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Actor
Oscar Seung
talks about his
role as North
Korea’s Kim
Jong-Un in
DTC’s new show
By Rich Lopez, page 8
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Abbott signs law banning trans youth from sports a conference call the State Department would
initially issue a gender-neutral passport to one
person.
Stern said the State Department will begin
“offering the ‘X’ gender marker option to routine
passport applicants” in early 2022. A State
Department official said the delay is necessary
because the U.S. Office of Management and
Budget needs to approve “the required form
updates.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken in June
announced the State Department will allow
passport applicants to “self-select their gender
as ‘M’ or ‘F.’”
People who identify as intersex, non-binary or
gender non-conforming can choose a gen-
der-neutral gender marker for their passports
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Gov. Greg Abbott State Department to issue systems account for the diversity of gender
It only took him all of the 2021 regular ses- passports with ‘X’ gender identity, gender expression and sex character-
sion of the Texas Legislature and three special istics,” said Stern during the conference call.
sessions, but Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday,
marker “Because people do not always fit within a
Oct. 25, finally got to sign into law a measure male or a female designation, it doesn’t benefit
prohibiting transgender youth from playing anyone to have inconsistencies between people
sports in public schools on teams aligned with and systems.”
their gender identity. — Tammye Nash
The new law, set to go into effect on Jan. 18,
closes a loophole in UIL rules, which require PHNTx opens Worth Street
students to compete in UIL sports according to
the gender on their birth certificates but which Health Center
do recognize birth certificates on which the Although the Dallas County Department of
gender markers have been legally changed. Health and Human Services has not released
Abbott’s new law recognizes only the gen- updated statistics since 2017, STI and HIV infec-
der assigned to a child on their original birth tions continue to rise in Dallas County.
certificate. To help stem the rise, and in response to a
Abbott and others on the right-wing edge large influx of new patients seen in the last year,
of the GOP spent countless hours since many of which sought STI testing and treatment,
the Legislature’s regular session began last Prism Health North Texas this month opened the
January — and before that as well — targeting new Worth Street Health Center, at 4004 Worth
transgender people, especially trans youth, for St., on the Baylor University Medical Center
discrimination with legislation aimed at provid- Campus.
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as they did four years ago with their anti-trans range of STI testing, including HIV, gonorrhea,
“bathroom bills.” chlamydia, syphilis, hepatitis B and hepatitis C,
Meanwhile, as meteorologists — and The as well as sexual health counseling and PrEP
Farmer’s Almanac — are predicting anoth- education and initiation. And the clinic is near
er extreme winter for Texas, Abbott and the several public transportation outlets, making it
GOP have done little to address the problems easier for South and Central Dallas residents to
caused by the state’s dilapidated power grid, access care there.
which failed us miserably last February during a The Worth Street Health Center is the home
Jessica Stern to PHNTX’s nationally-renowned Clinical Re-
record-breaking winter storm that left some 210
people dead. Abbott did sign two bills in early search Department and is located catty-corner
MICHAEL K. LAVERS | Washington Blade from the organization’s administrative offices at
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process called for in the new legislation won’t Anyone interested in accessing care at the
begin until at least sometime in 2022, probably The State Department on Wednesday, Oct. Worth Street Health Clinic can make an appoint-
after winter has come and gone. 27, issued the first U.S. passport with an “X” ment online at PHNTx.org. The clinic is open
But at least we don’t have to worry about gender marker. Jessica Stern, the special Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m.-noon, and
trans kids playing sports. U.S. envoy for the promotion of LGBTQ rights 1-5 p.m.
— Tammye Nash abroad, on Tuesday, Oct. 26, told the Wash- — Tammye Nash
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OPINIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Fathers are parents, too
Tucker Carlson’s rants over
Pete Buttigieg’s paternity leave
highlight the right’s not-so-family
values
I
f you’ve been to the store lately, you
probably have noticed that things are
… missing. There are empty spots on
the shelves, and people are saying “sup-
ply chain” a lot. And who is to blame?
Transportation Secretary Pete Butti-
gieg. Or, more specifically, Buttigieg’s
audacity to take paternity leave after the
birth of his twins.
On Sept. 4, Buttigieg posted a photo of Haha. Get it?
himself and his husband Chasten hold- Because Pete Buttigieg
ing their newborns, with the caption, doesn’t have the ability to
“We are delighted to welcome Penelope breastfeed, he doesn’t need
Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our leave! Studies show that in-
family.” fant children do best when
And, of course, the responses across they have no time or ability
the board have been super chill and nor- to bond with their parents.
mal and kind. Just put them in a guinea
Ha. No. pig cage with one of those
See, Buttigieg is gay, which means that water bottles filled with
Penelope and Joseph have two dads. milk. They’ll be fine.
