“we are all gay men… just wanting to be excepted… remember the person in the stale next to me may be doing the worst thing in your establishment (drugs) but he wont be thrown out cause he is dressed as a boy, but i live as a woman and i cant even come through the door”

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And THAT boys and boys is EXACTLY what further’s the stereotype that all transsexuals (post and pre-op) are merely gay males …

WOW…and to think she would stand by this dinosaur and disparage those that participate in the same artform as her.

David Moore has been doing things like this since I moved back to Dallas from school in 2001.

I used to be a dancer there for apx 6 weeks and didn’t show up for my next shift after the constant sexual comments made by Mr. Moore (yes I know I was a dancer, but you can be complimentary and still keep it professional).

My ex, Sierra N. Andrews, and I one year decided to go to Crew’s Inn after our friend won the Missed America charity pageant…and we were told that my ex and our friend could not enter because they did not look like “men.” When my ex politely questioned the doorperson, David Moore burst out, grabbed her by the arm and shoved her out the door. Yes, definintely a class act.

My current partner and I will not patronize this establishment again. The patio area in the back constantly smells like sewage and the dancers are not attractive like they used to be. On the other hand, his neighbor on the other side of the street had great music now, a great crowd and hot strippers on Tuesdays. And to think that Zipper’s used to be a dump and Crews used to be hot….

Maybe David should either take a look around him and do something to fix his bar…or hand the torch over to the new generation. Nevertheless, he needs to remember that there is a T in that LGBT acronym.

- John Vance

Mr. Moore has every right to throw people out of his bar for misbehaving and ignoring the rules he has established, but it shouldn’t matter if they are drag queens, transpeople, or Republicans.

Dear Editor:
Over this last weekend, I decided to dress in drag to see how drag queens are treated by our own community. I am not one to do drag nor do I have a desire to do so again. It was an interesting experience. The thing that stood out to me was how badly treated our own LGBT community tends to treat a person in drag. I was very disappointed. I was called tranny had things thrown at me and laughed at in my face by gay men. No one recognized me yet when they did they were embarrassed. I am writing this to point out that recently we received the right to get married. I guess I wanted to point out to the community that none of this would have happened with out the Drag queens and other members of our community (which doesn’t receive much credit) revolting and starting Stonewall. It was an experience and I can now say that I have a lot of respect for transgender and drag queens. I realized it must be hard for them because they are rejected by the straight community and made fun of by some of the gay community.
I personally feel we should embrace all in our community and remember that like on the Center’s building “Alone we can do so little but together we can achieve so much.” Happy Pride everyone and hope you have a great and safe time.
Raymond Portillos Leon
http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=12499

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http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=12617