Newspaper Article October 2004

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NASHVILLE • KNOXVILLE • CHATTANOOGA • ATLANTA • HUNTSVILLE
OCTOBER
Kerry garners ‘O&AN’
endorsement
Vol. 3, No. 10, 2004
Promises
of hope and
a stronger
America
© 2004 Out & About Nashville, Inc.
SEE PAGE 44
Gay Favorites
Fundraising
for survival
2004
Gloria Gaynor
performs at
Artrageous 04
Readers respond
by O&AN staff
SEE PAGE 50
From the gentle hills of
Middle Tennessee to the
Great Smoky Mountains,
“Out & About Newspaper”
readers have voted and let
their voices be heard. From
Nashville and Knoxville’s
best gay bars, to their favorite
TV personalities, “O&AN”
readers have crowned more
than 40 different areas as
their “gay favorite.”
It took more than two
months of voting and produced some surprising
results. While some winners
weren’t so surprising (i.e.,
Favorite Drag Queen –
Bianca Paige), some were.
Who would have guessed
the Favorite Place to Buy
Home Accessories is Home
Depot? Or that the Favorite
Radio Station (Nashville) winner would go to 103.3
WKDF. WKDF? Isn’t that a COUNTRY radio station?
The Middle and East Tennessee gay communities love
their gay bars and bartenders, with almost all of the
ballots cast including a vote for at least one of these
two categories.
The Gay Favorites reader’s poll was headed up by
“O&AN” volunteer staffer A.J. Buse. It took the entire
“O&AN” staff to compile short profiles on the winners,
and list the top two runner’s up.
Winners were honored at a reception at Play on
October 4.
“Many of the votes were close,” Buse said. “The poll
created tremendous interest amongst our readers. We had
a terrific response.”
And while some of the recipients were taken a bit off
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music
Artwork by C. Hugh Shelton
Katey Sagal chats
with ‘O&AN’ about
her new album and
her eclectic career
Beyond the ‘down low’;
controversial author to
make an appearance at
Nashville Black Pride
by Joseph Brant
guard when told of their new title as one of the Gay
Favorites, they expressed gratitude for the GLBT
community.
“I think it’s great to be recognized by a community of
people that knows what it takes to carry out the job I do
everyday with a sense of style and flare,” said Darin
Trotter. Trotter, who is an on-air reporter for WSMV
Channel 4 News, was named Favorite News Reporter.
WQQK-FM 92.1’s Connie Denell (Favorite Radio DJ )
echoed Trotter’s sentiments.
“I didn’t know I had a gay following,” Denell said. “But
this (title) is something else. It’s a blessing to be honored
by anyone.”
And so without further ado, we’re proud to present the
results of our first annual Gay Favorites reader’s poll.
Staff Writer
J.L. King is sure you know what “DL”
means.
He knows you saw him on Oprah, or
BET or MTV. His publisher tells him his
book, “On the Down Low: A Journey Into
the Lives of ‘Straight’ Black Men Who
Sleep With Men” (Broadway Books, 2004)
has over 200,000 copies in print and that it
may soon become the best selling non-fiction book written by a black male ever. He
knows you’ve heard of it.
And he’s tired of telling the same story to
different people. “I just got off the phone
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Author to make an appearance at Nashville Black Pride — continued from page 1
Photo provided
with Montell Williams’s
people,” he said over the
phone with O&AN, “and
they want to do a DL
show. I said no!”
“I’ve received calls from
as far away as Africa,” he
continued. “They want me
to talk about the DL. I said
no!”
“We need to put less
focus on the DL behaviors,” he explained. “We all
know about it. Now what
do we do next?”
J.L. King
King is hoping this dialog will come about later this month when he visits the
TSU campus to moderate a GLBT forum during Black
Pride weekend, October 29-31. Organizer Dwayne Jenkins
discovered King would be visiting Nashville that weekend
and convinced him to contribute to the Black Pride event.
“People come out just to see me,” said King, clearly
unaware of his self-congratulatory tone. “It opens the door
for a lot of straight people to come out. I’ve done a lot of
gay pride events that create a dialog between straight and
gay people.”
“I bring a fresh dialog from a different perspective,” he
added. “Five hundred to seven hundred students have
shown up at these historically black colleges like TSU for
forums like this one. The young men say ‘my girlfriend…
my mama… my daddy told me to stop by.”
King stresses that events such as these are not exclusive
to African-American gay people nor just gay people, for
that matter.
“That New Jersey governor was on the down low,” said
King, referring to the recent James McGreevey scandal.
“I’m happy he got busted. It’s about time white women
realize they’re not exempt from being impacted by white
DL men.”
That is the crossover message he emphasizes: we need
to build bridges of understanding from all sexual orientation groups.
“Neither are gay guys [exempt],” he added. “If you’re
sleeping with a man who’s married, you’re just as guilty.”
Expect a no-holds-barred conversation at this community meeting. “I’m bringing all of these subjects up on the
table at this forum,” said King. Joseph Brant can be contacted at
joe@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
Nashville Pride to host second
annual bachelor auction at Tribe
Ever wanted a real date with that bartender you flirt with? Or to have dinner
and a show with that guy that everyone
lusts after, but never seems to get? Here’s
your chance!
On Wednesday, October 20, Nashville
Pride will host the Second Annual Bachelor
Auction at Tribe. Bidding on some of the
hottest guys in town begins at 9:30 p.m.
Don’t miss your shot at finding love...or a
good time...on the auction block.
Last year’s auction featured 15 of
Nashville’s most eligible and raised over
$3000 toward producing the annual
PrideFest. OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004 • 3
O&AN
LETTERS
Is Play playing with us?
You simply cannot imagine the
thrill I had last week during my
first—and last—visit to the much
touted new dance bar, Play. After
standing in line my friends and I
were offered the opportunity to
pay a $5 cover charge. We didn’t
mind.
When we finally made it into
the club and to the bar we
watched a bartender making a
shaken drink by pouring the libation back and forth between two
PLASTIC glasses. I asked him
why he wasn’t using a shaker and
was told that the plastic glasses
don’t work right with shakers.
The obvious question, which I
asked, was why don’t you use a
glass, glass? He told me they
don’t use glasses. And indeed,
when our drinks arrived they did
so in tiny plastic glasses. Of
course we were charged the same
prices paid elsewhere for larger
drinks served in real glasses.
Which brings me to another
point. Why is it that in Nashville,
which has a cost of living, pay
scale, and rental rates anywhere
from 15% to 50% less than other
larger and big cities, do drinks in
gay bars cost as much as they do
in those more expensive places?
Seems to be a bit of a ripoff to
me.
Todd Dickerson
West Meade
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What about the forgotten few?
I applaud “O&AN” for your community support and services to the GLBT community. I
started receiving your newspaper after contacting
Outloud about a problem I was having as an
imprisoned gay man. After getting your newspaper, I was glad to see that the GLBT community
was finally stepping out and offering safe places
for gay men to meet and socialize.
My problem is that being an imprisoned gay
man I live a double life. Openly admitting you
are gay in a prison setting is not the healthiest
thing to do. After months of contacting gay
organizations, churches, and anyone associated
with the gay community about the difficulties of
being gay in prison, I’ve yet to receive any
response or support. This is a major concern for
me because I will soon be returning to the community and yearn to live as I am and not be
afraid of being rejected, not only because I am
gay but also because I am an ex offender.
I am writing to share this burden with you
and to let the community know that we as
GLBT citizens have made major strives in the
community but lets not stop there. There are
many men and women just like me, and we
have no one but the community to turn to. So,
please print this letter so that someone who may
be reading this and have been through what I
am experiencing may be able to help others
understand the loneliness of incarceration, especially for a gay man with no family or friends to
help in his time of need.
I welcome responses to this letter and pray
that there are caring individuals who are willing
to offer that moral and spiritual support that is
lacking in the lives of the forgotten few.
Gregory Dalton #662
7475 Cockrill Bend Blvd
Nashville, TN 37209
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NEWS
O&AN
Local bear group mourns loss of vice president
by Joseph Brant
Staff Writer
Members of the Music City
Bears were shocked to learn of
their vice president, Chip Evans,
passing on Tuesday, September
21. Evans was 48 years old.
“Chip had suffered what the
doctor’s termed a minor heart
attack on Friday,” said Bears
President Tony Sullivan. “He
worked at the VA in
Murfreesboro so he was taken
care of fast. Doctors used the
paddles on him three times.
They revived him, then flew him
by helicopter to St. Thomas
Hospital in Nashville.”
“We saw him on Sunday and
he looked fine,” said Sullivan.
“In fact, Chip had gotten
dressed, had been discharged and
was waiting in the room when
[his partner] Herb found him.”
Evans had reportedly told
coworkers on Friday that he was
tired and wanted to “lay his head
down” for a few minutes. He
woke up at the hospital.
“When we saw him on
Sunday,” said Sullivan, “they
said he’d be fine, that he had just
a few minutes of oxygen deprivation. He looked fine.”
Evans had been discharged
and was scheduled to leave the
hospital on Tuesday. His partner,
Herbert Ralston, had arranged to
pick him up after work. When he
arrived, around 4 p.m., he discovered Evans alone in his hospital room, silent. Ralston
assumed his partner was asleep.
He called nurses when he
touched his partner’s cold body.
“They worked on him for an
hour,” said Sullivan. “Before
that, even the caregivers thought
he was fine. They were shocked,
too.”
Evans was elected vice president of Nashville’s oldest bear
group this past January. He’d
been a board member since June
of last year.
“He was a tremendous guy and
a tremendous asset to the club,”
said Sullivan. “Me and my partner, Bob, went to our first Music
City Bears meeting in February of
2003. Back then the bears group
was small. It was a rag-tag club of
about a dozen people.”
“Chip and Herb were instrumental in the rebirth of the bears
club,” said Sullivan. “We ended
that year with 21 members. Now
we have over 80.”
“We definitely couldn’t have
done it without him.” Joseph Brant can be contacted at
joe@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
O&AN
EDITORIAL
Kerry brings promise of
hope as President, wins
‘O&AN’ endorsement
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John Kerry has served his country with honor
and distinction for over thirty years. His service in
the military during time of war – in combat –
earned him both respect and medals for valor, bravery and thrice for being wounded. The lies and distortions of the Right can not take these medals
from him and their attempt to tarnish his record of
service is at best childish whining and at worst the
churlish response of those whose idea of seeing
action is a Friday night movie staring the Governor
of California.
As member of the U.S. Congress, John Kerry has
complied a record of achievement to be envied as
well. His unwavering support of individual freedom
and protection for the disenfranchised make him a
much more compassionate leader than the so-called
compassionate conservative now occupying the
Oval Office. His defense of the rights of personal
choice and privacy coupled with his work for rehabilitation over retribution send a strong message to
the American people that this is a man who sees
beyond labels and into the very heart of the human
condition.
Many have tried to make this a race of the lesser
of two evils. Slogans of ‘anyone but Bush’ have
filled the air. How wrong that is. John Kerry fights
to preserve the lives and liberties granted to each of
us. George W. Bush has squandered the lives of our
young people in ill planned, ill-executed wars with
no coherent agenda and no visible exit in sight.
While Governor of Texas, he oversaw the execution
of more of his own citizens than any other governor in the state’s history (many more), openly
mocking one woman’s plea for commutation by
mugging in front of cameras while giving a
singsong whine of “please don’t kill me.” If there is
evil in the heart of a Presidential contender it is not
in the heart of John Kerry.
We stand on a precipice, with one direction giving promise of more death, destruction, fear and
loss. A promise of loosing the hard won respect of
our allies while widening the gap between the rich
the rest of us.
John Kerry brings a promise of hope to a land
surely in need of a respite from four years of declining employment, rising costs and a healthcare system set on bankrupting those who cannot afford
basic medical care. He brings a vision of a national
energy policy based on sound economic principles
rather than cronyism. His vision for foreign policy
includes an orderly and blueprinted withdrawal of
US troops from harm, while encouraging the development of those lands we have so savagely
“bombed back into the stone age”.
Mostly, John Kerry brings a promise of a new
America. An America where you and I matter more
than corporations, where we the people are a part
of the solution; not seen as the problem.
“O&AN” is proud and honored to endorse John
Kerry for President of the United States. Not
because he is not George W. Bush, but because he
IS John Kerry. Cartoon by Shannon Lewis
Shannon Lewis
shannon@outandaboutnewspaper.com
Editorial Cartoonist & Artist
C. Hugh Shelton
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‘O&AN’ correction
In last month’s story “Knox Truman Day celebrates women and diversity” “O&AN” inaccurately
reported “Paul Snapp, certified ASL interpreter, along with Paul Balo, HRC meet-up organizer and ‘Out
& About’ staff member verified that they both enjoyed the evening.” The certified ASL interpreter’s
name is Dale Snapp, not Paul Snapp. “O&AN” is happy to make this correction. OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004 • 7
O&AN
OPINION
The new gay draft
by Mark D. Harmon
Contributor
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
dashed into the Oval Office.
“Mr. President, I think I’ve solved our backdoor draft problem.”
“I didn’t know this room had a back door,”
said Bush.
“No, sir, I meant recalling reservists and
extending their tours. The career
military men say it’s bad for
morale.”
“Moral,” interrupted Bush. “Are
you still catching flak about prisoner abuse? Don’t worry, Don. No
one expects us to be moral just religious. I’ve got this written opinion
that says we can treat the Geneva
Convention as outdated, bad
advice.”
“No, sir,” corrected Rumsfeld.
“Morale. The troops are growing
weary. We need to find a creative
way to reintroduce a military draft.”
At that point a slumbering Dick
Cheney awoke on the Oval Office
couch. “Did you say draft? A draft
is too unpopular,” he grumbled.
Bush smiled. “Dick, glad you
could join us from your undisclosed location.”
Cheney cleared his throat and
continued. “Mr. President, a draft
won’t work. The rich and well connected always find ways to avoid
it.”
“Do you really think they
would?” asked Bush.
An awkward silence filled the
room. Cheney and Rumsfeld both
stared at their feet. “Oh, yeah,
right,” muttered Bush.
“That’s the beauty of my plan,”
blurted Rumsfeld. “We only draft
gay people.”
“Hmm,” pondered Cheney, “that
might be discrimination.”
The room fell silent again for just
a moment until all three burst out
in laughter.
“It’s not like they’re voting for us
anyway,” clucked Cheney.
“What’s one more constitutional amendment?” chortled Rumsfeld.
“Guys, I think this is why God chose me for
this office,” said Bush.
Rumsfeld leaned toward Cheney and whispered, “You did tell him that it was Scalia and
Thomas who chose him, didn’t you?”
“”Yeah, yeah,” Cheney admitted, “but letting
him think in those terms is easier.”
Rumsfeld backed up and turned to Bush.
“Mr. President, imagine the shame of Islamist
terrorists,” mused Rumsfeld, “if Osama Bin
Laden is captured by raging queens.”
“Or a Butch Brigade,” added Cheney.
“Or a platoon of pitchers and catchers,” suggested Rumsfeld.
“I once ran a baseball team,” said Bush.
“Uh, yes, sir,” said Cheney, “but before we
get too excited about this idea, let’s remember
our friends in the region.”
“That’s right, Brother Bandar in the Saudi
subsidiary,” remembered Bush.
“Won’t like his embassy guarded by a group
of Lipstick Lesbians,” added Rumsfeld. “I’ve
thought of that possibility, and I’ve drafted a
plan so deployments don’t create problems.”
