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Urie - page 5 Donald & Ray, Ou! on Vacation- Page 7 Ozarks Pride Ou! Cruzin- page 12-13 That's Entertainment page-14 Lesbian Notions- page • 15 Deep Inside Hollywood-page-16 Q Scopes- page 20 Classifieds-page 22 Communiiy Directory- page 23 Advertising Rates: Card Size Ad- $17.00 per issue (3 Month Minimum) Subscription- $16.00 (6 months) Classifieds- $6.00 first 15 words- 25cents each additional. Email: advertising@ozarkspride.com Phone (417) 437-2275 for larger and full page ad rates. Deadline for all advertising, articles and payment is the 20th of each month for the next months issue. Ozarb Pridt Magazine is published & diltribuled monthly as a community a.vie» by Ozarlcs Pride Groop of Joplin, Missouri. Publication of lhe name. photograph or lkeness of any person. business or organization in thla publication is not to be construed •• any ind•ca!lon of 11xual ori1nl11ion or prelerencaa of auch person. bu,inesa or organization. O~niona expreo,ed by co!umnista, ldY!lr1i,ers or L•N•ri to tho Ec/J1or are not neca1S1rily the opinion oi Ozarb Prldt IM>gezine, ii• s/1/f. tho publiahor or J'a 1dver1;..,._ Content of ldver11•ments 1nd articles are the tole responsibility of the advettieer and /or au'l!or. Tha Publisher r, Oz•ri« Pr~ Msgazioo re1trves tho right lo refuse edvtrtil:ng material for any reason what so ever. o~ Prid& and 111 likenesses there of are sole properties of Ozarks Pride Group. All material O ~yrignt 200( Ozorh Pride We Made It! Yes, Ozarks Pride Magazine made it past the half year mark. We are in our 7th month and have met every distribution date. We are now the oldest continu- .,, ous running LGBT news publication in j Southwest Missouri. :i As some of you may remember, our first issue, January was eight pages. June, the Gay Pride 2004 issue was our largest issue with 28 pages and we are growing monthly. The community response has been tremendous and contributors such as Steve Urie, Ray Williams, Donald Pile, T J Kelly and Gabe Norman deserve huge hugs. Our loyal advertisers have come through month after month. REE's , Fairfield Inn, Faces Guesthouse, Century 21 Goldcastle OKC, Penny Smart with Woody's Manhattan, Vickie Bronson of Charles Burt Realtors, Studio 716 and Bamboo Lounge have kept the paper alive. You are greatly appreciated as are all the newer business community customers. With this half year milestone under our belt, I want to say, although we have continued to operate in the red to date, I am optimistic about the future of this magazine. There have been too many kudos from the LGBT community to think otherwise. In June issue we added the syndicated column "Lesbian Notions" and Q Scopes. For the July issue another syndication "Deep Inside Hollywood" a very popular national column. "Out on Vacation" by Ray Williams and Donald Pile is now in syndication. continued page-3 I I 1 :tf -~~, i t :~z} page-2 Of course our goal is to become a profit oriented company, and with circulation increasing each month our advertising rates have to increase. Our current rates are very reasonable and you the business community should take advantage of this opportunity to increase your sales. Our advertisers are all telling us they have new business from their Ozarks Pride ad's. Now, an important announcement.. .... Because our name " Ozarks Pride Magazine" is sometimes associated with Gay Pride Organizations, we have decided to rename the magazine beginning with the August issue. The new name will be " The Ozarks Star " The format will not change and we hope to continue to print the front and back cover in full color, although this is our most costly feature. In addition other enhancements are in the works for the future. Yes, we have come a long way in six months and I have met many new and wonderful people who have generously helped get us here. December will be our 12th issue and we are going to have a party baby! So get ready and have that old Tux cleaned and let out, that includes the ladies too! Have a great 4th of July. C.D. ward Editor/Publisher 3 Creator: Romeo San Vicente has extensive experience in Hollywood as a writer, producer, and homosexual. His friends have the ability to make or break your budding career, so be nice to him. About the column: Deep Inside Hollywood is an entertainment insider column covering celebrities, movies, TV shows, and other Hollywood subjects of interest to gays and lesbians. Lots of previews of upcoming gay-related projects, along with inside information about Tinseltown goings-on - with just a touch of gossip. This is Q Syndicate's most popular column. Ozarks Pride Magazine, soon to be "The Ozarks Star" will be publishing this column each month beginning with this issue. See page 16 for the first installment. Volume 1 Issue 7 Page4 Want a VOICE in your community? We welcome your opinion , commentary, and your input. This publication is about building Community Unity, and you are a part of making this happen. We want you to speak out! Mailing address: 2401E. 32nd St, Suite !1-243, Joplin, MO ~84-328 Email: editor@arkspride.com NOTE: All letter's to the editor and articles submitted must include your name and phone number for verification purposes only. Mission Statement: To provide a GLBT community voice to SW l'vfissouri, SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, NW Arkansas. Our mission is to inform and report news of interest to our communtiy. Missouri Gay Marriage Vote August 3rd. Constitution Defense Leag11e 11datt: Tuesday, August 3 is fast approaching, and the campaign against Amendment 2 is picking up steam:"Aniendment 2 is the official ballot name.of the proposal to ban gay and lesbian marriage in the Missouri Constitution. With offices and staff in St. Louis and &nsas City, and staff in Columbia and soon to follow in Springfield, no.t to mention.active volunteer teanis in all 6£ these communities, the. &nstitution Defense League is positioning itself to defeat Amendment 2 on. Augμst 3! Missouri will be the first state in the country to vote on this kind qf constitutional amendn:ient since the victory in Massachusetts. At least four other states will face the same vote in November, and they, along with the rest of the country, are looking to .l\fissouri to see how we face up to the challenge. Ad11ertlsemi11i Woody's Manhattan Hair & Nall Salon Penny Smart 509 Main ~ Joplin, MO 64801 Appointments (417) 623-3500 Page 5 Community Spirit Keeps Climbing! I want to start this month thanking a number of business and church leaders for there thought&, suggestions and their help in building our GLBTS Community. Penny Smart (Woody's of Manhattan), Rachael Martinez (1\fassage by Rachael), Chaz Ward (Faces Guesthouse and Ozarks Pride Magazine), Rev. George and Rev Paula Jo David (Pastors at River of Life Church in Pittsburg, KS) as well as Connie Gilpin (MCC of the Living Spring in Eureka Springs, AR) have all been instrumental in building the great area community and teaching what "Unity in Christ" is all about. Exchanging business cards, spreading ,vord of businesses, traveling untold miles this group of people have been a positive force in not only Joplin, but Eureka Springs, Pittsburg and around the world through the UFMCC news and web news. The churches in this three state area are sponsoring and cosponsoring special events on regular bases for the good of the people here. The GLBTS Community is more than going to the bar. (Don't be offended, I not telling not to go there.) But } am telling you that there are other social events and programs for you to be 'involved in. Speaking of ev-ems, I understand that Pride in Springfield was a great success, so to in Kansas City, St Louis, Dallas, San Francisco ... and next year we are adding Joplin to the calendar. A committee is being developed July l, 2004 for Joplin Pride 2005 and it's time to start working on this nmv. If you are interested, please call 417-206-6179 and leave your name and number or email ~. This-will not be a church event but a community event to celebrate who we are. \Ve are dads, mothers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. We are neighbors, co-workers, peers and friends. And we don't need to go out of town to celebrate that. The committee is making arrangements to have games, art works, crafts and food/ drink booths at this first ANNUAL JOPLIN PRIDE 2005. Watch for exciting announcements and be involved. Hopefully before our pride event we will have a new president, one that cares about all the people. REMEMBER VOTE! VOTE! VOTE! Your vote counts, each one makes differences. When you don't vote ... you make a difference too! You choose. There is a story of an old man watching as a young boy is picking up starfish on the beach. The boy picks up a starfish and throws it as far into the ocean as he can, walks along, picks up another and another and another. The old man finally catches up -with the young boy and tells him, "You're not going to make a difference, look at all of them." The young boy picked up another starfish and threw it just as high and far as he could, looked up to the old man and said, "it makes a difference to that one." Yes each one of your votes count ... be ready and let's make a bold stand and get the GLBTS community out to vote at our local elections in August and the Presidential Election in November. Have a great month! Steve Volume 1 Issue 7 ' MEN'S UNDERWEAR STORE NOW OPEN! 825 E 3.., ST. DOWNTOWN TULSA. CALL, 877-7-BOXERS ~OR INFO! UNDmWEAR FOR EVERY MAN. OFFERINO THE HOTTEST BRANDS, 80 SOFTWEAR + JOCKO + WC LA ROCHE + MUNDO UNICO + OLAF BENZ r t! Ozarks Pride Page 7 July 1, 2004 Photo by: Ray Williams -OUT ON VAl.ATION .. Traveling in the gay friendly world" by Donald Pile and Ray Williams gaytravelers@aol.com THE GRAND RESORT "The Largest, exclusively Gay Resort on fl Ft. Lauderdale Beach, Florida" .t!. Ever wanted to go to a gay resort and be pampered to death? Fly down to Ft ,~,, Lauderdale and check out The GRAND Resort (www.grandresortnet), located just 'e'l steps from the Atlantic Ocean. Their friendly and accommodating staff will }!] pamper to your every whim. Service is what this resort is all about. From a 'fl delicious continental breakfast poolside each morning to guest "get-togethers" on !:I weekends and luxurious accommodations - you will be won over very quickly. ,~ii Their rooms and suites are spotlessly clean and decorated marvelously. The , '.1! moment you enter the front gates you realize that you aren't in Kansas anymore. fij Many guests don't leave this secluded resort because there is so much to see and •• r do in the resort. The owner of the Grand Resort is Casey Koslowski. Herbert Pianin ,,i is the general manager. With assistance from their staff of nine they go out of their J way to make your stay extremely enjoyable. A variety of accommodations are available including standard guest rooms, deluxe guest rooms, one and two bedroom suites, and a one or two bedroom penthouse. All rooms and suites feature cable TV, VCR's, a Sony HI-FI CID music system, private voice mail, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, refrigerator, gourmet pantry, microwave, and coffee maker with Godiva Coffee. Bathrooms are stocked with a great selection of Caswell Massey soaps, bath amenities, and plush robes for lounging. Most rooms have access to high speed Internet lines. For the comfort of guests all accommodations are non-smoking. A complete continental breakfast is served each morning in the Grand Cafe, or poolside, offering morning breads, fresh muffins, fresh brewed coffee or tea and assorted juices. There is a "community" computer where you can check your email account. They offer scuba diving lessons and can make arrangements for just - about any type of water sports you are interested in. A huge swimming pool dominates the front courtyard and a Jacuzzi is available in the tropical garden at the back of the resort. This is a paradise unto it's own. One would assume you're in the Tropics with palm trees and lush plants of all kinds eveywhere. A fully equipped fitness center, to keep your body in shape, is part of the amenities. Every Friday a guest "get together" is scheduled featuring sangrias, Volume 1 Issue 7 Page 8 SPRINGFIELD'S PRIDE 04 RQARING SUCCESS ! The Crowd enjoyed Live Eritertainment all day. Springfield, MO -]1me 13, 2004 l?J G"f. S teek Beginning on Friday, June 11th with a Candle Light Walk from Chestnut Expressway to-l'vfill Street with a party and food at The Edge. Royalty Pageant's were held Saturday night at The OZ and Martha's Vineyard. Ending with Pride In The Park on Sunday, June 13th "Show Me MO Priae" committee staged a fantastic event. Hundreds packed the nightclubs and an estimated 1600 were entertained at Phelps Grove Park on Sunday. The Festival wound down with a Barbecue at July 1, 2004 Saturday Night Pageant Results. Miss ShowMe MO Pride - Misty Falls 1st Alternate - Jayden LaRue Mr. ShowMe MO Pride-Michael Anthony 1st Alternate Cody Kane MR PRIDE - Justin Kastning 1st Alternate Zachary Isaacs Great Bartenders kept the liquid flowing at Ozarks Pride Volume 7 Page 10 July 1, 2004 Advertisement Ozarks Pride Page 11 03.29.04 DALLAS, TEXAS - R Family au,uu,11~. the first travel company devoted to gay and lesbian family vacations, has teamed up with Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC), the world's largest and oldest church group with an affirming ministry to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) communities. MCC will perform wedding ceremonies and offer worship services aboard R Family Vacations' historic inaugural cruise in July. "\Xle are honored to partner with MCC - their support of gay and lesbian families is truly 1m;p11rm12:," said Kelli O'Donnell and -..a1u11.1~"-Y, cofounders of R Family Vacations. "We are thrilled to be able to offer guests the to attend worship services or to marry on the cruise while surrounded and friends." cruise from on July 11, 2004. Ports of call will include Port \..-ana·ve1:a1. and Baham· · In addition to July 1, 2004 . Church of Greater Dallas, will serve as Pastor in Residence on the cruise. "\Xle are proud to support R Vacations and applaud their commitment to GLBT families not a vacation, but a support network of other parents and children just like their own," said Love. "\Xle are looking forward tojoining the hundreds of GLBT families from around the U.S. on the cruise in a celebration of love, faith and a couple's decision to step forward in both." Metropolitan Community Churches is the largest international vehicle for public education about homosexuality and Christianity. At the vanguard of civil and human rights movements for over 30 years, MCC addresses the important issues of sexism, homophobia, ageism, and other forms of oppression. Founded in MCC has an inclusive membership of over 43,000 members in 300 churches worldwide. R Family Vacations creates vacations for gay and lesbian travelers and their families of an instant community where everyone is R Vacations confirms you don't haYe to co1:np,ro:m1:se your to go on a vacation. For more information about R Brad is currently playing at The Ledo Lounge in Okfa.homa City, from 6 pm tq 10 pm on Fridays. His unique vocal style lends a romantic dimension to many classic favorites. Other than nightclub performances he is :tlso available for weddings, funer:tl's or private party's. " Since I play by ear, I play the music that I have recordings of or have heard enough times to be able to rec:tll. I tend toward musicians that play piano, like Elton John." Brad told OP writer Greg Steele. Brad was raised in St Louis, MO and moved to Oklahoma at age 22 to attend University at OU where he graduated and then completed two years of Medical School in Tulsa. Brad and his partner Rod live in Pink, Oklahoma where they plan to open a B&B this September. For booking information contact Brad at (405) 509-8506, or email outinpink@hotmail.com J ■ Urban Pop Solo Artist performed at the Silver Star Club June 6th to kick of Tulsa's Gay Pride Week. HOT! HOT! HOT! J's energy electrified the packed crowd at the Silver Star. He sang and danced to a ,rariety of songs including music from his latest album "\vithout My One And Only " and contains the Bonus R&B track, Run Like Hell, for all of you urban jocks! . This is J's second album release. "So High" was his first and a new single "Rise and Fall" will soon hit the music stores. If your going to be in the New York, NY area catch his show at THE ROXY on September 23, 2004. For other future performances and information,J.'s website. http://tuneengine.org/Jfansite.html Adverlisment ~' (◄ 117), 823-11007 F'eox:I (4'17) 023--S1159 En'ltaN; -cwn~ Oeopyma.x..c:om Pri,nu, and CopS! lntdli,n,g Lamilnllltfng Faxing Business Ca.-dla I Ozarks Pride Page 15 July 1, 2004 Creator: Paula Martinac has been writing for the gay and lesbian press for more than 20 years. She served for tl;iree years as the cochair of the board of directors of New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, where she founded a groundbreaking reading series called "In Our Own \Vrite." A Lambda Literary Award winner for her first novel, 011t of Time, Martinac has also authored several nonfiction books, including The Lesbian and Gqy Book of Love and Marriagt and The Q11urut Places: A G11ide to Gtry and Lesbian Historic Sites. Her screenplay, Fonign Affairs, co-written with her life partner, Katie Hogan, won second place in the 2003 PO\'v"ER UP Screenplay Competition. Lesbian Notions by Paula Martinac July, 2004 Our Love Is Here To Stay A recent newspaper report on the 2002 marriage and divorce rates in Vermont showed that straight couples have a higher divorce rate than same-sex couples, and that the heterosexual rate has remained pretty constant since the advent of civil unions in 2000. Or, to phrase it in a way guaranteed to make the religious right squirm: if you're the child of a mommy-daddy family in Vermont, your parents are more likely to divorce than are Heather's two mommies. These are the first stats we've had on legalized gay relationships, and the temptation for the lesbian and gay community to jump to wild conclusions is pretty great, given how demonized our unions are. I wouldn't be surprised to hear some gay activists and commentators boasting that our relationships are "better" than heterosexual ones. But, in fact, they're simply different in their gender-role makeup and in a way that could help straight couples, too. It will be highly ironic if, in the long run, heterosexual marriages - which receive enormous societal and institutional support - prove to be shakier than same-sex ones. But then, there's so much hype and myth about heterosexual romance in popular culture, particularly aimed at women, making straight marriage look like a piece of wedding cake. A recent episode of the cheesy daytime talk show _Dr. Phil_ showed the extreme of this, interviewing young, single women with highly romanticized views of marriage. In fact, several had already planned their weddings, even though they didn't haYe boyfriends. On the other hand, there are far fewer romantic illusions for lesbian and gay couples, most of whom have nothing to hold them together but sheer willpower. Indeed, there has been some concern among queers on the far left that legalized marriage for same-sex couples ·will ultimately destroy one of good things we have going for us - the ability many gay couples have to stay mgether over the long haul, even though society doesn't recognize our unions. But then, there's more to the marriage game than simply sticking it out. Looking at marriage from a feminist perspective, one of the biggest hurdles facing hi:terosexuai unions is the strangieholci that gender roles continue to wield over most of the men and women who enter into them. And it's in the area of gender nonconformity that many iesbian and gay couples hold a powerful advantage. Contin11•d page Sr,pplwmet -21 Volume I Issue 7 Page 16 July 1, 2004 Deep Inside Hollywood by:Romeo San Vicente . July 2004 John Cusackls Ex-Gay Forget what you've heard about gay characters in films being no big deal in -Hollywood anymore. Apparently, sometimes they're still a _ ,·ery _ big deal. It's bad enough that Ang Lee's _Brokeback ,Mountain_ might have its gay romance neutered, but now director Nick Cassavetes and actor John Cusack are part of Hollywood's de-gaying process, too. Cassavetes will direct and Cusack will star in the film adaptation - penned by gay screenwriter Jonathan Tolins (_Twilight of the Golds_) and Seth Bass - of gay author David Gerrold's book The Martian Child_. When Romeo first reported :n this story, it looked like the plot would follow that of the original book, in which a gay man adopts a 6-year-old boy, only to discover that the child believes himself to be from Mars. In the film, however, Cusack's character ,,ill be straight. So far, no one is saying why the gay character was declared an unfit parent and why that change was so vital to the movie's development, but it's a safe bet to say it has a lot to do with the continued triumph of commerce over art. The film begins shooting this fall. Brendan Fraser's Queer _Secret_ Wtli he look as good in a James Bond-style ~xedo as he did in-his _George of the Jungle_ oincloth? That's the real question to be answered when Brendan Fraser steps into the role of _Gay Secret Agent_. Currently in negotiations to star, Fraser may well be the next _Austin Powers_, one ,,ith a distinct nvist in the "shao-ging" department. And speaking of Powers, that franchise's producers, Suzanne and Jennifer Todd, are also the ones behind this espionage spoof written by _Saturday Night Llve_ alum Brad Hall and Andrew Gottlieb. Translation: Expect lots of broad, silly riffing on gay stereotypes, so keep your sense of humor tu~ed to Lowest Common Denominator. Meanwhile, Romeo ,vants to know how much male eye-candy of the Bond Girl variety \\111 make it to the final cut. Jamie Babbitt Connects to Dot Lesbian filmmaker Jamie Babbitt (_B~ I'm -A Cheerleader_) is about to take a break from her busy career directing episodes of shows like Malcolm in the Middle_, _The Bernie Mac-Sho,v_, _Nip/Tuck_, and _Gilmore Girls to return to the world of feature films. Babbitt \,ill direct the thriller _Dot_, from writers Micah Schraft and Abdi Nazemian (ABC Familv's Beautiful Girl_). _Dot_ concerns a deaf ;ee;age orphan and the dark goings-on that arise when she moves in ,vith a "typical" family one that turns out to be anything but. Uniq~e to this project is the support of the Universitt of Texas in Austin, whose film school sponsor/a program that gives its students . hands-on experience making low-budget mov1es. In other words, they're donating a lot of free labor, and there's not a producer in the world who'd say no to that kind of deal. _South Park_ Guys String Up Team America __ South Park_ creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are taking a break from their animated world of profanity-spewing children to enter the world of marionette superheroes. _Team America_, the first allmarionette feature film since_ Thunderbirds Are Go!_ hit big screens in 1966, is currently shooting in collaboration with gay superproducer Scott Rudin, featuring music by Marc Shaiman. Team America_'s plot involves strmgcontrolled puppets fighting ~vii forces and rontinNtd on page 17 Page 17 CC. MCC Joplin-Spirit of Christ Metropolitan Community Church Sunday Service 7PM Community Meal served Wednesday's at 6:~0pm, cost . 0 meal is always nutritionally balanced. Dinners i$n3c.l0u0d.e N doe soenrte, disn _ntukr naend d agwoaoyd . f e l~r wship Take out meals are also available. Bring your O · friends and family. Steve T. Urie, Pastor 2902 E. 20th Street Joplin, MO 64803 www.mccjoplin.com Inside Ho/fr111ood frr:J111 p,i.g, t 6 annoyi;g celebrities, and, given the overwhelming amount of absurdly silly gay content to be found in every project these guys have ever taken ?n, there's an almost 100 percent certru~ty that Parker and Stone's obsession with homosexuality will rear its head yet again. Look f~r an autumn rel~ase ~ just in time to skewer the pres1dent1al election. Romeo San Vicente usually keeps ;everal men on a string at the same time himself. Quotable Quotes "Bush is an incompetent leader. In fact, he's not a leader. He's a person who has no judgment, no experience and no knowledge of the subjects that he has to decide upon .... The shallowness that he has brought to the office has not changed since he got there . ... The president's capacity to lead has never been there. In order to lead, you have to have judgment. In order to have judgment, you have to have k~owledge and experience. He has none. - . House of Representatives ~em?crattc leader Nancv Pelosi of Calirorma, to the S;n Fra~cisco Chronicle, May 20. Volume I Issue 7 Page 18 July 1, 2004 Gay Travelers from page 7 chips, and salsa. On Saturday "get togethers" wine and cheese are featured. What a wonderful way to meet the other guests! We NEVER settle for second best and promise that you won't be disappointed in your stay here. This is a first-class resort. For beach lovers, simply walk a few yards and you're there. Another five blocks and you find yourself on Ft. Lauderdale's GAY beach where you will be one of hundreds of gay men basking in the Florida sun. The Grand Resort is centrally located and very close to downtown Ft. Lauderdale and the famous Las Olas Blvd. shopping area. A wide variety of wonderful restaurants and shops are found there. We particularly enjoy shopping atAudace, 813 East Las Olas Blvd. which is a gay clothing store highlighting swimwear and underwear. One particularly exciting bar on Las Olas is the Cathode Ray Club (1307 East Las Olas Blvd). This is an upscale bar "complex" with several bars in one. They are busy all the time and draw a great cocktail hour crowd. Their "theme" nights and special event nights are the norm - Monday is Comedy night, Tuesday is "2 for Tuesday" with the Sandy Lynn Duo live at the Baby Grand. Wednesday is "gaymetime Over Wednesday'' with a live show at 9pm. Thursday is mixer night and Friday happy hour lasts from 2pm until 9pm. Saturday is "two for one" from 2 till 9, and the Retro Dance Party with Liquid Rainbow is a Must event. There is always something special happening at the Cathode Ray (~). Next door is Bar Amici Restaurant (1301 East Las Olas Blvd) owned by the same proprietor as Cathode Ray. Again, it is upscale but with very reasonable prices. Their food is outstanding! Ft. Lauderdale abounds with gay bars and restaurants. Travelers will be able to quickly find just the right bar that suits them. Bars run the gamut from Disco, Leather, Drag, Strippers, neighborhood bars and high end cocktail bars. One of the great drag performers, AUNTIE MAME performs at several different bars and clubs in the city. Check out her website at: ~ and be sure to catch her act. Ft. Lauderdale is a great getaway for Midwesterners in winter and can also be fun year round. With over two dozen gay bars, over a dozen gay restaurants, two bath houses and dozens of gay-owned businesses, this is a gay Mecca every day of the year. A short day trip from Ft. Lauderdale would be to Palm Beach just a few miles up the highway. South Beach and Miami are just 25 miles south of Ft. Lauderdale. AVIS auto rentals (www.avis.com/prouder) are very reasonably priced and AVIS is the ONLY auto rental company that is gay-friendly. They do not charge extra for your partner driving like the other auto rental companies do. For more information about the GRAND RESORT, visit their web site at: www.grandresort.net. Their toll free number is: l-800-818-1211 with an email address of info@grandresort.net Their address is 539 North Birch Rd. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304. Other good websites if planning a visit to Ft. Laurderdale are: ~ (information about gay Ft. Lauderdale), ~(the local gay publication), and www.audace.com (the gay clothing store we visited). As always, if you have any travel questions, email Donald and Ray at gaytravelers@aol.com or visit their web page at: http://www.hometown.aol.com/ gaytraveiers ks Pride Page 19 O'Donnell plans gay parenting magazine 31/05/2004- 12:48:15 Ireland Online Dublin,lreland American comclienne Rosie O'Donnell is planning a new magazine aimed at gay and lesbian parents. R Family Magazine, due out in 2005, is O'Donnell's second attempt at launching a publication. The first, Rosie, died an acrimonious death in 2003 after clashes between her and publishers Gruner And Jahr. O'Donnell's spokeswoman Cindi Berger says: "Rosie d~es hope to launch a magazine in the new year." The former actress ,,·ants a platform to address gay family issues. O'Donnell recently wed her long-term partner Kelli Carpenter in San Francisco. Quotable Quotes "It's not something I would want to do. I think it's more an attempt to assimilate. I don't know why \Ve have to marry in order to get equality. To me it is a human-rights issue. I believe people should be able to bless their relationships any way they choose. This idea that if we can just achieve marital rights then we're gonna be free is a delusion. Because I can assure you right now, we will never be like straight peopie'" Bov George to the Houston Voice, April 30. July 1, 2004 GAY DEMOCRATS ENDORSE SENATOR JOHN F. KERRY FOR PRESIDENT National Stonewall Democrats to Mobilize thousands in Community to Elect Kerry: National Stonewall Democrats is the only national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Democrats, with more than 90 local chapters across the nation. NSD is committed to working through the Democratic Party to advance the rights of all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. artha' s Vine'f ard 219 W. Olive, Springfield, MO 417-864-4572 Southwest Missouri's Hottest Entertainment Complex. Now Celebrating 10 Years of Quality Entertainment www.marthascomplex.com Volume l Issue 7 Seo y Jill Dearman July 2004 "Push the envelope, Libra!" Page20 es ARIES (March 21 to April 20): Mars, your oh-sobutch planetary ruler, hooks up with communicative Mercury in your house of passionate love. If the idea of your lover sleeping with someone else makes you see red, perhaps you'd better pugh for the kind of commitment you know you really want. A Leo is waiting for a proposal. Get thee to New Paltz. TAURUS (April 21 to May 20): If you're struggling with what to do about a troublesome friendship, err on the side of love. Stop being so stubborn, and let an important ally know that you just aced reassurance. Try giving some. A Scorpio can't quite figure you out (and loves it that way). GEMINI (May 21 to June 21): Your world is beginning to seriously change, Gemini. lt's up to you to move into the future :md stop holding fast to the past. You can create tbe'!'kiod of life you've always wanted. But yes, dear, you must be braYe. Get off the fence. Another Gemini gives you courage CANCER 0une 22 to July 22): Don't overpower business associates during thi~ cycle. Instead, wow them with your know-how, and stand firm on your deal points. You don't need any drama in your work life. Save that for when you come home to a roleplaying Gemini who wears many masks. LEO Quly 23 to August 22): Your career is about to take off, thanks to one part good fortune (Jupiter) and one part hard work {Saturn), which you've already done plenty 0£ Push forward now, while the planets are with you. Whatever you pitch, people want to buy. A Sagittarius wants to hear your ~piel. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22): Jupiter's &.bulous trek throngh your ~ign puts you more in charge of your own destiny than eYer before. Start making some moves, doll. Don't just sit there looking sultry. A Pisces is waiting, but is getting restless. Ju;y 1, 2004 LIBRA (September 23 to October 22): Mars and Mercury hook up in your house of group efforts this week. If you push the envelope, you could really start working for a cause you believe in, with friends you adore. An 1\ries finds your altruism awfully appealing. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21): Stop acting older than you arc, sweetie. This is your time to regress and be as childlike (but not childish) as you wanna be. Get back in touch with your dreams and sense of wonder. A Leo wants to slip under the covers with you. SAGITTARIUS (NoYember 22 to December 21): You have the ability to change lives with your words, so maybe you should pick up a pen and start jotting down some ideas. A new career is imminent, but don'r pin yourself down just yet. Let your mind wander. And let your eyes wander over to a very seli:y Scorpio. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19): This is a fab rime for vour romantic affairs, dear Capric~rn, if yo~ are willing ro let someone else (like a strong and sexy Taurus) do all the work. Your job? To learn to receive bctrer. Wipe that smutty look off your face, you slut. AQUARlUS 0anuary 20 to February 18): Get all of the tedious tasks out of the way as quickly as possible, h~mey. Io a few shorr weeks, your love life ,vill become your number-one priority, so make sure your slate is clean. A Sagittarius wants to be able to slide into your life gracefully. PISCES (February 19 to March 20): The subtext in your relationships is a lot more fascinating than what's on the surface. Innuendoes abound. Try to probe your parmers about what they really want from you. Or when in doubt, just probe. But bear in mind, a restrained Capricorn is holding out for all your iove. Volume l Issue 7 Page 21 July 1, 2004 Advertis."1?7ent Sam Sampson in Concert Come and Listen to this MultiTalented Musician Produced by God's Child Records Saturday, July 31st , 2004 7:00PM Spirit of Christ MCC 2902 E 20th Street www.samsampson,net River of Life Church 1709 North Walnut Pittsburg, KS Lesbian Notio11s from pagt-15 All of us get indoctrinated into our "proper" gender roles early in life, from the time we're brought home from the hospital in the requisite pink or blue blanket. But somehow queer kids often manage to subvert those roles, by being boy-girls or girl-boys who won't - or can't act exactly as society dictates. And many of us take that with us into our adult relationships. \Vhile it's true that some straight relationships today do shake up gender roles - a female friend of mine mows the lawn, while her male partner washes the dishes - the norm is that wife Jane is burdened because husband Jim rarely "helps" around the house and doesn't bear primary responsibility for the kids. At the same time, their lesbian neighbors Judy and Jo don't have prescribed gender rules to rely on, so they set up a cop acetic arrangement in which each performs the tasks she likes and is good at, rather than those society assigns to women at birth. The disregard of traditional gender roles by same-sex couples is borne out, too, in a few studies about the grown children of lesbian parents (here isn't enough data yet on those of gay male parents) Girls and boys :raised to adult hood by two lesbian moms seem to be much less likely to feel hemmed in by gender expectations than kids raised in mom-and-dad families. \X-'hich makes sense - after all, they've grown up around women who do everything from cooking to repairing leak.-y faucets. Of course, gender nonconformity turns out to • be one of the religious right's biggest fears about lesbians and gay men having children that we'll raise a generation of manly women and womanly men. Jn its tract, "'\)\;'hat's Wrong with Letting Same-Sex Couples Marry'!' the iinily Research Council points with horror to a research study showing that "children of lesbians are less likely to conform to traditional gender norms," seeing that as one of the many things that's "wrong" with our unions. But queer families' gender freedom is something that's very _right_ about them and that may actually help hold our relationships togethec The real nightmare for religious conservatives is that straight wives and husbands might look at same-sex marriages more closely and figure that out, too ......... . Vohnnn 1 Issue 7 Place your classified ad here for only $6.00 for the fust.15 words, and only 25 cents for each additional wo:rd ... ..... . Good Lookingg,[I give yo11 pkasllf'e, .)'OU desm;e Call Hector@ 816-305-3988 In & Out Cans Night Rates Ozarks Pride Magazine On-Line. Check out our website for Daily breaking GLBT news. www.ozarkspride.com Need A House Mate: Advertise here for only $6.00 first 15 words, 25 cents for each additional word. Weekend Get-A-Way: Want to escape for the weekend? Meet some new people? Try Faces Guesthouse,Joplin, MO. Private bath w / queen bed start at $75.00 night, breakfast included. Resv: required. 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Jackson Ave, - - - 10:30AM Aids Project Ozarks- 513 Kentucky- 417-624-5788 Missouri, Springfield (417) Rainbow Christian Cb-837 \YI. Madison-417-866-6206 Unitarian Universalist Church - - - 417-833-2723 APO- 1901 E. Bennett, suite D- 417-881-1900 ShowMe MO Pride - - - - - - - - - 417-864-4459 GLO Community Ctr- 518 E. Commerical-869-3978 Oz Bar - 504 E. Commercial - - - - - -417-831-9001 Oklahoma, Tulsa (918) Ronisuz Place- - --821 College- - - -417-864-0036 MCC United- -1623 N. Maplewood- -918-838-1715 Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Hi-Lo Club 1221 NW SOth- - -405-843-1722 Finish IJne - -2200 NW 39th Expvy- - - 405-525-0730 Club Rox- - - -3535 N\v' 39th Expwy- -405-947-2351 Tnpanga Grill & Bar- 3535 NW 39th -405-947-2351 Oklahoma, Tulsa Bamboo Lounge- 7204 E. Pine - - --918-836-8700 Club Maverick- - 822 S. Sheridan - 918-835-3301 Heads & Tails- 7944 E. 21st - - - 918-660-7878 Club Majestic- 124 N. Boston - - - -918-584-9494 New Age Renegades- -1649 S. 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Beginning with the August 2004 issue. Serving the 4 States Region of Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas. We are just getting bigger and better! For AdYertising Information Call (417) 437-2275 The Ozarks Star 2401 E. 32nd Street, Suite 10-243 Joplin, MO 64804-3128 July 1, 2004 It's been seYeral months since George Bush announced he is trying to lead this country by endorsing a discriminatory, unnecessary and undermining amendment to the U.S. Constitution. \'<1e just learned that an actual vote on this proposal has been scheduled in the United States Senate just three weeks from nm.v. You and so many others have been great. We must win this vote and win it big. Members of Congress tell us they're hearing from the other side by a 10 to 1 margin right now. That's why your action today is so critical. During the next few weeks, we intend to get 250,000 people to oppose the Constitutional amendment. That's right: 250,000. We need new people but we also need you to repeat your opposition, even if you ha\·e done so dozens of times already. Even if your legislator already opposes the Amendment. Pcrsisrence makes a difference. It tells our leaders that we will not stop, no matter ·what. Learn what you can do. \,·ww.hrcactioncenter.org Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data magazine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2004] Ozarks Pride Magazine, July 1, 2004; Volume 1, Issue 7 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation over LGBTQ+ topics Description An account of the resource Ozarks Pride's first issue began in January of 2004. Then follows Ozarks Pride (2004), The Star (2005), and The Metro Star (2008). 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Ward (editor@ozarkspride.com) Member: National Lesbian Gay Journalist Association Contributing Writers: T.J. Kelly Greg Steele Columnist: SteveT. Urie Donald Pile Ray Williams Contents: Editor's Page -page 2 Gabby Dearest- page 3 Scheduled Pride Festivals - Page 4 Steve T. Urie - page 5 Donald & Ray, Out on Vacation- Page 7 Lesbian Notions- supplement page -A Entertainers by Gay Travelers- supplement page - B Rainbow Flag Creator - page 11 Ozarks Pride Out Cruzin- page 12-13 Q Scopes- page 20 Classifieds-page 22 Community Directory- page 23 Advertising Rates: Card Size Ad- $17.00 per issue (3 Month Minimum) Subscription- $16.00 (6 months) Classifieds- $6.00 firs! 15 words- 25cents each additional. Email: advertising@ozarkspride.com Phone (417) 437-2275 for larger and full page ad rates. Deadline for all advertising, articles and payment is the 20th of each month for the next months issue. OZ8r'<s Pridt Magazine is published & d!ilributed monthly as a com111Jnity s.,.,;ce by Ozarb Pride Group of Joplin, Missouri. Publication of tho name, photog11ph or like.,.11 of any peoon, busin1:11 or org1niz1tion in this publication is not k, be construed 11 any indicalion of sexual orientation or preferences of 1uch peraon. business or Cl'glnization, Opinions e:rpmud by c.elumnl5ts, 8dverti1er1 or Lttitr, to thit Edl1or are not neceuarily the opinion of Ozark, Pride Mag1lin,, l1 !Jlaff, th• PUl:li,J,-.r or ff's ,a,,e,tiHII. Content of advtrtisemenb and article! are Ole 10/1 r11pcw,1ibiity of th1 advertiser 1nd /or atthor. Thi Pu~ishlr of Ozar:b Pr/th A11galine rasen"91 tho rig:ht to rttJse adnr1iling material for 1ny re1,on ,,tuill 10 ever. Ozarb Pride 1rxl 111 l!kenssse! there of are tole propertl•s of OZ111t1 Pridt Group, AH moteria; O copy,vht 21)(),1 Ozert, Pm1e Page 2 June 1, 2004 ''I DO'' On Monday May 17, 2004 a historical day, the United States become the fourth country to legalize same-sex marriage. Massachusetts became the first state in the US to legally allow same-sex couples to marry, bringing jubilation to Gay Rights Activists and millions of our citizens nation wide. The US joins an elite group of nations who's people have said to the world, Gay's and Lesbian's have equal rights. The era of the broom dance to declare your partner, has come to an end. The United States along with the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada's three largest provinces have set the stage for the world to act. As we celebrate Gay Pride this month and bathe in our victory, we must be reminded our new freedom could be short lived, as many State's are poised to vote us back into the 19th ·centmy. Voter's in Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Missouri , Utah and more to come, will vote later this year, to say HELL NO!, you are not equal. You do not have the same rights as the majority, or vote to follow the path of Massachusetts and our great neighbors to the north. In 2006 Massachusetts voter's will also decide if they will allow the State Supreme Court's ruling to stand. News media across the nation and around the world broadcast the events of the day. continued page-3 Editor Ozarks Pride Page 3 · June I, 2004 editor from page-2 A last minute appeal to the US Supreme Court by opponents failed and the rush was on to complete the paper work required by the State of Massachusetts. CONGRATULATIONS NEWLY WEDS! Thousands of same-sex couples lined up across the State among the cheers and applauds of hundreds of well wishers. We want to congratulate all the New Legally Wed couples and a huge congratulations and thank you to (GLAD) GAY LESBIAN ADVOCATES & DEFENDERS. The gay rights group who initiated and fought for this day in Massachusetts. It is so very important to support these human rights groups who depend on contributions from us to defend and fight for equality and our constitutional rights. Join together in pride and celebrate our sexuality. Have a great month. Yfl. ~- 0/,f/a,,xd /Editor Dear Gabby Dearest, My boyfriend and I have been dating for almost three years now, and although the sex has been great, he brought up the idea of having threesomes. We sat and talked about who we would be interested in doing this with, but now I'm having second thoughts. I really love my bf but am afraid of him cheating on me if I don't do this with him. Confused Dear Confused: I would say to be honest with your boyfriend and tell him you are not comfortable with the idea of inviting someone else into your bedroom. In my opinion, it is never a good idea to share that intimacy with a stranger. 9 times out of 10, it causes problems in your relationship and helps to escalate the old problems you've had in the past. If you and your bf have a great relationship and are in love, he will respect your opinion. Could be he is checking you out to see if you are longing for something new. If not and he does what you think he's gonna do, then he isn't the one for you. Love Gabby!!! Gabby Dearest is not a professional therapist. She is just a wise old lady that has been around the block many times. Replies to submitted request for advise should not be construed as absolute resolutions, just friendly advise from dear old sweet lady. You may contact Gabby Dearest by email .... kargabbf1l O@no,maiLcom or by addre5sing Gabby Dearest , Ozarks Pride, 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243,Joplin,MO 64804 Volume I Issue 6 Page 4 June 1, 2004 Want a VOICE in your community? We welcome your opinion , commentary, and your input. This publication is about building Community Unity, ar1d you are a part of making this happen. We want you to speak out! Mailing address: 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243, Joplin, MO 64804-3128 Email: editor@ozarkspride.com NOTE: All letter's to the editor and articles submitted must include your name and phone number for verification purposes only. Mission Statement: To provide a GLBT community voice to SW Missouri, SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, NW Arkansas. Our mission is to unite a fragmented community reluctant to speak out for their rights and to voice concerns. This region has a huge GLBT population without representation. 4 States Area Pride Events! St. Louis Pride The St. Louis Pridefest culminates in a parade on June 24. For more info, go to www.pridesaintlouis.com or email pride@pridesaintlouis.com. Springfield, Show Me MO Pride: 6/11- 6/13. Festival at Phelps Grove Park June 13, 12noon to 6:30pm. Kansas City Pride Dates: 6/6 - 6/13 Location: Kansas City, MO For more information got to www.heartlandpride.org/ planner/ festival.html Oklahoma City Pride Dates: 6/21 - 6/28 Location: Oklahoma City, OK For more information, go to www.okcpride.com. Tulsa Pride Dates: 6/6 - 6/13 Location: Tulsa, OK For more information, please email: ohrl O@hotmail.com. Topeka Pride Dates: 6/13 6/19 Location; Topeka, KS For more information, go to kansaspride.org. Northwest Arkansas Pride Weekend Fort Smith and Favetteville Starts 6/25 in Fort Smith to 6/27 Fayetteville. Pride Parade 6/26 AM in F;yetteville. All festivals aim~ are to educate the community by invoking, promoting, and celebrating Gay /Lesbian/Bisexual/ Transgender pride. Adverlismm1t Woody's Manhattan Hair & Nall Salon Penny Smart 509 Main ,. Joplin, MO 64801 Appointments ( 417) 623-3500 Ozarks Pride Page5 PRIDE PRIDE PRIDE In 2002, I had the distinct honor of attending the 2002 Intensives of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. I say honor because this is the program that begins the final step of ordination and licensure with the MCC churches. I was there for continuing education because I don't have the educational qualifications to be ordained or licensed in our denomination. Some may ask what does this have to do with pride ... guess what? Everything because everything we do has to deal with us on a personal level, everything that we think about ourselves has to deal with us on a personal level and yes, everything that other see in us, hear from us and observe from us has to do with our concept of pride for ourselves and our community. There are others in the same situation I am in and they face the same ,-i,ill of God saying man doesn't lead you. I AM is the one that leads you. This same I AM of the Bible confirms on us the choice of will. The will to be who we are, where we are and whenever we are. Yes, things happen along the way but the Almighty One, or whatever name you choose to call the one found on the mountaintop in your heart. June 1, 2004 Now how do we choose to show our pride? Is it our behavior, our language, our reaching out to others or is it simply living the life that God gave us and living it to our fullest. I was recently told, "I'm tired of all this pride stuff, why can't we just be who we are." Well DUH! Ask yourself the question and answer it in the same question. While on my trip to San Francisco we attended the MCC church there and the first thing that struck me was the rainbow flags lining the ceiling. For me it was a startling vision of wow this is who we are. \Vhen we got back to dorms that night one of the young ministers in the group from England said it reminded him of fascism. Rainbow flags reminding someone of fascism, how dare he attack our freedom to fly our flag proudly. After discussion the flag was indeed brought up. How do we project who we are? Rainbow flags here remind me it's safe to be here, it's safe to shop here, and it's ok to be who you are. You see it's a difference of culture. In Europe the use of flags reminds people still today of the fascism in Germany. In England where there is a church of state, the Union Jack doesn't fly within its sanctuaries. They find it strange that in the country where we promote a difference of church and state that almost every sanctuary flies the United States flag. Europe uses the pink triangle to represent our community because of its use to tag gays in Nazi Germany. They say it reflects with more spirit the meaning of who we are and how we have suffered. Rather than a symbol, I say let's show our pride by portraying who we are all the time. Co11ti1111ed page-15 Steve MEN.'S UN.DERWEAR STORE NOW OPEN! 825 E 3111l ST. DOWNTOWN TULSA. CALL, 877-7-BOXERS FOR INFO! UNDERWEAR FOR EVERY MAN. OFFERINO THE ~OTTEST BRANDS, 80 SOFlWEAR + JOCKO + WC LA ROCHE + MUNDO UNICO + OLAF BENZ Ozarks Pride Photo by: Ray Williams Page 7 June 1, 2004 OUT ON Vi\l.ATION "Traveling in the gay friendly world" by Donald Pile and Ray Williams gaytravelers@aol.com PHOENIX, ARIZONA We usually don't get really, REALLY excited when a new gay/lesbian accommodation opens. However we just returned from Phoenix, Arizona where the CALAMUS RESORT ( calamusresort.com) recently opened. It is located at 401 Clarendon Avenue in the heart of midtown Phoenix. It has 110 units, 45 hotel rooms, 40 residential and the remaining retail office space, new salon and spa opening in the next couple of months. Calamus is an Asian aquatic plant that is growing around the pool, but more important, a series of Walt Whitman poems with veiled references to manly love! Check them out, very homo -erotic. In the 1920's to be a friend of Calamus was to be GAY! Vern Johnson, Phoenix entrepreneur, the CEO has bought and developed this property and it will soon become a major gay/lesbian destination. Jim McAvoy, the general manager of the hotel has done a remarkable job. All of the staff is extremely friendly and courteous. Ken, the front desk manager is the PERFECT person to greet you when you enter the hotel. He is fun, funny and very attentive. The Calamus Resort was built originally by the late actor, Cary Grant in the early 1970's and was named the Clarendon Hotel. It later became a Radisson Hotel and thru a few other changes of ownership it is now being brought back to it's original splendor. The rooms are spacious, clean and bright. The prices are moderate and affordable. Amenities includes private bathrooms, daily maid service, color TV with HBO, CD/Alarm Radios and complimentary local phone calls. There is plenty of free parking. They have a lovely tropical courtyard with a large heated swimming pool and Spa. Plans call for a hair salon, massage studio as well as retail outlet stores. There is a gift shop on the premise and newspapers. The front desk is open 24 hours a day. As you first enter the lobby you will be surprised by the spaciousness and interior decorating that they have done. The front desk staffis very attentive. You will certainly be welcomed here. Besides being a fine hotel they also have a restaurant and what a restaurant it is! Johnson's Restaurant serves a wide variety of delicious gourmet foods. Served in a beautiful setting with exquisite service. . ...... continued page-i 8 Volume 1 Issue 6 Page 10 June 1, 2004 Gi'OW~b.-..a%fderby ha\ingancnline ..--.. .&DoitM Call Today! 