"I was humiliated, I was embarrassed, and I was nervous," said Carlos Diaz de Leon, responding to the 911 tapes recently released by the El Paso Police Department. In the tapes you can clearly hear Diaz de Leon's voice trembling. "The tapes, just the tapes show that the security firm lied in their public statement," he said.

For example, he said, in a statement by the security company reported by ABC-7, the company claimed there were eight men in the group. But in the 911 the guard said there were five men.

In addition, the security firm, All American International Security, also said that the men were dancing around like ballerinas and were engaging in lewd conduct. But the guard calling 911 never makes reference to that; he only makes reference to the kiss. He says, in Spanish, the men cannot kiss in public because there were families with children present.

The story broke on ABC-7 about two weeks ago. The station reported that the men were told to leave Chicos Tacos by one of the security guards; the men called the police to file a anti-discrimination complaint. The call was handled by a rookie police officer who told them it was against the law for a gay couple to kiss in public and that he could cite them for homosexual activity.

Since then, the story mushroomed into a debate about the boundaries of public displays of affection, whether gay PDA should be viewed any differently, and in a larger sense, the emergence of El Paso's gay community. (Click here for NPT news and comment on the story.)

Meanwhile, the incident that started it all is piece-by-piece coming into sharper focus.

The security firm issued a statement defending its actions, and the Mora family, which owns Chico's, also issued a statement saying that while they did not discriminate, they stood behind their security company.

Diaz de Leon said that releasing the security video of the incident would clear things up.

"I am just as appalled as when Mr. Mora (Chico's Taco's Owner) sided with the security guards," he said. "The 911
tapes just show you that I've never lied and that I've been consistent with my story. All I have to say is show us the tapes (video surveillance) they will show everyone that we weren't being rowdy and we weren't dancing on the tables like ballerinas and there weren't any children there how he said in the 911 call and I want everyone to know that we were discriminated against.

"He had more than two and half weeks to respond and he responded wrong, I think by releasing the video tapes just like a business owner myself, would clearly clear things up."

The Chico's owner was not immediately available for comment.

Also, amidst criticism from the public and even the gay community on why Diaz de Leon is the only one speaking out, he said that the rest of the men involved that night at Chico's Tacos will all come out soon.

"This whole situation has also frustrated them, and we all want to come together and show everyone that we're telling the truth," he said.

In related news to the event, city Rep. Beto O'Rourke said that the city will implement the sensitivity training advised recently by a gay rights advocates group to the police department.

"The chief of police has committed to stepping up the training and we have urged him to coordinate with the LGBT community. He is also redoubling his efforts to make sure that the entire force understands and enforces the prohibition against discrimination based on sexual orientation in public places," he said.

Also before council was the same-sex domestic partner health benefits.

"Council will make a decision to spend the money and set the policy to ensure that same-sex domestic partners of city employees enjoy the same health and pension benefits that the spouses of other city employees receive," O'Rourke said.