There are a lot of hot takes from conser- There’s so much homophobia and sex- newborn infant twins. birth mom needed to do.
vative men (and men who don’t consid- ism and misogyny wrapped up in criti- “The work we are doing is joyful, ful- Parenting is hard. So, so hard. And I
er themselves conservatives but maybe cism of the Buttigieg family that I don’t filling, important, wonderful work; it’s say that knowing how many advantages
should!) about this subject: even know where to start. important work, and it’s work that every I have and how much privilege my fam-
Why on earth would Buttigieg need to But I’ll start with this: EVERYONE American ought to be able to do when ily has.
take any time off? SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO they welcome a new child into their fam- The truth is that this country pretends
What on earth is he DOING with all TAKE TIME OFF FOR FAMILY LEAVE. ily. I campaigned on that. So did the pres- that we value family and children, but
this time? It is something that is WAY too hard ident,” Buttigieg said. we totally don’t. Not if you look at ac-
Certainly not caring for, nurturing and for way too many people to do. And it Hear that? BOOM! Mic drop. Or that tual policy and funding. You know, the
bonding with his babies. That’s women’s certainly shouldn’t be determined by could have been the sound of Buttigieg things that matter.
work! your gender identity or sexual orienta- passing out from exhaustion since he is Tucker Carlson is a terrible person,
Men are legit furious that Buttigieg is tion. Two dads are DADS. They are par- taking care of premature newborn twins. or as TV writer Michael Slezak put it
choosing his babies over his job, espe- ents. Oh, and about the supply chain prob- on Twitter, Carlson is a “bleary-eyed,
cially during a supply chain disruption. Also, this whole dust up, as well as a lem: Buttigieg is the head of a depart- hate-spewing fart in a Ziploc.” It’s shock-
And they don’t understand why he is cake topper I saw marketed for gender ment. Which means that there are people ing that so many advertisers keep on
taking this time at all, since neither he reveal parties that reads, “I’m here for working on this. It’s a big problem! But supporting his racist, homophobic, con-
nor his husband have BOOBS. the sex,” compels me to not only ask, the cause has nothing to do with Butti- spiracy-driven rants.
One of the most odious examples of Are straight people okay? And then to gieg’s babies. Anyone who is still advertising on
this outrage is from Fox News’s resident answer: No. I’m a mom. I didn’t give birth; my wife Carlson’s show needs to be called out
white supremacist Tucker Carlson, who CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Buttigieg on did. She also breastfed our son. But at no and dragged. The man is a walking hate
said on his Oct. 14 show, “Pete Buttigieg Oct. 17 about Carlson’s comments. Butt- point did I think to myself, “Huh, I guess crime. █
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Leading man
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Oscar Seung plays a total create his own character and see Jong-
dictator in DTC’s new comedy Un in a different light — at least for this
show.
RICH LOPEZ | Staff writer “Here he was in a different country,
rich@dallasvoice.com with mixed feelings toward his Amer-
ican friend Sophie and his father and
f Oscar Seung had things his his country. It was a great reminder that
way, he’d be at home with his even if you vehemently disagree with
husband and their two dogs. someone, they are still a three-dimen-
The self-described introvert sional human being,” Seung said. “Yes,
prefers anything that involves I’m repulsed by his actions, but I can
staying in. Yet, he’s got this also see him as a person.”
big lead role at the Dallas The- Seung was eight when his family
ater Center to work on, and moved to Arlington, immigrating to be
for him that’s a big deal. He’s excited to closer to extended family. “I remember it
bring representation to the stage in The well. When we were leaving the airport
Supreme Leader — even if he is playing here, it was humid and hot, and I was
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. this little gay diva speaking in French,
“I was a little nervous about this complaining about the heat,” he said.
character because of what he means to Seung’s performing interests started
the Korean community,” Seung said by in music. It was a respite from learning
phone. “I had a lot of conversations with a new language and doing poorly in
Korean friends and my husband.” school. He felt out of control.
The Supreme Leader is currently in Oscar Seung, above right and below right,
previews for audiences with opening with his Supreme Leader costars Albert Park,
night set for Thursday, Nov. 4. above and McKenna, below.
