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TARA CHADWICK checks out
Chick Happy Hour at DailasVoice.com.
LOCAL
Gay Bingo Dallas
to celebrate
7th anniversary
at Station 4
on Saturday.
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NATIONAL
John McCain
says he opposes
adoption by gays,
but does not seek
a federal ban.
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Uptown Vision TKO's Woody Morrow takes a cut as Woody's Roos catcher Matt Miller looks on during the Pegasus Slowpitch Softball
Association's end-of-season tournament at Trinity View Park in Irving on Sunday, July 13. Uptown Vision TKO was one of six PSSA teams that
advanced to the gay softball World Series in Seattle in August. For a list of those teams and results from the tournament, see Page 33.
THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR LGBT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
AC says city
must release
complaint files
Ruling comes in response to request from Dallas Voice for
records related to six-year-old nondiscrimination ordinance
By John Wright News Editor
The Texas Attorney General's Office has ordered the city of Dallas to release
records of complaints filed under the city's six-year-old ban on discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
The AG's Office issued a three-page
decision Tuesday July 15 in response to a
request seeking access to the records filed
by Dallas Voice under the state's Public
Information Act.
Hie city of Dallas declined to release
records of the complaints in April, citing
privacy concerns. However, in its deci-
sion, the AG's Office said only a small
portion of information in the files can be
withheld.
Rob Wiley, a local gay attorney who
represented Dallas Voice in the matter, called the decision a victory for the news-
paper and a victory for advocates of open government.
"I think that the Voice's request was very much about making sure that the gay
community is able to keep an eye on the city's investigation and enforcement of
sexual orientation discrimination complaints," Wiley said. "Without those files,
See FILES on PAGE 14
JOB BIAS COMPLAINTS
Complaints alleging employment
discrimination based on sexual
orientation since law took effect in '02:
Total: 22
Dismissed (no cause): 17
Nonjurisdictional: 3
Mediated Resolutions: 1
Withdrawn: 1
Prosecutions: 0
Source: Dallas Fair Housing Office
Gay bar bans drag queens on rashy iiesday
Crews Inn co-owner says trans crowd too much to handle on
busy nights; performers claim discrimination, plan protest
By Ben Briscoe Staff Writer
Fueled by cheap drink prices and
nearly naked, toned men dancing for
tips, Tuesday night bar-hopping on
Fitzhugh Avenue is becoming a staple
in the Dallas LGBT community. So
much so that locals have even given the
event a nickname — "Trashy Tuesday."
But Crews Inn co-owner David
Moore says he plans to remove the "T"
— for transgender, that is — from the
clientele at his Fitzhugh Avenue bar on
Tuesday nights.
"Drag queens act like they are divas
and think they can't do no wrong,"
Moore said. "They have stolen money
straight off the bar, hassled costumers
for drinks and locked themselves in the
bathroom with a bunch of guys. And
with Tuesday being our busiest night,
there is just no way for me to keep the
draq queens under control then. I don't
want draq queens in here that are going
to misbehave."
That's why starting Tuesday, July 15
Moore and his employees began asking
transgender women and draq queens to
leave. Local drag performers Ivana
See CREWS INN on PAGE 12
WEEKEND WEATHER
INDEX
MUSIC
FRI Mostly sunny 97°
Local News 6
National News 16
Viewpoints 22
Life+Style 24
Starvoice 37
Calendar 39
Classifieds 50
Last Sunday, George
Michael amazed his
Dallas neighbors with a P
spectualr two-and-a-
half-hour show at the
American Airlines
Center. PAGE 32. -
-Q- SAT Mostly sunny 74/96
0 SUN Mostly sunny 75/96
What can you really say about Dallas weather in July other than
HOT AS HELL? There's no rain in the forecast, but that doesn't
mean there won't be any. Are we in a drought? Sure feels like it
EROTICA
This hardcore BDSM
performer looks just like
that cop from HGTV's
'Design Star: This week,
savvy bloggers found
the photos that makes it
undeniable. PAGE 48.
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Marisa Diotalevi, North
Texas' lesbian reincar-
nation of Lucille Ball,
steals the show in the
broadly comic play
Garden' at Theatre
Three. PAGE 36.
David Moore,
co-owner of the
Crews Inn,
claims he can
legally keep
transgender
people out of his
gay bar on
Fitzhugh Avenue
in Dallas if their
appearances
don't match
their photo IDs.
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