October 2000

FEATURES
THIS MONTH OUTSMART REVEALS WHO & WHAT ARE THE GAYEST AND GREATES OF THEM ALL!

• GAYEST & GREATEST OutSmart's Reader's Poll on the best that the Houston queer community has to offer/ WRITTEN BY A CAST OF THOUSANDS
  
• THE OTHER GAYEST & GREATEST BY D.L. MURPHY
  
• ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Straight (and sexy) talk with the gay and greatest author of them all. BY BLASE DISTEFANO
  

NEWS & COMMENT

• COME OUT, COME OUT! For National Coming Out Day, Ernie Manouse does an investigative report into the workplace response to coming out ... his own. BY ERNIE MANOUSE
  
• GIVING AWAY THE BRIDE Texas's first legal lesbian wedding, as told by a member of the wedding party. BY D.L. MURPHY
  
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEATHER! The author of Heather Has Two Mommies relfects on 10 years of fighting banned book crusades. BY LESLEA NEWMAN
• IN & OUT NEWS BRIEFS Empower, HIV at Project Row Houses, two positive docs at Body Positive, and more.
• LEFTOUT/ DARYL MOORE Your next vote will last for 40 years.
  
• OUTRIGHT/ DALE CARPENTER Explaining how the Log Cabin Republicans could possibly endorse Bush.
• LETTERS
  
• BUSINESS NEWS

OUT & ABOUT

• GROOVEOUT/CHRIS SILL Paul Lockwood's Positive.
  
• DINEOUT/E.J. ARNELL Solero
  
• CALENDAR Bette Midler, John Goodman, Michele Balan, and more.
• HALLOWEEN MAGIC & HALLOWEEN HORROR Tis the seasom for everybody to do drag.

HEALTH & SPIRIT

• WORKOUT/ JOHN AARON Depression and chronic fatigue syndrome don't have to stop your workout.
• SIGNOUT/ LILLY RODDY