Seung, 35, plays Jong-Un in Don X. (Photos by Imani Thomas, provided by
Dallas Theater Center)
Nguyen’s story of the then-future leader
in his time at a Swiss boarding school. Plus, Seung said, he’s “super excited”
Described as a coming-of-age comedy, to have landed the role.
the play takes a unique look at pre-dic- “I can’t believe I get to do this. I’ve
tator times in Jong-Un’s life. never seen an Asian-American as the
“So, the thrust of the show seems like lead in anything, so I’m excited to tell
a romantic comedy,” Seung said with a this story, see what I can do with it and
laugh. “There is this sort of push-pull represent my community,” he said.
battle for his soul, and it addresses the Everyone now knows Jong-Un as the
idea of choice against expectations.” dictator they’ve seen in the news, but
Seung auditioned for the role in 2019. The Supreme Leader is set well before all
Since he is both Asian-American/Pacif- that. So Seung was able to find ways to
ic Islander and LGBTQ, there was some identify with Jong-Un. There is a very
reconciliation to be had before Seung slight Swiss connection (Seung was born
could approach the role, even if it was in Lausanne), but more so, he could
in a lighter tone. Seung took it on with identify with the immigrant experience
a bigger picture in mind — one that is and fulfilling family expectations.
important to his heritage and being seen. Seung talked about how he didn’t
“Yes, I disagree with him and what fit into the Asian community because
he’s done to his country. There is so of how conservative it is, but then, he
much baggage with him” Seung said of didn’t fit into American society because
Jong-Un. “But I realized that if I turned of how Asian he is. There were these
down the role because I simply don’t molds he wasn’t able to fit into, and he Moving to America, I’m this big, giant “I had this inability to claim these
agree, that is a problem. Often anyone found the same struggle in his character, Asian person. I’m flamboyant and very emotions, so I can relate to this internal
who doesn’t think like us is vilified. I who was away from his home and strad- clearly gay, and I grew up in Arlington,” rage that Jong-Un has in the play,” he
thought ‘Well, shit. I don’t wanna be dling two cultures. Seung said. By compartmentalizing said.
part of the problem.’” “I know exactly what that feels like: those aspects of himself, he was able to LEADING, Page 18
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A year of transition
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Former Legacy Cottage director ect, the largest conference for women
becoming new executive living with HIV. Henderson has run the
director of Legacy Cares clothes closet each year during the con-
ference, distributing clothing for partici-
pants as well as their families.
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer She is also already familiar with
taffet@dallasvoice.com Homebase for Housing, a rental data-
base of affordable housing which is a
fter running Legacy federally funded HOPWA program like
Founders Cottage for the cottage.
eight years, Brooke Grove said the position of executive
Henderson had de- director of Legacy Cares is challenging
cided it was time job. “I get calls at 4 in the morning,” she
to look elsewhere said. “It takes a certain dedication to do
for new oppor- a job like that.”
tunities. Others But she’s certain that with Henderson,
have lasted only a year or two in that she has the right person in place to suc-
extremely demanding position. Legacy ceed her. “This isn’t a job for Brooke,”
Cares Executive Director Melissa Grove Grove said. “It’s a calling, like it has been
was disappointed to lose Henderson, for me.”
but the two kept in touch. Henderson now occupies Grove’s old
Henderson became a social worker office in the building on McKinney Av-
at Baylor, but once the pandemic hit, enue where Legacy’s counselors work.
social work came to a screeching halt, Brooke Henderson live their lives. But, she said, she just couldn’t help Leg-
and she was transferred to the hospital’s “They just needed someone who had acy’s Special Events Coordinator Cody
drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic. said she has a passion for medical social more patience,” she said. Lynch and a friend pack up Grove’s of-
Also during the pandemic, Grove be- work, which is why she became the su- Of course, she didn’t simply save lives fice. Thinking about her leaving after 26
gan rethinking her future. After 25 years pervisor of AIDS Services of North Tex- on her own. years just hurt too much.
of working around the clock, she decid- as’ Plano location. “I’d go to doctor’s appointments Although she’s now using Grove’s
ed it was time to spend more time with “I found my passion,” Henderson said with clients,” she said. “I’d advocate for old office so she can have the addition-
her husband, Dan, and started trying to of that job. “I found my niche.” them.” al space, Henderson said she’s making
figure out a way to phase herself out of She said she used to refer clients for Education was a large part of what other changes very slowly after having
her position at Legacy. Legacy Founders Cottage from her for- she did. She’d teach residents about made too many changes at the cottage
One day, Grove and Henderson were mer agency so, “I had this working re- being consistent in taking their medi- too quickly when she first went to work
talking, and Grove said, “I’m ready to lationship with Legacy,” she said. So cation, “But I had to be OK with where there.
