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"Good lighting" was a curious way to pitch a new cruising ground to that market. The Space Center isn't just about the wonders of the universe; it's a nod to Houston's role in shaping dreams into reality.

For those who seek solace in nature's embrace, the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center offers an oasis of tranquility.

Make your way to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, which has an amazing visitor center and tram tour if you need to rest your legs after a night destroying the dance floor. As some comments noted, LGBTQ+ Texans still face stigma in some areas, especially outside big cities. . Many of these crimes are all but forgotten. Then the Chronicle's January 8, 1976 front page ran the headline "Homosexual Tells Police He Killed 3 Men Here." The first line of that story described the confessor, Joseph Standwick, as "an admitted homosexual." Later coverage would add to that description: "admitted homosexual and male prostitute." Such headlines and biased language deepen our understanding of why Plummer might specifically comment on the "fair and unbiased reporting" regarding the no-turn signs and cruising; just weeks before the no-turn signs went up, many Houstonians were imagining a murderous, gay prostitute in Montrose.

In that context, battles over whether gay men could or should claim Montrose as their cruising grounds have an understandable urgency, and not just for cruising men concerned about their own safety. The Association's remarkable strategy eerily echoed R. L. Martinson's proposal to Mayor Welch: relocate the Circuit.

As Ralph Davis wrote in Ciao! in 1974, "[t]he Mayor, in order to reduce growing tension arising between straights and gays, immediately advised bar owners that he would not interfere with business so long as their patrons weren't a public nuisance." Given prior police raids on the Story Book and any number of other queer establishments, cruising men might mistrust such promises.

Still, the possibility of that connection may help explain how the MCA came to have the support of the Gay Political Caucus and the Metropolitan Community Church, both organizations invested in promoting the respectability of gay people. One implication of this strange return is that the shifting of neighborhoods and cruising areas is not uniform, unidirectional, or irreversible.

It is also important for us today to recall that queer folk were not always victims but also sometimes the perpetrators of surveillance and violent crime in 1970s Houston.

While acceptance is growing overall, attitudes can vary widely depending on what part of the state you are in. He places responsibility for this failing on MCA for choosing the relocation area on its own, rather than consulting first with "those involved with the Montrose circuit." Plummer's reporting also answered a curious gap in Galloway's account: he specified the gay organizations working with MCA as the Gay Political Caucus, the Metropolitan Community Church, and "other local organizations"—some of whom could also have offered expert guidance on the move.

Whether you're exploring the depths of space, the serenity of nature, or the richness of culture, this Texan gem invites you to be part of its ongoing story. The circuit merely moved, and most likely will relocate again."TWT also quoted a 1985 letter from the Montrose Ltd. Homeowners Association to the city's Traffic and Engineering Department which made it clear they aimed to limit cruising:

The traffic begins increasing at dusk, is heaviest between 10 p.m.

This was known to many as Suniland. Despite consistent efforts from a variety of forces, the Montrose cruising circuits remained resilient.