Letters to the Editor

SHINE ON, SHARON

I just wanted to commend you on your interview with Sharon Gless [“Gless Glows,” May 2004]. She has long been one of my favorite actresses, and I even got to meet her when she was a celebrity grand marshal of the San Francisco Pride parade a few years back. But I have never learned so much about her and gotten such a strong sense of what a great person she is until I read Blase DiStefano's interview. Kudos!
Mike McGinty
San Francisco

The article on Sharon Gless is terrific, and the cover looks really great. Such a long, nice interview. You really got some great quotes from her.
Jean Bishop
New York City

MORE 3-D GLEE

I wanted to take a moment to let you know how impressed I was with the overall layout and presentation of the OutSmart 3-D issue [April 2004] featuring k.d. lang on the cover. I expected for the issue to have a 3-D cover; however, I was amazed that the format was consistent throughout the entire magazine! I particularly enjoyed the picture of the president [“Nice Day for a Right-Wing Wedding”].
Gina Rotolo
Elmore Public Relations
Houston

EDITOR’S NOTE: K.d. lang performed on April 30 and May 1 with the Houston Symphony, which is represented by Elmore Public Relations.

Just got the 3-D issue … and it is truly amazing. Congrats on pulling this off (and pulling it off so well!)!!
Corey Eubanks
San Francisco

CORRECTING THE RECORD

In your April 2004 article “Legacy of Learning,” you stated Peggy Rudd helped establish the Houston Transgender (TG) Unity Committee. This is not the case. Peggy Rudd came up with the idea of the Unity Banquet and along with René Fenner’s help started that annual event. The Houston TG Unity Committee was the idea of Lilly Roddy. Her idea was to have all the officers of the Houston groups meet once a month to share ideas and goals. Desirée Walton took Lilly’s idea a step further and formed the Unity Committee. That was back in 1999. The first banquet the committee hosted was in 2000 at the Westchase Hilton. Before that Peggy and René had each local group host the banquet on a revolving basis.
Brandi Williams
Willis

611: ANOTHER VIEW

As an almost daily visitor to the 611 Hyde Park Pub for the past four months or so, I must take exception with Mr. Johnson’s letter to the editor in the current month’s issue of OutSmart [“Letters,” May 2004]. The activity at the corner has nothing at all to do with the 611 Club. I have never seen the people that hang out at the corner inside the 611. I’ve seen police cars questioning them at least half a dozen times. It is apparently a police problem, not a 611 problem. Also, the 611 has a reputation of kicking out anyone caught smoking grass on the patio. Finally, the bartenders and barbacks at the 611 are among the best in Houston, in my opinion. That’s why I’m happy to call it my “home bar.”
John Hubert
Houston

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