“But will gays make good soldiers?” asked
Cheney.
“We may have to let them accessorize the
uniforms, but it’s a slam dunk certainty,” insisted Rumsfeld.
“Couldn’t they lie, and claim to be straight
to avoid being drafted?” asked Cheney.
“Well, yes, but we could start with those we
kicked out of the military for being gay, then
we could get lists of those gays who tried to get
married,” suggested
Rumsfeld. “In addition, Ashcroft has really
good gaydar resources, like lists of gay groups.”
“We could draft the Log Cabin Republicans!”
exclaimed Bush.
“Uh let’s start somewhere else, sir,” cautioned
Cheney, “and let’s not draft my daughter.”
“With a few minor changes this will work,”
claimed Rumsfeld.
“Dick, Don, I’m beginning to like this plan,”
said Bush. “Hey, shouldn’t someone tell Colin
Powell?”
“Why start now?” chuckled Cheney. Dr. Mark D. Harmon teaches courses in
journalism and broadcasting at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
OPINION
O&AN
Log Cabin Republicans deny Bush endorsement
by S P Blakeney
Contributor
In a rather bizarre press release
published recently at its Web site,
Log Cabin Republicans national
Board Chairman William
Brownson declared that LCR
would deny George W. Bush its
presidential endorsement and
instead devote its “financial and
political resources to defeating the
radical right and supporting inclusive Republican candidates for the
U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives.”
According to the press release,
LCR’s national board voted 22 to
2 not to endorse Mr. Bush’s election.
Does what LCR clearly believes
is a bold gesture mark a sea
change in the organization’s
lengthy history of giving aid and
comfort to gay America’s political
enemies? Hardly. In the same
press release, LCR Executive
Director Patrick Guerriero says,
“Certain moments in history
require that a belief in fairness
and equality not be sacrificed in
the name of partisan politics; this
is one of those moments.”
Hooray for Guerriero for at
least realizing that the 2004 presidential election will be seen in
future years as having been a
watershed moment in our
nation’s history. Boo-hiss, because
LCR’s record and Guerriero’s
words make it impossible to conclude other than that LCR
believes that most of the time it is
okay to sacrifice fairness and
equality on the alter of party loyalty.
What LCR’s leadership and
members fail to grasp – or understand but do not care about — is
that by continuing to help elect
so-called inclusive Republican
candidates for the Senate and
House of Representatives they
help perpetuate GOP control of
Congress, including committee
chairmanships and the legislative
calendar. As long as the radical
religious Right is in control of
Congress and the White House,
gays and lesbians will continue to
be denied equality of citizenship,
full liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.
Log Cabin Republicans are
nothing if not thick skinned. How
LCR members continue to
remain loyal, active Republicans
despite snubs by party leaders,
almost countless slaps in the face
on issues of importance to gays
and lesbians, and their relegation
to irrelevancy within the
Republican Party power structure
is awe inspiring.
One has to wonder what it will
take for LCR members to realize
the futility of trying to change the
thinking of a group of people
who insist they are conservatives
while they go about violating
almost every principle for which
conservatives have traditionally
stood; things like integrity, financial responsibility, small federal
government, and less government
involvement in citizens’ lives.
No matter how you slice it, a
$400 billion budget deficit for fiscal 2004-05 coupled with a
national debt that reached $7.4
trillion during September and is
increasing at the rate of $1.3 billion per day are hardly the
achievements of a conservative
government. Trials by secret tribunal, imprisonment without access
to legal assistance or a trial, wire
tapping and other forms of electronic surveillance without court
orders, monitoring of citizens’
reading and travel habits, and so
many other things that have
come to pass under the Bush
administration in the name of
national security are not the acts
and policies of conservatives.
Justifying U.S underwriting of free
health care for Iraqis as good foreign policy while decrying as
socialism health care for 43.7 million U.S. citizens have none is
not something conservatives
would do.
And what is with this compassionate nonsense? Compassion is
something you feel for an injured
animal or show a person who is
not capable of taking care of himself or herself. Gay men and lesbians are not asking for compassion, we are demanding equality.
There is a huge difference. This
too is something Log Cabin
Republicans apparently fail to
understand. 10 • OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004
O&AN
NEWS
Tennessee GLBT Kerry/Edwards
committee formed; Salas and
Taylor to co-chair
by Jerry Jones
Publisher
Maria Salas and David Taylor have been
named co-chairs of the Kerry/Edwards
Tennessee GLBT Steering Committee by the
GLBT outreach director for the campaign.
Mark Seifert, who joined the
Kerry/Edwards campaign to handle GLBT
outreach after serving in that capacity for
General Wesley Clark’s presidential campaign, organized the Tennessee committee
after seeing tremendous potential in getting out the Tennessee GLBT vote for
Kerry/Edwards.
A fundraiser in August at Taylor’s home
netted more than $34,000 for the
Democratic National Convention. Seifert
was at the fund-raiser, where he thanked
Tennesseans for their generous support.
“My trip to Nashville was such an energizing experience,” he said.
Salas and Taylor will focus on organizing the GLBT “get out the vote” campaign
for Tennessee and are actively seeking volunteers to join the committee.
“Anyone who wants to get involved, we
need them,” Salas said. “Memphis,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, the Tri-Cities and
across the state. We need volunteers to
help get out the vote.”
To volunteer for the committee, you
can join an email list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TNGLBT
4Kerry/.
Salas said a number of events were
being planned in October to raise awareness of the importance of voting, and to
emphasize early voting. Those include a
get out the vote pitch at a Memphis
HRC membership house party on
October 16; an October 20 get out the
vote event in Knoxville; on October 23 a
get out the vote early voting event in
Nashville, meeting at Tribe at 2:30 and
take vans to Howard School to do early
voting, or meet at the Howard School at
3 p.m. Return to Tribe for happy hour;
October 26, NAPP meeting featuring
Martha Ingram and the Coalition will
provide non-partisan get-out-the vote
and where to vote information, and
finally, go vote on November 2, it is
Election Day.
Early voting begins October 13 and
ends October 26.
Taylor said the committee had set
October 23 (Saturday) as a day to encourage the GLBT community to early vote.
While plans were still under consideration at press time, she said the committee
hoped to provide transportation (probably vans) from Tribe on Church Street to
the Howard School. Updates will be provided on O&AN’s Web site,
www.outandaboutnewspaper.com. Jerry Jones can be reached at
publisher@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
NEWS
Martha Rivers Ingram to speak
at October 26 NAPP meeting
by Jerry Jones
Publisher
Martha Rivers Ingram, chairman of
Ingram Industries Inc., and the
Vanderbilt University Board of Trust,
will speak to the Nashville Association
of Professional Persons (NAPP) about
the direction of the arts in Nashville.
The meeting, set for October 26 in
the Lyric Room at the Loews Vanderbilt
Plaza, will begin at 6:30 p.m. A networking social hour begins at 5:30 p.m.
Ingram, who has just published a
book titled “Apollo’s Struggle: A
Performing Arts Odyssey in the Athens
of the South, Nashville, Tennessee”, was
tapped as a speaker by NAPP Program
Chair Christopher Sanders.
“From the Tennessee Performing Arts
Center to the future Schermerhorn
Symphony Center, Martha Ingram’s
leadership is transforming the arts in
Nashville,” Sanders said.
Ingram serves on the boards of
Ingram Micro, AmSouth
Bancorporation, and Weyerhaeuser
Company, and is a member of the advisory board of INROADS/Nashville.
Ingram is well known for her support
and contributions to the arts community and chaired the 1996 Tennessee
Bicentennial Commission. She was the
guiding force behind the creation of the
Tennessee Performing Arts Center and
has served as a board member for 21
years. A past member of the advisory
board for the Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington, DC.,
she chaired The Nashville Symphony
board from 1988 to 1991, and is currently serving again as board chair as
well as vice-chair of the campaign for
the new Schermerhorn Symphony
Center, future home of The Nashville
Symphony.
Ingram was a founder of the
Tennessee Repertory Theatre where she
serves now as a board member. She is
also currently a member of the board of
the Nashville Ballet, the Nashville
Opera Association, and the Tennessee
Performing Arts Center. She serves as a
Keyboard Member for the Vanderbilt
Blair School of Music. The Blair School
just completed over $23 million in new
and renovated facilities including the
new Martha Rivers Ingram Center for
Performing Arts.
“The publication of her new book,
Apollo’s Struggle: A Performing Arts
Odyssey in the Athens of the South
Nashville, Tennessee prompted us to
invite her to speak to the GLBT com-
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Martha Rivers Ingram, chairman of
Ingram Industries Inc., and the
Vanderbilt University Board of Trust.
munity so that we could hear firsthand
the challenges and promise for the
arts in our city,” Sanders explained.
“NAPP is committed to opening
important conversations with our
city’s top leaders.” Jerry Jones can be reached at
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(only 13 of which were chosen
from the US), the popular twofloored 3,500 sq ft “sleek and chic
converted warehouse” is located
in Nashville’s booming urban
Gulch neighborhood at 503 12th
Ave S.
Runner-ups: Tribe; Flying
Saucer
Favorite Spiritual Place –
Church of the Living
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NASHVILLE
Favorite Gay Bar –
The Chute
A few bars endure the test of
time. Starting out as a very small
bar more than 20 years ago on
Franklin Road, the Chute has
grown into a 10,000-square-foot
complex catering not only to the
leather/levi/bear crowd, but to all
groups. With a new cutting edge
drag theatre, a techno bar, piano
bar and country bar, the Chute is
a staple of Nashville’s GLBT community and provides a social spot
that is comfortable and accepting
to all.
Runner-ups: Tribe; Silver Stirrup
Favorite Lesbian Bar –
Lipstick Lounge
The Lipstick Lounge just celebrated its second successful year
in Nashville. We all know how
hard it is to run a successful lesbian bar, but Lipstick is actually
more than a lesbian bar. Voted
hippest place to hang in Nashville
(by at least one Internet poll) it is
always a good time. Owned by
Ronda, Jonda and Crista. Ro and
Jo are twin sisters who put on
their own show every Friday night
and it will undoubtedly be one of
the best times you’ll ever have.
The ladies of the Lipstick Lounge
treat everyone who comes in like
a friend, not just another customer because they really love
what they are doing. Isn’t that
what it’s all about?
Runner-ups: Tribe; Cabaret
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Favorite Straight Bar –
Bar Twenty3
Recently named one of the 30
hottest bars in the world by
Conde Nest Traveler Magazine
Church of the Living Water is a
non-denominational, charismatic
Christian church serving the spiritual needs of the GLBT community of Middle Tennessee.
According to church pastor, Tony
Sirten, the church believes in
prayer, freedom, and healing, and
seeks to be simply an open door
to all. The congregation meets at
the First Unitarian Church of
Nashville on Woodmont Blvd.
For more information contact
Linda Kennemer (889-1908) or
Tony Sirten (865-2679).
Runner-ups: St. Ann’s Episcopal;
Radnor Lake
Favorite Art Gallery and
Place for Culture –
Frist Center for the
Visual Arts
Since 2001, The Frist Center
has served Nashville with a varied
selection of art exhibits, from this
year’s European painting masterworks, titled “From El Greco to
Picasso,” to the current “Red
Grooms Creating the Carousel.”
The Frist doesn’t simply show art
that can’t be found in other
Nashville galleries (Vanderbilt’s
Fine Arts Gallery, Cheekwood,
and the Parthenon have had their
share of exciting, pivotal shows in
the past few years), but challenging the idea of a gallery as one
large room with lots of paintings
hanging on the walls, The Frist
Center presents works in a series
of mazes; there’s something new
to see each time you turn around.
And if you can’t afford to pay for
entrance into the proper gallery,
there is a large amount of the featured artist’s work hanging in the
public hallways for all to see.
Architecturally dazzling, the
Frist Center building is a very culturally stimulating place with or
without the art displayed inside.
With a gift shop that attracts
patrons to the gallery for its eclectic selection alone, and for the
most enjoyable time you’ll ever
have in a bathroom, the Frist
Center is a cultural paradise.
Favorite Bookstore,
Place to Rent Movies
& Favorite Gift Shop –
OUTLOUD!
Voted number one in three different categories, Outloud is well
deserving of these honors.
Runner-ups: Art Gallery:
Rumours; Local Color; Get
Culture: TPAC; The Parthenon
Favorite Place to Get
Away – Key West
Key West is the gay Mecca on
planet earth. Sun, water, bars,
clubs, coffee
houses, historical architecture, theatre, street
entertainment and
the continental
U.S.’s only
living coral
reef await
you and
your
friends.
Why is Key West so special?
First, there’s the weather. And
nights are always hot! Locally
owned restaurants get your
evening off to a perfect start. Bars,
clubs, coffee houses, and latenight shopping all welcome you
for the evening; dance, party, chat
and meet people from all over the
world. Key West clubs regularly
provide some of the best entertainment anywhere south of New
York City...and they’re all within
walking distance. Cars and dress
clothing are as unnecessary as
snow-shovels! Key West is the
world’s only year-round island
destination without “closet
doors.” Come out, come out,
wherever you are...and be welcome!
Runner-ups: New Orleans;
Radnor Lake
Owners Ted and Kevin have
served our community for more
than ten years. Quietly growing a
little more each year, they carry a
large selection of movies and
CDs for all gay/lesbian lifestyles
and tastes. With more than 1,500
videos to rent, it’s easy to see why
Outloud was voted Best Place to
Rent Movies.
Also voted number one gift
shop, Outloud has a wide variety
of ‘gay gifts’ for any occasion:
jewelry, candles, cards, house
wares, magnets, leather, boots and
more. It is nice to be able to give
a gift or card that you can relate
to. They also carry at least 250
magazines. This fall Outloud will
be adding a coffee shop, which
will only enhance the store further.
Runner-ups: Bookstore: Border’s;
Davis-Kidd; Movies/DVDs:
Tower; Blockbuster; Gift Shop:
Thousand Faces
Favorite Place to Dance –
The Connection
Despite being tucked away in
the industrial salt mines of
Cowan Street, The Connection’s
multi-themed consistency has
catered to the disparate groups
within Nashville’s GLBT community. With its vicarious drag
queens and Wrangler-wearing
wannabes, The Connection covers every aspect of our dance
scene.
Runner-ups: Chute; Tribe
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Favorite Piano Player –
Chris Veltrie
at the Chute
Another thing that makes the
Silver Stirrup at the Chute such a
great place to hang out is Chris
Veltrie, one of the classiest piano
players in Music City. Chris has a
fine voice and can belt out all our
favorite tunes, or he can play
beautiful accompaniment for
guest singers. Who needs karaoke
when Chris is the piano man?
Runner-ups: None. This was listed
as a “things we forgot” category.
Favorite News Anchor –
Demetria Kalodimos
With her bouffant, meticulously molded bob, fondness for multicolored hairpins and despotic
diva-dom, WSMV Channel 4
News’
Demetria
Kalodimos
lords over
her
younger,
wrinkle-free
competitors
(Victoria
Hansen,
we’re looking in your direction). A revered
broadcaster in Nashville television, Kalodimos has seen her
Botox-ed colleagues come and go,
all in the name of age-driven
focus groups. But for whatever
reason, Kalodimos remains. She’s
our shining beacon atop Knob
Hill.
