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Arts + Culture
Cocktail Friday: Vodka drinks for Pride!
Cocktail Friday: Vodka drinks for Pride!
Arts + Culture
Scout’s dishonor
Molestation memoir packs punch Pee-Shy: A Memoir by Frank Spinelli (Kensington Press 2014), $15; 353 pp. When he was just 8 years old, Frank Spinelli received a toy medical kit as a gift, and decided on the spot that he wanted to be a doctor. It was a surpr…
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Hudson’s revenge
Nearly 8 years ago, an interview with Jennifer Hudson in Dallas Voice sparked a national controversy. Now the Oscar winner is back in our pages — fiercer than ever, and with a powerful defense of gay equality Who is Jennifer Hudson? It’s a question she kn…
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Geek like me
Confessions of a bisexual cosplayer — and DFW’s growing cos-munity CHAKA CUMBERBATCH | Special Contributor [email protected] Carrie Bradshaw would have a panic attack in my closet. Seriously — if there was ever a parody musical inspired by my li…
Arts + Culture
Even better
Queer sex advice columnist Dan Savage brings his live Savage Love show to Dallas JONANNA WIDNER | Contributing Writer __________________ SAVAGE LOVE LIVE Kalita Humphreys Theater, 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Sept. 20. 8 p.m. $29–$44. UptownPlayers.org. _______…
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Am-booze -ador
Style maven Steve Kemble embraces his new role as the first-ever U.S. LGBT brand ambassador for Stoli —and he plans a makeover of the tarnished brand ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Executive Editor Most liquor companies have “brand ambassadors” — folks who travel…
Arts + Entertainment
Ask Howard • 09-19-14
How to do what’s wrong right HOWARD LEWIS RUSSELL | Special Contributor Dear Howard, Is it fair to date a man I don’t really like that much only because he’s rich? — Clay Dear Clay, To whom are you directing this question’s moral dilemma, exactly: yourself…
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Ask Howard • 09-19-14
How to do what’s wrong right HOWARD LEWIS RUSSELL | Special Contributor Dear Howard, Is it fair to date a man I don’t really like that much only because he’s rich? — Clay Dear Clay, To whom are you directing this question’s moral dilemma, exactly: yourself…
Arts + Entertainment
Safety with style
Volvo’s reputation for craft obscures its bona fides as an appealing ride CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer _________________ ’15 S60 T6 Volvo. 320 hp., 2.0 liter Turbo-4. 24/35-MPG city/hwy. As-tested price: $47,925. _________________ Back in January, I drov…
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Butch vs. Femme
Chevy SS versus Chrysler 200: Real muscle confronts gay muscle CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto Reviewer There’s gay muscle — like the kind you get working out in that air-conditioned cruise-by gym downtown — and real muscle — like your dad earned working in a hot fa…
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Queer Career
Horticulturalist Kyle Harger on potting — and pot! — and the dirty job he loves While many of us spend the Texas summer in an ice-cold office with the A/C cranked up, 24-year-old Kyle Harger spends his workdays getting hot, dirty and sweaty … and he wouldn’…
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Fall gay getaways
7 gay-friendly off-season destinations that are easy on the wallet Summer has bid us adieu, but that’s no reason to put your luggage away. There are lots of great LGBT-friendly destinations to consider this fall, many of which are more affordable than they…
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