q&A session. Unsurprisingly to anyone who reads his weekly sex-advice colu ... More >>

National LGBT Group Asks Dallas County to Include Gender Identity Protection

Selisse Berry​For four days at the end of October, San Francisco-based Out & Equal will hold its annual Workplace Summit at the Hilton Anatole; they're expecting quite the crowd, following the 2,500 who turned out for last year's star-studded confab in Los Angeles. But before the visit, Out &a ... More >>

SMU Not Happy About Landing on Princeton Review's "LGBT Unfriendly Schools" List. Again.

​While Dallas ISD is debating a change to their rules in order to make their campuses more gay-friendly, two local universities have landed, once again, on the Princeton Review's list of "LGBT Unfriendly" schools. Released last week as part of Princeton Review's mammoth collection of college ranki ... More >>

Like His Pastor Friends, Perry Thinks Hanging Gay People is a "Traditional American Value"

"Dear Lord, please put your hands on those gay people, and then just, you know, twist at the neck."​Here's the president yesterday, decrying not-minor human-rights violations against gays overseas (from the Washington Times):"I am deeply concerned by the violence and discrimination targeting [ ... More >>

Tom Leppert and Jesus Christ -- Why, Why, It's Like Looking at Twins!

Via.C'mon, Tom, show us the part where you walk on water.​Oh, oh, oh -- now I get it. All this time former Mayor Tom Leppert sure seemed to be just a stinking hypocrite, a back-stabbing, forked-tongue phony who turned all anti-gay and old-time religious-y after leaving office and deciding to r ... More >>

LGBT Leaders Ask Council to Help Mayor Rawlings Sign That Same-Sex Marriage Pledge

Daniel Cates​The leadership of the Thomas Jefferson High School student council (sniff), guests of Ann Margolin at this morning's meeting of the Dallas City Council, got quite the treat this morning: a parade of public speakers once again thoughtfully, kindly but also forcefully berating Mayor Mik ... More >>