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Actual Size (15.4 mm x 7.3 mm)

One small pill contains rilpivirine, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide (TAF).

Ask your healthcare provider if ODEFSEY is right for you.

To learn more visit ODEFSEY.com

Please see Brief Summary of Patient Information with important warnings on the following pages.

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Brief Summary of Patient Information about ODEFSEY ODEFSEY (oh-DEF-see) (emtricitabine, rilpivirine and tenofovir alafenamide) tablets Important: Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist about medicines that should not be taken with ODEFSEY. There may be new information about ODEFSEY. This information is only a summary and does not take the place of talking with your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment.

What is the most important information I should know about ODEFSEY? ODEFSEY can cause serious side effects, including: •

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Build-up of lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis may happen in some people who take ODEFSEY or similar medicines. Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Lactic acidosis can be hard to identify early, because the symptoms could seem like symptoms of other health problems. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms which could be signs of lactic acidosis: –

feel very weak or tired

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have unusual (not normal) muscle pain

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have trouble breathing

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have stomach pain with nausea or vomiting

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feel cold, especially in your arms and legs

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feel dizzy or lightheaded

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have a fast or irregular heartbeat

ODEFSEY is a prescription medicine that is used to treat HIV-1 in people 12 years of age and older: •

who have not received HIV-1 medicines in the past and have an amount of HIV-1 in their blood (“viral load”) that is no more than 100,000 copies/mL, or

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to replace their current HIV-1 medicines in people who have been on the same HIV-1 medicines for at least 6 months, have a viral load that is less than 50 copies/mL, and have never failed past HIV-1 treatment.

It is not known if ODEFSEY is safe and effective in children under 12 years of age or who weigh less than 77 lb (35 kg).

When used to treat HIV-1 infection, ODEFSEY may help: •

Reduce the amount of HIV-1 in your blood. This is called “viral load”.

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Increase the number of CD4+ (T) cells in your blood that help fight off other infections.

Reducing the amount of HIV-1 and increasing the CD4+ (T) cells in your blood may help improve your immune system. This may reduce your risk of death or getting infections that can happen when your immune system is weak (opportunistic infections).

ODEFSEY does not cure HIV-1 infection or AIDS. You must keep taking HIV-1 medicines to control HIV-1 infection and decrease HIV-related illnesses.

Ask your healthcare provider about how to prevent passing HIV-1 to others. Do not share or re-use needles, injection equipment, or personal items that can have blood or body fluids on them. Do not have sex without protection. Always practice safer sex by using a latex or polyurethane condom to lower the chance of sexual contact with semen, vaginal secretions, or blood.

Who should not take ODEFSEY?

Severe liver problems. Severe liver problems may happen in people who take ODEFSEY. In some cases, these liver problems can lead to death. Your liver may become large and you may develop fat in your liver. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms of liver problems: –

your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice)

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dark “tea-colored” urine

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light-colored bowel movements (stools)

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loss of appetite

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nausea

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pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area

You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female, very overweight (obese), or have been taking ODEFSEY or a similar medicine for a long time.

Worsening of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. ODEFSEY is not approved to treat HBV. If you have HBV and take ODEFSEY, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking ODEFSEY. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before.

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Do not run out of ODEFSEY. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your ODEFSEY is all gone.

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Do not stop taking ODEFSEY without first talking to your healthcare provider.

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If you stop taking ODEFSEY, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your HBV infection. Tell your healthcare provider about any new or unusual symptoms you may have after you stop taking ODEFSEY.

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What is ODEFSEY?

Do not take ODEFSEY if you also take a medicine that contains: •

carbamazepine (Carbatrol®, Epitol®, Equetro®, Tegretol®, Tegretol-XR®, Teril®)

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dexamethasone (Ozurdex®, Maxidex®, Decadron®, BaycadronTM)

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dexlansoprazole (Dexilant®)

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esomeprazole (Nexium®, Vimovo®)

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lansoprazole (Prevacid®)

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omeprazole (Prilosec®, Zegerid®)

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oxcarbazepine (Trileptal®)

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pantoprazole sodium (Protonix®)

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phenobarbital (Luminal®)

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phenytoin (Dilantin®, Dilantin-125®, Phenytek®)

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rabeprazole (Aciphex®)

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rifampin (Rifadin®, Rifamate®, Rifater®, Rimactane®)

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rifapentine (Priftin®)

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the herb St. John’s wort or a product that contains St. John’s wort

What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking ODEFSEY? Before taking ODEFSEY, tell your healthcare provider if you: • have liver problems including hepatitis B or C virus infection •

have kidney and bone problems

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have had depression or suicidal thoughts

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have any other medical conditions

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are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if ODEFSEY can harm your unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you become pregnant while taking ODEFSEY.

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Pregnancy registry: there is a pregnancy registry for women who take HIV-1 medicines during pregnancy. The purpose of this registry is to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider about how you can take part in this registry.

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are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take ODEFSEY. –

You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby.

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At least one of the medicines in ODEFSEY can pass to your baby in your breast milk. It is not known if the other medicines in ODEFSEY can pass into your breast milk.

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Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

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Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

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Some medicines may interact with ODEFSEY. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

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You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with ODEFSEY.

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Do not start a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take ODEFSEY with other medicines.

How should I take ODEFSEY?

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Take ODEFSEY exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to take it. ODEFSEY is taken by itself (not with other HIV-1 medicines) to treat HIV-1 infection.

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Take ODEFSEY 1 time each day with a meal.

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Do not change your dose or stop taking ODEFSEY without first talking with your healthcare provider. Stay under a healthcare provider’s care when taking ODEFSEY.

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Do not miss a dose of ODEFSEY.

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If you take too much ODEFSEY, call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.

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When your ODEFSEY supply starts to run low, get more from your healthcare provider or pharmacy. This is very important because the amount of virus in your blood may increase if the medicine is stopped for even a short time.

The virus may develop resistance to ODEFSEY and become harder to treat.

What are the possible side effects of ODEFSEY? ODEFSEY may cause serious side effects, including: • •

See “What is the most important information I should know about ODEFSEY?” Severe skin rash and allergic reactions. Skin rash is a common side effect of ODEFSEY. Rash can be serious. Call your healthcare provider right away if you get a rash. In some cases, rash and allergic reaction may need to be treated in a hospital. If you get a rash with any of the following symptoms, stop taking ODEFSEY and call your healthcare provider right away: –

fever

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skin blisters

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mouth sores

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redness or swelling of the eyes (conjunctivitis)

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swelling of the face, lips, mouth or throat

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trouble breathing or swallowing

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pain on the right side of the stomach (abdominal) area

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dark “tea-colored” urine

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Depression or mood changes. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you have any of the following symptoms: –

feel sad or hopeless

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feel anxious or restless

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have thoughts of hurting yourself (suicide) or have tried to hurt yourself

Change in liver enzymes. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus infection or who have certain liver enzyme changes may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening liver problems during treatment with ODEFSEY. Liver problems can also happen during treatment with ODEFSEY in people without a history of liver disease. Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your liver enzymes before and during treatment with ODEFSEY. Changes in body fat can happen in people who take HIV-1 medicine.

These changes may include increased amount of fat in the upper back and neck (“buffalo hump”), breast, and around the middle of your body (trunk).

Loss of fat from the legs, arms and face may also happen. The exact cause and long-term health effects of these conditions are not known.

Changes in your immune system (Immune Reconstitution Syndrome) can happen when you start taking HIV-1 medicines. Your immune system may get stronger and begin to fight infections that have been hidden in your body for a long time. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you start having any new symptoms after starting your HIV-1 medicine.

New or worse kidney problems, including kidney failure. Your healthcare provider should do blood and urine tests to check your kidneys before you start and while you are taking ODEFSEY. Your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking ODEFSEY if you develop new or worse kidney problems.

Bone problems can happen in some people who take ODEFSEY. Bone problems may include bone pain, softening or thinning (which may lead to fractures). Your healthcare provider may need to do tests to check your bones.

The most common side effects of rilpivirine, one of the medicines in ODEFSEY, are depression, trouble sleeping (insomnia), and headache.

The most common side effect of emtricitabine and tenofovir alafenamide, two of the medicines in ODEFSEY, is nausea.

Tell your healthcare provider if you have any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

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These are not all the possible side effects of ODEFSEY. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist.

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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

This Brief Summary summarizes the most important information about ODEFSEY. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for information about ODEFSEY that is written for health professionals.

For more information, call 1-800-445-3235 or go to www.ODEFSEY.com.

Keep ODEFSEY and all medicines out of reach of children.

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HRH Report

Midtown Double Murder, Streisand as Gypsy and Other Top Stories e By

Johnny Trlica

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T H E S TA R C O N T R I B U T I N G W R I T E R S

DJ JD Arnold hails from England, but has been spinning in the Lone Star State since the 80’s. He has spun records all over Houston, from the Venture N to Rich’s, as well as writing for Billboard Magazine. His dynamic sounds can now be enjoyed at Eagle Houston.

