March 2003

FEATURES

• Cover Story: Supreme Chance The ruling in the sodomy case will change our lives. By Josef Molnar
• Making History The Lawrence and Garner v. Texas attorney offers a personal perspective. By Mitchell Katine
• Acting Against Hate In Kingwood, Laramie Project actors defy Fred Phelps. By Tim Brookover.
• Attack from the Right Conservative bills before the Legislature threaten our community. By Randall Ellis
• Art on Alabama A gallery grows in Montrose.
• Prime Time Mr. Prime Choice contestants strike a pose.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Your Top 5 GLBT or Campy Films You vote!
• LookOut Transgenders v. Vatican. By Tim Brookover
• Television Queer As Folk and Six Feet Under return. Also: Oliver Beene, Jessica Lange in Normal, and Ellen DeGeneres as a child. By Blase DiStefano
• DVD/VHS Sordid Lives, Sistas ’n the City, Queer as Folk, Tales of the City, Six Feet Under. By Blase DiStefano and Troy Carrington
• Out In the Arts Albee’s Goat shocks. By D. L. Groover
• Theater Normal comes to Houston.
• Movies The queer crop from Sundance. By Lawrence Ferber
• GrooveOut Andy Bell chats about Erasure’s cover album. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut Reviews of new releases from Deborah Vial, Erlend -ye, Cosmo Vitelli, Jody Watley, more. By Andrea Rodricks and Lance Walker

NEWS & COMMENT

• Letter from the Editor
• Letters
• News Briefs Community response the prospect of war; a town hall meeting on the sodomy-law case; and a sports report.
• LeftOut Bush doesn’t want to appear yellow. By Daryl Moore
• OutRight The anti-invasion stance of the Task Force is wrong. By Dale Carpenter
• InsideOut at City Hall The city offers access to grants. By Annise Parker
• Health Local groups join national efforts to improve awareness and access
• Business News

OUT & ABOUT

• OutFront Hats off to spring and birdhouses with purpose. By Tim Brookover
• DineOut Outdoor dining and a La Strada update. By Tim Brookover
• OutLoud Luck be a voluptuous lady tonight. By Sally Sheklow
• Calendar Where’s My Dinner, Bitch?
• Out of Town A veteran traveler logs his pet peeves. By Andrew Collins
• Bar & Club Guide Featuring John Benavides in “Behind the Bar.”
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

WEB EXTRA

• We Are Family One Kindred Spirits denizen marks the annual celebration of the venerable nightspot. By Mede Cardenas

About the Cover:
Images, clockwise from top: Supreme Court/Getty Images; John Lawrence/Lamda Legal; figure of Justice; Houstonian Kevin Ward, photographed by John Conroy (Ward appears courtesy of Millenia Models); Tyron Garner/Lambda Legal; male couple/Lifestyles; attorney Ruth Harlow/Lambda Legal. Cover design by Terry Klumpp.