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LOCAL
Gay and Lesbian
Victory Fund
endorses Ed Oakley
for mayor. PAGE 6.
HEALTH
AIDS foundation
sues Pfizer over
ads for Viagra.
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Bush library
inevitable
atSMU
Faculty member fighting
proposal hopes officials
will reach compromise that
excludes 'think tank'
By David Webb Staff Writer
Associate
Christian educa-
tion professor
Susanne
Johnson says
she is now
resigned to the
prospect of the
Bush Library
being built on
Southern
Methodist University's campus
with limitations.
Johnson, who launched a letter-
writing campaign opposing the library
to the school's trustees in December,
said she hopes to achieve a compro-
mise. The library is inevitable, she
said, so the best that can be hoped for
is the creation of a presidential library
and museum without the proposed
conservative policy institute attached
to it.
"I've changed positions out of some
pessimistic realism," Johnson said.
"This is a bitter pill, but I'll swallow it.
That's compromise."
Johnson said continued opposition
to the total project would likely result
in the "whole package" coming to
town.
"I would rather say to others, let's
compromise," Johnson said. "Let's
accept the museum and the library but
not the institution."
Johnson said the library and muse-
um would be historical in nature, but
the policy institute would be a plat-
form for Bush to continue his political
agenda after he leaves office,
See THINK TANK on PAGE 13
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The weekend begins and ends with mostly sunny skies, but the
sunshine brackets a rainy Saturday.. After a high near 60 on
Friday, temperatures drop again by Sunday, with a low of 29.
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Jesse Garcia, left, secretary of Gay LULAC, and Rey de los Santos, Gay LULAC group sponsor, participate in a moment of silence during the
Gay LULAC fundraising party Tuesday, Jan. 23, in memory of Matamoros gay rights activist Jose Ernesto Leal Lopez, who was murdered in
his home earlier this month. See STORY, PAGE 8.
Activist challenges Perry Homes' reps
Robert J. Perry
INDEX
GAYETY
Local News
6
Calling all leather dad-
National News
16
dies, pups and edge-
Viewpoints
24
players. Dallas kicks off
Life+Style
26
Flesh & Fantasy week-
Starvoice
35
end— where boy com-
Calendar
37
petitor Barry Fiddick vies
Classifieds
50
for a title. PAGE 26.
Lo Vuolo asks company
officials to show policy
protecting LGBT workers
By David Webb Staff Writer
A gay Dallas activist has challenged
representatives of Perry Homes to
produce proof that the company's
employee anti-discrimination policy
includes protections based on sexual
orientation and gender identity.
Mike Lo Vuolo said he has met
with the representatives twice recently
to discuss concerns about the
Houston-based company's activities
in Oak Lawn and founder Robert J.
Perry's huge contributions to conser-
vative causes — including the state's
anti-gay marriage amendment which
was passed in 2005.
FASHION
Jessica Davis
The increased number of Perry
Homes' products being marketed in
Oak Lawn has recently caused an out-
cry among gay and lesbian people
who are familiar with Perry's politics.
Perry's $165,000 contribution to
Proposition 2, the anti-gay marriage
amendment, and his multi-million
contributions to conservative candi-
dates such as Gov. Rick Perry and the
Swift Boat Veterans for Truth cam-
paign attacking the Vietnam War
record of Democratic presidential
nominee Sen. John Kerry were widely
reported at the time. But the growth of
Perry Homes' developments has
apparently sparked renewed debate.
think that it is most likely
because of what's going on in the
neighborhood with all of the tear-
downs," Lo Vuolo said.
See PERRY HOMES on PAGE 13
THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR LGBT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
Transgender
issues topic
of forum
Judges, litigators hear
information on challenges
facing trans people
By Beth Freed Staff Writer
Changing
your gender
requires cutting
through a lot of
red tape, and in
Texas, that
means defend-
ing your deci-
sion to a judge,
Lambda
Legal Defense
and Education Fund and Gender,
Education, Advocacy & Resources
(GEAR) partnered to present the
Transgender Legal Forum at the
Resource Center of Dallas last week.
Eight judges and several litigators
joined more than 30 community folks
to learn about the legal hardships that
transgender people face.
According to organizers, the judges
were attentive and inquisitive, and
often chimed in on the legal debate.
Jessica Davis* a founding member
of GEAR, gave a general overview of
gender identity and expression.
Gender identity is how someone feels
on the inside about their gender, she
said, while gender expression is the
person one presents to the world.
Those two don't always line up and
they can change over time, she said.
Gender theory commonly refers to
the gender spectrum, with masculine
on one pole and feminine on the other.
Most folks fall in between, and this
can also shift over time. Changing
one's gender expression is usually the
climax of a lifetime of longing for
transgender folks, said Davis, who
also works at the Resource Center as
an executive administrative assistant.
See LEGAL FORUM on PAGE 11
Naomi Campbell
stopped in Dallas and
no one got hurt. But the
supermodel did have
some stern orders about
drag queens and wear-
ing high heels. PAGE 30.
MUSIC
Dallas-bred Patrice Pike
jams at the Granada
Theater this weekend.
We cooked up 4 ways
the bisexual siren can
extend her 15 minutes
of fame. PAGE 33.
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