bring you back.” And because, to Hen- when the job of director of the cottage they were in their story,” she said. One But Legacy Cares is always changing.
derson, the cottage and Legacy Cares was posted, she met with Grove, who of the hardest of those stories to be OK Housing has become the agency’s larg-
was family, she agreed. told her she was looking for someone to with involved a cottage client who was est focus. And during the pandemic,
So, the two women worked out an make the job their own. diagnosed with HIV at age 16, moved counseling switched from in person to
arrangement where Grove would hand And from her first day on the job, she into the facility at age 21 and died two online via Telehealth. That opened ac-
over her position over the coming year made the cottage hers. years later. cess to mental health services to more
and mostly work from home — except Legacy Founders Cottage does both “Stigma still exists,” Henderson said, people than ever before, Henderson ex-
when she’s in Las Vegas or Palm Springs hospice and respite care for people explaining how, when job openings plained.
— and Henderson would spend the year with AIDS. But what Henderson found were posted, she’d get calls from people While she’s learning and adapting to
becoming the new executive director of was that most of the residents she saw horrified with the idea they’d only be new ways to care for people, Henderson
Legacy Cares. during her eight years at the cottage may working with people with HIV — even assures the agency’s clients, as well as
“I have a history of giving my babies have come in on hospice, but they ended though the listing clearly said that’s its staff, she’s taking things one step at
to Brooke,” said Grove, who was the up becoming respite residents. what the job was. Those who came to a time.
first director of Legacy Founders Cot- Hospitals would give up on AIDS pa- work at Legacy, however, became part of “Change is scary,” she said. “I’m just
tage. Now Henderson is taking over the tients and send them to Henderson to the family, caring for patients like loved learning to fill Melissa’s shoes.”
entire family of Legacy Cares. die. Henderson made sure her charges ones. And those are huge shoes to fill.
Henderson was raised in Amarillo were getting life-saving medication, Henderson is also already quite famil- As for Grove, she said Henderson
and received her master’s in social work got them stabilized and improved their iar with two of Legacy’s other programs, “is tough as nails and has a heart of
from Texas Woman’s University. She health until they could be discharged to she said. One of those is the Grace Proj- gold.” █
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way. removing items that were wrong or in-
Wilkins grew up in poverty in a small consistent between the three credit re-
town in Mississippi, where “I had no porting agencies.
one to teach me about financial litera- In one case, his client qualified to
cy,” he said. So he joined the military purchase a $700,000 house after Wilkins
and was stationed in South Korea. cleaned up the reports. He said his cli-
After his discharge, he earned his BA ent, with a $300,000 income, was cer-
and began a career as a car salesman. tainly able to afford the property. The
But, he said, “I always knew I wanted problem was incorrect information that
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with Amazon and opened his credit re- imum payments doesn’t decrease the
pair business in October. He was doing amount owed. Buy something and the
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Wilkins suggests getting approved said. “I go line by line.”
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thing they offer is car financing, and the loans to clean up the record. Of-
they want to pull your credit report. ten student loans are listed separately
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10.29.21 █ dallasvoice 11A new season begins
ON THE ICE
Ice skating team Ashley Cain- isn’t exclusively male or female.
Gribble and Timothy LeDuc set What does it mean to LeDuc? With
a bemused chuckle they answered,
their sights on a golden season ”That’s such a good question, and one
I wish I could answer in a very clear
COY COVINGTON | Contributing Writer way that’s easy to understand. Gender
covingtoncoy@gmail.com is messy and complicated, and my expe-
rience with gender is messy and compli-
s summer turned to late cated.
summer then segued “There are parts of manhood and
into fall, there’s been a womanhood that I relate to, and I can
bit of celebration for express myself in typically masculine
one group of peo- ways or typically feminine ways,” they
ple spread across continued. “None of them really add up
the globe: It’s the to me feeling like my gender fits neat-
beginning of fig- ly into the social construct of the binary
ure skating season! which is consistently re-enforced and
The smaller summer competitions valued.
got things started, then came the Junior “In being open about my identity
Grand Prix and Challenger Series com- and admitting it to the world I feel freer
petitions. And now the razzle and daz- and more myself. I feel like I can make
zle really loops, lutzes, salchows and a much more intimate connection with
spins onto center ice with the 2021–22 the people in my life, because I’m allow-
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a se- ing them to see me as I really am instead
ries of invitational senior international of seeing me with this sort of façade or
competitions scheduled to run from Oc- mask that I’ve put on for years. I call
tober through December. it the ‘masc mask’ … the masculinity
Skate America began the series last mask,” they said.
