Q: What, if anything is missing from your closet?Įl Jeffrey: "Nothing, because I really like to protect my image, I try to have all the things that I need, the only thing missing is some order because it's in chaos." Not that we're saying that El Jefferey is gay but in an illuminating article from yesterday's El Caribe El Jeffrey is asked the following questions: So, when El Listin Diario editors expressed concern about so many " pajaros" (a pejorative word used in DR for gays) on television, we wondered if some of the concern was about singers such as El Jeffrey (pictured, right, in a photo taken for El Caribe CDN by Ariel Castillo). On Thursday, KPCC radio (89.3) tagged along with "semi-anonymous" performance artist Sandra as she pasted the plaques outside each bar as part of the ongoing Operation Invisible Monument, which seeks to " commemorate moments in Los Angeles history that have not been officially recognized" and, in this instance, highlight the effect of gentrification in some areas of the city.įor more on all this check out the above hyper links, the project's main website or Sandra's blog. 4th St, Downtown Los Angeles, currently Bar 107īut if you want to see the memorial plaques placed on each site you better run because they might be gone by the time you read this. Klub Fantasy / Club Fire at the Nayarit aka The Echo 1822 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026.Le Barcito, currently the Cha Cha 2375 Glendale Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90039.The Pocho Research Society has designated the following four Echo Park, Silver Lake and downton Los Angeles sites - all former Latino gay bars - as landmarks: In a case that we have followed for a while, The Dallas Voice is reporting this week that openly gay Dallas Constable Mike Dupree has resigned maintaining his innocence in charges made against him even though he has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge.ĭupree, who saw allegations of improper use of his power pile up after it was reported that he had a much younger former lover picked up by one of his deputies and put him in deportation proceedings (the teen was an undocumented Honduran immigrant), resigned only when a judge ruled that there was enough evidence to investigate whether he should continue holding his post.Īn independent investigation also detailed in this week's Dallas Voice determined that "Dupree made a habit of inviting young Hispanic employees on dates, trips and cruises taking them to the basement and making advances."ĭupree told the Voice that it was all an orchestrated campaign to run a gay man out of the constable's office but, in exchange for his resignation and a pledge never to run for another politically appointed office in Texas, all pending charges - aside from a misdemeanor - have been dropped.