Runner-ups: Neil Orne (WKRN
Channel 2); Vicki Yates
(WTVF News Channel 5)
that knows what it takes to carry
out the job I do everyday with a
sense of style and flare,” Trotter
said in a recent phone interview
with ‘O&AN.’ Coupled with a
hipper-than-thou gusto, Trotter
hypnotizes his gay following
through his succinct delivery and
sustaining credibility. But its
Trotter’s well-honed fashion sense
and seersucker-suited sex appeal
that make us swoon and seethe
with jealousy simultaneously.
Runner-ups: Brent Frazier (WKRN
Channel 2); Phil Williams
(WTVF News Channel 5)
Favorite Weather
Reporter – Charlie Neese
WTVF NewsChannel 5’s dapper meteorologist Charlie Neese is
the Robin to Ron Howes’ respective Batman. This aw-shucks boy
wonder charms
viewers with a
delectable effervescence, an
inviting temperament and a
Cliff Notes-ized
approach to the
weather. And
did we forget to mention Neese’s
sprightly good looks? With his
John Edwards-esque megawatt
smile, Mr. Neese is pure eye
candy.
Runner-ups: Lisa Patton (WKRN
Channel 2); Bill Hall
(WSMV Channel 4)
Favorite Radio Station –
WKDF
Seeing as how Nashville is the
country music capital and all, it’s
no surprise that WKDF-FM 103.3
Favorite News Reporter –
Darian Trotter
WSMV Channel 4 News’
Darian Trotter delves into pulpy
if-it-bleeds-itleads crime
sagas with the
hard-nosed
tenacity of a
corporatized
muckraker. “I
think it’s great
to be recognized by a community of people
dominated the favorite radio station category, trumping nearby
progressive competitor WRLT-FM
100.1. And with WKDF’s penchant for real-country artists alongside the mechanical Music Row
produced fluff, WKDF indulges
the closeted rockabilly in all of us.
Runner-ups: Lightning 100;
Oldies 96.3
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Favorite Radio DJ –
Connie Denell
WQQK-FM 92.1’s clucking
mother hen seems befuddled
when presented with the title of
‘Favorite Radio DJ’ for Nashville’s
GLBT community. “I didn’t
know I had a gay following,”
Denell said during a recent phone
interview with ‘O&AN.’ “But this
(title) is something else. It’s a
blessing to be honored by anyone.”
Ms. Denell’s deep-fried dose of
southern gospel runs every
Sunday morning on Nashville’s
flagship urban station, 92Q. And
with Denell’s sympathetic ear and
open-minded heart, gay listeners
have responded to this unconventional form of church in droves.
“We’re all God’s children,”
Denell explained. “I’m grateful to
all my listeners, every single one.”
Runner-ups: DJ Ron;
Jay Phelps 96.3
Favorite Newspaper –
“Out & About Newspaper”
Vocal and selective about what
they read, the Nashville gay community expects a lot from local
publications. “O&AN” has been
selected as the gay community’s
favorites newspaper, beating out
produced gay periodical for many
years.
Runner-ups: “The Tennessean”;
“The Nashville Scene”
Favorite Place to Buy
Casual Clothes –
Smack Clothing Co.
In the last few years, Nashville
has seen a number of high-end
New York style fashion houses
popping up, but for selection and
affordability, none can beat
Smack on Elliston Avenue. Most
of their shirts and pants are moderately expensive, but they’ve got
a great clearance room, and even
their newer pieces are better
priced than other one-word-name
boutiques in Nashville. Housed
between walls of brick, sheets of
tin, and large aquariums, Smack
carries lots of brands not easily
found in this area, such as Buffalo
and French Connection. So the
next time you’re itching for a shirt
that says “fcuk fashion” you’ll
know you can find it at Smack.
Runner-ups: Sherod; Gap
“The Tennessean,” “The Nashville
Scene,” “The City Paper,” and
“Xenogeny.” “O&AN” debuted in
the fall of 2002 as a monthly
newspaper designed to fill a growing need in the Nashville gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
(GLBT) community. Since then,
it has grown to provide coverage
of the GLBT community for all
of Middle and East Tennessee.
“O&AN” provides in-depth local
news coverage along with political, business, feature, sports and
entertainment stories. With more
than 2,100 subscribers, a print run
of 10,000 copies, and an estimated readership of more than
25,000, publisher Jerry Jones is
committed to providing the best
written, best looking, and best
Favorite Place to Buy
Formal Wear –
The Men’s Warehouse
Located all over Nashville, with
exceptional stores in Green Hills
near Levy’s and in the Cool
Springs Galleria upstairs near
Hecht’s, the Men’s Warehouse is
an affordable and probably most
hassle-free place to rent a tuxedo
for your next formal outing.
There is no charge for tux fittings,
even if you don’t end up renting
from them. Their measurements
are specific to the Men’s
Warehouse, but the extremely
friendly staff will undoubtedly
help you figure out how they
convert to out-of-town formal
wear shops.
Runner-ups: Levy’s; Dillard’s
Favorite Hairdresser –
Will Griffin at
Gordon & Co.
In 1976, Will, a hairdresser at
Gordon & Co., was trying to
decide what to do with his life,
hoping to find a career that
would let him express his interests
and personality. “The only way to
do that,” he said, “was to become
a nurse or florist or hairdresser.”
Inspired by the look of Diana
Ross, he chose the latter and studied at MidSouth Beauty College
in Memphis. In the 12 years he’s
been at Gordon & Co., he has
assembled a clientele of outgoing,
upscale, cutting-edge
customers–just like him! “You
tend to attract people like yourself,” Will admits. And as for
advice to those looking to get
into hairstyling, he says, “First
you have to love yourself, then
love what you do. You’ll be successful if you remember those
things.”
Runner-ups: Steve Truitt;
Mart Stovall
Favorite Special Event &
Fundraiser – Artrageous
From humble beginnings as a
cocktail party to raise money for
NashvilleCares in 1987,
Artrageous has become one of the
most highly anticipated and wellrecognized events in Nashville.
Now in its 18th year, Artrageous
has raised
more than
$2 million
for the support of
AIDS education and
services in
Middle Tennessee. A group of
Nashville’s most prominent
gallery owners began the event as
a response to the AIDS epidemic
and its devastating impact on the
arts community. In recent years,
Artrageous has been staged entirely by the volunteers of
Artrageous, Inc., a not-for-profit,
tax-exempt corporation.
Attracting a stunning mix of
glamorous partygoers from across
the nation, Artrageous has
attained near-legendary status as
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Nashville’s largest indoor charity event,
due in great part to the event’s ringleader for many years, John Bridges. It
was named the “Top Charity Event” of
1999, 2000 and 2001 by the Nashville
Scene readers poll. In 1996, Artrageous
was selected for the short list of the
South’s top parties in The Gay Manual.
In 1997, Artrageous was given the highest possible rankings from Events Report
newsletter, which reviews charity
fundraisers nationwide. The theme of
this year’s Artrageous is Show Time.
More information can be obtained by
visiting www.artrageous.net.
Runner-ups: Special Event: Pride
Festival; Zootopia; Fund Raiser:
Tramp’s Ball; Night in White.
Favorite Place for Lunch –
Jackson’s
With one of the best lunch menus
available to the harried work force,
Jackson’s in Hilsboro Village offers a
wide variety
of traditional fare and a
few unexpected surprises. The
burgers and
sandwiches
are always popular and the selection of
signature pasta dishes are both generous
and delicious. For those seeking lighter
fare there is a fine choice of salads, but
adding the odd chicken strip can elevate
the greens to a full-fledged meal. For the
full on meal Jackson’s now offers the
same great steak and seafood options
from the dinner menu at lunch.
With two bars and loads of seating
inside, Jackson’s is the perfect place for a
leisurely lunch or a grab and go. Plus,
the constant parade of folks up and
down 21st Avenue make the outdoor
patio a perfect place for people watching. Our readers don’t lie–Jackson’s is
the perfect place for lunch.
Runner-ups: Noshville Deli;
Green Hills Grille
Favorite Place to People
Watch, Go for a Drink, Go on a
First Date and have a Casual
Dinner – Tribe/RED
Since bursting on to the Nashville gay
scene more than two years ago, Tribe has
quite simply become the place to see
and be seen. With its sprawling bar and
elevated “observation deck,” it’s easy to
take a coy peek at the hottie on the bar
stool next to you or at the out-of-town
stranger across the room.
A body can work up a fierce thirst
shooting seductive glances all night
long, and Tribe’s large granite-covered
bar is the perfect spot to hitch your
wagon. Even on some of their slower
nights, you can still find almost every
stool filled with folks soaking up the
atmosphere and the alcohol.
So all that eye gazing, smiling and
playing hard-to-get has finally paid off
for you. What’s next? Well, you can take
your new-found soul mate back to the
exact spot where your love was forged
for your first official date. (Why not? If
things go sour, there are always more
people to watch and plenty of first-class
martinis to sip.) No matter where your
love may have been discovered,
Tribe/Red is an easy and comfortable
choice when deciding on a night out
together. Where else can you have a few
drinks before enjoying a fabulous dinner
with the guarantee of running into at
least one of your best friends?
“When Keith Blaydes and I opened
Tribe, we wanted to create a place that
GLBT Nashville would be proud to go
and that would feel like a welcoming
home to everyone in the community.
We are so appreciative of our customers
for voting for us, and we promise to
work hard to continue to serve our community well,” co-owner David Taylor
said.
We thank you both and are appreciative of all you’ve done to put a new face
on gay nightlife in Nashville!
Runner-ups: People Watch: Chute;
Opry Mills; Casual Dinner: Chili’s;
P.F. Chang’s; Go For a Drink:
Silver Stirrup; Chute; First Date:
Germantown Café; Nashville Symphony
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Favorite Fine Dining – Palm
Nashvillians have selected Palm, 140 5th
Avenue South, as their favorite restaurant for
fine dinning. Palm, a national chain that was
started in 1926, opened in Nashville in
December 2000. It offers exquisite meals from
36-ounce New York strips to huge lobsters,
and the occasional glimpse of a celebrity. Be
prepared to pay $40 or more for a meal, but
general manager Charlene Walker will make
sure it’s well worth it. Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling 615-742-7256.
Runner-ups: Morton’s; Red @ Tribe
Favorite Place for Dessert –
Maggie Moo’s Ice
Cream & Treatery
The ice cream is made fresh in each
“treatery” every day. And we all love the
power of choice: fruit,
nuts, or candies can be
mixed in to any flavor.
For the best available
ice cream, smoothies,
milkshakes and cakes,
visit any of the three
Nashville locations.
Runner-ups: Provence Bakery;
Melting Pot
Favorite Place to have
Coffee – Fido
Voted #1 place to have coffee, Fido is a
trendy little shop
in the Hillsboro
Village District.
Quite often
packed with students and young
urban professionals, you’ll find a fantastic selection of coffees
and other treats.
Runner-ups: Café Coco; Bongo Java
Favorite Bartender –
Timmy at the Chute
When you step into the Silver Stirrup, the
piano bar at the Chute Complex, you notice a
lot of familiar faces.
This is your neighborhood bar, the place
you want to go after
work to get a cocktail
and relax. And who
better to serve it than
Timmy. He always
knows how to fix your favorite drink just the
way you like it. Timmy does more than just
tend bar, he knows how to make you feel right
at home.
Runner-ups: Loy Carney (Tribe);
Steve Dutton (Tribe)
Bianca Paige
Heyyy! The unquestioned
superstar of Nashville’s
female impersonators, Paige –
a/k/a Mark Middleton –
leaves them all behind, and
the rest of us in stitches (if
not awe), five nights a week
at the Chute, and three times
a week behind the counter at OutLoud!
Runner-ups: Chyna;
Nicole Ellington Duprée
Favorite Florist –
Flower Express
Flower Express has served the Nashville area
since 1984. From their three locations in Belle
Meade, Rivergate, and Hendersonville, Flower
Express’ terrific staff works hard to keep these
communities stocked with fresh flowers and
floral arrangements for any occasion.
Runner-ups: Emma’s; Branches (Mark Webber)
Favorite Real Estate Agent –
Dean Hammons
Dean Hammons is an artist. Dean
Hammons is a corporate executive. Dean
Hammons is a real estate agent who strives to
inspire and delight his clients with the home
of their dreams. Working
with Bob Parks Realty in
Franklin, Dean combines
the unique sensibilities of
an accomplished graphic
artist with the pragmatism
of an experienced corporate
executive to deliver the
level of customer driven
service his clients have come to expect. These
and many other qualities have led to Dean
Hammons being picked by our readers as their
favorite Real Estate Agent.
Runner-ups: Sheila Bernard; Keith Merrill
Favorite Waiter – Doug Livingston
This guy takes care of you better than your
momma ever did! Go to Green Hills Grille
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and think you’re just going out to eat? Not
so when Doug is your waiter. Impeccable
service, attention to detail, endless energy
and a great smile, he’s got it all. Ask for
him by name. He’ll take care of you.
Favorite Car Dealer – CarMax
CarMax is the nation’s leading specialty
retailer of used cars. With headquarters in
Richmond, Virginia, CarMax operates 55
Runner-ups: None. This was listed as a
“things we forgot” category.
Runner-ups: John Kerry; Chris Ferrell
Favorite Liquor Store –
Nashville Wine & Spirits
This is not just a place to go when you
need to restock. This is the place to go
when you need the perfect wine to go with
those Porter House steaks, a huge variety
of liquors to impress your beer-drinking
friends and advice on what makes this
vodka better than that one. Always ready
to help, the folks at Nashville Wine &
Spirits know their business and serve it up
with a smile. The olives, though, you’ll
have to get someplace else.
Runner-ups: None. This was listed as a
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Legal Defense and Education Fund. Since
1979 Rubenfeld has called Nashville
home.
Runner-ups: Sheila Barnard (Kelly Can
Realty); Ronda/Jonda (Lipstick Lounge)
Favorite Businessman –
Clay Isaacs
Favorite Politician –
Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen, Mayor of Nashville from
1991-99 and current Governor of
Tennessee, has bridged the seeming insurmountable gap between the state’s
Republicans and
Democrats. While
he is a Democrat,
his effective use of
the skills honed as
an exceptionally
successful entrepreneur and executive to bring fiscal responsibility
to the sometimes
overblown programs of government have won him
admirers amongst both parties. None of
this is nearly as impressive as the fact that
the Governor is a Yankee — raised in
Upstate New York and Harvard educated
no less. That he has been able to bridge
that gap may be his most impressive feat
of all. Community involvement, progressive politics and an un-nerving ability to
wade the minutia of complex programs
and policies, all while making Nashville
and now Tennessee a better place for all
are among the many reasons our readers
choose Phil Bredesen as their favorite
Political figure.
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used car superstores in 26 markets.
CarMax also operates 11 new car franchises. A whopping 93 percent of their customers would recommend CarMax to a
friend when purchasing a vehicle.
CarMax is also committed to respecting
the unique attributes of its associates, customers and vendors. These attributes
include age, race, color, gender, disability,
sexual orientation, religious affiliation,
national origin, marital and citizenship status. Consistent with this commitment,
CarMax does not tolerate discrimination
of any kind.
Way to go CarMax.
LUMEN owner Clay Isaacs garnered the
victory in this category. Lumen Lamps and
Shades, located at 73 White Bridge Road in
Nashville, was opened in April 2002.
“I’m just so surprised,” said Isaacs.
He’s lived in Nashville since he graduated from Vanderbilt in 1984. He worked in
“the securities business, I traded taxable
bonds for a few years,” he said.