Jim Ayres by day is an employee benefits and

human resources writer. By night he turns his creativity toward the local food and restaurant scene. Do you know of a restaurant that needs a review? Info@ montrose-star.com

John Buchanan is originally from Florida but

now calls Houston home for 20+ years. “Proud to be Gay and part of the Community – Your Gay Realtor of Choice!” johnwb214@aol.com

Nancy Ford has enjoyed a front row seat to the

most remarkable and sparkly Cultural Revolution in the history of mankind. “What a world!” She reflects appropriately. After moving to Houston from Ohio in 1981, Ford became a highly visible player in Texas’ LGBT publishing circles as an editor and contributor to myriad other local and statewide LGBT magazines and newspapers.

Mark Kariel is from Marshall, Texas, but has

called Houston home for almost 40 years. An accounting supervisor by day, he can be found working most Saturday nights at South Beach’s RuPaul’s Drag Race events. His RuPaul obsession began 6 years ago in Palm Springs. It will all be in his book, plus much more.

Stay tuned! mark@sobehouston.com

Forest Riggs is no stranger to the adventures of life, he bills himself as a “raconteur with a gypsy spirit.”

A former educator, public speaker, hospital administrator, counselor and gay B&B owner, he was instrumental in the formation of OutSmart Magazine in the early 1990s. He has written for several newspapers, magazines and other publications. Recently he completed a collection of short stories about his beloved Galveston and is working on a novel. He currently resides on the island where he can be found wasting bait and searching for the meaning of life.

Johnny Trlica has called the Houston area

here is nothing quite like a night at the theatre.

I, along with five friends, had occasion to attend End of the Rainbow at Stages Repertory Theatre recently. Carolyn Johnson stared as Judy Garland in a “savagely funny and deeply moving portrait of the beloved American star. Showcasing Garland’s indomitable talent and wit, this musical drama captures the majesty of her fearless performances against the backdrop of her troubled life offstage,” reads the Playbill.

As a fan of Garland and a person who worked for almost 30 years in a psychiatric hospital, parts of the play were difficult to watch. Johnson realistically portrayed the torture of an addict who knows she has a problem but also knows she cannot quit; there are bills to pay and people to please.

The show paid homage to the icon’s legions of gay fans with L. Jay Meyer doing an outstanding portrayal of a gay Garland devotee.

Here’s what we’ve been reading at Houston Rainbow Herald.

Two murdered in Midtown In what was originally believed to be a hate crime could be a case of trans-on-trans violence. A gay man and a transgendered woman were murdered in Midtown early Monday, April 11, reports KHOU Channel 11. Drew Karedes, reporting for KHOU.com writes: “The details surrounding this double killing are nothing short of brutal. Witnesses say a group of up eight people armed with several weapons swarmed a transgender woman and a man out in the street. Then both of their lives came to an end after gunfire erupted.”

Both victims, identified as Shante Thompson (AKA Robert Isaac), who recently began living her life as a transgender woman, and Willie Sims, died at the scene.

Joe Colquitt (AKA Serenity), also transgender, is considered a key figure in the case. She turned herself in to Houston Police for questioning, reports KPRC.com.

“It was some other homosexuals hating and jealous because she didn’t bother nobody. He did his thing, they were jealous, it was an ongoing altercation.

Something happened three weeks ago (and) I thought they squashed it, I’m thinking it was over,” Shante’s cousin Calvin Jones said.

Quanell X, who accompanied Serenity to the Houston Police Department station, told KPRC: “This is a transgender woman herself. Why would she want to kill somebody for being transgender? There’s a lot more to this story.”

Barbra Streisand in ‘Gypsy’ remake

“You’ll be swell, you’ll be great. Gonna have the whole world on a plate! Starting here, starting now, Honey,

home all of his life. Four years ago he founded and still edits the Houston Rainbow Herald and has worked in the apartment leasing industry for the past two years. His passion is keeping the battle for LGBT rights at the forefront of today’s headlines and fighting complacency in the LGBT community.

everything’s coming up roses.” Barbra Streisand is in negotiations to return to the silver screen in a remake of Gypsy, the 1959 musical by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents, reports HollywoodReporter.com.

Streisand, who will produce, would play the classic stage mother Mama Rose in the new screen adaptation of the classic that contains such signature anthems as “Some People,” “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” and the show-stopping “Rose’s Turn.”

Liza’s ex dies

It was perhaps the strangest marriage of the decade.

In 2002 Elizabeth Taylor was matron of honor, Michael Jackson was best man and gay icon Liza Minnelli was marrying David Guest, who most everyone believed was gay.

David Gest was found dead in a London hotel on April 12, reports the Advocate.com. He was 62.

Police said there was nothing suspicious about the circumstances of his death, which occurred at the Four Seasons Hotel, but did not state the cause, the BBC reports. An autopsy will be performed.

The newlyweds separated shortly after the marriage with Gest claiming Minnelli physically abused him while she claimed he was trying to drain her bank accounts.

The divorce was final in 2007.

Minnelli had no comment to offer on Gest’s death, a representative for the star said in response to an inquiry from the New York Daily News. Gest was her fourth husband.

And then they came for…

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak

out—Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me,” is a famous statement written by Pastor Martin Niemöller about the cowardice of German intellectuals following the Nazis’ rise to power and the subsequent purging of their chosen targets, group after group.

Right wing religious fanatics have a new target: transgender folks. There are more than 100 active bills in 22 states that let any person or business deny services to same-sex couples because of religious objections, reported HuffingtonPost.com. Many of these bills also specifically target transgender people, barring them from using bathrooms that match their gender identity.

Additionally, many of these bills prohibit their state’s cities from passing their own non-discrimination ordinances.

Tennessee has passed a bill that allows mental health professionals refuse to treat LGBT patients.

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Johnny Trlica is the editor of the HoustonRainbowHerald.com the Bayou City’s only daily LGBT Internet newspaper.

Contact him at TXHRH@yahoo.com.

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OP-ED

Creep of the Week: Michael Brown e By

D’Anne Witkowski

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acklash. That’s what we’re seeing here in the flurry of just a bunch of schoolyard bullies trying to steal the Christian anti-LGBT (and heavy on the T) legislation that’s been kid’s lunch money so that they can go spend it on sex-change proposed and passed across the nation (or, in the case of operations or something.

Georgia, vetoed. Thank you, Gov. Deal).North Carolina is a Criticism from these companies — or anyone — will not stand! shining turd of an example of what happens when the people “It is time for Christians and all people of conscience to in charge are a bunch of assholes. No wonder it’s called the say: ‘Enough is enough with your bullying,’” Brown writes Tar Heel State, because they’ve really stepped in it this time. on CharismaNews.com. “We are not going to bow down to In case you weren’t paying attention, your threats. We will do what is right, North Carolina just passed the harshest It is time for Christians regardless of cost or consequence, and anti-LGBT law in the country. It all in the end, we will be vindicated for and all people started when Charlotte, one of the taking a stand.” of conscience to say: state’s more civilized cities, passed an Yeah! Stop trying to bully Christians ‘Enough is enough anti-discrimination law that included out of bullying everybody else. If protections for LGBT people. you’ve a threat of economic or legal with your bullying And rather than let something so significance, take it to Jesus! Specifically terrible happen in their state, North Carolina lawmakers held the Jesus we made up that hates homos and stuff. a special session so they could bang out a sweeping law that The “regardless of cost or consequence” part is intriguing. I banned all cities from enacting any laws that would dare to hope that the result is both economic and spiritual bankruptcy. protect fags, dykes or trannies.

Brown also points out that “some of the companies They made sure to put particular emphasis on making sure protesting the loudest already have policies to protect LGBT that transgender students can’t go to the bathroom. Or, more ‘rights’ and those policies are completely unaffected by the specifically, can’t use the bathroom at school that matches new law.” their gender identity. You know, because trans students just It’s as if Brown thinks that these companies exist in a have too many rights. vacuum and that the LGBT people who work for them and who The business community has come out in strong live in North Carolina aren’t negatively impacted by a law that opposition to the law. Companies like American Airlines and basically states they aren’t worth a damn.

Bank of America are like, “Stop it, this is bad for business.”

Brown claims that “the activists who came out of the closet This law’s passage in spite of what corporate America wanted want to put you and me in the closet.” He adds, “That will highlights the fissure going on in the GOP between the pronever happen, and we will go to jail rather than compromise business and pro-Jesus Republicans, two factions that used to our convictions.” be basically one in the same.

To which I say, is that a threat or a promise? It would be And if you’re Michael Brown, author of “Outlasting the Gay karmic justice if people like Brown who are so concerned Revolution: Where Homosexual Activism Is Really Going about the “threat” of trans people being allowed to use and How to Turn the Tide,” then you see these companies as bathrooms never get to take a shit in private again. e

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Laura Villagran

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ike so many other women, I would cringe at the sight of my unruly gray hair. I was stuck in limbo, deciding whether to age gracefully or take the big leap to start coloring my hair.

Before finding beautybyumar.com, I visited many other salons that treated me like the typical walk-in client.

Finding a stylist who treated my hair as their own and respected my opinion as much as theirs was very difficult.

I started to grow impatient, and began to lose hope of finding a caring stylist who would truly see my inner youth and beauty while also slowly introducing me to chemical processes that would allow for individuality.

