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Newspaper insults gay man, Bey coming home and other top stories


By Johnny Trlica

What’s in a name? Has anyone ever heard of Frances Ethel Gumm? If you are a fan of Judy Garland, you have. How about Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta? That would be Lady Gaga to all of you little monsters. How would you like to see Caryn Johnson as host of The View? Well you do, only you know her as Whoopi Goldberg.

Yes, a lot can be said and impressions made with the correct moniker. That brings us to TC’s Show Bar rebranding into Barcode. The name modification was just about the last thing to change as the bar had made subtle changes over the past few months.

Alterations include fewer drag shows and more male strippers, draft beer poured from the bottom up, a new bar countertop, new lighting inside and out and a live DJ, twice a week.

But don’t worry. Barcode still has some of the cutest bartenders in town.

Here’s a bit of what we’ve been reading on the Houston Rainbow Facebook page.

Texas newspaper’s final insult

Bigotry has no boundaries, not even in death. The Olton (north of Lubbock) Enterprise newspaper is standing by its decision to remove all references to a gay man’s husband from his mother’s obituary, reports DallasVoice.com.

Barry Giles original submission of Brenda Light’s obituary read, “Those left to cherish her memories include her son, Barry Giles, and his husband, John Gambill, of Dallas.†But when the paper hit the stands Gambill’s name had been removed.

By the time Light’s obituary appeared in the newspaper, however, Gambill’s name had been removed.

Gambill told the Dallas Voice he immediately contacted the Olton Enterprise’s owner and editor, Phillip Hamilton, to ask what had happened.

“Because I wanted to cut it out,†Hamilton said, according to the DallasVoice.com.

Hamilton said he edited the obituary for religious beliefs saying it is his “religious conviction that a male cannot have a husband.†He added: “It is also my belief that to publish anything contrary to God’s Word on this issue would be to publish something in the newspaper that is not true,†he said. Calling the paper’s edits “both ethical and lawful,†he added, “It would be unethical to publish a news item that is known by the editor to be false.â€

“Based on the truth found in the Word of God,†Hamilton concluded, “I could not in good conscience identify Mr. Gambill as the husband of Mr. Giles.â€

‘Skinhead lesbian’ gets last laugh

When losing an argument, name-calling remains the only option. Republican candidate Leslie Gibson used Twitter to attack two students who survived the mass shooting at a Florida high school, calling one of them, who is openly bisexual, a “skinhead lesbian†and the other a “bald-faced liar,†reports NBCNews.com.

“There is nothing about this skinhead lesbian that impresses me and there is nothing that she has to say unless you’re frothing-at-the-mouth moonbat,†Gibson wrote about 18-year-old Emma Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead.

Gibson, who was the only declared candidate for the 57th District of the Maine House of Representatives later apologized for his comments and has since withdrawn from the race.

Lorna Luft ill

A member of gay icon royalty has fallen ill. Lorna Luft, the daughter of the original gay icon Judy Garland, and half-sister of drag queen favorite Liza Minnelli has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after collapsing following a performance in London, reports TheGuardian.com.

The singer, 65, was “forgetting lyrics and monologue†before she collapsed backstage at a performance in London on March 9. She was rushed to the hospital where the initial diagnosis was delivered.

Luft is an Emmy-winning TV producer and Broadway star. Her film credits include Grease 2 and Trapper John M.D. She voiced a character in the Logo Network’s animated series Rick & Steve. Luft made her singing debut at 11 years old in an appearance on her mother’s TV series The Judy Garland Show, which aired 1963 through ’64.

Splitsville

If gays can marry they can divorce, as well. Anderson Cooper and his boyfriend of nine years, Benjamin Maisani, broke up, reports People.com.

In a statement to the magazine, Cooper said: “Benjamin and I separated as boyfriends some time ago. We are still family to each other, and love each other very much.†He added that the pair “remain the best of friends, and will continue to share much of our lives together.â€

Homecoming for Bey

There’s no place like home. Beyoncé is going back on tour, and is bringing the spectacle to her hometown on September 15.

Bey is joined on the four-month, 36-date world tour with her husband, Jay-Z. This is the first tour for the couple in four years. Tickets for the NRG Stadium show went on sale March 19.

Johnny Trlica is the manager of the Houston Rainbow Herald Facebook page, your source for the latest LGBTQ news and information. Contact him at [email protected]

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