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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart February 15- March 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 3
Barnes & Noble
Censors Paper
TULSA - Barnes & Noble’s
recently opened Tulsa store has
denied equal access to Tulsa
Family News as a distribution
point. Tulsa Family News
approachedBarnes &Noble after
observing a stand for Tulsa
People in the lobby of their 71st
store.
Cynthia Carnahan, spokesperson
for that location, said that
store manager, Diane Elliott,
would not allow Tulsa Family
News ~FFN) because the store
hadalready had a few complaints
about the Lesbian & Gay rifles
they carry. Hliott,inconversation
with TFN publisher, Tom Neal,
said-that Tulsa People and Urban
Tulsa (both of which had been
given permission to distribute)
were "acceptable" because they
were of "general interest".
Camahan indicated that the
objection was based on the
Chance that non-Gays might
complain rather than on any
specific content issue (editor’s
note: TFN and the Tulsa Worm
are comparable in content).
Regional manager, Jim Van
Natter, at press time, had decided
to ban all free publications in the
stores over which he had
responsibility. He says was
motivated; in part, by the
problems in stores in locations
see B & N, page 11
Helms to Try to
Ban Homosexuality
WASHINGTON- Sen. Jesse
Helms (R-NC) has introduced a
bill (S. 25) entitled"Prohibition
of Homosexuality as a Legitimate.
or Normal. Lifestyle" that
would bar any federal agency
from spending money "to
encourage its employees or
officials to accept homosexuality,"
The Helms-measure would
also bar federal agencies from
recruiting homosexuals for
employment. The measure has
no cosponsors, has not been
referredtoany Senate committee
and has not been scheduled for
anyfurther aetionyet. There is
....also no House counterpart.
Utah & So. Dakota
Want to Ban Same-
Gender Marriage
SALTLAKEC1TY-Legislators
m Utah have introduced a
measure to prohibit same-sex
marriages and lawmakers in
South Dakota have quickly
passed a similar law in the state
House, sending it on to the state
Senate for approval.Activists
believe both measures have been
introduced now because of the
see Marrriage, page 9
Largent Mtg.
March 4, 10 am
MCC-Tulsa
Congressman Steve Largent
will attend a meeting with the
Lesbian/Gay communities on
Sat. March4, at 10 am. hostedby
the Metropolitan Community
Church of-Greater Tulsa and
Tulsa Family News. -
This meeting is an historic
event since it will be the first
time ever that an Oklahoma
Member of Congress has met
with Lesbian&Gay constituents
in state. Mr. Largent, who.has
record o£~ .making anti;;G~y.
expressed his desire to represent
all persons in his district.
TOHR Leadership: Kelly Kirby, Tim Gillean, & Miriam Childers
Leaders Organize in Tulsa &OKC
to Counter Anti-GayAmendment
Community organizers in Tulsa and Oklahoma City called
community meetings to warn of an anti-Gay amendment that State
Rep. Bill Graves of Oklahoma City has introduced into the current
legislative session. In a Oklahoma House of Representative press
release, the following is attributed to Graves, "this type of lifestyle
[homosexuality] must not be allowed to continue ff we are going to
’maintain a moral, orderly society. ’" Graves added, "...we have seen
pro:homosexual groups in other states obtain minority and protected
status from .discrimination...history has shown that in nations wher
such policies have succeeded, moral disintegration has soon
followed...it is~incredible that such programs would even be seriously
proposed in view of the fact that-homosexuals are the ones who have
brought us the deadly AIDS plague".
IfpassedbytheOklahomaHouseand Senate, HouseJointResolution
1018 would create a state ballot question to amend the Constitution
adding" the following."¯ "Section" 2.1 Neither" the State of. Oklah0ma,.
through any of its branches or departments, or any of ~ts agencaes,
political subdivisions, municipalities, counties or school districts
sl~:enact, adopt, or,enforce-any statute, rule, regulation, Ordinance
or policy whereby homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation,
conduct, practices, or relationships shall constitute or otherwise be the
see HJR 1018, page 11
Gay Officials Going
to White House
DC -- In what many observers
say is clearly an effort by the
Clinton administration to mend
badly damaged fences with
lesbian and gay voters, some 30
gay and lesbian dected officials
have been invited to a meeting at
theWhite House in late February
or early March. "We want them
[administration officials] to give
us someindication that, yes, they
do care about us, that weare an
important community, an
important part ,of their
constituency," said San Francisco
Supervisor Susan Leal,
whowas asked toputthe meeting
together. ?At the same time, we
also want to hear that they’re not
going to be giving in to the far
right." Ideally, Lealthinks those
who should be present would be
Health & Human Services See.
Shalala, Atty. Gen. Reno &
AIDS policy coordinator Patsy
Fleming. But the administration
has madeno commilments about
who actually will attend the
meeting yet. "I think for
perception it’s important for the
President to be there," Leal said.
"We’re planning that he comes
and blesses the thing and says,
"This is my thing, and thanks for
coming, and here aremyideas.’"
"Gay" Books Most
Often Attacked
PHILADELPHIA - The
American Library Assn; says 2
lesbian and gay children s books
continue to be among the "most
challenged" at schools and
libraries around the country.
Michael Willhoite’s Daddy’s
Roommate headed the.ALA’s
list ofbooks drawing the greatest
number of attempts to have it
removed from bookshelves in
the U.S. - the 2rid year in arow
the book has topped the ALA
list.Tied in2ndplace on the book
suppression list was Leslea
Newman’s Heather Has Two
Mommies. Both books depict
gays and ,lesbians as heads of
families.Another gay~oriented
tiffed on the ALA’s list was
Charles Silverstein’s The New
Joy ofGay Sex.
Dallas Council
OK’s Anti-Bias Rule
DALLAS -- The Dallas City
Council voted 9 to 6 to include
marital status and sexual
orientation anti-bias protections
for city workers in a 2rid test of
the issue after the city attorney
ruled that the council’s 1st vote
earlier in January may not have
see Dallas, page 9
Gingrich to Hold
Anti.Gay Hearings
DC -- According to the Human
Rights Campaign Fund, Speaker
Newt Gingrich said at a town
meeting in ,Ga.., that the House
will hold hearings SoughtbyLou
Sheldon of the anti,gay
Traditional Values Coalition. "I
do think at somepoint this spring
or summer,ft.we.can have a on~
day hearing on whether or not
taxpayermoney is being spent to
promote things that are literally
grotesque;.tha.t, that’ s alegitimate
request, HRCF reported
Gingrich as saying.
Since the Republicans won
control of Congress in Nov.,
Sheldon has told reporters that
Gingrich-had pledged ~o. hold-.-
hearings on a array of proposals
-.including limiting AIDS
FeredVe ention programs, imposing
ral"controls on public school
curricula, and limits on counseling
& materials aimed at Gay
& Lesbian youth. Elizabeth
Birch, HRCF’s new executive
director, said, "The Republican
leadership is clearly coming
under pressure from anti-gay
extremists. The Speaker should
reject this extremism and keep
focused on issues important to
mainstream America."
Gay Basher
Gets Bashed
TULSA - A Gay Tulsa man
reported to TFN that he was
assaulted in mid-January at the
Tulsa Promenade Shopping
Center parking lot. His assailant,
a man in his 20’ s, sprang out,
yelling "hey queer-boy". The
intended victim (whom we’ll call
"Joe" since he spoke on
condition ofanonymity toprotect
his employment-editor’s note)
said that "of course, I turned
around." His assailant attempted
see Basher, page 9
Speaker at King
Service Slanders
Gays - No Apology
From Organizers
TULSA - On Sunday, January
15, the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Commemorative Society held an
interfaith memorial service in
honor of slain civil rights leader,
Dr. Martin Luther King. This
waspartofa series ofKingevents
in Tulsa. Bishop ,Ron Young,
former Tulsa City Commissioner,
and pastor of the
Pentecostal Bridegroom Church
of Philadelphia, ~vas the main
speaker for the event,, held at
Boston Ave. Methodist Church,
Young listed homosexuality,
with spouse and childabuse, drug
see ML King, page 9
Conviction;inr
Miss. Murder Trial
MISSISSIPPI -- February 13,
1995 -- Rejecting the HIV and
gay panic arguments Of the
defense, ajury convicted Marvin
McClendon, 17, Friday for the
slayingof two gay men near
Laurel, MS. Circuit Judge Billy
Landrum, who earlier had released
the HIV status of both
victimsto the jury, Sentenced
MeClendon to two consecutive
life prison terms for the murders
of Robert Waiters and Joseph
Shoemake.
The defense attorney, J.
Ronald Parrish, whose legal defense
strategy included arguments
basedonthe the HIV status
¯ anti, Sexual orientation, of. the
victims, Continued his anti-gay
tirade after the triaE Parrish
decried the verdict, calling it a
defeat for "people who want to
keep their children safe from
people trolling the streets.’"
"NGLTF is pleased that the
see Murder, page 9
"Gays & Lesbians under attack,
what do we do?
Act up, fight back!
People with AIDS under attack,
what do we do?
Act-up, fight back!" -~ ACT UP
slogan
One look at page one of this
paper is enough to see that
indeed, Lesbians, Gay men,
Bisexuals, Transgendered
persons, people withAIDS are
under attack in Tulsa, in the
Oklahoma Legislature, in
Washington and around the
world.
In Tulsa, a veteran is assaulted
fornoreason thanhehas rainbow
triangles on a chain (with his dog
.tags). Under Oklahoma law, this
ts not a hate crime. But not all
attacks are active. Some folks
just achieve similar results by
their passivity or inaction.
For example, Tulsa’s
OOPS
Editor’s note: last month Kelly
Kirk, wrote an excellentstory of
which only halfgotprinted thru’
ou.r error. The bottom ofhis story
gottost somewhere on an dectronic
desktop. Our~tpologies to
Kelly. The complete story runs
below. - TN
In honor of International
Human Rights Day, the Human
Rights Commission and Human
Rights Department of the City of
Tulsa hosted a reception on
Monday, December 19, 1994.
Addressing the gathering,
Commission Chair Eddie Faye
Gates spoke of past accomplishments
and achievements in
the human rights arena globally.
International Human Rights
Day was started by the United
Nations to monitorhumanrights.
Ms. Gates noted that the United
States is still on the list ofhuman
rights violators in the area of
prisoner treatment, particularly
23 hourperdaylockdowns where
inmates aren’t exposed to
sunlight. She noted also a
distinctionbetweenhumanfights
monitored globally and civil
rights which are maintained by
national governments.
Ms. Gates noted that while
things are less than perfect, we
have adequate legislation and
agreement in the important areas
of discrimination based on race,
gender, religion, disability, and
ethnic origin, leaving the basic
rights of Gay men and Lesbians
as the last frontier to be crossed.
Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage
remarked on the irony of a
speaker in town recently to
address city employees on
sensitivity issues being quite
surprised when he met her,
expecting the Mayor to be male.
She echoedCommi ssioner Gates
comments on the need to
see Human Rights, page 9
sometimes Gay-friendly mayor
& staff pretend that no city
!employees have told them about
!and-Gay discriminationby other
city employees. If the problem
were acknowleged, our mayor,
who’s clearly opposed to
discrimination based on gender
and other statuses, might have to
risk some of her political future
by issuing an executive order
banning anti-Gay discrimination
in city employment.
Now at a state-level, there’s
been little doubt that our
legislature has had little regard
for minority views. After all this
is a body whose first official act"
upon statehood was to pass
segregation ("Jim Crow’) laws.
Ours is a state where our
institutions (OU, agencies, etc.)
only do the "right thing" after a
court compels them to do so.
But the current proposal of
radical right loon, Rep. Bill
Graves, HJR 1018 (which would
amend our constitution to
institutionalize anti-Gay bias -
as though it needs any help here)
is just part of the same attack on
Lesbian & Gay citizens. The sad
On the evening of Dec. 18, I was
given a gift of love by several
peoplein ourcommunity. I would
like to opeuly thank them and the
businesses for their love and
support: Scott Johnson, Steve
Tucker, GreenCountry Cloggers,
Sensuous, Kris Kohl, Lola, Dana
Doyle, "Tigger" Taylor, Anita
Richards, Slutisha (Pat), Janalyn
Watt, "rl’iger" Rawlings, Winnie
O’Keeffe, Jane Rother, The
Silver Star,TNT’ s andmyfamily.
Lots of work goes into a great
benefit and making things nm
smooth. Thebusinesses give their
time, space and money for these
events to take place. The people
running these events are tireless
in their effort in keeping thing
happy and helpful. The many
volunteers work up acts, jokes,
beauty, signs and sayings to help
promote these events.
I really enjoyed the benefit. It
brought back may memories of
the entertainers’ fLrstappearances
and shows when I as more active.
I laughed and cried with joy and
delight at the many people war
are so willing to donate,
participate and keep our
community spirit together and
high with the purpose ofhelping
those of us in need.
I appreciate all of yo,u who in
the last 16 montfi~ ffli~ liii~e
prayed and sat with me, picked
me up, cheeredme up listened to
me, visited withme, and checked.
on me. For someone with long
term disabilities, it means a great
deal to the heart- the head always
follows - but the heart consumes
love from you and keep our tuner
sprite lifted so that we can make
it to the next day. It stays the
depression and gives youa smile.
It is really true friends that keep
you going. 1 love you, my true
friends.
Sincerely, Wanda Sumter
thing is that this resolution will
likely .pass if it’s not killed in
committee. There are only a
handful of Oklahoma.legislators
who have to courage not to join
an attack on us. And though I am
a native son, proud of my state
on those occasions when it lives
up to its promise, I have little
faith in our fellow .citizens not to
fall prey to the Nazi-like
propaganda about Lesbian and
Gay lives.
At the federal level,
Oklahoma’s entire Congressional
delegation is hostile to
their own Lesbian & Gay
constituents. The Human Rights
Campaign Fund, the nation’s
largest Lesbian & Gay
organization, began its national
effort to get Congress members
to sign a pledge not to discriminatein
their own hiring based
primarily on the prejudice of
TulSa’s Rep. Jim Inhofe (now
Senator) because of a Tulsa
World story. Tulsans, of course,
have known of Inhofe’s bias for
almost 20 years. Sen. Nickles
,goes around to small towns like
See Fight Back. page 11
Carbon Copy
US Rep, Steve Largent_
2424 E. 21st, Ste. 510
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Dear Representative Largent:
As a representative of all our
citizens, I hope you will ease off
on the homosexuals. Tom Neal’ s
father is anMD [retired-editor]
- the other children are "normal".
Dr. McDonald’s daughter is
Lesbian - his other children are
"normal". My daughter and two
Aunts are Lesbian - the rest of us
are "normal". Youare apparendy
"normal". So I hope you realize
that all citizens need equal (not
special) opportunities.
Your humble constituent,
Phil Diggdon, MD
Fellow,
American College of Surgeons
Diplomate,
American Board of Urology
PS: By the way, I did vote for
you; we all have certain, blind
spots.
Carbon Copy
Editors, Tulsa World
January 31
I, too, was shocked at Bishop
Ron Young’ s comments at the
Martin Luther King Jr. March
and Interfaith Memorial Service.
I was elated to be there, wished
the ’~,h’ol~ city could march
together, hear the beautiful mnsic
and the young man who so
..,e,!oquenflydeliver,e~t, Rev. King’ s
I I4ave A Dream.’ Many years
ago, my father took me to hear
Rev. King speak in Tulsa - before
he was well known. [ will never
forgethim. Inmyopinion, Bishop
Young’s derogatory remarks
about the Lesbian & Gay
Community m no way represent
what Rev. King or his family
stand for, work towards, or died
for. I certaiul,y agree that, at the
b’ee Letters, page 9
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*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
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*Renegades, 1649 S. Main
*Rex, 6101 E. Admiral
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 EJ3rd
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Businesses/Services
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*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
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TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297
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Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
Lealme M. Gross, Financial Planning 744-0102
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Jonathan & Dee Nicholas, Realtors 749-3000, 800-539-7767
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Religious & Educational Organizations
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*Community of Hope, 1347 N. YoIe 838-7232
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Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. P.O. Box 52729 Tulsa, ~)K 74152
February/March 1995 Volume 15 Number 2
The ~,iews expre~ed elsewhere In Tulsa Family News are not necessarily the views ~TOHR. l’erml,~sion
Is grmtted to reprint Information contained within the TOHR Reporter page along with other itent~, muhrr
Tulsa Oklahomans FOr Human Rights is on the move and the excitement and activity is contagious. The participation of each and every one of
you is appreciated and embraced.° If you are still watching from the side, please jump on board, we need your hell:).
Our FOCUS Groups have come and gone and the programs as a result of these groups are being formed and put on the calendar now. Some of
the Ideas that were born of the FOCUS Groups are happening now. A COMMUNITY calendar is being put together, a lending library is scheduled to
start a book drive soon, womens support groups are forming now as well as a membership drive for women in the form of a dance. These are
only a few of the programs recommended by the Focus GrouPs, we need volunteers to lead others. If you.have an idea, let’s hear it.
The COMMUNITY CENTER needs $$$$$ and a space. A fund has been established for direct donations, make a note-on You[ Check., T_a~e a m_oment
.....to creato’a Vlsl~ri inyoutTieadof ~l~{~eht~[ hSe~tir~g~lSlace fO~all Gays, Lesbiarisl Bi-sexualSal~d Ttansgeridered people. Envision the fun,-fellowshi p
and sense of community we can and will create with the establishment of a COMMUNITY center. Help TOHR turn this vision into a reality now.
Join TOHR today as we move Into the future.
Tim E. Gillean
President
News Items...
1. G-at3’ underwood is running tbr Democratic Chairperson of Tulsa County He is requesting th_at anyone interested in
bg.jn_K_c_hai!y,~..r:s_op_in..t.heirdi___sJ .ri~L~_o_n_t_aet/]j!uj_tl_8.~6_=_2 ~13..-L
2. Thank you to everyone who ~ttended the Town HallMeeting. B"e are keeping an eye on this house resolution and
will be in contact. Another resolution has been introduced and we are watching it also. Thanks to Kelly Kirbyfor his
leadership in this work.
3. FEB. 18th THE METRO MENS CHORUS will be performinl~ at All Souls Unitarian located at 29th and
Harvard at 8:00pro. Thanks to PFLAG for bringing ~hem to Tulsa. Lets all attend and support this event.
Donations are $10.00 at the door.
Members’, Representatives
Tim Gillean - President
Tim Henry - 1st Vice President
Miriam Childers - 2nd Vice President
Aaron Martin - Secretary
Kelly Kirby - Treasurer
Lynn Smith - Fund Raising
Owen - Help Line Coordinator
Mike Sheldon - Reporter Editor
Brannon Crain - Activities Director
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(4297)
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Monday-Thursday
by Appointment
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By and for bu t not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities.
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
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Initiative to Bar Gay
Adoptions in Wash. St.
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Organizers
of the Citizens’ Alliance of
Washington have filed petition
papers with the state to gather
signatures to put aballotmeasure
before state voters in November
that would bar gays and lesbians
from adopting children in the
state. Some 180,000 valid
signatures are need to put the
measure on the ballot. The same
group tried unsuccessfully last
year to put an anti-gay rights
measure before Washington
voters.
FL Anti-Bias Law Wins
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -
Voters in West Palm Beach
rejected an attempt to repeal the
"’sexual orientation" clause from
its anti-bias ordinance, which
prohibits discrimination in
housing, employment and public
accommodation. Voters rejected
the repeal move by 54% to 44%
in the special election.
Conservatives Try to
Bar The Advocate
BATAVIA, Ohio - The
American Family Assn. and a
local Christian Coalition chapter
have asked the Clermont County
Library’s board to bar libraries
from circulating The Advocate,
clai.ming a recent issue of the
national gay magazine-depicted
male and female genitals on its
cover. Two years ago-several
local residents tried to force
library officials to bar The
Advocate at the libraries without
SUCCESS.
British Military Keeps
Lists of Gays on File?
LONDON - BBC television
news has reported that the British
government is investigating
charges that thenation’s Ministry
of Defense keeps a computer
database~ listing suspected
homosexuals in thearmedforces.
The charges of the secret computer
files were made by onetime
British Navy officer
Edmund Hall, who is about to
publish abook onhomosexnality
in the country’s military forces.
Hall also charged that police can
get access to the information in
the files, which includes
information on civilian acquaintances
of members of the
armed forces. The BBC quotes a
government security officer as
saying the dataproteclaonagency
was in the process of
investigating the charges.
British Study: ’Sexual
Attitudes & Lifestyles’
CHICAGO -A study of"Sexual
Attitudes & Lifestyles" in the
Journal oftheAmerican Medical
Association reports on sexual
behavior of Britons. Conducted
between 1986-94, the study
included face-to-face interviews
as well as an extensive
anonymousquestionnair~ about
more personal sexual behavior
that respondents completed
themselves in private. Th~
researchers found that the "safe
sex" education message being
enhanced by either a sexually
exclusive relationship orcondom
use seems to be getting through
to the British public. A total of
27% of the men and 36% of the
women endorsed exclusive
relationships, while 75% of the
men and 81% of the women
supported the use of condoms.
During the last year, unsafe sex
was reported by just 6% of the
men and 4% of the women.
As withU.S, efforts, theBritish
search for data concerning the
HIV epidemic was hampered by
political considerations. In 1989,
then-Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher vetoed the study
because of "its intrusiveness and
its unacceptability to the British
people." The study eventually
was funded by a large grant from
the Wellcome Trust.
Milk Institute Opens in
San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - Civic
leaders, organizers and
commtmi~ty representatives held
formal ribbon-cutting
ceremonies launching the
Harvey Milk Institute, which will
begin its first term on Jan. 23.
The Institute will be the largest
adult education program devoted
to gay and lesbian studies with
more than 200 students already
enrolled in more than 50 class
offerings. Reflecting Milk’s own
sense of "street smarts," the
Institute’s classes cover such
topics as: "Lesbian Literature -
1700 to the Present," "Creative
Block and the Queer Artist,"
"Prostitution 101," and "Auto
Mechanics forWomen & Men."
BBC Bans Activist Group
LONDON - Worried that gay
rights activists in the British
group OutRage would publicly
identify famous and influential
closeted homosexuals in the
U.K., the BBC has barred
OutRage members from I
speaking live on its radio and I
television program~. OutRage
voted early in January to out
well-known but closeted
homosexuals in the country if
their public activities or inactivities
harm gays andlesbians.
In a press statement, OutRage
condemned the BBC’s ban as
"outrageous censorship" that it
said "effectively silet~ces a whole
section of lesbian and gay
opinion."A spokesperson for the
BBC, however, said the issue
isn’t censorship but a question
of whether the broadcasting
agency should risk being
involved in statements .OutRage
members mightmake that"could
neither be supported by facts nor
whichhave any particular public
interest."