The search for my kind of stylist was failing miserably. Then one day while visiting a fellow business owner, I was introduced to Umar Al-Duha, owner of beautybyumar.com salon. His initial introduction of himself, overall positive energy was one of a kind. Umar was patient with my hesitation, yet he was eager to introduce his wonderful world of beauty. I am beyond happy with my new friend and hairstylist.

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My search for a long-term hair care has now ended; beautybyumar.com is my final destination.

While other beauty salons focus on creating their definition of beauty for you, beautybyumar.com team members take their time getting to know each and every client. They pride themselves on customer appreciation and attention.

Their approach is simple: Each client has their own unique inner beauty. A salon should not re-create beauty, but enhance the initial beauty within. With over 15 years in the beauty industry, beautybyumar.com remains current on all the new fashion trends and styles.

A unique feature of this salon: they are one of few salons in Houston that provides beauty services to those who are unable to physically visit a salon. The dedication of beautifying others is deep, as they have performed over 550 hospital visits to various hospitals including Kindred, Methodist, Memorial Herman and St. Joseph’s. Many Houstonians trust beautybyumar.com to help them create beautiful memories, with over 500 mobile services performed. Their clients

A Word from the Publisher

thanks to Umar do not buy what they do, they buy why they do it. Their intrinsic motivation to beautify others is remarkable.

Your personal invitation from beautybyumar.com With over 16 years in the beauty industry, we have maintained a level of excellence. We have maintained a professional relationship with clients for more than a decade. We have developed a vision of beauty that will grow and transcend along with you. Our overview of beauty is not black and white—there are no specifications that define beauty.

Although our exterior may age and transform, our inner beauty remains vibrant and youthful! We treat beauty as an alchemical process, meaning the approach we take is similar to the treatment and transformation of matter.

Each client is treated as a separate entity, with different facets and flaws. Therefore each client must be transformed into their own unique entity.

If you would like a chance to visit our salon and mingle with our stylists please join us for our Open House and Customer Appreciation Event on

» WHAT: beautybyumar.com’s Open House and Customer Appreciation Event » WHEN: Friday, April 29, 2016 » WHERE: 1617 Westheimer Rd. » MORE: Featuring the artwork of Laryssa Adame and Blair Kane » INFO: beautybyumar.com or 832-641-6582 April 29. We will be serving sips and snacks, performing complimentary make-up and massage services, have drawings and offer grab bags to the first 50 guests. Join us for an evening of art appreciation as we will have Laryssa Adame and Blair Kane, local Houston artists present some of their work. e

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King Tituss ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ actor on being out, Tina Fey pushing his limits and that ‘ode to black penis’ e By

Chris Azzopardi

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he Internet loves a good penis pun.

One of 2015’s biggest breakout stars, Tituss Burgess, discovered this fact last year, when the Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt actor’s alreadyescalating showbiz profile reached new heights thanks to a song he sang called “Peeno Noir: An Ode to Black Penis.”

So Burgess can retire now, right?

“Oh no, I’m just getting started,” says Burgess, who originated “Sebastian the Crab” in the musical version of The Little Mermaid. “There are so many races to love on!”

Not to mention, there’s also the second – and hopefully third, fourth and eighth – season of Netflix’s Unbreakable. The 37-year-old plays Titus (a variation on his real name, with just one “s”), an aspiring and very gay Broadway performer who lives with an unworldly doomsday-cult survivor named Kimmy (Ellie Kemper).

But back to that penis song…

What was it like seeing “Peeno Noir” take off the way it did?

I don’t know that I gave it as much thought or attention as attention was paid to it, and that’d be the honest truth. I mean, obviously I paid attention because I launched my own line of Pinot Noir (called “Pinot by Tituss”), but it was lovely to know that people thought it was funny and had taken ownership of it, but it’s become something other than what it initially was. People recite those words and tell me that their office breaks out into it just as release – no one’s thinking about what it actually meant – so it’s taken on a life of its own separate from the show. But it’s awesome and I love it, and I hope they find something as equally exciting and satisfying about this season as they did last season.

spotlight the way he does. The fact is, I really, really enjoy my alone time, so I don’t crave that the way my character does. In fact, by the time we’re done filming the season, I’m quite exhausted.

He requires such a high level of vibration, and so by the time it’s done, I’m happy to hang him up for a few months.

Titus’s breakthrough moment this season involves him in geisha garb.

I’m just waiting to hear what the critics have to say about that.a

Oooh lord. When I read that script I thought, “Jesus. Last year it was the wolf (Jacqueline, who is “American Indian,” unleashed a primal howl during the finale); this year it’s gonna be the geisha.”

How prepared are you for any backlash?

Oh, I’m prepared. I’ve had six months to prep for the harsh criticism. The thing about (creators) Tina (Fey) and Robert (Carlock) is, they don’t shy away from the current climate of the country, and while on a surface level it might seem like they’re giving these silly stereotypes a platform, I think it’s just sort of exacerbating what we have become so sensitive to. But if it’s a headline, my

friend, it is fair game.

Tina and Robert are two of the most informed people I’ve ever met, and sometimes we get scripts and I think, “Surely this has not happened somewhere,” or, “Surely this is something that they’ve made up.” So I’ll get on the Internet and there it is. The transracial storyline – people feeling as though as they remember past lives – when I read these headlines, it’s funny because it’s so unbelievable.

So yeah, it’s a fine line, but they treat it with great sensitivity and great class – and it is, after all, a comedy.

Are there ever times where you’re like, “Tina, no, no – too far.”

Yeah – the geisha episode! I didn’t wanna do it.

What were you hesitant about?

I’m in white face, man! I didn’t want anyone to think I was disrespecting a culture. But what we did was make certain that, while it’s funny, he’s extremely sincere about what has happened to him. He’s for real, and as long as he’s for real in his interpretation and his acknowledgment of his past

lives then it’s not offensive. There’s something oddly touching about the end of that episode, and I think it also serves a greater storyline, which is, Titus has finally taken the initiative to take control of his career. No one else is giving him a job, so he wrote one for himself, so that is what’s smart about it.

What do you think when people call Titus a stereotype?

I think they didn’t see the same show that I filmed. Titus is more everyman than Jacqueline, Kimmy or Lillian.

He’s broke, he can’t afford to pay his rent, he’s chasing this career that has not materialized, he has trouble in relationships, at least last season, and he is not a size 32 in the waist. He gets rejected when he attempts to do something good with his life, even if it’s one of his bizarre “this is gonna make me famous” excursions. Most Americans are living lives unfulfilled. Most Americans don’t have the money that Jacqueline has.

Most Americans, especially black people, don’t get away with committing murder like Lillian did. So they’re not paying attention, that’s what I think.

Your performance of Diana Ross’s “Believe in Yourself” while accepting the Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award late last year was so moving. Why is being out and visible important to you?

Honey, how much time do you have?

(Laughs) I know what dark places feel like and I know what the absence of love and community feels like, and if I had a me when I was growing up to see, I would have perhaps been familiar to you guys a lot sooner than two years ago. For that reason, I don’t want any young person or any old person to not acknowledge who they came into the world being through all of their past lives. This current one that you’re experiencing is one that should be fully realized – otherwise, you are the walking dead and what is the point? e

We get to learn more about Titus’s “straight life” this season. Who were you during your straight life?

Gay! (Laughs) Honestly, I had a formal conversation with my mom when I was 19, but I don’t know that I was ever in the closet, if I’m being perfectly honest. I never had the “I have to tell the world” mindset.

How much of the character is you?

I’m gonna be honest with you: very little. We share a similar wicked sense of humor and we both, of course, love musical theater and Diana Ross, but my energy lives a lot lower to the ground than his does and I don’t yearn for the

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Deep Inside Hollywood

I Am Jazz sweetens up TLC for another season e By

Romeo San Vicente

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Cara Delevingne’s visit to a thousand planets

Cara Delevingne doesn’t have a lot of

free time these days. Still very busy as a model for all sorts of luxury brands, the bisexual star is booking acting roles more and more. Seen in last year’s teen drama Paper Towns, she’s recently signed on to co-star in the new Luc Besson vehicle, Velarian and the City of a Thousand Planets. The science-fiction film is based on Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres’ comic book of the same name, to be adapted and directed by Besson. The story is set in the 28th century and involves two “spatio-temporal” agents who explore the galaxy, rescue humans in distress, negotiate with aliens and generally act as ambassadors. But as time travelers they must abide by one rule: never change the course of events. So we’re guessing this is what happens, but really, who knows? The film will also star Dane DeHaan, John Goodman, Ethan Hawke, Clive Owen, Rutger Hauer and Rihanna, probably wearing something really amazing and space-princessy from her own closet. Look for Valerian to laserblast in from another universe in 2017.

Queen Latifah, Queen of South

When Queen Latifah won her recent

GLAAD Award for her performance in the HBO movie Bessie, she thanked her lesbian aunt. And that was the end of Queen Latifah’s discussion of queer people for one evening. But that’s fine.