week in Las Vegas, and skaters earn into COVID. with partner LeDuc, fought through to When asked what they would share
points based on their placement at each claim the bronze medal. with a well-meaning but unenlightened
event, with the top six in each discipline The COVID battle Upon returning home and further test- individual who has questions about
qualifying to compete at the Grand Prix ing, she was diagnosed with COVID-in- what it means to be non-binary, LeDuc
Final in Osaka, Japan (where medal win- Though training steadily throughout duced asthma and prescribed an inhaler. answered with their usual eloquence:
ners can also score some cash). the summer, Cain-Gribble developed Then the two were immediately off to “The first thing I would ask,” they re-
And with the Beijing 2022 Olympics the sniffles one day in August. By the Helsinki and the Finlandia Trophy com- plied, “is that they see me as their equal,
lurking around the corner, the Grand next morning she felt much worse, with petition, where, with her trusty inhaler to see me as human first and foremost.
Prix is especially significant this season. nausea, vomiting and a fainting spell, in tow, Cain-Gribble and LeDuc finished So often it’s easy for us to ‘other’ trans
Right in the mix of it all will be our all of which all landed her hospitalized a strong third place (in a very deep field). and non-binary people. If we don’t see
own locally-based pairs team, 2019 U.S. with a COVID diagnosis (although fully Now back at home, they are training them, they don’t exist,” they explained.
National Champions Ashley Cain-Grib- vaxxed) and facing a 14-day quarantine. full out. “I’d ask them to just see me as a person
ble and Timothy LeDuc. Now in their She was off the ice and in a state of and explain that it is completely valid to
sixth season skating together, the two flu, not knowing how long her recovery A non-binary identity live outside the binary.
are entrenched in the elite level of the would take and what was next for her “There’s an expectation that women
sport and have high hopes and golden and LeDuc (they had already missed a Full out is something LeDuc can re- should be elegant and demure or care-
goals for the season. competition due to quarantine). Luckily, late to. Always one to share mind and takers, and this is restrictive to women
The team has their strategy on laser fo- they were added to the roster of the up- heart, LeDuc, who has been openly gay who really want to do, well, anything.
cus: medal on the grand prix and make coming Autumn Classic in Montreal just for some time, came out this summer as The gender binary is harmful to every-
the final, win U.S. Nationals, qualify two weeks later. non-binary, their preferred pronouns be- one, so I would just try to remind these
for the Olympics and skate in the Team The women in pairs skating are known ing they and them. well-meaning people that when we, as
event and at the World Championships. for their strength and grit, and, although Binary is the classification of gender queer people, are fighting for liberation,
Off season training was going great still having trouble with breathing and into two distinct, opposite forms of mas- we’re actually fighting for everyone’s
guns, and they were off to a strong other COVID-related complications culine and feminine (man/woman). So, liberation. A woman may want to wear
start — then they hit a doozy of a stum- that worsened during the competition, at its simplest, non-binary is used to de- pink and be a caretaker. A man may
bling block. Cain-Gribble stumbled right Cain-Gribble stayed true to form, and, scribe someone whose gender identity want to have a beer and watch foot-
12 dallasvoice.com █ 10.29.21ball with his friends, ” they continued.
“There is nothing inherently wrong with
those things, and we’re not discourag-
ing them. What we’re encouraging is
for people to understand that it’s not
the rule. If you want to do those things,
great. But you do not have to do them.”
The season ahead
This season, the team will return to
the program they skated to win the U.S.
Championships in 2019. The music is
from the W.E. soundtrack, and, in keep-
ing with their vision of who they are as
a team, the program is themed “Two
Pillars of Strength” — appropriate since
they are both mentally and physically
fierce.
“Since 2019, we’re both more our-
selves and both so much more open with
each other in our partnership,” noted
Cain-Gribble. “This program is some-
thing we can go onto the ice and feel that
it is authentic to us.”