Talk Show Host’s Anti-
Gay Obituaries Banned
DENVER- After reading
obittmries of gay men who have
died of AIDS and identifying
them repeatedly as "ex-sodomites"
on his daily cable TV
program, aired on a fundamentalist
Christian station, host
Bob Enyart has been told by
KWHD-TV to stop. Enyart’s
display of "sodomite" obituaries
exploded into controversy in
mid-January when showed a
photograph and obituary of
James Bybee, describing him as
"a former sodomite...exsodomite.
He’s dead." Members
of Bybee’s own church expressedoutrage
withthereligious
broadcasting channel, and
Bybee’s lover, Don Dias, told
reporters he intended to sue both
the station and Enyart. The
station has instituted a policy
forbidding such identifications,
saying "we didn’t want to seem
like we were harassing people."
Trade Center Suspect,
Also Gay Bar Bomber?
NEW YORK - In a bizarre
development, U.S. attorneys said
that one of the defendants
charged with plotting to blow up
theWorldTrade Centerin a 1993
explosion that killed 6 and
injured more than 1,000 people,
was responsible for an earlier
bombing. Federal prosecutors
said in a court statement said E1
Sayyid Nosair, one of the 11
defendants in the case, planned
and carried out the April 21,
1990, bombing of Uncle
Charlie’s Downtown, a popular
Greenwich Village gay bar. Two
bar patrons and an employeet The defendants hailed the
were hurt in the attack when a 6- [ European Commission decision
inchpipebombhiddeninametal a vindication of their claims
trash can in the club exploded.
Then Mayor David Dinkins
called the bomb attack "an antihomosexual"
act, but police at
the time said they had no
evidence the explosion was bias
related.
"Freedom Riders" to
Head for Camp Sister
Spirit in Mississippi
LOS ANGELES - With the
backing of activist/producer
Robin Tyler and Metropolitan
Community Church founder the
Rev. Troy Perry, plans have been
announced for Gay & Lesbian
Freedom Riders to bus in up to
1,000 lesbians and gay men to
Ovett, Miss., wherethe lesbian/
feminist Camp Sister Spirit has
been the object of repeated
attacks by hostile locals. The
Freedom Riders will be
coordinated with local groups
around the country and are
scheduled to arrive in Ovett on
Memorial Day Weekend, May
26-30. The activists bussing in
will help finish building fences
around the camp to provide
greater security for the camp,
and other building projects at
Sister Spirit. "Instead of just
praying for these women, we are
putting legs on our prayers and
inviting people to join us in
Mississippi," Perry said. For
additional information contact
either the MCC Offices in Los
Angeles at (213) 464-5100, or
Robin Tyler’s L.A. offices at
(818) 893-4075.
SM Case Appealed to
Euro pean Court
STRASBOURG, France - An
application by 3 of the 16
defendants in a consensual sadomasochism
case known as
"Operation Spanner" have won
the approval of the European
Commission of Human Rights
for a full heating of their appeal
before the European Court of
HumanRights,probably in 1996.
Roland Jaggard, 47, along with
Tony Brown, 58, and Colin
Laskey, 52, were among 16 men
arrested by London police in
1990 and convicted of assault
for their SM activities despite
arguing they were consenting
adults acting in their homes. The
police brought the charges after
seemg a videotape the men had
made of their sexual activities.
throughout that consent should
bea defense to charges of assault
when the SM activity was
consensual and resulted in no
lasting harm. Attorneys for the 3
men argued that their arrest and
conviction violated their rights
to privacy under the European
Convention of Human Rights, to
which the United Kingdofia is a
signatory.
2nd Conference for
Lesbigays in Criminal
Justice Set-
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - The
2nd annual International
Conference of Lesbian & Gay
Criminal Justice Professionals
has been slated for Friday, Sept.
8, in Palm Springs, along with a
number of related events in the
greater Los Angeles area from
Sept. 1 to 10. Sponsored by the
Golden State Peace Officers
Assn., the conference itself will
cover topics including:
maproving workplace conditions
for gays & lesbians, coming out
on the job, organizing police
associations, the impact ofAIDS
on criminaljustice professionals,
working with the larger lesbian
& gay community, and using
computer technology. The 10-
day related events will include a
tour of the L.A. police academy,
ride-alongs with local on-duty
police officers, and a tour of the
Simon Wiesenthal Museum of
Tolerance. For additional
information in North & South
America, contact: GSPOA, PO
Box 45605, Los Angeles, CA
90046 USA;phone+ 1 (213) 739-
4121; or E-mail to
gspoa@aol.com. In Europe,
Asia, Africa or Australia,
contact: Lesbian & Gay Police
Assn. (LAGPA), BM LAGP A,
London, WC1N 3XX, United
Kingdom; phone +44 (0) 1426-
943011; or E-mail to
lagpa@murph.demon.co.uk.
Survey of CA Activists
SACRAMENTO,Calif. -AIDS,
the economy and crime are the
major issues for lesbians and gay
men in California according to a
first of its kind survey ofpolitical
activists in the state. The poll of
500 gays and lesbians was
conducted byphone in July of
1994 by Drs. Eric Schockman
and Nadine Koch of the
University of Southern
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that bias on the job, domestic
partnership, and health care
reform were also on the activists’
agenda. A majority says the
political positions of candidates,
not their sexual orientation, is
most important in casting their
votes. Some 91% of the activists
said they had given money to an
AIDS organization during the
past 4 years, 3/4ths said they had
contributed to a gay rights group
during thatperiod, and abouthalf
said they had given to a
candidate? s election campaign.
Although a majority (51%) said
they approve of more "radical"
tactics andalargemajority (68%)
said groups like Queer Nation
and ACT UPhad been effective,
the overwhelming majority of
the respondents (81%) identified
themselves as political
"moderates."
USC Gets Gay Archives
LOS ANGELES - Over 2
million historical and cultural
items chronicling 20th century
gay life and politics, one of the
largest such collections in the
world, is to be housed at the
University of Southern California.
The university agreed to
accept the archives - the result of
.merging two collections based
m Los Angeles. "One of our
problems as gay and lesbian
people is finding our roots," said
John O’ Brien of the One Institute
which supervises the collections.
"It’ s so important for people to
know who and what they came
from." The universi,ty will
provide space on campus for the
material ru exchange for
scholastic access to the material,
which consists of collections
from One Inc. and the
International Gay & Lesbian
Archives dating back to 1942.
Cincinnati Will Host
Annual Gay Repul~licans
CINCINNATI - The national
gay Republican Log Cabin
Federation has announced that
its 1995 convention will be held
Aug. 25-27 in Cincinnati, and is
expected to be the largest
gathering of gay and lesbian
Republicans in history. The Log
Cabin Club ofGreater Cincinnati
got the support of the Cincinnati
Convention & Visitors Bureau
in its bid to hold the national
convention in the city, beating
out Boston, Dallas, Las Vegas
and. Salt Lake Cityl LCC/
Cincinnati PresidentSam Collins
also said Delta Airlines has
signed on as the 1st corporate
sponsor of the Convention this
year. A boycott of Cincinnati
was initially called after voters
there in 1993 approved the repeal
of the city’s gay rights ordinance.
That repeal has since been
declared unconstitutional by a
federal court. "Boycotts are about
anger, notabout setting apolitical
agenda," said Rich Tafel,
executive director of the
Washington, D.C.-based Log
Cabin Republicans. "We will
accomplish more through
education, not confrontation. By
stressing the values that we share
with the people of Cincinnati,
we are convinced that we can
make progress toward equality
and reconciliation." "We are
excited and honored," said
Collins. "We have 7 months of
hard work ahead of us as we
prepare for what will be a
showcase of Cincinnati
hospitality.’"
LAPD Anti-Gay Incident?
LOS ANGELES - Rights
activists and civil libertarians
have told the Los Angeles Police
Dept. they would "not tolerate"
anti-gay harassment by city
police officers. The warnings
came after news accounts by an
eye,witness reporter and
photographer on a police ridealong
who said they saw a police
officer verbally abuse a young
homeless gay man who had
reported a robbery as 7 other
officers stood by and did nothing
about the incident. Lorri Jean of
the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
told reporters, "We have a
message: We will not tolerate
hate crimes being perpetrated
againstourpeoplebytheLAPD."
The ACLU of Southern
California has also called for an
investigation of 7 other alleged
anti-gay incidents involving L.A.
police officers. LAPD officials
said an internal affairs
investigation has already been
launched.
CO Hate-Crimes Law
DENVER - With the wounds
from the anti-gay Amendment 2
still fresh, Colorado Rep. Ken
Chlouber has introduced
legislation that would add sexual
orientation to the state’s hatecrimes
laws. The 1988legislation
already bars intimidation ok
physical harm based on race,
color, ancestry, religion or
national origin. Colorado for
Family Values, which backed
Amendment Two, termed
Chlouber’s proposed measure
"ridiculous." A CFV spokesperson
said the legislation might
be used in an attempt to silence
clergy who condemn homosexuality
in their sermons.
Associated Press
Refuses Job Protections
NEW YORK - The Associated
Press, the largest news wire
service in the world, has refused
a union proposal to formally bar
workplace discrimination based
on sexual orientation. The AP
announced ~that it would only
prohibit erfiployment bias based
on categories coveredby federal
law - age, sex, race, creed, color,
national origin, disability and
veteran’ s status. A spokesperson
for the Wire Services Guild
called AP’s policy "disingenuous."
In addition to being a
major news source of daily
newspapers and electronic
media, AP ironically has also
now become the main source of
national news for scores of the
country’ s larger gay newspapers.
Shocking Report on
Hate Crimes in Arizona
PHOENIX - The Arizona
HumanRights Fundhas released
the 1st study of anti-gay crimes
in the state, showing some
disturbing trends. The AHRF
reportfonnd that anti-gay attacks
were the major hate-crime in the
cityofTempeandthe2ndleading
bias-based crimeinPhoenix. The
study also reports that a large
portion (39%) of the anti-gay
crimes reported were "extremely
violent," involving assaults,
arson and 5 reported homicides
in the state. AHRF also found
that according to police, reported
anti-gay bias crimes increased
dramatically - 300% in Tempe
and 88% in Phoenix in 1994
over the previous year. In a press
statement, AHRF’s Mark
Colledge said, "The murder of5
ga.y men in Arizona in 1994
points to the fact that gays and
lesbians are being murdered and
brutally attacked simply because
of who they are. These crimes
are not simply against individual
gays and lesbians, but are an
attack upon the entire communityy
Minneapolis Partners
Benefits Loses in Court
MINNEAPOLIS -A Minnesota
state appeals court has ruled that
the city of Minneapolis can not
extend health care benefits to the
partners of gay and lesbian
workers because state law
doesn’t officially recognize
same-sex couples. The court
ruled 2-1 that the city council
exceeded its authority in offering
the domestic partner health care
benefits in 1993. The ruling
upholds a lower court ruling
against the city’ s partners policy
which had been challenged by a
taxpayer who argued the policy
violates the state’s policy
"favoring marriage of heterosexual
couples." It was not
immediately known if the city
will appeal the decision to the
state supreme court.
N.Y. Attorney General
Omits Anti-Gay Bias
ALBANY, N.Y.- New York
Attorney General Dennis Vacco,
who came under fire for his
campaign last year against an
open lesbian candidate for the
office, has issued anorderbarring
hiring bias that pointedly does
not include sexual orientation.
The state’s two preceding
¯attorneys general had included
sexual orientation in their
executive orders even though the
state has no law prohibiting antigay
employment discrimination.
A spokesperson for Vacco said
the attorney general felt sexual
orientation was a "personal,
private issue that has nothing to
do with aperson’ s employment."
Mandatory Tests
Proposed for Injured
Residents in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah
state House of Representatives
has approved and sent to the
Senate a measure that would
make injured state residents
rescued by public safety officers
or others obligated to take tests
to ensure they are notinfected
with HIV or other diseases.
Opponents of the legislation say
the bill is an unnecessary
intrusion and that police, fire and
emergency officers should
routinely take precautions
against infections while doing
their jobs.
Link Between Lesbianism
& Banned Drug?
NEW-YORK - A recently
published report in the journal
Developmental Psychology
indicates that the daughters of
women who took the synthetic
estrogen diethylstilbestrol
(DES), widely used by pregnant
women to help prevent
miscarriages, are m ore likely to
be bisexuals or lesbians than the
daughters ofwomenwho did not
take the drug. Researchers at
Columbia University, led by Dr.
Heino Meyer-Bahlburg, reported
in their work that eight of some
117 women whose mothers had
taken DES while carrying them
had bisexual or lesbian
tendencies. None of the 117 in a
separate control group whose
mothers did not take DES during
their pregnancies were bisexuals
or lesbians, however. The
ColumbiaUniversityresearchers
also made similar comparisons
ofmen whose mothers had been
given DES during their
pregnancies. But that comparative
study found no
differences for males exposed to_
the artificial estrogen.
Police Raid AIDS Benefit
SAN FRANCISCO - Some 40
SanFrancisco police officers and
about 20 state Alcohol Beverage
Control (ABC) agents raided a
New Year’s Eve AIDS
fundraiser, arresting 11 people
and setting the stage for up to 3
official inquiries and possibly a
series of lawsuits. Party-goers
have charged that during the raid
police officers covered their
badges, roughed people up, used
unnecessary choke-holds,
punched people in theface, made
anti-gay remarks, andperformed
illegal searches. Police officials
have denied the charges, saying
the raid of the fundraising party
for Visual Aid, an organization
that helps artists with AIDS
preserve and promote their
works., Wash’ t anti-gay at all and
was just a "routine part" of
several raids of "illegal
nightclubs" conducted the same
night. Several party-goers,
however, have told reporters and
city officials that officers used
expressions like "fucking
faggots" during theraid,punched
at least two people at the event,
and refused to identify
themselves or hid their badges,
and seized money, lighting and
musical equipment illegally.
S.F. Film Festival Head
Presumed Dead
SAN FRANCISCO - Mark
Finch, the well-liked and
respected director of the San
Francisco International Lesbian
&Gay Film Festival operated by
the organization Frameline, has
beenreportedmissing and isnow
considered an "unconfirmed
suicide" by the California
Highway. Patrol. Finch’s
briefcase was found by CHP
officers on a pedestrian walkway
on the Golden Gate Bridge
Saturday evening, Jan. 14,
although authorities have not
found any body as yet. Officials
characterized some of the letters
inside the briefcase as "suicide
notes." Last June’s film festival
attracted some 55,000 people to
see more than 300 films at three
locations in San Francisco,
Berkeley and San Jose.
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of the Epidemic
WASHINGTON - Dr. Harold
Jaffee of the Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention said at the
2nd National Conference on
Human Retroviruses that the
majority of the estimated
800,000 Americans believed to
beinfected withHIV areunaware
of their HIV stares. In reporting
a new statistical portrait of the
epidemic, Jaffee reported recent
CDC data that indicates that the
new infection rate among gay
and bisexual men has leveled off
after 13 years of relentless
increases.
Thedataindicates that: women
now account for more that 18%
ofall newlyreported cases during
recent years; nearly 60% of all
new cases are reported among
racial minorities; gay and
bisexual mean last year
represented43% ofall new cases
- down from47% the yearbefore.
Jaffee said, "Heterosexual
.contact is becoming increasingly
Important, especially for young
Hispanics and blacks in cities
and in small Southern cities and
towns."
Jaffee also noted a recent
national study of 2,500 people
newly diagnosed as HIV-positive
which found that nearly 60%
weren’t tested until they had
already becomeill with anAIDSrelated
disease and another study
of 222 infants infected with HIV
ehiCh found that only i in 6 was
tting appropriate treatment to
prevent AIDS-related pneumonia.
Complications of AIDS :
Leading Cause of Death
WASHINGTON - Recent data
from the Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention reported
at the 2nd National Conference
onHumanRetroviruses indicates
that HIV infection is now the
leading cause of death among
Americans between the ages of
2 5 and44. The new data means.
that AIDS has now surpassed
accidental injuries as the cause
of death for people in the age
group. AIDS is also now the
leading cause of death for all
people in 79 of the country’ s 169
largest cities, according to the
new CDC data.
Long-Term Survivors
BOSTON - Researchers report
that they have uncovered
significant new dues about why
some people infected with HIV
remain healthy for up to 15 years
after being infected - findings
that scientists say could lead to
important new approache s to
both treatment and research.
In reports in the New England
Journal ofMedicine, researchers
say that some of the "long-term
survivors" they study have
developed potent antibodies
against the virus, some have
elevated levels of specialized
cells that battle HIV, and some
unusually weakened strains of
the vires. While most men and
women infected with HIV
develop full-blown AIDS and
die within 6 to 12 years, some 5
percent have lived with
unimpairedimmune systems and
without disease for 15 years or
more. Dr. Ronald Desrosier, one
of the researchers in this study,
said the apparent immunity to
AIDS of some long-term
survivors offers fresh evidence
that using weakened strains of
the virus rather than dead ones
may offer a path to the
development of safe vaccines.
One study from a large team at
the National Institute of ALlergy
and Infectious Disease, the
government’s main AIDS
research center, focused on
survivors infected with a
genetically normal and highly
virulent strain of the virus but
who seem to possess supereffective
immune responses that
are able to hold the virus in check.
Another study involved
volunteer subjects who have
remained healthy for 10 to 15
years afterinfection. Researchers
at New York University found
that the levels of HIV in the
volunteers’ cells were unusually
low and that the CD8 cells of
their immune sy stems proved to
be powerful killers of the virus -
far more powerful, in fact, than
the same type of cells found in
patients who develop full-blown
findings suggest new paths
toward therapies and the
possibility of creating vaccines
to induce the same type of
immunity that the long-term
survivors apparently possess
naturally.
Scientists Link
Kaposi’s & New Virus
WASHINGTON - Dr. Patrick
S. Moore and Dr. Yuan Chang,
researchers at Columbia
University, have reported they
have found strong evidence that
a newly identified virus in the
herpes group, which they’ve
tentatively named Kaposi
Sarcoma Ass ociated Herpes
Virus (KSHV), may cause
Kaposi’ s sarcoma, a cancer that
strikes some people with AIDS.
While Moore would not say
categorically that the new virus
actually causes KS, other experts
believe it does. Dr. Steven Miles
of the University of California at
Los Angeles said that his team
and others in the U.S. and
England had confirmed the
findings.
Moore’ s research team found
evidence ofKSHV in 95% of the
21 patients withKS they studied,
while only one of the 21 who did
not have KS showed signs of
KSHV - which he said was
probably the result of a technical
error. The scientists also found
evidence ofKSHV in tissue from
21 African adults & children.
Found in Saliva
WASHINGTON - A study
reported on at the 2nd National
Conference on Human
Retroviruses indicates scientists
with the National Institute of
Dental Research have identified
a protein in human saliva that
blocks HIV from infecting cells.
The researchers said the
discovery sheds light on why
kissing andoral sex donot appear
to be significant routes Of AIDS
spread. Only aboutadozenAIDS
cases have been traced to oral
contact since the epidemic began
nearly 14 years ago.
The anti-AIDS protein,
discovered by Dr. Tessie
McNeely and Dr. Sharon Wahl,
adheres to the surface of white
blood cells and blocks HIV from
infecting them. Despite its
adhesiveness, the scientists have
dubbed the substance SLPI
(pronounce "slippy"), for
"secretory leukocyte protease
inhibitor." One area of future
research will be whether SLPI
could be added to condoms or
douches to reduce the risk of
HIV transmission. The protein’ s
natural function is apparently to
protect mucous membranes
against the body’s own proteindestroying
proteins.
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Management Association, 38%
of the firms reportedhaving dealt
with at least one worker infected
with HIV or who had AIDS
during 1994. The figure
represents a 15% increase over a
similar poll the previous year.
The survey also reported that
26% of the companies that have
had an employeewithHIV/AIDS
had implemented a companywide
policy on the workers with
the disease, but of firms that had
had no infected workers only "
17% had set up employment
policies conce ruing the disease.
The association’s research
director said that apparently
businesses "wait until the first
instance of AIDS or HIV
infection before putting together
policies."
’Titanic Struggle’ of HIV
NEW YORK - New research
by 2 independent teams of
scientists indicates that the
immune system of people
infected with HIV is engaged in
a "titanic struggle" with the
body’ s defenses. Scientists at the
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research
Center in New York and a team
at the University of Alabama
and Oxford University reported
their findings in the journal
Nature. According to their study
o.f people infected with HIV, the
researchers estimated that
between 100 million and a billion
viruses are produced every day
during the initial stages of
~infection, while the body’s
~immtme system pours out as
many as 2 billion white blood
cells to fight off the infection.
This enormous battle between
the immune system and the
invading virus, the researchers
say, is one of the reasons the
vxrus so quickly develops
resistance to medications unless
it is treated early in the infection.
Study Questions Care
SAN FRANCISCO- Researchers
studying patient care for
AIDS patients with pneumoma
and other severe respiratory
ailments at the intensive care
unit of San Francisco General
Hospital have raised questions
about the cost-effectiveness and
medical efficacy of such care.
Between 1988 and 1991, only
24% of those who got intensive
care for severe respiratory
illnesses associated with AIDS
left the hospital alive, the
researchers found. During the
period from 1986 to 1988, that
numberhadbeen39%. Similarly,
the costof saving lives had grown
to more than $215,000 during
the 1988-91 period - more than
double the $94,500 cost for the
earlier years.
Dr. Robert Wachter, who led
the study, said it was unclear
why more patients were dying,
but said he suspected those who
came to the hospital’ s ICU were
in later stages of the disease.
Wachter said it was not time to
suggest that the hospital start
Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs
den~ing such expensive, ~.lowsuccess
ICU treatment, but he
did suggest th~i~"h’~itals’with
significant numbers of such
patients begin considering the
issue of when such care might be
best withdrawn.
AIDS Caregivers Study
SAN FRANCISCO - A study
by the University of California
at San Francisco indicates that
friends and family members of
people with AIDS can be a
crucial source of support and
strength for the ill person -
although, they can also
unintentionally be unhelpful and
Offensive. Often, friends and
family members are confused or
unsure about how bey can give
the most support to their loved
ones. The UCSFstudy identified
helpful and unhelpful behaviors
from the pointofview ofaperson
with the disease, and offers
guidance for those who care but
aren’ t sure how to offer support
to someone with AIDS.
Some of the unhelpful
behaviors identified in the study
include avoiding interaction,
acting embarrassed or ashamed,
breaking confidentiality, and
criticizing one’s medical care.
More helpful behaviors
identified by the study include
.expressi.ng love or concern,
interacting naturally, and
offering practical assistance. The
study followed 136 couples -
gay and non-gay - in the San
Francisco Bay Area for 5 years
Health Briefs
and was published in London
publication AIDS Care
Magazine.
Women in Drug Trials
WASHINGTON- The National
Task Force on AIDS Drug
Development has recommended
that the U.S. Food & Drug
Administration require
researchers to include more
women in all stages of clinical
trials for drugs for serious and
life-threatening diseases,
including AIDS. An FDA
spokesperson said the
recommendation had been
accepted and would be acted on
as soon as possible.
