December 2003

FEATURES

• Sparkle A gift of hand-crafted jewelry will make the season bright. Photography by John Taton
• Share the Wealth For the third year, we suggest a few nonprofit groups for end-of-year gifts. By Tim Brookover
• A Joyful Noise Gay Men’s Chorus of Houston celebrates 25 years of song this holiday season. Photography by Gavyn Aaron
• OutFront
  • Colt 45’s Holiday Trees Photograph by David Lewis
  • A Gay Pilot Soars Photograph by Gavyn Aaron
  • Lesbian Bikers Photograph by Todd Rainer
• Thoroughly Dick Writer Dick Scanlan discusses his battle with AIDS and his triumphant musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. By Bradley David Williams

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• LookOut The Laramie Project at HSPVA, toy drives, more. By Tim Brookover
• DVD/VHS Arthur Dong’s Stories from the War on Homosexuality, Gasoline, Confusion of Genders, more. By Troy Carrington, Suzie Lynde, and Lance Walker
• Television Angels in America, Heavenly Creatures, Chastity Bono, Dead or Alive: Final, and Switchblade Sisters. By Troy Carrington
• Out in the Arts Tosca, Eric Barnes’ The Stops, more. By D.L. Groover
• GrooveOut New releases ring in the holidays. By Gregg Shapiro
• GrooveOut Shorts Reviews of recent releases from Cyndi Lauper, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sarah McLachlan, Reba McIntire Jen Foster, and more. By Troy Carrington, Suzie Lynde, Andrea Rodricks, and Lance Walker
• Read Out New Cecil Beaton and Judy Garland books. By D.L. Groover
• ReadOut Shorts Reviews of the recent books Queer as Folk: The Book, Quickies, Hot+Bothered, and Feminine Persuasion. By Tim Brookover and Blase DiStefano

NEWS & COMMENT

• News Briefs
  • Local GLBT Group Build Habitat House
  • PFLAG’s Signs on Buses
  • How Fared Gay/Lesbian Candidates?
  • Date Book
• LeftOut Massachusetts Supreme Court marriage ruling. By Daryl Moore
• OutRight The polls won’t bring us gay marriage. By Dale Carpenter
• InsideOut at City Hall Her final report. By Annise D. Parker
• GenerationOut Butch meets femme. By H.A.T.C.H. Writers
• Business News

OUT & ABOUT

• OutLoud A trip with a seven-year-old and the Matterhorn. By Sally Sheklow
• DineOut Two years after it burned, La Strada returns. By Tim Brookover
• Out of Town Getaways for winter-blah relief. By Andrew Collins
• Calendar What’s up in December.
• Bar & Club Guide Featuring Suzy Riley of EJ’s in “Behind the Bar.”
• SignOut By Lilly Roddy

About the Cover:
Scott Rice poses as our Santa for the holidays. Photograph by John Conroy. Cover designed by Terry Klumpp.