A former board member of Nashville
CARES, Isaacs has been involved with
Artrageous since its inception.
Runner-ups: David Taylor (Tribe); Jay Kill
(Way Station Deli and Catering)
Runner-ups: Beaman; Jim Reed
Favorite Place to Buy Home
Accessories – Home Depot
[Since we’ve all heard them before, we’ll
refrain from the obvious “homo” references on this one.]
The Home Depot was founded in 1978
in Atlanta, Ga., and has since become the
world’s largest home improvement retailer,
operating more than 1,700 stores (Home
Depot, EXPO, and other subsidiary companies) across North America. Home
Depot has been credited with having revolutionized the home improvement industry by offering an unparalleled selection of
products and services under one roof.
Their stores stock up to 40,000 different
kinds of building materials and lawn and
garden products.
The Home Depot currently operates in
all 50 states, the District of Columbia,
eight Canadian provinces, Mexico and
China.
Runner-up: Metropolitan Deluxe
Favorite Businesswoman –
Abby Rubenfeld
Nashville’s most prominent GLBT attorney. A simple Internet search of her name
presents an abundance of articles regarding
the Nashville GLBT community’s most
ubiquitous attorney, dating back to 1986
when she was legal director of the Lambda
Favorite Nashvillian – Abby Rubenfeld
In addition to being Nashville’s
highest profile gay rights attorneys (as
well as “Out & About Newspaper’s”
Favorite lesbian businesswoman),
Abby R. Rubenfeld serves on the
Board of Directors of the Human
Rights Campaign, is also currently a
member of the Board of Directors of
the ACLU of Tennessee, and an
Adjunct Professor at the Vanderbilt
University Law School in Nashville,
teaching a course on Sexual
Orientation and the Law. In 1996,
she was successful in a four-year
effort to overturn the Tennessee
statute that criminalized private same
sex consensual adult sexual behavior,
receiving the 1996 Bill of Rights
Award from the ACLU of Tennessee.
Ms. Rubenfeld received a J.D. from
Boston University School of Law in
1979, where she helped create the Boston University Gay and Lesbian Law
Association. She was a Princeton undergraduate, where she lettered in basketball
and crew and was the first woman elected as a class president in more than 225
years of Princeton history. She has two daughters, ages thirteen and nine years old.
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Favorite Straight Bar –
Michael’s
Michael’s has full service fine
dining in a casual atmosphere
with reasonable pricing. The location is on Kingston Pike within
one mile of West Town Mall and
several major hotels. Dinner is
served from 4 p.m. to midnight,
with lighter fare until 2 a.m.
Entertainment, music, dancing
and your favorite libations are
offered in the club until 3 a.m.
seven days a week. Parties of up
to 100 are welcome with private
rooms available for banquets.
Runner-ups: Cotton Eyed Joe’s;
Mouse’s Ear West
KNOXVILLE
Favorite Gay Bar, Drinks,
Lunch Spot, and Drag
Show – The New
Rainbow Club West
Located in a popular Kingston
Pike location, the New Rainbow
Club West provides an inviting
atmosphere along with friendly
service for bar patrons looking for
space to meet with friends. Pool
tables, good times, and alluring
stage performances spell a great
time for those who frequent this
popular nightspot. Our readers
also enjoy their Rainbow Café as
a favorite for lunch. Open seven
days a week for your entertain-
ment pleasure. Join the Rainbow
Divas for a good time in a supportive, friendly space.
Runner-ups: Kurt’s; Cha Cha’s
Favorite Lesbian Bar –
Kurt’s
Conveniently located on
Homberg Place off Kingston Pike
near the Sequoyah Hills area and
UT campus, Kurt’s offers a neighborhood “Cheers” atmosphere
along with great drinks, great
food, and hospitality to bar-goers
looking for a relaxed environment
for a get-together with friends.
Whether indoor or outside on the
heated patio, Kurt’s is a favorite
with the grrls. Generous, welllighted parking and mobile security add to the reasons why the
womyn flock to Kurt’s.
Runner-ups: None
Favorite Spiritual Place –
Metropolitan Community
Church Knoxville
MCC Knoxville is an inclusive
Christian Church welcoming all
LGBT identities, supportive peo-
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ple and families with additional outreach in
Cookeville, Tenn. Rev. Bob Galloway’s
congregation is growing and forming
groups for social activities and spiritual
growth. A library of tapes, books and other
publications is available along with information about Knoxville events in the newsletter and weekly bulletin. MCC is located
about 2 miles south of West Town Mall and
has off-street parking. For directions, please
call (865) 531-2539. Services are on Sunday
at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Runner-up: Green Earth Emporium
Favorite Art gallery –
Backroom Gallery
Just across from the Lawson-McGhee
Library downtown, this Church Street shop
began as a backroom addendum to an
insurance business. The art is now front and
center in the Backroom Gallery, home to
the works of more than 30 area artists in
media ranging from traditional wall art to
sculpture and ceramics. Store hours reflect
library hours throughout the holiday shopping season.
Runner-ups: Bennett Gallery;
Franklin Gallery
Favorite Place to Getaway –
Biltmore House
Readers chose Asheville and the Blue
Ridge as the setting for their favorite getaway. The Biltmore Estate with America’s
largest home, award winning winery, four
star inn, and beautiful grounds and gardens
is the perfect
place for a
peaceful
respite from
the bustle of
everyday life.
Experts in art,
architecture,
agriculture, horticulture, furniture, history,
and many other areas work diligently to
ensure that the Biltmore experience is both
pleasurable and memorable. From their
French winemaker to their opera-singing
host, the Biltmore is America’s premier
estate.
Runner-ups: Timberfell Lodge;
New Orleans
Favorite Movie/DVD Store –
Best Buy
Best Buy carries a wide array of movie
titles in-house, as well as a list of coming
releases. Through their partnership with
Netflix, they also offer an easy way to rent
an unlimited number of movies for a
$21.95-per-month membership fee.
Runner-ups: McKay’s; Border’s
Favorite Gift shop – Whisper’s
Located in pretty Fountain City at 3802
Essary Road, Whisper’s is a shop for
naughty or nice patrons year round.
Whether your taste runs to vanilla or
leather, you will find something at this
sweet shop. Gay-friendly complete with gay
staff, this shop is a must see for anyone
with girlfriends of any gender on their shopping list. The variety is astounding ranging
from lingerie and costumes to massage oils
and accessories of every description in an
inviting atmosphere. It’s a favorite with
folks of all descriptions!
Runner-ups: Green Earth Emporium;
Kirkland’s
Favorite Place to Dance –
The Carousel II
One of the longest running show bars in
the entire Southeast, the Carousel II is
home to Knoxville’s favorite dance floor.
The stellar show cast includes many of the
area’s finest female impersonators. Show
Director Champale Denise produces a consistently glittering show five nights a week.
See for yourself how the dance floor comes
alive late night as area partygoers boogie to
the tunes they love.
Runner-ups: The New Rainbow Club West;
Fiction
Favorite News Anchor –
Robin Wilhoit
Perky yet professional, Robin Wilhoit has
graced Knox area television screens since
she first began with WBIR-TV several years
ago as a news
reporter. Her enthusiasm emanates across
the airwaves as she
brings us the news of
the day and information about Buddy
Check 10, a breast
cancer education and
awareness program
co-sponsored by
Channel 10 and Baptist Regional Health
Systems. Robin is often seen at major com-
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Val’s Voice
by Val Burke
Social Writer
Photo by Brent Meredith
Went to the Lipstick Lounge Second
Anniversary Party. It was FANTASTIC! The
band was excellent as usual. They had a cake
and prizes for people that could answer their
‘millionaire questions’, such as, who has not
seen Jonda’s breasts...well that was an easy
answer, ‘No ONE!’ Or, how long did it take,
to get a drink the first night they opened, to
which Ja answered, she IS STILL WAITING!!
Ronda gave a package of Depends (that she
‘claimed’ were Jonda’s) to LaWanna for
answering correctly. Of course, it wasn’t long
before Steff Mahan was cutting a mean rug
around the dance floor in one of those things
(looking very similar to Baby Huey)
Colleen McFarland opened the show again
this year with a song she wrote for Lipstick
named appropriately enough, ‘The Lipstick
Lounge’. She has an awesome voice, if you
have the chance you should check her out.
Then Ro/Jo and Company took to the stage
Val Burke can be reached at
val@outandaboutnashville.com.
Photo by Brent Meredith
Members of the panel panel discussion “Relationship Recognition: At
Home, At Work, In the Community” held at the Belcourt Theatre in
Nashville included (left to right) Hedy Weinberg, Ken Choe, Seth Kilbourn,
John Seigenthaler (moderator), Tricia Gardner (from the Vanderbilt
University Office for GLBT Life; not part of the panel) and Reverend
“Sonnye” Dixon, Jr. The event was sponsored by the ACLU-TN, HRC, TEP
and the Vanderbilt University Office for GLBT Life.
and they were fantastic as usual. They have
added to their repertoire the song ‘Redneck
Woman’, which to me has never sounded
better. What could be better than to hear a
whole bar of lesbians and then some...yelling
‘HELL YEAH’!? You see my point now,
don’t you?
It’s easy to see why Lipstick was named,
‘Best Lesbian Bar’ in Nashville. It matters
NOT that it is the ONLY Lesbian bar in
Nashville does it? Hey, just getting lesbians to
come out to a bar is a task in itself, maybe I
should say, ‘settled lesbians’. We all know
that if she shows back up after a couple of
months, she must be single again, right? Just
a little ‘U-Haul humor’ for you.
Also, caught the play ‘Nunsense’ which
actually gave me a whole new meaning to the
word sisters! I didn’t realize they were talking
about NUNS! See how religious I have been
all these years, right? It was a cute production
though. What else can you say about nuns?
Ok, well that’s it till next time....
take care. Photo by Brent Meredith
‘O&AN’, TPAC & TRIBE want
to send YOU to the show
...for FREE!
Photo by Mike Robinson
“O&AN,” TPAC & Tribe “Mamma Mia” contest winners. Front row:
Sue Gibson, Mary Ann Roth and Mat Walker (green shirt) Back row:
Rhonda Linginfelter, Amy Fisher, Mark Colver, David Chontofalsky
and Dewey Hunt.
Bianca Paige dons Dorothy
apparel during the Tramp’s
Ball at the Chute. The event’s
theme for the night was
“Emerald City.”
October 26 — 31, Andrew Jackson Hall
www.tpac.org
Enter to win tickets to the opening night show on Tuesday,
October 26! Go to www.outandaboutnewspaper.com for
complete instruction and to register to win.
Don’t miss your opportunity to see this GREAT show!
Shabby Chic opened its doors on
September 26. This art gallery/furniture store is one of many new
businesses in East Nashville.
Photo by Mike Robinson
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday
8:00 p.m. Friday
2:00 & 8:00 p.m. Saturday
2:00 & 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Photo by Jennifer Duncan
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC)
The Music City Bears set up a game booth at the Tramp’s Ball to contribute to the fun and fundraising. Pictured left to right: Michael West,
Bob Davidson, Mike Davis, Eric Nance, Tony Sullivan and Will Prater.
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munity events such as the last election’s
gubernatorial debates functioning as panelist
or mistress of ceremony. She is a definite
asset to our community.
insight on local news, and the in-depth features that are the meat and potatoes of the
publication. Available in numerous locations, this publication is free of charge.
Runner-ups: Ted Hall; Lori Tucker
Runner-ups: “Knoxville News-Sentinel”;
“Out and About Newspaper”
Favorite News Reporter –
Beth Maples-Bays
When you want to be taken to different
cultures, times and historical GLBT events, look no
farther than our own Beth
Maples-Bays. Bays is Out
& About’s East Tennessee
Bureau Chief, and a
respected leader and
activist for Knoxville’s GLBT community.
Runner-ups: None
Favorite DJ – Delilah
Delilah has been a fixture of Knoxville’s
radio audience for years! A
quote from her Web site
reads, “Today, my show
isn’t on a 5,000-watt daytime AM station, but the
thrill of the microphone
hasn’t disappeared. Radio
is still my first love.” Delilah’s voice has
brought much comfort to
lovers and heart-broken
souls throughout the years.
Listen to her on WJXB FM
97.5 Wednesday and
Sunday evenings from 7
p.m. to midnight.
Runner-ups: Mancow;
Phil Williams
Favorite Newspaper
– “Metropulse”
Since 1991, the
“Metropulse,” Knoxville’s
urban weekly, has been
credited with creativity and
a refreshing variety of viewpoints on topics ranging
from food and entertainment, urban renewal,
Favorite Casual Clothing –
Fashion Cents & Planet Xchange
Upbeat and trendy, Fashion Cents in the
Broadway Shopping Center caters to the
hip-hop crowd by providing current fashions at a reasonable price. Managed by a
lovely lady named Cassandra, the shop
offers both misses and plus size fashions
along with accessories for every outfit. Wide
selection and convenient location make this
a definite stop on any shopping spree.
Cleaning out the closet? Need a little
extra cash? Take your used battered blues to
Planet Xchange for a swap or cash! Located
on the corner of Downtown West Blvd. and
Kingston Pike.
Runner-ups: Buckle; Hot Topic
Favorite Men’s Formal Wear –
Brooks Brothers
Brooks Brothers Clothing offers clothing
for the entire family with two locations to
serve the East Tennessee area. Locations
include West Town Mall in Knoxville, and
Tanger Outlet Center in Sevierville. Brooks
Brothers also offers an extensive collection
at www.BrooksBrothers.com.
Runner-ups: Caché; Bella Boutique
Favorite Hairdresser –
Ethan Brewer
Ethan Brewer, co-owner of hairpeace
salon brings Madison Avenue style to
Knoxville. Brewer practiced on Madison
Avenue in New York City for three of his 16
years career. Visit Ethan at hairpeace at
5309B Kingston Pike, but you should make
an appointment first by calling 865-5887333.
Runner-ups: Heath Potter; Carl Ridenour
Favorite Special Event –
Knox-stalgia Heritage Night 2004
Knoxville’s first public showing of the
insightful documentary “Radical
Harmonies,” chronicling the women’s music
movement of the 1970s, led the lineup as
Knox-stalgia Heritage Night 2004, celebrated
at the Candy Factory, looked back on those
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who have “gone before.” A local panel of
elders including politicians, drag kings and
other local past and present GLBT leaders
presented historic nuggets of local history. A
poster collection depicting past and present
bars adorned the walls giving a visual
glimpse into our past.
Runner-ups: Miss Gay Knoxville Pageant;
Rainbow Cotillion
Favorite Fundraiser –
Children’s Miracle Network
Children’s Miracle Network, an alliance
of more than 170 pediatric specialty hospitals, provides
care, research,
and community
outreach to children across
North America.
They assist with
myriad health problems from asthma and
broken bones to cancer, sickle cell anemia,
pediatric AIDS, muscular dystrophy and
serious injuries. These premier children’s
hospitals work with media partners and corporate volunteer to promote children’s
health in our communities. Their Web site
is located at www.cmn.org.
tion about The Clarence Brown Theatre,
and their 30-year anniversary celebration at
www.clarencebrowntheatre.org or by calling
865-974-5164.
Runner-ups: None
Favorite Place to People Watch –
West Town Mall
Conveniently located off I-40 at Exit 380,
West Town Mall offers the ultimate shopping experience. West Town has approximately 150 stores, 36 of which are exclusive
to the Knoxville market. Find that perfect
gift for a friend or a special indulgence for
yourself, or satisfy your hunger with more
than 20 different restaurants.