Women and advocacy groups
have complained that drug trials
to treat diseases such as AIDS
excluded women, or only
brought them in late, because of
concerns about the drug’s effects
on the female reproductive
system and child-bearing
functions. Without the
participation of women in the
trials, they complained, there
would be little or no data on
possible effects the drug might
have on them when the drugs
came up for FDA approval.
SEC Investigation of
Florida Viatical Firm
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The
U.S. Securities & Exchange
Commission has gone to court to
force United Benefits Group of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to hand
over records of its investors,
employees, financial results, tax
returns and other inform ation.
United Benefits Group, a viatical
settlement broker that arranges
the sale of AIDS patients’ life
insurance policies to investors,
has refused to tell regulators how
it sells the policies and what
becomes of the money. The
company’s attorney claims that
because the company is not
selling securities, it does not have
to obey the SEC’ s directives. The
SEC says it needs to review the
documents to determine whether
there have been violations of,
federal securities laws, according
to SEC regional director Chuck
Senatore.
Philadelphia HIV Bias
Suit Moves Forward
PHILADELPHIA-U.S. District
Court Judge John Padova has
refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed
by John Woolfolk, who claims
he was denied medical services
in the HealthPass program
because he is infected with HIV.
The judge decided that a jury
should decide whether a city
physician and the managers of
HealthPass, which is financed
by state and federal funds,
violated the Americans With
Disabilities Act and the U.S.
Rehabilitation Act. Judge Padova
said that a doctor "who receives
federal funds to provide healthcare
benefits may not withhold
medical benefits wi.thout
reasonable accommodation. ""
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Human RightS, omp.2
celebrate our diversity, the changing facd,s
of the workplace, and the need to furth6r
understand and accomodate persons based
on their sexual orientation.
Other Human Rights Commissioners
present, along withDepartment staff; were
recognized for their work. The City of
Tulsa will be hosting the 47th Annual
Conference of the International
Association of Official Human Rights
Agencies next August. Event co-chairs
Maynard Ungerman, local philanthropist,
and Jerry Goodwin, publisher of the
Oklahoma Eagle, were also recognized.
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
(TOHR) was represented by Tim Gillean,
Ric & Kelly Kirby.
Letters, frompage2
very least, an apology is due from ~he
Commemorative Society.
Discrimination is not what that
memorial service was to be about. My
friends, both homosexual and
heterosexual, and I were there to affirm
one another, to dispel intolerance and
prejudice. Bishop Young’s remarks did
-just the opposite.
Marilyn & Charles Murphy
Marriage, ompage 1
possibility that Hawaii’s Supreme Court
may rule same-sex marriages legal in that
state, making it possible for gays and
lesbians to legally marry in Hawaii and
return home where th eir weddings might
otherwise be legally valid." Clearly this is
a preemptive strike against recognition of
.our loving unions," said Robert Bray of
the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.
Murder, frompoge l
jury saw past the AIDS-phobic and
homophobic rhetoric presented by the
defense in this case." said Beth Barrett,
NGLTF spokesperson. "The jury
recognized that HIV status is never an
excuse for murder."
,It is unfortunate that, even after the
trial, the defense attorney continues to use
outdated stereotypes and homophobia in
an attempt to defame the gay and lesbian
communityofMississippi,"Barrettadded.
NGLTF will continue to monitor
developments in Mississippi. Organizers
point to the murder of a third gay man
under similar circumstances in Indianola
and the potential for continued tension at
the lesbian-feminist retreat, Camp Sister
Spirit, in Ovett, as reasons for their
concern. "Given the murders and the
history of harassment in Mississippi, we
continue to be deeply concerned for the
safety of gay men and lesbians in that
state," Barrett said.
The jury, including five black jurors,
convicted McClendon, who is black, of
the murders of the two white men which
occured on Oct. 8, 1994.
I~i;l~l lllg|, . from p,age 1
to grab the raihbow triangles necklace
wornby "Joe". "Joe", who Spent anumber
of years in an elite US military unit, reports
that his self-defense training kicked in
and the assailant was on the ground with
his arms twisted behind his back in just a
few moments.
Later, "Joe" contacted the Tulsa District
Attorney’ s office which was able to locate
the assailant through the emergency room
records whichmatched "Joe’s"description
of the assailant and his likely injuries.
ML from page 1
abuse, and I~lophilia, as some of the ills
h~,.sees in contemporary society. He
s~ecifically characterized these as
"slavery." Several persons were seen
leaving the service after Bishop Young
made his remarks.
Tulsa Family News staff attended the
service and immediately after the service
asked Young about including
homosexuality in a list of violent and
abusive crimes. Young’s response was
that his views werejustifiedby "the Word
of God". When asked how he would
compare Bible passages whichhe believes
condemn homosexuality to passages once
used to justify slavery, Young refused to
answer.
The reaction of other religious and
community leaders involvedin the service
varied. School Superintendent John
Thompsonrefused comment. Sister Sylvia
Schmidt, executive director of Tulsa
Metropolitan Ministry expressed dismay
not only at Young’s anti-Gay remarks but
also his sexist ones. After the service, the
Rev. David Wiggs of Boston Ave.
Methodist promised as a member of the
MLKing Commemorative Society to raise_
the issue at the next Society meeting.
Society board members, Yolanda
Charney, formerly of the Jewish
Federation and Nancy Day of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews,
promised to raise the issue of an apology
to the Lesbian & Gay communities for
Young’s remarks. The Society’s president,
the Rev. Andrew Phillips, remarked to the
Tulsa Wormthat he hoped that the Society
could give an apology.
Since the event, the Society has met but
so far has not responded to Tulsa Family
News’ complaints. Nancy Day, not
speaking officially for the Society, said
that ithad decidednot toapologize because
they did not want to set a precedent. She
related that it was decided that the Society
would set up a committee to establish
guidelines for future speakers. The
Society’s president, the Rev. Andrew
Phillips, however, when contacted by the
Tulsa World, refused comment.
Tulsa’s Family of Faith Metropolitan
Community Church issued a statement
condemning Young’s remarks: %..Family
of Faith takes great offense at the inclusion
of such prejudice in an "interfaith" service
which includes those churches that believe
as we do, that homosexuality is a Godgiven
orientation....it seems unthinkable
that a service dedicated to a civil rights
leaderwhoadvocated’non-violent’ protest
and equal rights for all would be a place
people gather to hear a message
advocating...the oppression of Gay and
Lesbians."
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been legal.
Councilwoman Donna Bloomer, a
supporter of the Eagle Forum, said the
-group would join with organizers from
Operation Rescue and the state’s Christian
Coalition chapter in an effort to force the
new job protections to the ballot. The
measure adopted by the Council, however,
got support not only from city and state
gay rights organizations, but also highprofile
backing from Dallas Mayor Steve
Barlett, a conservative Republican, and
from Coretta Scott King, who wrote in
support o f the ordinance.
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Tuesday, February 28
2 and7p.m, shows
John H. Williams Theatre -- Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $12 Matinee. $15 Evening
Enjoy conversation and song with one of AmericaZs premier
composers. Songsfromthe following musicals will be featured:
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by Beverly Haney ofMCC-Greater Tulsa
Editor’s note: this is the balance ofthe
column begun in last month s paper. The
topic is the writings of St. Paul &
homosexuality.
Verse 26 is the only place in the Bible
that can be used to. refer to Lesbian sex
because it refers to "’unnatural" sexual
relations and, as the term is used today,
unnatural sex means homosexuality. As
we have seen, however, Paul uses para
physin to mean something out of the
ordinary an not something unnatural or
immoral as it has been translated. So the
reference to female sexual relations that
are "’beyond the ordinary" could mean
many things. We know that it was considered
unclean to have sex with a woman
during menstruation, or for a woman to
have sex with an uncircumcised man.
Actually there is not reason to read
homosexuality in the passage at all because
in all of the ancient texts, this is a subject
that is not discussed and there is no reason
to think that Paul would bring it up now.
It is also believed that the word "likewise"
set up a parallel between what women do
and what the men do. This parallel could
also mean that the women and the men are
having sex that is "’out of the ordinary".
There is not reason to conclude that this
passage means-Lesbian sex. The burden
ofproof rests ~ith those making the claim.
Paul uses the words. "degrading
passions" and "shameless acts" to describe
the sexual acts he is referring to. The
Greek word translated as "degrading" is
atimia. It means something not held in
honor, not respected, or not highly valued.
There is no moral condemnation in this
word and when he uses the same word
elsewhere, there is never any moral
condemnataon in his meaning. He uses the
word when he talks of chamber pots and
long hair.
The other Greek word that is translated
as "shameless acts" is aschemosyne:
Literally, the word means not according
to form, not nice, or unseemly. In other
places, Paul Uses this work to describe a
man who refuses to give his daughter in
marriage and also to describe genitals.
Never does the word imply moral
condemnation but only social disapproval.
During the time of Patti, homosexuality
between men was common in Greek and
Roman societies They thought it was
perfectly natural for men to be attracted to
other men..It is obvious that Paul didn’t
really disapprove of homosexuality, so
why did he bring it up at all? This will be
the topic for next month’s article.
Homosexuality was never brought up by
Jesus Himself, so it is necessary to find
out why Paul brought it up.
Religion Briefs Prime Timers
New Bishop Does Holy Unions Prime Timers of Tulsa and Eastern
LOS ANGELES The Rev. Pant ~.~,.OklahomawillwelcomeDanielleShreve,
Egertson, newly installed as a Lutheran
bishop in Southern California, told his
congregation that he has performed 3
same-sex holy unions at his North
Hollywood church even though such
ceremomes violate the policies of the
parent Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America against "blessing of a
homosexual relationship." Egertson said
the ceremonies were done "with dignity
and reverence" and that 10 other Lutheran
pastors and 4 bishops in the area also
conducted the rites for same-sex couples.
Gay Pastor to Stay
OAKLAND, Calif. With the overwhelming
support of members of his
congregaaon at St. Paul Lutheran Church
in defiance of an order that he be fired
because he’s gay, the Rev. Ross Merkel
has been allowed to keep his post as pastor
by officials of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church ofAmerica. Merkel was defrocked
in February 1994 after telling his
cong.regation that he is gay on the 15th
anmversary commemorating his
relationship with his lover. The ELCA’s
official policy is to allow gay clergy only
if they remain celibate. But because of the
overwhelming support from his
congregataon at St. Paul’s, the regional
governing church synod has allowed
Merkel to remain in his post, although it
barred him from appointing anyone to fill
posts at the 18 other congregauons in the
area which he had had authority over.
Interfaith AIDS Ministry
TheAmericanTheater Co. has dedicated
its Wednesday, March 8th "preview"
performance ofThe Crucible to Interfaith
AIDS Ministry as a benefit. Tickets m:e
$10 with discounts for students and groups.
Persons under 16 years are 1/2 price. Call
438-2437 for more info. and tickets.
Tickets are also available at Tomfoolery!
The performance will be at 8 pm at the
Williams Theater in the Perf. Arts Center.
co-ordinator of volunteers for the H’IV
Resource Consortium, as speaker for their
Sunday, March 5th meeting at 4pm at the
Gathering Place, 4154 S. Harvard.
Ms. Shreve will discuss volunteer
opportunities and training available at the
Resource Consortium and in the general
community.
A committee will also be formed to
plan their 2nd anniversary dinner. Other
upcolmng events include the Orlando,
Florida CR Convention in May and one
for the International Primetimers in Dallas
in October. For more info. call 437-2878.
Rainbow Business Guild
The Rainbow Business Guild will meet
Feb. 26 at 7 pm at Tao Tao Restaurant at
6219 E. 61st. RGB is an organization for
Lesbian/Gay & Gay-friendly businesses.
For more info. call 254-2100
Women’s Sadie Hawkins Dance
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
(TOHR) will hold a women’s dance atAll
Soul’s Unitarian Dance. This smoke-free,
alcohol-free event will double as a
menabership drive for TOHR. The cover
charge of $5 individual or $5 couple can
be applied to TOHR membership. Child
care will be provided.
This eventis part of a series of women’ s
TOHR events planned by TOHR women
at a recent focus group.
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Oklahoma Leather
TULSA Last October 22, the SilverStar
Saloon hosted the Mr. Oklahoma Leather
1995 Contest with over 400 leather
supporters in attendance and $3000 raised
for Oklahoma charities record numbers,
according to T.U.L.S.A. president, Amie
Holder. T.U.L.S.A. (Tulsa Uniform &
Leather Seekers Association) has
produced the contest since its inception
six years ago.
Larry Everett won the title of Mr.
Oklahoma Leather 1995. This contest is a
preliminary to the International Mr.
Leather (IML) contest in Chicago this
May. Judges for ~he contest includedNLA
International 94, Mark Frazier; International
Ms. Leather 94, Cindy Bookout;
International Mr. Drummer 94-95, Keith
Hunt; Mr. Gulf Coast Drummer 94, Pant
Jaques; Mr. Oklahoma Daddy 94, Mark
Touchstone; Mr. Tulsa Leather 93, Ron
Greenwood; and Mistress Mir.
According to Holder, "Interest in leather
is at an all time high in Oklahoma. Across
the country, we have become the state to
watch for serious leather contenders.’"
Cindy Bookont and Paul Jaques are both
from Oklahoma. In additirn, MS. Gulf
Coast Leather 95, "Shadow" and the first
nmner up to International Mr. Leather 94,
Terry Gatewood, are alsofrom Oklahoma.
Twocharities were selected as this years
beneficiaries: Raint)ow Village, Inc. of
Tulsaand Other Options, Inc. ofOklahoma
City. T.U.L.S.A. presented a $1500 check
to each at the Miss Oklahoma Pageant on
Jan. 29.
Rainbow Village helps persons living
with AIDS/HIV to control their own lives.
They help to provide education and
counseling to intervening in day-to-day
hardships. Other Options provides AIDS/
HIV education through resource books,
seminars and networking professional
services.
"1994 was the best year ever for the
leather community in Oklahoma. We are
looking forward to 1995 with great
anticipation, "added Holder.
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Fight Back co.,’ om p. 2
Drumwright talking regularly about how
homosexuals are a threat to our very
culture. Hello - is this really a burning
issue for small town or rural Oklahoma?
After all, we know how small town
Oklahoma is just being over-run by
homosexuals.
Both senators have been stalling a
meeting with Lesbian/Gay constituents
for over a year now. Maybe the theory is
that if you never meet with folks you’ ve
decided to hate, then you never have to
reconsider your views. It’ s similar to Nazi
techniques for dehumanizing Nazi victims
so that it’ s easier to murder them. If they
met with us they might find we all have
something in common.
The one bit ofhope in all this is that Rep.
Steve Largent appears to be keeping a
promise made in the campaign to come to
the Metropolitan Commuaity Church of
Greater Tulsa. Whoknows what will come
of this but just meeting with us here in
Oklahomaismore than has everhappened.
Wemay have to agree to disagree onmany
things but Mr. I_argent may be serious in
wanting to represent zll Tulsans.
So after this mostly gloomy assessment,
whatcanwedo?Wemustbegin toorganize
seriously, as though we are fighting for
our fives - which we may be doing. Only
a handful of you are members of and
involved in TOHR. Whatever its .faults,
it’ s a good starting place.
We must start thinking about politics,
no matterhow tedious and frustrating they
are. We will only really get decent
representation when we are organized
enough to deliver dollars and votes. It’s
possible. Dallas has 3 of 14 Gay city
councilors which is the result of years of
organizing.
Wewill begin to have a chance when we
elect a Lesbians and Gay men to the Tulsa
City Council and to our state legislature.
Art Justis, newly elected to district 6 only
got 575 votes on Feb. 14. There are
probably more than 575 queens m the
Silver Star and Concessions alone on a
Sat. night.
The answer is: get involved, give a
damn, fred a place where your donation of
time (maybe more important than money)
can make a difference. Register to vote
and then, vote! Call your state legislator.
Call Inhofe and Nickles, even if it feels
like an exercise in frustration. Numbers
make a difference. Get involved with the
new Lesbian and Gay Political Action
Committee. If you’re Republican, join
Log Cabin Republicans and work for our
lives and well-being as well as your
pocketbook. If you don’t like politics,
then help PWLA’s or Lesbian & Gay
youth or TOHR’s community center
project, or fill a need yet unfilled.
Just do something.
N, cont’dfrom p. 1
such as Boulder, CO where there are so
many papers there is not room enough.
TFN publisher Neal pointed out to Van
Natter that Tulsa has fewer free
publications. Neal added that it seems that
banning all free publications seemed at
odds with the mission of booksellers, as
well as appearing to be a cover for
discriminatory behavior since Barnes &
Noble did not seem to have any problem
with space for free papers until a Gay one
asked for access. Neal stated, "Barnes &
Noble’ s decision to sell Lesbian and Gay
books and magazines but to refuse a
community newspaper equal access says
that Barnes & Noble wants to take money
from the Lesbian & Gay communities
while discriminating against us."
Tulsa Family News has forwarded its
complaint of discrimination to Tulsa
Oklahomans for Human Rights, Parents,
Friends & Families of Lesbians & Gays,
Tulsa’s Human Rights Commission as
well as to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation. At press time, TFN
continues to work with Barnes & Noble’ s
New York corporate offices to resolve
this conflict. Comments may be directed
to CynthiaCamahan, community relations
co-ordinator at 250-5034,r fax: 250-0576.
HJR 1018, cont’dfromp. 1
basi~of 6t enti[le any person or class of
persons to have or claim any minority
status, quota preferences, protected status
or claim of discrimination." "Section 2.2
No board of educaton in this state shall
allow the teaching of homosexuality,
lesbianism or bisexuality as natural
lifestyles." "Section 2.3 No person who is
a homosexual, bisexual or lesbian shall be
permitted to adopt or provide foster care
to any child in this state."
Lambda Legal Defense and Education
Fund, a non-profit organization based in
New York, issued a review of the Graves’
resolution. Attorney Suzaune Goldberg
states that HJR 1018 "suffers fatal legal
flaws". Goldberg suggests that the
amendment if passed by the voters would
be quickly challenged and such a challenge
would probably succeed.
Kelly Kirby and Tim Gillean (past
president and current president
respectively) of Tulsa Oklahomans for
Human Rights (TOHR) led a meeting of
about 50 persons at the Metropolitan
Community Church of Greater Tulsa on
January 30. Kirby urged those attending
to contact their representatives and
members of the Rules Committee to
discourage support for the resolution and
to remain alert to future developments
while the Legislature is in session. Kirby
explained that the resolution had to given
a hearing by the committee to which i.t has
been assigned in order to be voted on by
the full House ofRepresentives. However,
even if the resolution is kept in committee
without a hearing, Graves can attempt to
add it as an amendment to other bills. Pat
Reaves of Simply Equal OKC said that a
similar, meeting was held in Oklahoma
City recently.
Oklahoma House of Representatives
leadership was non-commital when
contacted about HJR 1018 but it is wall
known that Rep. Graves is not well thought
of by many of his peers. However, some
political observers worry that this
resolution might pass if it gets to a "floor"
vote just because few Oklahoma
legislators have the courage to vote in any
way except what might be seen as anti-
Gay. For more info, contact TOHR at
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And why not? We insure our cars, our
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we don’t insure the one thing which
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to earn an income.
Its name is Disability Income Insurance
( D.I. coverage ). Disability Income
insurance is a monthly expense ; however
, should you become unable to work, a
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month to help pay the bills.
Look at it this way... You pay into an
insurance plan for five years and then
become disabled. Within three years, you
will have recouped your expenses and, in
most cases, will continue to draw a benefit
check. Three years is nothing, people,
should you become disabled.
Facts:
-85% of failed mortgages are due to the
owner becoming disabled and un@Je to
pay.
- 1 out of 3 people will become disabled
or contract an incurable disease and will
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- Actuaries tell us: a person has a better
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Questions to ask when shopping for
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* How disabled must I be to collect the
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A policy’ s definition of disability is the
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many people tend to forget,
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person’s most valuable
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single most important provision. Some
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Do make a point to check-in on each and
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Most insurance companies require a
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Make sure you can add a rider that will
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Your ability to earn an income is
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Whatmanypeople tend to forget, however,
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A Friend for a Friend
Art Show & Sale
A Friend for a Friend, a non-profit
organization dedicated to serving the HIV/
AIDS community and their pets will hold
an Art Show & Sale on April 29 & 30.
Artists and craftspersons, and aspiring
ones, are encouraged to donate works for
the cause. All proceeds from this sale are
used for AIDS support.
A Friend for a Friend serves the HIV/
AIDS communities by caring for the
boarding, feeding and veterinary care of
PWLA’s pets, as well as making hospital
visits and other support. For more
information and to help, please call Alice
Wilder Bates at 747-6827. All artwork
donations are needed by April 15th.
AIDS is a preventable
disease! You
can provide prevention
education!
Get the training,
Save a life,
The Minority Task Force is sponsoring
an HIV/AIDS training program on Feb.
17, 6-9pm and Feb. 18, 9-5 pm at Antioch
Baptist Church, 2123 No. Frankfort. For
more information, call Tessie at 749-4194
or 800-474-4872, or Reggy at 744-1000.
Lesbian or Gay
and Republican?
Contact Tulsa Log Cabin
Republicans care of this paper:
POB 4140, 74159 or at
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Diverse Community
Tulsa HIV & AIDS
Anthology Begun
Words and pictures on; about and by
persons in the Tulsa area are being
collected for use in a book to benefit
Rainbow Village. This anthology will
showcase the strength, courage, humor
and talents of the many people here in the
heartland who are fighting the battle
agmnst AIDS.
Choose your weapon: pen, pencil, taperecorder,
paintbrush or camera! Honor a
friend or family member; bring a smile or
a tear; unlock the window of the soul!
Showcase a talent!
Theanthology will include: shortstories,
poetry, journal entries, humor, 1 st person
or biographical sketches, artwork and
photography. In other words, anything
that can be set down on paper. Whether
you want to write about AIDS from your
pet’ s point-of-view, draw a cartoon, tear a
poignant page from a journal, write a
segment from your own life or share a
letter or a prayer, all submissions are
welcome. Family and friends may want to
honorlovedones by submitting theirworks
so their talents will live on.
Submissions can be hand-written, typed
or on tape. Since we would like to include
as many works as possible in the book, we
ask that submissions be limited to five (5)
typewritten pages. Artwork from pen and
ink to photographs are also being considered.
Do not send original artwork.
Send copies or color photocopies as the
work cannot be returned. Complete
confidentiality will be respected. Submissions
may be anonymous. Names will
only be ihcluded with the authors’, artists’,
or in the case ofposthumous submissions,
family member’s consent.
All materials received will be given the
same consideration. Every submission
may not appear in the anthology, but all
will be read and preserved.
All submissions must be received by
April 1, 1995. Materials may be sent care
of Tulsa Family News, POB 4140, Tulsa
74159. For more info., call 832-2333.
READ ALL ABOUT IT
by Barry Hensley,
Circulation Department Supervisor
Tulsa City-County Library
You saw themovie, now read the book!
