Subject: GLBT Issues

• Come On Out

  October 11, 2006

• We Assume Cocktails Will Follow

  May 4, 2007

• We Got It Covered: Last Night's GLBT Forum for Democratic Presidential Candidates

  August 10, 2007

• Lance Bass’s Gay Odyssey

  November 1, 2007

• Strange Wikipedia Searches I Have Done

  April 18, 2008

• Boycott McDonalds -- Unless You're Gay

  July 15, 2008

• Texas's First (Openly) Gay Lutheran Pastor Speaks Out

  July 29, 2008

• Get Lit: Gay Travels in the Muslim World

  October 21, 2008

• The Rally at City Hall to Protest Proposition 8

  Hundreds of people gathered on the steps of Houston City Hall this afternoon to protest the passing of Proposition 8, California's constitutional amendment taking away the right to marry for same-sex couples. Along with the passing of other anti-gay measures across the nation, Prop. 8 made November 4 a day of mixed emotions for many of the progressives in attendance, who say they went to bed ecstatic about the election of Barack Obama but woke up the next morning to find out not everything had

  November 15, 2008

• The Osteens Dare To Face Larry King Again

  Once again, Joel and Victoria Osteen have entered the lion's den, the vicious place where only the brave come out unscathed -- The Larry King Show.As difficult as it may be to believe, they had some merchandise to hawk Monday night. In this case, a new book by Victoria.Under the relentless questioning of King, we learned that a) the pair will host the first-ever non-baseball event in the new Yankee Stadium, a "Night of Prayer" in April; and b) Victoria has the most frozen "smile" seen outside of

  December 9, 2008

• Art Rock: Gay Marriage, Black Congress and the Assholes at Rudyard's

  December 23, 2008

• Local Gays Marching For Obama On Inauguration Day

  The gays haven't exactly been pleased by Barack Obama since he chose Christian conservative Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration. But Obama's inauguration parade will be the first to have an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group -- the Lesbian and Gay Band Association -- marching in the parade proper. And three Houston Pride Band members will make up part of the 177-person marching group.Local Kevin Taylor is excited about marching in the parade. He played a previ

  January 7, 2009

• Even Transsexuals Need To Pee Somewhere

  If you're a transsexual and you gotta pee, there are at least 21 locations in Houston where you won't run into any problems - at least according to safe2pee.org, a website that lists 1,848 transsexual-friendly bathrooms in 476 cities. Hair Balls tried to get in touch with the person who started the site, but we haven't heard back. But in the FAQ section, ze writes:    "So the story goes something like this: Back in Fall 06 there was a really bored queer. Ze had a lot of extra days

  February 5, 2009

• Guerrilla Gay Bar: In And Out At The Union

  Illustration courtesy wikipediaAs we told you last week, the "guerrilla gay bar" concept was coming to Houston. It did this weekend, and caused a ruckus.The GGB phenomenon simply consists of a big group of gay people going to a straight bar for the night. Friday night, the lucky bar was the Union Bar in Midtown.Result: Gay people turned away, a Facebook page titled "Union bar Houston -- We Will Not Go There" and a bar owner who says he's been deeply misunderstood.Teh gheys' account: Patrons sta

  March 16, 2009

• Peace Befalls The Gay Guerrilla War

  Photo by Ava LoweryThe Great Gay Guerrilla War appears to be over...for now.As we reported last week, gay Houstonians were banding together to target one "straight" bar and flood it, part of a phenomenon that's happened in LA and New York. The picked out the Union Bar in Midtown, and results were complicated.Gays were saying that as many as 100 of them were left outside in the rain; the Union Bar people said they had no room for more and emphasized their gay-friendliness.Now, peace has been decl

  March 17, 2009

• A Small Colorado Town Becomes "Capital of Transsexuals" And Houston Hears About It

  Photo by Olivia Flores AlvarezMore than three years ago cinematographer/director PJ Raval heard about a small town in Colorado that was "the sex change capital of America." Intrigued, he contacted the doctor, herself a transsexual woman, and began a conversation that resulted in a two-and-a-half year film project, Trinidad. "I had never heard of this town," Raval told Hair Balls after a Saturday night screening here in town. "Then I read a couple of articles saying it was a town of transsexuals

