October 2003

FEATURES

• So Gay, So Great The readers speak in our 7th annual Gayest & Greatest survey
• Worth the Waite Openly gay Todd Waite stars at the Alley. By Bradley David Williams
• The Men Who Would Be Mayor
  Sylvester Turner and Bill White answer questions; plus HGLPC PAC endorsements. By Josef Molnar
• OutFront
  • Adrian Bowie
  • Houston Prime Timers
  • Jackie Golden and Tracy Alston of Uncommon Legacy
  • The Steel Weekend Guys
• Boo!
  • Magic Time Aquanet, the Montrose
    Hairspray raises money for AIDS.
  • Best of the Fest Queer performers
    wander through the Texas
    Renaissance Festival.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Television It's All Relative breaks the next barrier: gays as parents. By Christopher Lisott
• Movies on DVD/VHS Absolutely Fabulous comes to DVD, The Battle of Little Jo, more. By Troy Carrington
• LookOut Houston Women's Festival goes downtown. By Tim Brookover
• Out In the Arts She Loves Me, Houston Ballet's season opener, Box Office of the Damned, more. By D.L. Groover
• GrooveOut Celebrate our history month with queer music. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut Shorts Recent releases from Rufus Wainwright, Hamell on Trail, Aretha Franklin, Shelby Lynne, more. By Troy Carrington, Andrea Rodricks, and Lance Walker
• Read Out In an excerpt from Wayne Besen's Anything But Straight, the author tracks America's most famous ex-gay.

NEWS & COMMENT

• Letters
• News Briefs HRC hosts a legal issues forum.
• LeftOut Bush needs economic tough love. By Daryl Moore
• OutRight Harvey Milk High is not the solution. By Dale Carpenter
• InsideOut at City Hall Vote in advance. By Annise D. Parker
• GenerationOut Two women and the military. By H.A.T.C.H. Writers

OUT & ABOUT

• OutLoud Lesbian moms, hetero teen daughters, and parental denial. By Sally Sheklow
• DineOut The Barnaby's guys open Brown Bag Deli.
  Eric A.T. Dieckman
• OutPlay Football hero Dave Kopay huddles with Ricestudents. By Victor Zorn
• Out of Town Warhols and pharaohs in Austin and New Orleans. By Tim Brookover
• Calendar What’s up in October.
• Bar & Club Guide Featuring Bill Kopecky of JR's Bar & Grill in "Behind the Bar."
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

ADVERTISERS INDEX

• Classifieds

About the Cover:
Tyron Garner (l) and John Lawrence lead our Gayest & Greatest winners. Photographed for OutSmart by John Conroy. Cover designed by Terry Klumpp.