In case yofi missed the recentNBC movie,
here are the basics: Margarethe Cammermeyer
was the highest ranking officer in
the U.S. military to
challenge the military’s
anti,Gay policy. She was
a decorated Army nurse,
24 years into her satisfying
career, when, in
1989, she was interviewed
for admission to
the Army War College
and asked about her
sexual orientation. After
pausing foramoment, she
said, "Iamalesbian." She
was formally discharged
in 1992, solely because
...Margarethe
Cammermeyer was
the highest ranking
officer in the U.S.
military to
challenge the
military’s
anti-Gay polley...
of her sexual orientation, after being given
several opportunities to change heranswer.
Her book reveals a personal life not
unlike many people who realize their
sexual identity after being married and
having children. Juggling a career while
holding together a "traditional family
unit", in the process of acknowledging
her true sexual orientation makes quite a
story.
Her husband, Harvey, proves to be a
fascinating character as he gradually
changes from a loving, supportive husband
to a confused and divisive man as
his wive’s career advances and her inner
turmoil surfaces. His complete disintegration
into bitterness is illustrated by
Cammermeyer’s recollection of the period
following their divorce when, "after
my weekly visits with my sons, Harvey
would line up the boys
and make them join him
in jeering at me. They
would chant ’Dyke,
queer.’ These little men,
ages 4 to 11, yelling, their
faces twisted in pain and
confusion." Fortunately,
time often heals, and
Cammermeyer’s children
have become unwavering
in their support for her.
Along with her devoted
companion, they now
form a family which is, in
many ways, very conventional.
Cammermeyer’s military ordeal is
harrowing. After reading about her logic,
courage and honesty, one soon realizes
that there are, indeed, heroes and role
models in the Gay community. She is an
important figure as she continues her
advocacy for human rights. Her book is
timely, inspiring and written in an easyto-
read style.
Check the Tulsa City-County Library catalog for this book, or call the Central
Library’s Reader’s Services department at 596-7966.
Some other recent library additions of interest include:
*Girlfriend Number One: Lesbian Life in the 90s (edited by Robin Stevens)
*Hearing Us Out: Voices from the Gay and Lesbian Community (by Roger Sutton)
*The Burning Library: Essays (by Edmund White}
*Men on Men 5: Best New Gay Fiction
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'Freedom Riders'
A Friend for a Friend
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AIDS panic
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AIDS/HIV education
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American Library Association
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Harvey Milk Institute
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Jesse Helms
Kaposi's sarcoma
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Metropolita Community Church of Greater Tulsa
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Mr. Oklahoma Leather
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Read All About It
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Clinton Ends Anti-Gay
Security Restrictions
WASHINGTON - President Clinton on Friday,
Aug. 4, signed an executive order that bans bias
against homosexuals in issuing federal security
clearances. Clinton’s move is one that has long
been sought by gay rights advocates.
Under the Clinton executive order, which takes
effect immediately, a security clearance can not be
denied solel, on the basis of sexual orientation.
\~qaite House spokesman Mike McCurry said the
order standardizes criteria throughout the federal
See Order. page12
The directors ofBlack & White. Inc. celebrate their largest attendance
Washinton State Official yet at the 1995 Patrons Gala at Philbrook Museum, photo: Jamett
Condemned for Bias The NAMES Project Fundraisers
AUGUST 11, !995- Dr. Dexter Amend, Spokane
County Coroner in Washington State, has invoked
gays-and-child-molestation stereotypes by blaming
the sexual abuse and lnurder of a 9-year-o!d gift
on homosexuals because an autopsy showed the
victim had been sexually molested, including
sodomized.
"She’s been sodomized over and over and sodomy
i s a homosexual act. it is," said Dr. Amend. an
elected official. ’q’o have everybody ttfink ho~nosexuality
is OK is a bunch of baloney. I don’t care
see Official, page 3
Hawai’i Marriage Case Delayed
HONOLULU - Hawai’i Circuit Court Judge Kevin
Chang has put off for a full year the legal case that
may decide whether same-sex couples in Hawaii
can legally marry or not.
At the same time, however, Judge Chang refused
to change a state supreme court order that requires
the state to show a "compelling interest" in order to
deny marriage licenses to gays and lesbians - a
difficult tegal test to meet in most cases. The new
trial date is July 15, 1996.
U.S. Grants Asylum to Iranian Gay Man
NEW YORK - The U.S. Immigration & Naturalization
Service has determined that an Iranian gay
man now living in Brooklyn and identified only as
’~A.T.," has a %veil-founded fear of persecution" if
he is deported back to Ins native country. Granting
political asylum to themzabrought praisefromgay
rights activists.
’~Persecution of lesbians and gay men around the
world has escalated to epidemic proportions," said
Suzanne B. Goldberg of the Lambda Legal Defense
&Education Fund, wInchrepresented"A.T."
in the case. ’TIns ruling reflects our nation’s commitment
to providing refuge for all persecuted
persons~ including lesbians & gay men, who meet
the strict digibility requirements for political asy-
Ohio Activists Appeal to SupremeCourt
CINCINNATI - Ohio activists have appealed to
the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort toovermm a
federal appeals court ruling that allows a 1993
voter-approved city amendment prohibiting civil
rights protections from including homosexuals t o
stand.
The anti-gay amendment, which is similar to
Colorado’s Amend. 2, was approved by the city’s
voters after the city council had passed an anti-bias
measure barring discrimination based on sexual
orientation, race, sex, and other characteristics.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in May
that gays and lesbians were not an "identifiable
class" like other minority groups and could not
therefore be granted civil rights protections.
Feast for Friends - 8/26
The Sum of Us- 9/5+6
In preparation for the return of the Quilt in October, The NAMES
Project. Tulsa Chapter is holding two fundiaisers. Its mmual Feast for
Friends is a series of dimmers held at private homes around the city with
individuals inviting their guests to make contributions comparable to
what they would spend if they were to go out to dinner. The guests
from the many dinners come together for a dessert finale at the
Southern Hills Marriott.
see NAMES, page 3
Tulsa Could Host State Gay Conf.
Organizers of the Oklahoma Pride Conference ~vill hold their next
planning meeting on Saturday, August 19 at the University of Tulsa’s
~klan Chapman Activity~Center at 1 lain. Tulsa-orgamzers will bring
a proposal to the meeting that the next statewide conference be held
in Tulsa. Conference organizers have tentatively set the date for this
next conference to be Feb. 17-18, 1996. This meeting is open to all
who are interested in helping with the project.
The first OK Pride Conference was held at the University of
Oklahoma in the summer of 1994. Speakers included then-executive
director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Peri
Jude Radecic, Mandy Carter, longtime activist now working with the
Human Rights Campaign Fund and the Black Gay & Lesbian Leadership
Conference and Robert Bray, media gnru for NGLTF. For
more information, call 832-0233.
Friends In Unity Labor Day Fete
Friends in Unity Social Orgamzation (FUSO), an organization for
African-American men of diverse sexual orientation, will hold its
annual picnic on Saturday, September 2, followed by its banquet on
Sunday, the 3rd. This picnic will honor the 4th anniversary of FUSO
but is the 16th picnic. This tradition began with a group of~riends but
has developed in to a community tradition. Invitations have been
extended to people in St. Louis, Dallas, Little Rock, Kansas City as
well as Oklahoma City.
FUSO has also announced a fundraising drive to support its efforts
to provide HIV care and services and education to the African-
American community. For more information, call 425-4905.
New Civil Rights Organization
Fight for Your Rights commiUee has taken the name Green Country
Pride and will hold its next meeting on Thursday~ August 24 at 7pm
at the Tulsa Central Library at 4th & Denver.
The organization adopted a mission statement at its July meeting:
toimprove the quality oflifein GreenCotmtry-(northeastemOklahoma)
- for LGBT people, our families and friends through,education, communication,
and organization within our community and the community
at large. Several action committees have been established: a
speakers bureau to help educate non-Gay people about Lesbian/Gay/
Bi and Transgendered issues, a Community Leadership committee to
try to create better communication among the various orgamzations
and part of the communities and a youth committee winchhas already
found a safe space for Gay youth to hold quarterly dances.
For more information, call 838-2121.
August 15 - September 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 9
Tulsa Organizers of
Human Rights Conf.
Leave Out Local Gays
TULSA, OK - IAOHtLa~, the International Associafon
of Official Human Rights Agencies brought
attendees from across the United States and abroad
to Tulsa for its 47th Almual Conference held at the
Southern Hills Marriott on August 5- t 1. Speakers
included Sanford Cloud, Jr. president of the National
Conference ffonnerly the Nat’l Conf. of
Christians & Jews) and Gov. Frank Keating.
Local orgamzations like the NAACP, the Tulsa
Urban League and the lo’cal office of the National
Colfference were invited and had exhibits at the
conference. Missing were any local Lesbian/Ga\
orgamzations, such as Tulsa Oklahomans for Hu’-
man Rights (TOHR). TOHRpresident.Tim Gillean
said that organization had not received any information
about the possibility of exhibition ;pace.
Claude Rogers, president ofIAOHRA. responded
defensively to questions that Gay issues and folk
were not represented. \~qaen asked abont the lack of
Gay topics in the conference agenda, he stated that
many issues, like hate crimes, were relevant to
Lesl~ians and Gay men. Rogers did provide a cop3
of the conference program which included copies
of pro-Gay resolutions from last vear’s conference
in Tampa. Bill Carlon. an openly ~ay ~nan from the
Austin, Texas Human Rights Co~mnission. said
Gay issues were discussed in the Tulsa workshOl;S
he httended pmnafily becanse he’said he made a
point to raise them.
The Tulsa Executive Coxmnittee which was responsible
for local organizing had no member
representing Tulsa Lesbian/Gay coxmnunities and
the larger advisory board had only one openly Gay
pel~son, Demlis Neill. Neill told TFN that while h~
was asked some months ago to be involved, he was
not a~vare that the advisory board ever met nor did
anything. Dept. ofHuman Rights director, Dymme
Mason who was involved in the conference planning
claimed that "everyone was invited" but could
name only Dennis Neill specifically as being involved
in the planning. City of Tulsa staff were
paid by the City winle helping with conference
organizing according tO Hilary Kitz, aide to Mayor
Susan Savage. Conference chair, Jerry Goodwin
of the Oklahoma Eagle, did not return phone calls
to TFN to explain the failure to involve local Gay
organizations.
Several Gay Conference attendees stated that
they felt the problems at this year’s conference
would be better addressed at next year’s event
wInch will be held in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Interfaith AIDS Ministries
Holds ’Old Fashioned’ Carnival
Interfaith AIDS Ministries will hold an carnival
on Saturday, August 19 from 10am to 6pm at 1515
S. Lewis in the parking lot of Cherry Street Psychotherapy
Associates. The carnival will feature food,
entertainment, a "fortune teller" and games, notably
a dunking tank. Several community activists,
Janice Nicklas, Ric Kirby, Sharon Thoele and
others have agreed to risk dunking for the cause.
InterfaithAIDS Ministries provides spiritual support
and has provided a24-hourHIV/AIDS information
line. For more information, call 438-2437.
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DIRECTORY PAGE 2
NEWS BRIEFS PAGE 4
HEALTH BRIEFS PAGE 7
CALENDAR PAGE 9
FINANCES PAGE 10
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by John D ’Emilio
The Republican Party’s Contract
with America--and its
younger sibling, the Contract
with the American Family
.have dominated political reportmg
for most of the ’year. Because
both have chosen to sidestep
head-on discussion of homosexuality,
gay issues have
slipped from the national
media’s radar screen.For many
gay men, lesbians and bisexuals
this must come as a welcome
relief, a moment of respite in a
hard political season. Who, after
all, could enjoy being the
target of the kind of rhetoric
generated in the lastfew years
at the Republican convention in
Houston, in the Senate hearings
on the military’s exclusion poll
cies, or in tire fight over the
NEA?
The lull, howe~er, is more
apparent than reaL; Congress is
not the only bodythat legislates.
In the fifty states, there was no
Contract ~;¢ith America to discipline
local right-wing political
leaders, but in many of them
there is an infrastructure of gay
organizations eager to moveforward
their quest for respect and
equality. The rcsult is that state
capital,s rather than Congress
have become the battleground
upon ~,.hich the issue of equal
rights for gays is being fought.
The National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force Policy Institute recently
released a study of state
legislation. Because the survey
is the first of its kind, it is impo~-
sine to determine whether the
.action level is greater or less than
m recent years. But what can be
said with certainty is that legislative
debates about the place of
gay’, lesbian and bisexual citizens
in society are extensive. At
least 97 gay-related measures
moved forward in 33 states. In
30 states, anti-gay measures received
serious consideration,
while 18 states advanced nondiscrimination
bills of one sort
or another.
The news, both good and bad,
can tell us much about the political
strength of the gay community
and of its most outspoken
opponents. The brightest spot
was RhodeIsland, whichbecame
the ninth state to enact a statewide
civil rights measure banning
discrimination based on
sexual orientation. The clearest
pattern of gay-friendly activity
was the tendency, expressed in
fifteen states, to include sextml
orientation among a list of categories
needing protection
against discrimination. They
tended to cluster around two
broad areas of policy-making
legislation: health care and hate
crimes. In Massachusetts; for
instance, several bills whichprohibit
discrimanation in the delivery
of various kinds of health
services made it through committee.
Forclose observers ofgay politics,
these results should provide
some measure of comfort. The
AIDS crisis has propelled activists
out of their community and
into the center of the health-care
rid& Their work, and that of the
women’s andlesbian health care
movements, is reaping dividends.
In the same way, activists
since the early 1980s have fought
vigorously to call attention to
anti-gay hate violence. At the
state andnational level, theyhave
workedclosely in coalitions with
other targeted groups to have
hate crimes recognized as aform
of violence needing special remedies.
Meanwhile, the national climate
ofdivisiveness and intolerance
is playing itsdf out in state
politics. Even in states like New
York, Californiaand Massachu-
.seas, where the gay community
~s wall organized and has long
been visible, anti-g~, measures
were able to receive a hearing. In
other states, right-wing Republicans
had an eas~er time transsee
Politics. page 11
by Ira Glasser
° The merchants of virtue have
been very busy lately telling us
we are in a period of steep moral
decline. Comparedwith the "50s,
they say, America has lost its
moral compass. I disagree. I
think we are a more moral nation
today than we were then.
As evidence of moral decline,
the merchants of virtue cite a
variety ofbehaviors: the increasingly
explicit sex and violence
depicted in movies and popular
music: the growing tendency of
people to have sex and make
babies without the sacrament of
mamage; the recreational use of
disapproved psychoactive substtmces
like marijuana; and, yes,
the choice some women make
sometimes to terminate their.
pregnancies. They also like to
cite the growing legitimacy of
gay’ andlesbian relalionships and
the idea that family, love and
commitment can take many
fornls.
Andof course there is the everpopular
issue of school prayer.
At the root of our moral decline,
we are told, is the U.S. Supreme
Court’s decision in 1962 that
state-sponsored prayers in public
schools were an unconstitutionaI
government intrusion on a
family’s right to determine their
children’s reli~ous upbringing.
The merchants of virtue want to
amend the Constitution to over-
A nation’s morality used to
be measured by its elvle virtue
- how soeiety treated its
eltlzens, whether justlee and
fairness prevailed, whether
]~eople were free to pursue
tml~plness in their own way
and whether it was sa~e to he
different from the majority.
turn that decision. They believe
that if children were exposed to
daily school prayer rituals, as
once they were, we might at least
take a first step back on the road
to national morality.
But are these behavioral phenomena
the appropriate criteria
to use in measunng a nation’s
morality? Significantly, every
one of these phenomena involve
personal behavioral decisions.
They don’t like some of the
choices filmmakers and record
companies are making and necessarily,
of course, they" don’t
like the choices consumers are
makingin deciding inlargenumbers
to_ see those movies and buy
those records. They don:t like
some people’s sexual choices or
their preference for marijuana
over martinis or their decisions
about whether to have a baby or
whom to love. And they would
prefer people to be more pious,
especially in public.
Anation’s morality used to be
measured by its civic virtue -
how society treated its citizens,
whetherjustice andfairness prevailed,
whetherpeople were free
to pursue happiness in their own
way and whether it was safe to
be different from the majority.
see Glasser, page 12
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what the political ramifications are~ on
this. It’s a horrible, unbelievable tl~ing
that this ctfild went through and they (homosexuals)
destroyed her life.’"
His comments have outraged local human
rights commission members and gay
and lesbian citizens in Spokane and nationwide,
and have called into question
Dr. Amend’ s ability to perform his job as
a medical official. The controversy has
also stirred up scrutiny of homophobia
and AIDSphobia in the medical profession
in general.
The body of young Rachel Carver was
found near the Spokane River on June 15.
The gid’s disappearance and murder has
shocked the local community. Police arrested
heruncle, Jason Wickenhagen, who
confessed to the killing. The autopsy indicated
the girl had been beaten to death and
repeatedly sexually assaulted. KXLY
Television local news reported that court
records show Rachel’sfather, uncle and
her mother’s boyfriend are all suspected
of molesting her over the years.
Although there i~ no evidence whatsoever
that Rachel Carver was ever abused
by a homosexual, Dr. Amend took the
opportunity of releasing his autopsy report
to condemn gays and blame them for
th~ spread of AIDS.
Dr. Amend’s comments, as reported by
KXLY and the Spokesman-Review, inelude:
"It’s a crime that we don’t expose
the homosexual community, and it is not
just a simple...aberrant sexual activity. It
is significant when it takes in innocent
minds like this Carver gal~
:’I think it (homosexuality) is an aberrant
sex activity that is promoted by the
thoughts and sensations that are associated
with the sex act that drive people to
do...abaormal things and animalistic
things and as a result bring about cancers
and death on the part of the recipients and
the active individuals."
Until now, nobody has ever blamed or
linked the death ofRachel Carver to homosexUality
or AIDS. In follow-up interviews
in the Spokesman-Review and other
local media, Dr. Amend said, "AIDS is a
disease that comes from anal intercourse
and homosexuals have anal intercourse.
As a physician, my job is to try to control
disease.
’’It can’t be normal considering the impact
it has on the lifestyle and death of
people with AIDS...the bottom line, it
(AIDS) wouldn’t have started if there
wasn’t homosexual activity that brought
whatever causes AIDS...reactivity of
sperm in the rectum or whatever," said
Amend. There was no indication from the
autopsy report whether Rachel Carver
had HIV orAIDS, nor was there an explanation
from Dr. Amend of why he was
directly linking HIV to this murder case.
The Spokane Human Rights Commission
(SHRC) has called for Dr. Amend’s
resignation, saying, ."Dr. Amend has
scapegoated an entire group of people.
His comments are personal in nature and
devoid of fact. Most sex crimes are not
perpetrated by gays or lesbians, but by
heterosexual males. Homosexuality and
pedophilia are not the same thing. The
SHoRC welcomes the opportunity to help
the public distinguish between the myth
and reality regarding our gay and lesbian
neighbors." Members of the local gay
commumty are now considering a recall
campaign against Amend.
Robert Bray, spokesperson and field
organizer with the National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force (NGLTF), the nation’s
oldest gay, lesbian and bisexual civil rights
group, released the following statement:
Party Pics: Black &White-Party & More
Dr., Amend’s bigoted mid unconscionable
comments are revolting; medically
unsound and dangerous. He is fueling an
environment of harassment and violence
and has endangered the lesbian, gay and
bisexual.citizens of Spokane. His p,.oiso~
ous prejudice and erroneous ’facts"
prevent him from serving the health and
medical wall-being of his community.
We call on citizens of Spokane, the soentificmidhealth
professions, and all people
of conscience to stop this medical monstrosity.
Dr. Amend makes two wildly inaccurate
assumptions. First, that sexual abuse
is only a gay phenomenon, and, second,
being gay equals AIDS.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control,
the World Health Organization, and.numerous
national and international medical
groups report that HIV affects men,
women and children regardless of their
sexual orientation. AIDS is the leading
cause of death for Americans between the
ages of 18 and 40. HIV does not discriminate,
Dr. Amend does.
The July 1994 issues of Pediatrics, the
jonmal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
and child welfare workers, reports
that a child’s risk of being molested
by a heterosexual may be more than 100
times greater than being abusedby a homosexual,
lesbian or bisexual. The report,
conducted by the University of Colorado,
states, "No evidence is available from this
data that children are at greater risk to be
i molested byidentifiable homosexuals than
by other adults," said the report.
Dr. Amend’s assertions about the victimization
of young Rachel are based on
loathsome and medically indefensible stereotypes
and mistruths. They are also seriously
insensitive. Althou~,,h he is enrifled
to his personal opinions, he cannot
use his public health position to spew
bigotry. Ima~neif you are the traumatized
parent of a person who has died of
AIDS, or of adeceased gay son or daughter,
and you must take the body to Dr.
Amend. It boggles the mind at how shockrag,
tragic and incompassionate Dr.
Amend’s statements are to the family of
Rachel Carver & the citizens of Spokane.
We support the call for his immediate
resignation. We also call on public offi-
Cials of Spo-kane particular the County
,Commissioners -- and clergy, elected
officials, the media, medical, child welfare
and educational leaders of the community
to condemn the doctor’s statements.
Silence equals complicity and allows
bigotry to perpetuate.
Photos: JD Jamett
Unfortunatdy, Dr. Amend’s comments
reveal a larger problem not endemic to
Spokane. He is ali~ensed doctor as well as
an elected Official. Despite the advances
inmedical and scientific research onAIDS
and homosexuality, prejudice and bigotry
still permeate the medical profession.
Blind prejudice allows physicians such as
Dr. Amend to practice medicine and matriculate
through the medical acadelmc
system. Therefore, we also call on the
American Medical Association and other
professional coroner, medical school and
health professional groups, especially
those in the state Of Washington~ to con’-
demnhomophobic andAIDSphobicrhetoric
of its practitioners such as Dr. Amend.
We urge them to implement ongoing
trainings that sensitize medical practitioners
to the facts about being gay.