We all know the lady likes her privacy, so we allow her to have it, even if we wish she’d open up just a little bit more, even in that roundabout Jodie Foster way. And until then we have her acting, which we adore. Currently warming up theater screens as the

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t’s a nice time to be Jazz Jennings.

The charming 15-year-old trans student, activist and reality TV star just saw her show, I Am Jazz, win a GLAAD award, tying with I Am Cait for Best Reality Series. When speaking to the press, Jennings said, “All people deserve to have a family like my family.”

Based on what we saw in the show’s first season, she couldn’t be more right.

And because TLC knows an adorable thing when they’ve got one, Jazz will be coming back for a second round. Just like in season one, she’ll be surrounded by her fiercely protective parents and older siblings, as well as her doting grandparents, while she navigates the rough waters of high school life. If the rude noise of most reality TV turns you off, the gentle, loving quality of I Am Jazz is the answer to your prayers.

Air dates still to be announced.

Jazz Jennings

kind-hearted waitress in Miracles From Heaven, Latifah is about to get down to business in King of The South. A biopic about the life of rapper/hip-hop mogul Master P, possibly to be directed by Tyler Perry (in talks, we hear), Latifah will play P’s mother. The man himself – real name: Percy Miller – is also set to star, as is his son Romeo Miller. No other information yet on this one, and it’s unclear as to who exactly has been clamoring for a Master P movie, when his profile isn’t exactly red hot these days. But the success of Straight Outta Compton was sure to spawn more hiphop biopics. And why not? Now, when is a Wu Tang movie going to drop?

Prison Break: Going back in

Fox’s cult-action series Prison Break

may have ended, but in TV that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s over: just ask the Gilmore Girls. So it’s time for the cast to go back to jail (collecting well over $200, thanks to the Screen Actors Guild) and set up shop all over again.

Wentworth Miller – recently in the news for clapping back against fatshaming tabloids, and good for him for doing so – will return, as will regulars Rockmund Dunbar, Robert Knepper and Amaury Nolasco. The series will air as a 10-episode limited run, but who knows if that will be the end-end or just the end for now. And of course there are no plot details yet; that’s what watching the actual show is for. Fox has set this up for 2017, so begin scratching marks on your cell wall until the day arrives. e

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In The Gayborhood

Grass Is Great e By

John Buchanan

H

ello, Gayborhood! This issue’s topic always gets lots of attention: Grass! Yes, grass! No, we are not smoking, toking, or selling but we are celebrating the grass in your yards.

Why did we lose half our audience after the last response? Green is one of my favorite colors, too. It makes me think of money and grass.

Like you always hear, the grass is greener on the other side… not! Usually the grass is not greener on the other side.

Homeowners have to buy into the process if you want a beautiful yard.

It does not happen by accident and effort must be made in order to make this happen. Lush, green, beautiful yards can be yours with a few helpful tips. Wouldn’t it be nice to be the yard everyone is talking about for good reasons, not bad? Just like a gorgeous man, a beautiful yard can grab your attention and not let go.

Remember, your yard is usually the first impression someone has of your home. If you are selling your home, please make sure your yard and landscaping are on point; this first impression will be a lasting impression.

I have had clients list their homes and their neighbor’s yard looked like a field of zombies. Yes, you guessed it. I had to go take care of their neighbor’s yard because I didn’t want it affecting our listing or sale. You know an un-manicured lawn is a red flag to some.

There are things that affect your yard’s overall look. Mowing is one of them. Did you know by keeping your grass manicured, just like a good haircut, it stimulates and promotes current and new growth? In our extreme heat, one of the biggest problems I see is that folks are trying to save money and they cut their grass way to short so they only have to mow twice a month. I know we all want to save some dollars but if you cut it to short you will cause the grass to burn, spot and you will end up

spending more money in the long run to make your yard look beautiful again.

Maintenance is also a key to success.

If you have a problem, tackle it and fix it! If you have lots of weed (in your yard) you need to get on top of this.

Yes, all my bottoms are saying, “I do!

I do! I do!” Sorry, I couldn’t resist my inner diva coming out just then. You must use a herbicide to fix this problem.

Yes ma’am, it sounds like a bad case of crabs and needing medication to fix it. Well, sort of; but this is for your yard, not your manly areas.

Just like you do with your pool, you can take a sample and have it tested it to see what’s going on with your yard. Lawn experts can help you identify your PH measurements, nitrogen and phosphorus levels.

And you must also provide the proper fertilization. Yes, now I have the attention of all my girls wanting to get pregnant. Honey, this is not that kind of fertilization.

Did you know 90 percent of your weeds are linked to lack of calcium in your soil? Your soil should have a calcium and magnesium level of 7 to 1. Compost can and will help and organic matter, as well.

Another big mistake folks make is not providing your grass with enough water.

Grass gets thirsty and requires water to maintain the green, so if your yard is looking yellowish or brownish please, for the love of God, water your grass.

If you work on your yard you can achieve a beautiful lawn and become one of the next proud Gayborhood residents showing their work and successful achievements. Send your pictures to me; we would love to show some of the beautiful yards located in our fantabulous Gayborhood!

Until next issue, stay safe and stay green! e Intero Realty’s John Buchanan has more than twenty years’ experience as a realtor, and writes ‘In the Gayborhood’ to communicate, educate and save his clients money. He welcomes all referrals whether you’re buying, selling, renting or leasing. For more information, call 832-969-4352 or email Johnwb214@aol.com.

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Cooking With Paula Dream

A Cajun Twist on Burgers and Fries e By

Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood)

W e By

Paula Dream

(AKA KALE HAYGOOD)

2 7 10 Montrose Blvd.

Houston, T X 7 7 006

713.526.0202 Order Online www.pepperonis.net

ell folks, WeHo will never be the same again, and nor will I! The weather was perfect and the cute boys were, also. They said they liked my accent, and I did accentuate all I could!

And no, I did not get picked to “Come on down!” onstage for either of the shows of The Price Is Right. However, in June, you will be able to see me on camera.

That Drew Carey just melts my garters.

Which brings to mind, did I tell you, Reno (our favorite bartender at JR’s) was recently a substitute showgirl in Vegas? How do you think he gets those cheap room rates?

Let’s start with a couple of recipes that scream for Spring and Summer, which means they are easy enough to “Fall” into (don’t mess with my Reno happy hour!)

How about a good (non-beef) burger with some good fries to go along with it?

The final recipe is a bonus. It is different and great to make for a gathering or just for home. I can’t remember where I got it from, but everyone always raves about it. It’s quick and easy, too (sort of like me). » CREOLE SHRIMP BURGERS.

For the burgers:

4 scallions, chopped 1 rib of celery, chopped 1 lemon, zested 12-to-16 ounces large to medium shrimp, peeled and deveined 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning 1/4 teaspoons Tabasco sauce 1 tablespoon olive oil (preferably organic) Non-stick cooking spray For the remoulade sauce:

1/2 cup mayo 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon shallot, minced 1 tablespoon dill pickle, minced 2 teaspoons capers, chopped Black pepper, to taste Hot sauce, to taste

Burgers: Pulse scallions, celery, and lemon zest in food processor or blender, then add shrimp until you get a coarse chopped texture. Place in a large mixing bowl, then add panko, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, Old Bay and 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce. Mix well. and stir to mix. Form into two 3/4” thick patties, or desired size. Chill patties in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Remoulade: Stir together mayo, mustard, shallots, pickle, and capers.

Season to taste with black pepper and hot sauce, then chill.

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non-stick spray and cook. Cook patties on each side about five minutes each side until golden brown and firm. Remove patties from skillet.

Serve burgers on toasted buns, with the remodulade sauce. Garnished with red leaf lettuce. » CAJUN OVEN FRIES.

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1 large russet potato (about 12-to-14 ounces) cut into 1/4” sticks 1 tablespoon olive oil Non-stick cooking spray

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Mix all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, toss potato stick in oil, then transfer to seasoning bowl coat well.

Place potato sticks in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with non-stick cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown and crisp, turning after 15 minutes. » NON-DESSERT SAUSAGE BROWNIES.

6 ounces cream cheese 1 10-ounce can Rotel tomatoes, drained 1 roll breakfast sausage 2 cans crescent rolls Non-stick cooking spray

Brown sausage in large skillet or frying pan, breaking into small pieces; drain. Add cheese and mix well until cheese is melted, then add tomatoes.

Roll out one whole can of crescent dough. Spray a 9” x 13” baking dish coasted with non-stick cooking spray.

Spread one can of dough evenly on bottom of dish. Spread sausage mixture evenly over dough. Spread the other can of dough on top of mixture. Bake 20-to25 minutes until dough is browned. Cut into squares and serve.

Thank you for all your questions and comments. Paula loves ‘em. And please remember to support our advertisers who help make this publication possible. e Paula Dream, AKA Kale Haygood, owns Beyond Service, a Montrose-based, home-cooking catering company. For more information, call 713-805-4106 or email barrykale@yahoo.com.

Foodie Diaries

TANGO & MALBEC:

For Business or Romance e By

I

Jim Ayres

have a shocking admission. I don’t go hopping in and out of restaurants on a daily basis. I do have a day job—one I like very much because I get to visit with clients on a regular basis. And that means I get to take clients to lunch from time to time!