Runner-ups: Tyson Park; West Knox News
Favorite Place for Casual Dining –
Chili’s Grill & Bar
This restaurant has four convenient locations in the Knoxville area. On the go or
planning a party, just give Chili’s a call. This
family oriented restaurant offers mixed grill
American favorites. In fact, they have something for everyone, which is why many feel
it deserves the Casual Dining honor.
Runner-up: Rainbow Cotillion
Runner-ups: Macaroni Grill; P. F. Chang’s
Favorite First Date – Knoxville
Museum of Art and
Clarence Brown Theater
Favorite Place for Fine Dining –
Cha-Cha’s Restaurant & Bar
Since its relocation in 1987 to World’s
Fair Park, the Knoxville Museum of Art has
offered compelling works. The most recent
offering is “Designs for East Tennessee” by
Maya Lin, designer of “The Women’s
Table” at Yale University. Current showings
include the works of Michael Readecker,
finalist for the Turner Prize in England, the
KMA’s permanent collection showing contemporary works on paper, and breathtaking
paintings. Located at 1050 Worlds Fair Park
and online at www.knoxart.org, the KMA is
sure to bring substance to a date or cultural
endeavor.
The Clarence Brown Theatre on UT’s
Knoxville campus offers educational outreach, student matinee performances, back
stage tours, career education programs, inschool artist residences, workshops, and discussion groups for teachers and the entire
community. You may find more informa-
Cha-Cha’s offers diners a warm friendly
hospitality and their famous campechana
(seafood) and Super Lechon (roasted pork).
The menu also features favorite classics and
modern adaptations to a culinary tradition
that has made Mexico a favorite culinary
destination. Cha-Cha’s promotes itself as a
safe haven from fast food restaurant chains.
Conveniently located off Kingston Pike
near Homberg Place.
Runner-ups: The Melting Pot;
The Copper Cellar
Favorite Place for Dessert –
The Melting Pot
The Melting Pot Restaurant, located at
111 N. Central Avenue, is best known for
its chocolate fondues dipped in many
favorite toppings such as strawberries,
pineapple,
banana, and
more. For
the chocolate
lover, this is
the place to
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go for a wonderfully unique dessert experience.
Runner-ups: The Marble Slab; Macaroni Grill
Favorite Masseuse –
Alice Powers
Whether on the go or just wanting a
relaxing cup of coffee, Starbucks has what
you want. Using the finest blends of coffee,
they are ready to make one of their many
special combinations to fit your taste.
Starbucks is a haven for coffee lovers!
Alice Powers, Licensed Massage
Therapist affiliated with Gold Medal Sports
and Pregnancy Massage
Associates, has practiced
in the Knoxville area for
two years. Specializing
in pregnancy and labor
massage in addition to
deep tissue massage,
Alice’s contact information can be found
online at www.coremassage.com.
Runner-ups: None
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Favorite Weather Person Todd Howell
A beautiful smile and a soft-spoken word
belie her description as the “notorious”
Lady Geneva.
Crowned Miss Gay
Knoxville 2003, she
wows her fans at
the New Rainbow
Club West. Catch
her show three
times each week as
the Rainbow Divas
captivate Knoxville
audiences with their glamorous performances.
Todd Howell grew
up in Gaffney, South
Carolina, Home of
the Peach. Despite a
love of weather dating back to his elementary school days,
Todd studied business
administration and
marketing at
University of Georgia, Athens, receiving his
degree in 1987. Three years later, after working in computer sales, Todd decided to pursue a career in what he loved-weather. He
returned to school at Mississippi State
University and, in May 1993, received his
Masters degree in geo-science, in the
Broadcast Meteorology program. Todd
resides in Knoxville with his wife, Leigh,
and their sons, Walker, Davis, Nolan and
Stewart.
Favorite Place for Coffee –
Starbucks
Runner-up: Malea Monroe
Favorite Florist –
Crouch’s Florist
Crouch’s, a family-owned business located in the Knoxville area for 135 years,
offers five area locations serving Knoxville
residents, churches, hospitals and funeral
homes with several routine daily deliveries.
Listed as a Top 100 FTD florist, they service both individual and large commercial
needs. Gourmet, fruit, and bath baskets are
also available.
Runner-ups: None
Favorite Politician –
Lamar Alexander
Charles is with the West Knoxville office
of Coldwell Banker and looks
forward to serving the community as he has since 1974.
“Please extend my thanks to
our supportive customers for
the recognition as your
favorite realtor,” Charles said.
In 1978 Lamar Alexander walked across
the state of Tennessee wearing what became
his signature, a red
and black lumberjackstyle shirt. Alexander
served as governor to
Tennessee from 1979
to 1987. This Blount
county native ran for
President in 1996 and
2000. He also
worked as a staffer
under former President Richard Nixon,
Secretary of Education under Bush the
Elder, and more recently was President of
the University of Tennessee.
Runner-ups: None
Runner-up: Phil Bredesen
Runner-ups: Petree’s; Powell Florist
Favorite Realtor –
Charles Blankenship
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Favorite Car dealer –
Classy Motors
Classy Motors is your choice for preowned vehicles! Classy provides financing on pre-owned cars, trucks, vans,
SUVs, and sports vehicles for all types
of credit. Located at 5929 Clinton
Hwy. in Knoxville, this dealership is
well known to our community and
very gay-friendly. Reach them by
phone at 865-688-5004.
Runner-ups: CarMax; Frontier Motors
Favorite Bookstore –
Borders Books Music & Café
Located at 202 Morrel Road, this
store offers bookstore charm and a hip
music mentality to create Borders. The
wide range of subjects from science fiction to Eastern philosophy keeps both
browsers and buyers happy. Borders is
a step beyond other shopping-mall
bookstores. Their book readings, musical performances and in-store cafes
make for a smart, urban atmosphere.
Runner-ups: McKay’s; West Knox News
Favorite Home Accessories
– Carolina Pottery
sure. But you’ll also find aisles and
aisles of flatware, cutlery, bedding, floral designs, yard art, mirrors, ceramics…you get the picture. Oh, and they
have framed pictures, too. You could
easily find yourself (or lose yourself)
spending hours choosing accessories
for every room in your home. But be
sure to wear comfortable shoes, this
cavernous building has so much stuff
you’ll be walking a long time. The bargains are worth the walk.
Runner-ups: Pier One; Kirkland’s
Favorite Businesswoman –
Jaime Combs-Lewis
Lovely Jaime Combs-Lewis has been
a Certified Hair Designer at Designer’s
Touch in
Maryville for the
last four years.
She is a certified
Helix Designer, a
haircutting system
that increases hair
volume and curl.
She is available
afternoons and evenings by appointment. Jaime lives with her partner,
Carla Lewis, in their recently purchased
home in the Allenbrook subdivision.
Runner-up: Marlene Lane
It’s got tons of great pottery items,
Favorite Businessman –
Will Pappas
Beloved club owner Will Pappas,
selected as Knoxville’s favorite businessman, co-owns and manages the
New Rainbow
Club West on
Kingston Pike.
He and his partner, Martin,
provide quality
entertainment
and a friendly
atmosphere for
their patrons.
Will is an East Tennessee native, and
his traditional southern charm and hospitality reflect his heritage.
Runner-ups: Jason McClure;
Jonathan Taylor
Favorite
Knoxvillian –
Ashley O’Neal
Multitalented, gracious and
dedicated sum up the versatile
Ashley O’Neal. Whether organizing activists, performing at the
Carousel II, or networking with
peers, Ashley stands head and shoulders
above the rest with regard to commitment
and perseverance. Recent
efforts include
a major role in
the formation
of Equality
Knoxville along
with steps
toward increasing the GLBT
voice in important issues of
the day in the
mainstream
community
along with
voter registration and other worthwhile
accomplishments. Ashley’s notable performance on the Knoxville scene deserves this
recognition.
Runner-ups: Jonathan Taylor;
The Lady Geneva
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Elizabeth Birch to speak at December Gayla
for Chattanooga CARES
by Jennie Gritton
News Writer
Serving 23 counties in Tennessee,
Chattanooga CARES offers a wide spectrum of services focusing primarily on
AIDS and AIDS prevention. Organized in
1986, Cares employs 13 staff members and
also uses over 200 trained volunteers.
Offering programs free of charge such as
AIDS 101, Safer Sex Workshop, and peer
education, CARES believes that prevention
education is the #1 tool for fighting HIV
infection. Along with prevention education,
CARES offers numerous services to persons
living with HIV/AIDS. Such services
include mental health counseling, adherence counseling, nutritional services, transportation, and emergency services. In
December
2003, CARES opened a primary care
clinic, which exclusively treats HIV infected
persons. Currently serving 287 patients, the
clinic offers complete physicals, pap smears,
acute and chronic health care, education,
immunizations, laboratory testing, referrals,
consultations, EKGs and spirometry.
Chattanooga CARES, which received its
non-profit status in 1988, draws much of
it’s funding from federal and state grants. In
addition to grants, CARES has a few annual fundraisers. Gayla is the next fundraiser,
which is scheduled for Friday, December
3rd. Gayla is a formal dinner event with
speakers and entertainment. This year will
be particularly exciting because of the guest
speaker, Elizabeth Birch who was the executive
director of the Human Rights Campaign
from January 1995 until January 2004.
When discussing the exciting news, Nicole
Bellenfant, vice president of community
affairs for Chattanooga CARES said, “when
I booked Elizabeth Birch my agent told me,
‘Beg, steal, borrow, do whatever you have
to do to book Elizabeth, her speeches are
nothing less than inspiring. We are also very
cautions about how we market this event,
so everyone feels comfortable to come out
to the event.”
As organizations such as CARES continue to battle AIDS, there is a growing threat
of the Bush administration’s abstinence
only sex education programs which is slow-
ly replacing current sex education in our
public schools. If the administration is successful, organizations such as CARES will
have many more issues to address.
In 2002, the Center for Disease Control
reported 886,575 AIDS cases with 501,669
deaths. The Henry J Kaiser Foundation
reported that same year that Tennessee
ranked tenth in HIV cases with 6,610 and
twenty-first in AIDS cases with 9,872.
Chattanooga CARES combats this threatening epidemic with prevention education
and support services.
Chattanooga CARES provides education
services to the following 23 counties in
Tennessee: White, Marion, Hamilton,
Bradley, Polk, Grundy, Sequatchie, Meigs,
McMinn, Warren, Bledsoe, Rhea, Van
Buren, Cumberland, Dekalb, Putnam,
Jackson, Macon, Overton, Clay, Pickett,
Smith, and Fentress.
Tickets for Gayla can be purchased by
calling Chattanooga CARES at 423-6489910. For more information, visit
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Local Presbyterians plan retreat to discuss issues of inclusion
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by Don Schlosser
Photo provided
News Writer
As Methodists continue to recover from a divisive General
Conference in which conservative elements threatened to
divide the denomination, and
as Episcopalians continue to
wrestle to keep their church
together after the ordination
of their first openly gay bishop, Presbyterians are struggling
to preserve their unity as they
face the issue of inclusion of
GLBT persons of faith.
The movement for inclusion is known as More Light
Presbyterians, comprised of
individuals and congregations who, according to the
National Field Organizer,
group’s
mission statement,
Michael Adee
work for the “full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of faith
in the life, ministry and witness of the Presbyterian Church
(USA),” the largest of all American Presbyterian groups with
more an 2.5 million members.
The local chapter of More Light Presbyterians, under the
leadership of Trice Gibbons, has invited the National Field
Organizer, Michael Adee, to Nashville for a one-day retreat
to challenge area GLBT members of the Presbyterian
Church (USA) to “own the issues,” according to Gibbons.
“Local Presbyterian churches were virtually silent during
the Metro Council’s employment non-discrimination
debate,” says Gibbons. “Whereas members of other mainline denominations like the United Methodists and
Episcopal churches participated in the demonstration outside of council chambers in support of the-discrimination
measures. One of our goals is to foster a sense of responsibility and a call to action.”
Michael Adee has been working in the GLBT community
and the HIV-AIDS Community since 1988. A noted speaker and teacher, Michael has spoken at hundreds of national,
regional and local conferences and meetings, on college
campuses and in communities of faith across the country.
According to the website, “He weaves insight, compassion
and humor into his presentations.”
Adee will also be preaching at the Second Presbyterian
Church, 3511 Belmont Boulevard in Green Hills, on
Sunday morning, October 24.
In conjunction with Adee’s appearance at the Second
Presbyterian Church, the church will host a “Shower of
Stoles,” one hundred stoles from a collection of close to 900
liturgical stoles from gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
people of faith from 18 denominations across North
America. Like panels of the AIDS Quilt, each stole contains
the story of a GLBT person who has been barred from serving the church openly. The Shower of Stoles Project began
in the Presbyterian Church in 1995; Presbyterians continue
to represent the largest number of stoles in the collection.
The community is welcome to see the exhibit of stoles in
the sanctuary of the church from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday afternoon, October 24 and to view the 30-minute
explanatory video, “So Great a Cloud of Witnesses, “ which
will play continuously.
For information about these events or the local chapter of
More Light Presbyterians, contact Trice Gibbons at
MLPinMidTN@yahoo.com. Don Schlosser can be reached at
dschlosser@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
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Kentucky GLBT newspaper gets new owner, editor;
DiverstiyBuilder adds new providers
by Jerry Jones
Publisher
Kentucky’s GLBT newspaper “The
Letter” has been sold to an anonymous
owner for an undisclosed price, marking
yet another interesting turn in the newspaper’s history.
“The Letter” was sold in September by
owner David Williams and Phoenix Hill
Enterprises, Inc. to Atta Girl Productions,
Inc. “The Letter” is a monthly GLBT publication that can be found in regional metropolitan areas, including Lexington,
Cincinnati, and Indianapolis. It has been
owned and operated by Williams since
1994, who served as editor. “The Letter”
published its first issue in June 1990, and
has a circulation of 6,500.
It marks the second time in as many
years that ownership has changed hands
for “The Letter”. In May 2003, Jason
Smith, the 23-year-old owner and president
of RJS Communications LLC, took over as
owner and editor of “The Letter”, but that
was short lived as Williams’s wrestled control back from Smith, after disputes over
payment for the newspaper.
Jeffrey Goldsmith and Dave VanderPol
have been named co-managers of the
paper. Goldsmith will focus on advertising
and business, with VanderPol assuming the
title of managing editor.
“My main focus is editing, writing and
producing the paper and keeping our website updated,” VanderPol said.
VanderPol was named news editor of
“The Letter” in August 2003. He has served
as webmaster, ad salesman and in other
capacities since April 1998. Among
VanderPol’s accomplishments over the past
year is the creation of several new popular
features, including the “out in the community” photo gallery and a centralized
regional calendar. He has worked to develop a diverse pool of writing talent to repre-
sent a cross-section of the GLBT community. This past spring he was able to guide
the paper from printing in spot color to
full color.
Williams said he will stay on with “The
Letter” as copy editor, news writer, columnist, community liaison, and part-time distributor. He said he decided to sell the
paper so he could concentrate on his painting career.
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NGLFF at the Belcourt Offers Wide
Variety of Choices For Filmgoers
by F. Daniel Kent
A&E Editor
For the second year in a row, the historic Belcourt
Theatre in Hillsboro Village will be hosting the
Nashville Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The Belcourt
held the first Nashville Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
in September 2003 as part of its mission to provide a
venue for cultural events for the Middle Tennessee
community. The three-day festival exceeded attendance expectations and encouraged the theatre management to continue the festival as an annual event.