NAMES cont’dfromp. 1
In September, Movies 8 will host two
special screening of the film, "The Sum of
Us". The film is based on an Australian
play about the lives oftwomen, a "straight"
father and his Gay son. The Sept. 5 showing
will be followed by a reception at the
Holiday Ima Holidome and a second benefit
Screening will be held on Sept. 6. For
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Zimbal~qb.,B6bk Fair allege they possess under the document as "nihilistic" and originalERAin guaranteeing the thinks are important to the com- ExcludesGa-ys . rubri(sofindividualfreedomand thredatened to urgethe comltry’s equal rights of women - and munity where she has lived for
HARARE, Zimbabwe-Thefu- !humanrights,indudingthefree- largerCatholicp~,p~tiontovote would assure a constitutional more than 10 years.
tureofsub-SaharanAfrica’slarg- dom of the press to write, pub- against the b"on~tJtution if right to abortion and the equal Prosoeutor Dumped
est publishing event, theZimba- lishandpublicizetheirliterature changes aren’t made. rights of gays and lesbians.
bwe International :Book Fair, onthem?" Gay-Friendly Baptist Patricia Ireland, NOW’s presi- After Anti-Gay Remarks
appears to.be.up in the air fol- In a press statement, GALZ
Churches May BePurged dent, said,"It’soneofthosetimes SAN FRANCISCO-Califorma
lowing the expulsion of a gay
said it was "deeply concerned by
when we’re going to try very Attorney General Dan Lungren
and lesbian rights group and PresidentMugabe’sstatementon SAN FRANCISCO - The hard to be leaders rather than hastakenAndrewLoomis,astate
opening day remarks., by Presi- homosexuals at theoffici,al open- American Baptist Church, the
followers.of our movement." deputy attorney general, off a
dent Robert Mugabe who de~ ing of the ZIBF’95. This year’s smallest of the Baptist denomi~ federal bias lawsuit case after
scribed homosex~alz. ~ as Book Fair was intended to pro- nations in the U.S. with only
..~T:he. new.., proposed ERA,
...... which is in draft form .within Loomis defended the discharge
¯,sodomists,,aiid,,Oerv~t~.~vh0 mote..dialbgiieab0uthum~an;i~ht som(~ 1.25 million members na-
NOW currently, says that "’atl of a gay man ~fr0m the.~ed
wah~:t~ h~v~ ~e~ ii~. ~ub~ic ~d i~uess0itisunfoi:tunat~fllatthe donWide, may be poised to bepersons
shall l~ve equal rights tbrces bexzause~’theConstifiition
are ’~extree,m,ly...o.u.trageo"us.-~~" and~~’ top government officials re- gin. a purge Of local congregaand
privileges without discrimi- does no,trecog~ize anything sperepugnmat.
’: ’ ’ S~c~lOl~nandfr~e discussion lions that accept gays mad lesbi.-~
nation on account of sex, race, cial ~bbut lfi~ owfffa~orite-~aasty
Ti~ tileme o~t~iS year;S bobk needed to reduce prejudice ans among their ranks.. Backers sexual .orientation, marital sta- habitS" and apparently comparfair
ironically is "human rights Phelps Kin Convicted of the move to oust the churches
ms, etlmicity, national origin, iug homosexuals to child mosay
they are "in direct opposiand
freedom Of expression" and EMPORIA, Kan. - A Lyon color or indigence." After de- lesters.
tion to the national principle
was expected to draw represen- County, Kansas, jury has found bate, the NOW delegates added "Uudisputably homosexual
adopted by the [American] Bap-
tative of some 450 publishers Benjamin Phelps, a grandson of 2more categories to thelist- age acts are despised by a great protist
Church" that "homosexualfrom
more than 40 countries, notorious anti-gay picketer Fred and disability. Ireland saidofthe portion of the voters," L0omis ity is a sin."
The Gay and Lesbian Associa- Phelps, guilty of battery for spit- _ new proposal, "We’re not naive wroteindefendingthedischarge
Four S an Francisco area
don of Zimbabwe (GALZ) had tingonJeroldBergerduringone There’s not one of us that of Lt. Andrew Holmes from the churches are the first targets of .... California National Guard. ,already been given a booth at the of the many demonstrations led does not know we are starting at
lair to distribute educational lit- an expulsion campaign by other ground-zero." The 1 st ERA was Those oters have acted through by Phelps and his family mem-
Baptist pastors that will be taken
erature, but in late July, under bets. The Phelps grandson is 20 passed by Congress in 1972, but their president and their ConupinSeptember
whenthe Amerigovernment
pressure, the orga- years old and is the first of the narrowly failed to be ratified by gress to rid themselves of those
canBaptist’swestemboardholds
mzers of the book fair canceled extremist family picketers to be enough states to be added to the acts. In truth, there is no further
its regular annual meedng. Out
the GALZ reservation. Interna- convictedofacrimesincePhelps Constitution. justificationformostchaptersof tional rights .organizations of that regional board meeting thecriminallaw. And therefore," begandemonstratingagainstho- could come a call for a national Pastor Fired for
sharply condemned the expul- mosexuals in 1991. Loomis wrote in a footnote to
s~on of GAI_Z, a protest letter convention of the denomination Mari~ing L~bian Couple the court document, "it is still While the conviction is likely
signed by hundreds of interna- to decide if gay-friendly Ameri- PATCHOGUE,N.Y.-TheCon- okay to be "prejudiced’ or ’bi- to be appealed by the family, the
- - - can Baptist churches can remain gregationalChurchofPatchogue ased" against crirmnals, such as tionalliterary and publishing fig- younger Phelps faces a possible
in the ABC or not. on Long Island has voted 84-67 molesters and pederasts, and to ures- including Nobel literature maximum $1,000 file and 6- l_e,aders of the churches that to fire the church’s pastor, the fire them forit." winners Nadine. Gordimer of month jail term on the charge,
South Africa and Wole Soyinka accept gays,who formed theAs- Rev. RenwickJackson. Jackson Lungrenalsosaidhewassend- Phelps followers and family
QfNigeria- was sent to the fair’s sociation ofWelcoming andAf- was dismissed by the congrega- ing a personal letter of apology members are being tried in 6
orgmtizers, and 4~ members of firming Baptists in 1992 which tion because he married a les- forLoomis’remarkstoU.S.Dis- other cases in the county resultnowincludes
some30ABCcon- bian couple in the church which trict Judge Saundra Brown the fair’s governing board re- ing from protest activities by.the
gregations in the U.S,, are pre- was first set up in this country Armstrong who is the presiding signedinprotest.Inaddition, the far-right minister,
pared to fight the effort to oust more than 200 years ago by judge hearing Holms’ challenge Pt.~blisliing Assn. of South Af- Polish Church: Anti-Gay themfrom the regional groupof American colonists who were to the so-called "don’ t ask, don’t nca (PASA), .the largest exhibi- WARSAW- In whatmay be its AmericanBaptistcongregatious. looking for a "free and open tell" policyexcludinghomosexu- for at the fair, broke off negotia- most aggressive move into Eu- The Rev. Jim Hopkins of the place" to worship, als fromthe military. Lungren’s lions for a.joint sub-continent ropean politics in decades, the Lakeshore Ave. Baptist Church Transsexual Runs for office =nade the announcement l~x~k fair being discussed for
Catholic Church in Poland is in- inOakland,Calif.,saidhewould of Loomis’ removal from the next.year and threatened to comcreasingly
becominginvolvedin fight the move to purge the 4 City Council
plete’ly withdraw from the Zim- case after stateAssembly =Memthe
government affairs of Po- churches in order "to keep that SAN BRUNO, Calif. ~- Alice ber JohnVasconcellos (D-Santa babwe,fairnext vear. land, according to a _report in the hallmark of Baptist religious Barnesannouncedhercandidacy Clara) demanded an apology In hi.s. openinff remarks at the New York Times. According to freedomfrombeingtakenaway." foroneof2openseatsontheSan from the state attorney general bookfair,Mugabesaid "Ifindit the paper, the church is even Lakeshore, along with New Bruno city council, saying she for what Vasconcellos called cxtrcmelyoutrageousandrepug- considering making an official Community of Faith Church in wanted to get on to "real cam- Loomis’ "hateful, homophobic nant to. my human conscience endorsement in the country’s SanJose, theFirstBaplistChurch paign issues" - which is why attack." that such i~mnoral and revulsive presidential elections later this of Berkeley and the San Leandro Barnes also-announced at the org,’ufivahons, like those of ho- year. During the lengthy process British Activists Protest Community Church, are the 4 same time that she is a transmoscxuals
who offend both ofhammeringoutPoland’scon- churches, sexual. Barnes said she wasn’t Bishop’s Address
against the law of nature and the stitution, church officials got NOW Proposes New ERA bringing"mytranssexualisminto LONDON - The British gay
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poused by our society, should PHILADELPHIA - Flying di- That’s why I confronted it right the farewell sermon of the Rt. state relationship, and are now rectly against what many politi- up front." In a prepared state- Rev. John Taylor, the out-going have anx advocates in our midst insisting on anti-abortion provi- cal analysts see as a more conand
even elsewhere in the sions and specific constitutional ment, Barnes said, "My life’s Bishop of St. Albans at the ca- servative swing in America, the
world...If we accept homosexu- languageprohibitinghomosexu- challenge has been difficult and thedral northofLondon. The 10- alitvasaright,asisbeingargued National Organization for " alsfromteachinginthecountry’s Women at its annual convention personal. I makeno secret of it. minute demonstration was to It has not been a factor in my protest the bishop’s support of
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Anti-Gay Measure
Ruled Unconstitutional
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho’s Attorney
General Alan Lance, a Republican,
has issued a formal
"certificate ofreview"including
his opinion that the latest proposed
anti-gay initiative by the
Idaho Citizens Alliance is unconstitutional.
Voters in the state
rejected a similar ICA anti-gay
amendment last year, which the
attorney general at the time also
considered unconstitutional.
Brian Bergqnist, who led the
organization against the 1994
ICA measure, said, "This opinion
is devastating to the ICA
because now two attorney generals,
a Democrat and a Republican,
have both advised them
that their anti-gay initiative proposals
are unconstitutional."
Louganis’ New Role
NEW YORK - The New York
Times reports that Olympic diving
champion Greg Louganis
will be starring soon in the off-
Broadway play by Dan Butler,
"The Only Thing Worse You
.Could Ha~e Told Me.’"The pi;iy
is described as a "view of contemporary
gay life as shown
through several characters in 14
vignettes." Lougams has appeared
in other theater productions,
including mostnotably the
hit "Jeffrey."
Austria Activists to Out
Catholic Bishops
VIENNA - The Austrian gay
rights organization, Vienna Homosexual
Initiative (HOSI), has
said it would out 4 of the
country’s Catholic bishops at a
press conference on Aug. 1 in
what would be the first case of
outing clergy in the overwhelmingly
Catholic country. HOSI
spokesperson Kurt Krickler said,
"We’re not having a go at anyone,
,we’re just trying to show
that bishops can be gay too."
The HOSI activists say they decided
on the more drastic measure
of outing 4 of the country’s
16 bishops after Parliament delayed
aproposal to lower the age
b~ consent for homosexual acts
from 18 to 14 years ofage, equalizing
the consent laws with heterosexuals.
The Catholic Church in Austria
has been wracked with controversy
since April.when an ex-
Catholic schoolboy chargedthat
Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer,
the Archbishop of Vienna and
the Austrian church’s primate,
sexually mOlestedhim years ago.
U. Of Texas May Offer
Partners Benefits
AUSTIN, Texas - When the
Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple
Computers took steps to open a
facility in the suburbs near the
Texas state capital last year, the
company’s domestic partners
policies erupted in months of
controversy that eventually led
to city voters repealing Austin’s
domestic partner ordinance.
Now, the Student Advisory
Groupat the University ofTexas
at Austin says it is considering
recommending that the
university’s board ofregents add
partners benefits, perhaps as
early as this September. Student
leaders have said the benefits
could range from library and
sports passes for spouses to student
family housing and health
insurance benefits.
Canadian Gov’t Admits
Anti-Gay Discrimination
OTrAWA - According to a
report in the Toronto Globe &
Mail, atforneys fighting a court
case by the Canadian Union of
Public Employees to extend survivor
benefits to partners of
same-sex couples, admitted in
court that the government does
in fact discriminate against gay
and lesbian couples in benefits.
But Brian Saunders, a government
attorney, said the issue
should be settled gradually by
Parliament and notby the courts.
"Parliament must be allowed to
take an incremental approach to
equality issues," Saunders told
thejudge hearing the union case.
Lesbians Win Bias Case
VANCOUVER, Canada-
Vancouver gynecologist Gerald
Korn has been ordered to pay
$3,000 in fines plus damages to
a lesbian couple for refusing to
artificially inseminate one of the
women because they are lesbians.
Dr. Tracy Potter and her
partner, attorney SandraBenson,
filed a complaint with the BritishColumbialmmanrights
council
after Kom refu_s,e~,insemination
services Because of the
couple’s sexual orientation. Kom
had originally claimed he had
refused his services because he
didn’t want to get involved in
any .possible child custody disputcs
if the couple later separated.
But the council ruled that
he had refused to gi."ve the couple
the kinds of serv|ces routinely
available to heterosexuals solely
because they are lesbians.
Gay Em ployee Groups
Gaining Ground
SALT LAKE CITY - Accord-
.ing to a report in the Salt Lake
Tribune, gays and lesbians are
organizing in the workplace not
only nationally buteven in conservative
Utah. While such gay
and lesbian employee groups ,are
fairly common in major urban
areas with large and active gay
populations, the paper reports
that late last year, when American
Express Travel Related Services
in New York authorized
minority employee groups at the
firm,, the Utah branch was the
first to organize a gay workers
group - Gay & Lesbian Organization
to Build Equality
(GLOBE). Despite the state’s
stannchly conservative image,
govenmaent workers with Salt
Lake County have also formed
the Gay & Lesbian Employees
Assn. (GLEA), and last year
workers with AT&T’s Lesbian
and Gay United Employees
(LEAGUE), alsofornaally organized
~at the ’tdephone giant’s
offices in Utah. in May, US
West’s EmployeeAssn: forGays
& Lesbians (EAGLE) also
hosted a regional conference of
other EAGLE groups. Ultimately,
the gay and lesbian employee
groups say it is the company
itself that benefits from such
worker organizations since they
help generate a sense of loyal~ty.
"It’s much easier now for employees
to be out in the work
force mid not worry about repercussious
from the boss," says
Richard Cottino at US West.
"They know file company is behind
them ""
Compromise on Rights
Revision in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY - Under
pressure from local mid national
gay rights activists, the Salt Lake
County Board of Cormnissloners
voted not to remove protections
against discrimination
based on sexual orientation in
county governmentand services.
The Gay and Lesbian-Utah
Democrats in Salt LakeCity had
threatened to lead:a nationwide
boycott if the commissioners
gutted the county’s anti-bias ordinance:
County officials said
they wanted tomakethechanges
to avoid potentially costly lawsuits
byunmamedcounty workers’sdeking
insurance benefits
under the anti-discrimination
code. Under political pressure,
the commisSibn decided not to
adopt broader revisions that
would have removed all references
to protected classes, including
sexual orientation, and
instead made changes that re~
strict some county worker benefits
and services not specifically
required by state or federal
law. Because domesdc partner
benefits aren’t mandated by either
Utah or U.S. law, the compromise
measure would exclude
the county from. being required
to provide partner benefits to
unmarried or gay and lesbian
couples. But it would not remove
existing explicit protections
based on sexual orientation
or marital status.
Ill a news statement, Michael
Aaron, chair of GLUD, said,
"We’re pleased that the board
has agreed to keep the protection
of equal-employment rights for
bisexual, gay and lesbian people
~n county government. But, it’s
discouraging to us that ,this action
further destabilizes samesex
partnerships andfamilies.by
making it morse difficult for:bisexual,
gay and lesbian.county
employees to receive the same
benefits like health care for their
same-sex partners.’"
Sports Bar Bias Lawsuit
CHICAGO - A popular sports
bar in the Chicago suburb of
Harwood Heights, the Sidelines,
has settled a discrimination lawsuit
filed by 4 gay men - Steven
Kleinedler, Robert Castillo,
Craig Teichen and John
Pelmycuff.
In March 1994, the owner of
Sidelines had the 4 men arrested
because they were dancing with
each other at the bar. The disorderly
conduct charges against
the 4 men were later dismissed,
but they filed a complaint with
the Cook County Commission
on Human Rights, charging discrinlination
based on sexual orientation.
The bar will have to
pay the 4 men aal undisclosed
amount in damages and attorneys’
fees, a $2,000 fine to Cook
County, and put upnotices in the
popular, predominately straight
bar promising to abide by the
county’s anti-bias code, which
prohibits disc rimination based
on sexual orientation.
State Official Comes Out
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Ed
Flanaga~2 Vermont?s state attditor,
has Come out during an interview
with the Burlington (Vt.)
FreePress. Flanagan has held
the auditor’s post for more than
2 years, turning the usually donothing
post into a high-profile
office that’s criticized many of
the state’ s toppoliticians for what
Flanagan sees as a failure ofsome
state officials to serve the public
interest adequately.
Flanagan said he had decided
to take the step of going completely
public after marching in
this year’s gay pride parade in
Burlington and because of what
he sees as growing anti-gay bias
nationally. "I think .public bigotry
creates a moral obligation
to respond publicly," he said.
Ex-Congressman From
Mississippi Dies of AIDS
SILVER SPRING, Md. - Jon
Hinson, the.former Mississippi
member of,~ongress mad conservadve
Republican; has died
of an AIDS-related illness.
Hinson resigned hisHouse seat
during hi.s 2nd term, ’of office
after he was arrested on charges
of having sex with another mma
in a federal office building in
1981: Hinson acknowledged that
he was in.fac~ gay’after his resignation
and went oh to Work for
the gay rights moV(m~nt. He
helped found the statelrbbying
group Virginians for Ju’sffce and
Fairfax Lesbian &Gay°~itizens
Assn.
Lesbian Sunday ’Si~hool
Teacher Forced to Quit
GLASGOW, Scotland - Le~ley
Craise, an openly lesbian Sunday
school teacher, has been
forced to leave the Presbyterian
Church of Scotland after telling
teenagers in her Bible classes
that Goddidn’t have to be viewed
as a male.
Craise?s supporters said she
was beihg forced out of the
church because of the
homophobic views of some
members of her congregation.
Two other Sunday school teachers
in the church have also resigned
in protest.
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Company to Give Away
Experimental AIDS Drug
WASHINGTON - Merck & C~. has
agreed to giveits experimental AIDS drug
Crixivan away topeople in the later stages
of the diseasefollowingdemands byAIDS
activists who believe the ’still clinically
unproven drag can help keep people alive
longer. Hoffman-La Roche announced a
similar program for its experimental drug
Invirase earlier. Both drugs arein afamily
of medications known as protease inhibitots,
which are being tested by about a
dozen drug companies. Early studies indicate
the drugs can remove a significant
amount of HIV from the bloodstream,
although the virus that remains appears to
devdop resistance to them~ Merck & Co.
notified some 130,000 doctors that it will
give Crixivan to about 1,400 patients in
later stages ofAIDS without charge. Supplies
are limited, Merck officials say, because
of the difficulty ofmaking the drug,
so the company is restricting the distribution
to those with extremely impaired
immune systems.Those interested in the
Merck program can call 1-800-497-8383.
Study Raises Questions About
Early Medical Intervention
LONDON - A study published in the
British Medical Journalindicates that the
limited array of AIDS medications appears
to delay the onset of symptoms
early in the infection, but may actually
shorten the survival time of people with
the disease in the long term. The Study
examinedthehealthhistories of436people
-.339 who began taking anti-AIDS medicines
shortly after first learning they were
infected with HIV, and 97 who didn’t
begin taking medications until they had
already developed full-blown AIDS and
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become gravely ill. Dr. Mark Poznansky,
the lead researcher in the study, reports
that people who started treatment early on
in the infection experienced fewer ailments
related to AIDS. But the study also
found that once they became seriously ill,
they lived on average a year less than
patients whohad not begin treatment until
they were severely sick with AIDS-related
illnesses. The study raise~ questions
ofwhetherthe short-termbenefits ofwarding
off symptoms outweighs the shortened
life span.
Vitamin A May Help HIV Babies
WASHINGTON - A report published in
the current issue of the American Journal
ofPubtic Health by researchers in South
Africa suggests there may now be hope
for giving newborns infected with HIV a
better lifeby ~vingthemmoderately large
doses of vitamin A. The Natal University.
doctors studied 118 infants born to HIVpositive
mothers. Half the babies were
~ven vitamin A, while the other half were
given placebos. All the infants who received
the vitamin A supplements - regardless
of their HIV status - had fewer
illnesses. According to Dr. Anna
Coutsoudis, a Natal University pediatrics
professor and lead author of the study, the
vitaminA made a much larger difference
among the infants infected with HIV. If
other researchers confirm the effectiveness
of vitamin A, it could substantially
reduce hospital and health-care costs for
infants infected with the virus.
Senate Rebuffs Helms on AIDS
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly
approved continued funding
for the Ryan WhiteCAREAct,which had
been delayed by Sen. Jesse Helms (RN.
C.) for month~. AIDS, Helms had said,
is a disease perpetuated by "the offensive
"madrevolting conduct of gay men." Helms,
one of the most homophobic members of
Congress, tried unsuccessful to turn the
reauthofizafion of the bill into a referendum
on homosexuality, charging that
"Congress is falling all over itself to do
~vhat the homosexual lobby is almost hysterically
demanding that Congress do."
Helms also insisted that the federal government
spends more money on AIDS
than it does on,cancer and heart disease.
But even fellow Republicans disputed
Helms figures. "HIV/AIDS receives $5.4
billion, cancer $15 billion, and heart disease
$34billion," said Kansas Sen. Nancy
Kassebaum (R.) on the Senate floor. As
chair of the Labor and Human Resources
Committee her figures apparently impressed
the senators moie than Helms’
attacks on gays and lesbians. In the end,
Helms could get only 2 other Senators -
Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) and Robert Smith (RN.
H.) - to side with him in the 97-3 lopsided
vote to refund the act.
President Clinton lashed out at Sen.
Jesse Helms, saying it was "luSt wrong"
for the North Carolina Republican to advocate
curlingfederal AIDS researchfunds
for the deadly epidemic because he believes
that people who have it are immoral.
"The gay people who have AIDS
are still our sons, our brothers, our cousins,
our citizens. They’re Americans, too,"
Clinton said in a speech at Georgetown
University. "They’re obeying the law and
workinghard. They’re entitled to be treated
like everybody else.’"
Russia Stalls HIV Testing Law
MOSCOW-Claiming that the necessary
paperwork and administrative procedures
had not yet been worked out, the Russian
Briefs Health Briefs
foreign and health mimstries have announced
that the country’s new ~nandatory.
HIV testing law had not gone into
effect o n Aug. 1 as it had been slated to.
The legislation would require all foreign
visitors staying in the country for more
than 3 months, along with some Russian
citizens, to certify that they are not infected
with HIV. The 2 government nnnistries
have had ongoing troubles working
out the details of the complex and somewhat
vague law between them.
Flu Shots May Stimulate HIV
LOS ANGELES Scientists at the University
of California’ s Los Angeles AIDS
Institute report in the current issue of the
journal Blood that even the mild stimulauon
to the body’s immune system that
results fromaninfluenza vaccinationmay
stimulate the growth of HIV in infected
individuals. Dr. William O’Brien of
UCLA, who headed the research team,
said the people infected with HIV should
_ still get flu shots because"actual infection
with influenza may be more damaging."
But he added that patients with advanced
AIDS may not be good candidates to
receive flu vaccinations. "’Perhaps these
patients should not be vaccinated." he
said, noting that they do not respond well
to the flu shots.