417-613-7809 Creatlvel>H.el>elJgn.eom Ca.the- Letta. always available to help you with your .real estate tranaactiomi 'Whether you are • o:r ael&ng property I can youtt Webb Oty. Carl ' lt. Ou- thage bi Mmouri. CaD Today For H:E.LPt 41 7,-48$-,61li $ or f;Mi-7076 Cathe: Letts, ABRi GRI Im/MAX New Diredian www.catheJetts.com 71 6 S. MAIN ST. JOPLIN, MCI MON: Request Dance Party w /Terry. TUES: queer as folks 4th Season - Tuesday w /Terry @gpm W'.ED: Dancing with DJ Lil'Ken THUR: Brandon Bravado & The Justice Janelle Moore Show. Karaoke with DJ Robbie FRI: The Robbie Walker Showcase and DJ Lil'Ken SAT: Dance Party with DJ Lil'Ken OPEN MOH-SAT F HAPPY HOUR 4-7PM Ozarks Pride Pride Supplement Page A June I, 2004 ----------'----- Creator: Paula Martinac has been writing for the gay and lesbian press for more than 20 years. She served for three years as the cochair of the board of directors of New York City's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, where she founded a groundbreaking reading series called "In Our Own Write." A Lambda Literary Award winner for her first novel, Out of Time, Martinac has also authored several nonfiction books, including The Lesbian and Gt!)' Book of Love and Marriage and The Quemsl Places: A Guide to Gay and Lesbian Historic Sites. Her screenplay, ForognA.ffairr, co-written with her life partner, Katie Hogan, won second place in the 2003 PO\VER UP Screenplay Competition. Lesbian Notions by Paula Martinac May 24, 2004 The Not-So-Golden Years It was only a small story, easily overshadowed by news of the horrific abuse of prisoners in Iraq. And the fact that it _was_ such a small story, receiving so little media attention, made it even more frightening: in a recent speech, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once again voiced grave concern about the effects of the "yawning fiscal deficit" on the future of the Social Security and Medicare systems. At about the same time as Greenspan's warning, the president requested a whopping S25 billion from Congress to continue the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Chairman Greenspan says he sees no escape from the country's fiscal crisis unless there are cuts made to public benefits for retirees an option that both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are well aware of but obviously don't want to talk about. But as more and more gay people live longer and approach the time when we should be able to retire, the issue of aging becomes one that our community desperately needs to talk about - with an eye to arriving at concrete plans. I say "should be able to retire," because there's no question in my mind that a lot of gay people simply won't be able to stop working - ever. There are those, for example, who are self-employed, who work in low-paying jobs, or whose employers don't offer pension plans. Many, too, started saving for retirement only in middle age, because, like our straight counterparts, we had other obligations earlier in our lives - educations to finance, children to raise, mortgage payments to meet, parents to care for. Sadly, it's the middle and working classes, gay and straight, who will be deeply affected by the probable collapse of Social Security, the cushion that saw a lot of our parents through old age. Lesbian5 may be particularly hard hit, since ,vomen still earn considerably less than men. Because there are so many challenges and hurdles, it's no wonder that few of us can summon the courage to discuss growing old in the 21st century. When we do get around to searching for information, it's relatively easy to learn what the question5 are, but pretty hard to find answers. Too much of the focus is still on gay retirement communities, as if condos in warm climates were ll panacea and not just places where a seiect few of us wili spend our golden years. Consider that Joy Silver, the president of RainbowVision Properties, which is building a i46-unit gay retirement viliage in Santa Fe, N.M., says she err,isions a community where people wili chitchat in a rooftop cafe, enjoy art and cooking classes, and take part in cross-dressing bingo (no joke). Con!in:!l!li page S;tpple111net -III Volume 1 Issue 6 Supplement Page B June 1, 2004 OUT ON VN:.ATION "Traveling in the gay friendly world" by Donald Pile and Ray Williams gaytravelers@aol.com Entertainers One great thing about traveling is that besides meeting interesting people and visitng interesting places sometimes you also get to see FABULOUS ENTERTAINERS. The past few years we were fortunate to be able to see these several entertainers in action. They embody all that is good in a true entertainer ....... fun, funny, elegant and they all put on a great show. LYPSINKA, whose real name is John Epperson lives in New York City. We caught his act at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. His production is entitled "LYPSINKA! THE BOXED SET" He is one of the most intelligent performers around. He does Gisele MacKenzie, Frances Faye, Connie Francis, Libby Morris, Dorothy Squires and the 50's muscial icon Delores Gray. He performs all over the United States and gets standing ovations wherever he performs. It is remarkable the staging and entertaining this entertainer does. You will be dazed by his performance. Unlike many perfomers like this he stretches the boundaries. The Hollywood Reporter says "Lypsinka is like nothing you've seen before! Theatrical artistry that never seems to slow down" The New York Times says "Lypsinka is a fascinating, funny and distrubing spectacle." From the opening scene to the finale this performer never lets down the audience. Re is absolute dynamite. Audiences go back year after year to see him perform. And on top of everything else John just happens to be a very nice person. For a listing of his performances and other information about him go to: www.lypsinka.com. FRANK MARINO, who performs at the Riveria Hotel in Las yegas is another performer who puts on a great show. He does his "Joan River's" routine and has been wowing audiences for years and years in las Vegas. The straights in the audience really get into his show and why not? He and his cast and crew put on a class act show. He emcees the show and introduces the different performers who do Cher, Shirley Maclaine, Tina, etc. Their show is sold out ahnost all of the time. It is basically a musical/ , comedy review with gorgeous gowns, feathers, glitter, etc. Frank changes costumes between every performer which gives a greaet dimension to the show. When going to Las Vegas next time, be sure and catch the show. His web site is: www.frankmarino.com THE LADY CHABLIS who made Savannah, Georgia her home for many years is indeed THE LADY We caught her show at CLUB ONE in Savannah when we were there. continued page - C Ozarks Pride Page 11 - Artist Gilbert Baker Creator of the Rainbow Flag The Rainbow Flag as we know it today was developed by San Francisco artist Gilbert Baker in 1978. At the time, there was a need for a gay symbol which could be used year after year for the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade. Baker took inspiration from many sources, from the hippies movement to the black civil rights movement, and came up with a flag with eight stripes. Color has always played an important power in the gay right movement- Victorian England symbolized homosexuality with the color green, lavender became popular in the 1960s, and and pink from the pink triangle has caught on as well- and the colors of the gay flag were no different. Baker explained that his colors each stood for a different aspect of gay and lesbian life: • Hot pink for sexuality, • Red for life, • Orange for healing, Iii Yellow for the sun, • Green for nature, • Blue for art, • Indigo for harmony, • Violet for spirit. Baker himself and thirty other volunteers hand-stitched and hand- June l, 2004 pink stripe. Baker had hand-dyed the color, and unfortunately pink was not a commercially available color. The flag caught on quickly in cities across the country. It was even officially recognized by the International Congress of Flag Makers. In 1989 the flag was given international recognition when West Hollywood resident John Stout successfully sued his landlords after they tried to prohibit him from hanging the flag from his apartment balcony. At New York's Stonewall 25 Parade in 1994, a gigantic 30-foot wide, one mile long rainbow flag was carried through the parade route by over 10,000 volunteers. Quotable Quotes "I think it's entirely who you are from birth, personally. Some people might choose, but I think that it's who you are. I think people need to be able to be who they are. I have a friend who was married for many years and then the marriage dissolved and he came out ... and he lived this life of tension and of great difficulty. ... It's in your system. It's in your genes .... I think that people have a right in America to be who they are, who they are born as, and we are all God's children." - Presidential candidate John Kerry in a March 26 MIV interview. dyed to large prototype flags for the 1978 parade. It was an immediate hit. However, when Baker took his design to the San Francisco Flag Co. to have it mass-produced for the 1979 parade, he had to remove the hot cactus Canyon Campground And Resort For Men In The Ozarks 1hr. Lar9r.1t Mr.n'& l.amp9round in thr. 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When the showroom lights go down then you hear the announcer saying, ladies and gentlemen, the Lady Chablis, you KNOW you are in for a big treat for the evening. The Lady Chablis wears beautiful gowns. He E performs and also talks directly with the ; audience. Even thou Club One is a gay bar and nightclub, dozens of straights line up to see his performance. The night we were there our table companion was Oscar de la Renta and his guests. He only performs at the Club One in Savannah once a month now but does perform all over. To get his schedule go to his web site at:www.theladychablis.com. AUNTIE MAME is a mavelous entertainer in the Ft.Lauderdale, Florida area. Her campy acts are welcomed by a wide variety of gays and lesbians in the area. She gives of herself and is one of the most dedicated entertainers around. His web site is: www.auntiemame .. biz. SIEGFRIED AND ROY at the MIRAGE in Las Vegs delighted audiences for years and years. We first met them way back in 1973 when they were peiforming at the old MGM GRAND in Las Vegas. They have certainly came a long way since then. They are the highest paid entertainers in the history of Las Vegas. Their shows were sold out EVERY NIGHT ! They are the only peiformers in Las Vegas who have ever accomplished this feat. Their exceptional show was extremely high tee and they just kept adding new dimensions to their shows all the time. Due to the unfortunate accident that Roy had on stage, their show has been cancelled. Our thoughts are with both Siegfried and Roy. "This column is fondly dedicated to the late LIBERACE." who being Mr. Showmanship, was the ultimate entertainer. His shows were a MUST for everyone to see. His foundation web page is: www.liberace.com For more information on traveling, email Donald and Ray at gaytravelers@aol.com or visit theire web page at: www.hometown.aol.com/gaytravelers. Volume I Issue 6 Supplement Page D June I, 2004 ... Lesbian Notions from page - A OK, she's a businesswofuan, and bingo in drag could be fun. But it's time to raise the quality of the dialogue and address issues that will affect a much larger number of gay people. The Humm Rights Campaign, for ex,i.mple, has made lobbying for Social Security survivor benefits for same-sex couples a major issue on its plate. However, given tbllt the public retirement system's future is shakier every day, our organizations may need to rethink and broaden their efforts. Coincidentally, Greensp:rn's warning arrived just weeks before an important national conference on LGBT aging called "Aging on Our Own Terms," which is being held in mid-June in New York: City, sponsored by our premier senior advocacy group, SAGE. (For more info, visit www.sageusa.org.) The conference promises to address such vital questions as what gay community in~structures are already in place that can be made to worlc for old gay people and what new institutions will be needed to care for our elders in the future. A wide range of registration and housing fees makes the conference affordable to ,i.ll. Interestingly, SAGE provides an excellent example of how national gay organizations can transform themselves to meet the needs of a changing, aging community. Founded in 1977, SAGE's acronym originally stood for Senior Action in a Gay Environment, a title that primarily spoke to the social needs of older gay people - for example, having activities and friends in order to avoid isolation and loneliness. Although social activities ,vill always be an important function of gay senior groups, more and more they're only part of the equation. The fact is, many of us will need a lot more than some good gay company in our golden ye,i.rs. In light of changing times, SAGE's initials ,i.re now shorthand for Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders. The new name not only ·recognizes the breadth of our community, but also suggests that the organization is talcing a more pro-active role on gay senior issues - now, while there's time to make a difference. Ozarks Pride Page 1-5 June 1, 2004 TOOLS \"OU MUD to TtE ........... 1 n"VTOOi\Y &Et LSaT~• · A once-in-a-lifetime chance to make change At the end of June 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas law which made most kinds of sexual intimacy a crime for same sex couples. That means that the relationships that are at the heart of our lives can't be made a crime anymore. But it means more than that. The Court didn't just strike the Texas law down. It ruled that gay people have the same right to form intimate relationships with others that heterosexuals have. Laws which deny that, the court said, "demean" the lives of gay people and deny us the dignity that is our right "as free persons." This is most important Court decision involving gay people ever. And it is also a powerful political statement. One of the primary justifications for treating gay people as second class citizens has been the claim that our relationships are wrong, and that we are therefore supposedly not entitled to equal respect. One of the primary ways people have tried to clinch the argument that our relationships are wrong is by pointing to so-called "sodomy" laws (some of which are aimed at same-sex relationships, and some of which technically are not). After the Supreme Court decision in the Texas case, that argument is just a dead letter. Our relationships aren't a crime. And the constitution gives us the same right to be intimate, to form relationships, to live our lives, that it gives to heterosexuals. hThat does not necessarily mean that businesses, schools and other institutions have to indude LGBT people in equal rontins,ed next column ... opportunity policies or treat LGBT relationships equally. But it does mean that the law no longer gives them an excuse to refuse. \X/e now have the best opportunity we have ever had to insist that governments, business and schools treat us with dignity and respect, and give us equal treatment in day to day life. No one who cares about equality and dignity for LGBT people should let the opportunity this Supreme Court decision has given us pass v.i.thout doing something to bring us a step closer to equality. Equality is up to us. Visit the ACLU web site to find the tools. www.aclu.org/ getequal/ campaign.html Steve from page-5 Be upfront, be truthful but always be true to who God has made you to be. It won't always be easy but each one of us adds to the group and then there is one more, and one more, and one more. My mother goes to Forest Park Baptist Church and one of her people saw the article this past summer about our church and told my mother, ''We don't know about how much good they do. "Think about that, they see us act up in parades, they see us act up yelling "Hey Girl!' Down the street ... but they "don't see how much good we do." This year, let's show them by example. Adopt a street, if you see brothers or sisters being inappropriate in front of others ... s,i.y something. We would if we didn't like what they were doing. Include your spouses name when you talk at work .. It becomes natural. No one has the authority over you to make you less than what God h:i.s created. Be proud of who you are and let it shine. Have a fun, safe summer. Steve ~-; {•"17} Q2S-"f007 ""- (417} eza..-t'"I&~ Advertisment Su-nail; ~ Ooopyi:nll'llX.oom June I, 2004 P..-tn1:1;1 aocl Copies Bloding t..aminaDng ,-axing Bu&in-e C.rds 4'IO Aange'8,..,_ Ad .. Joplin. MO &4801 Joplin,MO I!] T.J Kel!J Midwest Entertainer of the Year Regional Pageant . A Las Vegas Show Girl in Joplin:No, it's the fabulous a Ranged, winner of the Midwest Entertainer of the Year Pageant (BOY). The Pageant was held at REE'S Joplin May 14th. Ms.a Ranged was one of eight contestants. He with two alternates will proceed to the finals in Kentucky. Special performers included former Miss Oklahoma USA, Robbie Walker arid the current reigning Miss BOY, Nina L\ngdo. This year marks the 14th year of the BOY pageant system with pageants still to be held in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio. Ozarks Pride Page lJ -That's What Friends Are For -Where are Democrats on the Federal Marriage Amendment? by 1\r!att Foreman, ExeC11tive Director, National Gqy and Lesbian Task Force: You've got to hand it to the Bush Administration: they take care of their own. Wealthy folks have received tax breaks; Star Wars defense contractors are reaping billions; pollution controls on business are being eased; national forests have been opened to logging. Perhaps nothing is more glaring, however, than what has been done to cater to the demands of the religious right. For them, the constitutionally-mandated separation between church and state has been breached by the President's "Faith Based Initiative." Federal law now bans "late term abortion" at home and the administration has relentlessly attacked family planning programs abroad. With barely a shred of empirical evidence to show they work, "abstinence only" programs that actually ban access to real sex education or HIV prevention information - are being lavishly funded. Even with all of these giveaways, the religious right demanded more and they got it: the President's active support of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriage and enshrining the second class citizenship of gay and lesbian couples in our nation's most sacred document. We can moan and groan, but the President is delivering money and issue red meat to a part of the electorate tl1at was responsible for 40% of his votes in 2000 . In return, they are energized, grateful, and will turn out en masse in November - an essential ingredient if Mr. Bush is to be re-elected. Old fashioned, smart politics. Continued next coiumn: June l, 2004 So what are the Democrats doing to protect and energize a critical part of their base, namely the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community? After all, our people consistently and overwhelmingly vote Democratic. (In light of the GOP's lousy positions on so many key gay issues, it's not hard to understand why.) In fact, we are the party's third most loyal bloc of support just behind the African American and Jewish communities. We've remained loyal in spite of slaps like "Don't Ask/Don't Tell," the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and the lack of a single federal law acknowledging our existence, even when the Democrats controlled the \'vhite House and one or both houses of Congress. Just as important in this day and age, our community raises a ton of money for the party - far outstripping our proportion of the vote. Given all of this, one would think the party would be willing - rhetorically and legislatively - to stand up for us. Let me be specific. I don't understand why our community should have to spend one more hour, one more dime, make one more phone call or write one more letter to make sure an anti-gay, anti-marriage constitutional amendment is dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate. Last July 17, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle pledged that Senate Democrats would kill the federal marriage amendment if it ever came to a vote. We were all grateful and relieved to hear that pledge. But, it didn't feel like such a big lift to me because killing the amendment requires only 34 votes, and there are 48 Democrats, five of whom are retiring at the end of this year. In other words, every single Democratic Senator considered "at risk" this fall could be "let off the hook" on this vote, if necessary, and the amendment would still be defeated. In a classic display of Washington legalese - we've since discovered that last July's pledge is in question. You see, it apparently applied only to "the" Federal Marriage Amendmenr as written lasr year. Continued page-21 ,Walt Fore111at1 I 1 I Volume l Issue 6 Page 18 June 1, 2004 Gay Traveler., from page 7 They have a wide choice of dinner en trees including Ribeyes, Shrimp, Salmon and a large selection of desserts. A full wine list and plenty of drinks. We have dined at several restaurants in Phoenix over the years and this is by far the finest dining experience that we have ever had in the city. They also have Johnson's Lounge which has a piano bar right next to the restaurant. This is a perfect place to meet other guests at the Resort. On weekends, the Sky Deck Bar is open on the 5th floor and is all outside. There is always a lot happening at the restaurant and bars. Check out their full listings of drink specials, events and entertainment at: www.johnsonsbar.com This is one of those rare places where you can check in to the hotel and stay right there and never want to leave. They are close to several other i;estaurants and gay/ lesbian bars if you wish to go however with what the Calamus Resort has to offer, many guests just stay right there to enjoy themselves. They are located about 8 miles from the airport and just minutes to several gay bars. Actually Phoenix has more gay bars than any other major city including San Francisco and New York City. Most are very nice and everyone is extremely friendly. Art Galleries, Museums and wonderful shopping are located nearby. Be sure to check out the new GRAND hotels in Phoenix, the Biltmore and the Phoenician. Both are.world class hotels with room prices to go with it. We enjoyed shopping at the YOUR COMPLETE PRIDE STORE at 4700 North Central. They carry a great line of jewelry, clubwear, sportswear, underwear, cards, gifts, books, magazines and swimwear. For first time travelers to Phoenix a few things to ·see and do are: Scenic drive from Camp Verde to Flagstaff, next column ... Papago Park Area, Northern Arizona and I the Navajo Nation, La Posada Resort, · Kartchner Caverns State Park, Heard Museum, Grand Canyon and the ArizonaSonora Desert Museum. The late great Senator Barry Goldwater , from Arizona summed it up best when he I said, "The big thing is to make this country,j along with every other country in the l world ... quit discriminating against people i just because they're gay .. You don't have toj agree with it, but they have a constitutional] right to be gay." Truer words were never l :j spoken. • I If you are wanting to get away for a few1 days, we certainly recommend the J CALAMUS RESORT in Phoenix. They f have come up with a really great gay/lesbia.d resort. Vern and James and their staff will l certainly make you feel right at home and :4 you will have a great time. I .J For more information on the Calamus j Resort, check out their web site at: j www.calamusresort.com or give them a call! at: l-877-4CALAMUS. Their email is: ·1 jamesmcavoy7 l 6@hotmail.com For other 1 information on Gay Phoenix and Gay I Arizona, go to: • I www.visitgayarizona.com. They will be I happy to send you at no charge one of theirj colorful pamphlets on GAY ARIZONA! Iti lists many activities of gay and lesbian interest for travelers. Their toll free telephone number is l-800-GAYAZ4U. For more information about gay travel, 1 l email Donald and Ray at: gaytravelers@aol.com or visit their web page at: http://www.hometown.aol.com/ I gaytravelers. f I l Ozarks Pride Page 19 KANSAS REJECTS ANTI-GAY BIGOTRY IN STATE CONSTITUTION Gaywire Release: WASHINGTON - The Kansas Legislature adjourned May 8, effectively killing a proposed anti-gay amendment to the state Constitution that would have denied marriage to same-sex couples in the state. The measure, which failed in Senate and House votes, would have also denied the legal protections of marriage to same-sex couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships. "Legislators recognized that resurrecting an anti-gay amendment to the Kansas Constitution was a bad idea and waste of time," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. "This amendment was twice rejected - first by the Senate and then by the House. But some lawmakers just couldn't take no for an answer. It's heartening to see fairness won out." Following a successful House vote, the Senate, lead in part by Republican State Sen. David Adkins, rejected the measure on March 26. Lawmakers then brought the measure up for another vote. The Senate passed it, however, on May 4, the House rejected it the second time around. The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political organization with members throughout the country. It effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the public to ensure that LGBT Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community. June 1, 2004 Quotable Quotes "I am going to be tonight very strongly on the side of those who are fighting for a legal frame in which they can develop their relationship normally in their lives. In other words, gay marriage - yes, please! Absolutely yes!" -Actor Antonio Banderas at the GLAAD Media Awards, March 27 in Los Angeles. Martha's Vin ard 219 W. Olive, Springfield, MO 417-864-4572 Southwest Missouri's Hottest Entertainment Complex. Now Celebrating 10 Years of Quality Entertainment www.marthascomplex.com l ! Volume I Issue 6 Page 20 June I, 2004 June l, 2004 I Volumn 1 Issue 6 Page 2_1 ----::=---------------=---------------~---J----------------------;:============================-.-Mall Formran from page-17 Q Scopes by Jill Dearman 'Work off steam, Aries!" ARIES (lvfarch 21 to April 20): On June 3, the moon close to volatile Pluto in your house of adventure could put a confrontational bee in your bonnet. Just make sure you count to 10 before exploding. A little physical exercise helps you work off steam and banish all your inner demons. A Pisces makes a good workout buddy - and I don't mean at the gym. TAURUS (April 21 to May 20): You may have to pull back and stay out of trouble when it comes to a tricky new relationship. Not everyone is as straightforward as you are, baby. If you sense you are being manipulated, you are! An Aries, however, would never pull a fast one on you GEMINI (May 21 to June 21): The Sun moves close to Venus in your sign this week, so get ready for a Libra to move closer to you. You are an ace at reading the romantic signs, my dear. Keep your eyes open and your lips ready. CANCER (June 22 to July 22): You need to channel your rage, dear Cancer. Mars is stirring up your blood, but Saturn is insisting that you find a constructive outlet for those feelings. It doesn't matter whether you choose kickboxing or karate; just do something to release your anger. And then release your passion all over an Aries. LEO (July 23 to August 22): Anxiety peaks around the full moon on June 3, and then chill-out season officially begins for you. Make sure that you plan lots of time with a Libra during these late spring weeks. You need to be around someone who reminds you of your dreams. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22): You may not get a chance to work on something that's important to you this week, but don't beat vourself up about it. Turn to a Cancer for encour:1g~ment. Early June is your spring-cleaning time. Organize and reorganize your environment, your workload, your social calendar ... everything. You'll make up for lost time soon enough. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22): The Sun hooks up with your ruler Venus in your I house of adventure, so this is a great week to 1 1 make a major play for someone you would like to play with. A Cancer is open to whatever ·1 you've got to offer. Be sure you are offering a lot. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21): The full moon on June 3 falls in your house ! of money, which means that you will need to pay special attention to this sensitive area of your life. Pay off a debt tl1at you've been carrying around for way too long. Another Scorpio wants to carry you around for a while. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to i December 21): The full moon in your sign on :J June 3 pulls you closer to a Jover you've been ·j pulling away from. What are you afraid of? ~ This is the week to face that fear. A Gemini is -, just as nervous as you are. It's time to jump :l deeper into the relationship, not out of it. i J CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19): I Your body is your best friend this week, my 1 darling, so listen to it. As the Sun and Venus 1 transi. t your h ouse o f health, try to tune in to .lt what your body is telling you. Do you need to j slow down your pace or speed it up? A 'j Gemini v;,ill give you the hands-on help you 1 need. 1 AQUARIUS Oapuary 20 to February 18): Don't rush to judgment about a friendship, sweetie. More information is coming down the pike. Take this week to express what you need to a Pisces, a,,d then wait. Patience pays off. Spend a little extra time with yourself. You've been way too harried lately. PISCES (February 19 to March 20): On June 2, the full moon in your house of friends ] j ! could make vou fall into the arms of a soulful j and affectio~ate Taurus pal. Don't try to plan j tomorrow. Just revel in this unexpected treat. .,• You need more surprises like this in vour life . ._ - , I I I 1 If the amendment is re-worded so it still outlaws same-sex marriage anywhere in the country but leaves the door open to state-based domestic partnerships or civil unions, all bets are off. As a result, LGBT organizations including my own -are making desperate appeals to their members asking them to press their representatives in Washington to oppose the amendment. Our allies at the Human Rights Campaign, for example, have raised S6 million to fight it. Log Cabin Republicans and their principled new leader Patrick Guerriero are spending Sl million on anti-amendment advertising. Ironically, even the Democratic Party has jumped on the bandwagon, seeking 500,000 signatures on petitions opposing the amendment to be circulated during gay pride events this summer. For me, it's appalling - indeed, sickening - that scarce resources are being sucked into this work. Every resource we have should instead be funneled to our allies in the ten or more states facing ugly and divisive campaigns to ratify antimarriage state constitutional amendments this November. Sadly, it looks as though our allies will be left nearly high and dry, again. We thought we could help head this off and give some cover to those now getting squishy on us by getting a few senators from safe Qet me say SAFE) seats not up for election this year to say unambiguously that they would oppose any amendment seeking to restrict marriage rights. (There's no shortage of ways to say this ,..-ithout god forbid - having to endorse marriage equality.) Turns out not even THEY would come through. One response I got from a SAFE seat was, "You can't ask us to say we'll oppose any amendment ... what if the amendment is reworded to specifically authorize civil unions?" Like that could happen -when hell freezes over. Sorry, I can't buy this. \Y/e're not even asking Senate Democrats to take a stand for full equality or asking them to vote against a popular measure. (ln fact, no poll shows majority support for the amendment.) Next ,o/J,mn ...... lie Lion's en A!!<lll.lJiR Cura • Sm.Es • Ps:!Mie Sert. ~ • Nil:9 T lllllaliii • 'W,.lllllQ Complete f 2mily Ha.- Care 4J7 .. 6ZB--f?67 3816 E. 7th St Joplin, MO 64801 No, this is about amending the U.S. Constitution to take away rights from a minority, something that has never occurred in the history of our nation. If Bob Barr, the anti-gay author of the 1996 Defense of Mii.rriage Act, is against amending the constitution this ,vay, how hard should this be for our "friends?" The religious right knows how to play adult politics: they insist on getting something in exchange for their support. It's time we did the same. Our community is owed a renewed pledge - now that any anti-marriage amendment is dead on arrival in the Senate. If we can't get something this simple and this just and this easy, then ... 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document V olume-1 Issue-3 "It's A Ilfe, Not A Lifestyle" March 2004 Advertisement A Comm11nity Voice Magazine Volume-1 Issue-3 "It's A Life, Not A Lifestyle" March 2004 Advertisement Volume 11'81.le 3 Publisher: Ozarks Pride 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243 Joplin, Missouri 64804-3128 www.ozarlcspridc.com Editor: C.D. Ward (edltor@ozarksprlde.com) Mllmber: N1tional ~sblan G,y Jot1111l/tt AS$X/alk:irl Contributing Writers: T.J. Kelly Greg Steele Columnist: Steve T. Urie Correspondents: Ryan T. Raymond Contents: Editor's Page .page 3 Stave T. Urie - pa,Je 2 Out Cruzeo- page 8 D031lnation New Orieans-- page 9 Gay Traveler&- Page 7 Know Your Rights- Pege 4 Classllleds-page 14 Community Directory- page 15 Advertising Rates: Email: advertising@ozarkspride.com Card Size Ad-$12.00 per Issue (3 Month Miniroom) Inside Half Page -$37.00 Inside Full Page - $70.00 per issue Inside Third Page - $25.00 Subscrlptlon- $10.00 (3 roon1hs) Deadline for all advertillng, article, a■ d payment is the 20tll of each month for the next months Issue. Ozsb Prldl Magaz!no Is publthtd & cllil~ m~ • 1 COl1lllllrit. y w.t:I by OlJlb P!ldi! Ololp a( .loplA, "'-'I. Publcafoaof h n-,, phcltqaph orlln• d ffff pn,11, blllior orgnm:in in flls pubbb iJ not ID bl COllli1lld • -,ildlcllloa dMXIIII Olilldon or~dlld poqon, i:.....OfOl'glliialo11. Opirbls •.-cl by~. 11Mf11nor L"4ni>,. &aor-.n notr-9ylbeq:,1J01dOnrbl'ltltW.Z-, 1111111.fls publ,hfl(Off,.,,.,..,._ ConllnldaMl'fNmllllsflldldclNn .. M,.......d .. edw111erandbrdo'. Tbtf'ldllirrlOrmf'rtllMrrlmll - 1hl dgltlD lllMt lldNrtlillfl ma.ill tr WTf-1 UIO -· OlltbF'ltlt flldll.._ ... dntoll~d Ozrir Pli:e G~. M mtlnl O OQP)lfglil 2004 Ontb Prdf Page2 March 200+ ONE VOICE .. . ONE VOTE .. . IT CAN MATTER, IT WILL MATTER, AND IT DOES MATTER! In the most recent primary in the State of Missouri, the Jasper County Election Office was practically begging for precinct workers, especially Democrats. The sad thing is how literally board to tears the workers where because of the slow turnout. You should have voted in my precinct. It was held at Eastmoreland Elementary School and the enthusiasm of the second graders were heartwarming and if only they could vote. They didn't understand what a ballot was and asked if they could see one. Why couldn't they vote? Did it mean that something was going to happen? The questions, the inquisitive minds, the expectation in the air and the excitement about getting to vote. The precinct workers arranged for the kids to get to use practice ballots and taught them how it all works. To the surprise of many, even these second graders could use the ballots without experiencing the "dangling chards." I am always amazed at the number of people who complain about something, anything and then won't do anything about it Nag, nag, and nag! Bitch, bitch, bitch! But oh me, I don't have time to do anything about it. But back to the point or is that the point? Where is your excitement? Where is your enthusiasm? Where is the expectation of change and being a part of that change? Yes! Yes! Yes! Your voice and your vote counts ... every vote counts and it is your responsibility to get out and vote. Maybe even to help get others to the precincts to do the same. Continued Steve T. Urie page-5 Volume-1 Issue-3 Page 3 There Is No Middle. Marriage or Nothing!!! Joplin, MO February certainly was a month of national debate on the issue of Marriage rights for American Gays and Lesbians. It has been discussed by the national, local, and foreign media, political parties, religious organizations, your parents, your neighbors, your friends, you name it. It is one of the hottest social issue's in decades and this country is very divided on the solution. Yes, the People of these United States of America are divided on, to give or not to give, an estimated 16 million citizens their constitutional right to legally marry the one they love. Whoa!!! We absolutely can not settle for a compromise of legalizing only "Same Sex Unions". We can not allow our constitution to be changed to discriminate against us. We are all aware of the San Francisco Mayor's decision to challenge the California State Constitution and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Over 4,000 couple's have been issued marriage licenses and taken their vow's. In addition here are other events and headline briefs from around the world. From New York Times This paper fully supports the right of gay men and lesbians to marry, and we believe that in time they will have this right across the nation. Cambodian King Backs Same-Sex Marriage. King Norodom Sihandouk is an advocate of Lesbian and Gay rights, and has expressed his wishes for his country to accept and ''Legalize'' marriage for same-sex couples. March 2004 Lesbian and Gay couples wed in New Mexico. On Feb. 20th Same-sex couples began to marry in Sandoval County, N.M. The Collllty Clerk had determined State law did not prohibit it. Later that afternoon New Mexico stopped granting licenses. Canada: Gay marriage survives challenge. Canadian government officials drafted a same-sex marriage law that is now under consideration by the country's Supreme Court. In the meantime, the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have begun issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Massachusetts Court Stands by Roling On Feb. 4th the Massachusetts High Court stuck to their guns and stated " civil unions for same-sex couples are not a viable alternative to full marriage in the eyes of the State constitution". Freedom to Marry Week (Feb 9-15) Same-sex marriage activists across the country held rallies and demanded marriage licenses from county bureaus. Is Chicago Next ? In a news conference, Wed. Feb. 19 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley said he would have "no problem" with the city clerks office following the lead of San Francisco and issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Bush Declares War on Gay's and Lesbian's Feb. 24, 2004 Bush finall ts off the fence and comes out e the constitution to discriminate against Gay's and Lesbian's by calling on congress to enact the Federal Mamage Amendment FMA defines Marriage as only a man and a women. Editor continued -Daf!.e 5 Volume l Issue 3 Page 4 Want a VOICE in your community? We welcome your opinion, commentary, and your input. Tius publication is about building Community Unity, and you are a part of making this happen. We want you to speak Out/ Mailing address: 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243, Joplin, MO 64804-3128 Email: editor@ozarkspride.com NOTE: All letter's to the editor and articles submitted must include your name and phone number for verification purposes only. Mission Statement: To provide a GLBT community voice to SW ]\,fissouri, SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, NW Arkansas. Our mission is to unite a fragmented community reluctant to speak out for their rights and to voice op.ion's. Tius region has a huge GLBT population who is silent. Adimtir,mmt Fairfield Inn By Marriott Joplin 3301 S Range Line, Joplin, MO 64804 Reservation (417) 624-7800 Email: ffijpln@aol.com AdJJtrti.Jtmmt Woody's Manhattan Hai.t: & Nail Salon Penny Smart 509 Main• Joplin, MO 64801 Appointments ( 417) 623-3500 March ?004 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! IF YOU ARE STOPPED BY THE POLICE OR ARRESTED From ACLU Ozarks Chapter: When you are stopped by the police or arrested, you have certain rights under the law. These rights are the same whether or not you have done anything wrong. Know these rights and use them during your encounter with the police. Above all, do not do or say anything that would make your situation worse. What you say to the police is always important. What you say can be used against you, and it can give the police a chance to arrest you, especially if you badmouth a police officer. Remember that you have the right to remain silent. Use that right! Do not resist or try to run away. Keep your hands where the police can see them. Never touch a police officer. Stay calm and speak politely. Insist on knowing why you have been stopped. Ask, "Officer, why did you stop me?" (Note: Your race, ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or appearance alone are not valid reasons for the officer to stop you). If you are stopped while you are driving, give the officer your driver's license, registration and proqf of insurance if he or she asks for them. If you're given a ticket, you should sign it; otherwise you can be arrested. You can always fight the case later in court. If you're suspected of drunk driving (DWI) and refuse to take a blood, urine or breath test, your driver's license may be suspended. Continued page 14 ........ . Volume-1 lssue-3 Page 5 March 2004 From }t1/,6 2-Steve T. Urie Think about the issues, this isn't just a time for gay marriage but a time to think about jobs, the economy, justification of war, and the direction of where our com1try is headed. Our president has said it is OK for companies to send jobs out of the country if it is cost effective but at whose cost? Our president has told us that the war in Iraq was and is justified because of weapons of mass destruction but where are those weapons? Our president has said the economy is rock solid but it is so rock solid that people all across our state and even the country have gone years without raises and the cost of living raises don't match the cost of living, so ,vhere is our rock solid economy? Then yes there is the issue of gay marriage and everyone's right to be married. So far I have been disappointed in the Democratic leaderships lack of picking up this issue. We have not taken a true stand on this issue and we must. The candidates are tiptoeing around the issue but there is a storm brewing that could be the equivalent of the civil rights movements of the 1960's. The headlines this week have all been overshadowed by the events in San Francisco and today a county clerk in the state ofNew Mexico followed suit in issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Yes it is headed to the courts but it is also very likely to be headed toward a Constitutional Amendment against it. An open act of discrimination against a single group of people and this must not be allowed. The issue is there for all to see and yet. .. where will you be Election Day? You have a chance to change our country by removing Mr. Bush :from the Presidency but maybe just as important is the fact that you get out to vote at all. Take yourself, your responsibility seriously and VOTE! Have a great month ... Steve ............... .. Editors page fi·om page-3 A spokesman :from the Log Cabin Republicans, a predominately gay and lesbian political group, have abandoned the Bush for re-election campaign and stated " President Bush has declared war on Gay's and Lesbian's". Although Democratic Presidential hopeful' s Kerry and Edwards are against legalizing marriage for Gay's and Lesbian's, they both support civil union's and have spoken out against the Bush proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Civil Union's are not separate and equal, but separate and unequal, but the Democratic candidate's position on issue's critical to our community are so much better than those of President Bush. Our biggest battle now is not the battle to legalize marriage for same-sex couples, but to fight against a constitutional amendment that would shut down the right altogether. Yes, February 2004 was very exciting, but now we must face reality and go to work. I urge all of you to contact your congressional representatives and voice your opinion. C. D. Ward Editor, Oz.arks Pride Joplin, MO KOAM TV Poll Results Question: What do you think of Gay Marriage? www.koamtv.com I approve of Gay Marriage.=68% ! do not approve of Gay Marriage=30% I have no opinion on Gay Marriage= 2% W11at is ''Gay Marriage"? We would point out to KO.\.M, there is no such thing as" Gay Marriage". The correct term is "Marriage for Gay's and Lesbian's". Volume 1 Issue 3 About M-.lte Trnh At R.E E'S Joplin ril 1st, 7pm FREE A hilar•~l'f funn1 c.ult ft\m!U m +·'· .... rinq -..r Miss Universe Allows Transsexual Entry. Page 6 Chinese Transsexual Chen Lili received the OK to enter the Miss Universe Pageant to be held in Ecuador June 1, 2004. First she must win the contest in her southeast Chinese Province of Sichuan. " I hope to clinch the crown" said the successful model Chen Lili. Chen Lili was allowed to change her gender identity by the Chinese government in January. She will be the first Transsexual allowed to compete for the coveted Miss Universe crown. March 2004 J e an,d The Gay Travelers ,\dvertisemeut Faces Guesthouse A Bed & Breakfast 327 N Jackson Ave. Joplin, Missouri 64801 Reservations Required (417) 621-9915 Take our virtual tour on the web: www.facesguesthouse.com Aunt Bea's Infamous Recipes! Sock it Too Me, Beef.G,mlmb ! 4 tablespoons virgin olive oil 1 1 /2 pounds ground sirloin 1 large onion and 1 med bell pepper 2 cloves of garlic (minced) 1 teaspoon sweet basil 1(1Soz can stewed tomato's) 1 (8oz can tomato paste) 1 (15 oz cru1 mixed vegetables or your favorite) 3 cups cooked pasta 2 teaspoons Tony Chacherc's Creole Seasoning 1/2 cup red wine ( drink the remaining bottle) Cook the Sirloin, onions apd beli pepper in large skillet to medium well, add remaining ingredients except pasta, simmer for 20 min, add pasta and simmer for 10 min. Volumt-1 lssuc-3 Page 7 March 2004 OUT ON VACATION "Traveling in the gay friendly world" By Donald Pile and Ray Williams gaytravelers@aol.com THE NEW AND IMPROVED JOPLIN, MISSOURI It has been a few years since we visited Joplin, i Missouri and what a change just a few years can '------------~ make. If you can't afford the time or money right now to go to Florida, Arizona or California then why not try Joplin. Yes! Joplin, Missouri! Charles Ward, formerly of Oklahoma City has opened a wonderful new B&B in Joplin. FACES GUEST HOUSE (www.facesguesthouse.com) is located at 327 No. Jackson, just a few blocks north of downtown. It is a beautifully furnished Dutch Colonial Cottage, circa 1898. Charles has completely refurbished all the rooms. The large Garden Suite with private bath and adjoining sun room filled with tropical plants overlooks a garden with fountains. They also have the Romeo Room and the Burgundy Room. Each room is decorated beautifully. A continental breakfast buffet is served in the formal dining room each morning. There is a large formal living room with fireplace for meeting other guests. This is one of the loveliest B&B's that we have found in the Midwest. As for the name, FACES? One of the former owners many years ago began putting different faces in the cement on the outside of the house itself and on the cement walls around the house. There are 19 total. This is VERY interesting. Charles has done an absolutely outstanding job. It is worth staying there JUST to have one of his very famous and delicious Faces Martinis! They are the best that we have ever drank. Be sure and stay there when you visit Joplin. Their toll free number for reservations is :l-866-238-6721. Now, for the wonderful food part of this column. Larry Black recently opened one of the most exciting, romantic and delicious restaurants in the four State area. THE CONNER HOUSE is located downtown Joplin at 612 South Main St. It is an extremely elegant restaurant with crystal chandeliers, beautiful oil paintings and of ~ course live dinner music at the piano. The ambiance, the service, the food, EVERYTHING is done right here. Our server was Trinity who knows how to treat guests .... overly attentive without being obtrusive. When making a reservation do ask for one of his tables. They have a wide range menu including appetizers ... escargot, shrimp cocktail, Italian Bake and Conner Crab Dip. We had the French onion soup and it was marvelous. For entrees you have a wide range of choices from Fillet, New York Strip, Rib Eye, Beef Tip Bourguignon to Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Piccata and Chicken Alfredo. If Veal Oscar is your favorite they offer that too. We love seafood and they have Norwegian Salmon, the BIGGEST golden fried shrimp we have ever had, Shrimp Scampi and Conner Red Snapper. Be sure and save room for dessert. Their Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubilee which is prepared tableside is to die for! They have a full bar and wine selection. Besides all this wonderfulness the real treat is that it is not expensive. It is extremely reasonably priced. You can't dine at the chain restaurants for this price. Continued page- IO new Joplin Volume l Issue 3 I Ozarks Pride Page 9 March 2004 Destination New Orleans " Gay Mecca " " Big Easy" By OP rontribnti11g 1JJriter T. J. Kel/y New Orleans is a city steeped in tradition, history and mystery. From it's past as a haven for voodoo practitioners and French traders to the present day ) city of culture and technology there is a little something for everyone in the Big } Easy. In this two-part story, I will cover many tings to see and do in New Orleans. New Orleans has been influenced by many different cultures starting with the Spanish who settled what was then Lousianne; to the French, under whom the city ofNew Orleans flourished. As the provincial government seat of the Louisiana territory and major gulf port, New Orleans grew rapidly. These influences can still be seen in the city, especially in the old French Quarter (taken from the French term for neighborhood "quartier"). The French Quarter is probably the most talked about and recognizable feature of the city except for the Mississippi river. The Quarter is full of old bars, taverns, restaurants, shops, cafes ect. Blocks from the shores of the Mississippi, tourists and locals alike patronize the many establishments there and take ) in the beautiful Jackson square (off ~ which the famous Cafe du Monde is ) located). Because the bars have no closing time in New Orleans, the Quarter is a great place to party whether it's 5pm or 5am. In the Quarter you can go shopping for groceries at the Quartermaster A&P and Nelly Deli in the Gay District on Bourbon St., Central Grocery on Decatur St. or any of the many tiny A&P's located in the area. You can shop for gay pride items, fine art, fresh fish and seafood and everything in-between. Probably the most well knovro facet of the Quarter is Bourbon Street. Bourbon St. is lined, mostly, with bars restaurants and tourist shops. Old French colonial buildings line the street with balconies overlooking the street from the second stories. During the peak tourist seasons (February-April and July-September) Bourbon St. is packed full of people bar hopping, dancing and "working" for beads. One of the more famous establishments on Bourbon St. is Pat O'Brien's. Pat O's (as it is known) is the "home of the Hurricane". Pat O's also has an extensive Cajun and creative drink menu. When you order a Hurricane at Pat O's, it comes in a souvenir Hurricane glass. If you don't want to keep the glass, it is returnable at the bar for a $3 refund. Another great place on Bourbon is Razzoo's. Razzoo's is a live venue bar with a house blues band. The house band plays every day during happy hour. With 3 for I drink specials, no cover and great music, Razzoo's is hard to beat. When it comes to restaurants, New Orleans is top of the list. Whether you are looking for classic Cajun in a Mom-and-Pop, AllAmerican in a chain restaurant, or coat and tie in an elegant French restaurant; New Orleans has it all. Some of the better places to eat in the Quarter are along Decatur and Chartres Streets and just outside the Quarter on Frenchman Street. Some of the commercialized restaurants in the Quarter are Bubba Gump's, Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, Hard Rock Cafe and TGI Fridays. Gump's and Margaritaville are great places to go for drinks and appetizers. A couple of the established restaurants in the Quarter are Dicky Brennan's Steak house and K-Paul's Kitchen. Both are casual during lunch and coat and tie for dinner. One of the better low cost, casual places to eat in the Quarter is Angel Li's gourmet pizza. Toppings at Angel Li's include the classics to artichokes, tuna, crawfish, asparagus, feta cheese and many other choice toppings. New Orleans continued page-] I Volume-1 Issue- 3 Page 10 Mru:ch2004 New Jop/il}-jrom page 7 They are open for lunch Tuesday thru Saturday 11 to 2:30 and for dinner 5 to 9:30. Their phone number is ( 417) 623- 2833. Now it is "party time" and off to REE'S Nightclub at 716 South Main just a couple blocks south of the Conner House Restaurant. They are open Monday thru Saturday from 4 pm to 1 :30 am with Happy Hour everyday from 4 to 7. They are closed on Sundays. Terry, who is "hot and VERY available" is a great bartender. Richard, the owner and all of the staff are extremely friendly and so are all the people in the bar! Everyone makes you feel right at home here. Something is always happening at Ree's nightclub. They have a great disco dance floor, D.J, Combo nights, stage shows, and their Saturday dance parties. Their phone number is (417) 627-9035. We promise you that you will have lots of fun at this nightclub. One note for out of Towner's coming to Joplin is about parking at both the restaurant and the bar. Both face Main Street however their entrances are in the back and they have huge lighted parking lots. Steve T. Urie is the Pastor of the MCC Joplin-Spirit Christ Metropolitan Community Church, located at 2902 E. 20th Street. Services are 7 PM on Sundays. Joplin has a lot of tourist attractions including the Grand Falls, which is the only continuously running waterfall in the State, The Joplin Museum Complex and The Spiva Center for the Arts One of the most overlooked things to see in Joplin is their wonderful Architecture. They have one of the most interesting and complex array of architectural styles in the Midwest, ranging from Victorian, Queen Anne, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Romanesque, Neoclassic, Next column ,, Greek Revival, Dutch Colonial, Arts & Craft Movement including Bungalow and Prairie and Chicago Style. Stop by the Joplin Convention & Visitors Bureau at 222 West 3rd and pick up some of the brochures. If FACES Guesthouse is booked up when you plan to go to Joplin, then we suggest the gay friendly Fairfield Inn at 3301 South Range Line Road. Their toll free number is: 1-800-228-2800 Always remember, "live, love and laugh" and enjoy your traveling. For questions about traveling contact Donald and Ray at gaytravelers@aol.com or visit their web page at: http://www.hometown.aol.com/gaytravelers. Adm-tismunt Joe Brennan and Rodney Burgomy 4301 NW 63rd, Suite 100-Oldahoma City, OK 73116 -405-8-40-21~-v.c21-~ldciude.com Advertising with Ozarks Pride Magazine shows you support our community and we support those who support us. Advertising llS low llS $12.00 per issue. See advertising rates on page 2. I Q72rks Pride Page 11 Turnabout Fundraiser A Success! Joplin, MO by T.J. Kelly On Friday February 6th 2004, Ree's of Joplin held it's annual turnabout fundraiser show for the Joplin Community Clinic. The free clinic allows the customers of Ree's to use their parking lot free of charge without risk of being towed. Beyond that, many patrons utilize the clinic's free services. The clinic relies on contributions to stay open, not accepting government contributions which would stipulate how it is run to include who uses the parking lot. It is known that the clinic turned down a large contribution contingent on the fencing off of the parking lot so as not to be used by the gay establishment The grant was turned down in support of the gay community as a matter of principle. In appreciation, the owner of the club wanted to give back, with a turnabout fundraiser show. This year, Karaoke Jockey Robbie and bartender Terry were the guest performers, along with a special appearance by Miss Dolly. The show also included a rare appearance by the Grand Dame of Joplin, Miss Lilly. To finish out the line up were regulars from the Robbie Walker Friday Night Showcase including Robbie Walker, Latina Carlisle, Justice Janelle Moore and a farewell appearance by Alexis De Ville. All proceeds from the show went to the Joplin Community Clinic which included all performer tips and a portion of the cover charge. The show raised over $560 for the clinic . . ., .. , ........ Mar"h 2004 New Orleans cont.from page -9 If you're looking for culture, the Quarter is a great starting place. For those who have never been to the Big Easy, I would recommend a guided tour, perhaps by horse drawn carriage that you can find parked at Jackson square. These tours will take you by the major sites including St. Louis Cemetery 1, where the voodoo priestess Marie Louveau and stop frequently to let you visit the sites before moving on. Just outside the Quarter off Camp and N. St. Peter's Streets is the DDay museum for military buffs. It is a beautiful building with a wonderful tribute to those who fought in the invasion of Normandy on D-day during WWII. Another fun tour would be one of many "Haunted New Orleans" tours which you can sign up for at many tourist shops and information centers. Many of the tours start at a designated place (like the statue in Jackson square, for example) at dusk. These are all walking tours, covering a very large area including Mansions, cemeteries and buildings ... so wear your tennis. In the same line as the Haunted tours is the Anne Rice tour, for fans of the author ( or her gorgeom son who happens to be a gay author and poet). This tour hits places mentioned in her novels mostly from the Vampire Chronicles and Witching hour series and takes you by her mansion in the Garden district. Along Decatur Street is a little bit of culture and shopping in the French Market where fanners market meets flea market. Everything from fresh grown fruits and veggies to tourist trinkets and homemade fudge and candy stores line the French Market. In the next issue, I will cover things to see and do in the New Orleans Metro area outside the Quarter including the Garden District, Plantation Tours and the New Orleans Gay scene. To be continued in OP April issue. Volwnt-1 Issue- 3 Page 12 March2004 Advertimmnt Local Talent Paula-Jo David Releaaes First CD Jesus: My Faith Addiction 11irouqh It All The flrat recording by Southern· Contemporary Christian Singer Paule-Jo David, a native of Wichita, Kansas, released her first CD in December of 2003. Paula-Jo and her husband George were :ommi98ionecl as evangelist "Ambassadors Of Christ" by I Love The Lord Christian FellOWllhip Church o Mchita, Kansas and aent forth to the greater Southemt Kansas region to start a new spiritual work there. The Husband-Wife team aettled here in Joplin, and currently established the River Of Life Church in Pittsburg Kansas. Paula-Jo is a Pride Christian Music Artist and sound bites of her music may be heard by logging onto h :/ And selecting the woodstockcd link. You also may purchase her new CD at Great Expectations 920 E. 15111 St. Joplin or online @ w-ww .woodstockcd.com. The Fourteen song selection featured in Paula-Jo's debut album are a road map ofher journey thru her life's trials and tribulations with physical abuse; divorce; and drug addiction. In this album Paula-Jo's life transformation is reflected and poured out into her music, to the Lord. 1 1ver Piasburg. KS. 66762 Pastor: George David Phone (316)461-2668 Services Saaday'11 atl 1 :00am Timmons Chapel PSU Full GO ,PEL all affinning fellowship I Love The Lord Christian Ministries George & Paula-Jo David ,l111bi1,sadors of Cirri st 1509 Missouri Jopiin Mo.648fU (417) 781--1912 Email: paulajo.evans@sbcglobal.net LOzarks Pride Page 13 Advertism1mt March 2004 Selah Ministries International, Inc. Hosted By: SPIRIT OF CHRIST METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH JOPLIN MO. -and- RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH PITTSBURG KS. *PRESENTS LIVE IN CONCERT* Sun Terry Lee Ousley Terry Lee Ousley bases his ministry in Farmington, Michigan. But really he and his partner, Rev. Jim Lynch, travel full-time as Selah Ministries International to bring God's Word to the glbt community. Terry Lee sings and writes most of his own music. He also manages an omnibus website for glbt Christian artists, called "Pride Christian Music" on the web , 2004 11 :00 a.m. @ Timmons Chapel (PSU Campus) Hosted by: River Of Life Church Pittsburg, KS./ Contact Pastor George David for details@ 316-461-2668 or Email: ~ ~ 1 Volume I Issue 3 Page 14 March 2004 Know your rights continued: If you are not driving (for example, if you are walking), you are not required to carry any type of identification. If you are asked for identification, you may give it to the officer if you want to, but you do not have to do this. You can't be arrested merely for refusing to identify yourself on the street. Never give false information to a police officer. Police may "pat down" your clothing if they suspect a concealed weapon. Don't physically resist, but make it dear that you don't consent to any further search. Ask the officer, "Am I free to leave?" If the officer says "No," assume that you are under arrest. If the officer says 'Yes," you can leave. Remember that you have the right to remain silent. In most situations, do not say anything except to identify yourself or ask the officer why you have been stopped. Don't bad-mouth a police officer, even if you believe that what is happening is unreasonable. That could lead to your arrest. Police may ask to search you, your car, or your home. Do not agree to such a search. Be polite, but make it clear that you are not consenting to a search. IMPORTANT: The police may have a right to search you anyhow, and they can do it without your consent. BUT if you give them consent, you may not be able to challenge an illegal search later in court. It is not lawful for police to arrest you simply for refusing to consent to a search. If the police say they have a search warrant, ask to see it. NOTE: More to come, Know Your Rights from the ACLU Ozarks Chapter will be continued in the April issue of Ozarks Pride. Ozarks Pride Classifieds $6.00 first 15 words, 25cents each additional Place your classified ad here for only $6.00 for the first 15 words, and only 25 cents for each additional word .................... . Ozarks Pride Magazine On-Line. Check out our web site for daley breaking GLBT news. www.ozarkspride.com Faces Guesthouse B&B Take the virtual tour of Joplin's only Gay Friendly Bed and Breakfast. www.facesguesthouse.com Weekend Get-A-Way: Want to escape for the weekend? Meet some new people? Try Faces Guesthouse,Joplin, MO. Private bath w/queen bed start at $75.00 night, breakfast included. Resv. requited. 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Bennett, suite D, Springfield, MO 417-881-1900 -Business Services- Penny Smart, Hair Salon-Joplin, M0-(417)623-3500 Manage By Rachael-Joplin, M0-----(417)438-3664 Chlll'b Bun Rcaltot11-Vicld Bronaon-(417)434-0077 My.tic Creatio118--•Pittsburg, KA..--(-620)231-6790 Kelly Kirby, CPA, PC-TuJga, OK--{918)747-5466 Ccntury21--0klahoma City, OK---(405) 840-2106 Advertisement CELEBRATING DIVERSITY IN CHRIST: BBUEViNG, RECEIViNG, BBLONGINGAJ\/7> SERVING BRINGING QUALITY CHRISTIAN MUSIC TO JOPLIN MISSOURI'S GLBT COMMUNITYI SPIRIT OF CHRIST MCC PRESENTING IN CONCERT THE TALENTED CHRISTIAN WITNESS OF SHAWN THOMAS 2902 EAST 20TH STREET JOPLIN, MO 64804 POBOX4711 JOPLIN, MO 64803 Phone: 417-206-6179 Fax: 417-206-6179 Email: splrltofchrlstOcableone.net Contact: Steve Urie Q cop)'l'9t 2004 Ozlrir Prido Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data magazine Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document A LGBT COMMUNITY VOICE M A G A z I N E Volume 1 Issue 5 "It's A Life, Not A Lifestyle" May 1, 2004 NOW OPEN WED THRU SUN 9PM TO 2AM Daily Specials & Events - Shows Every Other Sunday - queer as folk Sun 9pm Volume 1 Issue 5 Page 2 May 1, 2004 Publisher: Ozarks Pride 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243 Joplin, Missouri 64804-3128 www:ozarkspride.com Editor: G.D. Ward (editor@ozarkspride.com) Member: National Lesbian Gay Journalist Association Contributing Writers: T.J. Kelly Greg Steele Columnist: Sieve T. Urie Donald Pile Ray Williams Contents: Steve T. Urie - page 2 Editor's Page -page 3 Gabby Dearest- page 3 Identity Theft - Page 4 Book Review Oklahoman -page 5 Donald & Ray, Out on Vacation- ~age 7 Ozarks Pride Out Cruzin- page 1 O Thank Your Legislators- page 15 Classifieds-page 18 Community Directory- page 19 Advertising Rates: Card Size Ad- $12.00 per issue (3 Month Minimum) Subscription- $16.00 (6 months) Classifieds- $6.00 first 15 words- 25cents each additional. Email: advertising@ozarkspride.com Phone (417) 437-2275 for larger and full page ad rates. Deadline for all advertising, articles and payment is the 20th of each month for the next months issue. Ozarks Pride Magazine it publi,hed & distributed monthly as a community service by Ozarl:s Pride Group of Joplin, MissourL Public•tion of the name, photogr•ph or likeness of •ny person, business or orgoniZllHon in this publication is oot to be construad as any indication of sexual orientation or preferences of such person, bu.sine.11 or organiutkin. Opinions expressed by columnist,, advertisers or L•ttar,; to th• Editor ara not neceisarily the opinion of Ozsrlc• Pride 1,/agazi,,., irs st•tr. th• publish•r or it's •<lwirtiseTJ. Conlan! of odvartiserr.enls and articles are the sole resp:,nsibility of tne adv1rtiaer and /or outhor. The Publisher of Oz•rb Pri~• IJ•g•rin• reserves the iight to refltSe adverti1ing material ior any re!ion wtu1t so e,er. OZ11rlcs Priui end 111 likanesS<ts there of are so:e properties of Oz•rl-• Pricffl Group. Ail material () copvr.ght 2004 Ozarlcs Pride DON'T LET THE LIGHT GO OUT ... DON'T LET THE LIGHT GO Due to a serious health problem resulting in surgery, Steve was unable to submit his column for this issue. We all wish him a speedy recovery and anxiously await his next contribution. Our prayers are with you, Steve. -------- Apr i I 21, 2004 HRC APPLAUDS CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE'S VOTE IN FAVOR OF MARRIAGE EQUALITY 'With one ordinary committee vote, California sent an extraordinary message across the nation that only marriage provides full rights, responsibilities and benefits for same-sex couples and their families,' sai.d HRC President Cheryl Jacques. Jf7ASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign praised a California state committee for passing the first legislative ,-ote in the United States in favor of marriage equality. The California State Assembly Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 3 on Tuesday, April 20, to pass the Marriage License Non-Discrimination Act (AB 1967). Sponsored by Equality California - the statewide gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender group - and introduced by Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, the measure would allow California to marry same-sex couples. "With one ordinary committee Yote, California sent an extraordinary message across the nation that only marriage provides full rights, responsibilities and benefits for same-sex couples and their families," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. Read Ehfuii story on wHw.hrc.01z Ozarks Pride GAY PRIDE IS COMING! Just in case some of you may have , forgotten, June is national Gay Pride • month. Gay America will decorate from head to toe and celebrate the privilege's we've gained in the last 48 years. Yes, almost 50 years the Gay and Lesbian community has struggled, fought, protested, screamed, lobbied, gone to jail and died to bring us to this point in history that is year 2004. From what I recall, of course I was very young, just a mere infant in 1956. The Gay rebellion was just beginning. Totally gay bars were popping up across the country. Gay bathhouses, cruising area's, drag shows where open to the public. My Oh My in New Orleans, The Jewel Box in Kansas City, Pinocchio's in San Francisco, what a scandalous site, drag queens performing in front of straight people. Gay's and Lesbian's were defying the old order of society and bringing homosexuality to the front of the class. We were congregating in large numbers in public and openly declaring our sexuality. Gay Pride was born! Yes, gay people of the 50's and 60's were the pioneers of the gay rights movement that has resulted in the freedoms and rights we take for granted today. But, the long hard journey is not over. The generations that followed have accomplished the unthinkable, accomplishments my generation thought unattainable. We have come along way baby! Now it is the younger generation's turn to take us where we belong. To that equal place in society that even today eludes us. We will work hard and celebrate our Gay Pride. C.D. WardiEditor Dear Gabby Dearest, I have just recently gotten out of a short relationship with someone I had a deep connection with. When we broke up I felt like my life was over and I didn't think I could ever find someone as great or as caring as him, and I still don't. Do you have any advice for those of us who are trying to get over someone we truly cared about and can't seem to forget about? From: Can't Move On Dear Can't Move On: I know how hard it is to get over someone you truly care for, truth is, you can't make someone love you or want you back by smothering them with affection. Most people like that want space, control, and time to focus on their problems and feel like they are alone and aren't ready for any kind of commitment These are the kind of people that we, the Long Term Relationship types, need to stay away from. It isn't easy to get over them, but at the same time, it isn't healthy for you to keep hoping that they will change their ways. If you feel like you want to call them, don't, find something to keep you busy. Don't do the things the two of you used to do, find a new hobby, basically keep your mind off of them and one day, you will find that friendship with that person may be possible, but don't rush it. Focus on what is happening in your life and the goals you have for yourself. You can't make someone happy unless you are happy. Gabby Dearest is not a professional therapist. She is just a wise old lady that has been around the block many times. Replies to submitted request for advise should not be construed as absolute resolutions, just friendly advise from dear old sweet lady. You may contact Gabby Dearest by email .... ~ or by addressing Gabby Dearest , Ozarks Pride, 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243,Joplin,MO 64804 Volume l Issue 5 Page4 Want a VOICE in your community? We welcome your opinion , commentary, and your input. This publication is about building Community Unity, and you are a part of making this happen. We want you to speak out! Mailing address: 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10-243, Joplin, MO 64804-3128 Email: editor@ozarkspride.com NOTE: All letter's to the editor and articles submitted must include your name and phone number for verification purposes only. Mission Statement: To provide a GLBT community voice to SW Missouri, SE Kansas, NE Oklahoma, NW Arkansas. Our mission is to unite a fragmented community reluctant to speak out for their rights and to voice concerns. This region has a huge GLBT population without represenJation. Fairfield Inn By Marriott Joplin 3301 South Rangeline Road Joplin, MO 64840 Reservation (417) 624-7800 Email: ffijpln@aol.com Advertisl!J11tnf Woody's Manhattan Hair & Nail Salon Penny Smart 509 Main * Joplin, MO 64801 Appointments (417) 623-3500 May 1, 2004 Identity Theft, Could It Happen To You? Compiled by: Greg Steel OP Contributing writer. ....... . We have all seen the commercials on TV. Some are very humorous, but contain a very serious message. Identity Theft is fast becoming a very lucrative international crime. Individuals and entire families can be financially destroyed, and it could be avoided by taking a few precautions to safe guard your personal information. The following is a memo sent out to company employees by a Corporate Attorney. Maybe we should all take some of his advise. 1. The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your checkbook, they will not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name, but your bank will know how you sign your checks. 2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the "For" line. Instead, just put the ~1ast four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it. 3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never have your SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it Contim,ed page-13 Idmtity Ozarks Pride Page 5 May 1,2004 OKLAHOMA MAN PUBLISHES BOOK ENTITLED "FRENCH COUNTRY SIGNATURE." By Donald Pile and Ray Williams The International acclaimed interior designer, Charles Faudree has just published his new book, FRENCH COUNTRY SIGNATURE. Charles Faudree is a delightful chap from Tulsa, Oklahoma. His new book features dozens of beautiful color photos of different rooms that be has so meticulously designed. Charles is a very interesting and enjoyable person to talk with. His world wide travels have enabled him to self-educate himself on the finer things in life. He is very educated, fun, funny, delightful and we could spend hours and hours with him. Celebrated for creating French-style interiors, Charles's work has been featured in leading home magazines, including Traditional Home, Renovation Style, House Beautiful, Southern Accents and Veranda which happens to be one of our very favorite magazines. Seven homes designed by Charles including his own, have been featured on the Home & Garden television network. In 2003, be was chosen one of the top 100 designers in America by Home Beautiful. Charles Faudree Antiques and Interiors, established in 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the base from which he travels worldwide to an International clientele. Charles's clients are found throughout America as well as in Spain, where he continues his work on the historic Finca la Caprichosa in Pro de Savilla. He assisted Oklahoma's former first lady, Kathy Keating in the 1995 restoration and refurbishing of the Governor's Mansion. Five individual homes including his own have been featured in Home & Garden TV. During his 25 year career as an Interior designer, Charles's work has appeared in many design magazines and design and decorating books. Six of his own homes have been featured in Traditional Home magazine, where he was a Design Award Winner in 1995. He was a featured designer to Signature Style, a book published by Traditional Home that spotlighted eight of America's leading interior designers. "Too much is NEVER enough", says Charles, who has achieved an international reputation for creating settings that have all the elegant accoutrements of a French Country estate. It is Charles's union of the rustic with the refined that creates his distinctive style of casual, understated elegance. With creations that are always artful, eclectic and inspiring, Charles is a master at one of the main tenets of French Country design~ombining traditional prints, patterns, colors and textures with just the right furnishings and collection. Continued-see book on page-16 MEN'S UNDEHWEAH STOHE NOW OPEN! 825 E 31111 ST. DOWNTOWN TULSA. CALL, 877-7-BOXERS FOR INFO! MON- 11-3AM! ONLINE!' SIZED! BOXERS UNDERWEAR FOR EVERY MAN. OFFERINO THE HOTT.EST BRANDS, 00 SOFTWEAR + JOCKO + WC LA ROCHE + MUNDO UNICO + OW BENZ Ozarks Pride Page7 May 1, 2004 OUT ON VACATION "Traveling in the gay friendly world" by Donald Pile and Ray Williams gaytravelers@aol.com TULSA, OKLAHOMA We just returned from a wonderful weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is fortunate to have not just one major city, but tl-vo! We have in the past told our readers how much fun Oklahoma City can be and now we can say the same thing about their sister city, Tulsa. Being antiques dealers we have been to Tulsa many times doing antiques shows in the past, however have not gotten back in about 10 years. Many of the owners of the fine restaurants, antiques shops, interior design shops and other upscale shops are gay owned. They have been around for many years and have a wonderful reputation. Tulsa is such a beautiful city with lots of shopping, museums, art galleries, antiques shops, etc. You won't get bored at all. Actually we really believe that Tulsa is the cleanest and most beautiful city in the Midwest and in the springtime when all the flowers and trees are coming out it is especially beautiful. The first day we toured the Philbrook Museum (www.philbrook.org). It is grand! They are in the process of putting in more gardens. Their artwork is fabulous. And their restaurant has delicious and exciting food. The next day we went to the Gilcrease Museum (www.gilcrease.org), "where the American West unfolds" This is one of the finest musuems for western art in the United States. Their galleries are full of absolutely fabulous artwork. From oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures, to the new American Indian artifact collection on the lower level it could take hours to see everything. Their museum gift shop has authentic American Indian handmade items for sale. Other interesting area places to visit are: Greenwood Cultural Center, J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum, Oklahoma Aquarium, Oklahoma Hall of Jazz, Tulsa Air and Space Museum, Tulsa Garden Center and the Tulsa Zoo. The Will Rogers Memorial and Museum is just a short drive from Tulsa. The Gay Community Center recently moved into a new location with much more room. This is a great place to find anything your looking for in Tulsa. They are located at 5545 E. 41st Street and their phone number is: 743-4297. A.J. gave us a guided tour of the Center and answered all of our questions. They offer all kinds of support for the community. And if you have extra furniture or anything, this is a great place to donate items. The MCC United of Tulsa is located at 1623 N. Maplewood. Their phone number is: 838-1715. There are all kinds of groups and organizations in the Tulsa area and the Gay Community Center is more than happy to direct you to any that you might be interested in. A GREAT website for anyone going to Tulsa is: www.timscottonline.com/ tulsa.htm. All cities should have a website like this one. Continued page- 14 Gay Traveiers ..... . Volume 1 Issue 5 Page 8 May 1, 2004 Advertisment April 23, 2004 Gaywire release MICHIGAN HOUSE PASSES BILL ALLOWING DOCTORS TO REFUSE TREATMENT OF GAYS The Republican-controlled Michigan House of Representatives passed a measure today that would allow doctors to refuse to treat gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender patients. The Conscientious Objector Policy Act pro\'ides that health care workers can refuse service to anyone for moral, ethical, or religious reasons, although the measure would prohibit the refusal of emergency care. The bill was strongly supported by the Michigan Catholic Conference, a conservative religious organization that also hosted a legislative day for Catholics at the state Capitol today. The bill now goes to the Republican- controlled Senate. according to 36Sgay.com. In addition, three other bills that mav affect health care for LGBT patients were ;pproved bv the House today. · Tulsa One would exempt a health insurer or health facility from providing or covering a health care procedure that violated ethical, moral or religious principles reflected in their bylaws or mission statement. Vocal opponents of the measure included Rep. Chris Kolb, the first openly gay legisbtor in Michigan. ''.Are you telling me that a health care provider can deny me"medical treatment because of my sexual orientation? I hope not," he asked the House. "This bill allows health care providers to deny needed health care services to any individual not currently protected from discrimination under the state's Elliot-Larsen civil rights act. Thus, a health provider could refuse health care to an individual based upon a patient's actual or perceived seimal orientation. I adamantlv oppose this legislation and believe that ;his is a very dangerous path for Michigan to travel down" , said Rep Kolb. Ozarks Pride Volume 1 Issue 5 May 1, 2004 MCC Joplin-Spirit of Christ Cc Metropolitan Community Church · • Sunday Service 7PM Community Meal served Wednesday's at 6:00pm, cost $3.00. No one is turned away. Our meal is always nutritionally balanced. Dinners include d.esert, drink and good fellowship. Take out meals are also available. Bring your friends and family. Steve T. Urie, Pastor 2902 E. 20th Street Joplin, MO 6480.3 'NW'II. mccjoplin .com Advertisment P'hone,; (-/1. "17} 623-'J007 ~ {417) 023-'1 '1 l59 EKAa■; cm,xO&S,4 0,;x:,pymax.oom PYints and Oopie3 Bi:odtng Lami,-.almg Faxing au•in~• Cards Ozarks Pride Page 13 May 1, 2004 Continued from page4 Identity.. 4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place. I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards. Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have firsthand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieve(s) ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from OMV to change my driving record information on-line, and more. But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know: 1. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them. 2. File a police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc. were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). Here's what is perhaps most importani of all: (Have you even thought to do this.) Continued next column: 3. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and Social Security number. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name. The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit. By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away. This weekend someone turned it in. It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks. Here are the numbers you need to contact if your wallet, etc. has been stolen. 1. Equifax: 1-800-525-6285 2. Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888- 397-3742 3. Trans Union: 1-800-680-7289 4. Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271 Atfvertislllel/1 ~~ o97aki Austin Letts For Appointments 417.659.9466 "Walk In's Welcome" 610 S. Main Street Joplin, MO 6480 I Volume 1 Issue 5 Page 14 May 1, 2004 Gay Travelers from page 7 By going to this one website you can find listings for most all of the gay and lesbian organizations, clubs, meetings as well as the bars locations and hours and it will even take you directly to their websites. This website also directs you to area attractions, musuems, galleries and places of interest. We visited several bars while we were in Tulsa and among the ones we enjoyed was the BAMBOO LOUNGE at 7204 E. Pine. Brian, the bartender is fun, wonderful, personable and very handsome. This bar has been around a long, long time in Tulsa ind has recently had some renovations. Be sure to check them out. Another bar is the CLUB MAJESTIC at 124 No. Boston which is in the Brady Arts District just to the North of downtown. They are open Thursday thru Sunday from 9pm till 2am. They have hot music, great lights and an :1wesome sound. Their website is: Nww.clubmajestictulsa.com. The SILVER STAR AT 1565 So. Sheridan has new DJ's, a new Sound System, a new Light Show and opens at !pm. Their website is: .vww.silverstarclub.com. We attended the 3rand Opening Party for the new CLUB \t1AVERICK at 822 So. Sheridan. Their Nebsite is: wvvw.tulsamaverick.com They 1re open daily from 4pm to 2am. This is the 1ewest bar in Tulsa and the owners are ioing it "the right way". We know that this )ar is going to be packed every night. The )wners, bartenders and staff are all :xtremely friendly and hospitable. There are no gay accommodations in rulsa. Perhaps in the near future one or two night open. Gay owned Bed and Breakfasts Lre quickly becoming popular throughout he United States. There are plenty of hotels md motels in every price range. ,ext coiumn ............... . For a weekend get a way, try Tulsa. There is so much to see and do and everyone at the bars are so friendly. You won't be a stranger in Tulsa for long. We want to give a big THANK YOU for the hospitality of our dear friend, Mark Wiedemnann while we were in Tulsa and to Andrew Hicks for helping us with all the preliminary work. He is a great writer. Quotable Quotes "Gay people are chasing after all the things that straight people hate. We want to get married, we want to be in the military, we want to have children, and these are all things that straight people are running from in droves." - Comedy writer and Hollywood Square Bruce Vilanch to St. Louis' Vital Voice, Feb. 27. Joe Brennan and-Rodney Burgamy 4301 NW 63rd, Suite 100-Oklahoma City, OK 73116 405-840-2106-w,vw.c21-goldcastle.com Advertising with Ozarks Pride Magazine shows you support our community and we support those who support us. Advertising as low as $12.00 per issue. See advertising rates on page 2. Ozarks Pride Page 15 PLEASE THANK THESE MISSOURI LEGISLATORS! Jejfmo11 City, MO March 31, 2004 The Missouri House of Representatives today voted to pass HJR 39 to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The vote was 128-23 to amend our state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. If your legislator is on the following list, please call and thank him/her for voting against this horrible legislation and in favor of equality! John Burnett (43) 573-751-3310 Marsha Campbell (39) 573-751-4485 Russ Carnahan (59) 573-751-4567 Michael Corcoran (77) 573-751-0855 Melba Curls (41) 573-751-3158 Michael Daus (67) 573-751-6736 Margaret Donnelly (73) 573-751-0100 Curt Dougherty (53) 573-751-6535 Barbara Fraser (83) 573-751-4163 Chuck Graham (24) 573-751-2162 Jeff Harris (23) 573-751-9753 Bob Hilgemann (64) 573-751-1400 Ted Hoskins (80) 573-751-0169 Rodney Hubbard (58) 573-751-2383 Connie Johnson (61) 573-751-7605 Robin Wright Jones (63) 573-751-6800 Jenee Lowe (44) 573-751-2437 Mike Sager (48) 573-751-7335 Tom Villa (108) 573-751-0438 Michael Vogt (66) 573-751-9472 Vicki Walker (50) 573-751-7639 Vicky Riback Wilson (25) 573-751-1169 Yvonne Wilson (42) 573-751-9758 Quotable Quotes "They [gays] kept me alive when I got into trouble v:ith the Johnson administration. As long as they kept looking for my records and imitating me, then of course my name was always alive, so I'm very grateful to them." Eartha Kitt to the rvliami gay newspaper The Weekly News, Feb. 12. May 1, 2004 Disparities in Wide Range of Areas Including Income Tax, Survivor Benefits, and Estate Taxes POR]L-41\JD, OR April 14, 2004 - As millions of married couples are signing and sending off their tax returns prior to the April 15 tax day deadline, a groundbreaking report released today by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute reveals that same-sex couples face widespread economic disparities and hardships because they are denied equal marriage rights. The report takes real-life situations commonly faced by Oregon couples and compares the economic benefits afforded to married couples to those given to same sex couples. A same-sex couple residing in Oregon is profiled to illustrate the real-life cost to them of not being able to marry. The report, entitled "'Economic Benefits of Marriage under Federal and Oregon Law," is the second in a series that documents the disparities gay couples face under federal and state income tax, Social Security benefits, gift tax, estate tax, worker's compensation, and line of duty death benefits. It was authored by Terence R. Dougherty, an attorney with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP. "'Same-sex couples pay more in taxes and get fewer protections and benefits in return," said Matt Foreman, the Task Force's executive director. "These injustices arcn 't hypothetical instead, they arc being inflicted right now on hard-working, tax paying Oregon couples, often at times of family tragedy and loss. This report quantifies the cost to one gay Oregon family." The report was authored by Terence R. Dougherty, an attorney with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, a prestigious 168-lawyer firm based in New York City. The firm was ranked #I in the nation for the pro bono comributions of lawyers in 2002. Source: ~ Volume I Issue 5 Press Release 2004 AMENDMENT TO OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTION "Oklahoma legislators are trying to use the state constitution to discriminate against thousands of its families," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. WASHINGTON - The Oklahoma House passed an amendment today to the state constitution that would deny marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships to same-sex couples, sending it to the ballot this November. Nine similar anti-marriage measures - including six constitutional amendments died in the Legislature earlier this month. However, this amendment was added to another bill, dodging the regular legislative process. "Oklahoma legislators are trying to use the state constitution as a weapon against thousands of its citizens," said HRC President Cheryl Jacques. "According to the Census, more than 5,700 same-sex couples and their families live in Oklahoma. The Constitution should protect them just as it protects their neighbors." fhe amendment was offered by Sen. fames Williamson, R-Tulsa. The Senate :iassed it April 15 by a 38 to 7 vote. It Jassed today in the House by a 94 to 4 vote. 'It is a sad day for Oklahoma when our Legislature votes to mandate :liscrimination in our state constitution," ,aid Kevin Smith, lobbyist for the i\merican Civil Liberties Union of :Jklahoma. fhe Human Rights Campaign is the argest national lesbian, gay, bisexual and .ransgender political organization with nembers throughout the country. It :ffectively lobbies Congress, provides :ampaign support and educates the public .o ensure that LGBT Americans can be )pen, honest and safe at home, at work md in the community. 16 1, 2004 5 With a look at old and new collections, blue and white Chinese painted furniture, Napoleonic figures, antique furnishings, unusual fabrics, accessories and architectural adornments, his book, FRENCH COUNTRY SIGNATURE is an inviting and exhilarating look into Charles's innate sense of balance in the way he juxtaposes fabrics, furnishings, color and accessories to create a cohesive portrait. Charles also has a beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Nicholas who has appeared on the cover of Traditional Home and 15 times within it's pages and he has "starred" in two Home and Garden television presentations. Charles Faudree's FRENCH COUNTRY SIGNATURE is published by Gibbs Smith Publishers and can be purchased on line or from your favorite book store. Martha's Vine~ard 219 W. Olive, Springfield, MO 417-864-4572 Southwest Missouri's Hottest Entertainment Complex. Now Celebrating 10 Years of Quality Entertainment www.marthascomplex.com Volumn 1 Issue 5 Page 17 PrideRide Inc . . hosts annual fund-raising PrideRide 2004 bicycle ride KansasCity April 6,2004 Plans are now underway for the fourthannual PrideRide 2004 to be held on Saturday, June 12, 2004. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the ride begins at 9 a.m. Proceeds from PrideRide, Inc. go toward organizations that benefit and serve the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) communities in greater Kansas City. Beneficiaries of PrideRide 2004 are SAVE, Inc. and The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City. SAVE, Inc. provides housing and housing assistance for HIV/ AIDS challenged individuals and families. The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City creates, supports and provides vital and timely resources and services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight-allied (LGBTS) communities of Greater Kansas City. PrideRide, Inc. has raised a net total of over $10,000 in the first three years of the bicycle rides and has goals of increasing ridership and pledges for PrideRide 2004. Early Bird registration for PrideRide 2004 is a discounted $15 before May 21, 2004 and $25 after that date. A minimum pledge of $50 is required to ride. All riders receive a PrideRide T-Shirt, and there will be awards and gifts for levels above the minimum pledge. Pledge forms will soon be available at many local establishments and bicycle stores. Riders can register online and a pledge form can also be downloaded at the PrideRide web site. Details on times and ride routes are available on the pledge forms, posters and at the web site, ~- May I, 2004 An OP Cotmmmity Service FREE HIV TESTING,NO NEEDLES! SPIRIT OF CHRIST MCC SPONSORS 2902 E. 20th St., PO Box 4711 Joplin, Mo 64803 In conjunction with AIDS Project of the Ozarks, MCC Joplin offers free HIV testing the last Sunday of each month between 5PM and 6PM. For your convenience you can also call 206-6179 for an appointment. We use the Ora-sure method which does not require the use of needles and we offer complete confidentiality. You may also request Booklets on AIDS for People of Faith through the PO Box listed above. Spirit of Christ MCC]oplin "Serving A Healthier Community" Quotable Quotes "I believe in domestic partnership. If the people change their minds and they want to overrule that [in favor of same-sex marriage], that's fine with me. But right now, that's the law, and I think every mayor and everyone should abide by the law .... We have a state law, and I think those issues should be left to the state, so I have no use for a constitutional amendment or change in that at all, no." - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, March 1. River Of Life Church PO Box 1578, Pittsburg, KS. 66762 astor: George David Phone: (316) 461-2668 Services: Sunday's 11am Email: geo592k@sbcglobal.net Timmons Chapel PSU Full GOSPEL all affirmin . Place your classified ad here for only $6.00 for the first 15 words, and only 25 cents for each additional word ........ . Ozarks Pride Magazine On-Line. Check out our website for Daily breaking GLBT news. www.ozarkspride.com Need A House Mate: Advertise here for only $6.00 first 15 words, 25 cents for each additional word. Weekend Get-A-Way: Want to escape for the weekend? Meet some new people? Try Faces Guesthouse, Joplin, MO. Private bath w / queen bed start at $75.00 night, breakfast included. Resv. required. (417) 621-9915 Volunteers Needed: Wnat's going on in the communities of Springfield, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Rogers, Fort Smith, Tulsa, Miami, Pittsburg? Send us your scoop. Solicit your business owners to advertise in Ozarks Pride Magazine. Mail address: 2401 E. 32nd St., Suite 10- 243, Joplin, MO 64804. Deadline for all inclusion is the 20th of each month for next months issue. Business Opportunity: Ever dreamed of owning your own B&B? Beautiful 4 bed 4 bath 3200sqft fully furnished in Joplin, MO For Sale. Call Vicki Bronson at Charles Burt Realtors 417 -4 34-0077 Joplin MO64804 800-782-7822 Vicki Bronson 417-434-0077 www.vicki0ronson.com Congratulate that special person with a .. 13est WlshesAd" in Ozarks Pride Magazine. Only $10.00 for 1/Sth Page unit. Birthdays, I Love You, Anniversaries, Thank You's Mail to:: Ozarks Pride Magazine, 2401 E. 32nd St, Suite 10-243, Joplin, MO 64804 -Bars- Studio 716- -716 \1v. 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Title A name given to the resource Robert (Bob) Odle Oral History Interview - Feb. 19, 2026 Transcript PDF Text Text Oklahomans for Equality Oral History Interview with Robert (Bob) Odle Interview Conducted by Toby Jenkins (and Dennis Neill) Date: February 19, 2026 Transcribed and Edited By: Dennis Neill using Reduct.Video AI, March 13, 2026 Restrictions: Interviewee requested: N/A Oklahomans for Equality History Project 621 E. 4th Street Tulsa, OK. 74120 918.743.4297 historyproject@okeq.org 1 �About Robert (Bob) Odle Summary This interview with Bob Odle offers a deep dive into his life as a gay man, theater professional, and community advocate. Covering his personal journey, the impact of historical events, and insights into Tulsa's cultural scene, it provides valuable lessons on resilience, identity, and activism. Keywords LGBTQ history, theater, Tulsa, activism, personal story, AIDS, gay community, cultural history Key Topics    Bob Odle's personal history and identity The impact of historical events like JFK's assassination and AIDS crisis The development of theater and LGBTQ community in Tulsa Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background of Bob Odle 02:57 Early Life and Education 05:59 College Experience and Sexual Orientation 08:58 Military Draft and Sexual Identity 2 �11:50 Teaching Career and Coming Out 14:47 Theater Involvement and Gay Community Connections 17:48 Reflections on the LGBTQ+ Experience 20:57 Teaching Philosophy and Curriculum Development 23:56 Theater Companies and Professional Acting 39:52 Theatre Roots and Early Involvement 41:12 Memorable Performances and Traditions 43:39 The Birth of World Action Singers 48:06 The Evolution of Theatre Spaces in Tulsa 53:00 Theater Community Support and Changes 56:39 The Lynn Riggs Theater and Community Engagement 01:02:33 Impact of the Pandemic on Theatre 01:05:27 Personal Loss and Community Involvement 01:08:20 Political Climate and Advocacy 01:10:58 Concerns for Arts and Rights 01:20:21 A Message for Future Generations Robert (Bob) Odle Oral History Interview Feb 19, 2026 Toby Jenkins: Today is February the 19th, 2026. We are at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the Joe and Nancy McDonald Rainbow Library, and we are doing archival work and interview today, and joining me for the interview is Amanda Thompson, our archivist and the founder of Oklahomans for Equality, Dennis Neill. This is Toby Jenkins. Today, viewers, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest. Tell us your name and your date of birth and your address. Bob Odle: Bob Odle, Robert Odle. Date of birth is May 15th, 1945. Bob Odle: My address is XXX in Tulsa. Toby Jenkins: Thank you so much. We're here today, and I want us to tell...you've had such an interesting life, and I want to make sure we get everything, and we appreciate our viewers' interest in this, and so this is...we're going to give you some history that you might have a little trouble finding, so we're going to put it in one place where our viewers can find this information. Do you want me to call you Bob or Robert? Bob Odle: Bob. Everybody calls me Bob, except my sixth-grade art teacher. Toby Jenkins: What are your pronouns? How do you identify your gender? Bob Odle: Mr. He. Toby Jenkins: So, you identify as male? Bob Odle: Yes. 3 �Toby Jenkins: Okay, and could you just, for our time together, we're gonna...how do you identify in your sexual orientation, your...how do you identify? Bob Odle: Well, I'm queer as a $3 bill. Toby Jenkins: Okay, good. So, it's good to know, and for our historical people, that was a phrase we used a lot when we were growing up as kids. Bob Odle: Well, I just heard about the origin of the $3 bill just within the past week. During this Civil War, some of the southern states, as I recall, didn't have really enough gold, and so they issued those $3 bills, or maybe it was the American Revolution. I don't remember, but it was some revolutionaries, and they issued worthless money, and it was $3 bills. Toby Jenkins: So, that's why we have it. That's why they always used it on us. Where were you born? Bob Odle: I was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Toby Jenkins: Okay. Bob Odle: Research Hospital. Toby Jenkins: Is your family from Kansas City, Missouri? Bob Odle: Most of my...the Bell side of the family is from Missouri. My four-times greatgrandmother came to Missouri with Daniel and Nathan Boone. Nathan Boone is buried not far from where she's buried, and so most of my relatives are there. The...and the Rileys are there, once they came to this country. The Odles are scattered around western part of Virginia. Toby Jenkins: Okay. Now, when you say she's buried up in Missouri, is she buried near Boone's Lick? (Editor’s note Boone's Lick is the historical site where Daniel Boone’s sons settled around Franklin Missouri.) Bob Odle: Oh, no, that's much farther north. Nathan Boone is much closer to Springfield, and it's a little country cemetery that is largely a family cemetery. I mean, I'm related by blood or marriage to most of the people who are in that cemetery, so she's buried there where the other Bells and the Rileys are. Toby Jenkins: And so you were...your family was in Kansas City at this time, or...? Bob Odle: Yes, they had moved...my grandmother and grandfather had moved to Kansas City, and I think most of my...all of my aunts and uncles were born in Kansas City, and my mother was born there, and...and so that's...that's where I was born. Toby Jenkins: Now, did you grow up there? I mean, was that what you spent your childhood? Bob Odle: Yes. I went to Munger Elementary School, which was named after a farmer who donated that land to the school district, and it was a little eight-room, four downstairs and four 4 �upstairs schoolhouse with a prefab outside for the 7th and 8th grades, and 6th and 7th grades. And so I went to Munger for the first three years, and then North Kansas City had a bond issue, and they built some new schools because that area of Kansas City was growing. They built right across the street from Munger, they built Oak Ridge and just a few blocks from us they built Maplewood. I went to Maplewood for the fourth and fifth grades and then my mother remarried and we moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where I went to Luther Burbank for one year. TPS has recently sold that building. And then I went to Bell Junior High for two and a half years and then we moved over to 27th Street and I finished the ninth grade and went through high school at Nathan Hale and then got a scholarship to the University of Tulsa. I applied various places but TU gave me a scholarship that paid half of my tuition which was $600 a year. Toby Jenkins: And what year would that have been that you graduated? Bob Odle: I graduated from Nathan Hale in 63 and from TU in 67. Toby Jenkins: And how new was Nathan Hale? Was it a pretty new high school? Bob Odle: It was brand new that first year I went there. Toby Jenkins: Do you remember what your graduating class, how many were in your graduating class? Bob Odle: I contend there were 450 but some people, some members of my class say there were fewer than that. I don't know, I haven't counted the pictures in the yearbook. I keep thinking I must do that and I haven't. Toby Jenkins: Yeah, by the 70s it was up in the 2000s. Bob Odle: Yes, they added a wing. Toby Jenkins: But I think today Nathan Hale's graduating class is about 200. Bob Odle: Well, yeah, they added classrooms to the building. Quite a few classrooms after I graduated. Toby Jenkins: So was your family glad that you were going to school in Tulsa instead of getting accepted someplace else? Bob Odle: Well, they were glad I got a scholarship which was $300 which paid half of my tuition. And my books altogether, my books cost less than $100. Toby Jenkins: I don't think I ever paid $100. What did you study at TU? Bob Odle: I was a theater major. Toby Jenkins: And so this would have been in 1963 when you graduated. What was going on in our country at that time? I mean this was shortly after Kennedy had been assassinated. 