“In the pairs skating you often see the
stereotype of a fragile girl with a strong
man coming in to save her,” agreed
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10.29.21 █ dallasvoice 13Ice skating’s LGBTQ history
ONE THE ICE
From Ondrej Nepela in ’72
now Slovakia), who went to his first
to Timothy LeDuc and Adam Olympics at age 13 in 1964 and later
Rippon today, a look at ice won gold at the 1972 games in Sappa-
ro, Japan; John Curry, the 1976 Olympic
skating’s rainbow stars
gold medalist from the United Kingdom
who was world renowned for bringing
COY COVINGTON | Contributing Writer his ballet and dance skills to the ice
covingtoncoy@gmail.com and who won the Olympic Games in
Innsbruck; Canadian Toller Cranston,
here is the percep- known as a legendary showman on the
tion that the world ice, who won bronze also at the 1976
of figure skating is games; the U.S.A.’s Randy Gardiner
crowded with gay who, along with his pairs partner Tai
men. But is that re- Babilonia, won World Championship
ally true? Gold in 1979; Robin Cousins, a hugely
If you subscribe popular champion who won Olympic
to the “one in 10 gold in 1980 and has been married to
people is gay” theory, then statistically, his husband for more than a decade.
there would have to be a good many As time slid on, we had the Battle of the
straight men in figure skating. Of course, Brians, so named by the media, which
that statistic works in reverse, so there put a spotlight on the rivalry between
must also be a proportionate number of Canadian Brian Orser and American Bri-
gay people in the sport. an Boitano at the 1988 Winter Olympic
In the past, many LGBTQ people in ice Games in Calgary. This competition is
skating have felt that coming out would considered one of the most memorable
harm their careers, so almost all stayed in men’s figure skating history.
in the closet until their competitive ca- Boitano came out on top as the Olym-
reers were over. The sport seemed to pic gold medalist while Orser settled for
agree that this perception was a liability the silver for a second straight games.
to reaching a broader audience. Orser is now an imminently sought-af-
The figure skating world is indeed ter coach and has had tremendous suc-
a bit staid and stuffy, but doors are be- cess guiding the careers of some of the
ing nudged opened. This was especial- finest skaters in the history of the sport.
ly true during last June’s Pride month. Boitano has continued his ascent as a
Jason Brown, one of the most beloved primetime Emmy winner, author and
skaters on the planet, French singles HGTV, Cooking Channel & Food Net-
skater Kevin Aymoz and Canadian ice work host, and is set to co-produce and
dancers Kaitlyn Weaver and Paul Poirier choreograph the upcoming Netflix ice
all came out as queer — and practically skating film Take the Ice.
all at once it seemed. The trailblazing continued when
Timothy LeDuc opened up as iden- Rudy Galindo gave the performance of
tifying as non-binary at just about the a lifetime and created one of the most
John Curry
same time while speaking with Eliot unforgettable skates in history at the
Halverson on Instagram Live with Unit- 1996 U.S. National Championships in competition and the first person to land coverage of skating — and other —
ed States Figure Skating. Halverson is a San Jose. Galindo was the first openly three quadruple jumps in one program. events,which he co-hosts alongside gal
three-time U.S. Figure Skating champi- gay man and Mexican-American to win And then there’s Johnny. Johnny Weir pal 1988 Olympic gold medalist Tara
on at the intermediate, novice and junior a gold medal. is a two-time Olympian, the 2008 World Lipinski. Weir did not come out until
levels and identifies as transgender/ American Timothy Goebel won the bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix 2011 when he revealed he was gay in
non-binary. She is now an international- Olympic bronze medal in Salt Lake Final bronze medalist, the 2001 World his memoir, Welcome to My World.
ly recognized coach and choreographer. City in 2002. Known in the skating com- Junior Champion, and a three-time U.S. In 2018 the door got a good kick
Taking a quick look at a few gay trail- munity as “the quad king,” he helped National champion. And he is fabulous. when Adam Rippon of the U.S. and
blazers through the years, one might kick-start the “quad jump revolution” Known for his flamboyant outfits Eric Radford of Canada made history
think first of the stars of the 1970s: names within men’s skating. He was the first and outrageous hairstyles, Weir is a at the PyeongChang games when they
like Ondrej Nepela, (of Czechoslovakia, person to land a quadruple salchow in fixture on television, including NBC’s both won medals in the figure skating
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two publicly out gay men to ever win a champion and a five-time Japanese na-
medal at the Winter Olympics. tional champion.
After his competition was over Rip- Amber Glenn of the U.S., training
pon, well known for his wicked wit mate with Cain-Gribble and LeDuc, is
and sassy swag, would go on to be- doing her part to raise awareness. She
come the darling of the PyeongChang came out to the Dallas Voice in 2019 as
games, spending the rest of the Olym- bisexual/pansexual and made a huge Friday 9-7pm | Saturday 10-7pm
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Later that year he won the Mirror Ball she snagged an impressive silver med-
Trophy on Dancing with the Stars, and al. Glenn made her 2021 Grand Prix
he continues to be a recognizable figure season debut last weekend at Skate
on television and in the media. Rip- America in Las Vegas.
pon is the co-creator of a figure skat- Also out, among a scant few others,
ing-themed comedy that is in develop- and skating competitively this season
ment, according to NBC Entertainment. is French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron
Radford has laced up his skates again who, with partner Gabriella Papdakis,
and will be back in competition this is the 2018 Olympic silver medalist and
season with new pairs partner Vanessa a four-time world champion.