FDA OK’s Baboon Marrow Swap
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at the
University of California at San Francisco
and the University of Pittsburgh have
received approval from the Food and Drug
Administration to go, ahead with a bonemarrow
transplant from a baboon to Jeff
Getty, a38-year-oldman with AIDS. The
untested mad potentially dangerous transplant
procedure is intended to help rebuild
see Health Briefs, page 13
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MONDAY, AUGUST 21
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FRIDAY, AUGUST. 25
HIT Prevention Community
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
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Community ofHope Feed the Homeless
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30
Commun~ ofHope Moving Day, 9 am
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Friends in Unity Social Organization
FUSO: African-American Men of Diverse
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Friends in Uni~ Social Organization
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Tulsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Monthly Members Meeting, 7 pm
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Green Country Pride
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Monthly Meeting & Pothwk, 5pm
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Family ofFaith MCC
6th Anniversary Dance, 7 pm
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Family ofFaith MCC, 6th Anniversary
Celebration Service, 11 am
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HIV & AIDS in the Womens
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City of Tulsa Mayor’s Commission
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Lambda Bowling League
Organization Meeting, 8 pm
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
HIT Prevention Community
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Family ofFaith MCC,
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FAMILY FINANCES
Developing a College Savings
Plan Shouldn.’t Require a PhD
by Leanne Gross
Acollege education continues to be one
ofthe smartestinvestments youcanmakefor
you and your children. College enriches
a young person’s life in may ways,
generatingimportant intangible benefits -
new ideas, broader experiences, cultural
awareness and self-confidence- as wall as
the tangible ones that accompany higher
earning power.
In fact, it’s hard to find an investment
that delivers better value than a good
education. Studies show that people with
at least four years of college have the
potential to earn hundreds ofthousands of
dollars more over their lifetimes than those
who never attend college.
While most parents realize the value of
a good education, hdping their children
pay for college is a different matter. Over
the past 10 years, college costs have increased,
faster than the rate of inflation,
whilefunds availablefor scholarships and
financial aid have decreased.
¯ How do college bills get paid?
......... Motiiating college costs have forced
parents and students to become more creativein
their search for funding. There are
three main ways to pay for college:
Grants and/or scholarships.
Financial grants are an unpredictable
source of funds. Grants are usually based
on financial-need tests that exclude many
middle-income families. Also, it’s difficult
to know whether or not your child
will be eligible for scholarships in the
future,
Loans
Banks, civic organizations, colleges,
and federal and state governments sponsor
loan programs. There are, however,
two main drawbacks to borrowing for
college: The amount of the loan is limited
by thefamily’s (or the student’s) ability to
repay and the loan (plus interest) becomes
a long-term financial burden.
Family Resources
This category includes family savings,
life insurance and student earning. Of
course,family contributions vary, depending
on the earmng of the parents and on
the fees chargedby the school in question.
Getting Started
If you have college-bound children,
start a savings plan as soon as possible.
The best time to begin is when your child
is born. But even if the child is already in
school, it’s not too ]ate. No matter how
little or how much you put aside, the
sooner you develop a systematic savings
plan, the more time you’ll have to accumulate
the funds you.need,
When you set up your funding plan,
make sure that it’s:
Realistic. You’ll need toknow-roughlythe
total amount ofmoney your child will
need to attend college. This information
can be obatained from your local library,
your financial advisor or the college in
question (if known).
Flexible. A good plan offers a choice of
funding vehicles (e.g., life insurance,
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your risk tolerance, time frame
andfinancial goals. Someare tax-deferred,
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It also should allow you to choose
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lump sum.
Inflation-adjusted. Your college funding
goal may be a moving target-moving
beyond your reach-unless your plan takes
inflation into consideration.
Do Your Homework
A lot has been written about college
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Weigh the alternatives against your needs
and your financial situation. Once you
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~ forming .their agenda into policy. In Arizona,
where the Radical Right has a wo~kingmajority
ofthe state Republicanpart~’s
governing body, the governor signed into
law a measure prohibiting school districts
from implementing any course of study
that "promotes" a homosexual lifestyle or
portrays homosexuality as a "positive alternative
life-style." And Utah became
the first state to impose an explicit ban on
recognizing same-gender marriages that
may be performed in other states.
As these last examples suggest, the
right wingis choosingits targets shrewdly.
From a proposal in Oregon that would
effeciively prohibitdoctors from performing
alternative insemination on unmarried
women--including lesbians - to a
bill in Vermont that would ban adoption
by unmarried couples and second-parent
adoption, the Far Right is attempting to
construct a barbed-wire fence of law and
public policy. !ts purpose: to keep lesbians,
gay men and bisexuals out of the
territoly marked "children and family."
The strategy speaks both to the history
of gay oppression and to the contemporary
state of lesbian and gay concerns. In
the past, medical, legal, and religious discourse
defined homosexuals in opposition
to the heterosexual nuclear family.
Inflammatory stereotypes definedqueers,
.whether male or female, as predators seeking
to invade the sanctum of thehome and
to steal the young.
For previous generations, the price of
adopting a gay, lesbian or bisexual identity
has often been to live outside the
faniily. When a gay political agenda took
shape after Stonewall, basic goals such as
sodomy law repeal, civil rights protections,
and the removal of the stigma of
mental illness took precedence. But now,
the gay community across the country is
reclaiming family. Lesbians are choosing
to have children, gay men are seeking to
become foster parents, both men and
women are insisting that their intimate
partnerships be recognized by law. Lesbian,
gay and bisexual parents want their
children--and their children’s peers to
be taught tolerance in school, while the
parents and advocates of gay youth are
insisting that the schools respond to the
needs of their sexual minority students. In
almost every area of public policy that
impinges onfamily and youth, gay voices
are being heard.
These voices .are new, and not yet well
orgauized.; And so the Radical Right has
rushed into the void, playing-upon the
emotional’ flashpoints that run through
American :culture, and fomenting fear. It
is not hard to do. With the crisis of family
and community that Americans are living
through, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals
are easier, simpler-targets than a changing
labor market with wage structures that
compromise family stability, or school
systems without the resources to educate.
This year’s legislative record suggests
that battles over family are likely to remain
frontline conflicts. It also suggests
that the gay community needs to apply to
the arenaof family the lessons it has
learned in its fight for health care and
againsthate-motivated violence patient,
deliberate, and sustained organization;
broad-based education of sympathetic al -
lies; and the careful articulation of an
agenda rooted in the real needs of its
members.
Historian John D’Emilio is director of
the Policy Institute at the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force in Washington, DC.
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Tulsa City-County Library
Currently,in our society, theword ’Tami!
y" has a very specific meaning which
includes a father, mother, children andthe
extended, related family. This definition
ofafamily follows a standard
format during the
family life cycle: courtship,
marriage, children
and anniversaries. Recently,
lesbian and gay
male couples have begun
to create their own role
models and traditions
within the contextof their
relationships, developing
a broadened understanding
of the word ’~famil y".
In "The Lesbian- Family
Life Cycle," author
Suzatme Slater has produced
a helpful guide to creating and
maintaining a lesbian family.
The first half of the book, which is an
examinanon of ’~aaduring Realities of
Lesbian Family Life," addresses stress,
strengths and coping mechanisms, and
lesbian families with children. The rest of
the book is a stage-by-stage analysis of
the lesbian life cycle.
Stage One: Formation of the Couple,
acknowledges that there are obstacles to
overcome, such as isolation, lack of role
models or mentors, the possibility of social
stigma and, sometimes, a lack of
compatibility. This chapter helps lesbians
...lesbian &
male couples ~aaYve
begun to create
tl~eir own role
models & traditions
...developing a
broadenedur~der:
- standl,n,~ of the
word family"
learn to create a persistent expectation
that 10rig-term, devoted relationships are
productive and possible.. Stage Two:
Ongoing Couplehood, focuseson getting
both partners to agree on commitment,
living together, and the problems of distance..
Stage Three: The Middle Years,
assumes that both partners
persevere. The lesbian
couple then experiences
the unprecedented
security and joy that
deepened commitment
has to offer. Stage Four:
Generativity, looks beyond
the earlier storms
that partners have weathered
and concentrates on
other things, including,
perhaps, children. Stage
Five: Lesbian Couples
Over Sixty-Five, describes
a period.that can
tast twenty years or more and includes
retirement, financial and heal.th concerns
and lesbian widowhood.
’The Lesbian Family Life Cycle" is a
telpful guide, in a very readable format,
which can help ’lesbian partners dare to
redefine the very concept offamily and to
design especially personalized approaches
to their own family lives."
Other new titles of interest include:
’Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History
from 1869 to the Present" by Neil
Miller ’$:reedom, Glorious Freedom" by
John J. McNeill ’Queer Spirits: A Gay
Men~s Myth Book" by Will Roscoe
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50wS cont’dfrqm p.- 2
Measured that way, the ’50s wer~ a time
of moral depravity transformed ’by the
’60s, a time of moral advance.
Think about it: During the 1950s, racial
segregation was the law of the land, enforced
by state-sanctioned terror. People
of dark skin color, for that reason alone,
were not permittedto i~0te, Serve on-juries,
enjoy, mainstream public accommodations
like restaurants,movie theaters.,
,h,otels and: swimfiiing ~pools,~euroll in
’white" public schools b~ e.Ven t~se certain
public toilets. And they were not infrequently
beatenorkilled ffthey tried. While
all this w~ going on, children prayed
every day in Southern schools.
During the ’50s, women throughout the
country were expected to be stay-home
wives and mothers, denied equal
opportunity in education andemployment
and usually forced to risk degradation and
death to terminate a pregnancy. It was not
until 1965 that laws prohibiting even
married couples from obtaining contraceptives
were struck down.
During the ’50s, gay men and lesbians
lived secret lives, terrorized by the fear of
revelation. Their most intimate, personal
relationships were considered criminal in
more than half the states. The disabled
were hidden away as wall, their physical
impediments disabilities compounded by
imposed social and economicrestrictions.
And free speech wasn’t so free either in
the 1950s. Loyalty oaths prevailed, the
attorney genera[~pt alist of disapproved
political organi,~,~tions, the FBI infiltrated
them and harass~d~p~ople whose views J.
Edgar Hoover di~lh t like, and congressional
committ~ summoned citizens to
account for thei?:political beliefs and associations,
recant and rat on their friends.
Those who refused often lost theiijobs
and some even went to jail: Signing the
wrong petition or going to the wrong
meeting was riskY business, despite what:¢
the First Amendment appeared to say.
The ’60s changed muchof that. Jim
Crow laws were dismantled and equal
opportunity was guaranteed by enforceable
laws for both women and racial nilnotifies.
Other minorities were encouraged
and emboldened by these startling
gains and begantheir ownmovements for
equal:¯rights. The government’s spying
apparatus was dismantled .and discredited.
Theroad to freedom and equal rights is
arduous, and much of it still remains to be
traveled. New road-blocks have been
erected, threatening the progress made in
the ’60s. Both the Supreme Court and
congress are in full retreat on affirmative
action remedies for race and gender discriminations.
A purge of black members
of Congress from the South is under way.
Th6 separation of church and state, which
protects religious freedom, ~s seriously
threatened. The retreat back to the ’50s is
certaluly under way.
But were we a more moral nation when
legalized racial segregation prevailed;
when women were denied equal opportunity
and forced to submit to back-alley
butchers; when people were punished
because o_f their polifical beliefs and associations?
Abolishing these gross abuses
of individual rights in so short a time was
arguably the greatest moral advance this
nation or any other nation has ever expe~
rienced. The notion that we are a less
moral nation today than we were in the
’50s is a monument to historical revision-
Ira Glasser is the executivedimctor of
the American Civil Liberties Union.
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ST. P,~UL, Minn. - The Rev. Jeanne
PowerS, the associate general secretary of
the 8-million-member United Methodist
Church’s general commission on Chtistianunity
andinterreligious concerns, told
a meeting of UMC officials at Augsburg
College that she has been a lesbian all her
adult life and has served in the church
despite rules against "selfavowed, practicing
homosexuals." Powers, who is 63,
made the revelation just one year before
she is slated to retire as a "political act" to
encourage church debate about ordaining
gay & lesbian ministers.
Powers is the highest ranking United
Methodist Church official to reveal her
homosexuality. ,I have been lesbian all
my life," Powers said. ’~’ve never known
my identity as otherwise." Powers Said
she won’t resign as an ordained minister,
nor will she turn overher ordination papers.
If terminatedr as a minister,.Powers could
lose some of her retirement benefits.
Powers stopped short ofactually saying
she is sexually active, a key point in the
UMC prohibition, but she lives with her
life partner and promised to answer any
questions UMC officials may have. "If
you’re called to do something, you take
the risks," Powers said. ’~If I waited a year,
until after my retirement, it would be too
easy to discount me. What I need is a year
to help the church struggle with this. If
this act of resistance keeps the church
restless about its understanding of homosexuality
and the Christian faith, then I
believe I will have continued my own
commitment to working for justice and
being a change agent in the church and the
world.
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governmentfor deciding who should have
access to state secrets. McCurry noted in
amaouneing the executive order that under
the previous system, anindividual’s
sexual orientation was often grounds for
launching extensive background checks.
The federal government, in fact, has a ~
long history of denying clearances to gays
and lesbians: ...
" Activists, :.many of whom backed
Clintonwhenhe raft forpresidentin 1992,
and whosesupport world help him in ~s
expected re-election bid next year, ha;~
long urged the administration to take
tion to end discrimination against gay
people in granting the important clearanceS.
The order states simply, ’The United
States government does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability or sexual orientation
in granting access to classified information."
Leonard Hirsch, president of GLOBE
(Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Employees of
the Federal Government), saidin thepress
statement that the Clinton order "takes a
very large step in removing the legal bartiers
to equal treatment in the federal
workforce. By explicitly including sexual
orientationin thenon-disctimination statement,
he finally expurgates decades of
legal harassment and discrimination."
The impact of the executive order goes
beyondjustfederal employees sincemany
private firms with government contracts
may require workers at tbeir firms to have
security clearances in order to work on
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that mixing baboonand human cells
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being challenged locally.
Drug Task Force Under Fire
WASHINGTON - The medical technology
newspaper BioWorld Today reports
that several key Clinton administration
officials are increasingly frustrated with
the work of the National Task Force on
AIDS Drug Development, a federal panel
set up 2 years ago to advise the government
on AIDS drug treatment policies.
The paper reports that Phil Lee, Assistant
Secretary for Health, David Kessler, the
FDA Commissioner, andHarold Varmus,
director ofthe National Institutes ofHealth,
and all members of the task force, have
raised questions about whether the panel
should be renewed When its current authorization
expires in October. Non-administration
members of the task force
expressed frustrations with the panel as
well. "In 2 years, we have nothing to point
to,",Peter Staley of New York’s Treatment
Action Group told the paper. But
Staley said the fault wasn’t with the task
force, but with the Clinton administration.
"We had inadequate staff, a minuscule
budget, a slow schedule, and not
enough support from Kessler, ~ and
Varmus," Staley said.
More Condoms Needed in India
NEW DELHI - The World Bank has
urged the Indian government and health
officials to emphasize malecontraception
practices in the nation. The World Bank
recommendation is aimed at both reducing
the population gro.wth rate in the
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curbing the spread of HIV. The World
Bank said there was a "pressing need to
promote the use of condoms" in India
where the "growing HIV epidemic makes
greater use of condoms an urgent priority."
AIDS Postman Fired
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The postal.letter
carrierwho refused tQ d¢liyer,mail:to a
couple who have AIDS won’t be deliverlng
any moreU.S., mail for a while.’Tim
Snodgrass says he was afraid of contract~
ing HIV from stamps.or envelopes Fred
and Pat Grounds had licked. Snodgrass
went throughan AIDS educational seminar
at the main post office in the West
Virginia capital, but when he had finished
the course, Snodgrass insisted he had not
changed his mind about his fears of being
exposed to the virus. Hehas been fired for
refusing to deliver the couple’s letters.
Needle-Swap Program Works
BOSTON - A state-funded study of the
Boston-Cambridge based needle-exchange
program, Project-A-HOPE, indi-
.cates the project has lowered needle sharing
among IV drug users, thereby reducing
the risks of transmitting HIV. The
study also found no indication that either
drug use or crimes related to drugs had
increased because of the exchanges.
Frisco Giants Fight AIDS
SAN FRANCISCO - The Giants have
announced that its Aug. 13 game against
the Chicago Cubs will be the pro baseball
team’ s 2nd annual "Until There’s a Cure
Day" fundraiser to fight the AIDS epidemic.
The Giants are the only major
league team to designate a regular season
game to fighting the epidemic.
,!~Y Pat Morehead
Life is like a box of chocolate, sticky
and messy. If you don’t believe me just
ask Hugh Grant! While I was looking for
my limes, Hugh was looking for something
else. What is going on out in LA LA
Land? I mean we know what was up with
Hugh Grant, nudge nudge, wink wink.
Now weknow thatCharli~ Sheen spent 53
grand.fo~? hogkers.,First off, credit ~oes to
Hugh .f0~ ~ompa’~ftive shopping~. But
what’s With these guys? Did they miss the
orientation class on the benefits of Hollywo0dfamemad
fortune?HughandCharl~e
are my picks for Dumb and Dumber, Part
Two.
And speaking of Dumb and Dumber,
somebody in the County Commissioners
office should be in the running as well.
You don’t fund an operating budget (i.e. a
jail of all things ) with a Sales Tax. What
happens when theeconomy takes a header
and we all quit spending? Evidently the
Comm.issioners have already forgotten the
recess~onary period in the eighties. Besides,
I’m not supporting any added tax
when we can’t even get recognition from
the Human Rights Commission. So when
the September Jail vote comes along, everyone
in our commumty should go vote
"NO". And you thought the only thing I
thought about was Brads" butt.
Hooooo, Brads’ butt....sorry, momentarily
distracted.
So, while I’m on political news I can’t
let Ms. Vicki Cleveland get off without a
word. And believe me, after her successful
NO POOR PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN
MY NEIGHBORHOOD deal, she really
got off. Course that’s about the only way
she could get off. In an e~fort .to appear
Politically Correct she is rumoured to be
planning an additional ordinance. This
will be a Community Block Grant Development
Fund to foster Miflti-Cultural un:
derstanding, In effect CBGD funds (read
tax dollars) will be awarded to families in
qualifying income brackets to help with
multi-cut~ral unders,t?),n~ding.
., t-f Iunders~tand th(~r0gram,C0rre~tl.y, it
will w~ork some.~)ng like this. Ira family
in her neighiaorhood hire~ fin Asian
Gardner, tlae f~ifiiy wiil re~i~,e $30~000
in CBGD money. AnHisp~aiC hired, as. a
domestic will be worth $20,000 andan
English Nanny will be worth $22,500. An
additional CBGD amount of $10,000 will
go to the same family if they hire a French
Au Pair after filling one of the above
mentioned catagories.
To apply for this Federal money you
must meet the following requirements: I)
Live within 5000 feet of Southern Hills
Country Club, 2) contribute $5,000.00 or
more to the Republican party and 3) be
personal friends with Ms. Vicki. And you
thought she wasn’t doing her part to advance
multi-cultural understanding.
That’s it for now, campers. Me, I’m
headed back to rmx up another batch of
Bloody Bulls, get naked and relax in the
hot tub there to ponder the greater questions
of life, like where do I find that
Internet File with the pictures of Brad Pitt.
Have a nice August aa.d don’t for_oct to
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You’reusually the assertive.type
and often known for having a
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month, you get sweet, sensitive,
and positively accomodating. A
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April 20-May 21
You’ll be tempted to plant your
hooves this month and say,
"Enoughis enough;" though the
better approach would be to ask
politely for what you want, then
compromise to get your wish.
Focus on your work and your
healthnow; both can cause problems
if you ignore them.
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May 2]-June 22
Relationships become an issue
and, though you’re interested in
intimacy, you’d rather be inti- .
mate with a different lover every
night of the week. Itmay be time
for old, restrictive obligations to
end. Think it over before you
drop the axe, then do it as gently
as possible
CANCER
June 22-July 23
Your home and the people in it
become a big deal in a wonderful
way. A good time to start a
home-based business, or to clear
the air and end old disputes with
family, lovers and roommates.
Things run so smoothly in your
nest, you’ll be tempted to curl up
and stay home as much as you
carl.
LEO
July 23-August 23
One more month of clearing up
old issues with family members
and the people who share your
home. The good news is that it’s
almost over, and you can get rid
of old unconscious habits and
childhood issues once and for
all. Bad news? Time to stop depending
financially on the people
you live with.
VIRGO
August 23-September 23
Time to use your famous planning
and organizational skills for
developing a long-term financial
strategy. You have plenty of
ideas and opportunities to build
a secure foundation for your
goals. Also a busy month of
work, so try not to overheat on
all the trivia. Use some of your
time for strategy too.
LIBRA
September 23-October 23
You’re tempted to spend a lot of
money on improving your appearance.
A little bit of glamour
is fine, but it is a better time to
throw those dollars at something
that hasmore potential for financial
return. Think of the old saying,
’Nometimes "you have to
spend money to make money."
This month, it’s true for you.
SCORPIO
October 23-November 23
Another passionate month and,
if you’re not trying to seduce
anyone, it’s certain that someone
has their eyes on you. Old
emotional ties come back to the
surface. It may be hard to put a
past relationship out Of your
mind, but now is an excellent
time to release those ancient
memories and get on with your
li.fe.
SAGITTARIUS
Nov. 23-Dec. 22
You want instant gratification,
but you may have the opportunit),
to learn the virtue of patience
instead. Use your legendary
optinusm to keep your spirits
up instead of fretting over
delays. You can inspire everyone
in your circle by a live demonstration
of the power of positive
thinking. By month’s end,
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for.
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Dec. 22-January 21
Casual acquaintances ate ready,
willing and .able to help you
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Try to overcome your natural
tendency to think, "But what do
they wantfromme?" It’s no time
for suspicion. You’vebeen working
hard enough for long enough;
now it’s time to use your social
skills to push you over the top of
the mountain.
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You’re usually the most expert
team-player there is, butnow it’ s
time to hog the limelight yourself.
September brings a golden
opportunity to show your stuff
on the career front. It may seem
like there aren’t enough hours in
the day to fulfill all your obligations.
Workovertimeifyouneed
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You’re ending a ten-year period
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a time when you have gathered
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career. You may be tempted to
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Two Dynamite Male Dancers
Every Thursday NO COVER
Mr. Robbie Walker
& The Sunday Slam
Domonique Daniels
Paris Grey
Kris Kohl
Ivana B. Real
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& Many More!
Every Sunday 11p.m.
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THURSDAYS
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FRIDAYS
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Our Families of the Heart
UPCOMING EVENTS
HIV-ERC + Red Ribb,.o.n
Revue + Pride- Bene.flts
Pride Worship Service
Dallas Leader Cece Cox
Hope Candlelight Tour
Pride Prom + Pride Picnic
O.KC Parade +. ,.Follies
TULSA - The next several weeks offer an unprecedented
number of community events which either
benefit HIV/AIDS charities or celebrate Lesbian/Gay
Pride Month. On May 23rd, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue
promises a great show at the Tulsa Ice Arena to support
Our House, a day drop-in center for persons living with
HIV/AIDS. Later that evening, the Silver Star will host
a benefit &raffle for the HIV Education and Recreation
Center, a new organization headed by Bruce Begley,
Sandy Hill, Steve Wilson and others.
OnSaturday and Sunday,June 8-9th,the Hope Candlelight
Tour will feature the homes of Tina & Steven
David, Judy & Bill Fisher, P.S. Gordon & Duane Men
Ne, Mary McMahon, and Ouida & Robert Merrifield to
benefit St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities and
RAIN, the Regional Interfaith AIDS Network. Tickets
are $10 and are available at Charles Faudree, 1345 E.
15th, and at MA Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria. The
very distinguished organizing committee also has
planned a number of patron events - for more information,
call 747-9706.
Near the end of. the month, June 21 & 22, Follies
Revue, Inc. will present Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies
at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Place. It’s a dinner and
a show you won’t want to miss. The beneficiaries are
TOHR, HIV Resource Consortium, Interfaith AIDS
Ministries, Shanti, Visiting Nurses Assoc. RAIN and
St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities. For tickets,
call the PAC box office, Carson Attractions, and Tickets
by Phone.
For June, the traditional Lesbian/Gay Pride month
worldwide, Tulsa volunteers have planned a number of
events. The month will begin by the first ecumenical
Pride Worship Service. Hosted by St. Jerome at the
Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria at 6 pm on Saturday,
June 1, the service will include Family of’Faith MCC,
Agape Christian Fdlowship and other congregations:
On Tuesday, June 4, PFLAG, TOHR and the Rainbow
Business Guild (with assistance from the Bisexual,
Lesbian, Gay Trans Alliance, BLGTA) will present
Cece Cox, president of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian
Alliance (DGLA), one of the most dynamic activists in
the Southwest and a native of Bartlesville. She will be
talking about the Marriage Project of the DGLA as well
as her work as co-chair of GLAAD/Dallas. The dinner
will be held in the Chouteau Room of the Chapman
Student Center of the University of Tulsa at 6:30. The
dinner is $10 but the speech is free at about 7:45.
June 8th, TOHR and TU’s BLGTA will host a Pride
see Pride, page 3
MARRIAGE The attack begins at the national level led by
Oklahoma Rep. Steve Largent & Sen. Don Nickles.
WASHINGTON - Confronted with a flagging presidential
campaign and convinced they’ve found a one-sided
wedge issue that could embarrass President Clinton’s
campaign efforts, Republican lawmakers have introduced.
ameasure, titled the"Defense ofMamageAct" (DOMA),
that would define marriage as"only a legal union between
one man and one woman as husband and wife." The
proposed law Was introduced by Republican Reps. Bob
Barr of Georgia and by Steve Largent & by Sen. Don
Nickles of Oklahoma.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, who all
but has the GOP’s presidential nomination sewn up,
became the first Senate co-sponsor of the measure. During
the Iowa primary caucuses, when Republican hopefuls
were asked to sign a pledge to fight any effort in Congress
to legalize same-sex marriages, Dole said the pledge
doesn’t go far enough" and added; "Government at all
levels must work to support and promote the institution of
marriage that unites husband and wife."
Just days before the proposed legislation was introduced
in Congress, Dole campaign officials told reporters that the
Republican presidential hopeful would be taking action to
make same-sex marriages a campaign wedge issue, using
Clinton’s outreach to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort
to make voters wary of the President’s re-election bid.
Clinton campaign officials have acknowledged that the
issue is potentially a political landmine during the campaign
and said the President "didn’t want to touch it."
Even so, when anti-gay activists asked Clinton to sign the
anti-marriage pledge, he refused and called it "outrageous."
The dicey political question is complicated even further by
reports in the current issue of the Advocate, the Los Angeles-
based magazine, that claims the Justice Department is
considering changing both the IRS tax code and federal
immigration regulations to give gay and lesbian couples~the
same benefits in these two areas as legally married couples.
However, \~qaite House spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn
told reporters that Clinton doesn’t personally support equal
marriage rights for gays and lesbians and that the Administration
had no plans to implement the changes reported in
the Advocate.
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights
Campaign, called the proposed congressional bill the work
of "religiotts political extremists...using this issue as an
election year baseball bat to bash gay Americans and score
3"teve Largent Don Nickles
Gov. Keating Signs Anti-
Marriage Amendment/Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY - In a move that surprised Okla.
Capitol watchers and a number of state Senators, Senate
bill #73, the "Oklahoma Child Visitation Registry Act,"
passed with an amendment banning the recognition of
valid same-gender marriages performed in other states.
Only Senators Bernest Cain (D-OKC) and Penny Williams
(D-Tulsa) voted against the final bill (42-2).
According to Sen. Williams, Sen. Cain spbke with
such eloquence against the anti-Gay amendment, that
she was moved to vote no as well. Tulsa Sen. Maxine
Horuer told TFN that she was not in the Senate at the
time of the vote and that the amendment did not represent
her position.
Earlier, Senator Keith Leftwich, and staffers in Cain’s
and Sen. Bernice Shedrick’s offices had stated that they
did not think the anti-marriage amendment would remain
after the bill returned from conference committee.
Senate bill #73 had a correspondingbill that had passed
the OK House of Representatives.
Gov. Frank Keating promptly signed the bill. When
asked about what efforts he or his staff had made to
contact Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay. community about
this bill, the Governor’s press spokesperson, Dan
Mahoney stated that no effort was necessary since "it
would not have made any difference [to the Governor]."
Mnhoney released the following statement:
"~,Vhat people do in their private lives ~s none of my
business, that is a personal decision. But I don’t feel the
state of Oklahoma should bein the business of sanctionpolitical
points." Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) was one of
the few lawmakers to criticize the measure, saying it was
meaningless political maneuvering because it would take an
amendment limiting the "full faith and credit clause" of the
U.S. Constitution to actually bar same-sex marriages at the
federal level. "This is nothing but just to stir the political
¯" waters and see how much hate you can unleash," she added.
Interfaith / -iDS Ministrie
¯ Seeks Missing Benefit $
~ Last October, a local bar, Barraccuda’s, contacted Inter-
,¯ faith AIDS Ministries (L~M) with an offer to do a benefit
honoring World AIDS Day in December and benefiting
¯ IAM. Months later, IAM has not seen a dime of the dollars
¯ raised at the event, despite efforts by director, Diane Zike.
¯ Several board members attended the fundraiser noting ¯
that the bar charged a $3 cover & had tip jars for donations.
At the end of the evemn~,, IAM s treasurer was told they’d
¯ raised $250.
Director Zike says that she’d called repeatedly for bar
ing same sex marriages. I supported SB 73, as did every
member of the t!ouse of Representatives and all but two
members of the State Senate."
TFN asked about remarks attributed to the Governor
that he had said the State Republican Party platform (see
below) represented "mainstream Oklahoma."
see Gov., page 3
Excerpts from the OK
Republican state Platform
Page 3, ADOPTION
Plank 4: We demand that children not be adopted by
homosexuals.
Page 6, HIV/AIDS
Plank 1: Since HIV is a virus that results in AIDS and
certain death, we call upon local, state, and federal
governments to deal with thedeadly disease of AIDS in
the same manner as other dangerous communicable
diseases, i.e. (a) expand universal testing and truth in
reporting, which includes full disclosure about the ori-
¯ owner, Sue, "known as Barraccuda. No calls had been
¯ returned by March 26 when IAM drafted a letter requesting
¯ a response. To date, IAM still has not received a response
¯¯ .from the bar. WhenTFN called, bar staffer, Sheila, referred
all questions back to Sue.
¯ Zike adds, "IAM actedingoodfaith, advertising the event
¯ and participating [in it]. How can we follow through with
: our commitments if those who offer to assist us...do not
¯ follow through themselves...it is not just Interfaith AIDS
¯ Ministries that is being hurt, but more importantly those
¯ living with HIV/AIDS that IAM serves."
see Platform, page 7
EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2
NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6
CALENDAR P. 9
OUT + ABOUT WITH JD P. 9
EUREKA SPRINGS + P. 11
BOOK REVIEW/ENTERTAINMENT P. 12
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 13
918.583.1248
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
74159-0140
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Publisher/Editor, Tom Neal
Assistant Editor, James Christjohn
Writers/contributors,
Phyl Boler-Schmidt
Barry Hensley
Jean-Pierre
Leanne Gross & Pat Morehead
Staff Photographer, JD Jamett
Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication
are protected by US copyright 1996 by Tulsa Family News and may not be
reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher.
Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation.
Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be
signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence
should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each
edition at distribution points Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
by Patricia Nell Warren ¯
A few days American with ahgeor, oownne aDrgiaunmeePntartkheart whoromteosetoxutahleityJoiug rnnaolt ~ feovoelnamloant aogfepteoopfoleo,l ionudru.ocwtinngmtohtehewrsi~shfFuolrtahitniikneer,s.wSeoemveenoffouosl
now ourselves. But it is still conformity. It is not change.
genetic. She believes that the "reformed homosexuals"
visible in certain videos, programs and organizations
is compelling proof that homosexuals can
really change. I am always amazed at the power
of wishful thinking m people like Parker. Their
whole position is based on a fierce belief in this
alleged capacity of homosexuals to "change."
The videos, nroorams, etc. represent a 2000-
vear effort by Chrislaamty to wish away the
~xistential fact of homosexuality, whatever its
root cause. The fact is: in repressive umes,
homosexuals do not change. They conform.
Gay people disagree about many things, but
this is one area where we agree -- because so
Aetlng strM~ht
when you know
you re gay
¯
¯ as not chang .
It as not a rnor~al act.
It {s not re[orm.
It {s not heal{n .
It ~s a ll~n~ death.
many of. us have lived face-to-face with our own "is-ness’"
through long decades of pretense. I, for one, did a terrific job of
conforming to the heterosexual canon, as a wife for 16 years. I
even tried both Protestantism and.,,_Catholicism in a desperate
effort to transmogrify my conformity into change. But it didn’t
work. The conformity goes so deep that it can masquerade
brilliantly as change. Unlike leopards, homosexu~is can make
their spots look like tiger stripes. The penalties for being fingered
as gay -- loss of family and job, assault and battery, long prison
sentences, incarceration in mental hospitals, to n~u,ne a few -
Acting straight when you know you’re gay is
not change. It is not a moral act. It is not reform.
It is not healing. It is a living death. In the Sixties,
a whole generation of youth rose up against all
kinds of forced conformity in American society,
and their protest embraced this deadly conformity
demanded of gay people. Yet today the
wishful thinkers among us are trying to engineer
the re-imposition of their wishes. They demand
it in the name of "saving marriage." What they
want, in many marriages, adds up to shapestfifting
Of the spookiest kind. It adds up to
acting performances that will never get an Os-
: car. Those who settle for our conformity get it at an appalling cost
to themselves. The wishful thinkers lose their power to see what
: is real. They canlook into the eyes of a homosexual who is living
~ in deep cover, and utterly fail to See that person’s true spirit. Even
¯ in the eyes of their own children, parents, closest friends, the
" wishful thinkers see only what they choose to see. Heaven help
¯ the American marriage if it is"saved" by people who can’ t tell the
¯ difference between conformity and change. ,,
Patricia Nell Warren is the author of"The Front Runner and
¯
other bestsellers about gay life.
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
,Concessions,.33"40 s. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
.Renegades, Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
832-1269
744-0896
749-1563
745-9998
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, &. Professionals
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med& Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksdlers, 8620 E. 71
250-5034
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria
743-527-2
Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15
592-1521
Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates
1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
D’Antiques, 1508 E. 15th
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 4423 S. Memorial
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
F~xpress Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation
Leanne M. Gross, Financial Planning
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria
*Inte~afi0nfil T0ur~
JD Images, Photography
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011,-74159
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S Boston
*Scribner’S" BOOkstore, 1942 Utica Square
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations
Southwest Viatical
592-5356
749-3620
665-6595
838-8503
743-9994
690-2974
744-0102
745-1111
584-4606
341-6866
621-5597
599-8070
747-5466
742-1992
671-2010
584-3112
663-5934
664-2951
74%-7672
838-7626
584-0337
749-6301
743-2351
747-3322
Thomas Chiropractic Clinic
4138 S. Harvard, Ste. C-1 742-8868
¯
(ellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
743-1733
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, &Universities
*Agape’ Christian Fellowship, 21st& Sheridan 599-7688 "
*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr.
2627B E. 11 628-0594
*BIL/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
¯
*Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa _ d "
*CommunityofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2n 585-1800
Dignity/Integrity "
(Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians) 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo
622-1441
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669 .
Friend For A Friend~ POB 52344, 74152
747-6827 ..
:fiends in Unity Social Organization (African-Amer. ~e,n!,,,,~ ¯
POB 8542, 74101
Indian Health Care, Save the Nation
584-4983 .
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437,800-284-2437 ¯
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 .
*HIV Resource Consortium
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 " 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S.Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
PFLAG , POB 52800 74152
749-4901
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118
74104
R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
749-4195
~ Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
665-5174
¯
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria,
646-7116
¯
*Shanti Hotline
749-7898
¯ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, (TOHR)
¯ POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.)
743-4297
¯ Technicians, 1338 E. 3rd
584-1308
¯
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
i *University Center at Tulsa
~. Beaver Dam Store, 1/2 mi. N. of DamHwy. 187 501-253-6154
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St.
501-253~5445
King’ s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway,Hwy. 62W 800-231-1442
*MCC of the Living Spring
501-253-9337
¯
zero in the war over equal marriage rights
¯ forsamegendercouples. Ourelected r p- ¯
resentatives" Steve Largent, Don Nickles
¯
and Jim Inhofe again shame our s~te with
¯ their attacks on their own constttuents,
specifically with the so-called Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA). The motives for
¯
thesemen surely rangefrom genuineideo-
¯ logical positions to the basest political
.... maneuvering...There is little- doubt that
¯
each holds "Christian" beliefs which they
¯ feel justify discrimination.
~ We can only respond that it is .a betrayal
¯ of the most fundamental American con-
. stitutional values to abuse their position to
’" enforce private prejudices. That is, it is
¯ wrong to use the power of the government ¯
to promote or allow to continde system-
" atic bias against minority citizens, no
¯ matter if the majority despises that minor-
¯ ity mad no matter if the group is minority ¯
by birth (race or ethnicity) or by choice,
¯
(religion or political view) or by a combi-
¯ nation (as seems to be the case with sexual ¯
orientation). Many Americans havebeen,
¯
and are, racist and anti-Semitic, and yet
¯ politicians realize it is no longer accept-
" able to pander overtl.y to these views.
¯ However, election-year politics are
strongly implicated in this effort. DC insiders
suggest that DOMA is a much a
vehicle to divide and inflame the American
electorate, to weaken Bill Clinton and
to insure that Dole can nominate the next
20 years of Supreme Court judges.
So what are our alternatives inTulsa
when our elected "representatives" don’t
even bother to go through the motions of
¯ consulting the communities that are
¯ harmed by their actions? ¯
The answer’s not glamorous or easy.
¯ Despite all odds, we must continue to
°. organize ourselves politically. We must
¯ put the same sorts of energies that we’ve
see Attack, page 3
Tulsa, Oklahoma sure feels like ground
What a great honor itis to be chosen as
the first Queen of the Month in the Out &
About column of your newspaper. What a
wonderful way to spotlight Tulsa’s diverse
and talented group of entertainers.
As a general rule, our society has a poor
] opinion of Drag Queens and it is my hope
that your column will help dispense these
thoughts.
For your readers that are not aware,
each of the entertainers that I regularly do
shows with are also involved in the many
benefits that occur around town. The beneficiaries
include such great causes as Our
~ House, A .Friend for a Friend, Shanti
¯ Coftdom Fund and public service posters
that are placed through out our community.
¯ In addition to being tons of fun (no pun
¯ intended to my size), Tulsa has a diverse
: group of entertainers that not only make
"- you smile, but further love and kindness
¯ within Our community. Thank you again.
¯ Much love, Kathryn Conover
PS, in my entire life, I can’t once remember
that I begged for anything. Could
JD have been thinking of someone else
and intended the very first Queen of the
Month to go to another Entertainer? Oh
dear, I certainly hope not.
In particular, TFN asked if the Governor
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really felt calling,fora quarantine ofpeople
living with AIDS, or preventing Lesbian
and Gay men from being teachers represented
the values of most Oklahomans.
Mahoney responded that he could not
speak for the Governor in the particulars
but that the Governor supported the platformin
general. WhenaskedifTFN could
ask the Governor aboUt specific platform
items, Mahoney said Keating would not
be available for any questions.
Prom (alcohol-free) also at the Chapman
Ctr. at 8 pm. The Picnic, themed Tulsa
United in Pride, will be held in Owen Park
on Sat. June 15, from 12 - 5 pm. Anumber
of community organizations, businesses
and individuals are working on this event.
As usual, refreshments are free and a
range of food will be available for a modest
donation. Owen Park has tennis courts
and a sand volleyball court, as well as
better parking and more shade than the
old Mohawk site.
On Sunday, June 23, Oklahomans from
all over the state will gather at Memorial
Park, NW 35th & Classen in Oklahoma
City about 1:30 for the statewide Pride
Rally. The Rally will feature Advocate
1992 Woman of the Year, Donna Red
Wing. The statewide Pride Parade kicks
off from the park and ends up at the NW
39th St. community business district.
put into fighting the scourge ofAIDS into
fighting political prejudice. Locally,
TOHR is doing a voter inform and registration
project, call 743-4297 and leave a
message for Tony. Oklahoma City folks
have created a political action committee,
Cimarron Alliance which has funneled
significant funds into OKC city council
races and to Democratic state senators.
Some in Tulsa are discussing similar efforts,
here. Also, just call Nickles (581-
7651, the local office can transfer you to
DC, fax 202-9~24-6008), Inhofe (748-5111,
202-224-4721, fax 202-228-0380) and
I_argent (749-0014, 202-225-2211, fax
202-225-9187). Even if you don’t want to
get married anytime soon, tell them you
support equal marriage rights, that you
oppose DOMA, and that you don’t appremate
the scapegoating of Oklahoma’s
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual citizens.
Dan DuVall / Owner
Anti-Marriage
¯ Efforts Around US
¯ AUGUSTA, Maine - With state legisla-
¯ tures around the country heading into
¯ recesses for the summer, the anti-mar-
: riage bandwagon did little more than
¯ bumble along. While Hawaii lawmakers
couldn’t muster enough votes to pass an
¯
anti-gay mamage ban there before the
¯ legislature recessed for the current ses-
¯ sion, an Alabama state Senate committee
: approved by an 8-1 vote a bill that would
¯
bar recognizing same-sex marriages in
¯ the state, dropping a $1,000 fine for clergy
¯. performing such unions that had been
¯ included in the original measure.
The Alaska legislature took a double
: swing at same-sex relationships, passing
¯ one measure that would limit domestic
¯" partnership benefits in the state educa-
¯ tional system and sending it to Gov. Tony
¯ Knowles. At the same time thelawmakers
¯ began debate on a ban on same-sex mar-
. riages in the state, a proposal that is ex-
¯ pected to easily pass. Kansas lawmakers,
¯ meanwhile, approved an anti-mamage bill
and sent it to the governor for his signa-
¯ ture.
¯ In Maine, the anti-gay group Concerned
Maine Families has filed papers with the
"¯ secretary of state’s office to get approval ¯
to collect signatures for a ballot measure -
¯ that would restrict marriages in the state
¯ to those between male-female couples
¯ only. If the signature~gathering is ap- ¯
proved, the group would have to collect
¯ some 51,000 valid signatures to put the
¯ measure before ~oters- either in 1997 or
¯ 1998.
¯
Georgia Gov. Zell Miller has si~ned a
¯ bill that bars same-sex mamages ~n the
¯¯ state, joining South Dakota, Utah and
Idaho as the 4th state to prohibit gay and
¯ lesbian marriages in anticipation that such
¯ weddings will become legal soon in Ha-
. waii. The South Carolinalegislature gave
~ its final.OK to a measure outlawing same-
." sex marriages in the state and sent the
¯ legislation to Gov. David Beaseley, who
has already indicated he supports the pro-
: hibition. The measure would prevent the
¯ state from recognizing any marriage be-
. tween people of the same sex that was
performed in another state. In Arizona,
Gov. Fife Symington signed the state
legislature’s 3rd attempt to enact aban on
same-sex marriages, making it the 6th
state so far to legally refuse recognition
for such unions, even if performed legally
elsewhere. At the same time, however, by
a 34-23 vote, the state House of Representatives
passed legislation authorizing
tougher sentences for criminals who victimize
people based on race, religion,
gender or sexual orientation. A similar
proposal last year died when Republican
legislative leaders objected to including
sexual orientation.
Meanwhile, a case strikingly similar to
the Hawaii lawsuit has gotten under way
in New Zealand, with 3 lesbian couples
suing for the right to get marriage licenses
that were denied them, according to a
report in the Queer News Aotearoa. The
women’s attorney is arguing that the
country’s civil rights laws protects all
citizens from being denied equal treatment.
The attorney general’s office, however,
has argued that marriage is mainly
for procreation and that therefore samesex
couples are not eligible to marry.
South Africa
Protects Gays
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -South
Africa’s Parliament has overwhdmingly
approved by a 421-2 vote the country’s
new 150-page Constitution after nearly 2-
years of complex negotiations and sometimes
acrimonious debate. The nation’s
new governing document includes, for
the first ti~ne in the world, equal rights
protections that include sexual orientation.
"United in diversity," begins the
preamble to the country’s newly approved
Constitution, although at least 2 of the
country’s right wing political parties said
they would challenge some of the provisions
of that diversity in court.
In fact, .nearly every major party in
South Africa expressed reservations about
parts of the new document. Even President
Nelson Mandela noted that there are
still concems among many ofthe country’s
minorities about the guarantees enshrined
in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. "The
fact that we have adopted this Constitution
does not mean that we are not going
to address those concerns," Mandela said.
"’We will continue searching for solutions
because we want everybody to feel that
he or she is part and parcel of our efforts
to resolve the problems of South Africa."
After a long history of white minority rule
and rigidly enforced apartheid, the new
Constitutions will bring majority rule to
the nation when the next g~neral election
in 1999 marks anend to the present transitional
government. The Bill of Rights
outlaws all discrimination in the country,
whether based on sexual orientation, race,
religion, gender,-political views, disability
and other categories.
In a cable to President Mandela about
the newly adopted Constitution, the Washington,
D.C.,based National Gay & Lesbian
Task Force, stated, "The South African
people have paved a new road of
equality and fairness by outlawing all
forms of discmnination in the constitution,
including for the first time anywhere
in the world, the discrimination against
people based on their sexual orientation.’"
