July 2003

FEATURES

• Isle Bet Top picks for summer fun in Galveston. By Tim Brookover
• Golden Year The Diana Foundation marks 50 years of philanthropy. Photographs by Kim Coffman
• A Capitol Day With the Legislature back in session, we look back to a major activist rally in Austin. By Tim Brookover. Photographs by Yvonne Feece

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Testosterone Kills Makes Me Horny Pablo Ratliff and Timothy Daly of the band Testosterone Kills talk about real life. By Blase DiStefano
• Movies/TV on DVD/VHS A Family Affair, Strangers With Candy, The Weekend, Hush, American Mullet. Compiled by Blase DiStefano
• Television Bravo gets gay with Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Boy Meets Boy; Gender Trouble on Sundance Channel; PBS goes 90 Miles. Compiled by Blase DiStefano
• LookOut The Producers pending. By Tim Brookover
• Out in the Arts Three gay plays and The Women. By D. L. Groover
• GrooveOut More releases from queer artists. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut Shorts New releases from Erasure, Robert Urban, Sophie B. Hawkins, Thalia, Jessica Molaskey, Rosanne Cash, more. Reviews by Troy Carrington, Lance Walker, and Andrea Rodricks.
• ReadOut Two gay superheroes keep the world safe. By Lawrence Ferber
• ReadOut Shorts A review of One Belief Away by Olivia Flores Alvarez.

NEWS & COMMENT

• Letters
• News Briefs Unity Banquet winners; new HIV testing program at the Community Center; O Canada!
• LeftOut Conservatives rule, and gays and lesbians will pay. By Daryl Moore
• OutRight Mark Foley’s actions can be defended. By Dale Carpenter
• InsideOut at City Hall The city health department improves. By Annise D. Parker
• Business News

OUT & ABOUT

• OutLoud No underpants. That’s what we said. By Sally Sheklow
• OutPlay America’s hottest tennis stars rocked the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships. By Bradley David Williams
• Out of Town Family-friendly lodging in Galveston. By Victor Zorn
• Calendar What’s up in July.
• Bar & Club Guide Featuring Keith Curry and Marvin Grenier of Blvd Saloon in “Behind the Bar.”
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

About the Cover:
On Galveston Island, the beach is only one of the attractions. Photographs courtesy of the Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau.