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Baking & beautiful music Baker Lio Botello and country singer/songwriter Kam Ross are a gay power couple on the rise By Jenny Block, Page 8
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Bites from our blog Victory Fund will not be
endorsing Caitlin Jenner
Victory Fund issued a statement Thuirsday,
The party starts quickly for Pride month this
June. Black Sheep Hospitality Group announced
its inaugural Trick the Mini Fest on June 4-7, and
WHAT’S THE TEA: DallasVoice.com organizer Rickey Head is looking to bring Pride
May 20, that it will not be endorsing Caitlyn Jen-
back into the gayborhood.
ner for Governor of California.
“Pride just hasn’t been the same since it
Jenner simply doesn’t meet the criteria that all
moved,” he said by phone. “So I wanted to give
candidates must meet for an endorsement.
people an opportunity to celebrate on The Strip
Victory Fund requires that its endorsed candi-
who don’t want to celebrate it elsewhere.”
dates support full equality for all members of the
The event will feature a DJ lineup, drag perfor-
LGBTQ community.
mances, the Lil Miss Trick pageant and the Mr.
“While Jenner is running as an out trans
Trick dance contest.
person, she’s doing it while throwing trans kids
Tickets are available at Eventbrite.com.
under the bus, telling TMZ that she supports laws
— Rich Lopez
banning trans kids from sports,” Sean Meloy, Vic-
tory Fund’s vice president of political programs,
wrote in a statement. “Caitlyn Jenner isn’t with us Preston Hollow Dems
– and we’re not with her.”
Victory Fund has endorsed a number of warn of email scam
transgender candidates, including Tyler Titus Preston Hollow Democrats are warning mem-
who just won their primary for county executive bers and supporters this week about a scam
in Erie County, Penn. Other endorsed trans email asking recipients to donate gift cards to the
candidates include Danica Roem, who is running group.
for re-election to the Virginia House of Delegates, “Be aware there is a fraudulent email circu-
Mariah Moore, who is running for New Orleans lating,” the group notes in an alert on the PHD
City Council, and Andrea Jenkins, who is running website and in an email sent to members and
for Minneapolis City Council. supporters. “Do not respond to this email or
— David Taffet open any attachments.”
Dale Hansen Edwards warns, “It did not come from my
email address or any other PHD email addresses.
Dale Hansen is retiring Trans candidate wins Trick the Mini Fest It is not associated with George or the Preston
WFAA announced this week that sportscaster Hollow Democrats.”
Dale Hansen is retiring in September. He’s been
Democratic Primary for Erie, announced for Pride The scam email subject
at the station since 1983. Penn., county executive line reads “The Preston
Hansen became a hero to the LGBTQ Transgender candidate Tyler Titus moved Hollow Democrats,” and the
community when he aired a Dale Hansen one step closer this week to becoming the first body of the email says, “Are
“Unplugged” segment about Michael Sam, after openly trans county executive in the U.S. with a you available to assist? I am
Sam was snubbed by every NFL team because victory in the four-way Democratic Primary race out of the state, and I’ve got
he is gay. for Erie County, Penn., county executive. Titus, credence in you to take care
At the time, Hansen thought sportscasters in president of the Erie School Board, now faces of this. I would have called
every market would comment similarly. Instead, Republican Brenton Davis in the November your phone, but presently
no one else said a word, and Hansen went on general election. I don’t have access to my
to appear on Ellen and became a hero to the Titus, 36, became the first openly transgender mobile phone.
LGBTQ community around the country, but person to win any elected office in Pennsylvania “The Preston Hollow
especially here in Dallas. when they won their school board race in 2017. Democrats need some
Since then, he has raised tens of thousands of The LGBTQ Victory Fund, which backed Titus gift cards for donation to
dollars for Black Tie Dinner and has won Dallas in the race, credited the candidate’s “ground- Veterans at Hospice and
Peace and Justice Center’s 2019 Inspiration breaking ad detailing their coming out story, Palliative Care Units for
Award, the Hero of Hope Award from the struggles with their identity and their path to Personal Protective Equip-
Cathedral of Hope Church and the Peacemaker public service,” “carefully laid out policy plans ment from Corona Virus
Award from the Turtle Creek Chorale. He’s won addressing everything from increasing broad- (COVID-19). I have decided
more than 20 Lone Star Emmy Awards and has band access to healthcare reform” and “honesty to make it a personal duty.
been named Sportscaster of the Year twice by and transparency [that] resonated with voters” I will be responsible for the
Associated Press. for Titus’ win. reimbursement.”
— David Taffet — Tammye Nash — Tammye Nash
Nicole O’Hara Munro
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VOICES
OPINIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Finding hope after the pandemic
Religious institutions found was about ahead. individualism alone in hard times but
making do We may have slain one giant, but new on relationships we build with one an-
themselves at the center of with what ones will emerge, and having courage other. It will take some time, but I am
the COVID crisis, finding ways you have to face them doesn’t mean fear disap- confident trust will return to our wor-
to continue to worship while and hop- pears. It means we stand strong no mat- ship spaces.
ing some ter what tries to knock us off our feet. Finally, we’ll need hope. A pandemic
responding to grief of it sticks. With in-person worship services, we is nothing if not a hope-killer. It stretch-
I’m not may never recover to pre-COVID level. es us, tests us, brings us to the very edge
M
ore than 570,000 Americans sure if we We may have to deal with the personal of despair. But I have hope that you
have died from COVID-19. always trauma of returning. We may be fright- will find hope in the coming days and
That’s more deaths than succeed- ened of trying to establish a kind of nor- weeks.
American soldiers lost in World War II, ed, but malcy that doesn’t exist yet, to accept I have hope not only because the end
the Korean and the Vietnam wars com- we per- that some of us can’t go back to “be- of this pandemic is near but, most im-
bined. severed fore” — and this is where our worship portantly, because I choose to exercise
But pandemics and wars are difficult through spaces and family in faith can help. We encouragement and to trust in oth-
to weigh against one another. Wars typ- stress, uncertainty and sometimes can encourage one another as we walk ers. Our job isn’t to find superhuman
ically happen far away, and those who tragedy to find ourselves on the cusp through the doors once more, in faith strength during a pandemic; our job is
go to fight them understand that they of victory. As vaccines are distributed, that we are right where we need to be, simply to love and lean on one another.
may not return. In a pandemic, death herd immunity is eventually achieved, while fully recognizing and respecting We must love others as we have been
comes to our shores, and everyone is and restrictions are lifted or modified, another’s choice to continue to worship loved. This is the fertile soil where hope,
enlisted. It’s a moment in time that has many churches are preparing to return from home where they need to be. when cultivated in a community, will
the power to shift our sense of being. to in-person worship. We must also learn to trust again. Af- blossom.
As a minister and leader of a congre- This is an exciting moment. COVID ter spending so much time away from The road to full recovery may take
gation fighting on the home front in has been a worthy opponent, and it feels friends and colleagues, we will have to longer than we might like, and many
this battle, I have seen more heartache like we are nearly on the other side of re-learn what it means to live in a com- churches will choose to continue with
and loss than any society should have it. But our David and Goliath moment munity again. We may wonder, “How online or hybrid options that proved
to endure. Religious institutions found may just be getting started, and we can’t can I trust my neighbor to mask up, or so valuable during COVID. Our church
themselves at the center of this crisis as let our excitement obscure the challeng- stay home if she’s sick?” will do so.
we attempted to respond to the toll of es ahead. Doubts have taken hold of us because Regardless of how our communi-
human grief while finding novel ways Like King David in the Bible, it would we have been deprived of opportunities ties move forward, one thing is cer-
to gather together and live out our faith. have been easy to let fear consume us to be vulnerable, to serve and be served tain: We must move forward together.
I am proud of our efforts at the Cathe- as we faced the giant standing before by one another, to simply interact with By encouraging ourselves and others,
dral of Hope. We started Zoom groups, us. In the story, David was outsized and others on a regular basis for more than building trust, and cultivating hope in
recorded messages of encouragement outmatched, but he did not let fear get a year. our lives, we can defeat any giant that
and broadcast sermons from empty in the way. It took courage and encour- For most of us, we have been forced to stands in our way. █
sanctuaries into living rooms. On many agement — the things we’ll need most become more self-sufficient. But healthy The Rev. Neil Thomas is senior pastor of
Sundays, the liturgy of the pandemic going forward — to face new challenges societies and congregations rely not on Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ.
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POWER couple
PROFILE
Baker Lio Botello gets ‘Krafty’
with the support of his country-
music-singing partner Kam Ross
JENNY BLOCK | Contributing Writer
io Botello, 32, is one
crafty queen. Actual-
ly, he is Krafty Kween,
maker of baking good-
ies that look as good as
they taste. His day job
is managing a Farmers
Insurance Agency, he
explained, but “My second full-time job is
baking and crafting for my business.” For-
merly with Sugar Daddy’s, he grew up in
Fort Worth.
“I lived in Hurst for nine years be-
fore finally making the move all the way
across DFW to Dallas,” he said.
Botello’s former partner in business
and in his personal life was a pastry chef.
That’s how his career in baking began.
“Living together, I was around it all the
time,” he said. “I have always been cre-
ative, and I love making beautiful things. I
was assisting most of time [at Sugar Dad-
dy’s], taking care of all of the marketing
and social media for our business, and I
slowly just taught myself to do more and and it was what was best for us.” Shortly about that.” “He and I have been together since Oc-
more.” after, his ex-partner decided to close Sugar Grateful for his success with his re- tober of 2019,” Botello said. “We actually
He’s been baking as a lead and solo bak- Daddy’s completely. cent pivot, Botello said it’s not something saw each other for the first time at Alys-
er for almost a year now after assisting for But Botello didn’t miss a beat. Still, be- he could ever have done alone. “One of sa Edwards’ Labor Day party.”
almost three years. cause he had always been assisting rather my good friends and regular customers, Johnson added, “I introduced them.
Botello says he is inspired by “the im- than working as a lead baker, he knew he Alyssa Edwards [Justin Johnson], has And little did I know, they would end up
pact a cake or dessert has on someone’s still had plenty to learn. been a great return customer and also being together. So, I guess that’s a crazy
special day, whether that be their birthday, “But I am always excited to learn,” a great mentor as I have tried to navigate little thing called love. But I wasn’t caught
anniversary, Mother’s Day or a promotion. he continued. “Surprisingly, my biggest becoming a solo entrepreneur,” he said. off guard, because they’re both really
If one of my beautiful desserts can be in mentor was one of my competitors from “The sweets are always sweet,” Johnson sweet souls.”
the center of a table surrounded by peo- my time on Netflix’s Sugar Rush — Amy said. “I think Lio just is such a wonderful Botello and Ross crossed paths again
ple celebrating something, then my heart from Amy’s Cupcake Shoppe. She has been guy. They’ve been making things for all a few week after the party, and the two
is full. a tremendous help any time I have ques- of my events, my studio and for me, per- have been inseparable since, Botello said.
“I love watching someone’s face light tions or feel unsure about something.” sonally, for… I mean, it’s been a good min- And that, Johnson said, makes sense, re-
up when they receive the cake or treat While at Sugar Daddy’s, Botello worked ute. They would make my birthday cakes. ally. “They connect with people really
that was ordered for them, but even more with a number of charity organizations. “I They baked all of the things for all of my naturally and easily. They remind me of a
so the joy it brings the person gifting the always enjoyed heading up these projects studio. They would bring cupcakes to my lot of one another in that sense, because
item,” he added. and being a dessert sponsor for various students.” they’re so inviting when they walk in a
Almost a year ago now, Botello left Sugar events,” he said. And he is proud to say “He’s just a creative person, and I think room.”
Daddy’s. “I decided to focus on my business that he is continuing that charity work we’re fans of each other’s worlds.” A graduate of Binn College, Ross is a
and take on my biggest fear — baking on at Krafty Kween, adding, “I actually just Botello’s current partner — in life alone senior key account manager for a hos-
my own,” he said. “My ex-business partner locked in working with DIFFA Dallas for this time and not business — is Houston pitality tech company when it comes to
and I had just run our course in business, their event this fall. I am extremely excited native Kameron Ross, 31. making a living. But he’s a country mu-
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sic singer/songwriter when it comes to “It’s so important to have these clear
making his dreams come true. role models and these people that are not
Ever since he was a kid, Ross has want- afraid to be themselves. And Kam being
ed to be a musician. “When I was 8, my so proud of who he is. I mean, that is in-
parents took me to a Shania Twain con- spiring to me,” Johnson said.
cert, and I knew then that that was what Ross released his first single in almost
I wanted to do,” he said. His first album 15 years — “If I Could Go Back” — just
was released in 2006. last month, on April 16. He said he has
“I am passionate about performing two more releases planned for this sum-
and being on stage. I love connecting mer and that he is really excited to be
with people through the lyrics in whatev- putting out his own music again.
er song it is that am singing,” Ross said. He was recently booked to perform at
All photos courtesy Marcos Covos Photography
Ross was a contestant on Season 15 Fair Park in June for Dallas Pride, and,
of America’s Got Talent, which aired last he said, “Performing at Pride is excit-
summer in the midst of the pandemic. He ing for me, having been an artist that
made it all the way to the quarter finals. struggled with being a gay country mu-
“He had an amazing time on the show sic singer when I was younger to now
and loved that they gave him a platform be performing at Pride.”
to share his voice with people all over the Burgeoning careers and romance:
country,” Botello said of his partner. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Johnson is certainly sold on Ross’ tal- As Johnson said of his friends, “When
ents, too. “I remember seeing Kam sing two like-minded souls connect, it’s just
live for the very first time at Alexander’s magnetic. And I’ve watched their rela-
years ago,” he said. “I think it was a kara- tionship blossom into the beautiful cou-
oke night. And I’ll never forget. I turned ple that they are inside and out. It’s im-
to our mutual friend, and I said, ‘That is portant that we recognize that, because
a star. He is a star. And he is the future of sometimes we can get caught up on
country music.’” someone’s outer features, but they’re
Johnson continued, “There are just both very creatively inspired.
some people that have a natural quality “I love that they support one another
on stage. [Ross] has that ‘it factor.’ And in their creative ventures. Both of them
then you start peeling back layers, and have this drive that is just a force. I
you meet this human that is truly a bright mean, they really are a beautiful power
light in this world. couple,” Johnson said. █
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Down to the WIRE
NEWS FROM THE LEGISLATURE
With time running out in the 87th
Texas Legislature, activists watch
two bills targeting trans youth
JAMES RUSSELL | Contributing Writer
james.journo@gmail.com
epublicans in the
Texas Legislature
are so intent on
making life hell for
transgender kids
that even some
Democrats are join-
ing them. As the
biennial 140-day open season on civ-
il rights and liberties comes to a close,
lawmakers have prioritized and passed
legislation banning abortion after six
weeks, further restricting access to the
ballot box, limiting lawsuits against
18-wheeler drivers who hurt or kill
someone and allowing guns to be car-
ried without a permit.
The abortion restrictions, which
also allow for any private citizen to
sue someone who receives, performs
or is an accessory to an abortion, was
signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott on
Wednesday, May 21, as was the truck-
ing bill. The others remain in conference
committee, where members from both
chambers work out the differences be-
tween their respective chamber’s ver-
sion of the bills.
Democratic state Rep. Harold Dutton Jr.
Other bills making their way through
the legislature include a measure re- on the floor, Senate versions have found ing in athletics that align with their ily in the conservative Republican-held
quiring that any professional sports new life thanks to the efforts, in one gender identity, it does allow students Senate on a party line vote of 18-13
team with government contracts play case, of a Democrat. to use amended birth certificates; SB 29 while its House companions died. But
“The Star-Spangled Banner” before Two Senate bills remain on the radar would take away that option. The bill is the Senate versions have been revived.
starting a game and a measure banning of LGBTQ groups: Senate Bill 1311 by waiting to be taken up by the Calendars When the committee held its initial
“critical race theory” pedagogy in pub- Sen. Bob Hall, R-Edgewood, and Senate committee, which decides when bills vote on SB 29, Democrat Rep. James
lic schools. Bill 29 by Water, Agriculture & Rural are heard on the House floor. Talarico of Round Rock called it “lip-
Yet two top Republican priorities –– Affairs Committee Chair Charles Per- SB 1311 would ban gender-affirming stick on a pig,” adding he knew his Re-
barring healthcare access to transgender ry, R-Lubbock. The former bans gender health care for transgender youth, pun- publican colleagues on the committee
youth and requiring they play sports affirming care for transgender children. ish doctors for providing transition-re- don’t like the bill. Voting it out would
based on the sex on their birth certifi- And SB 29 would codify existing Uni- lated care by revoking their licenses and be “enough to tarnish the name of this
cate and not their actual gender identity versity Interscholastic League policy ban insurance coverage of the practice. committee,” he said.
–– have consistently stalled despite the requiring students play on the teams It awaits committee referral. Equality House LGBTQ Caucus Chair Mary
momentum similar legislation is gain- based on their biological sex and not Texas has named SB 29 as a top threat to Gonzalez, D-Clint, urged her colleagues
ing nationwide. their gender identity. trans youth. to vote no after hearing testimony from
While various House versions of While UIL already prohibits most SB 29 has had a rocky road on the way educators who opposed the bill. And
these bills died before getting a full vote transgender students from participat- to hitting the House floor. It passed eas-
WIRE, Page 20
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LOCAL CRIME UPDATES
What happened
But, she said, this case is different. “Whether or not the individual iden-
Crowe said she has asked around her ex- tified as transgender, the focus should
tensive network in the trans community remain that this was a beautiful black
to Tiffany? and found no one who knew Tiffany.
“Lots of trans people don’t have ac-
cess to other trans folks,” Crowe said,
human, someone’s child, someone’s
loved one and, more importantly, a life
that did not deserve to be taken through
adding that coming out as trans can be any form of hate, prejudice, or discrimi-
Police still have no clues in the a very lonely process and not everyone nation,” Anderson-Harvey said.
murder of Tiffany Thomas connects to the trans community. Often it’s difficult to come out as trans
Still Crowe said, even though Tiffany and truly live as one’s authentic whole
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer may not have identified as transgender, self, she said, stressing that that can be
taffet@dallasvoice.com they were somewhere on the trans spec- especially true in the Black community.
trum. Referring to the picture the family “This may contradict cultural norms,
allas police con- down by a passerby of an unresponsive released, Crowe said, “She didn’t look which often are binary and give no room
tinue to inves- person lying on the ground at the car like somebody who just jumped into it.” for living free from fear or rejection,” An-
tigate the mur- wash. The officer found the victim on In their photo, Tiffany’s hair and derson-Harvey said. “The truth will live
der of Jermaine the ground, unresponsive, with a gun- makeup are done well, something that only with the individual and is not pred-
Thomas, 38, also shot wound. baffles Crowe, because Tiffany obvious- icated on other thoughts, perceptions or
known as Tiffany, Dallas Fire and Rescue responded and ly learned hair and makeup skills some- opinions.”
who was found pronounced the victim deceased at the where. And even if they didn’t identify She said she hopes there will be a
shot to death scene at 1:45 a.m. Witnesses reported as trans, they were quickly identified as break in the case and that Tiffany and her
on Saturday morning, April 24, at a car hearing gunshots in the area at around Tiffany. family will find justice.
wash at 7171 American Way near Red midnight. And it isn’t just Crowe’s network of Dallas police ask that anyone with
Bird Mall. Although they were “present- Pocahontas Duvall Crowe said that it friends that didn’t know Tiffany. Both information regarding the murder of
ing as female” at the time of the murder, is common for family members to deny Naomi Greene at Abounding Prosper- Jermaine “Tiffany” Thomas contact the
and photos provided to police show the someone is transgender, especially after ity and Carter Brown with Black Trans Dallas Police Homicide Unit at 469-475-
victim presenting as female, Dallas Po- a murder. But, she added, other mem- Men/Black Trans Women said no one in 6004 or email andrea.isom@dallascityha-
lice LGBT Liaison Officer Chelsea Geist bers of the trans community will usually their organizations knew Tiffany either. ll.com. Reference case number 070623-
said family members told police the vic- know the victim and will come forward Carmarion Anderson-Harvey is the 2021.
tim didn’t identify as transgender. to point out that the person was just Alabama state director for Human Right Crimes Stoppers will pay up to $5,000
According to police reports, when coming out as trans or that they hid their Campaign. She’s originally from Dallas for information leading to an arrest and
a police patrol sergeant was flagged trans identity from their family. and has been following this case. indictment in this case. █
Alan White’s
Inwood, going north toward his home. not calling the case a death, but a disap-
But he never reached home. pearance. Throughout the investigation,
body found
White was an executive with KPMG however, they have been considering all
who worked from home and was sched- possibilities.
uled to participate in a Zoom call from Now, because cause of death has not
home at 7:30 a.m. Jenkins filed a missing yet been determined, White’s death has
Police hope to know cause of person report at 11 a.m. still not been ruled a homicide. Because
Park Place Motors was unable to lo- of the state of decomposition, determin-
death soon but aren’t yet calling cate the car, even though loaner cars are ing cause of death may be difficult, but
it murder normally fitted with GPS trackers. The Geist said she hopes results would be
car was found a week later about a mile available soon that can give detectives
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer from where White’s body was eventu- new clues.
taffet@dallasvoice.com ally found. At the time, police said they While the case hasn’t been officially
found the remains in a wooded area and were waiting for results to come back ruled a homicide, Crime Stoppers is of-
he Dallas County called 9-1-1. White disappeared on Oct. 22. from SWIFS, Southwestern Institute of fering a $5,000 reward for any informa-
Medical Examiner White and his husband, Rusty Jenkins, Forensic Sciences. tion that leads to the arrest and indict-
has yet to determine both left their home at around 4:45 a.m. “It is a very difficult and time-consum- ment of a suspect in the case. In addition,
the cause of death for Thursday, Oct. 22, driving separate cars ing process unfortunately,” Geist said at a private fund has offered $20,000 for
Alan White, the Dal- on their way to separate gyms. White the time. information on White’s disappearance
las gay man who dis- was last seen leaving the L.A. Fitness In addition, White’s phone was found and death.
appeared last Octo- gym at CityPlace around 6 a.m. He was in the car and police were waiting on While police are waiting for autopsy
ber and whose body driving a black Porsche Macan, a loaner warrants from Apple to unlock the results, they are actively seeking infor-
was found last week. But police hope to car from Park Place Motors. phone. Then separate warrants were re- mation in the case and ask that anyone
have more information soon, according From there, surveillance video from the quired for each application on the phone. with information related to White’s
to LGBT Police Liaison Chelsea Geist. RaceTrac gas station on Inwood Road at There has been no word yet from police death contact Detective Eric Barnes at
White’s body was found near Paul Maple Avenue in Oak Lawn showed him where they were in that process or if it 214-283-4818 or by email at eric.barnes@
Quinn College in south Dallas on May at a pump filling the car with gas. Another revealed any clues. dallascityhall.com, referencing case
13. A survey crew working for the college video showed him exiting the station onto Until his body was found, police were 188623-2020. █
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05.21.21 █ dallasvoice 13PRIDE for all ages
THE MOMBIAN
Robin Stevenson (Stephanie Hull Centric Photography)
Author writes Pride books
for tots to teens and those
in between
DANA RUDOLPH | Contributing Columnist
here are happily
now many chil-
dren’s books about
Pride, but Robin Ste-
venson may be the
author who has tak- from caregiver to In that novel, a grandfather’s death
en up the subject for child,” Stevenson brings cousins Talia, 18, and Mark, 17,
the most age groups. explained. “It in- together at the Ontario cottage where
Over the past few years, Stevenson, an cludes the line ‘Be they used to spend their summers. They
award-winning author of more than 25 yourself, love who haven’t seen each other in years because
books in total, has published a board you choose’ — I their parents are estranged. Both teens
book, a picture book, a middle grade think that is one are queer and struggling with the status
nonfiction book and a young adult novel of the meanings of of their romantic relationships.
— all revolving around Pride. Pride, and I love to Even though they don’t really get
She told me via e-mail, “Pride has al- think of children along, Mark convinces Talia to take a
ways been important to me, but it has hearing that mes- break from family obligations and sneak
had different meanings for me at dif- sage from the very off with him and his 10-year-old sister
ferent times in my life — coming out ilies like mine, who look forward to the beginning of their lives.” on a road trip to Toronto Pride. They get
as a young adult, taking my own child, Pride parade every year — all the kids For middle grade children ready to help from several older queer folks, meet
talking to queer activists around the who love getting dressed up in fancy learn more specifics about Pride, howev- new friends and learn more not only
world in researching my book — and I outfits, meeting up with friends, eating er, Stevenson’s nonfiction Pride: The Cele- about LGBTQ culture but also about
think all of those meanings have filtered ice cream in the park, watching the floats bration and the Struggle (Orca Books, 2020) themselves.
into my writing.” go by, listening to music on the stages does the trick. It blends a history of the Told in alternating chapters by Talia and
Her most recent book, Pride Puppy! and feeling like a part of it all. event with a broader look at the strug- Mark, this is a fun yet thoughtful book
(Orca Books, 2021) is an alphabet book “But I was also thinking about kids gle for LGBTQ equality plus information about family, community, and growing
and more, bursting with diversity across who haven’t had that chance, and I about what it means to come out, what to up. Mark and Talia are presumed white;
LGBTQ and other identities. “A for wanted to give them a glimpse of our expect at Pride events around the world, supporting characters are of various skin
awake, animals and all,” it begins, as a beautiful, diverse, creative community. I fun facts, profiles, a glossary and more. tones and queer identities.
young child, a baby, and their two parents tried to write this as a child’s eye view of “Pride offers a factual overview of While When You Get the Chance and
(one Black and female; the other white Pride, focusing on the things that might LGBTQ+ history and community, and Pride are very different, Stevenson said,
and nonbinary) wake up in the morning be relevant to a small kid.” lots of stories to encourage and inspire “They actually touch on some similar
and get ready for the Pride march. Pride Puppy! is an energetic delight, young activists,” Robinson said. “It’s an themes. … In my non-fiction book, I ex-
Each rhyming page takes us onward but those who want something more outward-looking book, because middle plained the history of Pride very directly,
through the alphabet and the day, where soothing for the very youngest children grade readers are at an age when they while in this teen novel, facts about the
Julie McLaughlin’s colorful drawings should try Stevenson’s board book Pride are often wanting to know more about Stonewall Uprising and changing ideas
show people of various ages, body types, Colors (Orca Books, 2019). It takes the the world and how they can make a dif- about identity are woven into intergen-
skin tones, cultures, physical abilities, original meanings of the colors in the ference in it.” erational conversations between queer
religions and LGBTQ identities. At one Pride flag, as envisioned by creator Gil- In contrast, her recent young adult adults, teens, and kids.”
point, the puppy gets loose and romps bert Baker, and turns them into a poem book When You Get the Chance (Running No matter what age your kids are, Ste-
across subsequent pages with the family from parent to child: “Yellow sunshine, Press Kids, 2021), written with fellow venson’s books may even spark real-life
in pursuit, offering an engaging narra- smiles so bright./I’ll hug you, kiss you, Canadian author Tom Ryan, “is more intergenerational conversations about
tive arc lacking in many ABC books. The hold you tight.” about the emotional experience of Pride Pride and identity as well. █
book also incorporates a fun “seek-and- “Board books are all about the rela- and what it can mean to a young person Dana Rudolph is the founder and publish-
find” activity, with additional items to tionship between the little one and the — who may be grappling with questions er of Mombian (mombian.com). Join her June
discover on every page. adult reader, and with Pride Colors I about family, relationships, identity — to 1 for the 16th annual #LGBTQFamiliesDay:
Stevenson reflected, “When I wrote wanted to write a book that conveyed a feel that they are a part of something big- post and share on all social media in support
Pride Puppy!, I was thinking about fam- message of absolute love and acceptance ger.” and celebration of LGBTQ families!
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05.21.21 █ dallasvoice 17Contrived? A little
ON THE PAGE
But gay man’s ‘women’s fiction’ a misogynistic political candidate. Ev- Learning to love laundry day became Richardson’s career, and laun-
tale is worth a read erybody hated what Rachel said on his dry is his love-language: “Caring for
behalf, and they sometimes hated her, Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a your loved ones’ clothes shows them
too. But she was happy — wasn’t she? Common Chore by Patric Richardson love.”
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER | Bookworm Sez And then she got the letter. with Karin B. Miller; c.2021, Flatiron The first thing to know, Richardson
BookwormSez@yahoo.com As Liz sat next to her dying mother, Books: $25.99; 185 pages. states, is that “Our clothes are bossy.” If
it hit her: Liz’s own kids and grandkids something you enjoy wearing says “Dry
The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman; would never take care of her like that Clean Only” on the label, lay it on the
c.2021, Graydon House; $16.99; when the time came. So what kind of leg- kitchen counter, grab a pair of scissors,
416 pages acy was she leaving, then? There was her and cut that label off because, “Any-
online store and a respectable amount of thing can be washed at home.”
sales, but the creativity she had as a girl Here, you’ll learn how to save time on
— the talent her friends appreciated — wash day. Find out why big-brand-name
had never quite taken hold. And where detergents are unsafe, and see what you
were those friends these days, she won- need to care for your clothes properly.
dered. Learn to iron, eliminate horrible stains,
And then she got the letter. wash woolens and other awkward-to-
Em said she’d be dead by the time they clean items and see how to rescue yel-
read their letters, that the cancer had me- lowed linens and special-event clothing
tastasized too far for a cure. Sweet, dear like a pro.
Emily was the only one who’d kept track Remember, says Richardson, “You
of everyone; she’d hoped the friend- don’t have to do laundry — you get to
ship-shattering event that happened do laundry.”
years ago was forgivable, and she took a These days, though, author Patric
drastic move to try and make it so. Richardson doesn’t “get to” very often.
But is a four-leaf clover that’s missing His husband, he says, does their wash
a leaf still lucky? Tomorrow’s outfit is on a chair over while Richardson runs a clothing store
There’s a meme-thread going around there. That’s where it’s been since you and offers “Laundry Camp” at the Mall
social media chiding men who write last washed it. of America. But since not everyone can
awkwardly about female characters. You What you wore today came from a be a happy camper, there’s Laundry
The grass is greener on the other side might ask yourself, then, how author basket and off a hanger, the shirt need- Love.
of the fence. Someone else’s life is always Wade Rouse, a gay man writing under a ed ironing, there was a tiny stain on the If you’re thinking that a book about
better than yours, warts and all, and you female pseudonym, would do it. The an- pants but who noticed? And you just joyfully washing clothes would be a
wanted what she got, partly because she swer is: With a semi-contrived plot and a bought new socks, so there’s that. mighty skinny book, you’re right, but
got it first. Greener grass often goes with whole lotta heart. Time to do the wash? Yeah, but get a laundry is only a part of this story here.
sour grapes, but, as in the new novel, On one end, readers who are used to load of this: Laundry Love by Patric Rich- The rest is biography, and a love-letter
The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman, it ul- more action-packed novels may roll their ardson (with Karin B. Miller). to Appalachain and Southern women. In
timately depends on how well you tend eyes; the main characters in The Clover In one of his earliest memories, Patric giving props to the women who raised
your garden. Girls are all celebrity look-alikes, their Richardson’s uncle holds him aloft so him, Richardson shows how his interest
V, formerly known as Veronica, felt fat. spat was schoolgirl-silly, the plot lines that Richardson could watch laundry in fabric grew, too; the subject of textiles,
She was sure that her husband, Da- are oh-so-convenient: How many times swimming in the washer. He was almost which may be perceived as mundane by
vid, was embarrassed by the weight will they spread Emily’s ashes, and a baby then, but the fascination was set: many, is treated in this light as some-
she’d put on since the kids were born where did Liz get all that fabric? At age three, Richardson was “over the thing precious and accessible.
and she’d had to give up her modeling It’s enough to make you squint. And moon” when he received a toy washing If you come for the biography, you’ll be
career. Yes, she was once a cover mod- yet, the basic story here is sweet and not machine as a birthday gift. He remem- glad you stayed for the hints as Richard-
el, lithe and beautiful. Now, she had an outrageously dramatic. Shipman/Rouse bers that it was Harvest Gold. son shows how even the most delicate
extra 15 pounds, but no career, no for- instead makes it gentle, loving, squeaky- Growing up, Richardson absorbed items can be safely home-cleaned. That
ward-looking future and no friends. clean and perfect for sharing with any- washday secrets from an extended fam- fur you love? Done. That stinky-per-
And then she got the letter. one who devours women’s fiction like ily of women, and he learned the ap- fumed vintage item you found? Clean.
When they were kids at Camp Birch- this. peal of laundry hung on a line outside. Ahhhhhhh, so pick up the undies in
wood, Rachel told her camp-mates that So put aside the go-go-go novels. Look While at the University of Kentucky, he the corner, use Grandma’s linens, shop
she’d be a famous actress someday. beyond the contrivances, and The Clover met three professors who taught him thrift-stores with impunity. Go ahead,
More than 20 years later, she was fa- Girls may be your next obsession. Find it, about textiles, and employers educated fear-free. Having Laundry Love should
mous alright — as the spokeswoman for and you might not be able to leaf it alone. him further. Love of fabric eventually take a load off your mind. █
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Rep. Diego Bernal, D-San Antonio, said House sponsor of the bill, joining Rep.
it was all about politics for Republicans Ken King, a West Texas Republican.
worried about primaries. He asked, “Is Committee member State Rep. Diego
the cost worth it?” Bernal, a San Antonio Democrat told the
It died with one Republican absent Texas Tribune it was “soul-crushing”
and Dutton voting present. Then in a and that “bringing it back up, was used
dramatic reversal, Dutton brought the as a form of retaliation by the chair-
bill back up for a vote after his bill al- man,” Bernal said.
lowing Texas Education Commissioner Dutton was slammed by LGBTQ ad-
Mike Morath to remove school board vocates. Human Rights Campaign State
members was killed on a technicality by Director Rebecca Marques said his move
Rep. Alma Allen, a Houston Democrat. showed “the petty and cruel ways that
Democrats generally oppose that bill Texas elected officials use the lives of
but Dutton has advocated for more state trans kids to score political points with-
control over the Houston Independent out regard to the actual human impact.”
School District for poor performance. He should be on watch.
“I don’t know how big this problem “We have a track record of supporting
[trans youth in sports] is, and I wish I pro-LGBTQ candidates and working
did, because I’d be in a better position. I with lawmakers to expand their under-
can tell you this,” he said before the roll standing of LGBTQ Texans,” Marques
call, “the bill that was killed last night added. “LGBTQ voters have a consis-
[allowing Morath to remove ISD board tently high turnout – and they know
members] affected far more children who stands with them, and who works
than this ever will.” to harm them.” █
As a consequence of killing his bill, he SB 29 has been sent to the Calendar Com-
brought SB 28 back in retaliation. Dut- mittee. The legislative session ends on May
ton even went so far as to sign on as a 31.
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The HRC DFW Federal
Club holds a virtual mixer
Friday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m.,
which will feature a discussion
on how allies can become
Alicia Graf Mack, strategic players in advocating for and advanc-
dean and director of ing the interests of oppressed and margin-
alized communities. Led by Sara Brummel,
the Juilliard School, will North America inclusion and diversity learning
be the featured guest and development lead for Accenture, the
artist at Dallas Black discussion will include an explanation on the
Dance Theater’s Spring difference between allyship, accomplice(ship)
celebration, streaming for and advocacy. Register at HRCDFW2021May.
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Have an event coming up? Email your • May 22: Pilobolus in the Garden • May 23: WOOD/SHOP The event features the portraiture and still life
information to Managing Editor Tammye Nash A TITAS-commissioned site-specific work, The third in a series of three programs features work of photographer Brendan Blaney, which
at nash@dallasvoice.com or Senior Staff Writer Pilobolus in the Garden will take audience innovative new works by Bruce Wood Dance draws inspiration from the Dutch masters and
David Taffet at taffet@dallasvoice.com by members through a physically and emotionally company dancers Weaver Rhodes and Seth focuses on light and composition. The evening
Monday at 5 p.m. for that week’s issue. moving performance experience that explores York at 4 p.m. on Zoom. Free. Register at starts at La Tarte Tropezienne where attendees
The Gay Agenda is now color-coded: the vistas of the sculpture garden while BruceWoodDance.org. can get a glass of champagne and a bite to
Red for community events; blue for arts and exploring the nature of nature. bring to the gallery. A percentage of purchases
entertainment; purple for sports; green for Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora St. at • Through May 23: Cotton Patch Gospel at La Tarte Tropezienne and of Blaney’s work
nightlife and orange for civic events and holidays. noon, 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. This rustic musical full of bluegrass, country, benefits the clients and communities of AIN.
Tickets at ATTPAC.org. and gospel music is “the greatest story ever Visit Facebook.com/events/135370881915776.
• May 21: Federal Club mixer retold.” Outdoors at the back lot of The
Transforming from ally to advocate. A • Through May 22: Butterflies Are Free Firehouse Theatre, 2535 Valley View Lane, READ THESE
discussion of how an in-group can advance the Rover Dramawerks presents the classic Farmers Branch. $36. Award-winning author
interests of an oppressed or marginalized out- comedy Butterflies are Free by Leonard TheFirehouseTheatre.com. Robin Stevenson has written
group. To be a part of the discussion of how Gershe at The Core Theatre, 518 W. Arapaho more than 25 books overall,
allies can become strategic players, Road, Richardson. Thursdays and Fridays • May 25: Name and gender including four books about
visit DFWFederalClub.org. at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 3 and 8 p.m. change workshop Pride, each written with a
RoverDramaWerks.com. Lambda Legal discusses what the process specific audience in mind — from tots to
• May 24: Lambda Weekly looks like in Texas to secure state and federal tweens and teens. Pride Colors is a board
Dallas City Council District 14 candidate Paul • May 22-23: The Wars of the Roses identity documents. Lawyers can receive CLE book for the youngest young’uns about the
Ridley is the guest on Lambda Weekly at 1 p.m. Shakespeare Dallas presents a staged reading credit. Meeting via Zoom. LambdaLegal.org. meaning of the colors in the Pride flag; Pride
on 89.3 KNON-fm with David Taffet, of Shakespeare’s history plays: Henry VI Part I, Puppy is for toddlers and focuses on a family’s
Lerone Landis and the late Patti Fink. Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III and Richard III • May 27-29: Tenants/Tenets trip to the Pride parade. Then comes Pride:
at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre, TENANTS/TENETS is a futurist dance theater The Celebration and the Struggle, a booked
• May 22: Mr. Misster Drag Brunch 6000 E. Grand Ave. at noon. performance that spontaneously generates a aimed at the tween group that explains the
A selection of champagne with music from fully functioning society in which its community history of Pride, and When You Get the Chance
resident DJs and special guests and a drag • May 22-23: Dallas Black Dance Theater must determine their responsibility to each is a young adult book about teenage cousins
show at 2 p.m. Tickets from $25 at Eventbrite. DBDT’s Spring Celebration performance other, based on their individual identities, on a road trip to Toronto Pride. Mombian col-
com. Mr. Misster, 3900 Cedar Springs Road. features guest artist Alicia Graf Mack, dean presented by Very Good Dance Theatre at the umnist Dana Rudolph talks about each book,
and director of the Juilliard School. The virtual Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. at 8 p.m. with comments from the author, on page 14 in
• May 22: Karen Chattum book signing performance can be streamed from Saturday Tickets at tickets.attpac.org/production/55208. this issue of Dallas Voice.
Karen Chattum, author of Tired of Being Tired, will at 7 p.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m. $30 per
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