Young & Queer: Are the kids alright?

March 2002

FEATURES

• School’s Out We need to demand that HISD be made safe for all students. By D.L. Murphy
  
• Invisible Girls Homophobia is often doubled up with sexism for many young lesbians. By Nancy Goldstein
  
• How I Learned to Snap Gay kid makes good. Book review by D.L. Groover
• Youth Resources:
  > Websites
  > Books
  > Local resources
  > Hotlines
  > Adult, teacher, and parent resources
  > Good news
  

NEWS & COMMENT

• Desmond Tutu Speaks Out Worldwide, AIDS and TB are inextricably interconnected . . . and you can cure TB.
  
• InsideOut at City Hall The debut of a new column from our community’s city. councilwoman. By Annise Parker
  
• LeftOut The Cardinal’s sin
• OutRight The First Amendment to the rescue of gay rights. By Dale Carpenter
• News Briefs By Ann Walton Sieber
  

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Dance The high-flying Trey McIntyre. By D.L. Groover
• Actress Interview Valarie Rae Miller is the lesbian Original Cindy on Dark Angel. By Blase DiStefano
• Author Interview Mystery writer Greg Herren. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut by Chris Sill Take the K Train: new CDs from Kylie Minogue and Koop.
• Television Six Feet Under, The Matthew Shepard Story, much more. By Blase DiStefano
• Movies/Videos Kissing Jessica Stein, Salmonberries, much more.
• Photography FotoFest hot picks. By Anne Roberts
• Humor If there were a pill for homophobia…. By Sally Sheklow

OUT & ABOUT

• Kindred Spirits Remembering the bar the community called home. Kindred Spirits lives again–for one night. By Jacquelyn K. Hedden
• DineOut Chef Buddha Dickson and his hubbie Dallas Isham keep the kitchen cooking way past midnight at Scott Gertner’s Skybar. By Eric A.T. Dieckman
• Calendar Andrew Harvey, The Man in the Trunk, more.
• Bar & Club Guide
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

About the cover:
Our Young & Queer cover models (clockwise, starting with upper left): Tara-marie Martinez, Sparkles, Rebecca Mahaffey, Yvonne Feece, Lee Longoria, Shelly Harvey, and David Norstrom. Martinez, Sparkles, and Longoria, are on the steering committee of H.A.T.C.H. (Houston Area Teen Coalition of Homosexuals), and Norstrom is a long-time member.