James of France. The steps may be baby, but visibili-
But where are the women? There ty is coming. Many local skating clubs
may not be many known out female and national federations have estab-
skaters, but the numbers are growing. lished Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In addition to Weaver, there are Rachel programs to make the sport more wel-
Parsons and Karina Manta, both for- coming. LeDuc and Halverson are part
mer American competitive ice dancers, of the USFS DEI working group.
and Fumie Suguri of Japan, three-time We’ve come a long way baby. █
10.29.21 █ dallasvoice 17LEADING, From Page 8
But Seung expressed
his rage through music by
studying violin and piano.
He switched to opera while
attending TCU, where he
degreed in vocal perfor-
mance. But acting and the
stage held a secret fascina-
tion for him.
“It was such a secret. I
never saw anyone like me
onstage or in film, so I felt I
didn’t have a place there as
an actor. My boyfriend —
now my husband — asked
me if I was happy, and that’s when I de- tion’s Yuri!!! on Ice, which centers on two
cided, I wanna be an actor,” Seung said. gay characters.
He was 24, he quit his full-time job, Oh, and now he’s the lead at the Dallas
got his headshots and launched himself Theater Center.
into the theater community. Plus, he’s “The biggest thing for me is visibility.
navigated a career on his own terms as a I’m not a role model,” Seung said. “See-
BIPOC/LGBTQ actor. He found himself ing someone like me up there is incredi-
cast in traditionally non-Asian roles and bly important. Or seeing something like
refused to do accents if asked to play an Yuri!!! on Ice, I know I would have felt
Asian-American character. His integrity less alone. It all goes back to visibility
and talent led him to higher profile proj- and reminding those who may feel in-
ects. validated that they are not alone.” █
Seung can be seen in We Can Be Heroes The Supreme Leader runs through Nov.
on Netflix, directed by Robert Rodri- 21 at the Dallas Theater Center in the Wyly
guez, and The Turkey Bowl on Hulu. He’s Theatre. For more information or tickets, vis-
also a voice actor who played in Funima- it DallasTheaterCenter.org.
SEASON, From Page 13
Leduc. “It’s a story that is told over peting in a very loaded field, they have
and over, and it’s been successful. But beaten some of those teams already this
I think Ashley and I are an alternative season and plan to rely on their consis-
to that. I hope that people watching us tent training to see them through.
will see that leading with authenticity, They are going into this competition
leading with what makes you different hoping to build on the confidence they
and unique is also a path to success, not gained with the recent success in Fin-
someone else’s archetype of success.” land, where they skated programs that
“We try to tell this story not just they were very proud of and that they
through the music and the story that we feel are beginning to showcase every-
chose, but also with the skating style we thing that they know they can do.
have,” added Cain-Gribble. “We do a lot “Skate Canada is such a great oppor-
of things that show us as equals. I’m not tunity to now build on that confidence,”
just being lifted all the time, I’m skating said LeDuc, “and put out programs that
just as much as Timothy, Timothy is skat- are even more reflective of everything
ing just as much as me, we’re doing a lot we bring to the ice.”
of the same movement and we show that Speaking of reflective. You should
equality on the ice. see their new costumes — light’s out
They’ll both need to be in perfect sync spectacular! And they’re both wearing
as they glide into their first Grand Prix pants. █
assignment of the season, Skate Canada, Skate Canada, Oct. 29 – 31. TV coverage
which begins today (Friday, Oct. 29) in on NBC and streaming on Peacock. Check
Vancouver, B.C. Although they are com- local listings.
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A MAGICAL SHOW
Star Michaels — alter ego of Dallas Summer Musicals
Legacy Cares board member present the magic and
Chaselyn Wade Vance — mayhem of Penn & Teller,
hosts Divas at Dusk, a special the edgy, provocative and
Halloween-themed drag hilarious duo who have been
event featuring special guest captivating live audiences since 1975 with
MayMay Graves along with their unique brand of comedy and magic
Gloria Devine, Bleach, Kandy combined. Seen them before? No worries:
Aisle, Kylee O’Hara, Dallas This show combines their years of stage
Sheraton, G Licious G, Raquel experience with some creative and innovative
Blake, Serif, Jada Pinkett Fox twists mixed in to keep fans new and old
and Kiana Raye. All of the entertained. Penn & Teller perform Friday,
performers’ tips go to Legacy Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in the Music Hall at Fair
Cares, as does 10 percent of Park. Tickets start at $45 and are available at
all food sales and 25 percent DallasSummerMusicals.org.
of all sales of Vampire Queen
cocktails, which are available Get Horrors-fied
for $5. You can also get The weather has been perfect
alcoholic snow cones for $5 for outdoor theater, and
and other frozen drinks for $6. Theatre Three’s production
The event takes place from of Little Shop of Horrors, now
6-8:30 p.m. at Top Round playing at the Samuell-Grand
restaurant, 4800 Bryan St. Amphitheater, takes full advantage of that.