5 �Bob Odle: No, it was when he was assassinated. That was a sad day that I remember that day. And the several days afterwards when we had no commercial TV. And Channel 2 played Handel's Largo during all of the station breaks. And we went until Monday after the funeral with no commercials on TV. And 24-hour coverage of the funeral and people visiting the White House and the Capitol. Toby Jenkins: Were you in school when y'all heard this news? Bob Odle: It was just my first time at the Baptist Student Union. They should have told me never to go back. My first time there and I went to class and a friend of mine who had a little portable radio said the president has been shot. And what's he talking about? He's crazy. And then it was during that class, I had humanities at 1 o'clock. It was during that class then that it was announced that the president was dead. I gave a friend a ride home and we listened to the radio. And the radio was covering the funeral and the death of the president. Toby Jenkins: And this would have been your freshman year? Bob Odle: It was my freshman year, yeah. It was a sad day. It was a sad several days. Couldn't believe that in the 20th century a president would be assassinated. I just couldn't believe that. Toby Jenkins: What were you studying at TU? Bob Odle: I was majoring in theater. I had a minor in English lit and a minor in education so I could get my teaching certificate. It was then, and I didn't know this until, I was so naive. I'm incredibly naive, even now. I heard after the first show that the person who played the lead and some other people were gay and, what? And so, later, I think the person who told me that had the hots for me for years. I think I later found out more and more people in the theater department, which is where I hung out, were gay and, oh, okay, I didn't know that. I had no idea. Toby Jenkins: Did you understand what that meant? Bob Odle: Oh yeah, I understood what it meant, but I just didn't know that they were gay and that there were so many. Toby Jenkins: So you were like in Gay Head Start, the theater department at TU. Did you, had you by that time, I mean, by then you're 18, adult, and you're a young male college student. Had you begin to realize about your own sexual orientation or was it? Bob Odle: Yeah, I went through a period, and I think it's not unusual, of denial. And, let's see, I was molested when I was like 12 years old, and I didn't know, I just, I didn't know anything about that. I just, it was when I was 15, I finally said, no, I don't want to do that anymore. Well, I didn't want to do it with somebody older, I wanted to do it with some of my classmates. And I remember when I was like in the seventh grade at Bell, the day we all suited up in our white tshirts and our white gym shorts and our white tennis shoes. And I walked, there were these other boys, and whoa, wow, I mean, this thrill went through me. Whoa, whoa. And so... 6 �Toby Jenkins: So you're in college, and you're in this program, and I guess it was gossip people were talking about people being gay. Bob Odle: Yeah. Toby Jenkins: Was it in college that you began to, I mean, did you have a relationship with another student, a person, or? Bob Odle: No, not really, but there was one person who was in my English class who I had seen go to the, it was the Baptist student union, that was the reason I went that one day, and I went back subsequently. I did have the hots for him, and it was, he dropped out of school, I think, after the first semester of our freshman year. And in the past year or so have found out, I suspect he was killed in Vietnam. I suspect he joined the army, that school wasn't really for him. And when he didn't show up at any of our classes, and he was no longer on campus, I did feel like my heart was broken. I mean, I really had a crush on him. Toby Jenkins: So when he left school, I mean, you didn't know where he went, and so did you quit going to the Baptist Student Union after that? Bob Odle: No, I continued to go because I knew some other people who were there. Toby Jenkins: What was TU like in those days, in the 60s? Bob Odle: We had to wear our freshman beanies for the first six weeks. I still have mine somewhere, I tried to find it for the 50th anniversary, that's when I, oh no, this was 50 years after graduation. It was red, alternate red and yellow panels with a red 67 in the front panel, and we had to wear those for the first six weeks, I mean, that was the rule. We had to go to orientation like once a week. We had to take six hours of religion. I took Old Testament history and origin and principles of Christianity. Bob Odle: Later, they reorganized and we didn't have to take any religion, and I'd already taken six hours, and so we had to go to chapel, I don't know, maybe once at least…. Toby Jenkins: A week, once a week, or once a semester? Bob Odle: No, I think once in the first six weeks. The class of 68 had blue beanies with yellow 68 on the front. That was the last class, I think, that had to wear beanies. Toby Jenkins: About how many students do you think were at TU at that time? Bob Odle: I think they've held steady at about 4,000 to 5,000. Toby Jenkins: And so that would have been at the time when Tulsa was the oil capital of the world and TU was known as the top geology, or what am I saying? Petroleum engineer. Yeah, petroleum engineer. 7 �Bob Odle: There was one guy in the theater department who was from Egypt and he was in theater, but he, I think, came for petroleum engineering, which is why a lot of people were there from other states. Toby Jenkins: So you talked about the military and the Vietnam War. Tell us about that. Were there lots of students who were leaving? Bob Odle: I was not aware of any at that time because I graduated in 67, so the buildup, I think, started in 65, but I was not... We had student deferments as long as we were in school. Toby Jenkins: Were you in the military? Bob Odle: No, never. They didn't want me because I was gay. Toby Jenkins: You remember your draft number? Were you subject to a potential call-up? Bob Odle: I don't remember that. That's been so long ago. Toby Jenkins: So they didn't want you because you were gay. Tell us about that. I mean, by then, you were acknowledging…? Bob Odle: Well, I remember they had me come in and talk. There was a sergeant who was in charge of all of the physical examination and whatnot and he had me talk to a captain who asked me if I was sure I was gay, if I was just saying that. He said, I've always remembered, he said, you know this will go on your permanent record. Toby Jenkins: So you actually had to fill out a form that said that? Bob Odle: Yes. That was when... It was like an alumni meeting. All the guys I knew from high school were on the same bus, and some friends from junior high who went to Will Rogers were on the same bus going to Oklahoma City. That was part of what we did that day, was we had to sit down and fill out these forms about what diseases we'd had and if we had homosexual tendencies. So we had to actually fill out a form. Toby Jenkins: You felt like you needed to be honest? Bob Odle: Well, yeah, because I was going to go to law school, and I did go to law school for a while. So I thought, well, I can't lie on this. I think there was a small print that said it was a federal crime or something, and so I didn't want to lie. Toby Jenkins: So the captain tried to talk you out of it, is what you're saying? Bob Odle: He wanted to make sure that I wasn't just... Because a friend of mine said, I remember a party and he was talking about how... He had a high lottery number, so he wasn't chosen, but he said he had the choice of going to Canada or he could queer out. So apparently there were other people who were signing, yeah, they were gay. They had homosexual tendencies or whatever the wording changed to, and so apparently they had encountered that before, people lying about being gay. 8 �Toby Jenkins: This is fascinating to me. I don't know that I've ever had anybody talk about this. I don't know if I've ever interviewed somebody and them talk about the details of that and the possibility that the military wanted to make sure you weren't just using something. So I'm just curious, were you in a room with several people when you were asked this, or was it more of a private discussion? Bob Odle: Well, there was a big classroom with student desks for us to fill out the form, but then the sergeant... I was in a room, an office with the sergeant and a couple other non-coms. He said it would be better to get rid of me then than to go ahead and have me sworn in and have me booted out of the military for being gay. But he decided for some odd reason to have me talk to this, I guess, doctor who was a captain. I mean, I have no idea. They just know he was a captain and they sent me into his office for him to question me about that. Toby Jenkins: So you were able to avoid military service. Do you remember, I mean, you were a college student during these days. I don't know necessarily when… Bob Odle: Well, this was after I graduated that I got that. And it was after I'd taught for a year, too. But teachers had deferments. I mean, I was originally taken after I graduated with this busload of alumni, people I'd known in high school. And then the school board, I got a job teaching and the school board appealed that. And they had just gotten this draft board… I went before these old men. Toby Jenkins: Where were you teaching? Bob Odle: At Central High School, which was downtown. Toby Jenkins: The major campus that's still down there today. Bob Odle: Yeah, PSO owns it now, and AEP. And they had gotten something from Washington that they should give teachers who were teaching deferments or something like that. But I was drafted in the meantime. And so the public schools protested. But it wasn't that I got out of the military. The military didn't want me. Toby Jenkins: Very, very interesting. So well said. Bob Odle: Well, I know of other gay people who've had military experience. Well, and I have one friend who used to live in Tulsa, who lives somewhere in Dallas, I think, now. He was booted out of the Navy and was not happy with being booted out. I mean, there are a lot of gays who want to serve their country and be in the military. But we were not allowed to. And those who were drafted—and I have a friend who was investigated by the Naval Intelligence for a while. They trailed him. And I don't know if he was court-martialed or not. He stayed in the Navy for years and retired as a lieutenant commander. Some of his friends at his funeral said he would have been a commander had there not been that investigation. But he would sometimes go into bathhouses in San Diego or San Francisco in order to have the people who were tailing him leave him alone. 9 �Toby Jenkins: To make them have to follow him in there? Bob Odle: They wouldn't follow him in there. Toby Jenkins: So you said you finished TU and then you started teaching. Bob Odle: Yeah. Toby Jenkins: And you had to get a teacher's certificate. Now, I'm just curious, you're teaching—what did you teach at Central High School? Bob Odle: Competitive speech and drama. Toby Jenkins: So you would have probably been my instructor because that's the kind of stuff I was in in high school. So you were teaching…This would have had you probably 21, 22? Bob Odle: I was just barely 22 when I started teaching. And I taught for four years. My goal was to teach for four years, save some money, and go to law school full-time. I went to law school part-time, but I quit to go full-time, and that was about the time we started doing theater. And I thought, well really, I'd rather be an actor than be an attorney. And so I dropped out of law school. My mother was not happy with it. She got over that eventually. Toby Jenkins: So you're a young adult. Had you begun to have romantic relationships with men, or had you connected to the gay community? I mean, you were teaching school. Bob Odle: Well, I had a lot of friends who, being in theater, I had a lot of friends who were gay, and pretty much openly gay. And so, you know, I would think about that, you know. And eventually, after I was doing theater, and eventually, after years went by, because I was in a state of denial. I mean, I lived with a woman for a while. And... But it was because I was in a state of denial, which is not uncommon, I think, and so eventually when we broke up, because it was not destined to be, she lives with her second husband in South Carolina, I think, and I contact her periodically, or she contacts me. But I didn't really have, I still was so closeted. A lot of people probably knew, but it was sometime then, sometime around 1980, I think, that is after we moved into the Brook Theater in 79, it was about 1980 that I decided to go to, well I had been to, I mentioned this at the breakfast the other day, I had been to Saddle Tramps in Oklahoma City years before. I had no idea it was a gay bar. I mean, when I was, I had done Tea House of the August Moon in Tulsa, and then I was asked to join the touring company in Oklahoma City. So I went down to Oklahoma City, and friends put me on a bus, and I went down there, and I saw this limousine parked across from the bus station, and I thought, well it'd be neat if that was for me. It was! The owner of the theater had a huge Cadillac limousine, and I mean the big, stretched thing, and so he took me to the theater, and there were a couple of people in that play, that were in that cast, that were gay. And then I did another tour, and I think some people were gay, and then a lot of people I knew from the theater were gay. 10 �And a friend moved back for a short time to help us open The Brook, I think, with his boyfriend from New York, and they lived together. And so all of this was like, you know, making an impression on me. And so finally in about 1980, well I was going to tell you about Saddle Tramps. The manager of the Gaslight, we were dark on Monday nights, and so one Monday night, and every other Monday we got paid. And so it was a Monday we got paid, and so we all decided to go to dinner, and we went to the Haunted House, which you have to have reservations before they will tell you the address. It's a fabulous old mansion somewhere in northeast Oklahoma City, and they had fabulous food. And so we went there, and those who didn't have cars, because some people had their own cars, but I'd left mine, I'd taken the bus to Oklahoma City. I was in the manager's limousine with some other people, who I think back, I think at least two of them were gay, maybe three of them were gay. And so we went to the manager's house for a little while, and he lived somewhere in northeast Oklahoma City, and not far from the theater as I recall. But anyway, then we went to a bar. He decided, let's go to a bar. So well, I know the bar we'll go to, and we'll go to this bar. Well, it was Saddle Tramps. I didn't know. And it was a Monday night, so nobody was there except us and maybe a couple other people and the bartender. And I went in to use the restroom at one point, and there was a toilet sitting right in the middle of the floor, and there was a bathtub also there. And this is strange. And so I went out and I told the others, you've got to see that restroom. And so that was the first time. Then later on, somehow a friend of a good friend of mine who had been a colleague in teaching and who'd lived just two doors down from when we first moved to Tulsa, her friend was doing drag for the first time at a place called, I think, the Stage Door on Main. And so a group of us went to see him do drag for the first time, and he was not very good, but there was this person in a mini skirt, a mini dress that had flowers on it, and a bouffant wig, who did Harper Valley PTA, was fabulous. And so that was my first time. So later then, I decided to go to a gay bar, and I went to one called, I think, Caruso's, also on Main, maybe a little bit south of where Stage Door had by that time, I think, become a parking lot, as much of downtown Tulsa is. I went to Caruso's, and I went there a few times, and then I decided to branch out and try some others. And I'd heard of people going to Oklahoma City and staying at what was then called the Pepper Tree, it was the Habana, and now it's a different name, and why it's not the Habana, because it's been Habana since it opened in the 1960s. Because I went there as a school teacher, we had our speech convention at the Habana when it was a Best Western. And little did I know that right next door was Saddle Tramps. And because I had, you know, it was dark, and I was being toted around in this limousine, had no idea where I was or what was going on. And so, I heard of people going there, and so I went down there, and I discovered all of the bars in the hotel and on the Strip. And... Toby Jenkins: So during this time, I know you were an actor in the theater companies, and obviously a professional actor, you were being paid. Were you still teaching at this time? 11 �Bob Odle: No, I went back to teaching after, in 1990, I believe. I worked in theater and doing workshops in schools all over the state. And I went back to teaching. A friend of mine, because the oil companies who had given us money had moved to Houston, so they could be hit by hurricanes and flooded by hurricanes. And so a friend of mine suggested, why don't you go back and get your teaching certificate? So at his urging, I did. And so I got a job teaching. I deducted my trips to Oklahoma City for our annual convention for my income tax, because the motel, I had to have a motel while I was down there. I deducted that for my income tax. I went down there and I would always stay at the Habana, and then there were all those bars right there. Toby Jenkins: So I know that was the gay district still, I guess, today is considered that. So during this time, had you ever come out as openly gay to your other theater friends and folks? I mean, had you pretty well, you said about 1979 was when you began to connect to the gay community. Had you told other people that you were gay? Bob Odle: No, not until the friend who'd come here for the opening of The Brook went back to New York, and he'd come back Christmas to be with his parents. And so after a show, I said, why don't we go to a bar? I know a bar at 18th and Main. So we went to Renegades. And then later we went to Tim's Playroom at 11th and Lewis. And that was the most fun. That was a fun bar. Then, later in the 80s, I went to New Orleans and discovered just about all the bars in the French Quarter and some in the Marigny, and met a person who had been a student at Central High School when I was a teacher there. We went to see a play over at the Marigny Theater, which is connected with a bar and around the corner from some other bars. He died, oh, it's been several years ago, and he had heart problems. He was very intelligent, talented, and so I started making sometimes four trips per year to New Orleans. Certainly, I've gone there every year for about 30 years. When the bathhouse closed down there, I went into mourning for two years. I thought about, should I leave a bouquet of condoms and lube outside the front door? Because people leave bouquets of things. I mean, I was like, I miss that. That was a fun bathhouse. After Katrina, it was a member of the club baths, and I had a club card, and they were good at the club baths all over the country. I went to some of the others, and they were not as good as the Club New Orleans. Toby Jenkins: Were you teaching during this time? Bob Odle: Yes. Toby Jenkins: Okay. Were you able to be openly gay? In the early days when you got the deferment, I know the school board was addressing their teacher's deferments. Did anybody at your school know that you had got a deferment because you told them you were gay? Bob Odle: No. 12 �Toby Jenkins: Okay. Then while you were teaching here in Oklahoma, were you openly gay? I mean, did your students know you were gay? Did your principal, your ... Bob Odle: No, not that I know of. I think some suspected, but nobody really cared. I was there to teach speech, and I was focused on that. That was my job, and I was focused on doing that, and I also had a humanities class, and I was focused on spreading this notion of the arts, all of the arts, through the ages. I put together a thing on humanities for the first two years myself until ... It took two years before I found a book that also covered Asia, because of my philosophy that we're too Eurocentric, and kids needed to know. I sandwiched into a short period of time 6,000 years of Chinese and Japanese and Indian Middle Eastern art, which is not doing it ... I mean, that should have been a separate class, but it wasn't, and so I wanted kids exposed to that. Toby Jenkins: So that was curriculum? You were writing curriculum for that? Bob Odle: Yes, I did. Toby Jenkins: Okay. What theater companies were you involved in? You talked about you were a paid actor. Bob Odle: Yeah, I worked with American Theater Company for years, and also during some down times when we didn't do many shows, I also worked with Gaslight. Toby Jenkins: Okay. How long were you involved with American Theater Company? Bob Odle: From its inception in 1970 until ... Well, I did a show 2006, 2008. For four years in a row, we did the Rocky Horror Show, the original stage musical, which is much better than the movie. I frequently think that is the case, that things on stage don't translate to film. Toby Jenkins: Live theater is better. Bob Odle: Yeah. Toby Jenkins: Okay. So how many years would that have been with American Theater Company? Forty? Bob Odle: Well, man. Bob Odle: 70 to almost, yeah, almost 40, 37 or so, I worked. I was on the board after that, for some time after that, but I was just too busy to do shows. And so, you know, but I was still affiliated with the theater, but I've not been on the board for like three years now. Toby Jenkins: What performances were you in, what shows? Bob Odle: Well, on my tombstone, which I have already bought, and it is, although I intend to be cremated and have my ashes scattered, my tombstone, which is next to my mother and stepfathers, and near my grandparents and great-grandparents and so on and so forth, yeah, that's Karl Krauss as Ebenezer Scrooge. And Karl has played that role for years and years. And 13 �so, you know, that's me as Brother Oral Love. That's one of the things on my tombstone. I had Robert, I think Robert Leonard Odle, because I'm named after both of my grandfathers. That was a thing in my family for a while after both grandfathers or grandmothers. And so I have Brother Love and Tartuffe, Captain Hook, and there's one other that I keep forgetting, but it's one of my favorite roles I ever played. But those are three of the ones. Toby Jenkins: So I know Christmas, Carol, is kind of like a Christmas tradition. Bob Odle: I know, I never, the second year we did it, one of the reviewers for one of the Tulsa papers said, this needs to be a tradition. And I thought, and well, it has become that. This is, I mean, this fall will be 50 years since Rick and I wrote that. Toby Jenkins: Well, I'll just let you know whether you are surprised that it became a tradition. In my family, I took my children to see it, and now I have grandchildren, and all of us have made it a part of our Christmas tradition. We don't go every year, but we've been multiple times. Bob Odle: I go every year. I mean, I love that story. It's a great story about giving. Dennis Neill: We spent a little more time talking about Joyce Martel and the Oral Action Singers, how that originated and your role in it and the longevity of that show. And did ATC actually own the Brook at that point in time? Bob Odle: No, we rented it or leased it, I don't remember which. But, well, Jerry Pope and Rick Averill and I, Rick always wrote the music. Jerry and I would, he would write one scene, I would write another scene and so on until we wrote the play. And it's about, it was essentially about balanced growth in Tulsa and the reason we didn't have balanced growth. And we did some stereotypical characters. And one was this religious figure, which we called in that musical, Seth Righteous. And so that sort of began it. Then a year later at Cain's, we opened and ran a month with Joyce Martel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Texas. I think that title was based on something that was on T, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris or something. Anyway, so, but we decided not to call it Seth Righteous, to call it Oral Love because of the combination of the double entendre there with Oral Roberts out South and, you know, and the act of sex. And so we did that at the Cain's for a month and then they decided we were too bawdy for Cain's. That was when the people who had Cain's at the time were having people do the alligator and people were actually having sex in the audience. But we were too bawdy for them. So we moved to the Inferno, which is now the location of a car wash on South Peoria. The Inferno had a big sign outside that said topless lunch from 11 until seven. It was a long lunch. You would eat a lot of food. And we went in there and, like the first day we went in there, one of the dancers named Snowball grabbed me by the crotch and led me into the bar. So we did it there for a couple of months. Then we moved to Captain's Cabin, which was at 41st and Memorial. It's where Richard De La Fonte, a hypnotist, was working most nights and he had the prime weekend nights. Then we closed the show because we were going on the first of our summer tours. 14 �We talked about it during that summer tour and we came back and performed on the roof of the Mayo parking garage for a month- the coldest September on record, I think, and then the hottest day in October- we moved to the ballroom inside upstairs and we had this huge box that was two 4x8 sheets of plywood with about that much wood in between the shelves and all of our props and some of our costumes, and it wouldn't fit in the elevator shaft. So we had to take it to the freight elevator and we had to ride up on top of the freight elevator. We had to take it down to the basement, move the thing in on top of the freight elevator, take the freight elevator up to the floor below the ballroom and open the doors and move the thing out. It was a nightmare. Dennis Neill: So, Bob, this is all in the early 80s, right? Bob Odle: This is 75. Dennis Neill: Oh, okay, so now, which show are you talking about right now? Bob Odle: Joyce Martel. Dennis Neill: I saw it when I moved to Tulsa and I moved here in 77. Bob Odle: That was, oh well, we did the best of Joyce Martel in 76. And then in 77 we were at the Crest Club at the Mayo. We did some shows in the crystal ballroom, some shows we did downstairs in theToby Jenkins : Do you remember where you saw it? Dennis Neill: I thought I saw it at the Brook, but I could be wrong about that, correct? Bob Odle: Yeah, we didn't open that. 61579, that was the code on the security, the security system. Dennis Neill: I remember you and the flaming Bible, right? Bob Odle: Yeah, well, I used that for a long time. Dennis Neill: Okay, maybe it was another show. Bob Odle: We did the best of Joyce Martel, and then we closed that. And then in 77, well, we did some shows in the Pompeian Room, which is an artificial room they put because it was a two-story lobby, but they put a floor in and had this large meeting room called the Pompeian Room and it had Roman murals all around. It was horrible. Dennis Neill: So any pushback from Oral Roberts and the university with regard to the action singers? Bob Odle: Well, not then so much. We moved to the Brook, we continued, we did the Crest Club- and I don't remember what that show was called- right offhand. Then we got this deal with the Brook and we moved in there and we converted it from a movie house to a legitimate 15 �theater and we opened in June of 79 with huge, gigantic those spotlights on Peoria and drew a lot of attention. We had the marquee out front and some friends who had seen the show were friends with a man who made all of Oral Roberts' trinkets that he gave away for a donation and he had a pretty large house out south and it was his 50th birthday and they had happy 50th birthday up on the roof in big letters, eight feet tall. I mean they were huge letters- and so they decided he had all this money and he had everything he wanted, so they would give him something he wouldn't normally get, and so they gave him Brother Oral Love as his birthday, as entertainment for his birthday party, and there was a big crowd there. Some of the provosts of ORU was there and there were some other ORU people there and there were some of the people in the audience who just loved what I was doing. There were some who stood stony faced. Then one year, I don't remember what we renamed the show, we did a new show every year, which was a nightmare to write. But we did a show and I thought, okay, I'm going to write this sermon this year. What would I do if I were totally corrupt? And, you know, so, you know, like Jesus spent time in the desert. Well, I owned a house in Palm Springs. And because that's in the desert. And I had a Mercedes-Benz because there's a Janis Joplin song, Oh Lord, won't you give me a Mercedes-Benz. So I always ended with that. And the thing is that summer, Shoals, Jerry Shoals, I think his name is, published his book about Oral Roberts, the time he had worked for Oral Roberts. And it turned out he did have a Mercedes. He did drive a Mercedes. And he did own a house in Palm Springs. I mean, the stuff, if I were totally corrupt, this is what I would write. This is what I would do. Well, it turned out that was real life. And so Shoals came to see the show at least once. And he was tailed. They had people watching his every movement. Whether Oral actually knew about it or not, I don't know. But some of the people at the university did know what I was doing. But I got paid, so who cares. Toby Jenkins: So during this time, all these years, I assume you were teaching also but still doing theater. Bob Odle: No, at that time I was just doing theater. I had no time. Toby Jenkins: Was the theater community, live theater in Tulsa, did people attend the performances? Did it have lots of support? Bob Odle: We seated 750. That was what the fire marshal would allow in the building. We had lines that went from the box office around the corner and back to the alley, which is where our stage door was. I mean, we could stand and talk before the show to people who were going to see the show, maybe if they got in. Because we only seated 750. Dennis Neill: Those were the good old days. Those were great shows. Bob Odle: They were. 16 �Toby Jenkins: So looking back during those days and presently, is there still a lot of support in Tulsa for live theater? Bob Odle: I think so. I think Theater Tulsa is having, some part of it is the rent at the PAC. And Theater Tulsa has opened their place where I'm going tomorrow night and Saturday night, 55th and Peoria. It's a converted Dollar General store. And there are a lot of little splinter groups that do stuff. American Theater Company, I don't know. I mean, we always did five shows and we did a summer show. And at times we had like two or three shows running simultaneously. When we had Joyce running at the Mayo and Christmas Carol running at the PAC or whatnot. And some other times we did multiple shows at the same time. Because we had 25 people on our staff, full-time, paid. And others working part-time. Toby Jenkins: Who were cast members or writers, producers? Bob Odle: Musicians, concessions, bar workers, so on. Sometimes people in plays. But we had a staff of technicians and actors of like 25. Toby Jenkins: So here at the Equality Center, when we did our renovation about eight years ago, we felt like in our community we were having lots of theater groups that were showing an interest. And especially in our gay community, the queer community, about their interest in theater. One of the passions of some of our folks was that we convert a space into a theater space that could be used for the community, especially to make it accessible for people who wanted to do productions that might not have, you know, they might be cutting edge and be kind of outside of the standard stories to make sure that certainly queer theater had access to those theaters. And of course, it's named after Lynn Riggs, who wrote the story that became the Broadway musical, Oklahoma. Your thoughts about the Lynn Riggs Theater here at the Equality Center and the space and things like that. Bob Odle: Well, I love it. I think it's great. In fact, I was urging American Theater Company, we eventually moved, the Harwells bought the building at 308 South Lansing. And I always said this is a better place because there are posts there and I just like the Lynn Riggs better. I've seen some plays here. I've been to a lot of the Thursday night things and I like this venue. I think it's real neat. American Theater Company went from five shows down to last year, they did four shows. This year, they originally promoted three shows, but they eventually cut that back to one, Christmas Carol. And they do stand up comedy one night. They do, I think they have some drag shows out there. Occasionally, I mean, you know, it's not like the five show season that we used to market and then sometimes a tour or something special during the summer, it's not like that. I think that Christmas Carol hasn't drawn the past couple of years what it used to draw because the people who are managing the theater now determined that Christmas Carol is a tradition. So it doesn't need to be marketed. Well, they still market the Nutcracker. They still market other traditions. It needs to be marketed, people need to know. It needs to not be a secret production. I'm getting off on to my axe to grind. 17 �Toby Jenkins: Where all have you taught school? Dennis Neill: Well, TCC West and TCC North. English, comp. Toby Jenkins: No theater production or? Bob Odle: Well, I did have an acting class one semester and then that got to be a fiasco. It had to do with the management. I don't want to say anything more about that. But I taught at Central High School when it was downtown and I taught competitive speech and I directed plays and then I, well, I taught at Schulter for one year. They needed to bring up their test scores and they hired like the whole new administration and a third of the faculty was new and we brought up the test scores. So they weren't going to close. I hated leaving there because everybody was so supportive but I had this job offer at Mounds. And so it was like half the distance because I'd passed 201st Street halfway to Schulter. And so I took the job at Mounds and I drove down to Schulter to turn in my letters of resignation and to talk to them about, you know, I really liked this. Sorry to be leaving. And so I taught at Mounds for about 30 years and directed some plays, directed competitive speech. We won the state championship three years in a row. I had numerous individual state champions, one of whom never debated, but she is an attorney in Tulsa now and has fabulous commercials on Saturday Night Live and on the evening news. But she never, she persuaded me that she shouldn't take debate to, although she was undefeated. Bob Odle: Now, I'd be better if I took this, Mr. Odle. And so, okay. I mean, she persuaded me. Toby Jenkins: Now, did you ever teach at TU's theater department? Bob Odle: No, I didn't. Toby Jenkins: Were you involved with the? Bob Odle: After I graduated, I did do a play at TU that they then took to some contest at what used to be that horrible theater facility downtown in Oklahoma City [Mummers Theatre]. It's that thing that had boxes going every which way that they finally have torn down. And this should never have been built in the first place. Toby Jenkins: So just for purposes of our interview, the curtains in the Lynn Riggs were donated by TU Theater Department and the risers are from the TU Theater Department right before they closed down. Bob Odle: I know, and they still send me letters asking for money having closed the department that I graduated from years ago. And I think they gave the costumes to the PAC and they gave various other things away. Dennis Neill: We had to replace the curtains because they were out of code. 18 �Dennis Neill: Yeah, I think they had like a 10 or 15 year life. And so we replaced them in about 2020, 2021, something like that. Toby Jenkins: Let's go to our, I was curious to understand the trajectory in Tulsa, the incredible community support for live theater and how things have changed. You've lived through an interesting period. We talked about your, you know, being in college when Kennedy was assassinated. And here we are in 2026. During the, just real quickly, during the pandemic, were you involved in live theater and how the pandemic impacted our theater companies? Bob Odle: No, theater just totally shut down all over the world, I think. Now I, for a year there, I didn't go, except to go to research, I put on my mask and I still have masks in the car. But theater just shut down. And there was money, there was money for businesses that had to shut down and the theater applied for some grants and got some grants. The theater, the theater actually made more money the year we were shut down. They did no shows than some of the years when we'd done shows. Toby Jenkins: Because you didn't have any expenses. Toby Jenkins: Right. So here, I know that you, your family are here. Have you stayed involved in their lives? I mean, have they? Bob Odle: Well, they're all, my stepfather died in 2009 and my mother died just about three months ago. Toby Jenkins: Okay, our condolences. And how old was she? Bob Odle: She was 99 years and eight months and something. Toby Jenkins: Amazing. Bob Odle: She was, she would be, March 15th, she would be 100. And she was, she was doing all of her own, handling all of her business and doing all of her stuff until the very end when she just suddenly, precipitously went downhill. Toby Jenkins: Did she live by herself? Bob Odle: Yes, after my stepfather died, she did. She depended on her neighbor a lot and on me. It wasn't till I had to deal with our, the attorney that deals with our trust, and I had to write down, because I keep my calendars for years, and I had to write down all the times I'd taken her to the doctor and the dentist and the podiatrist and dermatologist and whatnot and to Reasor’s. And I didn't realize the amount of time and the amount of miles I was driving to take care of her. Toby Jenkins: Hmm. Well, I'm glad that she had you, and I'm glad that you had her. Bob Odle: Yeah. Toby Jenkins: And our condolences. What do you keep, what keeps you busy now? 19 �Bob Odle: Dealing with her estate. And a good friend of mine, the one who persuaded me to go back and get my teaching certificate and get a master's degree, he died July 10th of 2024. And so I was named co-executor of his estate. And we had to go to court Tuesday. That's why I couldn't meet Tuesday to deal with, we had a hearing dealing with that estate. I'm hopeful that before the two-year time passes, that we will have this probate all aside, but we had a business, we had three houses, multiple vehicles, and other property to deal with, and it's just been, it's been a nightmare. That has kept me really busy, and dealing with my mother, and now dealing with her estate, and trying to keep my own life going. Toby Jenkins: Now, are you involved in, I know that you're involved here in the organization, you come to some of the programs for older adults. Bob Odle: Yeah. Toby Jenkins: And are you involved in any other advocacy work, or political work, or? Bob Odle: Well, Tuesday, Tuesday I had to drop off the king cake, because it was Mardi Gras at the senior citizen breakfast. Then I dashed to the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Retired Educators Association, because I'm a retired teacher, and I took some sausage rolls to that, and stayed for that meeting. We always have interesting speakers. And so I'm involved in that. Last Friday was the Democrats' monthly luncheon at Interurban, and we have fascinating, well, Cindy Munson, who's the candidate for governor, spoke. And we always have fascinating speakers there. And so I go to that, and then I think there was one night this past week, maybe Tuesday night, Tuesday was a busy day, I went to Connie Dodson's kickoff for her campaign for school board, and I don't live in her district, but the idiot who represents that district now, I would like to see defeated. Toby Jenkins: So you're politically active. Bob Odle: Yes. Toby Jenkins: And what is your present feelings about our, I mean, you've lived a long time, you've seen a lot of things. Bob Odle: Go back to the Truman, I remember when President Truman was reelected. Toby Jenkins: What's your present feelings about our political climate, and how you see, okay, yeah, yeah. Do you have some concerns? Bob Odle: Yes. I'm concerned about whether I've been contributing to a couple of the candidates for Congress, not the one who made a million millions while paying his employees minimum wage, but I've contributed to others, one of whom is my school board member, and I'm contributing, but I'm concerned about whether we're even going to have an election or any more elections. I'm concerned about what the Supreme Court might decide, whether they would give him free license to totally trample or burn or tear up the Constitution. 20 �I mean, a guy who was fired from, I saw a guy who was fired from ABC News on MSNow the other day. I don't remember his name, but I remember the interview where he talked to the president about the things in the Oval Office, or here's a copy of the Declaration of Independence. What does that stand for? Well, it's a declaration, and it deals with love. All of the he hases, that whole list of he hases deals with love, and yes, it's a declaration. That's in its title, the Declaration of Independence. Toby Jenkins: I mean, duh. Bob Odle: How stupid do you have to be? He is pretty stupid. Toby Jenkins: So you see our political climate, and you see the way, not just constitutional norms being eroded, but specifically the erasure of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, the blacks, American Indians, the arts being stripped of funding, the Kennedy Center, as a person who's fought and taught and been instrumental in keeping fine arts alive in our culture. What are your thoughts on that? Bob Odle: Well, it's not just gay rights. It's black rights. I mean, he complains that the National Museum of the Black Americans, or whatever that is, this Smithsonian institution, deals too much with slavery. And he has said there should be less emphasis on Martin Luther King Day, or Juneteenth. We should focus more on his birthday. He has insisted that that November 12th be called Columbus Day and not Indigenous Americans Day, which in the city of Tulsa and maybe Oklahoma, a lot of states have declared it to be Indigenous Americans Day. I mean, he and our governor, our governor waves his Cherokee citizenship card around, hate American Indians. He hates black people. I mean, is it any surprise that some of the generals that have been fired have been black? Toby Jenkins: And female. Bob Odle: And the two journalists, well, the commandant of the Coast Guard was female. And the two journalists who were arrested in church were both black. Two of them were black. And he, I mean, his racism goes back generations. He and his father were fined, what, two million dollars by the federal government for not renting to black people in their apartment buildings back in the 60s or 70s. I think that goes from his grandfather coming over here from Germany under suspicious circumstances whereby Germany, when he went back after World War I, Germany refused to have him and send him back here because he had avoided the draft. He'd avoided the draft by coming over here. He didn't tell them he had homosexual tendencies or anything like that. Apparently he didn't. But I don't know. The racism, and his grandfather grew up in Germany at a time when Wagner was heavily racist, when Adolf Hitler was being born and was growing up, when there was a lot of racism in Germany at that time. And so he brought that over here and instilled that in his son and his grandson. 21 �Toby Jenkins: So, as we come to the close of our interview, is there anything else you want us to talk about that we haven't talked about? Bob Odle: Not that I can think of, except I'm sad that there is only basically one gay bar in Tulsa. It doesn't give us much variety. That's why I like New Orleans. There's a lot of variety down there. A lot of cities have more variety than we have. Although they have gone to publishing a calendar and they have Latin Night, which starts at 10 o'clock on the last Friday. They have Leather Night. They have various nights. So they have opened it to various people. But I don't go there very often because it's boring. Hardly ever do I see anybody my age or anybody I know there, so I don't go. Dennis Neill: So, Bob, why do you think that in the early 80s we had like 19 bars. We're down to a handful. What do you think has caused that demise, even though our city is larger? Bob Odle: Well, I think from what I observe in Tulsa and in other cities, I think part of it is the AIDS crisis. I think there was a diminution of the audience after that. I think the pandemic that hit in 2020 is part of it. And I think also we're at an age when I think this is wonderful in a way, but in a way I think it's depressing. Young gay people can go to any bar, hold hands, kiss, hug, whatever, and nobody really cares. I see this in New Orleans a lot. I saw Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, which is where Lafitte's in Exile first started, except they've dropped the exile now. Until the owner of the building found out they were gay and they already moved them out and then they moved into a bigger place down the street. But I've seen people holding hands. I've seen, obviously, gay couples in there and in other bars here in Tulsa and in other places. And I think it's the acceptance of gay couples everywhere, in addition to those other things, but I think it's just an evolution. And I think it's a wonderful thing. Dennis Neill: You touched on AIDS. Can you talk a little bit more about your personal experience in the theatre, in the theatrical community, the impact both locally and anything you know. I am thinking about John Thomeyer who was so active and passed from AIDS. What has been your personal experience with AIDS? Bob Odle: Well, an actor who toured with Gaslight, who we then hired as part of our full-time staff, eventually quit and moved to New York. And there he began to exhibit all these different, you know, symptoms and died a number of years ago. A good friend who was in some of our first shows, our first season, moved to New York. He got cancer, some sort of colorectal thing, and he retired and he moved back to Tulsa. He eventually died, but essentially it was AIDS, you know, HIV. And then another friend who died in New York, he was from Tulsa, graduated from Will Rogers, was a student there when I did my student teaching at Will Rogers. And he did some shows with us early on, but then he moved to New York and he eventually died, I believe, of AIDS. And so I've known people who've died. I haven't known of anyone, oh, there's somebody, I can't think who it was, but there's somebody I do know who died….I didn't know him very well, but he died of AIDS. And I'm aware of numerous people who've died of AIDS, HIV. 22 �Dennis Neill: And were you ever involved in the 80s and 90s with some of the support groups around here or AIDS response within the Tulsa community? Bob Odle: I went to one meeting at Nancy McDonald's house of PFLAG, but I just didn't have time to get involved with that. And I was involved with you and three or four other people in reorganizing TOHR. That was in the 80s. But I really didn't have time because I was still doing theater at the time, and I was out of town doing tours and things, and I really didn't have time to get involved. And that's the thing about doing theater now, because I'm so involved in some of these social and political things. I hate to give up, because I gave those things up when I was doing theater, because almost every night I had to work. Now I hate to, I can't give up the political and social things I'm involved in. It's that time of my life for me. Toby Jenkins: So as we kind of come to the close, and just give you a minute to think about this, is there anything you would want to say to anybody who comes after us, or younger people today who will see this interview? Is there anything you would like to say, like, this is my message to you for the future? Bob Odle: Things will get better. I saw a person who has a shop on Greenwood talking about, he's an older person, talking about younger black people, thinking, why are you so bitter about stuff? Well, they had, young black people are enjoying the fruits of their labor. Young gay people are enjoying the fruits of our labor. But our labor shouldn't stop. It can't stop. Because we have seen from the past year that they can go back, these things can go backwards. Toby Jenkins: So don't stop. Bob Odle: No, we have to keep fighting for our rights. It was Hubert Humphrey who said, freedom has to be won every day. Toby Jenkins: Very good. Okay, if you'll give us your name one more time, and today's date. Bob Odle: Bob Odle, February 19th, 2026. Toby Jenkins: Thank you so much for your time with us today. Bob Odle: Well, thank you. Toby Jenkins: Thank you, Bob. Addendum: 23 �Robert "Bob" Odle dressed for the role of "Rev. Dr. Oral Love" for a production of "Joyce Martel," produced by the American Theatre Company of Tulsa, OK. The company performed this production at various venues from 1975 to 1985, some of which include the following: Cain's Ballroom, The Inferno, The Captain's Cabin, Mayo Hotel, and the Brook Theatre. The image shows Odle dressed in a church minister's robe while clutching a one dollar bill. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2006] Pride Photos from Roger Francis Subject The topic of the resource 2006 Tulsa Pride Photos from Roger Francis Description An account of the resource 39 photos of the 2006 Tulsa Pride Parade and Festival contributed by Roger Francis. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Roger Francis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2006 2006 2006 Pride ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH Blockbuster Blockbuster Cares Club Maverick Club Renegade Diamonds drag drag queens Driller Bears Lambda Bowling League MetLife New Age Renegade Palace Cafe photos Pride Pride 2006 pride festival pride Parade Pride Parade and festival pride protestors protestors Renegade Roger Francis St. Paul's United Methodist Tulsa Lambda Bowling Tulsa Lambda Bowling League Tulsa Leather Tulsa Pride Tulsa Pride 2006 Tulsa Pride Events Tulsa Pride Festival https://history.okeq.org/files/original/c1fbe5ab5f0233246a55755d0a693b99.pdf 09b9eda8ba412b2ffc86b548c78ac572 PDF Text Text Jack Wagoner III 1 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 Jack Wagoner III Aug 13, 1961 - Apr 23rd, 2024 Birth Date: Aug 13, 1961 Death Date: Apr 23, 2024 Funeral Date: Jun 15, 2024, 11:00 am Location: Murray Park, Pavilion 1, Little Rock, Arkansas Print this Obituary Biography: JACK WAGONER III passed away on April 23, 2024, at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM �Jack Wagoner III 2 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 62. Jack, had he awoken, would have been grateful to have spent his last moments in the same house where he once drank his morning coffee (which he took with two sugars and enough milk to nearly defeat the point), taught his baby daughters how to walk, and blasted the Grateful Dead on full volume (much to the dismay of his family). Jack was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and grew up in the house in which he caused regular mischief throughout his teenage years – pranking his sisters, skateboarding in a handstand down the neighborhood’s steep hill, and, in one event, taking advantage of his parents’ absence to throw a party that resulted in dozens of cars lined down the street and only minor property damage (but which was cleaned so thoroughly and efficiently that his parents only realized after a neighbor, upset by the noise, informed them upon their return). At 40, he later married his wife Joyce in the same house – the two of them wed in his parents’ living room, clad not in tux and gown, but rather blue jeans and t-shirts, their families packed in around them. Jack worked as an attorney for 34 years, during which time he always positioned himself firmly on the side of the underdog, and fought to improve the circumstances of those who didn’t have much of a fighting chance. Jack’s readiness to help those in need also manifested itself in the form of spasmodic acts of generosity enacted on the behalf of random strangers: such as the time he engaged a Waffle House employee in conversation during the breakfast rush of a Christmas morning, and tipped her a one hundred dollar bill. Jack’s job as an attorney also presented itself in the familial sphere, where he would engage in lively debates with his daughters over anything and everything (and, on occasion, lost). Jack’s family will remember him as a man who laughed a bit too loud and spoke a bit too much. More than that, though, they will remember him as a man who tried very hard, and who loved very much. In lieu of flowers, please consider playing to yourself “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, and sing along if you know the words. It was his favorite song. All friends and family are welcome to a celebration of Jack’s life at Murray Park, Pavilion 1 on June 15, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. We will laugh, cry, hear from some folks whom Jack admired greatly, and of course have live music. Bring your folding chairs and sit awhile. We’ll all be there to send him off with joy and love. Arrangements are under the direction of RuebelFuneralHome.com Condolences(18) Heather Jun 13th, 2024 8:17 pm # 18 My family and I were one of those “underdogs” Jack represented, fighting for us and winning against one of the most corrupt attorneys in Little Rock. I’m forever indebted for the kindness he showed toward me and my case. This news 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM �Jack Wagoner III 3 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 just shook me. We need more Jack Wagoners in the world. Rest in peace, awesome soul. Josh Coleman Jun 13th, 2024 4:58 pm # 17 We miss you Jack. “Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own?”