So in that sense, maybe I do eat out more than I admit. But I digress.

A recent clear, gorgeous day found me on the upper floors of Williams Tower, taking in the view as I facilitated a meeting conveniently timed for 10 a.m.

We wrapped up a little past 11, and lunch beckoned. We went to nearby Tango & Malbec and had a wonderful business repast.

I first discovered Tango & Malbec’s South American cuisine in early 2011, right after it had opened in the waning days of 2010. I remember critics being impressed with the restaurant’s Chivito, that national sandwich of Uruguay that Anthony Bourdain proclaimed “the King of sandwiches” on his show No Reservations.

The sandwich I tried that day was a juicy explosion of flavor. Ham, bacon, provolone, caramelized onions veggies and a mayo-based spread were melted together on a really soft bun into high decadence. So rich was the sandwich that I could only finish half; the rest was just as good microwaved the next day.

These days you’ll still find the Chivito on the menu, with a choice of meats including beef, chicken, or wild boar. But it’s the steaks and other meat dishes that Tango & Malbec now trumpets, and it’s these items our party of six gravitated to on that beautiful Tuesday.

For the business minded, Tango & Malbec offers a $22 “Executive Lunch”

that includes a soup or salad, entrée and dessert. That day’s soup was a roasted corn, silky and milky without the richness of a cream or chowder preparation— perfect for a warm spring day.

The salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, and onions was served with a Rioplatense (a dialect of Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay) dressing that reminded me of chimichurri.

Ah, chimichurri, that luscious green sauce of parsley, garlic, and oregano. It accompanied our entrees and I could eat it by the spoonful—even though I have a well-known aversion to parsley. I chose the Picanha, a 10-ounce Brazilianstyle top sirloin with Arroz con Feijâo (basmati rice and black beans). The steak was a perfect medium rare and its lively seasoning was just spicy enough.

My colleagues and clients ordered Bife de Chorizo, a New York strip topped with crumbles of the smoky sausage, and Churrasquito de Lomo, a butterflied filet mignon with mashed potatoes. They were just as pleased as I was. (I have to take them at their word; this was a business lunch so it wasn’t the best occasion for bite sharing.)

Quieter than some other Galleriaarea restaurants, Tango & Malbec is the perfect setting for business during the day, or a romantic dinner in the evening! e

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HouPaul: All Things RuPaul in Houston

SEASON 8:

Oops, It’s Half Time Again e By

Mark Kariel

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e are halfway through, y’all! Season 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race continues at a fast and furious pace. At press time, the first 6 episodes have aired.

Starting with only 12 contestants (the previous three seasons had 14 contestants each), six queens have been eliminated, and only six queens remain.

Sounds like half time to me. Be sure and stay tuned!

RU-minder: Season 8 is in full swing! Head on over to JR’s Bar & Grill each Monday night for a viewing party. The show starts at 8 p.m. JR’s Bar & Grill is located at 808 Pacific St. Houston, Texas 77006.

Derrick Barry Sashays into South Beach on April 30 The next fabulous RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 contestant, none other than Derrick Barry, returns to the South Beach stage on Saturday, April 30.

Derrick Barry is one of the world’s most successful Britney Spears impersonators. Derrick lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, and currently appears as both Britney Spears and Lady Gaga in Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas show.

RPDR fans have wondered for years when Derrick would appear on the show, and their wonders were answered this season when he was selected as one of the season’s 12 queens.

Through the first six episodes, Derrick has escaped being in the bottom two until the most recent episode, Episode 6, “Wizards of Drag”. As the main challenge for this episode, the remaining seven queens were asked to give Wizard of Oz-themed makeovers to the cast members of “Little Women L.A.” Derrick was paired with Terra Jole, who was given the drag name of Terra Barry.

The character that the two of them were tasked with was the Tin Woodsman.

Also in the bottom two along with Derrick was Robbie Turner. Derrick and Robbie were asked to “lip-sync for your life” to the song, “I Love It”

by Icona Pop. Derrick gave an energetic and passionate lip-sync, full of Britney Spears’ energy and gymnastics! After all was said and done, Robbie was asked by RuPaul to “Sashay away!”

While RuPaul told Derrick, “Shantay, you stay!”

Derrick remains in the competition heading into Episode 7, “Shady Politics”.

Derrick Barry appears at South Beach in one big show with an encore after midnight, followed by an autograph and photo shoot party. Don’t miss your chance to have your photo taken with this amazing RPDR Season 8 queen.

South Beach is located at 810 Pacific St. Houston, TX 77006. For more information, visit www.sobehouston.com or call 713-521-0107.

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RU-Minder: Season 8 is in full swing!

Head on over to a JR’s Bar & Grill each Monday night for a viewing party.

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Derrick Barry

What A World

Of Devils, Demons, Cher and the Importance of ‘Me Time’ e By

A

Nancy Ford

s we in the LGBT community are well aware, religious right extremists hate same-sex relations.

They hate the fact that we want to love each other and marry each other, raise families together, comfort each other when one of us is in the hospital, and be allowed to provide for each other in our wills and our health insurance. They don’t want to bake wedding cakes for us, and they definitely don’t want us to have sex together.

And now, another conservative author has taken a step beyond the condemnation of same-sex sexuality and has gone on record to excoriate same-self sexuality, i.e. masturbation. Self-described Christian writer Mack Major (a fabulous name for a drag king, by the way) is warning women that “masturbation is a direct path to Satan.”

The author of Eden Decoded, Mack writes on Facebook that “too many Christian women are losing their salvation because they masturbate.”

What Major likely means is that too many Christian women are taking care of their own business after losing interest in their sweaty, hairy husbands whose lovemaking skills consist of two minutes of heavy breathing followed by a deep grunt before rolling off of them and falling asleep. Romantic, no?

I used to tell a joke that went a little something like this: “My mother used to ask me, ‘How do you know you’re gay?

Can’t you have an orgasm with a man?’ I would reply, ‘Yes, Mother, I can have an orgasm with a man. I can also have an orgasm with a six-pack of Lone Star and a hairbrush, but I don’t want to set up housekeeping that way.”

Major would hate that joke, because he also warns that Satan uses sex toys— maybe even hairbrushes—to “empower demonic entities.”

“Many of you who are reading this have sex toys in your possession right now,” he writes. “And whether you want to accept it as fact or not: those sex toys are an open portal between the demonic realm and your own life.”

Did he say “open portal?” Hehehehe.

“Dildos and all of those other sex toys have been used for thousands of years in demonic sex rituals,” he continues. “It’s one of the main ways ancient pagan societies worshiped their demonic gods.”

Actually, Major is right about that one. Museums are full of hieroglyphicchiseled tablets and artifacts providing evidence that the ancient Egyptians— including Cleopatra—enjoyed their stony dildos. (Insert your own asp-plug joke here.)

Major’s rant continues: “As long as you have those sex toys in your home, you have a doorway that can allow

demons to not only access your life at will, but also to torment you, hinder and destroy certain parts of your life as it relates to sex and your relationships.”

Or, sex toys can enhance, enliven and re-invigorate the stagnant sex lives of singles and couples whose down-there parts need a little boost. Six of one….

Speaking of six, Major’s anti-toy tantrum is nothing new. Up until February 2008, it was illegal for individual Texans to possess more than six dildos.

“But why,” you ask with wide-eyed innocence, “would the state of Texas care how many toys are in my toy chest?”

Because—get this—Texas lawmakers believed once upon a time that surely anyone possessing six or more dildos was not an enthusiastic hobbyist but, rather, a prurient distributor intending to sell said dildos (which, of course, was also illegal).

According to this archaic line of thinking, anyone who owns more than six golf clubs intends to open a pro shop.

Fortunately, our elected state officials finally grasped the fact that, returning to the golf club metaphor, a girl needs different tools to address different challenges. Any good golfer knows you don’t use a putter to get yourself out of the rough.

Major also posted excerpts from his book, Diva, Goddess, Queen: Breaking The Power Of Soul Ties, Lust And Sexual Demons. Uh, wasn’t “Diva, Goddess, Queen” also the name of one of Cher’s farewell concert tours?

“There are such things as sex demons,” Major says in his own private “If I Could Turn Back Time” moment.

“And the danger in masturbating is that one could inadvertently summon a sex demon to attach itself to you through the act of masturbating. And once that demon attaches, it is difficult to get it to leave.”

I think Major is confusing “sex demons” with “unemployed one-night stands.”

“Sex demons drive us to masturbate,” Major concludes. “You’ll be hit with urges to play with yourself so powerful that only an orgasm will allow you some temporary relief.”

He says that like it’s a bad thing.

On the other hand (pun intended), Dr. Lauren Streicher, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University and author of Sex Rx: Hormones Health And Your Best Sex Ever, says the benefits of masturbation for women include “pain relief, better sleep and stress relief.”

So ladies, enjoy your me time. It’s one of life’s few pleasures that is free, safe, legal and even burns calories, so demons be damned. You got you, Babe. e +1 Google+ Find us on P F Facebook.com & P

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Across The Causeway DEBBIE KEPI BOYD:

The Sunny Side of Life e By

Forest Riggs

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ears ago singing sensation Brenda Lee was nicknamed “Little Miss Dynamite” and for good reasons. Pound for pound and inch for inch, the gal had (still does have) more talent, showmanship, and ability than just about anyone in the business.

