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ONE YEAR LATER | One year after the Rainbow Lounge raid, Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead,
center, visited with FFA members the Rev. Carol West and David Mack Henderson during an event at
the bar. (Tammye Nash/Dallas Voice)
RAID, From Page 8
Washington, D.C., to come to Fort Worth to "edu-
cate our community on the provisions of the Af-
fordable Care Act for LGBT families."
And in the fall, around the time of the Dallas and
Fort Worth Pride celebrations, the organization will
stage a fundraiser to honor community members
"who have made a difference and who continue to
pay it forward," while at the same time launching
FFW's Legacy Project, which will begin building
the resources necessary to provide LGBT commu-
nity programs in Tarrant County, Henderson said.
There have been setbacks, for the community
and at the personal level for many of those in-
volved.
Anable—who had for most of his life stayed out
of the realm of activism — was energized by what
happened that night at Rainbow Lounge and al-
most overnight became one of the city's most out
and most outspoken LGBT activists. In January
2010, when FFW incorporated, Anable became the
organization's first president, eventually selling his
CPA firm to focus on activism full time.
But a little more than two years later, in August
2012, Anable was dead by his own hand.
"Tom was so closely affiliated with Fairness Fort
Worth, that ever since he died there have been ru-
mors it was because of his role with the organiza-
tion or his activism. But that isn't true," Henderson
said.
"His death had nothing to do with his work with
Fairness Fort Worth. It's easy to conflate the two,
but Tom had his own demons long before Fairness
Fort Worth ever came along. Unfortunately, he
couldn't find a better solution for fighting them."
But there have been many personal victories, too.
Tori Van Fleet Kujala, a forensics expert with the
Fort Worth PD, became one of the faces of LGBT
rights in Tarrant County when she came out at a
Fort Worth City Council meeting as a trans woman
during the effort to pass a trans-inclusive human
rights ordinance. It was a hard decision to make,
she said, but it's one she doesn't regret.
"It got me into advocacy and helped me accept
me and speak to people about my being transsex-
ual," Kujala said. "You can say that I'm the happiest
girl in the world. I've got a life and a job that I love,
and a husband that loves me dearly Life is won-
derful for me in Fort Worth." ■
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Others are specializing in substance abuse. The
incidence of substance abuse in the community
is high so, during their fieldwork, those students
have found they will be dealing with people who
are LGBT.
Virginia Laney is finishing her masters in
counseling at SMU and co-facilitates a support
group for people with HIV at Resource Center as
part other internship. She said her interest began
with LGBT friends of hers.
"Coming here has taught me about the diver-
sity within the gay community," she said, speak-
ing between appointments with clients at
Resource Center. She added that she's learned to
push past her own biases.
"Each person is unique, with their own story,"
she said. "Who you are should be celebrated."
In the HIV support group, interns have come
and gone since the group began several years
ago, Laney said. What she loves about the group
is they get to help train the therapist.
Laney said she enjoys the interaction as people
in the group help each other with resources and
talk about what works for them. She's learned
what works and what doesn't work in HIV treat-
ment, especially for those who may be margin-
alized. But she said she loves that members of the
group taught her to be a better therapist as
they've opened themselves up to her.
SMU's partnership with Resource Center is
about five years old and began with a friendship
between the center's CEO, Cece Cox, and SMU
Dean David Chard. Counseling interns already
serve about 300 clients a year, and the program is
expanding to work with Youth First. Rakos said
that presents a variety of new issues in dealing
with LGBT youth who are coming out younger
than ever. ■
To contact SMU's program at Resource Center, call
214-393-3680.
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