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Barton Brooks Builds the Global Family
Barton Brooks calls everyone to help another. You can crisscross the globe, aiding him and his organization Global Colors, build up broken-down communities or simply take out your neighbor’s trash.
by Leigh Bell
It was late morning, and we talked in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel near the Galleria. Barton Brooks would be giving a speech to schoolchildren later that day. He wore jeans, a black T-shirt, and about three days’ growth of beard. Brooks didn’t seem to notice, but people were turning their heads because he’s that good-looking. When I mentioned this, he demurely lowered his head like a 14-year-old boy. ________________________________
Broken and bloody, fainting in pain, Barton Brooks lay on the side of a dirt road near a remote village in sub-Saharan Africa. His motorbike was somewhere nearby. The Land Rover that broadsided his bike was gone. Brooks looked down at his twisted limbs. He could die right there.
The irony, like the Land Rover, was inescapable. Brooks travels the world helping broken-down communities all over the world, and now he was broken-down, left for dead. Minutes ago, he was visiting with the Batwa, a mar...
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The Official 2010 Pride Guide
Letter from our Mayor Annise • Letter from Pride Prez • Pride Calendar • Talking with Annise Parker and Ray Hill • Profiles of Pride Marshals • the Pride Team • Pride Idol
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A New ‘Laramie’
Theatre New West hosts Judy Shepard for ‘The Laramie Project.’
by Donalevan Maines • Photo by Brian Hudnut
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But It’s Not a Musical
‘Bug’ leads Theatre Southwest’s trend toward productions with a gay appeal.
by Donalevan Maines Cast • photos by Ananka Kohnitz
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Maintaining the Buzz
In Buzz Bellmont’s world, the play isn’t just the thing. It’s the only thing.
by Donalevan Maines • Photo by Mark Hiebert
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NEWS
News
‘Smooth transition’ with openly gay soldiers; letters from LGBT soldiers; Equality Florida demands apology from outed antigay ‘expert’; Hawaii poised to approve civil unions law. Plus: California’s Prop. 8 Attorney Looks to Case Resolution
News briefs by Nancy Ford and special report by Sarah Blazucki
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COMMUNITY
Caffeine and Enlightenment
Living Mosaic Café and Coffeehouse offers both. Plus UH names director for LGBT resource center, and Milestones: Patrick Vachon
Living Mosaic article by Joyce Gabiola. Briefs by Nancy Ford.
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COMMENTARY
A Long Way to Go!
June is a month to celebrate—and remember
by Johnny Trlica
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PASTOUT
3 Years ago in ‘OutSmart’
Charlotte Simmons as Houston’s first Pride Idol, and other Pride memories.
by Donalevan Maines
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DVD
‘Friends’ to the End
The essential lesson of ‘Hannah Free’ couldn’t be timelier. Plus a fabulous compilation of the top 10 gay classics, and DVD Shorts
Feature and DVD Shorts by Nancy Ford
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GROOVEOUT
independent Women
Don’t judge these rising musical stars by the size of their labels
by Gregg Shapiro
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GROOVEOUT
GrooveOut Shorts
Todd Alsup, Toni Braxton, Dixie Chicks, Sarah McLachlan, Tracey Thorn, Ash Gray and The Girls, and My Glorious.
Reviews/previews by Nancy Ford
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TV
Prideful Programming
Networks celebrate June with a bountiful lineup of shows for the queer and queer-at-heart
by Nancy Ford
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READOUT
Being a Queen
Out author David Valdes Greenwood writes about the other kind of queen. Plus ReadOut Shorts and WEB SPECIAL on summertime books.
by Terri Schlichenmeyer • ReadOut Shorts by Donalevan Maines, Angel Curtis, Nancy Ford
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CALENDAR
June Events
Film, Performance, Performance for Young People, Radio, Art/Photography, January Day by Day, Planning Ahead, HIV Testing.
compiled by Nancy Ford
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BUSINESS NEWS
Businesses in the Community that Support the Community
OutBusinesses.com, Fiona Dawson launches dawson+company, Bayou City Art Festival donates to nonprofits, Da Camera of Houston receives grants, HGO Studio artist takes international prize, barrier-free arts education for children.
by Nancy Ford
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