. It’s been a tough few months without you here. I’ve thought about you many times along my adventures. I miss checking my phone to see enthusiastic texts or voicemails from you to keep me informed about something new and exciting going on. I kept feeling like I’d run into you at the sphere Vegas shows. I won’t be able to make it to the memorial, but you’ll live on in my memory forever. RIP Jack. Much love to you and your family. Bobby Hamilton May 29th, 2024 9:06 am # 16 I knew Jack for about 47years. We grew up not far from each other though never spent a lot of time together. He was someone I wanted to be around more as we shared an enthusiasm I can only describe as a zest for life and the need for inclusiveness. I would run into Jack from time to time as my family negotiated the foster care system. He was always doing what I thought a real lawyer would want to do, representing the less powerful. Thank you Jack, for fighting the good fight with a gleam in your eyes and a belief that it was working. I believe it too. Susan Jones Boe May 27th, 2024 9:39 am # 15 My brothers and I grew up with the Wagoner family and witnessed first hand the wonderful mischief of Jack! We are all so sorry for your loss. May his memory and the admiration of those who knew him bring you comfort in the years to come. Sandy Lewis Roberts May 20th, 2024 10:47 pm # 14 I’m so sorry to hear that Jack is gone. He was smart, witty, and absolutely one if a kind. He also had a huge and generous heart that he could not always hide. He was loved very much and will be missed by so many people, including me. My heart goes out to Joyce and his girls who I know, without a doubt, he loved so much. My prayers are with you and your daughters, Joyce. Please know I’m there for you on any day at anytime. Love you so much, Sandy Jean Blume May 16th, 2024 1:03 pm # 13 Jack my heart is broken, I love you! My thoughts and prayers to Joyce, Erin and Kylie, the ones you loved the most. 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM �Jack Wagoner III 4 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 You are now part of the Ripple in Gods Heavenly Kingdom. You will be greatly missed by all you have touched here on this earth. R.I.P. and love Jack. Trey Moore May 14th, 2024 1:29 pm # 12 Jack was a good man and a good friend and he is missed by many. Love you Jack, see ya on the flip side. Dave Wilson May 14th, 2024 12:45 pm # 11 Always moving to hear of your love for wife and daughters. Rest in peace, and God Bless your loved ones. Candice Murphy May 13th, 2024 8:36 pm # 10 I knew several of Jack’s family members from many great years at Trinity United Methodist Church. But I met Jack through our mutual friend Sean Harrison, who invited Jack over to see him perform at our first Home Concert in Leawood a year ago. It was such a special night and Jack let me know multiple times afterwards how much he enjoyed it. Sean’s performance was awesome, the weather was perfect, and I loved seeing those good friends spending time together. I’m so sorry he left too soon. Too many of the good ones do.Love to the family, Sean, and others who will miss him. — Candy Murphy Jill B May 13th, 2024 6:53 pm #9 May 13th, 2024 6:13 pm #8 Jack helped me and drove me crazy all at the same time. RIP Terry Barket My late husband, Gary, so enjoyed “Jack time”, both professionally and leisurely. Recently, I became reacquainted with Jack and he helped me with a legal problem…with a good result. I shall miss him deeply and remember him fondly. I hold Joyce and the twins close in my heart and prayers. Buzz Plumley May 13th, 2024 5:00 pm #7 May 13th, 2024 4:48 pm #6 Loved to hear Jack share his experience , strength and hope in AA meetings . Evans family Our thoughts and prayers are with your family Continue to rely on God and know that he hears your prayers, because he cares for you. Thinking of you all. 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM �Jack Wagoner III 5 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 Tom Kelly May 13th, 2024 1:51 pm #5 May 13th, 2024 1:42 pm #4 Gone too soon. Rest in peace Jack. Love to your family. Robin Mays So glad I got to spend some time with you, Jack and your girls in Charleston last year. Jack and I had such a good visit while you and girls were shopping. I know what a shock it was to you as well as to his friends and sisters. He will be missed by many, and I know his daughters will carry his memory in everything they do. Greg BRUCE May 13th, 2024 11:48 am #3 May 13th, 2024 9:59 am #2 May 12th, 2024 11:11 pm #1 Thank you for everything you for our community. Cathy Jones "Ripple" is my favorite as well. Rest in peace. Roger Amick Rest in peace. Leave your Condolence * Your Name * Your Email (will not be published) Condolence * Enter verification code = 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM �Jack Wagoner III 6 of 6 https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388 SUBMIT 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Jack Wagoner III<br />Aug 13, 1961 - Apr 23rd, 2024<br /><br />Birth Date: Aug 13, 1961<br />Death Date: Apr 23, 2024<br />Funeral Date: Jun 15, 2024, 11:00 am<br />Location: Murray Park, Pavilion 1, Little Rock, Arkansas<br /><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Print this Obituary</span><br /><br />Jack Wagoner III https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388<br />1 of 6 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM<br /><br /><strong>Biography:</strong> JACK WAGONER III passed away on April 23, 2024, at his home in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of 62. Jack, had he awoken, would have been grateful to have spent his last moments in the same house where he once drank his morning coffee (which he took with two sugars and enough milk to nearly defeat the point), taught his baby daughters how to walk, and blasted the Grateful Dead on full volume (much to the dismay of his family).<br />Jack was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, and grew up in the house in which he caused regular mischief throughout his teenage years – pranking his sisters, skateboarding in a handstand down the neighborhood’s steep hill, and, in one event, taking advantage of his parents’ absence to throw a party that resulted in dozens of cars lined down the street and only minor property damage (but which was cleaned so thoroughly and efficiently that his parents only realized after a neighbor, upset by the noise, informed them upon their return). At 40, he later married his wife Joyce in the same house – the two of them wed in his parents’ living room, clad not in tux and gown, but rather blue jeans and t-shirts, their families packed in around them.<br />Jack worked as an attorney for 34 years, during which time he always positioned himself firmly on the side of the underdog, and fought to improve the circumstances of those who didn’t have much of a fighting chance. Jack’s readiness to help those in need also manifested itself in the form of spasmodic acts of generosity enacted on the behalf of random strangers: such as the time he engaged a Waffle House employee in conversation during the breakfast rush of a Christmas morning, and tipped her a one hundred dollar bill. Jack’s job as an attorney also presented itself in the familial sphere, where he would engage in lively debates with his daughters over anything and everything (and, on occasion, lost).<br />Jack’s family will remember him as a man who laughed a bit too loud and spoke a bit too much. More than that, though, they will remember him as a man who tried very hard, and who loved very much.<br />In lieu of flowers, please consider playing to yourself “Ripple” by the Grateful Dead, and sing along if you know the words. It was his favorite song.<br />All friends and family are welcome to a celebration of Jack’s life at Murray Park, Pavilion 1 on June 15, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. We will laugh, cry, hear from some folks whom Jack admired greatly, and of course have live music. Bring your folding chairs and sit awhile. We’ll all be there to send him off with joy and love. Arrangements are under the direction of RuebelFuneralHome.com<br /><br />Condolences(18)<br /><strong>Heather </strong>Jun 13th, 2024 8:17 pm # 18<br />My family and I were one of those “underdogs” Jack represented, fighting for us and winning against one of the most corrupt attorneys in Little Rock. I’m forever indebted for the kindness he showed toward me and my case. This news just shook me. We need more Jack Wagoners in the world. Rest in peace, awesome soul.<br /><br />Jack Wagoner III https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388<br />2 of 6 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM<br /><br /><strong>Josh Coleman</strong> Jun 13th, 2024 4:58 pm # 17<br />We miss you Jack.<br />“Would you hear my voice come through the music?<br />Would you hold it near as it were your own?”.<br />It’s been a tough few months without you here. I’ve thought about you many times along my adventures. I miss checking my phone to see enthusiastic texts or voicemails from you to keep me informed about something new and exciting going on. I kept feeling like I’d run into you at the sphere Vegas shows. I won’t be able to make it to the memorial, but you’ll live on in my memory forever. RIP Jack. Much love to you and your family.<br /><br /><strong>Bobby Hamilton</strong> May 29th, 2024 9:06 am # 16<br />I knew Jack for about 47years. We grew up not far from each other though never spent a lot of time together. He was someone I wanted to be around more as we shared an enthusiasm I can only describe as a zest for life and the need for inclusiveness. I would run into Jack from time to time as my family negotiated the foster care system. He was always doing what I thought a real lawyer would want to do, representing the less powerful.<br />Thank you Jack, for fighting the good fight with a gleam in your eyes and a belief that it was working. I believe it too.<br /><br /><strong>Susan Jones Boe</strong> May 27th, 2024 9:39 am # 15<br />My brothers and I grew up with the Wagoner family and witnessed first hand the wonderful mischief of Jack! We are all so sorry for your loss. May his memory and the admiration of those who knew him bring you comfort in the years to come.<br /><br /><strong>Sandy Lewis Roberts</strong> May 20th, 2024 10:47 pm # 14<br />I’m so sorry to hear that Jack is gone. He was smart, witty, and absolutely one if a kind. He also had a huge and generous heart that he could not always hide. He was loved very much and will be missed by so many people, including me.<br />My heart goes out to Joyce and his girls who I know, without a doubt, he loved so much. My prayers are with you and your daughters, Joyce. Please know I’m there for you on any day at anytime.<br />Love you so much, Sandy<br /><br /><strong>Jean Blume</strong> May 16th, 2024 1:03 pm # 13<br />Jack my heart is broken, I love you! My thoughts and prayers to Joyce, Erin and Kylie, the ones you loved the most.<br />You are now part of the Ripple in Gods Heavenly Kingdom. You will be greatly missed by all you have touched here on this earth. R.I.P. and love Jack.<br /><br />Jack Wagoner III https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388<br />3 of 6 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM<br /><br /><strong>Trey Moore</strong> May 14th, 2024 1:29 pm # 12<br />Jack was a good man and a good friend and he is missed by many. Love you Jack, see ya on the flip side.<br /><br /><strong>Dave Wilson</strong> May 14th, 2024 12:45 pm # 11<br />Always moving to hear of your love for wife and daughters. Rest in peace, and God Bless your loved ones.<br /><br /><strong>Candice Murphy</strong> May 13th, 2024 8:36 pm # 10<br />I knew several of Jack’s family members from many great years at Trinity United Methodist Church. But I met Jack through our mutual friend Sean Harrison, who invited Jack over to see him perform at our first Home Concert in Leawood a year ago. It was such a special night and Jack let me know multiple times afterwards how much he enjoyed it. Sean’s performance was awesome, the weather was perfect, and I loved seeing those good friends spending time together. I’m so sorry he left too soon. Too many of the good ones do.Love to the family, Sean, and others who will miss him. — Candy Murphy<br /><br /><strong>Jill B</strong> May 13th, 2024 6:53 pm # 9<br />Jack helped me and drove me crazy all at the same time. RIP<br /><br /><strong>Terry Barket</strong> May 13th, 2024 6:13 pm # 8<br />My late husband, Gary, so enjoyed “Jack time”, both professionally and leisurely.<br />Recently, I became reacquainted with Jack and he helped me with a legal problem…with a good result.<br />I shall miss him deeply and remember him fondly.<br />I hold Joyce and the twins close in my heart and prayers.<br /><br /><strong>Buzz Plumley</strong> May 13th, 2024 5:00 pm # 7<br />Loved to hear Jack share his experience , strength and<br />hope in AA meetings .<br /><br /><strong>Evans family</strong> May 13th, 2024 4:48 pm # 6<br />Our thoughts and prayers are with your family<br />Continue to rely on God and know that he hears your prayers, because he cares for you. Thinking of you all.<br /><br />Jack Wagoner III https://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obits/preview.php?id=3388<br />4 of 6 2/21/2025, 3:11 PM<br /><br /><strong>Tom Kelly</strong> May 13th, 2024 1:51 pm # 5<br />Gone too soon. Rest in peace Jack. Love to your family.<br /><br /><strong>Robin Mays</strong> May 13th, 2024 1:42 pm # 4<br />So glad I got to spend some time with you, Jack and your girls in Charleston last year. Jack and I had such a good visit while you and girls were shopping. I know what a shock it was to you as well as to his friends and sisters. He will be missed by many, and I know his daughters will carry his memory in everything they do.<br /><br /><strong>Greg BRUCE</strong> May 13th, 2024 11:48 am # 3<br />Thank you for everything you for our community.<br /><br /><strong>Cathy Jones</strong> May 13th, 2024 9:59 am # 2<br />"Ripple" is my favorite as well. 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Title A name given to the resource [2004] Tulsa Gay Bar List to 2004 Subject The topic of the resource A listing of Gay Bars gathered by the Silver Star Bar in 2004 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Star Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Sliver Star Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940s to 2004 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Silver Star 8th Day 911 Bamboo Bishops Blue Haven Blue Note Carusso's Chasers Cherry Bomb Concessions Crash Landing CW's Dante's Doghouse Elite Fountain of Youth Friends gala Gay Bar List Heads or Tails Little Mexico Majestic Mavericks Milwaukee Tavern New Edition new Plantation New York New York Over the Rainbow Papillon Playmor Queen of Hearts Rainbow Rose Renegades Schutzi's Seekers Choice Silver Star Skook-Bee-Do Sparky's St. Moritz Taj Majal The Club Tim's Anything Goes Tim's Playroom TNT's Tool Box Tos/Max Tracks Tracy's Tulsa Mining Underground Yellow Brick Road Zebra Zippers https://history.okeq.org/files/original/879e6769ffce548e6adcb49c5d4ae264.pdf f98082c2492507f057ce89a5a3ef0388 PDF Text Text Page 1 of7 Yf II =- From: "j; LS P-& £ Friday, April 29, 20051:30 PM Sent: fM( Ill, To: '-f::::t q ml .tf .] I J fJ vs u-· , . Cc: $ tg :.g::: @1.4 I tfo ill j ; il .... Subject:,I.Jll['lele1rtlls"': 111111111%1•] 30 years of anti-gay politics I Qi ]!'A Southern Poverty Law Center The Thirty Years War A timeline of the anti-gay movement 1977 Born-again singer Anita Bryant campaigns to overturn an anti-discrimination law protecting gay men and lesbians in Dade Co1mty, Fla. Inspired by her victory, Bryant founds the first national anti-gay group, Save Our Children, drawing unprecedented attention to gay issues and motivating gay groups to organize in response. James Dobson, author of 1969 pro-spanking book Dare To Discipline, founds Focus on the Family in Arcadia, Calif. Focus will move to Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1991, become America's wealthiest fundamentalist ministry, and spearhead the campaign against gay marriage. 1978 Gay activist Harvey Milk, elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 7, is assassinated 20 days later (along with Mayor George Moscone) by right-wing religious zealot Dan White, a former city supervisor who had resigned in protest when the board passed a gay-rights ordinance. John Birch Society trainer and "family activist" Tim LaHaye publishes The Unhappy Gays (later retitled What Everyone Should Know About Homosexuality). Calling gay people "militant, organized" and "vile," LaHaye anticipates anti-gay arguments to come. California State Sen. John Briggs floats a ballot initiative allowing local school boards to ban gay teachers. "One third of San Francisco teachers are homosexual," Briggs says. "I assume most of them are seducing young boys in toilets." The initiative is defeated, but the campaign inspires anti-gay crusaders like the Rev. Lou Sheldon, who will fo1md the Traditional Values Coalition in 1981. 1979 5/19/2005 �,;z-":f -'!!:•�·. :·.:_:_�:.>';!���. --./::t:'.'-r.j•. '" •:.· ';;'i,<::�"...:��--:; ·� .: '':SG'�:::,\·;,-1::i�-�;::t ;;'� :.��-,�,u":• - �\,tt•� .. �Page2of7 The Rev. Jerry Falwell founds the Moral Majority, a national effort to stimulate the fundamentalist vote and elect Christian Right candidates. Early :fundraising appeals include a "Declaration of War" on homosexuality. 1980 Paul Cameron, former psychology instructor at University of Nebraska, begins publishing pseudo­ scientific pamphlets "proving" that gay people commit more serial murders, molest more children, and intentionally spread diseases. Expelled from the American Psychological Association in 1983 for ethics violations, Cameron will continue to produce bogus "studies" widely cited by anti-gay groups. 1981 Moral Majority allies in Congress propose the Family Protection Act, which would bar giving federal funds to "any organization that suggests that homosexuality can be an acceptable alternative lifestyle." Despite President Reagan's endorsement, the bill is defeated. The Council for National Policy, a highly secretive club of America's most powerful far-right religious activists, begins meeting quarterly at undisclosed locations. Among the members will be R.J. Rushdoony, who calls for death penalty for homosexuals, and anti-gay crusaders James Dobson, Beverly and Tim LaHaye, Jerry Falwell, Tony Perkins and Phyllis Schlafly. George W. Bush will meet with the Council during his first campaign for president. 1982 The U.S. Department of Defense issues a policy stating that homosexuality is "incompatible" with military service. Almost 17,000 gay soldiers will be discharged during the l 980s, though a 1989 Defense Deparbnent study will find gay recruits "just as good or better" than heterosexuals. 1983 Pat Buchanan, communications director for President Ronald Reag� calls AIDS, first identified in 1981, "nature's revenge on gay men." 1984 The Coalition on Revival is founded to promote "Christian government" in the U.S. and to agree on theological tenets - including anti-gay principles - that fundamentalists can rally around. Board members include Tim LaHaye, D. James Kennedy of Coral Ridge Ministries and Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association. Founder Jay Grimstead later tells The Advocate, "Homosexuality makes God vomit." 1985 Addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, Paul Cameron uses the AIDS crisis 5/19/2005 �Page3 of7 to suggest that "the extermination of homosexuals" might become necessary. The following year, Colorado's Summit Ministries will publish Special Report: AIDS. Co-authored by Cameron, the popular pamphlet blames gay men for the epidemic and calls for a national crackdown on homosexuals. 1986 At the first Congressional hearings on anti-gay violence, Kathleen Sarris of Indianapolis tells of being stalked and assaulted by a "Christian soldier" who held her at gunpoint, beat and raped her for three hours, explaining that "he was acting for God; that what he was doing to me was God's revenge on me because I was a 'queer' and getting rid of me would save children." Anti-gay groups cheer the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Bowers v. Hardwick holding that state anti-sodomy statutes are constitutional. Four years later, Justice Lewis Powell, the swing vote, will tell New York University law students, "I probably made a mistake in that one." 1987 Boston's Gay Community News publishes a satire of anti-gay propaganda, beginning: "Tremble, Hetero Swine! We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lives. We will raise vast private annies ... to defeat ... the family unit." Anti-gay groups seize on the article as proof of a "secret homosexual agenda." 1988 After a ferocious campaign by the fundamentalist Oregon Citizens Alliance (OCA), Oregon voters overturn their governor's executive order banning anti-gay discrimination in state hiring. Led by anti­ gay crusader Lon Mabon, OCA claims "promiscuous sodomite activists" have called for "the closing of all churches that oppose them and the total destruction of the family." 1989 U.S. Rep. William Dannemeyer (R-Calif.) publishes a landmark anti-gay tome, Shadow in the Land: Homosexuality in America. Calling lesbians and gay men 11the ultimate enemy," Dannemeyer accuses straight people of "surrendering to this growing army without a shot," and predicts gay rights will "plunge our people, and indeed the entire West, into a dark night of the soul that could last hundreds of years." 1990 University of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney founds Promise Keepers, which holds all-male stadium revivals promoting "traditional masculinity" throughout the l 990s. McCartney calls homosexuals "a group of people who don't reproduce, yet want to be compared with people who do reproduce," and says, "Homosexuality is an abomination of Almighty God." 1991 5/19/2005 �Page4 of7 Pat Robertson founds the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), run by Christian Right attorney Jay Sekulow. ACLJ will be instrumental in fighting gay marriage, calling it a cancerous "perversion" that "directly attacks the family, which is the most vital cell in society." 1992 Colorado voters approve Amendment 2, overturning municipal laws protecting lesbians and gay men from discrimination. One of the organizers, Tony Marco, hones a "special rights" argument, claiming that gay people are inordinately wealthy and politically powerful, and neither need nor deserve the rights they "demand." "The Gay Agenda," 20-minute video featuring racy scenes filmed at gay-pride marches, is released by Ty and Jeannette Beeson of the Antelope Valley Springs of Life church in Lancaster, Calif. Aired by Pat Robertson's "The 700 Club,0 it will become one of the most widely viewed pieces of anti-gay propaganda. At the Republican National Convention in Houston, Pat Buchanan famously declares in a prime time speech, "There is a culture war going on in our country for the soul ofAmerica." Cheering audience members wave signs reading "Family Rights Forever, 'Gay' Rights Never." 1993 The battle over gay marriage is ignited when the Hawaii Supreme Court rules that denying same-sex couples marriage licenses violates "basic human rights" guaranteed in the state constitution - unless the state legislature can show a "compelling reason" to prevent gay marriage. Anti-gay groups begin a campaign to "defend marriage," with legal challenges led by ACLJ's Jay Sekulow. President Clinton's proposal to lift the ban on openly gay military personnel sends anti-gay activists into action, shutting down phone lines to Congress with hundreds ofthousands of calls in protest. "Honestly," asks D. James Kennedy in a fundraising letter for Coral Ridge Ministries, "would you want your son, daughter, or grandchild sharing a shower, foxhole, or blood with a homosexual?" The Cobb County (Ga.) Commission passes a resolution calling homosexuality "incompatible with the standards to which this community subscribes." Organizer Gordon Wysong declares, 0We should blame them for every social problem in America." Cobb County will be dropped as a host for 1996 Atlanta Olympic events because of its anti-gay stance. 1994 More than40 fundamentalist groups, led by Focus on the Family, hold a summit in Colorado to coordinate a "special rights" argument to oppose gay rights. This strategy is also promoted by the Traditional Values Coalition's "Gay Rights, Special Rights," a40-minute video claiming gay rights will erode the civil rights ofAfrican Americans. 1995 The Pink Swastika: Homosexuality in the Nazi Party, by fundamentalist activists Scott Lively and 5/19/2005 �Page 5 of7 Kevin Abrams, claims gays weren't victimized in the Holocaust, but instead helped mastermind the extermination of Jews (see stocy, p. 18). Repudiated by credible historians, the book is nevertheless praised by the Family Research Council and sold by several anti-gay organiz.ations. 1996 The National Pro-Family Forum, dedicated to "one man-one woman" marriage, holds its first secret meeting in a Memphis church cellar with representatives from more than 20 major anti-gay groups. Before the end of the year, forum members successfully push the Defense of Marriage Act, a symbolic measure defining marriage as between a man and a woman, through Congress. The Southern Baptist Convention announces a boycott of Disney parks and products because the company gives insurance benefits to partners of gay workers and allows "Gay Days" at its theme parks. "Beware of the Magic Kingdom," Focus on the Family advises parents. Gay Day protests become a staple of the anti-gay movement In Romer v. Evans, the U.S. Supreme Court rules Colorado's Amendment 2 (see 1992) unconstitutional by a 6-3 vote. The ruling puts an end to 20 years of state and local ballot initiatives aimed at stripping gays of anti-discrimination protections, leaving same-sex marriage as the main issue for anti-gay organizers. 1997 Ellen DeGeneres' character on the TV sitcom "Ellen" comes out as a lesbian, initiating protests and boycotts of sponsors led by Donald Wildmon and Jerry Falwell, who calls the actor "Ellen Degenerate." 1998 A coalition of fundamentalist groups led by Coral Ridge Ministries sponsors "Truth in Love," a million-dollar advertising campaign promoting "ex-gay ministries," which use discredited psychological methods to "cure" gay people. One day before a second round of "Truth in Love" ads is released, gay college student Matthew Shepard dies after being savagely beaten and left tied to a fence in Wyoming. The murder spurs a national debate about the connection between anti-gay rhetoric and hate crimes. In a TV interview, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) compares gay people to alcoholics and "kleptomaniacs," earning praise from anti-gay activists. "Leaders willing to be set apart and stand solidly in the truth are rare in today's permissive culture," says James Dobson. 1999 Vermont Democratic Gov. Howard Dean signs a law sanctioning same-sex civil unions, entitling gay couples to marital rights arid benefits. Anti-gay leader Gary Bauer calls it "an unmitigated disaster" that is "worse than terrorism." 2000 5/19/2005 �Page6of7 "Teletubbies" cartoon character Tinley Winley is "outed" as gay in a "Parents' Alert" in Jerry Falwell's Liberty Journal, which asserts, "He is purple - the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle - the gay-pride symbol." The U.S. Supreme Court rules 5-4 that the Boy Scouts of America can continue to ban gay scoutmasters. Anti-gay activists like Robert Knight ofthe Family Research Council use the scouting controversy to revive anti-gay "child molester" propaganda. After CBS morning-show host Bryant Gumbel interviews Knight, he is heard on air commenting, "What a fucking idiot." Anti-gay groups label CBS the "Christian Bashing System" and lobby unsuccessfully for Gumbel's firing. 2001 On "The 700 Cbib" two days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Jerry Falwell blames the tragedy on "the Pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists and the gays and lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle." Host Pat Robertson responds: "Well, I totally concur." 2002 The Rev. Michael Bray, a convicted abortion clinic bomber and leading advocate ofmurdering abortion doctors, praises Saudi Arabia for beheading three gay men on New Year's Day. "Let us give thanks," Bray proclaims. "Let us welcome these tools of purification. Open the borders! Bring in some agents of cleansing." 2003 Alan Sears, head ofthe Alliance Defense Fund, co-authors The Homosexual Agenda, a book that asserts gay activists' ultimate goal is "silencing" conservative Christians. Sears also accuses cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants of being gay. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4-3 that gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry. In the Washington Dispatch, legendary fundamentalist organizer Paul Weyrich declares marriage "The Final Frontier for Civili2:ation as We Know It." The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state anti-sodomy statutes in Lawrence v. Texas, ruling that gay people are entitled to "an autonomy of self that includes freedom of thought, belief, expression, and certain intimate conduct." Dissenting Justice Antonin Scalia complains that "the court has largely signed onto the so-called homosexual agenda." 2004 Constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage pass by wide margins in all 11 states, including Ohio and Oregon. Anti-gay groups meet in Washington, D.C., to plan for 10 more state initiatives in 2005. James Dobson's Focus on the Family Action organizes "Mayday for Marriage" rallies in six major cities to promote anti-gay marriage ballot initiatives in 11 states. An estimated 150,000 turn out for Oct. 15 protest in Washington, D.C., where Dobson declares, "[E)verytbing we care about is on the line. It's now or never." 5/19/2005 �Page 7 of? San Francisco officials begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in February, with a handful of other U.S. municipalities following suit. Later that month, President George W. Bush announces his support for a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution. 5/19/2005 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Collection] Oklahoma LGBT+ History Description An account of the resource <strong>Physical Media:</strong> <br /><br /><br /><strong>Digital Media:</strong> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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She was 87. A celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at All Souls Unitarian Church, with a reception to follow. Per McDonald’s wishes, her family invites everyone attending the reception to bring homemade cookies. Known for her vision and tenacity, McDonald was a force for change in Tulsa for well over 50 years, embracing a variety of causes including public school integration, the arts and LGBTQ rights. Notably with the latter, her influence extended throughout Oklahoma and beyond. McDonald and her husband, Joe, were the founders of the Tulsa chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the first in Oklahoma, and she later served as president of the national PFLAG organization. It was during her tenure as president, in 1998, that the organization extended its mission to include transgender people. McDonald was active on a state and national level in promoting legislation that advanced LGBTQ rights. And when a proposed law threatened that advancement, she was there to fight it. That included testifying before Congress in 1996 in opposition to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Toby Jenkins, former director of Oklahomans for Equality, said McDonald was a source of needed encouragement for her fellow LGBTQ rights advocates, assuring them that “incrementally, bit by bit, relationships would form and change would come.” “Nancy taught us to show respect and civility to everyone, even if they were hateful to you,” Jenkins said. “If they spoke that way, she believed it was just that their hearts and minds had not been opened or challenged. Eventually the change of heart would come. I will miss that most about her.” A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska, McDonald moved to Tulsa with her family in 1966. She didn’t waste any time getting involved in her new community. As a parent of school-age children and PTA member, she joined a small group of Tulsa Public Schools parents in helping with voluntary integration, starting with Burroughs Elementary School. Then, in 1973, district officials turned to McDonald to help integrate Booker T. Washington High School. Chairing a committee for volunteer recruitment, McDonald led the successful effort to recruit white student volunteers to attend the previously all-Black school, holding a series of meetings with students and parents. Her volunteering led to a full-time job with TPS, coordinating volunteers and leading the further development of the magnet school concept. Motivating more community volunteers to get involved in their public schools was at the heart of McDonald’s love for the Partners in Education program. She participated in a related White House Symposium and wrote the guidelines for PIE groups that were published as a book. She remained involved with PIE through the end of her life. McDonald was also passionate about scouting. She was a former board member and president of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma. In that role, she helped guide the organization through the tumultuous time following the 1977 murders of three girls at summer camp. McDonald was recipient of a number of honors and awards. They included induction into the Tulsa Hall of Fame and the dedication of the Nancy & Joe McDonald Rainbow Library in her and her husband’s honor at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center. McDonald’s commitment to the LGBTQ cause began in the 1980s when one of her daughters came out as a lesbian. The experience of supporting her daughter would shape McDonald, and later she became a mother figure to many LGBTQ people who found themselves facing alienation from friends and family. “We called her ‘everybody’s mother,’” Jenkins said. “She was a surrogate parent for so many whose families had rejected them or had not accepted or understood them. There are national LGBTQ leaders who came out of Oklahoma who Nancy mentored about family relationships.” And her motherly influence didn’t end with the LGBTQ community, Jenkins said. “If anyone was marginalized, it became her cause,” he said. Morva McDonald, McDonald’s daughter, said her mother was “just so good at seeing every individual.” “At her core, she was always trying her best to help people be seen, be recognized for who they were. And that’s what allowed her to reach across so many different (tel:9187436271) causes and arenas.”  https://www.stanleysfuneralhome.com/obituary/nancy-mcdonald 2/4 �2/6/25, 3:31 PM Obituary | Nancy McDonald of Tulsa, Oklahoma | Stanleys Funeral & Cremation Service “The issue for her was always helping people be seen. It was a tremendous gift.” For her mother, part of valuing people as individuals included helping them find ways to participate, Morva added. “That’s why we’re asking people to bring homemade cookies to the reception. It was her idea. Baking was a favorite activity of Mom’s with her grandchildren. “Even at the end she was thinking about how everyone could share and participate.” McDonald’s survivors include her husband, Joe McDonald; four children, JoElyn Newcomb, Paul McDonald, Jason McDonald and Morva McDonald; eight grandchildren; a brother, Howard Nellor; and a sister, Sharlene Clatanoff. Memorial donations may be made to the Foundation for Tulsa Schools’ Partners in Education program. Services Celebration of Life Sunday, November 12, 2023 4:00 PM All Souls Unitarian Church 2952 S. 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She was 87. A celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at All Souls Unitarian Church, with a reception to follow. Per McDonald’s wishes, her family invites everyone attending the reception to bring homemade cookies.<br />Known for her vision and tenacity, McDonald was a force for change in Tulsa for well over 50 years, embracing a variety of causes including public school integration, the arts and LGBTQ rights.<br />Notably with the latter, her inuence extended throughout Oklahoma and beyond.<br />McDonald and her husband, Joe, were the founders of the Tulsa chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, the rst in Oklahoma, and she later served as president of the national PFLAG organization. It was during her tenure as president, in 1998, that the organization extended its mission to include transgender people.<br />McDonald was active on a state and national level in promoting legislation that advanced LGBTQ rights. And when a proposed law threatened that advancement, she was there to ght it. That included testifying before Congress in 1996 in opposition to the federal Defense of Marriage Act.<br />Toby Jenkins, former director of Oklahomans for Equality, said McDonald was a source of needed encouragement for her fellow LGBTQ rights advocates, assuring them that “incrementally, bit by bit, relationships would form and change would come.”<br />“Nancy taught us to show respect and civility to everyone, even if they were hateful to you,” Jenkins said. “If they spoke that way, she believed it was just that their hearts and minds had not been opened or challenged. Eventually the change of heart would come. I will miss that most about her.”<br />A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska, McDonald moved to Tulsa with her family in 1966. She didn’t waste any time getting involved in her new community.<br />As a parent of school-age children and PTA member, she joined a small group of Tulsa Public Schools parents in helping with voluntary integration, starting with Burroughs Elementary School.<br />Then, in 1973, district ocials turned to McDonald to help integrate Booker T. Washington High School.<br />Chairing a committee for volunteer recruitment, McDonald led the successful eort to recruit white student volunteers to attend the previously all-Black school, holding a series of meetings with students and parents.<br />Her volunteering led to a full-time job with TPS, coordinating volunteers and leading the further development of the magnet school concept.<br />Motivating more community volunteers to get involved in their public schools was at the heart of McDonald’s love for the Partners in Education program. She participated in a related White House Symposium and wrote the guidelines for PIE groups that were published as a book. She remained involved with PIE through the end of her life.<br />McDonald was also passionate about scouting. She was a former board member and president of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma. In that role, she helped guide the organization through the tumultuous time following the 1977 murders of three girls at summer camp.<br />McDonald was recipient of a number of honors and awards. They included induction into the Tulsa Hall of Fame and the dedication of the Nancy &amp; Joe McDonald Rainbow Library in her and her husband’s honor at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center.<br />McDonald’s commitment to the LGBTQ cause began in the 1980s when one of her daughters came out as a lesbian.<br />The experience of supporting her daughter would shape McDonald, and later she became a mother gure to many LGBTQ people who found themselves facing alienation from friends and family.<br />“We called her ‘everybody’s mother,’” Jenkins said. “She was a surrogate parent for so many whose families had rejected them or had not accepted or understood them. There are national LGBTQ leaders who came out of Oklahoma who Nancy mentored about family relationships.”<br />And her motherly inuence didn’t end with the LGBTQ community, Jenkins said.<br />“If anyone was marginalized, it became her cause,” he said.<br />Morva McDonald, McDonald’s daughter, said her mother was “just so good at seeing every individual.”<br />“At her core, she was always trying her best to help people be seen, be recognized for who they were. And that’s what allowed her to reach across so many different causes and arenas.”<br /><br />SEND A CARD<br />Show Your Sympathy to the Family<br />(https://www.stmcdonald/cardscampaign=obitucards-ctaleftside)<br /><br />SEND FLOWERS<br />Order Flowers for the Family<br />(https://www.stmcdonald/flowercampaign=obituowers-ctaleftside)<br /><br />(tel:9187436271)<br />2/6/25, 3:31 PM Obituary | Nancy McDonald of Tulsa, Oklahoma | Stanleys Funeral &amp; Cremation Service<br />https://www.stanleysfuneralhome.com/obituary/nancy-mcdonald 2/4<br /><br />“The issue for her was always helping people be seen. It was a tremendous gift.”<br />For her mother, part of valuing people as individuals included helping them nd ways to participate, Morva added.<br />“That’s why we’re asking people to bring homemade cookies to the reception. It was her idea. Baking was a favorite activity of Mom’s with her grandchildren.<br />“Even at the end she was thinking about how everyone could share and participate.”<br />McDonald’s survivors include her husband, Joe McDonald; four children, JoElyn Newcomb, Paul McDonald, Jason McDonald and Morva McDonald; eight sgrandchildren; a brother, Howard Nellor; and a sister, Sharlene Clatano.<br />Memorial donations may be made to the Foundation for Tulsa Schools’ Partners in Education program.<br /><br />Services<br />Celebration of Life<br />Sunday, November 12, 2023<br />4:00 PM<br />All Souls Unitarian Church<br />2952 S. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [2023] Nancy McDonald Obituary Subject The topic of the resource Nancy McDonald, June 4, 1936 - October 24, 2023 Description An account of the resource Four pages of an obituary for Nancy McDonald, who lived June 4, 1936 to October 24, 2023, published by Stanleys Funeral and Cremation Service. A service was planned for November 12, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stanleys Funeral and Cremation Service Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 12, 2023 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.stanleysfuneralhome.com/obituary/nancy-mcdonald 2023 ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH Booker T. Washington High School Burroughs Elementary School Defense of Marriage Act Dennis R. Neill Equality Center Equality Center Foundation for Tulsa Schools Partners in Education Program Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma in memoriam Joe McDonald memoriam Morva McDonald Nancy and Dr. Joe McDonald Nancy and Joe McDonald Nancy McDonald Nancy McDonald Rainbow Library Obituaries Obituary OkEq Equality Center Oklahomans for Equality Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Parents Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Partners in Education Partners in Education (PIE) Partners in Education Program PFLAG PIE Rainbow Library Toby Jenkins TPS Tulsa Public Schools Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Tulsa Schools Partners in Education University of Nebraska https://history.okeq.org/files/original/7b2db3bb0141bb44a9712396e6267fae.jpg cf428210d5c928a7197cd7ae2588f6a3 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/eb719a5486d2266a7dcabd074e0595c6.pdf 27c2f0c690b852292e4c1f73a22efa73 PDF Text Text One million people, including Sarah Brown, wife of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, took part in London’s gay pride parade July 4. MORE on page 11 THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR G VOLUME 6 T OKLAHOMA MetroStarN÷ws.com iSSUE 8 AUGUST 1,2009 S 0KLAHOMAAGAIN! The crowd was about equally divided among those supporting her views and those opposed. Those in opposition began shouting Shame on you! repeatedly, alon~-with "Love-thy neighb6r!" - By Victor Gorin $ 0,000 By Victor Gorin OKLAHOMA CITY, OK On Monday July 13 an emergency meeting and press conference of OKC Pride was hdd at Epworth Methodist Church to deal with the disappearance of a sum estimated to be within the $10,000 to $15,000 range. This cash, which was supposed to have been deposited in the OKC Pride bank account, was derived from contributions, T shirt sales and purchase tickets sold on behalf of vendors. Apparendy assumed to be deposited in OKC Pride’s Chase Bank account by Treasurer Christine Plante, OKC Pride Co-Chair Patti Thompson was surprised to receive word from the bank the following Wednesday after the Pride Weekend that the OKC Pride account was over $4,000 overdrawn, and thus learned that An emergency meeting about this was held by the Board of Directors Thursday July 9 at the Boom, and Ms. Plante was allegedly contacted and asked to be at this meeting, but she did not show up. Although offidally scheduled to be at the July 13 meeting as well Ms. Plante was again not present, and there was no information as to her wherabouts or situation, although a widely drculated rumor was that she had checked herself into a rehabilitation facility. In her place, OKC Press Liaison Nathan Thompson gave a report, stating that OKC Pride had met with the Oklahoma City police to report the incident July 10, but had no further information. Despite the losses, at the time of the meeting OKC Pride had paid all e cash money, which had been obtained om about 3 ago weeks up to and including the event~ hadn& be~n d~posiled ~er all J3y that time Christine Ptante had disappeared as well, leaving the community wondering what wen~ wrong and who was r~sponsible. their outstanding debts and had cash on hand of around $2500 in 2 separate bank accounts, through assis~ ~ byd~h0~ from the commtmity including John Gibbons (owner of the Boom), Dan Johnson, Jack Melisa, and Senate approves hatecrimes measure The measure, which passed on a voice vote, was attached to a defense-spending bill. A move to remove it from that bill failed 63-28. The House of Representatives already has passed a similar bill. "More than 60 senators support the Matthew Shepard Act, legislation that will provide police and sheriffs’ departments with the tools and resources they need to ensure that entire communities are not terrorized by hate violence," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. Both Oklahoma senators fel! for the radical right’s ploy and voted against the hate crimes bill failing to stand up for equali~ To contact both Oklahoma Senators call their Washington office, Sen. James ’Jim’ M. Inhofe (202) 224-4721 and Sen. Tom A. Coburn (202) 224-5754. ~ State Representative Sally Kern, Dis#qct 84 at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Gorin photo OYA~ktOMA CITY, OK__ Around 250 people gathered at the Oldahoma State Capitol for State Representative Sally Kern’s presentation of her Proclamation of Morality, about evenly divided between supporters and those in opposition. The prodamation, which does not have the force of law, blamed the economic problems of our nation due to America "forsaldng the rich Christian heritage upon which our nation was built" and because "our nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse and many other forms of debauchery." It also criticized President Obama for signing a proclamation recognizing June as Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month while not taking a more active role in the National Day of Prayer, although President Obama did issue a proclamation supporting that event as well on May 7. Ms.Kern, a Republican who represents District 84, has garnered international attention for her outspoken conservative views, particularly concerning the GLBT community. In a speech taped at a Republican gathering last year that later made Youtube, she stated that the gay community was a bigger threat "than Islam or terrorism," and compared gays to cancer in "one’s big toe" in their relationship to society, However, unlike similar gatherings in the past, the crowd was about equally divided among those supporting her views and those opposed. After she had given a short speech xWASHINGTON, DC (PR) The U.S. Senate approved a bill to add sexual orientation, gender identity and other categories to federal hate-crimes protections. The final vote came July 20. The bill will soon be on its way to President Obama’s desk, where he’ll get a chance to make good on his promise to sign it. This vote came on the heels of tremendous pressure from radical right-wing groups that used every trick in the book. They called the bill the "Pedophile Protection Act," among other outrageous claims. They dismissed the barbaric hate crime that took Matthew Shepard’s life as a "hoax." They flooded the Senate with hundreds of thousands of letters and calls. . ...... ContinUed See OKC PRIDE Page-4 ........... Continued See SALLY Page-4 Oklahoma Weather Forecast for August 2009 This year’s OKC Pride Grand Aug 1-4: Sunny, hot. Hurricane threat in Gulf Diversity Aug 5-10: T-storms north, hot south Aug 11-14: Scattered T-storms, ~ seasonable just love being with my friends in Oklahoma City," Aug 15-21: Sunny, very warm AUg 27-31: Scattered ~-storms, warm Over 150 unique Shops and galleries, and many parties for your entertainn{ent. Beating victim Chad Gibson, who now has a life-threatening blood clot on his brain goes home. Gibson xvants the officers to be prosecuted.. Avg. Temperature: 83.5° (avg. norda, 3° above south) Precipitation: 3.5" (1" above avg.) Page-6 N~YION L>> BILL (Lt" N"’tON= SJPPORTS~ /AYS Page 9 WO~ZLD >> ?R~DE 2009 I PLUS -~ LIFES";YLETR~ /EL ~ AR" ~ I Page 8 #INE / SCOPES �ease pa a rP Everyone who completes @e s#rvey by August 31, 2009 P~ease take the survey today, and te~ year Tremendous strides toward fa~ equality have been achieved by oar tenth, unities ever the past decade. There’s Power in ear Pride. Power te n~ake a difference: Gay and [esbiaa su~ey studies have opened doers (and minds) in ~ea~ing corporations aria organizations, which in turn have rec~gn~ze~ the va~ue of the~r LGBT employees through the es~b~shment of equa~ h~dng po~c~es an~ ~omest[c pa~ner benefits. Th~s has been a catalyst, ~ea~[ng to sweeping changes ~n pofft~cal an~ social ~nc~usJvi~. #e~egraph~c reports a~se ~nfluence ~arket~ng ~nvest~ent. V~ua~y absent unt~ recently, we now see a ~rowing variety ef p[eaacts an~ services represente~ ia gay ~edia, celebrating oar ai~ersity. Aas keep LGBT pubiications an~ websites ~a business, serving their co.manatees with [aaependent news and infermatbn. ~eyen~ s~p~y a@e~s~ng, though, these ce~panies support as ~n ~any ways, ~nc~a~ng sponsoring cow.unity events Community Marketi ~ @ 200g 8~a~uni~ ~arketing, ~nc., 584 Castro St. #834, San Francisco CA 9~114 L~SA ~.Cen~n~unity~arketing~nc.cen~ August 2009 �STATE REPRESENTATIVE AL MCAFF Y CALLS FORAN APOLOGY Tulsa Bowling Tournament a Success By Michael xyZ Sasser By Victor Gorin JOLT Bowling Tournament group at ~dsa Eagles reception party. Staffphoto State Rep. AI ~fcA~’ey and Metro Star re oorter Robin Dornet: Gorin photo OI~ObcLR CITY, OK __ "I complete identifi/with the cleep faith that many Oklahomans hold dear, but I’m appalled that MrS.Kern chose to use a state proclamation to attack the freedom of many Oklahomans xvho do not share her faith or vices." ..... ....... ...... state Reprdsentative A1 McAffrey State Representative Al McAffrey (Democrat SHD-88) is calling upon fellow legislator Sally Kern (Republican-SHD84) to rescind her proclamation and apologize for many discrepancies and misrepresentations of facts. "To blame our economic woes on a national moral crisis is ludicrous. Our economic woes are a direct result of bad financial practices and a lack of regulation on Wall Street." He pointed out that "Mrs.Kern uses her proclamation to accuse President Obama of not recognizing the National Day or Prayer, that is an absolute lie. On May 7~ 2009 President Obama proclaimed a National Day of Prayer and encouraged all Americans to ’come together in moments of great challenge and uncertainty to humble themselves in prayer.’ " McAffrey stated that he found that vwo of the quotes used attributed tO James Madison ai~d Patrick Henry were f-abricated, appearing nowhere in the writings or records of either man. McAffrey pointed out that anyone knmvledgeable of American history would kamw that James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were avid Supporters of religious freedom, and that it was Thomas Jefferson who coined the concept "separation of church and state" traced to a letter he wrote in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists. McA~}ey further stated " It’s pitiable that with all the major challenges facing our great state some of our state leaders are more concerned in mal~ng ne~vs headlines than making strides toward strengthening our economy, improving our public schools, and ensuring that all OHahomans have access to qualig; affordable and sustainable healthcare. She owes Oklahomans of all faiths a sincere apology:" www.rnetrostarnews.corn TULSA, OK__ GLBT sports are already on the minds of many in the community in anticipation of the Gay Games 2010 in Cologne. In Oklahoma, sporting gay men and women have numerous opportunities and it seems many are taking advantage of them. The Tulsa Lambda Bowling League’s second annual weekend-long July Oklahoma Lambda Tournament (JOLT) attracted some 120 participants from around the region to the tourney, at Andy B Riverlanes and ldcked things offwith a registration party at the Tulsa Eagle on July 17th. . "Most of the people xvere from Oklahoma and Texas, but we also had people from Kansas and Missouri," said Lambda League President Rich Blankenship. "We consider it a big success." Blankenship said that there were 88 participants in last year’s tournament and that it took most of the year to raise the funds necessary to host this year’s. Included in the fundraising was approximately $6,000 for charity. "gC’e really need sponsors for next year since we are growing so much," Blankenship said. The Lambda League’s regular season runs from Labor Day to April, with a 12-Week summer league also available, and the July tournament. As a member of the International Gay Bowling Organization (South Plains Region), the Lambda League schedules its annual national tournament so as to not conflict with other member’s tournaments. IGBO sponsors a national tournament every Memorial Day weekend. "Every city about Tulsa’s size or larger with a league has a tournament," Blankenship said. The success of JOLT would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, when, Blankenship said; the group had dwindled down to around two dozen members. Today there are around 67 members. Some teams rotate players so that more people can play in the Tuesday night league. Already there is a waiting list for next year, although Blankenship said the,,League is, trying to ne gotiate, for,, more. lanes.,, We dont want to be exclusive, he sa~d. We want everyone to get involved to be able to play." Blankenship attributes the growth of the Lambda Leagt,ie to the recruitment efforts of former president and this years JOLT Director, Rick Cox. Other sports oriented community groups are lively around the state also. Oklahoma City supports two bowling teams, the Sunday Twisters and Tuesday Twisters. Oklahoma City and Tulsa support GLBT softballs leagues. Both the Sooner State Rodeo Association (SSRA) and the Oldahoma Gay Rodeo Association (OGRA) are members of the International Gay Rodeo Association (tGRA). The IGRA National Finals in Albuquerque, New Mexico are expected to draw’participation and large spectator support from OHahoma. For more information on the Tulsa Lambda Bowling League, visit w~w<lambdaleague.com. Dale Gross ~ Randy Winrow email: route66malf @ att.net 8.836.3838 METRO P O LITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES Rev Steve T. Uric Spirit of Christ MCC 2902 E 20th Street Joplin, MO 64804 417-529-8480 Worship Sunday 6:00 PM Community Meal Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Have a God filled and Blessed DaV! #~>t~"oSTAR 3 �isolation of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Tulsa area. In addition to providing monthly activities and holiday celebrations. Our House Too offers food baskets, a toiletry and household pantry and weeldy lunches. Tickets for Drag Queen Bingo 2009 are $20 per person and can be purchased ar Reasor’s, Cain’s Ballroom, Ida Red and Starship Records. others not named at the meeting. Nathan stated that the investigation is still ongoing, and there is a possibility the money or parr of it may be recovered. It was also brought up that according to the bylaws. OKC Pride Board members could not be held liable for this type of loss. Inquiries as to why nobody knew why the cash had not been deposited, or why, the bank account had not had more oversight were not answered. Mr. Thompson did promise that information would be put on the OKC Pride website along with press releases as soon as it was available Guy Peters did suggest that in the future that background checks be obtained for those responsible for OKC Pride money. Male CoChair Paul Thompson had suggested in the By Victor Gorin past that these members be bonded, which would cover losses caused by dishonest acts. Mthough Chris Plante has not been charged with any crime related to this incident at this time. she was removed ftom her Treasurer position for dereliction of duty, the motion to do so made by Scott Jaggers and passed unanimously. Until there is a new Treasurer on duty- the duties of that oi~ce would be handled by the co-chairs, currently Paul Thompson and Latricia Olmstead. The next meeting xvould be August 3, the first Monday of August. During that meeting membership in OKC Pride. which is required to be eligible to vote in the upcoming election ~’or new o~cers and board members, could be begun or renewed. Co-Chairs Paul Thompson and Latricia Ohnstead announced that the7 Tom Guild with well wishingfi’iend Esther will not be seeking re-election, nor will Bahierra. Gorin photo Festival Coordinator T.J Mc~nsey. A press confbrence was held following the meeting attended by the Metro Star, OKLAHOMA CITY; OK__ Dr. Tom Oldahoma Gazette reporter Joe Wertz, Guild, a soon to be professor emeritus at the and Patricia Millel; the treasurer preceding Ms.Plante,Ms. Miller, who resigned in protest University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, was elected July 14 to be Oklahoma Count~fis at the May" 4 meeting over what she stated Democratic Party Secretary. This was a special were lax and dishonest financial practices election to fill that ot~ce which was vacated of OKC Pride had this to say," They are all with the resignation of the previous oI~ce fteaking out over this, which I can agree, they holder, Rosanne Jenny. A longtime human should be freaked out, but we slid the last ¯ rights activist, Tom was a professor at UCO one about Miles Tompkins* under the rug. I want to make sure this does not get slid under for 27 years, where he taught political science for 10 years and legal studies in the College the rug too. Whoever is responsible for this of Business for 17 years. He registered as should go to prison. My question is, will this aDemocrat 5 years ago, and has since been be treated like the last time?" very active in the part), by hosting the weekly Oklahoma County Democratic Party’s *Referring to a bounced check wdtten Speakers Lunch at the Boulevard Cafeteria, by Miles Tompkim to Lee Burrus for a Gala as well as other party activities. Along with Dinner on beha~%f OKC Pride in 200g. Mr Dr. Joan Luxemburg and Keith Smith, he Bu~us was reimbursed by OKC Pride and co-wrote a chapter in the book ’Hn Oklahoma M~ Tompkim, thru an agreement with OKC I’d Never seen Before: Alternative Views of Pride, made restitution. Oklahoma Histo~ "published in 1994. Their chapter was "Oklahoma’s Gay, Liberation Movement," the first academic publication in this area ever published. Working with the Democratic Party he Bingo like your mother never played... will work to achieve full collective bargaining rights and better wages and conditions for TULSA, OK (PRy __ This annual event Oklahoma’s workers, currently working on and fundraiser for Our House Too will be passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, held Friday, August 7th at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom. Female impersonators will welcome which ,#could make it easier for workers to unionize. He would also work for you aboard the USS DQB cruise ship GLBT rights and human rights in general, for this, the fifth year, beginning at 8p.m. working for passage of the Employment and ending at t 1. There will be glamorous Nondiscrimination Act ( proposed Federal costumes and prizes, a silent auction and, law prohibiting employment discrimination of course, bingo! Female impersonators will against GLBTs) and repeal for the "Don’t ask perform glittering numbers from cruise ship Don’t Tell" policy of the U.S. military. showrooms to entertain the crowd. W AT Gay Man E]ec ed Oklahoma County Democratic Par v Secretary’s O ce Drag een Bingo 2009 Our House Too is a nonprofit organization serving to elirainate the social 4 those in opposition began shouting "Shame on you!" repeatedly, along with "Love thy neighbor!’while the other side simultaneously began singing God Bless America, and later both sides sang the national anthem. As feelings ran high the event got very loud but stayed peaceful. Ms.Kern did express her view that "The people who preach tolerance are not willing ro extend the same thing to someone who disagrees with them. So ladies and gentlemen, we are seeing a wonderful illustration of intolerance." Among those signing the petition was Paul Blair of Edmond’s Fairview Baptist Church, who also spoke at the rally. In spite of the mention of divorce as being part of our moral decline, it was likewise signed by former State Representative Kevin Calvey, a conservative Christian who is divorced. It was also signed by Oklahoma City Councilman J. Brian Waiters ( Ward 5), the lone OKC City Council member who voted against a parade permit for the OKC Pride Parade. The constitutionality of the event was questionable. As activist attorney Brittany Novomy pointed out, "They used Capitol grounds for this and that is an advancement of a particular religious agenda that is not necessarily representative of al! the other religions or even al! the branches of Christianity in Oklahoma. q£he LGBT caucus of the Young Democrats canae out to stand side by side with the ACLU to uphold the Oklahoma Constitution (Article 2 Section 5) that clearly prohibits the use of public property towards any sect, denomination or system of religion." . Brittany also gave, her angle about the proclamation as well. q-his proclamation suggests that the problems of our society are bdfig caused somehow by GLBT people. Frankly as a Young Democrat I believe most of ourproblems are being caused by economic problems, people not able to have healthcare for their kids or themselves, people filing bankruptcy because they lack healthcare coverage. There are a host of prob!ems facing every day Oldahomans, and I dont believe demonizing a whole subset of Oklahomans really accomplishes the goals of real working Oldahomans who want to be able to feed their families, have good healthcare, who just want the opportunity to live their lives in peace, and who believe in loving their neighbor." C.S. Thornton of the ACLU lamented, "She ( Representative Kern) blames all these things upon a great moral crisis, yet nowhere does she mention greedy V&ll Street executives or government regulators who were asleep at the switch. The most alarming thing about this proclamation is the level of scapegoating that it promotes." However, the Republican speaker of the House, Chris Benge, does not plan to sign the document, and State Representative Ryan Keisel, a Democrat called the proclamation a "divisive political stunt." State Representative A1 McAffrey, the only openly gay member of the legislature ( Democrat-District 88) has asked for an apology. There were otl-mrs that disagreed with Ms. Kern as well. The Reverend Loyce Newton Edwards, associate pastor of the Church of the Open Arms UCC stated that she felt Sally Kern was "one of the most hateful and divisive persons in America. The right thing is to respect people regardless of who they choose to love. Homophobia is wrong, it’s unGodlike." 300 ATTEND ENID’S FIRST PRIDE CELEBRATION By Nate Bowen Enid held their first Pride event Saturday July 18, which was a fabtdous picnic & festival at Meadowlake Park. Drawing over 300 people, the number in attendance set a record for aW Oklahoma first time Pride event. Starting offwith the Reverend J.E Wickey of Crosswalk United Church (Enid’s only open and affirming church), he spoke about being gay and Christian followed by a Q&A session. The band Blackwings gave a great performance, followed by Stephen Dillard-Carroll. This was followed by an OKC speaker and activist from the Young Democrats, Brittany Novotny. Around 6:30 p.ra. the crowd was treated to a drag show starring Raven Angel, Nikki Star and Colby Richards. Booths and vendors at the park ranged from Fulton’s BBQ to the Garfield County Democrats. ......... Continued see ENID PRIDE page 6 August 2009 �HoOoPoEo to Host 8th A ual DIVAS Benefit Concert for people to learn their HIV status and can connect clients to a variety of medical and social support services. For more information about HIV or sexually transmitted infections, call 1-800-535-MDS (2437). Openarms 4th Annual Fashion Show By Judy Gabbard "First l ursday" Art Opening and ey ibit with Creations from Local Artist - Nicholas K. Clark TULSA, OK (PR) __ On Sept. !2-13, 2009, Health Outreach Prevention Education (H.O.E E.) will host DWAS 2009. at the Tulsa Zoo. This year’s theme is DIVAS Gone \.gild. Proceeds from the event will help support H.O.EE. programs, such as prevention education about HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections, the only statewide 24-hour HIV/STD resource hotline, and the only free, anonymous testing and counseling facility in Oklahoma. This year’s concert is produced by Rebecca Ungerman, a popular Tulsa-based performer who has graced numerous venues and events in Tulsa, including the Oklal~oma Centennial Celebration and the Tulsa Perfornaing Art Center SummerStage series. The evening, celebrated in the new H.A. Chapman Event Lodge at the Tulsa Zoo, highlights Tulsds diverse musical talent with local artists covering dassic favorites. ~[hese acts come together for this annual "one time onl~# shm,~ and bring out their collective fans: This year S performei:S ind~id~ Pxeb~c~ ung~rman, Cindy Cain, Christy E. of The Red Alert, Pare Wan Dyke, ~nie Ellicotr. Fiawna Forte, John Sawyer, Darrell Christopher, Kelly Morrison. and Janet Rutland. N~e combined talent includes experience on Broadway, national and international cabaret tours, and !ocal Spot Music Awards. ~II~e evening will also include a live and silenvauction, dancing, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages. The evening gala will take place on Saturday, September 12. 7:30pm and a no frills Sund~y matinee will take.place September ! 3 at 4pro. Tickets may be purchased, beginning August 1, by contacting H.O.RE. a 918-749-TEST (8378). Tickets are $25 and $40 for general admission seats and $100 for individual table seats. A table for ten is available for $1,000. Cabaret table seats include: priority seating, publicity, auction sneak preview, and private reception with the performers which includes complimentary wine and hors d’ oeuvres. The matinee -will include the same show and champagne, with tickets ranging from $15-$50. Emcee for the event will be Mia Fleming from Fox 23. Supporters of DIVAS 2009 include Williams, F & M Bank. The Metro Star and The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. Raising awareness of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections remains vitally important. Young people and minorities are disproportionately affected, but HIV does not discriminate. By Imowing your status, you are better able to protect yourself and others. Prevention education and testing are keys to decreasing the stigma and infection rate of HIV. H.O.EE. provides a comfortable place www.metrostarnews.com TULSA, OK (PR) __ Continuing the monthly showcase of local artists at the Equality Center (621 E. 4th Street in downtown Tulsa), Oldahomans for Equality (OkEq) will feature Tulsa Artist Nicholas K. Clark with an opening show and reception on Thursday, August 6th from 6-9pm and continuing throughout the month of August. Nicholas’ work is a direct reflection of his optimistic personality. From vivid oranges to metallic silvers highlighted by passionate reds, his art displays a mastery of color that cannot be taught. His mediums vary from acrylics to oils and focus on creating depth through layering and application of rich texture. Nic’s ~vorks fall into three categories: contemporary figure studies, pop art and expressionistic co!or studies. "I pull nay inspiration from fashion and music and I love working with figures because they are al~vays so challenging - the detail of a hand. the curves of a body and the. capturing of natural movement and expresslolt. 7~rn GilA.an Former Channd 23 Reporter Marianly Mendez and Miss OYP 2009: Alizay Kardashian Judy G. photo TULSA, OK Openarms Youth Project Center, located at 2015 Sm,th Lakewood Ave., Tulsa, OK, presented their 4th Annual fashion show fund raiser on July 10 and was a great success. Organizers Tim Gillean and Jerrid Horton reported that the proceeds will help continue the support of local GLBT youth of Tulsa and surrounding area. The nights title was ReFashionista. Sports and formal wear were purchased and redesigned for a splendid runway show. The evenings host, xvas Kristin Dickerson from KTUL, channel 8. Area talent added spice to the evening along with tasty hors d’oeuvres, wine and soft drinks. "Ihe silent auction ~vas an exciting array of items that were purchased by those in attendance. Funds are still needed to support the youth needs at Openarms. An), donation is appreciated. For more infbrmation call 918.838.7104. ~®t~’oSTAR 5 �France that we visited. These are affordable finds and the wines are in Oklahoma. Brief history of the grapes grown in these regions grmvn. The majority" of French Viogniers are sold as Vin de Pays in the Languedoc. In the Rhone wine region, the grape is often blended with Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache blanc. OKC Pride 2009: You be the change By Robin Dorner OKLAHOMA CITY, OK The end of June brought proud celebration to Oklahoma City with the annual gay pride event. dark color and robust tannins. Long year’s event was a huge success with more Red Bicyclette Syrah/Granche Rose ’07 known as one of the six grapes allowed (Languedoc) than ! 5,000 people attending the festivities. in the blend of red Bordeaux wine, the The party began on Friday evening at the Black Beret Grenache/Syrah Rouge ’05 French plantations~ofMalbec are now NW 39th Street Strip near Penn with the (Languedoc) found primarily in Cahors where the first annual "Friday Night Block Part’);’. Coussergues Viognier ’08 (Languedoc) Appellation Control4e regulations for The festival began Saturday morning and Beauv~gnac Sauv, gnon Blanc 08 C~hors require a minimtiin content of continued through Sunday, the parade began (Languedoc) 70% It is increasin ly ~elebrated as an around 5 pm. Chateau Trocard Montrepos Merlot ’06 Argentine varietal wine and is being This year the OKC Pride Grand Marshal (Bordeaux) gr~vn around the world. was attthor and TV personality Ruby Ann Jean-Luc Colombo L~s Abeilles Cotes The northern part of the Rh6ne Boxcar. "I just love being with my friends du Rhone Blanc ’07/Viognier & Grenache Valley; in France, remains one of the in Oklahoma City," Boxcar told the Metro Blanc undisputed reference points for the Star. "Anywhere there is a trailer park I feel OdUction of wines made with the Clos la Coutale Malbec (Cahors) ’06 like I’ve got family!" Boxcar is known as the ah grape. ~-he best examples of At Jeanne Ma6e ~ Champs Diva of the Double-Wide, a highly successful And as always, I say go to your favorite wine varietal Syrah, are the ones produced with entertainer and author who got her start in shop, ask questions and purcha~se a bottle or the appellations Hermitage, C6te-R6tie, Oklahoma City and is recognized in the US French connection t~vo. Share some food & wine with friends Comas, St-Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage. and abroad. ~ sampled wines 3~om all over the world. and check this out for yourself¯ \Vgines produced in these areas have strong Guests from across the city and state fruit aromas, a good acidity, dry body and an came to join in the festivities in Midtown I’m in this photo with nay partner appreciable mineral taste. Oklahoma City. "I am here because I am Lamont. For my birthday present, he bisexual, proud and I like the scene," said sent for me to join him in France where Grenache is the dominant variety in 18 year old Ruth Leila Blailock. "It’s a he was a visiting professor in Marseille at most Southern Rh6ne wines, especially in celebration of diversity really." the University of Provence¯ ! was really Chfiteauneuf-du-Pape where it is typically "We are here today because we are This writer is one of the managers at the Grand impressed with the wines of Provence, Cotes over 80% of the blend. It is generally spicy, members of the Diversity Business Vin wine shop at Utica Square. He also bar tends berry-flavoured and soft on the palate. In du Rhone. Languedoc and Bordeauex. Association (DBA)," said Shawn Adkison, and hosts wine & food events around town known The trip took on a different focus when Australia it is typically blended in "GSM" as the Wine Enthusiasts of Tulsa. JD of the Fortune Law Center in Midtown. we traveled to Bordeaux for VinExpo, the " blends with Syrah and Mourv~dre. Grenache Adkison and his firm have been members of international wine tasting event. We’re in is also used .to make ros~ wines in France and DBA, the Oklahoma City LGBT business this photo with long time wine colleague organization, for more than three years. "We Gary Vance who caught a £1st train from think it is important ~o ne~ork together; Paris to meet up with us. This was a huge 5 www.Foodand~Hne.com promote our business organizations as ~vell day/40 thousand people wine tasting event Viognier [vee-oh-nay] wines are well-known ww~:~ikioedia.or~ as diversity in general," adds Adkison. "It is www.2he~’VorldI4q~eI~ne.com with hundreds of wine makers & marketing for their floral aromas, due to terpenes, which a good thing to show our support for DBA, ww~:Epicurious.com are also found in Muscat and Riesling wines. reps. ~aere was just no way to meet all Oklahoma and the U.S. You know, these the wine raakers and taste as much as we There are also many other powerful flower kinds of events are not permitted in every wanted.In this article, I’m highlighting some and fruit aromas which can be perceived in country." these wines depending on where they were of the grape varietals from the parts of The mission of OKC Pride, Inc. is to stage a highly visible forum for the TULSA BALLET TO organizations which serve the community PERFORM IN NEW YORK both nationally, regionally, and locally; CITY decrease external homophobia by generating future goals of Enid’s GLBTQA community, Atxendees included not just the GLBT maximum media coverage to the reality but most of the discussion centered on community, but fiunilies as well coming to Oklal~oma Governor Brad Henry and Tulsa Mayor of our community; and diminish internal how great the Enid Pride Festival was and enjoy the fun and fellowship. The following Kathy Taylor will attend Tulsa Ballet’s debut at the homophobia by presenting organizational the fun they had. That evening Crosswalk Sunday there was a forum held to discuss the Joyce Theater August 10 - 15. Special Big Apple and individual role models. Additionally, the United Church Preview Night in Tulsa on August 6 at Studio K Board of Directors believe that as a civil rights hosted a showing movement, gays and lesbians need an annual of "Prayers TULSA, OK (PR) It has been 25 years forum where individually and collectively for Bobby", a since the Tulsa Ballet has performed in New they can consider where they have been, landmark film York City. This summer the company will make its long awaited return to the Big Apple where they are now and what direction they portraying for its debut at the Joyce Theater August 10 the true story need to set. -15. of a mother Several large corporations p,,articipated Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor, Governor Brad in the festival and the parade. I think it is who could not Henry and First Lady Kim Henry are among just important that we embrace people with accept her sods local and national dignitaries who will attend different backgrounds and, quite frankly, it homosexuality, the opening night performance and Patron helps our company," said Wesley Seymour who became an Gala on Monday, August 10 at the Joyce frown the Frito-Lay company. "We have a activist for gay Theater, located in the heart of Manhattads philosophy; bring your whole self to work rights following Chelsea neighborhood. Tulsa Ballet will and that is one reason I like working for his suicide. give seven performances with special events Fnto-Lay; Seymour has worked for the General consensus planned throughout the week fbr patrons and company as a District Sales Manager for three supporters of Tulsa Ballet. was that the event years. The company will present a program. was not just a National and local companies supt~orted featuring Elite Syncopations by Kenneth historic first, the event as corporate sponsors as well as MacMillan, Por vos Muero by Nacho Duato but a wonderful many local sponsors. There were also several and This is Your Life by Young Soon Hue. occasion to be local churches represented, bike riding This is Your Life was commissioned by Tulsa clubs, entertainers, The Oklahoma City celebrated every Ballet in 2008 and has since been performed Peace House and much more. For more year from now by the Aalto Theater in Essen, Germany and &affVohmteets Top Row Ka~e, John, Jesse, Brandon DJ Star, TJ, Kathy, information about Pride OKC, contact www. on. the National Ballet of Ankara, Turkey. Angd A4ishalle, Bmndon "Kool Aid’; bottom row Jamie Lisa Nate okcpride.org. Malbec grapes tend to have an inky Mr. D’s 1/2 case ~;r .... Continued see BALLET page 22 August2009 6 �www, metrostarnews.com 7 �Wockner News Service Fort Worth beating victim, Chad Gibson goes home not lip service. I will meet with you wherever you want to meet. I will go to your restaurants, your house, we can eat barbecue, whatever you want to do. But ~ve’ve got to talk." Gibson, for his part, wants the raiding officers to be,~rosecuted and the city to halt its "cover-up. "You used excessive force and that’s why I got hurt," Gibson told \~rFAA-TV. "~ey have blamed it on me, that I was drunk, (that) I fell and hit my head, I groped the officer, I did this, I did that. You know ,vhat? No. Accept responsibility." In an interview with KTVT Gibson added: "I was rubbed into the concrete .... I’m just appalled that they took it to the level that they did .... They need to accept responsibility for what they did." Fort Worth police and agents fi’om the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission raided a gay bar June 28 -- the 40th anniversary ofthe Stonewall Riots -- and roughed up several patrons, inckding Chad Gibson, who now has a life-threatening blood clot on his brain. Gibson wants the officers m be prose~ted. Photo WFAA-TVscreen capmre Chad Gibson has been released from the hospital but still is in danger from a blood clot on his brain that reportedly could break loose and kill him. Gibson allegedly was beat up by cops during a June 28 raid of the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, Tex; Wimesses say officers stami:ned his head into a ~vall, then into the floor. ~¢¢o Other patrons ~dso were injured in the raid -- one has broken ribs and one has a broken thumb. June 28 was the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that kickstarted the modern gay-rights movement. ¯ne violent raid -- purported to be merely one of the state’s routine checks of bars to be sure no one is too drunk -- brought heaW condemnation from gay leaders, newspaper columnists, bloggers, politicians and others. It also received extensive national news coverage. . Both the Fort Worth Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which joined in the raid, have launched interna! investigations of the incident. The results of the city police’s investigation will be reviewed by federal authorities, Mayor Mike Moncrief has promised. Apart from the raid itselfl the most controvers!al aspect Of the incident has been Police Chief Jeff Halstead’s assertions that Gibson groped one of the officers and that other patrons made what the Police Department called "sexually explicit movements" toward uniformed officers -claims that bar patrons and gay leaders have called preposterous and "lies." "You’re touched and advanced in certain ways by people inside the bar, that’s offensive," Ha!stead said shortly after the raid. "I’m happy with the restraint used when they were contacted like that." After facing ridicule for those improbable assertions, Halstead has since adopted a more conciliatory tone, telling gay people at a public meeting: "We’ve got to work together. Be patient, and you wil! see that this is just 8 Obama invites 300 GLBT leaders to White House for Stonewa 140 President Barack Obama -- under heavy fire for talking the talk but not walking the walk on numerous gay-rights promises -- had 300 GLBT leaders over to the White House on June 29 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonevcall Riots, which, in 1969, jumpstarted the modern gay-rights movement. "I know that many in this room don’t believe that progress has come fast enough, and I understand that," Obama said. "It’s not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for othem to counsel patience to African Americans who were petitioning for equal rights a half-c~ntury ago. But I say this: We have made progress and we will make more. And I want you to know that I expect and hope to be judged not by words, not by promises I’ve made, but by the promises that nay administration keeps." Obama also defended his decision not to issue an order stopping the military’s expulsions of openly gay members, suggesting, again, that such an approach wouldu’t work out in the long run. "As commander in chief in a time of war, I do have a responsibility to see that this change is adnainistered in a practical way and a way that takes over the long term," he said. "That’s why I’ve asked the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffto develop a plan for how to thoroughly implement a repeal. I know that every day that passes without a resolution is a deep disappointment to those men and women who continue to be discharged under this policy -- patriots who often possess critical language skills and years of training and who’ve served this country well. But what I hope is that these cases underscore the urgency of reversing this policy not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it is essential for our national security." August 2009 �77 members o£ Congress ask Obama to suspend As national gay leaders continue to beat up on President Barack Obama for moving too slowly- on his myriad campaign promises to tile GLBT community, 77 members of Congress have written to the president asldng him ro immediately suspend en[brcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy pending its repe,,a~! by Congress. Tile letter outlines a new, two-step repeal plan which begins with a request that the president ’direct the Armed Services nor to initiate any invesrigarion of service personnel to determine their sexual orientation, and that [he] instruct them to disregard thirdparty accusations that do not allege violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice,’" said the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that has focused extensively on the militaw’s ban on open gays. ~°The letter signals renewed efforts to stop gay discharges immediately while repeal legislation moves through Congress at a slower pace," the center said. On June 23, Obama rejected the proposal. The White House said: "President Obama remains committed to a legislative repeal of Don’t Ask, Dofft Tel!, xvhich he believes will provide a durable and lasting solution to this issue. He welcomes the commitment of these members to seeing Congress take action." Episcopal Church OKs gay- clergy, bishops 7he Anglican Communion has been deeply mired in gay angst since the Episcopal Diocese oflVew Hampshire consecrated openly gay and partnered V. Gene Robinson as its bishop in 2003. GLAAD photo The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops and House of Deputies declared in mid-July that open gays and lesbians --celibate or not -- call serve as priests and bishops in the church. At thee church’s triennial general convention, held in Ana~heim, Calif., July 8-17, bishops voted for the policy 99-45 and deputies voted for it 155-40. Deputies who are clergy voted 77-19 and lay deputies voted 78-21. The move may well lead to a full rupture between the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion, which has been deeply mired in gay angst since the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire ~wcvv.metrostarnews.com V. Gene Robinson as its bishop in 2003. Tile Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of Anglicanism. "The Anaheim move was seen as. in essence, a flip-off by the Americans of the Anglican hierarchy and Anglican provinces in Africa and South America that strongly opposed Robinson’s consecration. De facto international Anglican leader Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, England, had urged delegates, to the U.S. convention not to make any decisions in the co,~ing days that could push us further apart. He later said he regretted that the convention had done just that with its gayclergy decision. Delegates also voted to allow local dioceses to bless same-sex marriages and civil unions if they want to, and launched a project m creare official liturgies for the blessings. Gay Pordand mayor cleared in Breedlove affair There is no credible evidence that Sam Adams, the gay mayor of Portland, Ore., had inappropriate sexual contact with Beau Breedlove before Breedlove turned 18, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger said June 22. Adams, 45, and Breedlove, 22, have acknowledged having sex in 2005 after Breedlove’s 18th birthday, but Breedlove also had claimed the pair passionately made our prior to his reaching file age of consent, which Adams denied. "There are serious questions about the credibility of Breedlove’s account, dueto his prior inconsistent statements, the lack of corroborating witnesses or evidence, his attempt to gain personally from matters related to his involvement with Adams and his prior criminal record," Kroger concluded. "There is insufficient evidence to charge, let alone convict, Adams with illegal sexual contact with a minor." The attorney general’s office interviewed 57 people and sifted through Adams’ and Breedlove’s e-mails and text messages in arriving at its conclusion. Breedlove later posed for the gay porn magazine Unzippea~ In 2006, he pleaded guilty to felony 2nd degree theft in a case that involved $750 worth of clothes ftom a Macy’s store in Haxvaii. The revelation of the brief affair nearly ended Adams’ career earlier this year, in part because he had lied about it when asked about it during the mayoral campaign, stating that it never happened. Summer Diversi y ’09 Eureka Springs. Augus 7-9 ~ DOMESTICATE Say "I DO" and register your love with a Domestic Partner Certificate One day these certificates will be highly sought after collector items on E-bay. Tile Courthouse is closed Saturday and Sunday...City Clerk’s office is in the City Hall, lower level of the Western Carrol Count), Courthouse, 44 S. Main. Office hours are 9:30 AM - 12 Noon and 1:30 to 4:40 PM. ® YARDS AND YARDS OF YARD SALES Money Tight? Pennies on the dollar: Tile Eureka yards sales are a top stop for the bargain hunter and antique queens. Tile 15~n annual Eureka Yards and Yards of Yard Sales. Friday and Saturday 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Find locator maps at shops and restaurants. Sponsored by the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce. ~ HEY GIRLS... LET’S iVlAKE HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE SMORES! THEN GO SNIPE HUNTING! Camping for Summer Diversity has become an annual event for many. Stay dose to title City and book your weekend with the gay friendly Kettle Campground. (479) 2539100, 4119 E. Van Buren. ° DIVA SHOP! Over 150 unique shops and galleries. Be sure and shop the Sponsors of Eureka Pride--aBens Door, Mountain Eclectic, Fusion Squared, Byrds Eye View, Antique Affaire, Tile Tourist Shop, the Inn Convenience Store, Eureka Scents. A very and Special DW DISCOUNT from Tinmaker & Glitz, 69 S. Main. ~ MIX & MINGLE The Pizza Sluts are hosting their second Diversity Welcome Mixer. The Pizza Bar, 13 N. Main, Friday, 6-8 PM. $5.95 pizza buffet. Beer specials. All ages admitted. Come feel the ~varmth...feel, touch, hug, squeeze, grope, claw, whip...Mix and mingle with the locals and visitors from around the globe. Free City p~arking after 6 PM. ERIC HIMAN DISCOVERS EUREKA Henri’s Just One More. 19 1A Spring Street. Friday Night Only! 9 PM. Eric goes solo with his first Eureka acoustical performance. ® CHER SOME TIKI LOVE ~e always popular Glam-aphonic, E lectronic, Disco Babee, Tiki Torch Dance Party! 75 S. Main Street. Homo to the exotic, diverse crowd of celebrities, beauties, rock stars, dance divas, and some good ole fashioned Str8t Bait! Cher and Cher Alike to perform LIVE on Saturday. Shmv times will be posted. o SPEED DIAL YOUR GAY SPIRITS ~Exrot Speed reads with Mistress Lynne. Yes, speed readings --Lynne will do a 10 card reading for 10 buclcs. Just takes a few minutes as opposed to the full deck 30 minute reading. Lynne uses Gay, and Lesbian ~Tarot cards for amazing GAY readings. DaBen’s Door, 45 1/2 Spring Street, across from Jack’s Place. ~ NEW DELHI Friday & Saturday live music 6:30 9:30 PM. 2 North Main. Al! ages are welcome at the New Delhi. Atmosphere aplenty. If you never dined at the New Delhi, you really should. ~ START YOUR ENGINES: SUMMER DRAG RACES Eureka Live’s Duck Tape Divas will host Drag Racing Friday & Saturday 9PM. Special Guest performer Drag King Billy Badass and the Amazing Magic of the Tinman. 34 North Main, Underground FATZ 59 CLASSIC ROCK AT JACK’S PLACE 37 Spring Street, Friday and Saturday, 9 PM Midnight. High Octane Jell-O-Shots for a Buck!!!Legendary ’HANDSOME LEE’ On The Door. It’s all happenin’ between Center and Spring. o HARDWARE AT THE YARD Lumberyard, 105 East Van Buren, The Yard has yet to disclose what they have in store. Whatever it is, they always find some way to celebrate!! EXORCISE THE HANGOVER DEMONS You want crazy? We’ll give ya crazy! A Diversity Breakfast you will never forget. Play" Name That Tung’ With Sandy at the Smokehouse Cafd, 580 West Van Buren, Saturday & Sunday, 8:30 A.M tol l:30ish, biscuits as big as your head. WIN Fabulous Prizes. Highly Recomended. o RAMPANT STREET SEX! Not really: Just some amusement for the tourist and to annoy the fundies. The Summer Diversity Public Display Of Affection Photo Shoot..12 noon, Basin Park band shell, downtown. A G-rated opportunity to smooch your sweetie-or the perfect stranger-for posterity. Eureka Pride has treats to pass out for the first to come, first to get. Park Music Stylings, ! 2 - 2 PM Jones Van Jones, 2-4 PM 2 - 4 Cletus Got Shot, 4-6PM 4 - 6 The HillBenders. OPEN ARMS SPIRITUALITY Saturday.Discussion on the spiritual path of the Sufis with Sufi Master: Don Kitz at Eureka Springs Library Annex 2 - 4 PM Sunday Discussion on the spiritual path of Wicca with Wiccan Priest: Tymythy Aieran at Eureka Springs Library Annex 1 - 3PM ...... Continued See EUREY,~k Page-20 MORTUARY SERVICE, =¢ #~®t~°oSTAR 9 �N Wockner News Service gay sex ban struck down 17% of GLBTs decriminalized Following an @t-year court battle, India’s Delhi High Court legalized gay sex tidy 2 in a forcefid and poetic ruling that had GLBT activists ~ying in the courtroom. Marchers protested the sodomy ban at last year’s Delhi gay pride parade. Wockner News photo by Sonali Gulati Following an eight-year court battle, India’s Delhi High Court legalized gay sex July 2 in a forceful and poetic ruling that had GLBT activists crying in the courtroom. The ruling took effect immediately -nationally -- and will remain in effect unless the Supreme Court reverses it. Several major Western media outlets erroneously reported July 2 that the ruling only applied in New Delhi. The court decision "read dowff’ Section 377 of the Indian Pena! Code so that it no longer applies to the activities of consenting adults. The section bans "carnal intercourse against the order of nature ,vith any man, woman or animal" under penalty of 10 years to life in prison. The court smashed 377’s application to gay people in myriad ways, finding it violated a constitutional guarantee of equality under the law, a constitutional ban on discrimination based on sex, and constitutional promises of personal liberty and protection of life. The ruling is chock-full of soaring statements in support of India’s GLBT population, including: * "The critninalisation of homosexuality condemns in perpetuity a sizable section of society and forces them to live their lives in {he shadow of harassment, exploitation, humiliation, cruel and degrading treatment at the hands of the law enforcement machinery. ... Section 377 IPC grossly violates their right to privacy and liberty embodied in Article 21 insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual acts between adults in private." * "Section 377 IPC targets the homosexual community as a class and is motivated by an animus towards this vulnerable class of people .... It has no other purpose than to criminalise conduct which fails to conform vdth the moral or religious views of a section of society. Tile discrimination severely affects the rights and interests of homosexuals and deeply impairs their dignity." 10 ~>{~’oSTAR * "When everything associated with homosexuality is treated as bent, queer, repugnant, the whole gay and lesbian community is marked with deviance and perversity.... The result is that a significant group of the population is, because of its sexual non-conformity, persecuted, marginalised and turned in on itself." * "We hold that sexual orientation is a ground analogous to sex and that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not permitted by Article 15 .... A provision of law branding one section of people as criminal based wholly on the State’s moral disapproval of that class goes counter to the equality guaranteed under Articles 14 and 15 under any standard of review." .... [R]ight to personal liberty’ and ’right to equality’ are fundamental human rights. which belong to individuals simply by virtue of their humanity: ... A Bill of Rights does not ’confer’ fundamental human rights. It confirms their existence and accords them protection." "~ "Indian Constitutional laxv does not permit the statutory criminal law to be held captive by the popular misconceptions of who the LGBTs are. It cannot be forgotten that discrimination is antithesis of equality and that it is the recognition of equality which will foster the dignity of every individual .... We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and t5 of the Constitution." What happens next? The national government could appeal the ruling to India’s Supreme Court, though that is considered unlikely; the national government could both accept the ruling and use it as ammo to introduce a bill in Parliament to duplicate the ruling in national law; and/or anti-gay parties to the lawsuit could appeal to the Supreme Court. But until such time as the Supreme Court overturns the Delhi ruling, India’s GLBTs -- who comprise more than 17 percent of all GLBT people on the planet -- are no longer criminals. India has a population of nearly 1.2 billion people. The erroneous reports that the ruling did not apply outside of New Delhi appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, on the Associated Press ~vire and elsewhere. (For correct information, see bit.ly/WeX,vO and bit. ly/7su4o.) "Every major media outlet in the ~vorld got this wrong because they don’t understand how the Indian courts work," said journalist Vikram Doctor of India’s Queer Media Collective. "It will apply nationally until somebody challenges that at the Supreme Court, which is where this case is going to end up anyway." In most common-law court systems, including India’s in this case, the decision of an appellate court binds lower courts within its territorial iurisdiction and also is the ’last’ word on the subject nationally unless a court of equa! authority elsewhere makes a contrary decision or the supreme court reverses the decision. An appellate decision also binds the parties in the case (which include the Indian government in this case) r~gardless of where they are in the country. Meanwhile, gay pride parades were staged in four Indian cities June 27-28 -- New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Bhubaneshwar. At least 2,000 people marched in New Delhi. Marches are still to come in Mumbai and Kolkata. 