The second festival will be bigger and better and is
scheduled from Thursday, October 21, to Sunday,
October 24, 2004. This year’s festival will not only
include more films but also more special events related to the films. To achieve this expansion, the festival’s budget will be larger, and the need for sponsorships more critical. The festival programming team
numbers five lesbians and gay men from Nashville,
includes a Vanderbilt student, and is led by Jim
Williams, a professor at MTSU. The programming
team has already received many entries and expressions of interest from filmmakers in the United States,
Canada, Europe, and Africa.
“The Nashville Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is
small by comparison to other
more established festivals,”
Williams admits, “but I can
honestly say that what we have
to offer this year is truly some
of the cream of the crop in gay
& lesbian films from this year.”
The following is a synopsis
of some of this year’s more
notable offerings:
“Eating Out”
The Opening Night Gala of
this year’s festival, “Eating Out”
is director Q. Allan Brocka’s
quirky teen sex comedy follow-
thwarted when Gwen decides that Caleb would be the
perfect catch for her own gay roommate, Marc — the
object of Kyle’s affection. Caleb is faced with a confusing
proposition. Gwen wonders if she’ll ever find a straight
guy. Marc can’t tell why the new guy is so hot and cold.
And Kyle watches the two loves of his life leave him
behind. Despite some truly painful moments (witness
the awkward “phone sex” scene) and dialogue that seems
to try too hard at times, “Eating Out” is an enjoyable
romp through hetero and homosexual horndoggery.
“Raspberry Reich”
Perhaps the most unique and potentially controversial film at this year’s festival, “Raspberry Reich” is a
porno-political cage rattler that is sure to raise more
than just a few eyebrows. Veteran renegade filmmaker
and celebrated provocateur Bruce LaBruce (“No Skin
Off My Ass,” “Super 8 ?,” “Come As You Are”) has
done it again with his comic portrayal of phenomenon
of “terrorist chic,” the people who emulate terrorists
without necessarily understanding the moral implications of what terrorism actually means. LaBruce’s inspiration is the Baader-Meinhoff gang, the Red Army faction that reeked havoc in Berlin in the ’60s and the
subsequent public fascination with them. In “Raspberry
Reich”, Gudrun, an East German with an insatiable sexual appetite, leads a group of antiwar, anti-capitalist revolutionaries. She devises a caper to kidnap the son of a
wealthy industrialist to draw attention to the group’s
agenda. Her gang consists of her boyfriend Holger and
a bevy of young straight boys. Gudrun also believes
that heterosexual monogamy is bourgeois constructs
that must be smashed to achieve revolution, so she
makes her male apprentices have sex with each other.
Oddly, they don’t need much coaxing and the scenes
are hotly graphic and insanely ludicrous at once.
“Testosterone”
ing the escapades of Caleb, a
hunky poli-sci major with affection for aggressive girls and
Gwen, an aggressive girl who
falls for gay acting boys. It’s a
match made in therapy. In a
plan hatched by his crafty gay
roommate Kyle, Caleb finds
himself pretending to be gay to
woo Gwen, but their scheme is
A dark tale of revenge and obsession, director David
Moreton’s film-noir follow-up to 1998’s breakout hit
Edge of Seventeen doesn’t quite live up to expectations
despite much ado about Antonio Saboto, Jr.’s full
frontal nude scene (which lasts less than a second and is
easily missed if one blinks). With a plot almost as
pathos-less and confused as its protagonist,
“Testosterone” follows the story of Dean (David
Sutcliffe), a successful graphic novelist who falls madly
in love with Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr). After a whirlwind romance Pablo goes out for cigarette and never
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comes back. Unable to function Dean does
what any self-respecting romantic would do in
this situation:
he blows off his
deadline,
throws some
clothes in a bag
and books a
flight to Buenos
Aires to try and
hunt down
some closure.
Dean tries to
track down his
beloved Pablo,
but this proves
more difficult
than he anticipated. In addition to the language barrier, Dean gradually discovers that
practically everyone he encounters - from
Pablo`s domineering mother (Sonia Braga) to
the beautiful café owner Sofia (Celina Font),
all the way to a guy he picks up in a bookstore
(Leonardo Brzezicki) — is not what they seem.
By the time Dean and Pablo are re-united, the
lines between art and life, resolution and
revenge, man and maniac, have all gone fuzzy.
Dean abandons all better judgment, and with
his broken heart practically leaking blood and
testosterone pumping through his veins, he
puts a machete on his credit card and heads
off to have one last talk with Pablo.
“Dominatrix Waitrix”
The Dispatcher’s Headquarters: The center
of a vast surveillance network and restaurant
worker rescue service with live video feeds of
disgruntled servers. At the switchboard sits The
Dispatcher - an alluring and commanding
pimp-daddy in furs. Dominatrix Waitrix is
bold and cunning and clad in leather. She
works for The Dispatcher who created her in
his image. They flirt and flatter, banter and
bicker. The Dispatcher sends Dominatrix
Waitrix out on missions: to clone herself as
Server Clients, to take over their miserable jobs
long enough for them to have a break while
still receiving tips and paychecks for the hours
worked by Dominatrix Waitrix. “Dominatrix
Waitrix” is a video featured inspired by frustrations with the service industry and the power
imbalance between owners and managers,
managers and servers, servers and customers. It
is fueled by revenge fantasies from over ten
years waiting tables, and the transformations of
these fantasies into a reversal of power play for
sexual pleasure.
Combining narrative, sci-fi, sadomasochism,
and elements of musical theatre conjures an
ideal forum for questioning power dynamics
in the service industry and among lovers.
These relationships stir and release a complex
range of emotional responses from frustration
to arousal. The musical numbers are the repetitive texts and movements of restaurant servers.
The science fiction space station is a video
patch bay, connecting satellite surveillance
cameras in restaurant bathroom stalls.
“The Cookie Project”
An eye-opening (and at times eye-popping)
documentary that takes the viewer on a journey into the life of a
male-to-female transgendered person as they
undergo the process of
gender reassignment,
“The Cookie Project”
journeys into the life of
Cookie, a former
marine, LAPD police
officer and father of two
turned female lesbian as
it happens.
Documentarian
Stephanie Wynn does an
excellent job of lifting the veil of obscurity that
surrounds transgenderism for most average
people. Be warned: this film is a no-holesbarred exploration of the transformation from
male to female and is not for the faint of heart.
While in parts, it raises more questions than it
answers, “The Cookie Project” is an honest
and straightforward exploration of the life that
the transgendered live that will certainly not
explain everything that an outsider might want
to know, but will definitely place those who
wish to be better informed on the path to
enlightenment.
For more information about films, sponsorships, or special events related to the
festival, as well as a full schedule of film
showings and events go to www.nglff.org
contact Jim Williams at jhwillia@mtsu.edu,
or (615) 292-8417. F. Daniel Kent can be reached at
daniel@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
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by Byron Simpson
News Writer
Diversity marks the 20042005 Nashville Opera Season
lineup. Later this month, the
season bows with Donizetti’s
Lucia di Lammermoor. Taking
place on the Scottish moors,
Lucia di Lammermoor sets conventional opera themes - love,
betrayal, deception, passion,
and suicide – in the bel canto
style, which highlights vocal
athleticism over orchestral
sweeps or motivic labeling.
The balance of the season
includes the comic opera Die
Fledermaus, followed by and
evening of two contemporary
one-acts; Poulenc’s La Voix
Humane, and Peter Maxwell
Davies’ The Lighthouse. The
Lighthouse, a suspense mystery
set on a remote island lighthouse off the coast of Scotland,
tracks of group of men facing
love, loss, and ghosts from the
past, and contains mature
themes, demonstrating
Nashville Opera’s willingness to
mount more compelling,
provocative works, as it did last
season with Strauss’ Salome.
Bizet’s masterpiece and
crowd pleaser, Carmen, ends
the season in April.
In July of this year, the critically acclaimed company heard
sour notes when the Metro
Nashville Arts Commission
awarded only $96,278 in grant
money, far short of the
$185,000 requested. In
response, the company scaled
back the staff position for education director, and reduced
ambitions for a pyrotechnic
spectacle for its January production of Die Fledermaus.
Some relief came in late
August, when HCA, Inc.
pledged $50,000 to offset the
shortfall. The generous donation is in addition to the existing $100,000 HCA endowment
for the 2004-2005 season.
Another boon for the company is the recent announcement that their live performances at the Tennessee
Performing Arts Center will be
recorded for delayed broadcast
on Nashville Public Radio.
Beginning October 2, 2004, at
12:30 p.m., 90.3 WPLN-FM
will broadcast the first of these
recorded performances –
Strauss’ Salome, produced in
April 2004. All four of this season’s operas will be broadcast
this summer.
“We are delighted to be able
to share our performances with
all of Nashville and Middle
Tennessee through this partnerships with WPLN,” said
Executive Director Carol
Photo by Duane Tinkey
Nashville Opera endures despite funding setbacks
Lucia soprano Jane Redding in Des Moines Metro Opera’s
production of Ariadne auf Naxos.
Penterman.
Nashville Opera Association
performs Lucia di
Lammermoor at TPAC October
14 and 16, 2004. For more
information, visit
www.nashvilleopera.org.
Byron Simpson can be reached at
byron@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
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Gloria Gaynor to perform at Artrageous 2004
by Ryan Breegle
Gloria Gaynor will bring her
music to Nashville on
November 13 as she headlines
the entertainment at Artrageous,
a fundraiser for Nashville Cares.
Discovered by Nashville’s own
recording label giant and brilliant entrepreneur Mike Curb in
the early 1970’s, Gloria Gaynor
crashed onto the disco scene in
a whirlwind of self-assurance and
anthemic glory with her 1979
number one hit, ‘I Will Survive.’
Threatened by the rumor that
disco was dead, and based on
emotions she felt after the death
of her mother, Gaynor decided
to record this song, making
disco history. And while this
universally-loved song assures
her immortality, her importance
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Gloria Gaynor will bring her music to Nashville on
November 13 as she headlines the entertainment at
Artrageous, a fundraiser for Nashville Cares.
goes further, as Gaynor was
responsible for many music
firsts: she was the reason for the
first and only Grammy for Best
Disco Recording for ‘I Will
Survive,’ and her 1976 album
Never Can Say Goodbye was
one of the first albums to run
uninterrupted with no break
between songs, a method that
allowed hot disco nights to go
on forever and one that is heard
on nearly every DJ mix CD
today.
The impact of Gloria Gaynor’s
choice to record ‘I Will Survive’
stretches from gay artists’ who
have taken the sounds and
themes to make their own
music, such as Erasure (‘Love to
Hate You’), to numerous drag
queens and club kids simply
inspired by the message of
believing in yourself and making
it through the hardest times with
only one’s pride and a funky
disco beat.
In the past few years, Gaynor
has performed on Broadway in
the musical revue, ‘Smokey Joe’s
Cafe,’ guest starred on Ally
McBeal, and continued to make
live performances her career’s
main focus. Nashville is extremely fortunate to be able to witness
the glorious singing of Gloria
Gaynor in person when she
appears as the primary entertainment for Nashville CARES
Artrageous event in November.
Tickets for Artrageous are $75
online or $85 at the door. For
more information visit
www.artrageous.org. Ryan Breegle can be reached
at rbreegle@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
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Outloud’s best sellers
Men’s Fiction
1. Looking For It - Michael Thomas Ford. The upstate New York, small
town setting influences the lives of seven gay men who congregate at the only
gay bar for miles.
2. Saving Valencia - Steven Cooper. The heir to a hotel empire discovers his
sister has been kidnapped by religious zealots who have two demands of him:
seven million dollars and the public renunciation of his homosexuality.
3. Bitch Slap - Michael Craft. An unconventional whodunit, with a plot
that takes a neck-snapping turn at an unexpected moment.
4. Latter Days - C. Jay Cox and T. Fabris. Based on the screenplay for the
smash film about romance and self-discovery.
5. Last Summer - Michael Thomas Ford. Now in paperback! Ford’s debut
novel is about a group of gay men looking for love and finding themselves in
the bars and beaches of Provincetown.
Women’s Fiction
1. Love Letters In the Sand - Sharon Stone. Two women — one, twice
divorced; the other, a rock star — meet and sparks fly. The love story
explores the power of being truthful to oneself.
2. White Lace and Promises - Peggy J. Herring. A longtime couple discovers the most important thing in their lives may not be sex after all.
3. When the Corpse Lies - Therese Szymanski. Brett Higgins is used to
waking up next to beautiful women she hardly knows. Problem is, this
one’s dead.
4. The Girl With the
Golden Bouffant - Mabel
Maney. Lesbian secret spy
Jane Bond returns, this time
in 1966 impersonating her
out-of-commission brother,
James, at an all-male spy convention in Vegas.
5. Hancock Park Katherine V. Forrest. The
Lambda Award winning
author delivers another electrifying mystery in which
cold-blooded murder is only
the beginning.
Video/DVD
1. Latter Days. The smash
gay romantic drama combines
laughs, seduction, tears and
plenty of romance.
2. Sordid Lives. Olivia
Newton-John and Delta Burke
headline this twisted, whitetrash breakout hit movie.
3. Die Mommie Die! In this
ode to the big-screen soaps of
the ‘60s, Angela Arden “offs”
her husband with a poisoned
suppository, or does she?
4. Revolution - Margaret
Cho. The social activist/comedienne returns with her third
hit concert film.
5. Better Than Chocolate. Maggie’s clandestine romance inadvertently introduces her
family to a host of new experiences. 48 • OUT & ABOUT NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER, 2004
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Hurricane makes us all want to head for higher ground
Jenn and I spent the weekend
in bed, surrounded with comfort
snacks, snuggly blankies and cozy
jammies watching CNN and The
Weather Channel. We sat with
great anticipation at the arrival of
Hurricane Frances, becoming educated on the eye of a storm, storm
surges and the effects that heat has
on the speed of a hurricane. Yes,
we sat glued to the television, joking about how we were storm
chasers, flipping the remote from
CNN to TWC in order to have
the most accurate, up to date
information. We actually had a
lump in our throat and found
ourselves holding one another as
we watched Frances swell across
the ocean, stall to a snails pace
before finally slamming into the
state of Florida.
Again last week we found ourselves in the same position spying
on Hurricane Ivan as he was
doing his best to sneak ashore. For
Ivan, I even made a special trip to
the grocery to prepare for the
storm. I
bought bottled
water, canned
goods and lots
of sugary
snacks. I guess
it is instinctive
for me to react
in this manner as I was raised on
the gulf coast and I had watched
my parents prepare in a similar
manner. It felt odd for me to not
board up our windows, but I didn’t want to announce to our
entire neighborhood what freaks
we had become with our new
hobby of storm chasing. Yes, Ivan
was shaping up to be a huge
storm for us to follow. Then…he
took a turn for the worse. The
beast headed for the gulf coast of
Alabama. It was a cruel, cruel joke
that Mother Nature was playing
and Ivan was her string puppet.