Today, the same can be said for Galveston’s own Debbie Kepi Boyd. As Good Times character J.J. Evans might say in describing this multi-faceted chanteuse and island treasure: “DYN-O-MITE!” Recently and without benefit of stage lights, packed house of clamoring gays, sequins or beads, I had the honor to sit with Boyd and talk about her amazing life and the true joy she brings to Galveston’s GLBT community.

Modest as always, yet firm in self-belief and determination, Boyd’s robust personality is difficult to contain.

“I am happy here,” she says. “I love our community and being part of making people feel happy and welcome.”

That, she does, and with gusto. I think a dynamite bomb of her attitude could change the world!

I must clarify the name “Kepi.” All these years, I assumed Boyd was from some huge-ass Italian family from New York or someplace, one child of many born in a loud and talented family. My

Debbie Kepi Boyd is alive and well on

Galveston Island. Catch her at David Paschall’s 3rd Coast Bar on Sunday and Wednesdays for gay bingo, music and karaoke fun, and on Tuesday nights for trivia and more karaoke.

The energy and drink specials are phenomenal (as are the high-energy bartenders and staff).

On Thursdays, she takes her positive energy and talent to the Drunken Monkey bar for more fun and song. Starting soon she will host poolside fun on Saturdays and Sundays, 1 ‘til 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn on the Seawall. You’ll have a great time filled with song, friends and a true sense of island hospitality at any of these venues and party places with Debbie Kepi Boyd.

thinking was, any name ending in a vowel, especially an “i”, must be Italian.

Wrong! Come to find out, in one of her many lives, Boyd lived in Hawaii and while there and entertaining, the locals christened her “Kepi”, the Hawaiian equivalent of Debbie.

Mia culpa and lesson learned.

“I liked the name so much I kept it and added it to my real name, making it my stage name, as well,” Boyd says.

We are glad she did. As with “Marlene Dietrich”, the name sort of rolls off the tongue when pronounced.

The Debbie Kepi Boyd story started back in Jefferson City, Missouri. That’s right, Boyd hails from the Show Me State, and certainly lives up to the motto. She shows everyone, every time, that no matter what dark and troubled storms life may toss your way, you can and have to rise above them and make the best of every situation. Lemonade from lemons, as the old adage goes.

“When you have been in middle of huge, catastrophic things, like an abusive relationship, accusations of kidnapping your own child, being faulted by a legal system that seems to take the man’s side—no matter what, you learn to not sweat the small stuff,” she says. “There are bigger matters that can really tear us apart.”

With her huge smile and dancing eyes, Boyd states emphatically: “You have to find and celebrate the good things—the good in life— knowing you make a difference.”

Over the many years Boyd has led a few lives and dabbled in a several careers that all share common threads: learning, sharing, giving and most often, entertaining. A former U.S. Navy electrical technician, she went on to teach that technology at an ITT campus, a job she loved and in which she excelled. For more than ten years, Boyd helped young men and women expand their possibilities and shared with them her ‘can do’ philosophy. S 26

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S 25 “I love it—teaching and being part of their growth journey,” she says.

With her sisters and mother (a successful artist) having already moved to Texas, Boyd eventually found her way to Galveston Island in 2005. Teaching at ITT on the mainland, she was able to assist and support her mother’s artwork and community projects.

“I wanted my mother to be able to fully engage her art and the gallery, not have to worry about the money or stress over keeping it going,” she says.

In 2004, Boyd and her mother, Virginia “Ginny” Starke, created The Art Market, a new type of art gallery, on the island. It had a performing stage and an open mic where local talent could come and share their talents. The gallery hosted poetry readings, music and even a huge Thanksgiving dinner for the visiting Australian Circus.

The gallery closed in 2012, and Boyd’s mother moved from the island in January. Though she misses her, Boyd continues to sing and entertain at events and shows, something she feels is her real purpose in life. She also continues to paint and often exhibits her works of art.

“For me, it is creating magic on stage,” she says.

Create magic, she does. Boyd is known all over the island as everybody’s good time gal—but not in a bad way. She hosts karaoke, gay bingo and fantastic trivia nights, and sings at weddings, private parties, social gathering and even funerals. She is adored and sought out as a friend and performer for all in the Galveston community.

“She is wonderful,” says David Paschall, co-owner of Galveston’s 3rd Coast Bar. “She leaves me constantly amazed by what she can pull out of her bag of tricks for entertainment. She’s friendly, vivacious and extroverted, and the most talented person I have known.”

Across the Causeway Having long moved away from her traditional confining Bible Belt childhood in Missouri, Boyd has lived and experienced so many aspects of life. From each, she taken a little something and woven it into a tapestry she uses in her performances and work.

“Life can be a struggle,” she says. “The key is to figure out what is important—I mean, really important.

And as they say, just don’t sweat the small stuff.”

Boyd is especially serious when she talks about Galveston and the community.

“It is such a special and unique place to live,” she says. “The people you meet, the souls you engage— there’s so much warmth and talent here. It is amazing.”

Recently she has been creating music videos to display onscreen, around her when she is performing her signature covers like “House of the Rising Sun”.

“It is so much fun to create these videos that show how and what I am feeling as I sing the words,” she says. “I actually found great, old photos of prostitutes from the original house. So cool!”

In 1899, Ada Blenkhorn (1858-1927) wrote a little spiritual song of inspiration that was to become a wellknown and well-sung tune that quickly became ingrained in American culture. “Keep on the Sunny Side” remains popular today, thanks primarily to the famous Carter Family and their 1929 rendition of the classic.

There’s a dark and a troubled side of life, There’s a bright and a sunny side, too.

Though we meet with the darkness and strife, The sunny side we also may view.

On a serious note in our visit, I asked Boyd about an issue shared by many in the Galveston GLBT community: a pervasive sense of loss.

“Because we are a small island and people come and go, good and bad, it is sometimes hard to build and maintain really strong bonds and tight circles of

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friends,” she thoughtfully expresses. “So many have moved away in the past few years, mostly for jobs and career changes. It leaves a hole in our community.

“And then the passing of some great individuals,” she adds, pausing. “Really sad losses.”

I shared with her my own observations that things seem to have shifted since Hurricane Ike. It is like the energy was washed out and is slow to return. People still laugh and have a good time, but Ike changed life, for all of us. Now it seems more about making it and staying alive.

The Sunday morning breakfasts and gatherings at private homes seem to have faded away. There was nothing like Sunday morning breakfast on Woody and Richard’s deck, listening to the Happy Goodmans, especially if “Endora from Splendora” made an overstuffed appearance, singing “Help Me Make It Through the Yard”. I still miss Neal Fogo and my Glory Hole Tabernacle Choir singing “Looking for a City”, waving paper napkins in the air.

With the hope and spirit of islanders like Debbie Kepi Boyd, maybe those good times will return. If there is such a thing as the mythical Phoenix and one can truly rise out the flames of darkness and bad times, she is living proof. She is about the happiest and most upbeat person you will ever encounter and she makes sure it is contagious.

Thank you, Debbie Kepi Boyd, for keeping us smiling, feeling welcomed and, as the song says, always on the sunny side!

For bookings and more information about Debbie Kepi Boyd, call 832-740-2228 or log on to her Facebook page. e A resident of Galveston where he can be found wasting bait and searching for the meaning of life, Forest Riggs recently completed a collection of short stories about his beloved island, and is working on a novel.

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Tarotscopes

Quiet your mind and meditate e By

Lauren K.

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oday looks like it will be hard to make meaningful decisions. Outside influences and people barring discouraging news lay ahead.

Be cautious of sharing too much with the wrong people. Be sure to keep great ideas for the future to yourself for now. Sometimes outside influence, positive or negative, can really interfere with the manifesting process. Don’t let other people’s news decide the path for you. If you have your mind set on becoming the manager of your company, do it! If you want to have more children, do it! If you want to buy a new home, do it!

Take time today to burn a candle, quiet your mind and meditate on the ideas that you’re wanting to create into a reality. Wash away all negativity that has surrounded you at work or at home and focus on looking to the future.

Look outside of yourself and see the process of your dreams manifesting. Each step you take to accomplish your goals should be a celebrated one!. e

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Degradation, destruction, infamy, dishonor and loss.

î TWO OF PENTACLES:

News and messages in writing such as obstacles, agitation, trouble and embroilment .

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Arrival, approach-sometimes that of a messenger, advances, proposition, demeanor, invitation, incitement.

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Crossword Queeries A CRUSH ON THE BOSS

Across

1 Mary had a little one 5 Deep throat clearer 9 Intro, at Gay.com 13 Where to find Moby Dick 14 Sitarist Shankar 15 Bear locales 16 Single drag queen?

