Resource Center wants its monthly show at S4 to remain family friendly by keeping it light and fun
O-69 | Gay Bingo has been going strong since 2000 and organizers say it’s becuase it’s kept family friends. (Cher Musico)
DAVID TAFFET | Staff Writer
taffet@dallasvoice.com
Guest hosts will entertain at Gaybingo over the next few months as a search for a replacement for Valerie Jackson begins.
Jackson said she was fired from hosting because of her language.
“I think we’re going to go in a different direction,” she said she was told after the May show.
Gaybingo is produced by Resource Center whose spokesman Rafael McDonnell said he couldn’t comment on personnel matters.
McDonnell said Jada Fox would host the June 21 event with special guest Deanna Dewberry, an investigative reporter from NBC 5. The theme is Jungle GayBingo.
Jackson had been hosting Gaybingo since November. She said she was first told the show was rated NC-17.
“Push it, but don’t overstep the line,” she said. “I gave them what they wanted.”
She said in January she was told to pull it back.
Paul J. Williams hosts GayBingo North in his Sister Helen Holy character at the Courtyard Theater in Plano.
“I’ve always known what the boundary is,” he said.
He said there are no kids, but the show is always family friendly.
“We’re raising money and having fun,” he said.
He said Sister Helen wouldn’t use inappropriate language, so it’s easier for him to keep within guidelines. Once, he said, he did drop an f-bomb and as soon as he came off stage he was asked to stay away from strong language.
“I got it,” he said. “Keep it light and keep it fun.”
The next GayBingo North is on June 15. Heavenly Fathers Day Bingo is the theme.
“It’s BYOD,” Williams said. “Bring your own daddy.”
Sister Helen said the show begins at 3 p.m. so people have time to go to church and time to spend with loved ones before going out to gamble.
“And for those of you who can’t get out of bed, there’s time for a late service,” she said.
GayBingo at S4 is held in The Rose Room on the third Saturday each month, except December.
September marks the 150th GayBingo. The monthly event began in 2000 and was held at the Lakewood Theater and moved to Cedar Springs Road in 2006.
Planning is underway for the milestone Gaybingo with special entertainment and the theme, “Proud Mary.”
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 6, 2014.