  April 6, 2009

• Drinking Pepsi Means You Support Gay Orgies, Totally Reasonable Texan Asserts

  Is Pepsi in bed with the gays? That's what former Texas Republican Party Treasurer and General Counsel Gina Parker Ford believes. Hair Balls knows this because Ford sent us a commentary detailing her outrage over a recent episode of Family Guy that "promote[d] homosexuality, gay orgies and also slander[ed] Christianity." Also, apropos of nothing, Ford makes sure to include the line "The Griffin family's dog, Brian, made critical and derisive statements about the Bush administration."Ford, who ru

  April 8, 2009

• Driftwood, Texas -- Not A Gay Mecca, But Maybe An Inspiration

  Photo courtesy Imfromdriftwood.comNathan ManskeImfromdriftwood.com, a blog devoted to posting true stories about gay people, by gay people, caught our eye when Patrick from Galveston posted an entertaining story last week. Apparently, high school teachers in Galveston can't tell the difference between homosexuality and African-American heritage. The blog is a little more than two weeks old, launched by Nathan Manske who was born and raised in the tiny Hill Country town of Driftwood. "When I was

  April 14, 2009

• Comics, MasterMinds, Revolutionaries, Apartments and Transsexuals

  Comic Love

  February 5, 2009

• Proposition Hate: Milk

  Gus Van Sant's recaptures Californian intolerance at exactly the right time

  November 27, 2008

• Transgender Day of Remembrance

  Today’s event gives supporters an opportunity to mourn lost friends

  November 20, 2008

• Mexican Homophobia

  October 30, 2008

• Opposites Attract in Chris & Don

  Portrait of the artist as a young man (and his lover as an old one)

  October 2, 2008

• The 12th Annual Houston Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival

  From Milton Berle to Tab Hunter - they're all at Q-Fest

  September 25, 2008

• SPECIAL CATHOLIC EDITION

  September 18, 2008

• Houston Pride Festival

  June 26, 2008

• Ryan Stout

  This L.A.-based comedian has a unique brand of logic

  June 12, 2008

• The Vagina Monologues

  Take a new look at what’s going on down there

  May 22, 2008

• Une Soirée Pelouse

  The GLBT Community Center uses French-style fund-raising

  April 17, 2008

• Joe Lally, Edie Sedgwich

  February 21, 2008

• Special Sexy Edition

  Dick size, muff diving and dry humping

  February 7, 2008

• Montrose Crawl

  Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give something good to drink

  October 25, 2007

• The Bubble

  Twentysomething Tel Aviv hipsters live life, have sex, befriend the enemy in The Bubble

  October 11, 2007

• Houston Coming Out

  October 4, 2007

• Unholy Matrimony

  Dubya would be aghast at Here Come the Brides

  January 19, 2006

• Tears of a Klown

  A fight over signs gets nasty

  October 12, 2006

• Caged Kitsch

  Prison time is fun in Women Behind Bars

  February 9, 2006

• (Man) Love and War

  June 8, 2006

• Show Some Pride

  June 22, 2006

• Twisted Tales

  August 10, 2006

• Noël, Noël

  It's a veritable Coward festival - out of the closet and onto the stage!

  May 17, 2007

• Tret Fure

  Tret Fure performs Thursday, April 12, at Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant Street, 713-528-8576. Jen Rathbun also performs.

  April 12, 2007

• Heart Stopper

  Theatre New West presents Larry Kramer's revenge -- and his testament

  September 7, 2006

• Changes in Attitude

  When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin. Critics say once there, she took a right turn. Now her district is rethinking its representation.

  July 27, 2006

• Hand Balls

  The highs and lows of a World Cup day and a gay pride evening

  June 29, 2006

• Das Boot

  A gay German rower feels left out once his sexuality surfaces

  May 18, 2006

• En la Calle

  Houston joins the revolución

  April 20, 2006

• Bois and Grrls

  Genderqueer: Straight or gay, these kids refuse to play dress-up by the rules

  March 16, 2006

• Gay-Unit

  Twisted G is most definitely not trapped in the closet

  January 26, 2006

• Don't Ask, Don't Be

  A Houston-area man leads the fight against the ban on gays in the military

  January 5, 2006