Victim says Oak Lawn attack was hate crime

By Tammye Nash - Senior Editor
Dallas Voice

Man says perpetrators called him ‘faggot’ as they were beating him with fists,

bricks outside apartment complex on Lucas Drive

Richard Allen said, in a telephone interview Wednesday, May 28, that he was walking home from a Maple Avenue nightclub early on Sunday morning, May 25, when he was attacked by five men outside an apartment complex in the 2900 block of Lucas Drive.

He said the men kicked him and hit him with their fists and with bricks, leaving him with two fractures in his arm, abrasions on his head and bruises all over his body.

“They just jumped me and started beating on me and calling me ‘faggot’ and stuff like that,” Allen said. “But I put up a real fight. I fought back hard.”

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Pioneering Dallas activist earns yet another honor

By Tammye Nash - Senior Editor
Dallas Voice

Texas - Pioneering LGBT activist Louise Young is breaking new ground, yet again.

This month, the American Jewish Congress Southwest Region is recognizing Young’s long history of activism and involvement by presenting her with the Women of Spirit Award. It will be the first time the award has gone to a lesbian in recognition of work in the LGBT community.

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Making a more comfortable world

DALLAS: Mitchell Gold says he has a passion for making the world more comfortable.

But Gold, chairman and co-founder of luxury furniture manufacturer Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, isn’t just talking about the customers who buy the company’s products.

“I do not want one more gay teenager to live through what I lived through,” Gold told a crowd of about 200 people during his inspiring keynote address at the North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce’s Third Anniversary Dinner on Tuesday, March 25.

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VIDEO: Happy Holidays

Just some old video I had laying around. Put together a little video post card.

Happy Holidays

Sodomy: Texas and Singapore

For years many states in the USA had laws against sodomy.

In 1973 Texas renamed the sodomy law to "Homosexual Conduct". Which made it discriminatory, since sodomy was no longer illegal for heterosexuals.

In 1998 two Houston men were arrested for having private consensual sex in their home.

They legally pursued the issue and finally in 2003 the US Supreme court issued a 6-3 opinion stating sodomy laws are unconstitutional.

I lived in Texas during that time and it came back to me when I saw an article today saying Singapore To Repeal Sodomy Laws But Not For Gays.

South Padre Island, Texas welcomes GLBT Music Enthusiasts

This island getaway is rolling out the welcome mat for GLBT music fans to attend the first annual South Padre International Music Festival.

More than 40 acts from a variety of genres will perform November 2-4, 2007, during the South Padre International Music Festival. Current acts on the bill who have GLBT appeal include Patrice Pike, Ginger Leigh, Los Amigos Invisibles and Robert Randolph & The Family Band. More acts are announced each week.

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