I was prepared to sit in bed and
watch Florida be pummeled. I was
prepared to pull the blankies over
my head as Ivan flooded New
Orleans or even Texas, but hitting
the gulf coast of Alabama was hitting below the belt and left both
Jenn and myself unprepared for
the mass of chaos that was heading towards our home…the mass
that carried my last name. Yes, my
entire family, every insane one of
them still lives on the gulf coast
and they were under mandatory
evacuation. They loaded up their
SUV’s, pick-up trucks and headed
straight up I-65 and landed on
West End Blvd. like the pilgrims
landing on Plymouth. They piled
out of their vehicles with no supplies, no food, no skills, seeking
shelter. Some of the aunts, uncles
and cousins found hotel rooms,
but the ones who felt that I owed
them something just because
they gave birth to me, or shared
the same birth canal with me,
decided stay along with their tiresome spouses and offspring all
under the age of four, in our
home. Our newly purchased
fixer-upper, still under construction, only one bathroom and no
spare bed room, home.
Now I know that because of the
hurricane there are people who
have lost their homes, businesses
and vacation homes. I realize that
people no longer have jobs who
worked in the tourist industry and
the white sands of Alabama
beaches have been washed away
and the economy of Alabama
may be teetering now due to the
loss of tourism as they rebuild.
But all I can say is Boo-freakinHoo for those people. They have
no idea how much I suffered, safe
and tucked away far from the gulf
coast here in Tennessee. I will
never be the same. I saw my 300
pound brother-in-law in his under
wear, standing in my kitchen, eating my Little Debbie snack cakes.
I had to sleep on a blow-up mattress placed on a hardwood floor
because my mother had a bad
back and needed our $2,000
queen size mattress to sleep on. I
had nieces and nephews chewing
on my Tupperware because we
had no toys for toddlers to play
with and the cat still won’t come
out from under the bed so I can
finish getting the play-doh out of
his fur.
I can’t even watch CNN or The
Weather Channel anymore without having to take a xanax. No,
you can bet that the next hurricane that blows through the gulf
coast, that my wife and I will probably be the only Tennesseans who
actually evacuate and head for
higher ground…any ground really
where we can’t be found. Christy Ikner can be reached at
christy@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
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Black Pride welcomes all, celebration
begins October 29
by Marisa Richmond
Contributor
This month, Brothers United Network Inc will
be hosting the 2nd Annual
Nashville Black Pride Celebration the last weekend in October the 29th to the 31st.
This event is licensed through the International
Federation of Black Prides (IFBP) organization.
The IFBP is a coalition of black pride organizers
formed in May 1999, to promote a multinational
network of African American Lesbian Gay
Bisexual and Transgender / Same Gender Loving
(LGBT/SGL) Pride and community-based organizations dedicated to building solidarity, promoting
unity, and ensuring the development of education,
economic empowerment, individual and collective
work, responsibility, and self-actualization.
Nashville is one of 28 cities in the United States
and Canada joined together in the Black Gay
Pride movement. The 2003 Nashville Black Pride
attracted 962 attendees from across the country.
This year’s local theme, Collective Soul, reflects
the planning team’s efforts to reach out to a culturally diverse population of people.
According to Dwayne Jenkins, president of
Nashville Black Pride (NBP), while NBP is targeted for and by the LGBT/SGL African American
community, it is an event that everyone of every
color and creed is welcome to attend. It is not
intended to be a separate Pride event for the city,
just another Pride event whose purpose is to celebrate and promote the Black experience.
“Black Gay Pride is an important event, not
only for African Americans, but also for other
People of Color, and heterosexuals,” Jenkins said.
“Unfortunately since the media either leaves us
out completely or continually depicts us in one
stereotypical away, this event gives individuals
both within and outside of the community a
chance to see how diverse we are”.
The activities begin on Friday October 29, with
a radio promotion, a special community forum
and panel discussion moderated by J.L. King (On
the Down Low) and sponsored by the Tennessee
State University Gay Straight Alliance, a wine and
cheese opening reception, and SIMBE Social #12.
The schedule on Saturday, October 30, includes
workshops, poetry readings, book signing by
Marshal Douglas, author of Staying Power: The
Unofficial Guide for Male to Male Relationships,
with entertainment by Jazzmyn, and a party at the
Gibson Showcase Theatre at Opry Mills Mall featuring Anthony Antoine. The weekend events end
on Sunday, October 31, at the historic Belcourt
Theatre with a J-Sette Invitational sponsored by
the Music City All-Stars and Nashville’s first Black
Gay Film Fest.
Jenkins pointed out that, “even though the
Brothers United Program I coordinate at Nashville
CARES has sponsored screenings of films with
black gay characters and themes since 1997, this is
the first time that films like this will be shown in a
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Actress Sagal makes room for music
by F. Daniel Kent
A&E Editor
Best known for her ten-year portrayal of the red
headed, high heel wearing, vulgar, brazen, undomesticated goddess of shopping and leopard print spandex Peggy Bundy on “Married…With Children”,
Katey Sagal has also starred as the voice of the
cyclopean Turanga Leela on the animated cult hit
“Futurama” and most recently as more traditional
mother figure Cate Hennessy on “8 Simple Rules”.
As a result of her onscreen work, Sagal is perhaps
one of the most recognizable personalities in television today, but few people are aware that Sagal
began her career as a musician.
“I was completely a singer/songwriter wannabe,”
muses Sagal about her career during a phone interview with “O&AN”. I couldn’t have planned my life
this way. It’s far better than anything that I could
have imagined. I just do what I want to do and the
results are out of my hands.”
Sagal, a vocalist for over thirty years having
worked with such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Etta
James and Bette Midler, recently released her second
album “Room”. The disk combines three of Sagal’s
originals with covers of older material.
“There is a common thread in all of the songs,”
Sagal explains, “A lot of it has to do with transition
and loss. I was going through a period in my life of
transition and so I sort of focused on that.”
“Room” is in many ways a journey through the
dizzying heights and drowning depths of this period
in Sagal’s life. The album opens with the Sagal
penned “Life Goes Round” setting the stage for the
rest of the tracks to come. The song deals with growing up and things not really being the way that you
thought they would be and the disillusionment and
disappointment that comes with that, but then it
resolves itself by saying life is still going on.
“You get to a stage in your life where you realize
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Sagal, a vocalist for over thirty years having
worked with such luminaries as Bob Dylan,
Etta James and Bette Midler, recently released
her second album “Room”.
that this is not a rehearsal,” says Sagal of the opening track, “and you go ‘Oh, I’m not going to be
waiting for things to happen. Things are happening
now’ We realize that we got some of the stuff that
we thought that we wanted and we didn’t get some
of the stuff that we thought we really needed. But in
hindsight, we get exactly what we’re supposed to
have in our lives.”
Following the opening track is an ultra-soulful,
goose flesh inducing rendition of Stevie Wonder’s
“Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away” and the
Sagal’s own “Daddy’s Girl”, a heartfelt tribute to the
memory of Sagal’s parents she originally performed
on an episode of “8 Simple Rules”.
“Daddy’s Girl’ is about the irony of growing up
and learning that you are a lot like your parents,”
explains Sagal, “Both my parents were in show business. They tried to steer me in another direction but
I think at a certain point they realized ‘If you can’t
beat ‘em, join ‘em.’ And I wasn’t really very good at
anything else.”
Sagal’s deep, mournful voice perfectly conveys the
depths of despair and loss inherit in such songs as
“Love & Other Games of Chance”, “Feel A Whole
Lot Better”, “Catch the Wind”, and “Loving Arms”.
Then, just when it seems all hope is lost, Sagal
turns the tables to more uplifting tunes like “For the
Love of Money” and her own “Wish I Was a Kid”.
The crowning gem of the album however is her rendition of the Boz Scaggs classic “I’ll Be Long Gone”
closing out the album with Sagal proclaiming “I’m
gonna get up and make my life shine!” over and
over like a mantra. Altogether a cathartic journey
that is well worth the undertaking for the listener.
Sagal’s first album Well was released in 1994. Will
it be another ten years before we get to hear another
recording?
“No, I don’t think so,” Sagal answers, “I love
doing this, so my goal is for it to kind of sustain
itself.”
Katey Sagal’s Room is available at most music
retailers or can be ordered via her website
www.KateySagal.net. F. Daniel Kent can be reached at
daniel@outandaboutnewspaper.com.
LIVING
O&AN
CLASSIFIEDS
ACCOMMODATIONS
Timberfell Lodge 2240 Van Hill Road
Greeneville, TN 37745 (800) 437-0118
www.timberfell.com
ADVERTISING
Brand New Day. Advertising. Public
Relations. Marketing. Graphic Design. Special
Events Planning. 615-414-3940. brandnewday@comcast.net
DNGraphics. Logos. Brochures. Stationery.
Printing. Newsletters. Books/Catalogs.
Promotions. Music & Video Packaging. Contact
Diane Neel. 615-306-0144. dngraphics@bellsouth.net
Thumbprint Creative. Corporate identity,
public relations, marketing, advertising, printing. Be original … get a Thumbprint! 615-5198377. Thumbprintcreative@comcast.net
Get noticed by our 25,000+ readers! With
more than 2,000 home subscribers and a print
run of 10,000, Out and About Nashville is
Tennessee’s largest monthly newspaper.
Distribution points in Nashville, Knoxville and
Atlanta. Call one of our advertising reps for
more information.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Fun! Fun! Fun! Do you love to dance? Hot
new dance group starting in Nashville, and we
need YOU! Group has country roots but will
also dance to R&B and Pop. Group will perform
at local clubs, Pride Festivals & Rodeos. There
will be opportunities for performances out of
state. Qualifications … love to dance and a
great attitude. Interested men and women
please contact Renee at 615-500-8315 or email Melissa: patchyd@yahoo.com
Wanted: 29 serious people who are interested in losing up to 11-31 lbs. in the next 30
days. Call toll free: 1-888-239-0981.
Nashville Black Pride – “Collective Soul”
– is October 29-31!
Nashville Gay & Lesbian Film Festival.
October 21-24 at the Historic Belcourt Theater.
Festival passes available at OutLoud! Or at the
Belcourt box office. Visit www.belcourt.org or
www.nglff.org
and social events for all VU community. For
more information, call: 615.322.3330 or
www.vanderbilt.edu/glbt
AUTOMOBILES
You have a friend in the car business! Lynn
Fillers, Riverside Toyota. 1425 N Gallatin Rd,
Madison. 615-612-2528 or 615-545-1471.
Mr. T’s Auto Detail & Sales. A large variety of
quality pre-owned cars, trucks & SUVs! Ask for
Tiffany. 615-494-9957 or 615-566-1481. 803
W. Samsonite Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129
Thoroughbred Motors. Not just transportation. More a way of life. 2350 Franklin
Road Nashville, TN
615-385-1900
www.throughbred.com
BARS
The Chute Complex. We set the trend, we
don’t copy it. Open daily 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. 2535
Franklin Road. Nashville, TN. 615-297-4571.
www.hometown.aol.com/chutebar
years experience. 3117 E. Fifth Ave. Knoxville.
865-637-8801
GROUPS
Leslie Ratliff, LCSW. Individual & Couple
Counseling. 1719 West End Ave, Suite 614
East Nashville, TN 615-321-2000
Join NAPP (Nashville Association of
Professional Persons) for it’s meeting the fourth
Tuesday of each month at Lowe’s Vanderbilt
Plaza. Visit www.nashpros.org
Psychotherapy Barbra Sanders,
LCSW and John Waide, PhD., LCSW. 1207 17th
Ave., South Suite 204 Nashville, TN. 615-3270756 (Sanders) and 615-329-0558 (Waide)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Changing jobs? Retiring? See our display
ad in this issue for a free Retirement Plan
Rollover planning guide. Gina Embry, CFP,
Quest Financial Group, LLC”
Does Church Street need a financial
advisor service? Complete the survey
(www.outandaboutnewspaper.com/survey.htm)
and enter to win dinner for 2 at Germantown
Café, tickets to TPAC.
FLORISTS
Club XYZ. Opening late October 2004. Now
interviewing bartenders, DJ, and servers. FAX
resume to: 865-523-3336. www.clubxyzknoxville.com
Blooming Boutique. Flowers and Gifts:
Contemporary Designs with Class & Elegance.
4511 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville. 615-3834310. www.thebloomingboutique.com
Kiss. Music City’s hottest upscale after-hours
club. 508 Lea Ave. www.kissafterhours.com
615-259-3223
FOR SALE
Help Mom & Dad Out! PFLAG Nashville
welcomes you to Cohn Adult Learning Center on
the 3rd Tues of each month. 615-366-0888 or
www.pflagnashville.org for directions and more
info.
One-In-Teen Youth Services. www.one-inteen.org. Assisting sexual minority youth create
support & leadership for themselves and their
peers.
Community Advisory Board of the
Vanderbilt AIDS Clinical Trials Center monthly
meetings providing a forum for discussion
about the latest developments in HIV/AIDS
treatment and research locally and globally.
345 24th Avenue North, Suite 105. Nashville,
TN 37203. 615-467-0154 Ext 106. vandyactccab@bellsouth.net. www.aidscalendar.net
HEALTH
Cornea Consultants of Nashville.
Complete eye care: eye exams, contact lenses,
LASIK, treatment of eye diseases. 2011 Murphy
Ave, Nashville: 615-320-7200. www.corneaconsultants.com
Lipstick Lounge - Nashville’s Classiest
Lounge. 1400 Woodland St. Nashville, TN
37206
Jeep Wrangler rag top. Sound bar 91.
115,000 black with 4” lift kit. Great for attracting guys or girls. $5000. Call 615-758-3370
evenings.
Michael A. MacQuarrie, M.D. General
Practice Medicine 602 East Clark Blvd.
Murfreesboro, TN
615-494-3202 Open
Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m.
PLAY at Nashville’s newest dance club, featuring DJ Lenny B. Church Street, next to Tribe.
www.playdancebar.com
FUNERAL/CREMATION
SERVICES
Nashville Pharmacy Services.
Offering fast, friendly, personal service. Free
delivery & free shipping on all prescriptions.
Call 615-371-1210
Tribe. Big City Hot … Nashville Friendly. 1517
Church Street. Nashville, TN. Daily happy
hour, 4 - 8 p.m. 615-329-2912.
www.tribenashville.com.
A new tradition in affordable funeral service. Frank A. Burns Funeral & Cremation
Services. 530 Third Ave S. Ste 4. Nashville.
615-397-7363 www.webfh.com/frankaburns
COMPUTERS
Caskets & More. 25-75% discount over
funeral home costs for caskets. Head stones,
cremation area. See Chris Neighbors, 615256-4163. 1332 8th Avenue North, Nashville.
You have a choice.
Qudio. We Create Solutions. Let’s build or
upgrade your web image today! 615-3859141. www.qudio.com
COUNSELING/SUPPORT
Gay Men’s Health Fair. Saturday October
23. Noon – 4p.m. at The Chute Complex, 2535
Franklin Rd. Free STD/HIV testing, hepatitis vaccinations. Contact Brad Beasley: 615-3405676, or Kevin Lawson: 615-259-4866
Dr Andrew Adler, Licensed Psychologist.
Solution-focused psychotherapy for individuals
and couples. 1808 West End Avenue
Suite 827, Nashville. 615-321-4566.
www.andrewadler.com We need to talk.
It’s what’s behind the money that counts.