17 Bauxite and borax 18 Type of New York Liberty defense 19 Episode of The Simpsons named for a boss 22 Like a phone in use 23 Galley slave’s tool 24 Pupils watching porn may do this 27 The Unicorn author Iris 31 Track shape 32 Strip a fruit 33 Noted Warhol subject 34 Gay character on The Simpsons who has a crush on his boss 38 U-turn from SSW 39 Kind of plastic 40 “ Rhythm” 41 Bewitched actor Dick 43 Olympic awards for Louganis 45 “We the Champions”

46 Lucci in All My Children 47 34-Across had a dream about his boss jumping naked out of this 52 Cheryl of Charlie’s Angels 53 “For here go?”

54 Fairy tale huffer 56 Foundation for Humanity name 57 Bear’s den 58 Mamma Mia! band 59 Talk with one’s hands 60 Some of Mary’s lambs 61 Wine list info

Down 1 Beat it 2 Words before were 3 Sexy clothing material 4 Billy Bean’s sport 5 Turn on 6 Boy wizard Potter 7 Straight 8 Cam’s home state on Modern Family 9 Cross-dressing comedian Eddie 10 Music synthesizer 11 Gym bunnies do it to their pecs

12 Fruit sugar ending 20 On the other hand 21 Insertion indicator 24 Football foursome 25 Trump of old 26 Put one on top of the other 27 One of the Three Bears 28 Last letter from Socrates 29 Movie based on The Price of Salt 30 Ellen DeGeneres and others 32 Oral attention getter 35 In-your-face 36 Like a short round for Sheehan 37 Hernando’s place in The Pajama Game 42 Good and evil place in a Kevin Spacey movie 43 George Moscone, and others 44 SASE, e.g.

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THE FRIVOLIST

7 Ways Social Media Has Made You a Sex Addict by

Mikey Rox

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en years ago, when Facebook was in its infancy and iPhones were but a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eyes, you had to work hard to be a perv. Now, fulfilling your friskiness is just a flick away, and that’s not exactly a good thing. Social media has taken over our lives, both personally and professionally, and the dark underbelly of our online world is as dank and seedy as a dimly lit bathhouse.

As a result, you may very well be a sex addict; here are seven ways to find out.

1. DM on Twitter and Facebook Has Gotten You in Trouble With Your Boo What starts out as innocent “likes” and flirty comments on Facebook and Twitter soon evolves into a deep-seediving expedition into the object of your burgeoning affection’s profile, leftswiping on the family and milestone photos but holding steady on the shirtless-vacay jackpot. Eventually one DMs the other in an attempt to push the boundaries of social-stranger etiquette – even though you know you shouldn’t – until a sordid relationship of sexts and sweet-nothings arises.

Which is all well and good if it’s as innocuous as you say it is, but your partner doesn’t believe you when you get caught (as well he shouldn’t since you’re being dishonest), and therein lies your problem – likely one of many.

2. You Spend Way Too Much Time on Grindr Thanks to social media – and very specifically Grindr with regards to our gay community – most of us have developed not only a need but, more dastardly, an affinity for 375-feet-away validation and instant gratification.

You open the app every 15 minutes to see if someone new has pinged you or, hopefully, that brick-bodied bro you’ve got your eye on has finally responded to your “Sup?” Friday and Saturday nights? Forget about it. What were once bastions of freedom and nightlife exploration have devolved into afternoon-to-evening-long sessions of sitting on the couch surfing headless thumbnails while Netflix plays in the background as you consistently turn down the so-sos and frequently get rejected or ignored by the more-sos.

It’s cyclical, and you can’t quit it – until you hit it, that is (and you’re almost always compromising, which makes the whole situation even sadder), ultimately ushering in a brief respite before ending up back at square one a few hours later.

3. When There’s a Grindr Outage You Turn to Scruff Gay Twitter loses it collective mind when Grindr experiences an outage, like it did recently – at least on the West Coast (and during the Palm Springs White Party, no less) – driving hordes of Grindr loyalists to other apps like Scruff

to fulfill their insatiable desires. If you find yourself in a cold sweat, clamoring to connect nakedly with somebody – anybody! – nearby when the Grindr gods throw down the gauntlet, it’s probably high-time for reflection… and confession.

4. You’re Really on Instagram for the Man-Butts You’re kidding yourself if you think you’re on Instagram for the sweeping views and vistas of other people’s getaways, pics of kittens and your BFF’s brunch plate. Real talk, you’re there to scroll through the endless images of the buffed-out, swole-up models and meatheads you daydream about tossing you around like a rag doll. If you follow @seductionboys, @ themuscleleague or @datbubblebutt, you might be a sex addict.

5. You Bookmark YouPorn More Than Any Other Website We all have a handful of super-hot vids saved that are our go-tos. But if you’ve got them bookmarked on your phone or computer so you can have them at the ready whenever you’re ready – and they outnumber the more relevant and G-rated content you have stored – it’s time to pull up your pants, put the devices away and introduce yourself to the real world again.

6. We Can All Agree That Snapchat Exists to Share Dick Pics A friend of mine asked me a few months ago if I’m on Snapchat. My response? No, because I’m not a 17-yearold kid trying to sext undercover. I’m grown, and when I send you my dick pic you get to keep it forever – because I’m confident like that. But I digress.

My point that Snapchat is strictly for younger Millennials and high-schoolers to trade nudies with no cyber trail (even though that’s inaccurate) is proven by this appropriately worded statistic from research firm Martin-Wilbourn Partners: “Snapchat is now the third most popular social app among Millennials, with a 32.9 percent penetration on the demographic’s mobile phones, trailing only Instagram (43.1 percent) and Facebook (75.6 percent).”

7. You Visit Tumblr For Celeb Nudes and Homemade Sex Tapes Does anybody even understand Tumblr? I don’t – except when I’m googling a celebrity’s junk or looking for amateur porn (because watching normal people do it as awkwardly as I do is comforting). That’s really all Tumblr is good for. Anybody who tries to tell you differently is either a liar or a 13-year-old girl, or probably both. e Mikey Rox is an award-winning journalist and LGBT lifestyle expert whose work has been published in more than 100 outlets across the world. He splits his time between homes in New York City and the Jersey Shore with his dog Jaxon. Connect with Mikey on Twitter @mikeyrox. +1 Google+ Find us on P F Facebook.com & P

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Guide To The Clubs

HOUSTON

n MONTROSE - MIDTOWN

n DOWNTOWN / EADO

n HOUSTON - SW

Bayou City Bar & Grill

Lucky's Pub - Downtown

Crystal Night Club

2409 Grant St, Houston (713) 522-2867 | • bayoucitybar.com Dance | Food | Patio | Mixed

801 St Emanuel St, 77003 713-522-2010 • Luckyspub.com $$ | Sports Bar

6684 SW Fwy, Houston (713) 278- 2582 • crystaltheclub.com Latin Dance | Salsa

Crocker Bar

Moon Tower Inn

2312 Crocker St, Houston (713) 529-3355 Large Deck | Karaoke

3004 Canal St, 77003 832-969-1934 • damngoodfoodcoldassbeer.com $$ | Hot Dogs, Beer Gardens

F Bar 202 Tuam St, Houston (713) 522-3227 | • fbarhouston.com Dance/Club | Patio | Shows | Mixed George’s Country Sports Bar 617 Fairview Ave, Houston (713) 528-8102 | Sports Bar | Pool & Darts | Patio Guava Lamp 570 Waugh Dr, Houston (713) 524-3359 • guavalamphouston.com Video Lounge | Karaoke | Mixed JR’s Bar and Grill & Santa Fe 808 Pacific Ave, Houston (713) 521-2519 • jrsbarandgrill.com Videos | Patio | Karaoke | Shows Meteor 2306 Genesee St, Houston (713) 521-0123 | • meteorhouston.com.

Lounge | Dancers | Club

Montrose Mining Company 805 Pacific Ave, Houston (713) 529-7488 Cruise | Levi South Beach 810 Pacific Ave, Houston (713) 521-0107 • sobehouston.com Dance Club | Dancers | Trance/House

Bonham Exchange

211 W. Fourth St, Austin (512) 320-8823 Dance | Pub | 20/30-Somethings

411 Bonham St, San Antonio (210) 271-3811 • bonhamexchange.net | Dance | House Brenda’s 81 Bar 7811 New Old Laredo Hwy San Antonio (210) 927-2337 | GLBT Friendly | Pub

Rain on 4th

n HEIGHTS CORRIDOR

/ WASHINGTON

13 - The Heights Bar 1537 N. Shepherd Dr. (713) 426-1313.

Neighborhood Bar | Patio

Neil's Bahr 2006 Walker St, 77003 281-352-7456 • NeilsBahr.com Premier Nerd | Gamer | Intellectual hangout

217 W. Fourth St, Austin (512) 494-1150 • rainon4th.com Dance | House | 20 Something

4216 Washington, Houston 832-740-4933 • pearlhouston.com

Tout Suite

121 W. Eighth St, Austin • theironbear.com. Bear | Pub | Scruff

322 Milby St, 77003 713-555-5666 •damngoodfoodcoldassbeer.com $$ | Casual bar with po’boys & games

n DOWNTOWN / WARDS 1-4 Tony’s Corner Pocket 817 West Dallas Street, Houston (713) 571-7870 • tonyscornerpocket.com Neighborhood Bar | Pool | Dancers

n HOUSTON - NORTH SIDE Ranch Hill Saloon 24704 Interstate 45, Spring.

(281) 298-9035 • ranchhill.com Country | Cowgirl | Neighborhood Bar

1500 N. Main Ave, San Antonio (210) 227-2600 | heatsa.com Dance | Lounge | House

23rd Street Station

Orleans Street Pub and Patio

One-O-Six

1706 23rd St, Galveston (409) 621-1808 | Neighborhood Bar | Pub

650 Orleans St, Beaumont (409) 835-4243 • orleanspub.com Neighborhood Bar | Pub

106 Pershing Ave, San Antonio (210) 820-0906 Neighborhood Bar | Pub

Third Coast Downtown 2416 Post Office St, Galveston (409) 765-6911 Neighborhood Bar | Pub | Shows Robert’s Lafitte 2501 Ave Q, Galveston (409) 765-9092 • galveston.com/robertslafitte Neighborhood Bar | Pub | Cruise | Shows

n NW HOUSTON

TC’s Show Bar

Neon Boots Dancehall & Saloon

817 Fairview Ave, Houston (713) 526-2625 • tcshowbar.com Shows | Neighborhood Bar | CD/Trans

11410 Hempstead Highway Houston, TX 77092 (713) 677-0828 • neonbootsclub.com

The Ripcord

Viviana’s Night Club

715 Fairview Ave, Houston (713) 521-2792 • www.facebook.com/ripcordhouston Leather Uniform | Fetish | Men

4624 Dacoma St, Houston (713) 681-4101 • vivianasniteclub.com Latino | Tejano | Dance

802 S Staples St, Corpus (361) 882-5002 Neighborhood Bar | Pub

800 Lexington, San Antonio (210) 225-7330 | Neighborhood Bar | Show Bar | Drag

512 S Staples St.,Corpus Neighborhood Bar | Pub 609 McBride Lane. Corpus (361) 289-1442 Neighborhood Bar | Nite Club

Chain Drive

The Saint

Seven

3102 Seawall, Galveston (409) 974-4176 • Spashbargalveston.com Galveston’s only beach bar | Shows

6607 N I-35, Austin TX 78752 (512) 419-9192 • bouttime2.com Neighborhood Bar | Pub

1402 N. Main Ave, San Antonio (210) 299-4222 | Neighborhood Bar | Karaoke

The Hidden Door

Triangle Nite Club

‘Bout Time II

Pegasus

CORPUS CHRISTI

Rumors (Opening soon!)

AUSTIN

Neighborhood Bar | Shows | Dance | Mixed

1010 N. Main Ave, San Antonio (210)223-5418. Neighborhood Bar | Pub

BEAUMONT 304 Orleans St, Beaumont (409) 832-4206 Dance/Club | Lounge | Mixed

The Room Bar 4915 FM 2920 Rd, Spring (281) 907-6866 • theroombar.net.

Essence

Heat

GALVESTON

Voodoo Queen

820 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio (210) 212-6635 Dance | Latin | Lounge

The Copa

Neighborhood Art Bar | Live Music | Women

2001 Commerce, 77002 713-227-8688 • toutsuite.co $$ | Bakery | Cafe | Pub

Electric Company

The Iron Bear

Pearl Lounge

Michael’s Outpost Piano Bar 1419 Richmond Ave, Houston (713) 520-8446 Neighborhood Bar | Pub | Piano

Oilcan Harry’s

Silver Dollar Saloon 1812 N. Main Ave, San Antonio (210) 227-2623 | Dance Club | Drag | Country Sparky’s Pub

The Vault Night Club

1416 N. Main Ave, San Antonio (210) 320-5111 | Neighborhood Bar | Pub

424 Schatzell, Corpus Neighborhood Bar | Nite Club

Wax Club (Alternative) 2211 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio (210) 737-9191 • alternativetx.tripod.com Neighborhood Bar | Lesbian

SAN ANTONIO ­2015 Place

504 Willow st • Austin chain-drive.com Leather | Bear | Neighborhood Bar

2015 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio (210) 733-3365 Neighborhood | Bar | Lounge | Karaoke

Lipstick24

Annex

606 E. 7th St, Austin (512) 474-2950 • lipstick24austin.com Women | Pub

330 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio (210) 223-6957 • theannex-satx.com Neighborhood Bar | Cruise | Leather

BRYAN COLLEGE STATION Halo Bar 121 North Main St, Bryan (979) 823-6174 | Dance Club

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Ġ Wed › April 20

Ġ Sat › April 23

Q Alley Theatre presents Remote Houston, a pedestrianbased live theatre experience, 4pm Q Cullen Performance Hall (UofH): The Smashing Pumpkins bring the In Plainsong tour to Houston, 7:30pm Q Galleria Houston presents Elevate Houston: The Big Picture, with artist Stephen Wiltshire, 10am Q Houston Grand Opera presents Siegfried, 6pm Q Ripcord: Geeks Who Drink, 8:30pm Q Stages Repertory Theatre presents the world premiere of Miss Teen by playwright Michele Riml, 7:30pm (Thru 4/22) Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents What the Duck? Variety show hosted by Duckie DuJour, 8:30pm Q Warehouse Live presents comedian David Cross in his Making America Great Again! Tour, 7pm

Q Buffalo Bayou Partnership present Bayou Bash fundraiser

feat. crawfish, live entertainment and more, 12pm Q Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center: Duran Duran in concert, 7pm Q Galleria Houston presents Elevate Houston: The Big Picture, with artist Stephen Wiltshire, 10am Q Jones Hall: Society for the Performing Arts presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2pm & 8pm

Q Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center: Duran Duran in concert, 7pm

Ġ Thur › April 21

Q Alley Theatre presents Remote Houston, a pedestrianbased live theatre experience, 4pm

Q Galleria Houston presents Elevate Houston: The Big Picture, with artist Stephen Wiltshire, 10am

Q Tony’s Corner Pocket: First Fling – New dancer auditions, 9:30pm

Q Town Green Park: Esprit fe She Woodlands presents The

Duran Duran

Spirit of Her Duathlon & Triathlon, 4pm

Ġ Fri › April 22

Q Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion: Salt N Pepa in concert,

7:30pm Q East End Studio Gallery: Frida (Kahlo) Festival 2016 feat. adult and children’s look-alike contests, 6pm. Info at fridafestival.com Q Galleria Houston presents Elevate Houston: The Big Picture, with artist Stephen Wiltshire, 10am Q Hobby Center: TUTS Underground & Alamo Drafthouse present Heathers, 7pm

Q Buffalo Bayou Partnership present Bayou Bash fundraiser

feat. crawfish, live entertainment and more, 12pm Q Lakewood Yacht Club presents the 21st Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance, 10am Q Galleria Houston presents Elevate Houston: The Big Picture, with artist Stephen Wiltshire, 10am Q Jones Hall: Society for the Performing Arts presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 2pm & 8pm Q Lakewood Yacht Club presents the 21st Annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance, 10am

Ġ Wed › April 27

Q Ripcord: Geeks Who Drink, 8:30pm Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents What the Duck? Variety show hosted by Duckie DuJour, 8:30pm

Q Wortham Theatre Center: Houston Grand Opera presents Carousel, 7:30pm

Ġ Thur › April 28

Q Tony’s Corner Pocket: First Fling – New dancer audition, 9:30pm

Ġ Sun › April 24

Ġ Tue › April 30

Q Jones Hall: Society for the Performing Arts presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, 3pm Q MATCH: Bayou City Performing Arts’ Spring Concert Fundraiser, 4:30pm Q Music Box Theatre presents Travelsty, 2pm Q NRG Center: International Gem & Jewelry Show, 11am Q Numbers Nightclub presents Afton Q Ripcord: “Church” A Sunday Funday Party feat. DJ Tina, 3pm Q Wortham Theatre Center: Houston Grand Opera presents Carousel, 2pm

Q South Beach presents, from

RuPaul’s Drag Race, Derrick Barry.

Show after midnight.

Ġ Wed › May 4

Ġ Mon › April 25

Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents What the Duck? Variety show hosted by Duckie DuJour, 8:30pm

Q Alley Theatre presents Remote Houston, a pedestrian-based live theatre experience, 4pm

Q Music Box Theatre presents Travelsty, 7:30pm Q NRG Center: International Gem & Jewelry Show, 12pm Q Numbers Nightclub: Classic Numbers every Friday night Q Ripcord: Houston Firedancers in the house!

Q Tony’s Corner Pocket: First Fling – New dancer audition, 9:30pm Q Wortham Theatre Center: Houston Grand Opera presents Carousel, 7:30pm

Q Ripcord: Geeks Who Drink, 8:30pm Q Tony’s Corner Pocket presents What the Duck? A variety show hosted by Duckie DuJour feat. Male Dancers, Drag Queens and Games, 8:30pm

Ġ Tue › May 3

Ġ Tue › April 26

Q KPFT 90.1 FM: Legacy Community Health’s drive-time radio show every Tuesday, 4:30-5pm Q Rice University Farmers Market presents Spring Fling, 3:30pm

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