300 march in Sofia Around 300 people marched in the second gay pride parade in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 27, twice as many as last year. Police and private security officers, hired by pride organizers, protected the marchers to prevent a recurrence of last year’s violence, when sldnheads and right-wing extremists attacked the parade with bottles, rocks, eggs, firecrackers, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails, resulting in 80 arrests. This ),ear’s march, which traveled from the National Palace of Culture~to the Red House debate club, encountered nothing more serious than some booing. Organizers called for a law to bail anti-gay discrimination in employment. Liza does Paris Pride Singer and gay icon Liza Minnelli danced on a float in Paris’gay pride parade flme 2Z To her left.: Gay Paris Mayor Bertrand DelanM. Photo by Nikolai Alekseev Singer and gay icon Liza Minnelli danced on a float in Paris’ gay pride parade June 27. Minnelli is the daughter of gay icon Judy Garland, whose death five days before the Stonewall Riots 40 years ago is thought to have contributed to the foul mood of the gays who decided to fight back against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn. "Freedom," Minnelli shouted from the float. About 700,000 people took part in the festivities. "We knew that she (Minnelli) had a concert this evening in Paris but when her agent told us that she could come, we thought it was a joke," Pride spokesman Philippe Castel mid Agence France-Presse. Berlin also held Pride on June 27. About 550,000 people turned out, reports said. Gay pride goes well in Jerusalem, for a change About 2,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s gay pride parade June 25 without incident, but for one tossed egg. Previous years’ marches have been met with violent protests, stabbings and the arrest of a man carrying a bomb. Police protection was reduced this year, to a mere 1,600 officers. No matter who you are o are on life’s journey, -Re~ere~d Dr. K~hy 3131 hi. Pennsylvania, Oklaho 405.525.9555 August 2009 �New group forms to help gay refugees Saudis arrest 67 cross- A new organization in San Francisco aims to help GLBT refugees ~vho are fleeing sexual or gender-based violence in their native lands. Only through raising consdousness of LGBT refugee issues to governments, refugee organizations, communities and the media, will help come to these individuals, who are among the most persecuted people in the world today," the Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration said in a statement. The group provides free legal counsel for GLBT refugees who have escaped their home countries, and it will conduct ’\videranging international advocacy to advance the protection of all LGBT refugees and asylum seekers." "LGBT refugees often fall through the cracks of the international refugee regime," said Executive Director Neil Grungras. "They have escaped systematic hatred and violence at home, and their LGBT identity brings serious new threats to their safety and protection in countries of first asylum. MaW live in a toxic mix of destitution and desperation. "The recent surge in homophobic violence in Iraq has shone a spodight on the painful truths we’re dealing with first-hand in the Middle East. LGBTs are the most persecuted people in many regions of the world today. For every reported execution, there are likely tens of judicially or family-sanctioned murders." In recent months, several Iraqigays have been shot to death by militias and anti-~ay family or tribe members; Some have h~dtheir anuses glued shut by deah squadsi arid there have been allegaions of executions by the government. Reports in April said gay men were being captured and their anuses superglued with something called "American gum," after which they were being forced to ingest a diarrhea-causing substance and sometimes died. Scott Long, director of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Rights Division, visited Iraq in April and "collected several accounts" of the practice, which reportedly can be seen in mobile-phone videos that have been passed around inside the country. Massive abuses are taking ~lace ~ Baghdad, and apparently in other cities in the center and south," Long said. "XWe may never know the full sweep and scope of the killings so far, amid a pervasive insecurity that brutalizes innumerable people and devastates multiple communities, but we ate ,d°ing everything we,.,.can to,, determine and ctocument accountability. Police arrested 67 mostly Filipino men for wearing women’s clothing June 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The roundup took place at a private residence during a Philippines Independence Day party. The men were charged with imitating women and possessing alcohol. Similar arrests in the past have led to imprisonment and floggings. "If the police in Saudi Arabia can arrest people simply because they don’t like their clothes, no one is safe," said Human Rights Watch researcher Rasha Moumneh. "Arresting and charging people simply because the police decide that their appearance is unacceptable strikes at the heart of human freedom." Poles hate same-sex Seventy-five percent of Poles oppose legalization of same-sex marriage and 87 percent say gay couples shouldn’t be allowed {o adopt chi]’dren, a Gt~ Polonia poll has found. ~e poll is the latest example of the wide gulf on _~ay acceptance that separates Western Europe ~rom the European nations that used to be part of the Communist bloc. Same-sex marriage is legal in Europe in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden -- and most other Western European nations have civil-union laws for gay couples. www.metrostarnews.com I million & prime minister’s wife at London Pride dressers Ukraine bans Briino Sacha Baron Cohen’s new gay flick Br~ino has been banned in Ukraine for alleged immorality, obscenity and impropriety. The Culture Ministry said it was displeased with the movie’s "artistically unjustified" gay-sex scenes, obscene language, nudity, graphic homosexuality, sadisra and anti-soc.ial behavior. In the U.S., the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation also has dissed the film. "The filmmakers wanted to use satire to highlight and challenge homophobia," said GLAM) President Jarrett Barrios. "But their film also reinforces troubling attitudes about gay people in ways that run counter to the intentions ofthe filmmal~ers. "The movie repeatedly builds entire scenes around stock stereotypes and situations that make gay people and families the butt of crude jokes. I can’t help but think of all the teenage kids already getting bullied, beat up and ridiculed for being -- or for being thought to be -- gay. For these kids, this movie will give their tormentors one more word in the anti-gay lexicon of slurs: Br~no." Some gay bloggers and Facebook users who have seen the film say GLAAD is humorless and needs to find its funnybone -- a charge the group occasionally has encountered before. Group says GLBT activists targeted after Honduran coup ~he International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on July 17 condemned "the recent murder and arbitrary arrests of... LGBT activists in Honduras." "IGLHRC has learned that these human rights abuses have occurred as a direct result of the military coup on June 28 ... which ousted that country’s democratically elected government," the group said. A transgender activist xvas shot dead June 29 a block from the gay community center in the city of San Pedro Sula, IGLHRC said. "Local activists in Honduras claim she was killed by military police patrolling the streets," the organization reported. Five other GLBT activists -- Hdctor Licona, Donny Reyes, Patrick Pav6n, Claudia ...... Continued see HONDURAS page 20 One million people, including Sarah Brown, wife of Prime Mimster Gordon Brown, took part m Londons gay pride pamde July 4. ScotsGay ph~to One million people and Sarah Brown, xvife of Prime Minister Gordon BroWn, took part in Londoffs gay pride parade Jnly 4. Mrs. Brown carried a red, white and pink Union Jack flag. Members of the military marched in uniform, as did firefighters and a contingent from British Airways. Prior to the march, Mr. Brown met with organizers at his residence and said theUnited Kingdom has made "massive strides" in the march toward gay equality. Marriage is almost the last thing on the agenda for British GLBTs. An existing civilpartnership law grants registered same-sex couples all the rights of marriage. Noted gay activist Peter Tatchell carried a sign in the parade that read: "Gordon & Sarah can marry, gays can’t. End the ban on gay marriage." He wore a T-shirt that said "Homo Libertd, Egatitd, Sexualit&" 1 million at Madrid Pride, 35,000 at Barcelona Pride About 35,000 people marched in Barcelona’s first large-scale gay pride parade June 28. Photo by Yves Bohic A million people turned out for Madrid’s gay pride parade July 4. With same-sex marriage already legal and little left to fight for, organizers put forth the theme of greater freedom for GLBT young people in schools. In Barcelona, about 35,000 people marched June 28. It was the city’s first largescale pride parade. The procession began at Plaga de la Universitat and ended at Plaga d’Espanya. ~®t~oSTAR 11 �p t the °°gay" in Christian, 12 ~;~STAR August 2009 �AUGUST H TH 2009 O A M ~ENTER TO WIN BANTA www.metrostamews.com ~etroSTAR 13 �14 #~troSTAR August 2009 �We have found Heaven and it is BOOTHBA¥ HARBOR, MAINE by Donald Pile and Ray Williams Photo: From a room with a viw~ Topside Inn On our recent 4 week driving trip to the east coast we visited a lot of cities, towns and villages and had a wonderful time at each of them. All were fun, interesting and exciting to visit however our stay in Boothbay Harbor, Maine was "beyond fabulous"! We first checked into the Topside Inn. It is located on the tallest hill in the city and was a 19th century sea captain’s home. They also have guest cottages to the side of the main house. They have a total of 21 guest rooms. The owners, Brian Lamb and Ed McDermott have mvned the Inn for several years and they certainly know how to do everything PJGHT !!!!! The views of the harbol; ships, seals, birds and the flora and fauna from the Inn are absolutely incredible! ~le view from our room looking out into the harbor was just like a movie set! This truly was Heaven! All guest rooms have their own private in-suite bathrooms, cable TV and dial-out telephone. King, queen, or two beds are available. All rooms include hair dryers, irons and ironing boards. Brealdqast is something that is a "DO NOT MISS". A fabulously scruraptious si~down breal’~ast is served every morning in the breakfast room which overloolcs the bay. It iust doesn’t get any better! We me~ a lot of wonderful gnests from all over the country while staying there. Many guests return time and time again because of the great way that Brian and Ed makes all of their guests feel a~ home. Everything about this Inn is perfect! The owners should open a school for innkeepers on the right w~ay to run an hm. And did we mention the incredible views that we had from our room at the Iun? There’s the sunrise and the famous footbridge over the inner harbor, to the lighthouses, islands, out to sea, aud the western sunset. Their website is: http://www.topsideinn.com/and their toll free phone is 1-888-633-5404 or you can emait them at info@topsideinn.com. Downtown Boothbay is just a couple of blocks down the hill and it is filled ~vith quaint restaurants, galleries, shops and the www.metrostarnews.com the waterfront piers. You can take excursion boat trips ranging from an hour cruise to a full day at sea. Visit the Historical Society in Boothbay Harbor and the Museum in Southport to learn about ice cutting and ship building in days gone by. See the handiwork of local boat yards, which continue the tradition in state-of-the art materials, and keep aliv~ their heritage of world-class boat builders. Watch the lobstermen tend their traps, or put to sea for a close enconnter with a barnacleencrusted whale. Actually, Boothbay Harbor has been around since the 1700’S when it was a fishing village and shipbuilding center. By 1900 over 500 vessels had been built in the region. Tl~e first morning we visited the Botanical Gardens which was a real treat. Check it out at va*av.mainegardens.org. It is New England’s largest botanical garden on 248 waterfront acres with beautiful gardens, waterfront trails, sculpture and much, more. Enjoy collections of roses, native plants, rhododendrons and thousands of other perennials, ornamental trees, shrubs and spring bulbs. It is a ,vonderful walldng tour and you can either take a guided tour on visit it by yourself. They are open 9 to 5 everyday and all year long. No trip to Boothbay Harbor would be complete without taking a Schooner Eastwind cruise. Herb and Doris Smith have built six schooners and have sailed around the world t~vice with their children. They offer a 2 V2 hour cruise in the harbor where you can visit several small islands, birds, seals and other sea life and a lighthouse. They have 3 or 4 cruises everyday. Call 207.633.6598 to make a reservation. This is the finest Schooner cruise that we have ever taken. Herb and Doris really enjoy telling people about their travels and explains everything about the Schooner. This is the only cruise to take! And now, the best of the best when it comes to dining. In our travels from coast to coast we have never had such a fabulous dining experience as we had our last night in -Boothbay Harbor. Ports of Italy is a family owned and operated restaurant. Chef Davide Rossi and his wife Christa are the owners. We used taste buds that we have not used in years! We are NOT talking spaghetti and meatballs here, but a full range of northern Italian cuisine that is mouth-watering tasty. Between courses be sure and try their Intermezzo to cleanse your palette with the fabulously, delicious Lemon Sorbet and Vodka Slush. Just be sure and save room for some of the wonderful desserts. Their website is www.portsofitaly.com. As we said, in all of our travels, this is the finest dining experience that we have ever had! We had a 7 course meal that night and everything that we had was "beyond" fabulous and we know that we will never, ever have a dining experience so grand as this one. That is, until we return to Boothbay Harbor again. Boothbay Harbor is a wonderful place to spend a week or two and just relax, enjoy the sights and sounds of the area. Forget going to the Red Door for a complete rejuvenation of yourself. UCAN, INC TO FOCUS ON HIV/ AIDS PR£VENTION By Victor Gorin Reverend Loyce Newton Edwards of Church of the Open Arms UCC. Gorin photo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK In 2008 UCAN Inc. ( United Church of Christ MDS/HIV Network) was formed under the Health and Wholeness Ministry of the United Church of Christ to establish a program for people of faith to address the issues of HIV/MDS. This will feature a special focus on HIV prevention. Among 8 members of UCAN’s Board of Directors, one is the Reverend Loyce Newton-Edwards of UCC’s Church of the Open Arms in Oklahoma City, and another is the Reverend Leslie Penrose of Tulsa’s Community of Hope UCC Church. States Reverend Loyce, " I’m excited about this new ministry because through the United Church of Christ we can work vdth local community partners to develop HIVIMDS programs, including a focus on prevention. \Ve want to do something positive, to expand our territory of ministry to include a specific outreach to those infected and affected by HIV/MDS. " UCAN has applied for a grant from the Federal Center for Disease Control which would be over 2 million dollars, but as of press time it has nor yet been approved. This outreach would bring needed services to people in need wherever UCC churches are located, throughout the United States and abroad. Instead iusr go to Boothbay Harbor, and don’t forget to stay at the wonderful Topside Inn. Owners Brian and Ed are the best of the best. For more information go to ,vww. boothbayharbor.com. Always remember to have fun ,vhen traveling, meet new people and talk to everyone! }~®{~’oSTAR 15 ���18, @Club 209, Tulsa @ The Ledo, Oklahoma City @ Tulsa Eagle, Tulsa @ Finishline, Oklahoma City @ Angles, Oklahoma City @ The End Up, Tulsa August 2009 �ARE YOU WONDERIN WHEI EVERYONE ItAS BEEN LATELY? Open Every Day 4pro to 2am 836 - 09 q 5 Monda.y Friends and Family @ 6pm Dancers @ 10pm Tuesday $0.50 Draught Beer Night Dancers @ 10pm Wednesday Pool Tournament @ 8pm Dancers @ 10pm Thursday Bin" Bingo with E-Lyra St. James @ 7pm Dancers @ 10pm Friday Dancers @ 10pm Saturday Dancers@ 10pm Sunday Free Pool All Day DanCers Open Every Day at 2pro {9"!8} 437 -0449 Monday Movie Madness - Showtimes 7pm and lOpm Tuesday Drama Lite- All the Gay, Half the Drama Wednesday A Night in Vegas Drag Show @ 10pm Thursday $0.50 Draught Beer Night Friday Cabaret Night @ 8pm Saturday Big Gay Dating Game w/Daphne Rio @ 10pm Sunday Disco Night @ 9pm The Hideaway Tropical Lounge becomes the World’s Smallest Disco ww~v.metrostarnews.com @etroSTAR 19 �By Camper English q-he Mixer Mix-up Much as I love the name, I can’t bring myself to consume what the kids today are calling the Skinny Bitch. This cocktail is usually made with a flavored vodka, Diet Coke. and a squeeze of lime. My issue with the drink doesfft involve the liquor, but with the artificially flavored and sweetened soda. But the Skinny Bitch is not really a drink focused on the Coke: it’s a drink focused on the Diet. Also focusing on the diet is a writer named Teresa Marie Howes, who wrote a whole book on diet drinks this year called Skinnydnis. Most of the recipes in the book cut calories in cocktails by adjusting the amounts of liqueurs and mixers. ,as distilled spirits like gin and vodka all have about the same -~ number of calories per volume. Her drinks call for light or diet iuices and sodas, and flavored water and other mixers ~ ~:~ ~ instead of sugarladen liqueurs in ~_o~ recipes. She makes crab/placements like swapping out the orange liqueur in a Margarita with light orange juice and Sweet ’N Low. One set of mixers that are often mixed tip are soda water and tonic water. They, both have water in the name so you can understand the confusion, but the two are vastly different liquids. Soda water is carbonated water, and mixes well with vodka. (Gin not so much.l Tonic water pairs well with more spirits, and is consumed in different countries with vodka, gin, rum. tequila, and even Port wine. But tonic began as a tonic - a medicine used to prevent and cure malaria. It gets its flavor from the very bitter quinine that was once harvested from the bark of the cinchona tree, niclmamed the "fever tree" as it cured the malarial fever. To make the powdered bark palatable, explorers and soldiers in mosquito-intense countries around the world added sugar to the solution. Later, gin was added and the G&T was born. Hooray for medicine! The important thing to note in that last paragraph is the use of sugar. Its presence (or more commonly, the presence of high fi’ucmse corn syrup) in drinks means it has those calories you’ve been trying to avoid. Many people think they’re sipping a diet drink when they choose tonic water, but 20 really they may as well be swilling cola. Now that I’m a fully functioning cocktail snob, I don’t drink the tonic water, sodas and juices that come out of the cocktail squirter in bars at all. I like fresh juices and mixers without artificial sweeteners - and it turns out these typically have less calories than do the sugared-up cranberry juice and sodas you’ll get in most bars anyway. At home. you can buy high quality mixers with natural and organic sweeteners for your cocktails: Out at the clubs though, you probably won’t have that option, so you can opt for diet soda or soda water as mixers. Or better yet, opt for that sugar-laden Apple-Cosmo-Choco~Tini at the bar. and then spend the night worldng off those calories on the dancefloor. Camper English is a cacktails and spirits writer andImblisher ofAlc~mics.com Census Bureau will count married gay couples as married The U.S Census Bureau said June 19 it will count married gay couples as married in the 2010 census. The prior plan had been to retabulate such couples as "unmarried partners," an existing census-form category, because of the federal ban on recognition of samesex marriages. Gay activists, as part of their recent broadside against President Barack Obama’s inaction on gay issues, had srepped up their criticism of the plan to skew the data. Gay marriage is legal in three states and wil! be legal in five, six or raore by the time of the census. TABC says Texas bar raid was a big mistake By Rex Wockner The head of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission told the gay newspaper Dallas Voice on July 16 that his officers committed multiple "clear violations" of agency policy when they and local police raided the gay bar Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth on June 28, the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The violent raid put patron Chad Gibson in a hospital intensive-care unit with bleeding on his brain. Two other patrons sustained lesser injuries and several patrons were arrested for the crime of having drunk too much. "I don’t think you have to dig very deep to figure out that TABC has violated some of their policies," Alan Steen said. "XTqe know that and I apologize for that .... It’s real dear that however it is that ~ve were doing business that night is not the typical TABC." "You can read (our) policy and you can figure out really quickly, TABC shotfldn’t have even been there," he said. "If our guys would have followed the damn policy, we wouldn’t even have been there .... We don’t participate in those kinds of inspections when there’s not probable cause or reasonable suspicion or some public safety matter to be inspected." * THREE IMPROMPTU POOL PARTEAZE ON TAP FOR SATURDA~ The guests of the TRADEWINDS, home of the "HIDDEN POOL" are welcome to host their own s~vim party. Invite your friends over for an impromptu after dark ........ dip in the pool Reserve your Tradewinds themed room nmv by calling David or Terry (479) 253-9774, request the Summer Diversity Weekend rate. Land O Nod aka:The Pink Palace, POOL PART~. Guests are welcorne to invite their new friends, old friends, and even the Xfriends over for a swim... No glass...Plenty of towels...Pool honrs will be extended until 12 midnight... Toll Free: 1-800-526-3263 Local Phone: (479) 253-6262. Rooms as low as 59.00 a night...mffst request DW rate. Alvin & Charlie are hosting a PRIVATE MEN ONLY POOL PARTY at their private residence. MUST drop by the Byrds Eye View, 36 North Main or Contact EurekaPride Sponsors Alvin & Charlie for an invitation and details. Toll Free: 888 210-8401 ° STRADDLE THIS... For those who enjoy the thrill of wrapping your legs around a tornado of pounding pistons, THE DIVERITY BIKER’S OZARKS FUN RUN’ Sat. August 8, 11 AM, Planers Parking Lot Hwy 23 N. (Main St.) and Hwy. 62. This ride will require a helmet. Also, bring a bathing suit, if you want to take a dip. There will be a lunch stop during the ride. ~ NOWWE’RE HUNGR~q FREE GOURMET BUFFET & ARTIST RECEPTION at the new Dreamweaver Gallery, 184 N. Main. Gallery owners David artd Melanie go top chef with a full dinner buffet. Drop by for a culinary adventure, art, and meet their featured guest, art photographer Matt Johnson. Check out all the Eureka art during the "2ND Saturday ~Gallery Stroll,~’ on Saturday from 3- 8 PM. SHAYdN NOT STIRRED! Henri’s Just One More. 19 V2 Spring Street. Saturday Night Karaoke Dance Party with DJ’S Shakin" not Stirred. IMPORTA_NT REMINDER- BE COOL, BE SEEN, BE SAFE: avoid those Diversity buzz-killers like getting a DUI or trying to find a parking place downtown. Eureka Springs Limousine. $5.00 point to point. Call 479-363-6055 for your PICK-UP! Cervantes and Lizeth iivila -- were arrested, detained and beaten June 29 in Tegucigalpa, the capital, IGLHRC said. "Nae arrests occurred while the activists were participating in a demonstration in support of the democratically elected government," the group said. The five activists are well-known GLBT leaders. "The recent coup in Honduras is an illegal assault on democracy that violates the rights of all Honduran citizens, including those ,vho identify as LGBT," said IGLHRC Executive Director Cary Alan Johnson. "We especially deplore the vicious murder and arbitrary arrests of LGBT people in the wake of this crisis." August2009 �by Jack Fertig August 2009 "Keep it light, Sagittarius" Mercury in Leo trine to Eris provokes bold partisan assertions. There’s healthy room for that, but it can go overboard. Mercury then opposes Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius. leading through confusion, perhaps to improvement in ideals and philosophy. "You stand a better chance of improving yourself, not othe rs. ARIES (Narch 20-Apri~ 19): Culture clash can give you a better sense of who you are and who you’re not, but that will be challenged again when you reassess political ideals. Confusion and change are necessary steps to growth. Just walk through it. TAURUS (Apri~ 20 - Nay 20): Pride in home and family can clash with honesty about sameness. Ask yourself the hard questions that have never been answered. "Your insights could lead to reconsidering career goals. New answers there would also be helpful! GEN~NI~ (Nay 21- June 20): Your brilliant ideas can be very helpful in political long-range planning, but they wil~ start up arguments over principles, A real world approach may be needed to get idealist notions down to earth, but grounding will not come easily. SAGITTAR~US (November 22 - December 20): You need a forum for your opinion. Keep it light and playful and more people will listen. Appeal to emotions more than logic. Sticking to ideals and principles may be safer than citations that you’re "reasonably sure" of. 1 4 12 LIBRA (September 23 - October 22): Playful banter with friends can lead you into a situation, pushing you to take sides, or you mig ht be able to negotiate a common ground between opposing camps. Solutions may defy logic. Creativity and intuition serve much better! SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21}: You can make an effective gobetween for colleagues and bosses. Being clear about which side you’re on will make you more effective. Your focus on career can be a distraction from problems at home. Your distraction could even be the problem. w~vw.metrostarnews.com 10 11 ’12 !13 16 ! 33 ~ 39 40 ~ 58 }59 60 DovTI3 Across t Figure skater Doug 2 Nuts 0fa tall one 3 It’s deep in a movie title 4 Hall ’Universi~ 5 ~tflavor for gin 6 Shining examples CANCER (June 21o Ju~y 22): Know your worth and hang out with the right people in your profession, those whose level you should be at. Strutting you~ Stuff in the Sack - maybe some exhibitionism?, can open up new channels for fantasy and exploration. V~RGO (August 23 - September 22): That buzz in your brain, perhaps about mortality or sexual identity, could prove enlightening. See where it leads. Worries about health should motivate you to better exercise and hygiene. (There’s always room for improvement!) 9 8 ~ AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Arguments with your partner are inflamed by a sense of competition. Remember, you’re on the same side! Together you can be unbeatable. Selfdoubt can be a good thing if it leads you to better answers. Island of Diamond Head Beach Come-on after following a gay guy? LEO (July 23 -August 22): The simplest observation can quickly become an ideological or academic thesis. That could be good, clarifying your own sense of where you stand. In relationships, however, your position may baffle you. Enjoy the mystery; it won’t last long. 7 ~ 15 CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): Leaning on your own ethnic identity, or your ethnic preferences, can help you strut your hot stuff. Sexual preference for a certain skin color may be racist, or not. It’s all in the context and attitude. Checking your own couldn’t hurt. HSCES (February 19 - Narch 19): If you must argue with colleagues, make sure it’s about something important; remember you’re ultimately on the same team. Is it really something at work that’s bothering you? Take time out, and meditate to find the real problem. 6 3 7 Prefix with physics 8 ~]ite~ A Boys Own 9 Frank of the House 10 Jaclde~ designer 1t Liza, to Lorna 12 Sept. follower 13 Month in Madrid 2l Dish nanie 22 Not in the pink 25 Antigay prejudice, e.g. 26 Phil of folk music 27 Home ofth~ Buckeyes 30 Be under the weather 32 Yellow-bri& way nd_ 45 Day before saying "~GIF" ~7 Halfofa pair 0fballs Community for People living H W/A D S A 50’! c (3) Non Profit Organization Our House, Too offers a variety of activities for people who are HIV+ and or living with AIDS to help combat the social isolation that many of our people live through each and everyday. We provide a Toiletry and Household Pantry for those who are HIV+ and or living with AIDS who cannot afford to purchase these items for themselves. We invite anyone who would like to volunteer or provide financial assistance to please contact us by phone 918-585-9552 or e-rnail ourhousetoo9865@sbcglobal.net Solution page 23 evidence 59 Way cool 60 Hydrocarbon su~x ~’ ~troSTAR 21 �by Greg Fox Another artistic aspect of Tulsa Ballet is its commitment to create art in Oklahoma and export it to the world. With this concept in mind, the compaW built Studio K: a 300 seat, $6 million theater, dedicated to the creation of new art. This Is Your Life vcas among the first works to be presented in the new theater. Created loosely on the concept of the 1950’s television show that bore the same name, this work merges drama, humor, acting and stunning dancing to tell the stoW of its characters. Tulsa Ballet will perform according to the fi~llowing schedule at The Joyce ~neater in New’~%rk City from August 10 - 15: Monday - \Vednesday at 7:30 pro, Tnursday- Saturday at 8pm and Sunday- at 2pro. Tickets for these performances are $19; $29; $39 and can be arranged by calling JoyceCharge a 212-242-0800 " or online at "~mv.joyce.org. NOTE: Ticket prices are subject to change. %e Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at I9th Street in Chelsea. If you can’t make the trip to see the company in New York, Tulsa Ballet is hosting a Big Apple Preview- Night in Tulsa on N~ursday, August 6 at Studio K, 1212 East 45th Place. Tickets are still available for this special event featuring a wine and hor d’ouevres reception at 6:30 pm followed by the performance at 7:00 pm. Tne evening will culminate with champagne and desserts on stage with the compan> Tickets can be purchased by contacting Amy Miller, Director of Development at (918) 392-5933. The 2009-20 I0 Tulsa Ballet Season begins in October with the Oklahoma premiere of Ben Stevensoffs spectacular production of Dracula that will be performed in Tulsa and Oklahoma City during the Halloween season. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data magazine Text Any textual data included in the document One million people, including Sarah Brown, wife of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, took part in London’s gay pride parade July 4. MORE on page 11 THE PREMIER SOURCE FOR G T OKLAHOMA VOLUME 6 iSSUE 8 MetroStarN÷ws.com AUGUST 1,2009 S 0KLAHOMAAGAIN! The crowd was about equally divided among those supporting her views and those opposed. Those in opposition began shouting Shame on you! repeatedly, alon~-with "Love-thy neighb6r!" - By Victor Gorin State Representative Sally Kern, Dis#qct 84 at the Oklahoma State Capitol, Gorin photo $ 0,000 By Victor Gorin OKLAHOMA CITY, OK On Monday July 13 an emergency meeting and press conference ofOKC Pride was hdd at Epworth Methodist Church to deal with the disappearance of a sum estimated to be within the $10,000 to $15,000 range. This cash, which was supposed to have been deposited in the OKC Pride bank account, was derived from contributions, T shirt sales and purchase tickets sold on behalf of vendors. Apparendy assumed to be deposited in OKC Pride’s Chase Bank account by Treasurer Christine Plante, OKC Pride Co-Chair Patti Thompson was surprised to receive word from the bank the following Wednesday after the Pride Weekend that the OKC Pride account was over $4,000 overdrawn, and thus learned that An emergency meeting about this was held by the Board of Directors Thursday July 9 at the Boom, and Ms. Plante was allegedly contacted and asked to be at this meeting, but she did not show up. Although offidally scheduled to be at the July 13 meeting as well Ms. Plante was again not present, and there was no information as to her wherabouts or situation, although a widely drculated rumor was that she had checked herself into a rehabilitation facility. In her place, OKC Press Liaison Nathan Thompson gave a report, stating that OKC Pride had met with the Oklahoma City police to report the incident July 10, but had no further information. Despite the losses, at the time of the meeting OKC Pride had paid all ~e cash money, which had been obtained their outstanding debts and had cash on hand om about 3 ago weeks up to and including of around $2500 in 2 separate bank accounts, the event~ hadn& be~n d~posiled ~er all J3y through assis~€~ byd~h0~ from the that time Christine Ptante had disappeared as commtmity including John Gibbons (owner well, leaving the community wondering what of the Boom), Dan Johnson, Jack Melisa, and wen~ wrong and who was r~sponsible. ....... ContinUed See OKC PRIDE Page-4 OYA~ktOMA CITY, OK__ Around 250 people gathered at the Oldahoma State Capitol for State Representative Sally Kern’s presentation of her Proclamation of Morality, about evenly divided between supporters and those in opposition. The prodamation, which does not have the force of law, blamed the economic problems of our nation due to America "forsaldng the rich Christian heritage upon which our nation was built" and because "our nation has become a world leader in promoting abortion, pornography, same sex marriage, sex trafficking, divorce, illegitimate births, child abuse and many other forms of debauchery." It also criticized President Obama for signing a proclamation recognizing June as Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month while not taking a more active role in the National Day of Prayer, although President Obama did issue a proclamation supporting that event as well on May 7. Ms.Kern, a Republican who represents District 84, has garnered international attention for her outspoken conservative views, particularly concerning the GLBT community. In a speech taped at a Republican gathering last year that later made Youtube, she stated that the gay community was a bigger threat "than Islam or terrorism," and compared gays to cancer in "one’s big toe" in their relationship to society, However, unlike similar gatherings in the past, the crowd was about equally divided among those supporting her views and those opposed. After she had given a short speech ........... Continued See SALLY Page-4 Senate approves hatecrimes measure xWASHINGTON, DC (PR) The U.S. Senate approved a bill to add sexual orientation, gender identity and other categories to federal hate-crimes protections. The final vote came July 20. The bill will soon be on its way to President Obama’s desk, where he’ll get a chance to make good on his promise to sign it. This vote came on the heels of tremendous pressure from radical right-wing groups that used every trick in the book. They called the bill the "Pedophile Protection Act," among other outrageous claims. They dismissed the barbaric hate crime that took Matthew Shepard’s life as a "hoax." They flooded the Senate with hundreds of thousands of letters and calls. The measure, which passed on a voice vote, was attached to a defense-spending bill. A move to remove it from that bill failed 63-28. The House of Representatives already has passed a similar bill. "More than 60 senators support the Matthew Shepard Act, legislation that will provide police and sheriffs’ departments with the tools and resources they need to ensure that entire communities are not terrorized by hate violence," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. Both Oklahoma senators fel! for the radical right’s ploy and voted against the hate crimes bill failing to stand up for equali~ To contact both Oklahoma Senators call their Washington office, Sen. James ’Jim’ M. Inhofe (202) 224-4721 and Sen. Tom A. Coburn (202) 224-5754. Oklahoma Weather Forecast for August 2009 Aug 1-4: Sunny, hot. Hurricane threat in Gulf Aug 5-10: T-storms north, hot south Aug 11-14: Scattered T-storms, ~ seasonable Aug 15-21: Sunny, very warm AUg 27-31: Scattered ~-storms, warm Avg. Temperature: 83.5° (avg. norda, 3° above south) Precipitation: 3.5" (1" above avg.) N~YION This year’s OKC Pride Grand just love being with my friends in Oklahoma City," Page-6 L>> BILL (Lt" N"’tON= SJPPORTS~ /AYS Diversity Over 150 unique Shops and galleries, and many parties for your entertainn{ent. Page 9 WO~ZLD >> ?R~DE 2009 I PLUS -~ LIFES";YLETR~ /EL ~ AR" ~ I Beating victim Chad Gibson, who now has a life-threatening blood clot on his brain goes home. Gibson xvants the officers to be prosecuted.. Page 8 #INE / SCOPES a ease pa rP Everyone who completes @e s#rvey by August 31, 2009 P~ease take the survey today, and te~ year Tremendous strides toward fa~ equality have been achieved by oar tenth,unities ever the past decade. There’s Power in ear Pride. Power te n~ake a difference: Gay and [esbiaa su~ey studies have opened doers (and minds) in ~ea~ing corporations aria organizations, which in turn have rec~gn~ze~ the va~ue of the~r LGBT employees through the es~b~shment of equa~ h~dng po~c~es an~ ~omest[c pa~ner benefits. Th~s has been a catalyst, ~ea~[ng to sweeping changes ~n pofft~cal an~ social ~nc~usJvi~. #e~egraph~c reports a~se ~nfluence ~arket~ng ~nvest~ent. V~ua~y absent unt~ recently, we now see a ~rowing variety ef p[eaacts an~ services represente~ ia gay ~edia, celebrating oar ai~ersity. Aas keep LGBT pubiications an~ websites ~a business, serving their co.manatees with [aaependent news and infermatbn. ~eyen~ s~p~y a@e~s~ng, though, these ce~panies support as ~n ~any ways, ~nc~a~ng sponsoring cow.unity events Community Marketi ~ @ 200g 8~a~uni~ ~arketing, ~nc., 584 Castro St. #834, San Francisco CA 9~114 L~SA ~.Cen~n~unity~arketing~nc.cen~ August 2009 STATE REPRESENTATIVE AL MCAFF Y CALLS FORAN APOLOGY By Victor Gorin State Rep. AI~fcA~’ey and Metro Star re oorter Robin Dornet: Gorin photo OI~ObcLR CITY, OK __ "I complete identifi/with the cleep faith that many Oklahomans hold dear, but I’m appalled that MrS.Kern chose to use a state proclamation to attack the freedom ofmany Oklahomans xvho do not share her faith or vices." ..... ....... ...... state Reprdsentative A1 McAffrey State Representative Al McAffrey (Democrat SHD-88) is calling upon fellow legislator Sally Kern (Republican-SHD- 84) to rescind her proclamation and apologize for many discrepancies and misrepresentations of facts. "To blame our economic woes on a national moral crisis is ludicrous. Our economic woes are a direct result of bad financial practices and a lack of regulation on Wall Street." He pointed out that "Mrs.Kern uses her proclamation to accuse President Obama of not recognizing the National Day or Prayer, that is an absolute lie. On May 7~ 2009 President Obama proclaimed a National Day of Prayer and encouraged all Americans to ’come together in moments of great challenge and uncertainty to humble themselves in prayer.’ " McAffrey stated that he found that vwo of the quotes used attributed tO James Madison ai~d Patrick Henry were f-abricated, appearing nowhere in the writings or records of either man. McAffrey pointed out that anyone knmvledgeable ofAmerican history would kamw that James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were avid Supporters of religious freedom, and that it was Thomas Jefferson who coined the concept "separation of church and state" traced to a letter he wrote in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists. McA~}ey further stated " It’s pitiable that with all the major challenges facing our great state some of our state leaders are more concerned in mal~ng ne~vs headlines than making strides toward strengthening our economy, improving our public schools, and ensuring that all OHahomans have access to qualig; affordable and sustainable healthcare. She owes Oklahomans of all faiths a sincere apology:" Tulsa Bowling Tournament a Success By Michael xyZ Sasser JOLTBowling Tournament group at ~dsa Eagles reception party. Staffphoto TULSA, OK__ GLBT sports are already on the minds of many in the community in anticipation of the Gay Games 2010 in Cologne. In Oklahoma, sporting gay men and women have numerous opportunities and it seems many are taking advantage of them. The Tulsa Lambda Bowling League’s second annual weekend-long July Oklahoma Lambda Tournament (JOLT) attracted some 120 participants from around the region to the tourney, at Andy B Riverlanes and ldcked things offwith a registration party at the Tulsa Eagle on July 17th. . "Most of the people xvere from Oklahoma and Texas, but we also had people from Kansas and Missouri," said Lambda League President Rich Blankenship. "We consider it a big success." Blankenship said that there were 88 participants in last year’s tournament and that it took most of the year to raise the funds necessary to host this year’s. Included in the fundraising was approximately $6,000 for charity. "gC’e really need sponsors for next year since we are growing so much," Blankenship said. The Lambda League’s regular season runs from Labor Day to April, with a 12-Week summer league also available, and the July tournament. As a member of the International Gay Bowling Organization (South Plains Region), the Lambda League schedules its annual national tournament so as to not conflict with other member’s tournaments. IGBO sponsors a national tournament every Memorial Day weekend. "Every city about Tulsa’s size or larger with a league has a tournament," Blankenship said. The success ofJOLT would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, when, Blankenship said; the group had dwindled down to around two dozen members. Today there are around 67 members. Some teams rotate players so that more people can play in the Tuesday night league. Already there is a waiting list for next year, although Blankenship said the,,League is, trying to negotiate, for,, more. lanes.,, We dont want to be exclusive, he sa~d. We want everyone to get involved to be able to play." Blankenship attributes the growth of the Lambda Leagt,ie to the recruitment efforts of former president and this years JOLT Director, Rick Cox. Other sports oriented community groups are lively around the state also. Oklahoma City supports two bowling teams, the Sunday Twisters and Tuesday Twisters. Oklahoma City and Tulsa support GLBT softballs leagues. Both the Sooner State Rodeo Association (SSRA) and the Oldahoma Gay Rodeo Association (OGRA) are members of the International Gay Rodeo Association (tGRA). The IGRA National Finals in Albuquerque, New Mexico are expected to draw’participation and large spectator support from OHahoma. For more information on the Tulsa Lambda Bowling League, visit w~w<lambdaleague.com. Dale Gross ~ Randy Winrow email: route66malf@att.net 8.836.3838 METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES Rev Steve T. Uric Spirit of Christ MCC 2902 E 20th Street Joplin, MO 64804 417-529-8480 Worship Sunday 6:00 PM Community Meal Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Have a God filled and Blessed DaV! www.rnetrostarnews.corn #~>t~"oSTAR 3 others not named at the meeting. Nathan stated that the investigation is still ongoing, and there is a possibility the money or parr of it may be recovered. It was also brought up that according to the bylaws. OKC Pride Board members could not be held liable for this type of loss. Inquiries as to why nobody knew why the cash had not been deposited, or why, the bank account had not had more oversight were not answered. Mr. Thompson did promise that information would be put on the OKC Pride website along with press releases as soon as it was available Guy Peters did suggest that in the future that background checks be obtained for those responsible for OKC Pride money. Male Co- Chair Paul Thompson had suggested in the past that these members be bonded, which would cover losses caused by dishonest acts. Mthough Chris Plante has not been charged with any crime related to this incident at this time. she was removed ftom her Treasurer position for dereliction of duty, the motion to do so made by Scott Jaggers and passed unanimously. Until there is a new Treasurer on duty- the duties of that oi~ce would be handled by the co-chairs, currently Paul Thompson and Latricia Olmstead. The next meeting xvould be August 3, the first Monday of August. During that meeting membership in OKC Pride. which is required to be eligible to vote in the upcoming election ~’or new o~cers and board members, could be begun or renewed. Co-Chairs Paul Thompson and Latricia Ohnstead announced that the7 will not be seeking re-election, nor will Festival Coordinator T.J Mc~nsey. A press confbrence was held following the meeting attended by the Metro Star, Oldahoma Gazette reporter Joe Wertz, and Patricia Millel; the treasurer preceding Ms.Plante,Ms. Miller, who resigned in protest at the May" 4 meeting over what she stated were lax and dishonest financial practices ofOKC Pride had this to say," They are all fteaking out over this, which I can agree, they should be freaked out, but we slid the last one about Miles Tompkins* under the rug. I want to make sure this does not get slid under the rug too. Whoever is responsible for this should go to prison. My question is, will this be treated like the last time?" *Referring to a bounced check wdtten by Miles Tompkim to Lee Burrusfor a Gala Dinner on beha~%fOKCPride in 200g. Mr Bu~us was reimbursed by OKCPride and M~ Tompkim, thru an agreement with OKC Pride, made restitution. Drag een Bingo 2009 Bingo like your mother never played... TULSA, OK (PRy __ This annual event and fundraiser for Our House Too will be held Friday, August 7th at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom. Female impersonators will welcome you aboard the USS DQB cruise ship for this, the fifth year, beginning at 8p.m. and ending at t 1. There will be glamorous costumes and prizes, a silent auction and, of course, bingo! Female impersonators will perform glittering numbers from cruise ship showrooms to entertain the crowd. isolation of people living with HIV and AIDS in the Tulsa area. In addition to providing monthly activities and holiday celebrations. Our House Too offers food baskets, a toiletry and household pantry and weeldy lunches. Tickets for Drag Queen Bingo 2009 are $20 per person and can be purchased ar Reasor’s, Cain’s Ballroom, Ida Red and Starship Records. Gay Man E]ec ed Oklahoma County Democratic Par v Secretary’s O ce By Victor Gorin Tom Guild with well wishingfi’iend Esther Bahierra. Gorin photo OKLAHOMA CITY; OK__ Dr. Tom Guild, a soon to be professor emeritus at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, was elected July 14 to be Oklahoma Count~fis Democratic Party Secretary. This was a special election to fill that ot~ce which was vacated with the resignation of the previous oI~ce holder, Rosanne Jenny. A longtime human ¯ rights activist, Tom was a professor at UCO for 27 years, where he taught political science for 10 years and legal studies in the College of Business for 17 years. He registered as aDemocrat 5 years ago, and has since been very active in the part), by hosting the weekly Oklahoma County Democratic Party’s Speakers Lunch at the Boulevard Cafeteria, as well as other party activities. Along with Dr. Joan Luxemburg and Keith Smith, he co-wrote a chapter in the book ’Hn Oklahoma I’d Never seen Before: Alternative Views of Oklahoma Histo~ "published in 1994. Their chapter was "Oklahoma’s Gay, Liberation Movement," the first academic publication in this area ever published. Working with the Democratic Party he will work to achieve full collective bargaining rights and better wages and conditions for Oklahoma’s workers, currently working on passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, which ,#could make it easier for workers to unionize. He would also work for GLBT rights and human rights in general, working for passage of the Employment Nondiscrimination Act ( proposed Federal law prohibiting employment discrimination against GLBTs) and repeal for the "Don’t ask Don’t Tell" policy of the U.S. military. W AT those in opposition began shouting "Shame on you!" repeatedly, along with "Love thy neighbor!’while the other side simultaneously began singing God Bless America, and later both sides sang the national anthem. As feelings ran high the event got very loud but stayed peaceful. Ms.Kern did express her view that "The people who preach tolerance are not willing ro extend the same thing to someone who disagrees with them. So ladies and gentlemen, we are seeing a wonderful illustration of intolerance." Among those signing the petition was Paul Blair of Edmond’s Fairview Baptist Church, who also spoke at the rally. In spite of the mention of divorce as being part of our moral decline, it was likewise signed by former State Representative Kevin Calvey, a conservative Christian who is divorced. It was also signed by Oklahoma City Councilman J. Brian Waiters ( Ward 5), the lone OKC City Council member who voted against a parade permit for the OKC Pride Parade. The constitutionality of the event was questionable. As activist attorney Brittany Novomy pointed out, "They used Capitol grounds for this and that is an advancement of a particular religious agenda that is not necessarily representative of al! the other religions or even al! the branches of Christianity in Oklahoma. q£he LGBT caucus of the Young Democrats canae out to stand side by side with the ACLU to uphold the Oklahoma Constitution (Article 2 Section 5) that clearly prohibits the use of public property towards any sect, denomination or system of religion." . Brittany also gave,her angle about the proclamation as well. q-his proclamation suggests that the problems of our society are bdfig caused somehow by GLBT people. Frankly as a Young Democrat I believe most of ourproblems are being caused by economic problems, people not able to have healthcare for their kids or themselves, people filing bankruptcy because they lack healthcare coverage. There are a host of prob!ems facing every day Oldahomans, and I dont believe demonizing a whole subset of Oklahomans really accomplishes the goals of real working Oldahomans who want to be able to feed their families, have good healthcare, who just want the opportunity to live their lives in peace, and who believe in loving their neighbor." C.S. Thornton of the ACLU lamented, "She ( Representative Kern) blames all these things upon a great moral crisis, yet nowhere does she mention greedy V&ll Street executives or government regulators who were asleep at the switch. The most alarming thing about this proclamation is the level of scapegoating that it promotes." However, the Republican speaker of the House, Chris Benge, does not plan to sign the document, and State Representative Ryan Keisel, a Democrat called the proclamation a "divisive political stunt." State Representative A1 McAffrey, the only openly gay member of the legislature ( Democrat-District 88) has asked for an apology. There were otl-mrs that disagreed with Ms. Kern as well. The Reverend Loyce Newton Edwards, associate pastor of the Church of the Open Arms UCC stated that she felt Sally Kern was "one of the most hateful and divisive persons in America. The right thing is to respect people regardless ofwho they choose to love. Homophobia is wrong, it’s unGodlike." 300 ATTEND ENID’S FIRST PRIDE CELEBRATION By Nate Bowen Enid held their first Pride event Saturday July 18, which was a fabtdous picnic & festival at Meadowlake Park. Drawing over 300 people, the number in attendance set a record for aW Oklahoma first time Pride event. Starting offwith the Reverend J.E Wickey of Crosswalk United Church (Enid’s only open and affirming church), he spoke about being gay and Christian followed by a Q&A session. The band Blackwings gave a great performance, followed by Stephen Dillard-Carroll. This was followed by an OKC speaker and activist from the Young Democrats, Brittany Novotny. Around 6:30 p.ra. the crowd was treated to a drag show starring Raven Angel, Nikki Star and Colby Richards. Booths and vendors at the park ranged from Fulton’s BBQ to the Garfield County Democrats. Our House Too is a nonprofit organization serving to elirainate the social .........Continued see ENID PRIDE page 6 4 August 2009 HoOoPoEo to Host 8th A ual DIVAS Benefit Concert for people to learn their HIV status and can connect clients to a variety of medical and social support services. For more information about HIV or sexually transmitted infections, call 1-800-535-MDS (2437). Openarms 4th Annual Fashion Show By Judy Gabbard TULSA, OK (PR) __ On Sept. !2-13, 2009, Health Outreach Prevention Education (H.O.E E.) will host DWAS 2009. at the Tulsa Zoo. This year’s theme is DIVAS Gone \.gild. Proceeds from the event will help support H.O.EE. programs, such as prevention education about HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections, the only statewide 24-hour HIV/STD resource hotline, and the only free, anonymous testing and counseling facility in Oklahoma. This year’s concert is produced by Rebecca Ungerman, a popular Tulsa-based performer who has graced numerous venues and events in Tulsa, including the Oklal~oma Centennial Celebration and the Tulsa Perfornaing Art Center SummerStage series. The evening, celebrated in the new H.A. Chapman Event Lodge at the Tulsa Zoo, highlights Tulsds diverse musical talent with local artists covering dassic favorites. ~[hese acts come together for this annual "one time onl~# shm,~ and bring out their collective fans: This year S performei:S ind~id~ Pxeb~c~ ung~rman, Cindy Cain, Christy E. ofThe Red Alert, Pare Wan Dyke, ~nie Ellicotr. Fiawna Forte, John Sawyer, Darrell Christopher, Kelly Morrison. and Janet Rutland. N~e combined talent includes experience on Broadway, national and international cabaret tours, and !ocal Spot Music Awards. ~II~e evening will also include a live and silenvauction, dancing, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages. The evening gala will take place on Saturday, September 12. 7:30pm and a no frills Sund~y matinee will take.place September ! 3 at 4pro. Tickets may be purchased, beginning August 1, by contacting H.O.RE. a 918-749-TEST (8378). Tickets are $25 and $40 for general admission seats and $100 for individual table seats. A table for ten is available for $1,000. Cabaret table seats include: priority seating, publicity, auction sneak preview, and private reception with the performers which includes complimentary wine and hors d’ oeuvres. The matinee -will include the same show and champagne, with tickets ranging from $15-$50. Emcee for the event will be Mia Fleming from Fox 23. Supporters of DIVAS 2009 include Williams, F & M Bank. The Metro Star and The Gay and Lesbian Fund for Tulsa. Raising awareness of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections remains vitally important. Young people and minorities are disproportionately affected, but HIV does not discriminate. By Imowing your status, you are better able to protect yourself and others. Prevention education and testing are keys to decreasing the stigma and infection rate of HIV. H.O.EE. provides a comfortable place "First l ursday" Art Opening and ey ibit with Creations from Local Artist - Nicholas K. Clark TULSA, OK (PR) __ Continuing the monthly showcase of local artists at the Equality Center (621 E. 4th Street in downtown Tulsa), Oldahomans for Equality (OkEq) will feature Tulsa Artist Nicholas K. Clark with an opening show and reception on Thursday, August 6th from 6-9pm and continuing throughout the month ofAugust. Nicholas’ work is a direct reflection of his optimistic personality. From vivid oranges to metallic silvers highlighted by passionate reds, his art displays a mastery of color that cannot be taught. His mediums vary from acrylics to oils and focus on creating depth through layering and application of rich texture. Nic’s ~vorks fall into three categories: contemporary figure studies, pop art and expressionistic co!or studies. "I pull nay inspiration from fashion and music and I love working with figures because they are al~vays so challenging - the detail of a hand. the curves of a body and the. capturing of natural movement and expresslolt. 7~rn GilA.an Former Channd23 Reporter Marianly Mendez andMiss OYP 2009: Alizay Kardashian Judy G. photo TULSA, OK Openarms Youth Project Center, located at 2015 Sm,th Lakewood Ave., Tulsa, OK, presented their 4th Annual fashion show fund raiser on July 10 and was a great success. Organizers Tim Gillean and Jerrid Horton reported that the proceeds will help continue the support of local GLBT youth ofTulsa and surrounding area. The nights title was ReFashionista. Sports and formal wear were purchased and redesigned for a splendid runway show. The evenings host, xvas Kristin Dickerson from KTUL, channel 8. Area talent added spice to the evening along with tasty hors d’oeuvres, wine and soft drinks. "Ihe silent auction ~vas an exciting array ofitems that were purchased by those in attendance. Funds are still needed to support the youth needs at Openarms. An), donation is appreciated. For more infbrmation call 918.838.7104. www.metrostarnews.com ~®t~’oSTAR 5 AtJeanne Ma6e~ Champs French connection ~sampled wines3~om all over the world. I’m in this photo with nay partner Lamont. For my birthday present, he sent for me to join him in France where he was a visiting professor in Marseille at the University of Provence¯ ! was really impressed with the wines of Provence, Cotes du Rhone. Languedoc and Bordeauex. The trip took on a different focus when we traveled to Bordeaux for VinExpo, the " international wine tasting event. We’re in this photo with long time wine colleague Gary Vance who caught a £1st train from Paris to meet up with us. This was a huge 5 day/40 thousand people wine tasting event with hundreds of wine makers & marketing reps. ~aere was just no way to meet all the wine raakers and taste as much as we wanted.In this article, I’m highlighting some of the grape varietals from the parts of Atxendees included not just the GLBT community, but fiunilies as well coming to enjoy the fun and fellowship. The following Sunday there was a forum held to discuss the France that we visited. These are affordable finds and the wines are in Oklahoma. Brief history of the grapes grown in these regions Malbec grapes tend to have an inky dark color and robust tannins. Long known as one ofthe six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine, the French plantations~ofMalbec are now found primarily in Cahors where the Appellation Control4e regulations for C~hors require a minimtiin content of 70% It is increasin ly ~elebrated as an Argentine varietal wine and is being gr~vn around the world. The northern part of the Rh6ne Valley; in France, remains one of the undisputed reference points for the ~;rOdUction of wines made with the ah grape. ~-he best examples of varietal Syrah, are the ones produced with the appellations Hermitage, C6te-R6tie, Comas, St-Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage. \Vgines produced in these areas have strong fruit aromas, a good acidity, dry body and an appreciable mineral taste. Grenache is the dominant variety in most Southern Rh6ne wines, especially in Chfiteauneuf-du-Pape where it is typically over 80% of the blend. It is generally spicy, berry-flavoured and soft on the palate. In Australia it is typically blended in "GSM" blends with Syrah and Mourv~dre. Grenache is also used .to make ros~ wines in France and grmvn. The majority" of French Viogniers are sold as Vin de Pays in the Languedoc. In the Rhone wine region, the grape is often blended with Roussanne, Marsanne and Grenache blanc. Mr. D’s 1/2 case Red Bicyclette Syrah/Granche Rose ’07 (Languedoc) Black Beret Grenache/Syrah Rouge ’05 (Languedoc) Coussergues Viognier ’08 (Languedoc) Beauv~gnac Sauv,gnon Blanc 08 (Languedoc) Chateau Trocard Montrepos Merlot ’06 (Bordeaux) Jean-Luc Colombo L~s Abeilles Cotes du Rhone Blanc ’07/Viognier & Grenache Blanc Clos la Coutale Malbec (Cahors) ’06 And as always, I say go to your favorite wine shop, ask questions and purcha~se a bottle or t~vo. Share some food & wine with friends and check this out for yourself¯ This writer is one ofthe managers at the Grand Vin wine shop at Utica Square. He also bar tends and hosts wine & food events around town known as the Wine Enthusiasts ofTulsa. Viognier [vee-oh-nay] wines are well-known for their floral aromas, due to terpenes, which are also found in Muscat and Riesling wines. There are also many other powerful flower and fruit aromas which can be perceived in these wines depending on where they were &affVohmteets Top Row Ka~e, John, Jesse, Brandon DJ Star, TJ, Kathy, Angd A4ishalle,Bmndon "KoolAid’; bottom rowJamie Lisa Nate future goals of Enid’s GLBTQA community, but most of the discussion centered on how great the Enid Pride Festival was and the fun they had. That evening Crosswalk United Church hosted a showing of "Prayers for Bobby", a landmark film portraying the true story of a mother who could not accept her sods homosexuality, who became an activist for gay rights following his suicide. General consensus was that the event was not just a historic first, but a wonderful occasion to be celebrated every year from now on. www.Foodand~Hne.com ww~:~ikioedia.or~ www.2he~’VorldI4q~eI~ne.com ww~:Epicurious.com TULSA BALLET TO PERFORM IN NEWYORK CITY Oklal~oma Governor Brad Henry and Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor will attend Tulsa Ballet’s debut at the Joyce Theater August 10 - 15. Special Big Apple Preview Night in Tulsa on August 6 at Studio K TULSA, OK (PR) It has been 25 years since the Tulsa Ballet has performed in New York City. This summer the company will make its long awaited return to the Big Apple for its debut at the Joyce Theater August 10 -15. Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor, Governor Brad Henry and First Lady Kim Henry are among local and national dignitaries who will attend the opening night performance and Patron Gala on Monday, August 10 at the Joyce Theater, located in the heart of Manhattads Chelsea neighborhood. Tulsa Ballet will give seven performances with special events planned throughout the week fbr patrons and supporters ofTulsa Ballet. The company will present a program. featuring Elite Syncopations by Kenneth MacMillan, Por vos Muero by Nacho Duato and This is Your Life by Young Soon Hue. This is Your Life was commissioned by Tulsa Ballet in 2008 and has since been performed by the Aalto Theater in Essen, Germany and the National Ballet of Ankara, Turkey. ....Continued see BALLET page 22 OKC Pride 2009: You be the change By Robin Dorner OKLAHOMA CITY, OK The end of June brought proud celebration to Oklahoma City with the annual gay pride event. year’s event was a huge success with more than ! 5,000 people attending the festivities. The party began on Friday evening at the NW 39th Street Strip near Penn with the first annual "Friday Night Block Part’);’. The festival began Saturday morning and continued through Sunday, the parade began around 5 pm. This year the OKC Pride Grand Marshal was attthor andTV personality Ruby Ann Boxcar. "I just love being with my friends in Oklahoma City," Boxcar told the Metro Star. "Anywhere there is a trailer park I feel like I’ve got family!" Boxcar is known as the Diva of the Double-Wide, a highly successful entertainer and author who got her start in Oklahoma City and is recognized in the US and abroad. Guests from across the city and state came to join in the festivities in Midtown Oklahoma City. "I am here because I am bisexual, proud and I like the scene," said 18 year old Ruth Leila Blailock. "It’s a celebration of diversity really." "We are here today because we are members of the Diversity Business Association (DBA)," said Shawn Adkison, JD of the Fortune Law Center in Midtown. Adkison and his firm have been members of DBA, the Oklahoma City LGBT business organization, for more than three years. "We think it is important ~o ne~ork together; promote our business organizations as ~vell as diversity in general," adds Adkison. "It is a good thing to show our support for DBA, Oklahoma and the U.S. You know, these kinds of events are not permitted in every country." The mission ofOKC Pride, Inc. is to stage a highly visible forum for the organizations which serve the community both nationally, regionally, and locally; decrease external homophobia by generating maximum media coverage to the reality of our community; and diminish internal homophobia by presenting organizational and individual role models. Additionally, the Board of Directors believe that as a civil rights movement, gays and lesbians need an annual forum where individually and collectively they can consider where they have been, where they are now and what direction they need to set. Several large corporations p,,articipated in the festival and the parade. I think it is just important that we embrace people with different backgrounds and, quite frankly, it helps our company," said Wesley Seymour frown the Frito-Lay company. "We have a philosophy; bring your whole self to work and that is one reason I like working for Fnto-Lay; Seymour has worked for the company as a District Sales Manager for three years. National and local companies supt~orted the event as corporate sponsors as well as many local sponsors. There were also several local churches represented, bike riding clubs, entertainers, The Oklahoma City Peace House and much more. For more information about Pride OKC, contact www. okcpride.org. August2009 6 www,metrostarnews.com 7 Wockner News Service Fort Worth beating victim, Chad Gibson goes home Fort Worth police and agentsfi’om the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission raided a gay barJune 28 -- the 40th anniversary ofthe Stonewall Riots -- and roughed up several patrons, inckding Chad Gibson, who now has a life-threatening blood clot on his brain. Gibson wants the officers m beprose~ted. Photo WFAA-TVscreen capmre Chad Gibson has been released from the hospital but still is in danger from a blood clot on his brain that reportedly could break loose and kill him. Gibson allegedly was beat up by cops during a June 28 raid of the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth, Tex; Wimesses say officers stami:ned his head into a ~vall, then into the floor. ~¢¢o Other patrons ~dso were injured in the raid -- one has broken ribs and one has a broken thumb. June 28 was the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that kickstarted the modern gay-rights movement. ¯ne violent raid -- purported to be merely one of the state’s routine checks of bars to be sure no one is too drunk -- brought heaW condemnation from gay leaders, newspaper columnists, bloggers, politicians and others. It also received extensive national news not lip service. I will meet with you wherever you want to meet. I will go to your restaurants, your house, we can eat barbecue, whatever you want to do. But ~ve’ve got to talk." Gibson, for his part, wants the raiding officers to be,~rosecuted and the city to halt its "cover-up. "You used excessive force and that’s why I got hurt," Gibson told \~rFAA-TV. "~ey have blamed it on me, that I was drunk, (that) I fell and hit my head, I groped the officer, I did this, I did that. You know ,vhat? No. Accept responsibility." In an interview with KTVT Gibson added: "I was rubbed into the concrete.... I’m just appalled that they took it to the level that they did.... They need to accept responsibility for what they did." Obama invites 300 GLBT leaders to White House for Stonewa 140 President Barack Obama -- under heavy fire for talking the talk but not walking the walk on numerous gay-rights promises -- had 300 GLBT leaders over to the White House on June 29 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Stonevcall Riots, which, in 1969, jumpstarted the modern gay-rights movement. "I know that many in this room don’t believe that progress has come fast enough, and I understand that," Obama said. "It’s not for me to tell you to be patient, any more than it was for othem to counsel patience to African Americans who were petitioning for equal rights a half-c~ntury ago. But I say this: We have made progress and we will make more. And I want you to know that I expect and hope to be judged not by words, not by promises I’ve made, but by the promises that nay administration keeps." Obama also defended his decision not to issue an order stopping the military’s expulsions of openly gay members, suggesting, again, that such an approach wouldu’t work out in the long run. "As commander in chief in a time of war, I do have a responsibility to see that this change is adnainistered in a practical way and a way that takes over the long term," he said. "That’s why I’ve asked the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffto develop a plan for how to thoroughly implement a repeal. I know that every day that passes without a resolution is a deep disappointment to those men and women who continue to be discharged under this policy -- patriots who often possess critical language skills and years of training and who’ve served this country well. But what I hope is that these cases underscore the urgency of reversing this policy not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it is essential for our national security." coverage. . Both the Fort Worth Police Department and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, which joined in the raid, have launched interna! investigations of the incident. The results of the city police’s investigation will be reviewed by federal authorities, Mayor Mike Moncrief has promised. Apart from the raid itselfl the most controvers!al aspect Of the incident has been Police ChiefJeff Halstead’s assertions that Gibson groped one of the officers and that other patrons made what the Police Department called "sexually explicit movements" toward uniformed officers -- claims that bar patrons and gay leaders have called preposterous and "lies." "You’re touched and advanced in certain ways by people inside the bar, that’s offensive," Ha!stead said shortly after the raid. "I’m happy with the restraint used when they were contacted like that." After facing ridicule for those improbable assertions, Halstead has since adopted a more conciliatory tone, telling gay people at a public meeting: "We’ve got to work together. Be patient, and you wil! see that this is just 8 August 2009 77 members o£ Congress ask Obama to suspend As national gay leaders continue to beat up on President Barack Obama for moving too slowly- on his myriad campaign promises to tile GLBT community, 77 members of Congress have written to the president asldng him ro immediately suspend en[brcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy pending its repe,,a~! by Congress. Tile letter outlines a new, two-step repeal plan which begins with a request that the president ’direct the Armed Services nor to initiate any invesrigarion of service personnel to determine their sexual orientation, and that [he] instruct them to disregard thirdparty accusations that do not allege violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice,’" said the Palm Center, a think tank at the University of California, Santa Barbara, that has focused extensively on the militaw’s ban on open gays. ~°The letter signals renewed efforts to stop gay discharges immediately while repeal legislation moves through Congress at a slower pace," the center said. On June 23, Obama rejected the proposal. The White House said: "President Obama remains committed to a legislative repeal of Don’t Ask, Dofft Tel!, xvhich he believes will provide a durable and lasting solution to this issue. He welcomes the commitment of these members to seeing Congress take action." Episcopal Church OKs gay- clergy, bishops 7he Anglican Communion has been deeply mired in gay angst since the Episcopal Diocese oflVew Hampshire consecrated openly gay and partnered V. Gene Robinson as its bishop in 2003. GLAADphoto The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops and House of Deputies declared in mid-July that open gays and lesbians --celibate or not -- call serve as priests and bishops in the church. At thee church’s triennial general convention, held in Ana~heim, Calif., July 8-17, bishops voted for the policy 99-45 and deputies voted for it 155-40. Deputies who are clergy voted 77-19 and lay deputies voted 78-21. The move may well lead to a full rupture between the Episcopal Church and the worldwide Anglican Communion, which has been deeply mired in gay angst since the Episcopal Diocese ofNew Hampshire V. Gene Robinson as its bishop in 2003. Tile Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of Anglicanism. "The Anaheim move was seen as. in essence, a flip-off by the Americans of the Anglican hierarchy and Anglican provinces in Africa and South America that strongly opposed Robinson’s consecration. De facto international Anglican leader Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury, England, had urged delegates,to the U.S. convention not to make any decisions in the co,~ing days that could push us further apart. He later said he regretted that the convention had done just that with its gayclergy decision. Delegates also voted to allow local dioceses to bless same-sex marriages and civil unions if they want to, and launched a project m creare official liturgies for the blessings. Gay Pordand mayor cleared in Breedlove affair There is no credible evidence that Sam Adams, the gay mayor of Portland, Ore., had inappropriate sexual contact with Beau Breedlove before Breedlove turned 18, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger said June 22. Adams, 45, and Breedlove, 22, have acknowledged having sex in 2005 after Breedlove’s 18th birthday, but Breedlove also had claimed the pair passionately made our prior to his reaching file age of consent, which Adams denied. "There are serious questions about the credibility of Breedlove’s account, dueto his prior inconsistent statements, the lack of corroborating witnesses or evidence, his attempt to gain personally from matters related to his involvement with Adams and his prior criminal record," Kroger concluded. "There is insufficient evidence to charge, let alone convict, Adams with illegal sexual contact with a minor." The attorney general’s office interviewed 57 people and sifted through Adams’ and Breedlove’s e-mails and text messages in arriving at its conclusion. Breedlove later posed for the gay porn magazine Unzippea~ In 2006, he pleaded guilty to felony 2nd degree theft in a case that involved $750 worth of clothes ftom a Macy’s store in Haxvaii. The revelation of the brief affair nearly ended Adams’ career earlier this year, in part because he had lied about it when asked about it during the mayoral campaign, stating that it never happened. Summer Diversi y ’09 Eureka Springs. Augus 7-9 ~ DOMESTICATE Say "I DO" and register your love with a Domestic Partner Certificate One day these certificates will be highly sought after collector items on E-bay. Tile Courthouse is closed Saturday and Sunday...City Clerk’s office is in the City Hall, lower level of the Western Carrol Count), Courthouse, 44 S. Main. Office hours are 9:30 AM - 12 Noon and 1:30 to 4:40 PM. ® YARDS AND YARDS OF YARD SALES Money Tight? Pennies on the dollar: Tile Eureka yards sales are a top stop for the bargain hunter and antique queens. Tile 15~n annual Eureka Yards and Yards ofYard Sales. Friday and Saturday 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Find locator maps at shops and restaurants. Sponsored by the Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce. ~ HEY GIRLS... LET’S iVlAKE HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE SMORES! THEN GO SNIPE HUNTING! Camping for Summer Diversity has become an annual event for many. Stay dose to title City and book your weekend with the gay friendly Kettle Campground. (479) 253- 9100, 4119 E. Van Buren. ° DIVA SHOP! Over 150 unique shops and galleries. Be sure and shop the Sponsors of Eureka Pride--aBens Door, Mountain Eclectic, Fusion Squared, Byrds Eye View, Antique Affaire, Tile Tourist Shop, the Inn Convenience Store, Eureka Scents. Avery and Special DW DISCOUNT from Tinmaker & Glitz, 69 S. Main. ~ MIX & MINGLE The Pizza Sluts are hosting their second Diversity Welcome Mixer. The Pizza Bar, 13 N. Main, Friday, 6-8 PM. $5.95 pizza buffet. Beer specials. All ages admitted. Come feel the ~varmth...feel, touch, hug, squeeze, grope, claw, whip...Mix and mingle with the locals and visitors from around the globe. Free City p~arking after 6 PM. ERIC HIMAN DISCOVERS EUREKA Henri’s Just One More. 19 1A Spring Street. Friday Night Only! 9 PM. Eric goes solo with his first Eureka acoustical performance. ® CHER SOME TIKI LOVE ~e always popular Glam-aphonic, E lectronic, Disco Babee, Tiki Torch Dance Party! 75 S. Main Street. Homo to the exotic, diverse crowd of celebrities, beauties, rock stars, dance divas, and some good ole fashioned Str8t Bait! Cher and Cher Alike to perform LIVE on Saturday. Shmv times will be posted. MORTUARY SERVICE, =¢ o SPEED DIAL YOUR GAY SPIRITS ~Exrot Speed reads with Mistress Lynne. Yes, speed readings --Lynne will do a 10 card reading for 10 buclcs. Just takes a few minutes as opposed to the full deck 30 minute reading. Lynne uses Gay, and Lesbian ~Tarot cards for amazing GAY readings. DaBen’s Door, 45 1/2 Spring Street, across from Jack’s Place. ~ NEW DELHI Friday & Saturday live music 6:30 9:30 PM. 2 North Main. Al! ages are welcome at the New Delhi. Atmosphere aplenty. If you never dined at the New Delhi, you really should. ~ START YOUR ENGINES: SUMMER DRAG RACES Eureka Live’s Duck Tape Divas will host Drag Racing Friday & Saturday 9PM. Special Guest performer Drag King Billy Badass and the Amazing Magic of the Tinman. 34 North Main, Underground FATZ 59 CLASSIC ROCK AT JACK’S PLACE 37 Spring Street, Friday and Saturday, 9 PM Midnight. High Octane Jell-O-Shots for a Buck!!!Legendary ’HANDSOME LEE’ On The Door. It’s all happenin’ between Center and Spring. o HARDWARE AT THE YARD Lumberyard, 105 East Van Buren, The Yard has yet to disclose what they have in store. Whatever it is, they always find some way to celebrate!! EXORCISE THE HANGOVER DEMONS You want crazy? We’ll give ya crazy! A Diversity Breakfast you will never forget. Play" Name That Tung’ With Sandy at the Smokehouse Cafd, 580 West Van Buren, Saturday & Sunday, 8:30 A.M tol l:30ish, biscuits as big as your head. WIN Fabulous Prizes. Highly Recomended. o RAMPANT STREET SEX! Not really: Just some amusement for the tourist and to annoy the fundies. The Summer Diversity Public Display Of Affection Photo Shoot..12 noon, Basin Park band shell, downtown. A G-rated opportunity to smooch your sweetie-or the perfect stranger-for posterity. Eureka Pride has treats to pass out for the first to come, first to get. Park Music Stylings, ! 2 - 2 PM Jones Van Jones, 2-4 PM 2 - 4 Cletus Got Shot, 4-6PM 4 - 6 The HillBenders. OPEN ARMS SPIRITUALITY Saturday.Discussion on the spiritual path of the Sufis with Sufi Master: Don Kitz at Eureka Springs Library Annex 2 - 4 PM Sunday Discussion on the spiritual path of Wicca with Wiccan Priest: Tymythy Aieran at Eureka Springs Library Annex 1 - 3PM ...... Continued See EUREY,~k Page-20 ~wcvv.metrostarnews.com #~®t~°oSTAR 9 N Wockner News Service gay sex ban struck down GLBTs decriminalized 17% of Following an @t-year court battle, India’s Delhi High Court legalizedgay sextidy 2 in aforcefid andpoetic ruling that had GLBTactivists ~ying in the courtroom. Marchersprotested the sodomy ban at lastyear’s Delhi gay prideparade. Wockner Newsphoto by Sonali Gulati Following an eight-year court battle, India’s Delhi High Court legalized gay sex July 2 in a forceful and poetic ruling that had GLBT activists crying in the courtroom. The ruling took effect immediately -- nationally -- and will remain in effect unless the Supreme Court reverses it. Several major Western media outlets erroneously reported July 2 that the ruling only applied in New Delhi. The court decision "read dowff’ Section 377 of the Indian Pena! Code so that it no longer applies to the activities of consenting adults. The section bans "carnal intercourse against the order of nature ,vith any man, woman or animal" under penalty of 10 years to life in prison. The court smashed 377’s application to gay people in myriad ways, finding it violated a constitutional guarantee of equality under the law, a constitutional ban on discrimination based on sex, and constitutional promises of personal liberty and protection of life. The ruling is chock-full of soaring statements in support of India’s GLBT population, including: * "The critninalisation of homosexuality condemns in perpetuity a sizable section of society and forces them to live their lives in {he shadow of harassment, exploitation, humiliation, cruel and degrading treatment at the hands of the law enforcement machinery. ... Section 377 IPC grossly violates their right to privacy and liberty embodied in Article 21 insofar as it criminalises consensual sexual acts between adults in private." * "Section 377 IPC targets the homosexual community as a class and is motivated by an animus towards this vulnerable class of people.... It has no other purpose than to criminalise conduct which fails to conform vdth the moral or religious views of a section of society. Tile discrimination severely affects the rights and interests of homosexuals and deeply impairs their dignity." * "When everything associated with homosexuality is treated as bent, queer, repugnant, the whole gay and lesbian community is marked with deviance and perversity.... The result is that a significant group of the population is, because of its sexual non-conformity, persecuted, marginalised and turned in on itself." * "We hold that sexual orientation is a ground analogous to sex and that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not permitted by Article 15 .... A provision of law branding one section of people as criminal based wholly on the State’s moral disapproval of that class goes counter to the equality guaranteed under Articles 14 and 15 under any standard of review." .... [R]ight to personal liberty’ and ’right to equality’ are fundamental human rights. which belong to individuals simply by virtue of their humanity: ... A Bill of Rights does not ’confer’ fundamental human rights. It confirms their existence and accords them protection." "~ "Indian Constitutional laxv does not permit the statutory criminal law to be held captive by the popular misconceptions ofwho the LGBTs are. It cannot be forgotten that discrimination is antithesis of equality and that it is the recognition of equality which will foster the dignity of every individual.... We declare that Section 377 IPC, insofar it criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults in private, is violative of Articles 21, 14 and t5 of the Constitution." What happens next? The national government could appeal the ruling to India’s Supreme Court, though that is considered unlikely; the national government could both accept the ruling and use it as ammo to introduce a bill in Parliament to duplicate the ruling in national law; and/or anti-gay parties to the lawsuit could appeal to the Supreme Court. But until such time as the Supreme Court overturns the Delhi ruling, India’s GLBTs -- who comprise more than 17 percent of all GLBT people on the planet -- are no longer criminals. India has a population of nearly 1.2 billion people. The erroneous reports that the ruling did not apply outside ofNew Delhi appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, on the Associated Press ~vire and elsewhere. (For correct information, see bit.ly/WeX,vO and bit. ly/7su4o.) "Every major media outlet in the ~vorld got this wrong because they don’t understand how the Indian courts work," said journalist Vikram Doctor of India’s Queer Media Collective. "It will apply nationally until somebody challenges that at the Supreme Court, which is where this case is going to end up anyway." In most common-law court systems, including India’s in this case, the decision of an appellate court binds lower courts within its territorial iurisdiction and also is the ’last’ word on the subject nationally unless a court of equa! authority elsewhere makes a contrary decision or the supreme court reverses the decision. An appellate decision also binds the parties in the case (which include the Indian government in this case) r~gardless ofwhere they are in the country. Meanwhile, gay pride parades were staged in four Indian cities June 27-28 -- New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai and Bhubaneshwar. At least 2,000 people marched in New Delhi. Marches are still to come in Mumbai and Kolkata. 300 march in Sofia Around 300 people marched in the second gay pride parade in Sofia, Bulgaria, on June 27, twice as many as last year. Police and private security officers, hired by pride organizers, protected the marchers to prevent a recurrence of last year’s violence, when sldnheads and right-wing extremists attacked the parade with bottles, rocks, eggs, firecrackers, smoke bombs and Molotov cocktails, resulting in 80 arrests. This ),ear’s march, which traveled from the National Palace of Culture~to the Red House debate club, encountered nothing more serious than some booing. Organizers called for a law to bail anti-gay discrimination in employment. Liza does Paris Pride Singer andgay icon Liza Minnelli danced on a float in Paris’gayprideparadeflme 2Z To her left.: Gay Paris Mayor Bertrand DelanM. Photo by Nikolai Alekseev Singer and gay icon Liza Minnelli danced on a float in Paris’ gay pride parade June 27. Minnelli is the daughter of gay icon Judy Garland, whose death five days before the Stonewall Riots 40 years ago is thought to have contributed to the foul mood of the gays who decided to fight back against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn. "Freedom," Minnelli shouted from the float. About 700,000 people took part in the festivities. "We knew that she (Minnelli) had a concert this evening in Paris but when her agent told us that she could come, we thought it was a joke," Pride spokesman Philippe Castel mid Agence France-Presse. Berlin also held Pride on June 27. About 550,000 people turned out, reports said. Gay pride goes well in Jerusalem, for a change About 2,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s gay pride parade June 25 without incident, but for one tossed egg. Previous years’ marches have been met with violent protests, stabbings and the arrest of a man carrying a bomb. Police protection was reduced this year, to a mere 1,600 officers. No matter who you are o are on life’s journey, -Re~ere~d Dr. K~hy 3131 hi. Pennsylvania,Oklaho 405.525.9555 10 ~>{~’oSTAR August 2009 New group forms to help gay refugees A new organization in San Francisco aims to help GLBT refugees ~vho are fleeing sexual or gender-based violence in their native lands. Only through raising consdousness of LGBT refugee issues to governments, refugee organizations, communities and the media, will help come to these individuals, who are among the most persecuted people in the world today," the Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration said in a statement. The group provides free legal counsel for GLBT refugees who have escaped their home countries, and it will conduct ’\videranging international advocacy to advance the protection of all LGBT refugees and asylum seekers." "LGBT refugees often fall through the cracks of the international refugee regime," said Executive Director Neil Grungras. "They have escaped systematic hatred and violence at home, and their LGBT identity brings serious new threats to their safety and protection in countries of first asylum. MaW live in a toxic mix of destitution and desperation. "The recent surge in homophobic violence in Iraq has shone a spodight on the painful truths we’re dealing with first-hand in the Middle East. LGBTs are the most persecuted people in many regions of the world today. For every reported execution, there are likely tens of judicially or family-sanctioned murders." In recent months, several Iraqigays have been shot to death by militias and anti-~ay family or tribe members; Some have h~dtheir anuses glued shut by deah squadsi arid there have been allegaions of executions by the government. Reports in April said gay men were being captured and their anuses superglued with something called "American gum," after which they were being forced to ingest a diarrhea-causing substance and sometimes died. Scott Long, director of Human Rights Watch’s LGBT Rights Division, visited Iraq in April and "collected several accounts" of the practice, which reportedly can be seen in mobile-phone videos that have been passed around inside the country. Massive abuses are taking ~lace ~ Baghdad, and apparently in other cities in the center and south," Long said. "XWe may never know the full sweep and scope of the killings so far, amid a pervasive insecurity that brutalizes innumerable people and devastates multiple communities, but we ate ,d°ing everything we,.,.can to,, determine and ctocument accountability. Poles hate same-sex Seventy-five percent of Poles oppose legalization of same-sex marriage and 87 percent say gay couples shouldn’t be allowed {o adopt chi]’dren, a Gt~ Polonia poll has found. ~e poll is the latest example of the wide gulf on _~ay acceptance that separates Western Europe ~rom the European nations that used to be part of the Communist bloc. Same-sex marriage is legal in Europe in Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden -- and most other Western European nations have civil-union laws for gay couples. Saudis arrest 67 crossdressers Police arrested 67 mostly Filipino men for wearing women’s clothing June 13 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The roundup took place at a private residence during a Philippines Independence Day party. The men were charged with imitating women and possessing alcohol. Similar arrests in the past have led to imprisonment and floggings. "If the police in Saudi Arabia can arrest people simply because they don’t like their clothes, no one is safe," said Human Rights Watch researcher Rasha Moumneh. "Arresting and charging people simply because the police decide that their appearance is unacceptable strikes at the heart of human freedom." Ukraine bans Briino Sacha Baron Cohen’s new gay flick Br~ino has been banned in Ukraine for alleged immorality, obscenity and impropriety. The Culture Ministry said it was displeased with the movie’s "artistically unjustified" gay-sex scenes, obscene language, nudity, graphic homosexuality, sadisra and anti-soc.ial behavior. In the U.S., the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation also has dissed the film. "The filmmakers wanted to use satire to highlight and challenge homophobia," said GLAM) President Jarrett Barrios. "But their film also reinforces troubling attitudes about gay people in ways that run counter to the intentions ofthe filmmal~ers. "The movie repeatedly builds entire scenes around stock stereotypes and situations that make gay people and families the butt of crude jokes. I can’t help but think of all the teenage kids already getting bullied, beat up and ridiculed for being -- or for being thought to be -- gay. For these kids, this movie will give their tormentors one more word in the anti-gay lexicon of slurs: Br~no." Some gay bloggers and Facebook users who have seen the film say GLAAD is humorless and needs to find its funnybone -- a charge the group occasionally has encountered before. Group says GLBT activists targeted after Honduran coup ~he International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission on July 17 condemned "the recent murder and arbitrary arrests of... LGBT activists in Honduras." "IGLHRC has learned that these human rights abuses have occurred as a direct result of the military coup on June 28 ... which ousted that country’s democratically elected government," the group said. A transgender activist xvas shot dead June 29 a block from the gay community center in the city of San Pedro Sula, IGLHRC said. "Local activists in Honduras claim she was killed by military police patrolling the streets," the organization reported. Five other GLBT activists -- Hdctor Licona, Donny Reyes, Patrick Pav6n, Claudia ......Continued see HONDURAS page 20 I million & prime minister’s wife at London Pride One million people, including Sarah Brown, wife of Prime Mimster Gordon Brown, took part m Londons gaypridepamdeJuly 4. ScotsGayph~to One million people and Sarah Brown, xvife of Prime Minister Gordon BroWn, took part in Londoffs gay pride parade Jnly 4. Mrs. Brown carried a red, white and pink Union Jack flag. Members of the military marched in uniform, as did firefighters and a contingent from British Airways. Prior to the march, Mr. Brown met with organizers at his residence and said theUnited Kingdom has made "massive strides" in the march toward gay equality. Marriage is almost the last thing on the agenda for British GLBTs. An existing civilpartnership law grants registered same-sex couples all the rights of marriage. Noted gay activist Peter Tatchell carried a sign in the parade that read: "Gordon & Sarah can marry, gays can’t. End the ban on gay marriage." He wore a T-shirt that said "Homo Libertd, Egatitd, Sexualit&" 1 million at Madrid Pride, 35,000 at Barcelona Pride About 35,000people marched in Barcelona’sfirst large-scale gayprideparadeJune 28. Photo by Yves Bohic A million people turned out for Madrid’s gay pride parade July 4. With same-sex marriage already legal and little left to fight for, organizers put forth the theme of greater freedom for GLBT young people in schools. In Barcelona, about 35,000 people marched June 28. It was the city’s first largescale pride parade. The procession began at Plaga de la Universitat and ended at Plaga d’Espanya. www.metrostarnews.com ~®t~oSTAR 11 p t the °°gay" in Christian, 12 ~;~STAR August 2009 AUGUST TH 2009 H O M A ~ENTER TO WIN BANTA www.metrostamews.com ~etroSTAR 13 14 #~troSTAR August 2009 We have found Heaven and it is BOOTHBA¥ HARBOR, MAINE by Donald Pile and Ray Williams Photo: From a room with a viw~ Topside Inn Onour recent 4 week driving trip to the east coast we visited a lot of cities, towns and villages and had a wonderful time at each of them. All were fun, interesting and exciting to visit however our stay in Boothbay Harbor, Maine was "beyond fabulous"! We first checked into the Topside Inn. It is located on the tallest hill in the city and was a 19th century sea captain’s home. They also have guest cottages to the side of the main house. They have a total of 21 guest rooms. The owners, Brian Lamb and Ed McDermott have mvned the Inn for several years and they certainly know how to do everything PJGHT !!!!! The views of the harbol; ships, seals, birds and the flora and fauna from the Inn are absolutely incredible! ~le view from our room looking out into the harbor was just like a movie set! This truly was Heaven! All guest rooms have their own private in-suite bathrooms, cable TV and dial-out telephone. King, queen, or two beds are available. All rooms include hair dryers, irons and ironing boards. Brealdqast is something that is a "DO NOT MISS". A fabulously scruraptious si~- down breal’~ast is served every morning in the breakfast room which overloolcs the bay. It iust doesn’t get any better! We me~ a lot of wonderful gnests from all over the country while staying there. Many guests return time and time again because of the great way that Brian and Ed makes all of their guests feel a~ home. Everything about this Inn is perfect! The owners should open a school for innkeepers on the right w~ay to run an hm. And did we mention the incredible views that we had from our room at the Iun? There’s the sunrise and the famous footbridge over the inner harbor, to the lighthouses, islands, out to sea, aud the western sunset. Their website is: http://www.topsideinn.com/and their toll free phone is 1-888-633-5404 or you can emait them at info@topsideinn.com. Downtown Boothbay is just a couple of blocks down the hill and it is filled ~vith quaint restaurants, galleries, shops and the the waterfront piers. You can take excursion boat trips ranging from an hour cruise to a full day at sea. Visit the Historical Society in Boothbay Harbor and the Museum in Southport to learn about ice cutting and ship building in days gone by. See the handiwork of local boat yards, which continue the tradition in state-of-the art materials, and keep aliv~ their heritage ofworld-class boat builders. Watch the lobstermen tend their traps, or put to sea for a close enconnter with a barnacleencrusted whale. Actually, Boothbay Harbor has been around since the 1700’S when it was a fishing village and shipbuilding center. By 1900 over 500 vessels had been built in the region. Tl~e first morning we visited the Botanical Gardens which was a real treat. Check it out at va*av.mainegardens.org. It is New England’s largest botanical garden on 248 waterfront acres with beautiful gardens, waterfront trails, sculpture and much, more. Enjoy collections of roses, native plants, rhododendrons and thousands of other perennials, ornamental trees, shrubs and spring bulbs. It is a ,vonderful walldng tour and you can either take a guided tour on visit it by yourself. They are open 9 to 5 everyday and all year long. No trip to Boothbay Harbor would be complete without taking a Schooner Eastwind cruise. Herb and Doris Smith have built six schooners and have sailed around the world t~vice with their children. They offer a 2 V2 hour cruise in the harbor where you can visit several small islands, birds, seals and other sea life and a lighthouse. They have 3 or 4 cruises everyday. Call 207.633.6598 to make a reservation. This is the finest Schooner cruise that we have ever taken. Herb and Doris really enjoy telling people about their travels and explains everything about the Schooner. This is the only cruise to take! And now, the best of the best when it comes to dining. In our travels from coast to coast we have never had such a fabulous dining experience as we had our last night in -Boothbay Harbor. Ports of Italy is a family owned and operated restaurant. Chef Davide Rossi and his wife Christa are the owners. We used taste buds that we have not used in years! We are NOT talking spaghetti and meatballs here, but a full range of northern Italian cuisine that is mouth-watering tasty. Between courses be sure and try their Intermezzo to cleanse your palette with the fabulously, delicious Lemon Sorbet and Vodka Slush. Just be sure and save room for some of the wonderful desserts. Their website is www.portsofitaly.com. As we said, in all of our travels, this is the finest dining experience that we have ever had! We had a 7 course meal that night and everything that we had was "beyond" fabulous and we know that we will never, ever have a dining experience so grand as this one. That is, until we return to Boothbay Harbor again. Boothbay Harbor is a wonderful place to spend a week or two and just relax, enjoy the sights and sounds of the area. Forget going to the Red Door for a complete rejuvenation ofyourself. Instead iusr go to Boothbay Harbor, and don’t forget to stay at the wonderful Topside Inn. Owners Brian and Ed are the best of the best. For more information go to ,vww. boothbayharbor.com. Always remember to have fun ,vhen traveling, meet new people and talk to everyone! UCAN, INC TO FOCUS ON HIV/ AIDS PR£VENTION By Victor Gorin Reverend Loyce Newton Edwards ofChurch of the Open Arms UCC. Gorin photo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK In 2008 UCAN Inc. ( United Church of Christ MDS/HIV Network) was formed under the Health and Wholeness Ministry of the United Church of Christ to establish a program for people of faith to address the issues of HIV/MDS. This will feature a special focus on HIV prevention. Among 8 members of UCAN’s Board of Directors, one is the Reverend Loyce Newton-Edwards of UCC’s Church of the Open Arms in Oklahoma City, and another is the Reverend Leslie Penrose ofTulsa’s Community of Hope UCC Church. States Reverend Loyce, " I’m excited about this new ministry because through the United Church of Christ we can work vdth local community partners to develop HIVIMDS programs, including a focus on prevention. \Ve want to do something positive, to expand our territory of ministry to include a specific outreach to those infected and affected by HIV/MDS. " UCAN has applied for a grant from the Federal Center for Disease Control which would be over 2 million dollars, but as of press time it has nor yet been approved. This outreach would bring needed services to people in need wherever UCC churches are located, throughout the United States and abroad. www.metrostarnews.com }~®{~’oSTAR 15 @Club 209, Tulsa @ The Ledo, Oklahoma City @ Tulsa Eagle, Tulsa @ Finishline, Oklahoma City @Angles, Oklahoma City @ The End Up, Tulsa 18, August 2009 ARE YOU WONDERIN WHEI EVERYONE ItAS BEEN LATELY? Open Every Day 4pro to 2am 836 - 09q 5 Monda.y Friends and Family @ 6pm Dancers @ 10pm Tuesday $0.50 Draught Beer Night Dancers @ 10pm Wednesday Pool Tournament @ 8pm Dancers @ 10pm Thursday Bin" Bingo with E-Lyra St. James @ 7pm Dancers @ 10pm Friday Dancers @ 10pm Saturday Dancers@ 10pm Sunday Free Pool All Day DanCers Open Every Day at 2pro {9"!8} 437 -0449 Monday Movie Madness - Showtimes 7pm and lOpm Tuesday Drama Lite- All the Gay, Half the Drama Wednesday A Night in Vegas Drag Show @ 10pm Thursday $0.50 Draught Beer Night Friday Cabaret Night @ 8pm Saturday Big Gay Dating Game w/Daphne Rio @ 10pm Sunday Disco Night @ 9pm The Hideaway Tropical Lounge becomes the World’s Smallest Disco ww~v.metrostarnews.com @etroSTAR 19 By Camper English q-he Mixer Mix-up Much as I love the name, I can’t bring myself to consume what the kids today are calling the Skinny Bitch. This cocktail is usually made with a flavored vodka, Diet Coke. and a squeeze of lime. My issue with the drink doesfft involve the liquor, but with the artificially flavored and sweetened soda. But the Skinny Bitch is not really a drink focused on the Coke: it’s a drink focused on the Diet. Also focusing on the diet is a really they may as well be swilling cola. Now that I’m a fully functioning cocktail snob, I don’t drink the tonic water, sodas and juices that come out of the cocktail squirter in bars at all. I like fresh juices and mixers without artificial sweeteners - and it turns out these typically have less calories than do the sugared-up cranberry juice and sodas you’ll get in most bars anyway. At home. you can buy high quality mixers with natural and organic sweeteners for your cocktails: Out at the clubs though, you probably won’t have that option, so you can opt for diet soda or soda water as mixers. Or better yet, opt for that sugar-laden Apple-Cosmo-Choco~Tini at the bar. and then spend the night worldng off writer named Teresa Marie Howes, who wrote a whole book on diet drinks this year called Skinnydnis. Most of the recipes in the book cut calories in cocktails by adjusting the amounts of liqueurs and mixers. ,as distilled spirits like gin and vodka all have about the same -~ number of calories per volume. Her drinks call for light or diet iuices and sodas, and flavored water and other mixers instead of sugar- ~ ~:~ ~ laden liqueurs in ~_o~ recipes. She makes crab/placements like swapping out the orange liqueur in a Margarita with light orange juice and Sweet ’N Low. those calories on the dancefloor. Camper English is a cacktails and spirits writer andImblisher ofAlc~mics.com Census Bureau will count married gay couples as married The U.S Census Bureau said June 19 it will count married gay couples as married in the 2010 census. The prior plan had been to retabulate such couples as "unmarried partners," an existing census-form category, because of the federal ban on recognition of samesex marriages. Gay activists, as part of their recent broadside against President Barack Obama’s inaction on gay issues, had srepped up their criticism of the plan to skew the data. Gay marriage is legal in three states and wil! be legal in five, six or raore by the time of the census. One set of mixers that are often mixed tip are soda water and tonic water. They, both have water in the name so you can understand the confusion, but the two are vastly different liquids. Soda water is carbonated water, and mixes well with vodka. (Gin not so much.l Tonic water pairs well with more spirits, and is consumed in different countries with vodka, gin, rum. tequila, and even Port wine. But tonic began as a tonic - a medicine used to prevent and cure malaria. It gets its flavor from the very bitter quinine that was once harvested from the bark of the cinchona tree, niclmamed the "fever tree" as it cured the malarial fever. To make the powdered bark palatable, explorers and soldiers in mosquito-intense countries around the world added sugar to the solution. Later, gin was added and the G&T was born. Hooray for medicine! The important thing to note in that last paragraph is the use of sugar. Its presence (or more commonly, the presence of high fi’ucmse corn syrup) in drinks means it has those calories you’ve been trying to avoid. Many people think they’re sipping a diet drink when they choose tonic water, but TABC says Texas bar raid was a big mistake By Rex Wockner The head of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission told the gay newspaper Dallas Voice on July 16 that his officers committed multiple "clear violations" of agency policy when they and local police raided the gay bar Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth on June 28, the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. The violent raid put patron Chad Gibson in a hospital intensive-care unit with bleeding on his brain. Two other patrons sustained lesser injuries and several patrons were arrested for the crime of having drunk too much. "I don’t think you have to dig very deep to figure out that TABC has violated some of their policies," Alan Steen said. "XTqe know that and I apologize for that.... It’s real dear that however it is that ~ve were doing business that night is not the typical TABC." "You can read (our) policy and you can figure out really quickly, TABC shotfldn’t have even been there," he said. "If our guys would have followed the damn policy, we wouldn’t even have been there.... We don’t participate in those kinds of inspections when there’s not probable cause or reasonable suspicion or some public safety matter to be inspected." * THREE IMPROMPTU POOL PARTEAZE ON TAP FOR SATURDA~ The guests of the TRADEWINDS, home of the "HIDDEN POOL" are welcome to host their own s~vim party. Invite your friends over for an impromptu after dark ........dip in the pool Reserve your Tradewinds themed room nmv by calling David or Terry (479) 253-9774, request the Summer Diversity Weekend rate. Land O Nod aka:The Pink Palace, POOL PART~. Guests are welcorne to invite their new friends, old friends, and even the Xfriends over for a swim... No glass...Plenty of towels...Pool honrs will be extended until 12 midnight... Toll Free: 1-800-526-3263 Local Phone: (479) 253-6262. Rooms as low as 59.00 a night...mffst request DW rate. Alvin & Charlie are hosting a PRIVATE MEN ONLY POOL PARTY at their private residence. MUST drop by the Byrds Eye View, 36 North Main or Contact EurekaPride Sponsors Alvin & Charlie for an invitation and details. Toll Free: 888 210-8401 ° STRADDLE THIS... For those who enjoy the thrill of wrapping your legs around a tornado of pounding pistons, THE DIVERITY BIKER’S OZARKS FUN RUN’ Sat. August 8, 11 AM, Planers Parking Lot Hwy 23 N. (Main St.) and Hwy. 62. This ride will require a helmet. Also, bring a bathing suit, ifyou want to take a dip. There will be a lunch stop during the ride. ~ NOWWE’RE HUNGR~q FREE GOURMET BUFFET & ARTIST RECEPTION at the new Dreamweaver Gallery, 184 N. Main. Gallery owners David artd Melanie go top chef with a full dinner buffet. Drop by for a culinary adventure, art, and meet their featured guest, art photographer Matt Johnson. Check out all the Eureka art during the "2ND Saturday ~Gallery Stroll~,’ on Saturday from 3-8 PM. SHAYdN NOT STIRRED! Henri’s Just One More. 19 V2 Spring Street. Saturday Night Karaoke Dance Party with DJ’S Shakin" not Stirred. IMPORTA_NT REMINDER- BE COOL, BE SEEN, BE SAFE: avoid those Diversity buzz-killers like getting a DUI or trying to find a parking place downtown. Eureka Springs Limousine. $5.00 point to point. Call 479-363-6055 for your PICK-UP! Cervantes and Lizeth iivila -- were arrested, detained and beaten June 29 in Tegucigalpa, the capital, IGLHRC said. "Nae arrests occurred while the activists were participating in a demonstration in support of the democratically elected government," the group said. The five activists are well-known GLBT leaders. "The recent coup in Honduras is an illegal assault on democracy that violates the rights of all Honduran citizens, including those ,vho identify as LGBT," said IGLHRC Executive Director Cary Alan Johnson. "We especially deplore the vicious murder and arbitrary arrests ofLGBT people in the wake of this crisis." 20 August2009 by Jack Fertig August 2009 "Keep it light, Sagittarius" Mercury in Leo trine to Eris provokes bold partisan assertions. There’s healthy room for that, but it can go overboard. Mercury then opposes Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius. leading through confusion, perhaps to improvement in ideals and philosophy. "You stand a better chance of improving yourself, not othe rs. ARIES (Narch 20-Apri~ 19): Culture clash can give you a better sense of who you are and who you’re not, but that will be challenged again when you reassess political ideals. Confusion and change are necessary steps to growth. Just walk through it. TAURUS (Apri~ 20 - Nay 20): Pride in home and family can clash with honesty about sameness. Ask yourself the hard questions that have never been answered. "Your insights could lead to reconsidering career goals. New answers there would also be helpful! GEN~NI~ (Nay 21- June 20): Your brilliant ideas can be very helpful in political long-range planning, but they wil~ start up arguments over principles, A real world approach may be needed to get idealist notions down to earth, but grounding will not come easily. CANCER (June 21o Ju~y 22): Know your worth and hang out with the right people in your profession, those whose level you should be at. Strutting you~ Stuff in the Sack - maybe some exhibitionism?, can open up new channels for fantasy and exploration. LEO (July 23 -August 22): The simplest observation can quickly become an ideological or academic thesis. That could be good, clarifying your own sense of where you stand. In relationships, however, your position may baffle you. Enjoy the mystery; it won’t last long. V~RGO (August 23 - September 22): That buzz in your brain, perhaps about mortality or sexual identity, could prove enlightening. See where it leads. Worries about health should motivate you to better exercise and hygiene. (There’s always room for improvement!) LIBRA (September 23 - October 22): Playful banter with friends can lead you into a situation, pushing you to take sides, or you mig ht be able to negotiate a common ground between opposing camps. Solutions may defy logic. Creativity and intuition serve much better! SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21}: You can make an effective gobetween for colleagues and bosses. Being clear about which side you’re on will make you more effective. Your focus on career can be a distraction from problems at home. Your distraction could even be the problem. SAGITTAR~US (November 22 - December 20): You need a forum for your opinion. Keep it light and playful and more people will listen. Appeal to emotions more than logic. Sticking to ideals and principles may be safer than citations that you’re "reasonably sure" of. 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