Let go of a little cash in support of Nashville
CARES at the biggest party in town! Artrageous,
November 13. www.artrageous.org Online ticket
price: $75.00; at the door: 85.00
Carlton Cornett, LCSW. 20 years of experience in gay-affirming individual psychotherapy, couples & family counseling. 2817 West
End Ave., Suite 208, Nashville, TN. 615-3299509. www.bigfoot.com/~ccornett
Vanderbilt University’s Office for GLBT
Life: programming, education, training,
Nancy Mott, MS, EdS, SeniorLPE. Gayaffirming individual and couple counseling. 20
GENERAL SERVICES
Debi Tripp. Celebrant, officiating ceremonies
for all occasions. Your voice, your choice, your
ceremony. 615-847-4729 or 615-714-3434.
www.simplyceremonies.net
Love candles? Start your own fun and profitable business with Northern Lights at Home!
Call 615-885-2118 for exciting details.
Lack-luster, aging skin? Let me help
show you how to get that special youthful radiant look again. Call Melody at 615-264-0036
today!
HELP WANTED
Are you a leader? Do you like to have fun?
Positions available for social energetic people
are want to be part of something big. Leaders
wanted. Contact amckevitz@yahoo.com
Office/Housekeeper. Timberfell Lodge,
Northeast TN. Premier men’s resort. Immediate
opening for office/housekeeper. Live on property. Call 800-437-0118, e-mail timberfell@timberfell.com
Personal Assistant. Home management,
organizational support, personal shopper.
Geppe: 615-330-1277
SunTrust is currently hiring for the following
positions: Customer Care Representatives,
Financial Services Representatives, Tellers,
Deposit Processing (Data Entry). EOE M/F/D/V
Contact: phil.frazer@suntrust.com
Circulation/Distribution Manager
(volunteer position). Become a part of the senior management team with Middle & East
Tennessee’s monthly GLBT newspaper. Current
opening for a circulation/distribution manager,
responsible for growing and maintaining 90
distribution points in all areas served by O&AN,
as well as maintaining a database of our
2000+ subscribers. Position interacts with
mailer, printer, delivery person and other senior
staff personnel. This is a volunteer position,
requiring approximately 10-15 hours per
month. Call publisher Jerry Jones at 615-5966210 or E-mail publisher@outandaboutnewspaper.com
Graphic Artist/Layout: Out & About
Nashville seeks a graphic artist and layout
design specialist to help with ad design. This is
a volunteer position. Build your portfolio.
Internship credit available. Call Brent at 615596-6210 or email editor@outandaboutnewspaper.com
ROOMMATE
MURFREESBORO – GWM seeks same to
share 2 BR, 2 BA home close to MTSU campus.
Share all common areas. $425/month
includes all utilities and cable. First and last
month’s rent, references required. Call Jim at
615-596-6210.
ANTIOCH – share 2 bdrm/3 bath house.
Share common areas, dish TV, washer/dryer.
$475 includes utilities. Call Val: 615-8349437.
HOME SERVICES
Better Living Patio Rooms of Nashville.
Patio & Sunrooms, replacement windows,
retractable awnings. Call for a free brochure:
615-591-1001. 1120 Lakeview Drive, Franklin,
TN. www.betterlivingpatios.com
DiversityBuilder welcomes Carpets Plus
Carpet Cleaning to our list of GLBT-friendly
providers in Nashville. Wendell Clark also does
duct cleaning and upholstery. Ask about the
DiversityBuilder Special: 615-847-2031.
www.diversitybuilder.com
Elite Pest Control Specializing in
Integrated Pest Management P.O. Box 637
Brentwood, TN 37024 615-833-4232
Nashville Rotorooter Plumbing & Drain
Service. 475 Metroplex Dr Suite 103 Nashville
TN 37211 615-781-9423 www.rotorooter.com
Southern Sunrooms offer all vinyl custom built year round sunrooms. Call 615-6046697 for more information and free brochure.
Will beat all competitive pricing.
Total Lawn Concepts. Professional lawn
care. Beautifying your neighborhood one lawn
at a time. 615-504-6004
Tranquil Waterscape Designs.
Creating the private retreat you deserve :
waterfalls, ponds, fountains, courtyards. 931486-3664. www.tranquilwaterscape.com.
O&AN CLASSIFIEDS
INTERIOR DESIGN
Charles Lloyd. Wood blinds and cellular
shades P.O. Box 2043 Murfreesboro, TN 37133
615-895-6196-Phone 615-904-7783-Fax
Save your money – stop paying the bank!
Amazing home refinancing and new home
mortgage options available. Call or e-mail
Mike Machak 615-364-2254 – mortgagebymike@comcast.net - American Vanguard
Mortgage. LLC.
Old chair/new chair … upholstery and
slipcovers. $75 – 150 your fabric. Sorry: no
pickup and delivery. Call Ken 615-256-3818
MUSICAL SERVICES
LEGAL SERVICES
Drums! Learn to play and have fun. All ages,
All levels. Liz Ficalora, Cert and TN licensed
teacher. Berklee Grad. $15/30min, $25/hr.
Call 615-477-4287.
Michael J Mills, Attorney at Law. 1130
Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, 37203.
www.mmillsatty.com mmillsatty@aol.com
Rubenfeld & Associates. Attorneys at
Law. Serving the community since 1979. 2409
Hillsboro Road, Suite 200 Nashville,TN 37212
arubenfeld@rubenfeldlaw.com
Law Office of William Leech. General
Practice 2400 Crestmoor Rd Nashville, TN
37215. 615-791-6619, law@billleech.com
www.billleech.com
Paul T. Nowak. If you don’t do your own
estate planning,the state of Tennessee will do it for
you. Call: 615-790-9678. pnowak@yosrob.com
MASSAGE SERVICES
My Day Break/David Day, LMT. 615855-0634 or 615-243-8806. www.mydaybreak.net
Mike Vaughn, LMT, NCTMB. Body
Basics Massage Therapy 615-832-6019
body_ba6@bellsouth.net
Classic Touch Massage Brian Johnston,
LMT 615-714-2966 jbarjfarmboys@yahoo.com
namaste. relax with swedish-esalen massage. services are non-sexual. introductory rate
$45, also sunday special $25 for limited time.
615-589-1206.
Relax. Restore. Revive. Michael Manly, LMT.
Phone: 615-578-0037.
Thai Bodywork of Nashville.
Traditional Thai relief for upper & lower
back, shoulders & hips. 90 minutes, outcall,
$75. Call Phil Mandley615-504-1587.
www.ThaiBodyworkOfNashville.com
MORTGAGE/LENDERS
American Home Mortgage (formerly
Washington Mutual Home Loans). Same great
locations. Same friendly people. Same superior
service. Still proud to be here for the communities of Nashville. 615-221-4260.
Genesis Financial Group. Residential &
Commercial Mortgage Lending. FHA. Call today!
615-742-2469
Nashville Mortgage – Helping all families
become happy homeowners! 2704 Larmon
Avenue. Call 615-627-3333, ext 11 (Scott
Cone) or ext 13 (Tracy Gentry)
PERFORMING ARTS
Nashville
Ballet.
www.nashvilleballet.com
615-297-2966.
Nashville
Opera.
www.nashvilleopera.org
615-832-5242.
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
(TPAC). www.tpac.org 615-255-ARTS
Tennessee Repertory
www.tnrep.org 615-782-4000.
Theatre.
PETS & SUPPLIES
Almost Home Pet Farm. So much attention, you’re going to wish you were a dog. Pickup service available. 615-335-1740. Cell:
615-735-6320
Country Critters Pet Pawlor. Grooming.
Boarding. Retail Shop. Open seven days/week.
939 Richards Road, Antioch TN. Call Page:
615-832-0700.
Dizzy’s Dog Wash. Self service dog wash.
All natural foods and treats. Drop offs by appt.
512 Heather Place, Nashville. 615-463-7338.
dizzysdogwash@comcast.net
The Happy Hound. Promoting positive
relationships between pets & people. Classes,
private lessons, behavioral consults with Peg
Dawson Harrington. 615-383-2476. e-mail:
harringtonhound@mindspring.com
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
Bell’s Photography. In-home portraits,
black & white (artful) semi-nude/nudes, location photography, head shots and MORE!
Accomplished Nashville photographer Marc
Bell. By appointment 615-969-2187
Grannis Photography, located in Green
Hills, offers studio & location photography.
Call 615-383-3432 for information about our
portraiture and commercial work. www.grannisphotography.com 4044R Hillsboro Rd,
Nashville.
PUBLICATIONS
Gay Yellow Pages. See www.gayellowpages.com
FREE SUBSCRIPTION. Out & About
Nashville, serving 25,000+ readers in
Nashville, Knoxville and Atlanta. Send name
amd address to subscriptions@outandaboutnewspaper.com or call 615-596-6210.
REALTORS
Brent A Maybank. Legacy Properties.
GMAC Real Estate. Looking for a place to call
home? Call 615-292-4428 or e-mail
brent@brentmaybank.com
Jesus Christ. 4425 Ashland City Highway
Nashville, TN 615-259-9636 Worship 10 a.m.
Sunday, Bible Study 6p.m. Wednesday
Christian Community Church of
Clarksville. Every Sunday afternoon at 4pm at the
L&N Train Station (corner of Commerce and 10th
St). www.christiancommunityclarksville.com
931-906-8525
David Nalls/Crye-Leike. 224 Old
Hickory Blvd, Nashville. Office: 615-662-0707.
Cell: 615-485-2888. www.crye-leike.com
david.nalls@crye-leike.com
The Church of the Living Water 731
South Dickerson Pike Goodlettsville, TN 37072
Church: 615-851-2345 Pastor: 615-9482679 revtonyandronnie@aol.com
www.churchofthelivingwater.org
D.L. Smith Construction. We build
homes, not houses. 615-405-9106 (cell) and
Toni Pack, Coldwell Banker. 615-405-9106.
First Church Unity. 5125 Franklin Road,
Nashville, TN 37220. www.firstchurchunity.org
615-333-1323
Dean Hammons. The Wagner Group of
Bob Parks Realty. 198 E Main Street, Franklin,
TN. Call 615-790-7400, ext 496.
dhammons@realtracs.com www.homepending.com
First Unitarian Universalist Church of
Nashville. Open minds, open hearts, open
doors. 615-383-5760. www.firstuunashville.org
Tattoos. 1205 Church Street Nashville,TN 615256-0070 www.performancestudiosinc.com
Lagniappe – French for “A little something
extra.” Antiques, glassware, pottery, gourmet
foods, Classic taste on the Square in Gallatin.
Phone: 615-206-0043. 110 North Water
Street, Gallatin.
Lumen Lamps and Shades. Paddock Place,
73 White Bridge Road, Ste 115, Nashville. 615356-9596.
Men’s Services. Private salon for men only
offers hair, color, shaving, waxing, chemical
peels, facials, body work services. Contact
Jacob 615-308-5163, or 615-297-3774.
Natural Selection. Award-winning designs
for contemporary unions. 1802 21st Ave S.
615-463-9919. Wed-Sat 11a.m. - 6p.m.
OutLoud! Books & Gifts. For our entire
community: Books, Videos, DVDs, Music, and
Gifts 1709 Church Street. Nashville, TN. 615340-0034. www.outloudonline.com
Kelly Can Realty Associates. Sheila
D. Barnard, Realtor 615-641-2442 sdbrealty@aol.com
Holy Trinity Community Church – an
affirming Christian community that ministers to
all people without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation or social status. 700 Bresslyn Rd,
Nashville TN. 615-837-2424
Jim Bolen/Crye-Leike, Realtors bringing
buyers and sellers together 5055 Maryland Way
615-373-3513-Office 615-371-2930-Direct
www.crye-leike.com jimbolen@comcast.net
Covenant of the Cross – a great
place…to call your home! 916 W Old Hickory
Blvd, Madison TN 37115. 615-316-7719
www.covenantofthecross.com
Visual Eyes Sunglasses - Frames Accessories - Gift certificates. 2011 Murphy
Ave. Suite 602, 6th floor Baptist North Medical
Building 320-EYES (3937)
RESTAURANTS
Mr. Whisker’s Discount Wines & Liquors.
Fast, friendly service. Large spirit selection &
specialty wines. Case volume discounts. 31
White Bridge Rd. 615-353-0094
“Just Joe” Main Street Real Estate. Joe
Woods, Bringing people home. See www.justjoe.com Phone: 615-460-0085. e-mail:
jwoods@realtracs.com
Margarette Shields.
City Choice
Realtors: your city, your choice. Now selling
Shields-Crest row houses. Urban living. Office:
615-620-4481. Direct: 210-5983 www.citychoicerealtors.com
Nashville Title Insurance Corporation. With
one-on-one service, we have the flexibility to
close anytime, anywhere. Phone: 615-3855944. 2818 Bransford Ave. Nashville
www.LiveOnWestEnd.com See Tim King
or Jeff Rymer. 615-383-6964 ext 326 or 327.
Village Real Estate Services: Find Your Place.
Roger D. Tucker/Crye-Leike. Making
buyers and sellers dreams come true. Office:
615-851-0888. Cell: 615-512-2324.
www.RogerDTucker.com
Steve
Deasy/ERA
Hillwood.
Phone:615-356-6000. Cell: 615-596-1826.
sdeasy@realtracs.com
REAL ESTATE
Viridian: City of glass in downtown Nashville.
Views, amenities, convenience … real value.
Spacious open floorplans give you room to
breathe. 615-254-3325. www.viridiannashville.com
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Christ Community Church - Building a
community of faith, hope and love through
Melting Pot Fondue Restaurant. Dip into
something different. 166 2nd Ave North
Nashville, TN 37201. 615-742-4970.
www.meltingpot.com
Jackson’s Bar & Bistro. From cocktails
to coffee, small plates to dinner – served late in
a bistro-style setting. Phone: 615-385-9968.
1800 21st Ave S. It’s time to come out!
Mauricios. Italian dining in 100 yr old
Victorian home. 3 fireplaces, wonderful food
and service. Just over an hour from Nashville
toward Knoxville. Come home to our house …
931-528-2456.
Red Wagon. Historic East Nashville. Lunch,
brunch, catering, special events, private parties.
615-226-2527
Stay out! – Rumba Rum Bar & Satay Grill.
Bar & full menu ‘til 2 a.m. In the heart of West
End. Phone: 615-321-1350
RETAIL
Beautiful Balloons & Giggle Shop. “Gifts
that enhance the pleasures of love and life!”
Adult novelties, lingerie, video rentals, massage
therapy, tarot readings. 239 Lowe Ave,
Cookeville. 931-526-2980.
Grand Cru: fine wine & spirits. An unparalleled selection of fine wines & spirits from
around the world. 3433 Murphy Rd. 615-6273900. www.grandcrullc.com
Performance Studios. Costuming,
Accessories, Hair Styling, Cosmetics and
(sherod) fashion forward clothing. Tues-Sat
11am-7pm. 2301 12th Ave S. 615-269-8383
TRAVEL COMPANIES
Nick Pride Cruises Galore and More 1143
Columbia Avenue, B-10 Franklin, TN 37064
615-399-3410 nickorypride@netscape.net
VOLUNTEERS
Do you have HIV? You may be eligible for
a study about stress, health and living with HIV
infection. 8-9 study visits over 6 months. Call
Takesia Richardson, Vanderbilt Research: 615322-8182.
The Vanderbilt HIV Vaccine Program is
asking healthy, uninfected people from all backgrounds to help find a vaccine to prevent HIV.
You cannot get HIV from the vaccine. You
should be available for 12-18 months. You will
be compensated for your time. Call 322-HOPE
(322-4673) or 1-888-559-HOPE for more
information. (www.hivvaccineresearch.com)
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