Tickets are $15 and include Starring Alejandro Saucedo as Seymour, Lee
a free Pride Vodka drink. Walter as Audrey, Bob reed as Mr. Mushnik,
Costumes are encouraged. Parker Gray as Orin the dentist and Rodney M.
Morris as Audrey II, the show offers a bright
and colorful set and stellar performances in
telling the now-familiar tale of a man in love
and a blood-thirsty plant. It all combines for a
show you don’t want to miss, but don’t waste
PLAN YOUR WEEK any time because the show’s run ends Sunday,
Oct. 31. Get all the details at
The Gay Agenda is now color-coded: 2-6 p.m. at Kessler Park United Scary-oke, shops, pubs, games of skill, a food Theatre3Dallas.com.
Red for community events; blue for arts and Methodist Church, 1215 Turner Ave. court and more. Friday and Saturday nights
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nightlife and orange for civic events and holidays. Waxahachie. ScreamsPark.com. You can’t have Halloween
• Oct. 30: Art on the Trail without a taste of Rocky
OCTOBER First Fine Art Show on the Northaven Trail • Oct. 31: Divas at Dusk Horror, and the queens of
• Oct. 30: Opera’s Greatest Hits at Preston and Northaven sponsored by Divas at Dusk benefits Legacy Cares from The Urban Cowboy Saloon
The Dallas Opera presents Opera’s Greatest Northaven Church from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 6-8:30 p.m. at Top Round, 4800 Bryan St. offer exactly that with the
Hits including pieces by Mozart, Puccini, Verdi ArtOnTheTrailDFW.com. Tickets are $15 and include a free Pride Vodka Rocky Horror Drag Brunch — Glamazon Prime
and more at the Winspear Opera House, drink ticket. Costumes are encouraged. Legacy on Sunday, Oct. 31, at noon. Lucy Goosey
2403 Flora St. ATTPAC.org. • Oct. 30-31: LaReunion Music Festival board member Star Michaels hosts the event, and Porter Bella Graves host, with guest
LaReunion Music Fest will celebrate the vibrant with special guest MayMay Graves. Also performers Rolla Derby, Tara St. Stone and
• Through Oct. 30: Clear Light of the Void North Texas live music scene while adding an featured are Gloria Devine, Bleach, Kandy MayMay Graves. Tickets start at $10. Check
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Heritage Village, 1515 S. Harwood St. Saturday Kiana Raye.
• Oct. 29-31: Rooftop Cinema from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday from11 a.m.-7 THE SHADE QUEEN
Series of outdoor films at Dallas Heritage p.m. Tickets at LaReunionFest.com. • Through Oct. 31: Autumn at the Arboretum Actor, costume designer, drag
Village, 1515 S. Harwood St. at about 7:30 The Arboretum is in full fall bloom. The performer, RuPaul’s Drag
p.m. Oct. 29: The Nightmare Before Christmas. Oct. 30: Pop-up Halloween pumpkin villages remains open through Race season six winner and
Oct. 30: Beetlejuice, Halloween. Oct. 31: Hocus A series of pop-up parties offer chances to Thanksgiving. Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland stand-up comedian Bianca
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heritagevillage. 30, in the empty lot at 4015 Cedar Springs comments (aka insults), brings her Unsanitized
Road, between Woody’s and Boa. BlackSheep • Through Oct. 31: Little Shop of Horrors tour to Dallas. We all know Bianca is never
• Oct. 29-Nov. 14: Egress hosts a party from noon to 5 p.m. featuring DJ Theatre Three presents Little Shop of Horrors afraid to shock and offend, which puts her in a
This play follows an architecture professor who Jose G. Winters takes over with the ABC Party at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre, 1500 Tenison class by herself as the queen of insult comedy.
is startled by something that was in the room from 5-10 p.m., with contests and prizes for a Parkway. $20. Theatre3Dallas.com. And what better place for a queen to perform
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