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NATIONAL DEAR ABBY' SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE
SPECIAL SECTION GAY HISTORY MONTH
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SPORTS
Dallas
VOLUME 24 I ISSUE 21
ISRAEL LUNA
and George Bryant
check out Tarrant
County Gay Pride at
DallasVoice.com.
LOCAL
Comprehensive
LGBT visitors guide
and business
directory gets a
new name.
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NATIONAL
Efforts to force a
voter referendum
on an Oregon
partnership law
have failed.
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dallasvoice.com
OCTOBER 112 I 2007
THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR GLBT DALLAS/FORT WORTH
LifeWalk organizers hope for a barking success
If everything goes according to
plan, there's going to be a lot of
barking going on by stylish dogs
on Sunday Oct. 14, when Lifewalk
kicks off at 1 p.m.
LifeWalk coordinators no doubt
were wondering how they could
increase the total revenue from the
17th annual event this year —
Search
resumes
for missing
LifeBark created to get pets in on the fundraising action at 17th annual event;
organizers hope to surpass last year's total of 5,000 participants
even if they were unable to attract
Significantly more participants —
when the idea crystallized in
someone's mind. There's money to
By David Webb Staff Writer
be made from all of those pets that
show up every year.
For the first time, doggies will be
able to help raise money for AIDS
gay
man
EquuSearch organizer says
search to focus on property
of 'person of interest'
By David Webb News Editor
The search for a missing gay
Madison County resident now
thought to be dead will resume
this weekend, according to the
search team leader.
Jimmy Martin, 33, was last seen
in his hometown of Normangee,
south of Dallas on Interstate 45, on
See SEARCH on PAGE 13
THE COLORS OF PRIDE
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The Copa Cabana livened up the Tarrant County Pride Parade on Sunday, Oct. 7, with this
colorful float. The 26th annual parade included about 23 entries that marched down South
Jennings Street in Fort Worth to the delight of a small but appreciative crowd.
Broussard killer up for parole
Houston gay activist is
vocal supporter of Buice's
attempts to leave prison
By John Wright Staff Writer
Long before there was Matthew
Shepard, there was Paul
Broussard.
But while Shepard's two killers
are both serving consecutive life
sentences, the last of 10 men incar-
cerated for Broussard's 1991 mur-
der is up for parole Monday, Oct. 15.
Broussard, 27, was brutally beat-
en and stabbed to death in an
alleged gay-bashing when two
carloads of youths jumped him
and two friends after they left a bar
in Houston's Montrose area.
Jon Buice, then 17 and now 33,
was the knife-man who inflicted
the deadly wounds, and he
received the longest sentence, 45
years. This will mark Buice's third
parole hearing after he was denied
See PAROLE on PAGE 13
Jon Buice
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The weekend promises mild, sunny days, with light winds out of
the southeast Clouds move in early Sunday, but clear out by the
afternoon, while Monday could bring scattered thunderstorms.
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National News 23
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Deborah Vial wants you!
After moving to Maui a
few years ago, the pow-
erhouse diva and part-
ner Caron Barrett are
back to film a concert at
the Granada. PAGE 36.
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Arms and the other two benefici-
aries, the Legal Hospice of Texas
and the Greg Dollgener Memorial
Fund.
LifeWalk will feature LifeBark
this year. For a $10 registration fee,
pets' masters can obtain colorful
bandanas of their choice for their
doggies to wear in the event.
"All of the dogs will be wearing
LifeBark bandanas this year," said
Raeline Nobles,, executive director
See LIFEWALK on PAGE 12
Smooth transition
Dallas Police Department's first transgender officer says
she has been accepted by fellow officers, officials
By John Wright Staff Writer
Nineteen years ago, Mike Smith
attended police academy along-
side Joe Grabowski.
Today, as a sergeant for the
Dallas Police Department, Smith
supervises Officer Deborah
Grabowski.
But Joe and Deborah aren't hus-
band and wife, brother and sister,
or father and daughter.
Deborah Grabowski, 42, is the
department's first known trans-
gender officer, having undergone
sexual reassignment surgery in
May.
But Smith said that for him and
others who work with Grabowski
out of a substation at Love Field,
little has changed.
"To me, she's the same person as
she was 19 years ago," Smith said.
"We get along the same Way. I treat
her just like any other police offi-
cer. "
Grabowski said she's thankful
for that.
She's witnessed horror stories
from around the country involv-
ing transgender people being fired
and the like.
Although Dallas has an ordi-
nance, passed in 2002, prohibiting
discrimination based on gender
identity, Grabowski says she was
fearful when she came out. But
with the support of the city, she
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Deborah Grabowski began her 18-year career
with the Dallas Police Department as a man,
but began living full time as a woman in
2006, with the support of her superiors.
began living as a woman full time
in 2006.
Grabowski, an 18-year veteran
of the force, sat down with Dallas
Voice recently to talk more about
her experience.
Dallas Voice: Since coming out,
you've shied away from the
media. Why is that?
Graboivski: "I just didn't want
See TRANSITION on PAGE 15
Amateur athlete Tom
Timbol helps Dallas
gasians test their mettle.
Timbol and five other
Dragonflies members
compete in the U.S. Open
Triathlon. PAGE 42.
Why no complimentary
chips and salsa at
Frida's? Because the
new Oak Lawn
restaurant isn'tTex-Mex
— and diners are better
for it. PAGE 53.
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