Fewer than a dozen countries worldwide
have national laws outlawing bias based
on sexual orientation, and South Africa is
the first nation to enshrine such protections
in its Constitution.
Dutch Get Serious
About Marriage
TIlE HAGUE, Holland -The Dutch Parliament
has approved a measure by 81-60
that calls on the government to appoint a
commission to evaluate the legal implications,
both nationally and internationally,
of extending full mamage rights to gay
and lesbian couples in the country. The
move is several steps from a radical
change, of course, but Dutch gays and
lesbians, along with progressive politicians
in the country, are increasingly insisting
on full, equal rights in What is
probably Europe’s most liberal nation.
What is perhaps most significant about
the measure is that the commission is to
consider issues such as adoption,
parenting, inheritance, taxes, and spousal
citizenship of foreigners - an array of
questions that other European nations with
same-sex .couples registrations have so
far ducked or specifically added restrictions
to. But as a measure at least of how
serious Dutch politicians are about samesex
marriages now, public discussions
have even reached the level of Members
of Parliament debating .whether Queen
Beatrix will give her assent to full marital
rights for gays and lesbians in Holland.
Canada OKs
Anti-Bias Law
OTTAWA - Canada’s House of Commons
has approved by a 153-76 vote a
govenm~ent-backed measure that would
add sexual orientation to the country’s
Charter of Human Rights and legally outlaw
discrimination based on sexual orientation
in Canada’s regulated public sector
workforce, which makes up 10% to 15%
of the nation’s labor force. All of the
nation’s provinces except Newfoundland,
Prince Edward Island and Alberta already
have similar anti-bias laws, and the
Canadian government has been promising
to introduce federal legislation for 2
decades, so passage of the measure wasn’t
much in doubt.. Even so, the bill created
enormous political turmoil in the country.
When 2 MPs in the conservative Reform
Party spoke out against the measure by
saying it was acceptable for businesses to
discriminate against homosexuals and
other minorities, the party’s Parliament
leader, Preston Manning, expelled them
from the party caucus, saying "It is not all
right for employers to fire any employee
simply because an intolerant customer
complaints about their color or lifestyle."
Even the ruling Liberal Party showed
signs of the tension the measure had
brought to Canadian politics. And outside
the Parlimnent building, Justice Minister
Allan Rock, who formally introduced
the legislation in behalf of the government,
was greeted by p,rotesters who
called him "Alice Rock" and mocked
Prime Minister Jearl Chritien as "’Jeanne
:. Chritien." The legislation now goes to the
~ upper house of Parliament, the Senate,
¯ where it is also expected to pass by a
: comfortable margin. The measure also
requires the royal assent of Canada’ s governor-
general, which is litde more than a
political, formality. Only 6 nations- Norway,
Sweden, Holland, Slovenia, Israel
and South Africa -have enacted federal
legislation prohibiting discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
Bosnian War
Crimes Nightmare
TIlEHAGUE2 Almost ignored by mainstream
news media, the War Crimes Tribunal
at The Hague has received detailed
evidence of atrocities conunitted during
the 4-year-long Bosnian civil war cente.ring
on reports of male rape as a war tactic
and as a method of intilnidating and controlling
prisoners. According to doc~unents
supplied to the Tribunal by Dr. Mladen
Loncar of the Medical Center for Human
Rights in Zagreb, at least 4,000 Croatian
men were victims of these rapes and sexual
assaults - and Loncar says his figures are
conservative estimates of Croats alone.
At the height of the complex fighting in
the Balkans, there were an estimated
80,000 men in intenmmnt camps - Serbs,
Croats, Mnslims. Loncar’s medical facility
currently sees more than 200 such men
who coutinue to live in the general region.
Most, Loncar says, have fled to nearby
COUlltries as political’refugees - if they
survived the attacks at all. Of the patieuts
seen at Loncar~ s ~nedical center for severe
post-trannmtic distress disorders, most (70
percent) suffered repeated injuries to their
genitals. Many of the inert (25 percent)
were tortured I~y having objects forced up
their rectums. Man)’ prisoners (22 percent)
reported they had been forced, under
threats of death, to perform fellatio
mad other sexual acts with other male
prisoners, and about 11 percent had suffered
at least partial castration.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Upheld by Court
WASHINGTON - In the continuing war
over the constitutionality of the U.S.
nfilitary’s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy,
Lt. Paul Thomasson, a former naval ofricer
discharged for revealing that he is
gay, has lost an important battle in a
federal appeals court decision. The U.S.
4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia
upheld the policy bamting openly homosexual
women and men from serving in
the nation’s maned forces. The case has
national significance because it is the first
ruling involving the"don’ t ask, don’ t tell"
policy to reach the federal appeals level.
Alan Moore, Thomasson’s attorney, argued
that the military policy of excluding
gays and lesbians from the armed services
was both unconstitutiolml and unreasonable,
considering the young officer’s outstanding
record. Moore also took the unusual
step of adding First Amendment
free-speech claims on top of Fifth and
FourteenthAmendment"due process" and
"equal protection" arguments that have
been more widely used in batding the
Pentagon ban in the past.
But the appeals court would have none
of it and ruled that the president and
Congress retain the right to set military
policies, and that thejudicial branch should
defer to .them. "It was appropriate for
Congress to bdieve that a military force
should be as free as possible of sexual
attachments and pressures as it is prepared
to do battle," wrote Judge J. Harvie
Wilkonson III in the 9-to-4 majority opinion.
The court’s ruling is now applicable
throughout the 4th circuit, which includes
Vir_,2inia, Maryland West ¥irginia, North
CarOlina and South~arolina. Tllomasson
and his attorney are now deciding whether
to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
MO St. GOP’s Antii
Marriage Campaign
: ST. LOUIS - In a highly controversial
¯¯ election cmnpalgn tactic that Republican
leaders around the country are watching
¯ closely; the head of the Missouri Repub-
¯ lican Party, John Cozad, has launched
attacks against Democrats running for
state office, accusing them of having financial
backing from supporters of samesex
marriages. But Republica!~s rumling
for office in the state, inclnding many who
are seeking election to the state legislature,
are grumbling because the attack
campaigns are being operated in their
races whether they want them or not. And
so far in two special election races, the
Republicans have lost both campaigns.
Not all Republicans running for office in
Missouri, however, agree with Cozad on
the campaign. Republican Bill Patrick,
who lost in the just-finished special decdon
in the state’s 6th legisIative district,
publicly apologized to his Democratic
opponent for thesame-sex marriage campaign
launched by the Republicans on his
behalf. He called the attack "pretty negative,
pretty bad." State GOP strategists in
Ohio,, Wisconsin, Oregon and elsewhere,
however, say they’re interested in seeing
how the same-sex marriage link works as
a campaign strategy in Missouri.
Helms Ads Attack
¯ Opponents & Gays
¯ RALEIGH, N.C. - Apparently impatient
¯ to get on with the election, Sen. Jesse ¯
Helms (R-NC) has launched a series of
¯ TV ads attacking both the Delnocratic
¯ primary candidates, Harvey Gantt and
¯ Charlie Sanders in a bit of gay-baiting,
; saying both supportdomesticpartner ben-
¯ efits. "Liberal Charlie Sanders supports
: racial preferences in hiring, like Harvey
¯ Gantt does, the Hdms ads say. Extend-
" ing health insurance to homosexual part-
" ners? Liberal Sanders and Gantt say yes."
¯ With a $2 million campaign war fund ¯
¯ from 1995, the Helms campaign apparently
decided not to wait for the May 7
¯ prim.ary to find out which Democrat he
¯ will face in the November race, but de-
" cided to get ajump-start and begin swing-
" ing at both men. Helms, 74, is seeking his
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for Sanders’ campaign called the TV
spots "typical Jesse Hdms distortive attack
ads." In a press statement, Gantt
blasted the Helms TV campaign as "lies
and distortions" and said he has never
even addressed the issue of health care
benefits for the partners of gays and lesbians.
British Transsexual
Wins Court Case
LUXEMBOURG - A Comwall College
tutor, identified only as "P" in court
records, whowas sackedafterasex-change
operation, has won a European Court of
Justice battle over the discharge. Thecourt
campus ROTC program. The faculty-ap-
¯ proved program would also reimburse
¯ students in ROTC if they shouldlose their
." military scholarships because of their
¯ sexual orientation.
¯ Station Drops Show
: That Attacked Gays
¯ AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Triangle
¯ has reported that officials at KIXL-AM, a
¯ Christian-oriented radio station in Austin,
have decided to pull the plug on Wyatt
¯ Roberts’ weekly talk show. Roberts, who
is affiliated with the American Family
Assn., had called for listeners to boycott
¯
any business that advertised in the gay
: newspaper, charging that the Triangle’s
ruled that the European Equal Treatment ¯ editorial cartoonist promoted pedophilia,
agreement of 1976 prohibits any discrimi- -" incest and bestiality. KIXLofficials would
nation based on sex and is not limitedjust
to bias based onan individual being ofone
gender or the other. The court ruled that
the anti-bias provision, which concerns
all members of the European Union,
should apply "to discrimination arising,
as in this case, from the gender reassignment
of the person concerned." The
ground-breaking decision incensed Euroskeptic
Tory MPs in Great Britain and
Tory MP Ann Winterton accused the European
Court of "meddling" in British
legal issues. Anothd~ Tory MP, Elizabeth
Peacock, also attacked the court decision.
"Ourrules aremadeby Parliament and are
sovereign," she said. "They should not be
overturned by a European court. Tli~ey
should mind their own business." British
government officials, said it was unclear if
UK law would have to be changed to
conform to the court ruling. Some political
leaders say the rnling is so sweeping
that it in fact may force the government to
drop its ban against homosexuals in the
nation’s armed forces.
MIT Moves on
ROTC Bias
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Faculty members
at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
voted ovenvhdmingly by a voice
vote for the school to negotiate withROTC
officials for a "modified program" that
would allow students to enroll in the campus
military program regardless of their
sexual orientation. The move is an effort
to keep the ROTC program, which also
serves students from Harvard, Tufts and
Wellesley, at MIT - along with some $56
million in Pentagon funds - without violating
the school’s own anti-bias policies
that bar discrimination against gays and
lesbians. The proposal endorsed by the
faculty concedes that openly gay or lesbian
students in ROTC would not be eligible
for commissions as long as the Pentagon
maintains the ban on homosexuals
in the armed forces, but would allow gay
and lesbian students to participate in the
." only say that Roberts’ program was being
¯ cancded because of "scheduling conflicts,"
but Kay Longcope, the Triangle’s
¯ publisher said she believes the
; fundamentalist’s boycott campaign
: backfired on him and brought pressure on
¯ the station to yank the program. "I think it
-" [the decision to cancel the program] speaks
"_ very well for the people of Austin who
really do not believe that Christianity is
"- based on hate," Longcope said
¯¯ Dole Campaign Ad in DC Gay Paper
¯ WASHINGTON - Senate Majority
Leader Bob Dole’s capital campaign or-
: ganization has put an ad in the May3 issue
: of the WashingtonBladeurgingreaders to
¯ vote for a slate of committed Dole del-
¯ egates. An uncommitted slate, including
: seven openly gay Republicans is chal-
¯ lenging the Dole slate, and has already
¯ been endorsed by the District’s local Log
¯ Cabin Club. Many political observers
¯ believe the challenge from the uncommit-
." tedslate prompted theKansas Republican
¯ andpresurned presidentialnominee’s cam-
" paagn to put the ad in the paper. The Dole
¯ campaign ad came just days after news
," that Abner Mason, a gay Boston Republi-
." can activist and Log Cabin Club officer,
¯ would be one of Massachusetts’ GOP
¯" delegates to the Republican National Con-
." vention in San Diego later this year. Ma-
¯ son Is a committed Dole delegate. Dole
¯ has had an on-off record with gays during ¯
¯ his currentpresidential campaign. Earlier this year a $1,000 campaign contribution
¯ from Log Cabin was returned to the groups
¯ PAC organization. Dbleinitially defended
; the returned check, saying he didn’t want
." voters to think he was "buying into some
: special rights for any group." But later he
¯ said returning the check had been"a mis-
; take" and blamed his campaign staff for
; the blunder. Even so, Dole agreed during
the caucus campaign in Iowa to sign a
¯ Chi’istian.Coalitionpledge opposing samesex
mamages.
Is Drag
Constitutional?
FERNDALE, Mich. - The good folks of
Ferndale, just outside. Detroit, have become
embroiled in a debate over whether
some guys putting on dresses to perform
in a variety show is constitutionally protected
freedom of speech and expression,
or if it violates community standards and
can therefore be prohibited. The flap has
erupted almost a year after the fact, but
that liasn’t lowered the heat of the debate
over the LavenderMoonCafe’s drag show
after Gay Pride celebrations there last
year. City Councilman RobertPaczkowski
has been leading the opposition, and he
said recently that "’a lot of people don’t
want that kind of a display right in the
middle of our central business district."
Paczkowski says Lavender Moon’s entertainment
license includes restrictions
barfing topless dancing, lingerie shows,
and any entertainment that"violates community
standards," which he says includes
guys dressing up as gals.
Town OKs Partner
Registration
BOULDER, Colo. - About the only positive
news recently in the growing battle
over same-sex relationships came in the
purely symbolic form of a domestic partnership
re~stration program approved by
the Boulder city council. The registry
cames no legal benefits, but allows samesex
& opposite-sex couples to legally
register their relationship with the city
clerk’s office. Proponents said the program
could make it easier for registered
couples to provide proofof their relationships
in seeking work-related benefits.
Olympic Games:
Utah & Cobb Cty.
ATLANTA - The 1996 Summer Olympic
Games preliminaries are getting underway
with the Saturday, April 27, televised
start of the torch that starts in Los
Angeles and will be relayed across the
counto’ to Atlanta where it will light the
official Olympicflame for the games there
on July 19 - although not quite the way US
Olympic officials expected. Tobegin with,
officials at the Los Angeles Coliseum,
where the torch relay begins, have been
complai~ting that they’re had trouble find
fig [eaves big enough to cover up the
genitals on 2 statues of nude athletes outside
the stadium. The cover-up order came
from the Atlanta Committeefor the Olympic
Ganges, which said they were concerned
that some viewers of the nationally
televised ceremony might be offended by
the nudity. ButACOGalso has announced
that the torch relay would not go through
Cobb County outside Atlanta because
county commissioners have refused to
repeal a 1993 measure that condemns"the
homosexual lifestyle." That resolution was
also responsible for ACOG’s decision,
under pressure from acuvists and rights
advocates, to pull scheduled Olympicpreliminaries
from facilities in the county.
Olympic officials, however, said the passage
of a measure ~n Utah barring gay
dubs at public schools would not make
them reroute the torch around the state.
Utah Lawmakers
Ban Gay Clubs
SALT LAKE CITY - Called into special
session, the Utah state legislature spent a
nasty day enacting a measure that would
bar gay and lesbian student groups from
public schools in the state, a measure that
Gov. Mike Leavitt has already indicated
’he would sign into law and for which he
called the special session. The state’s
ACLU has already vowed that if the measure
is signed into law, as it’s sure to be, it
will sue to overturn it. "Not only does it
violate the rights of lesbian, gay and
straight students," said Carol Gnade of
the American Civil Liberties Union in
Utah, "but also everyone associated with
a Utah high school, including teachers,
administrators and volunteers." Under the
lawjust approved by the legislature, school
boards will have the authority to restrict
or bar any campus club, but in addition,
the measure also forces public school
officials to ban any that are centered around
bigotry, criminal activity or human sexuality.
Gov. Mike Leavitt and the measure’s
sponsor, Sen. Craig Taylor, insisted that
the new law takes back control of campus
clubs by allowing school boards to prohibit
specific dubs. The Utah attorney
general has already indicated that barfing
campus clubs that are "controversial" is
illegal under the 1984 federal Equal Access
Act.
Forget Nature-vs-
Nurture; It’s Bingo!
MILWAUKEE - A judge has tossed out
a civil lawsuit filed by 73-year-old Mary
Verdev against a local church, claiming
she began having spontaneous orgasms
and became sexually attracted to other
women after an electronic bingo board
fell on her 6 years ago. Verdev’s suit was
dismissed "’with prejudice" (meaning she
can’t refile the claim) because she refused
to be examine by psychologists. Verdev
said in her suit that she suffered nearly
$90,000 in injuries when the 300-pound
bingo board fell from a stage at the church
during a bingo night she was attending in
1990. Her suit claimed the accident led to
her unusual sexual responses.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved
and sent to the White House a
measure thatincreases federal RyanWhite
CARE Act funds for local care and treatment
of people with HIViAIDS to $738
million. The measure passed unanimously
by a voice vote in the Senate after being
approved on a 402-4 vote in the House the
day before. The measure includes a controversial
provision, however, that calls
for mandatory HIV testing of all newborn
infants by the year 2000 if state voluntary
testing efforts do not reduce the motherinfant
infection rate by then. The issue of
mandatory testing of infants has been
problematic for many because it necessarily
amounts to a virtual inandatory
testing of the mother as well. Critics of the
provision say ~t may discourage pregnant
women from seeking prenatal care altogether.
President Clinton has indicated he
supports the bill and will sign it into law
quickly.
Early-Stage Hiding
PlaceOf HIV ?
NEW YORK - Reporting in tli’e’medical
journal Science, researchers say they be~
lieve the mucous’membranes in the throat
may be the locatirn where HIV replicates
in hiding after individuals are infected
with the virus but still show no out,yard
signs of the infection. The researchers, led
by Ralph Steirmaan of Rockefeller University,
said they made the discovery after
examining enlarged adenoids removed
from 13 patients and found large mnounts
of the virus replicating in the glands’
dendritic cells, the inm~une cells found in
the membranes. Eleven of the 13 i;ffected
people were una~vare at the time tb.at they
were l=IIV-positive.
New PCR Test for
HIV Is Less Reliable
CHICAGO - Stanford University researchers
report in the Annals oflnternal
Medicine that the new polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) AIDS test, which is based
on the presence of elements ofDNA from
HIV in the body, is less reliable than older
tests that rely on the presence of antibodies
to the virus. The researchers found that
even with the daborate precautions requiredin
PCR testing, the results return 5
umes as many false results as the more
widely used antibody testing methods.
PCR testing is also significantly more
expensive and costs between $150 and
$200, compared to standard antibody tests,
which range in price from $5 to $50. The
advantage of the PCR test is that it can be
administered earlier: to newborns because
other tests rely on the formation of antibodies
to the"virus, which often don’t
show up for 6 months following infection.
KS Virus May Be
Common in All Men
BOSTON - A report in the New England
Journal ofMedicine says the virus that is
believed responsible for Kaposi’s sarcoma,
a rare cancer that strikes many
AIDS patients, is found in the sexual
¯ organs ofmostmen. Researchers with the
¯¯ Institute of Microbiology at the University
of Ferrara in Italy report they found
¯ the KS-related virus, known as KSHV, in
30 of 33 semen samples of health Italian
¯" men - a 91% infection rate. The scientists
¯ also say they found the virusin the urinary
¯ tracts, in the prostates, and other areas of
¯ the genital organs of other health men as ¯
well. The scientists say they believe indi-
¯ viduals with healthy immune systems can
." live with the virus present in their bodies
¯ without any.apparent problems, but that ¯ when the immune system is weakened, as
¯ it is when infected with HIV, the KS virus
¯ appears to become active.
Drug Combo Looks
Effective
\VASHINGTON - A 73-week study by
drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche of
some 978 AIDS patients has shown that
Invirase, the brand name for the firm’s
version of the protease inhibitor
saquinavir, in combination with the drug
ddC, reduced the rate of deaths by more
than two-thirds compared to patients taking
ddC alone. Saqtunavir has been considered
the least impressive of the new
protease inhibitors, but the new findings,
which have not yet been published, have
prompted the drug manufacturer to ask
the Food & Drug Administration to allow
the new information to be added to the
drug’s label.
"HIV Cell Infection
i Agent- Isolated
WASHINGTON-Governmentscientists
report they ha~[.e discovered a chemical
¯ clue to why HIV is infectious. Reporting
¯ in the journal Science, researchers at the
Nadonal Institute of Allergy and Infections
Diseases say they have found a pro-
. tein, which they call "fusin," that must be
¯ present for HIV to infect white blood
cells,.the primary target of the virus. Edward
A. Berger, who headed the team that
made the discovery, said the discovery
gives scientists a "new handle on under-
; standing" how HIV invades cells. "Obvi-
] onsly this is a potential target for develop-
. mg new drugs to treat HIV infection,"
Berger said. "Potentially by coming up
¯ with a drug that blocks the receptor, you
: might block the .ability of HIV to repli-
¯ cate." The researchers cautioned, how-
" ever, that there were still~ many mysteries
¯ about the virfis that need to be answered.
¯ Among other things, they noted that HIV ¯
attaches itself to some types Of immune
¯ cells in the early stages of the infection
~ without using fusin. This means HIV
¯ comes in variations that connect to CD4
cells and some other molecular cofactor
¯ or cofactors on these cells. Berger said
¯ that potential, drugs that block, the fusin
receptor on cells could only do part of the
job in combating HIV.
Increase in HIV
After Tetanus Shots
¯ BOSTON - Researchers with the Na-
¯ tional Institute of Allergy & Infectious
¯ Diseases have reported in the New En-
~ gland Journal of Medicine that tetanus
¯ shots can cause a dramadc ~ncrease in the
reproduction of HIV in the body. After
¯ g~ving tetanus shots to people infected
; with HIV, the researchers found
they had a 2- to 36-fold increase in HIV
levels. The scientists also found that
~ blood samples from uninfected individu-
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als who had been given the same tetanus
shots more readily became infected with
HIV after the injections. Researchers said
the dramatic increase in HIV production
appears to only last about 6 weeks, so the
benefits of tetanus shots generally outweighs
the temporary surge in HIV levels
for most patients.
Blood Heat
Treatment Gets OK
LOS ANGELES - The Indiana-based
HemoCleanse Inc. has been given approval
by the Food & Drug Administration
to expand testing of its blood-heating
treatment of people infected with HIV.
The 2nd phase of the trials will include 2-
hour treatments at St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Lafayette, Ind., and the Harbor-UCLA
Research & Education Institute in Los
Angeles. HemoCleanse’s treatment, similar
to kidney dialysis, involves slowly
drawing all a patient’s blood from his
body in small quantifies and heating it to
108 degrees Fahrenheit before infusing it
back into his body. The idea behind the
treatment is that HIV is sensitive to even
small increases in temperature and would
be destroyed in massive quantities by the
treatment. Sixty patients will be divided
into 2 groups during the trials. One group
will receive 2 treatments each - the first
for 1 hour, and the 2nd fo~ 2 hours. The
other group will serve as a control group
and will not receive the heat treatment,
but will remain on standard HIV drug
therapy.
HIV & Gene Therapy
" Research
BOSTON" - Researchers report in the
journal Science that use of a genetically
benign version of HIV may be the key to
an importantbreakthrough in gene therapy
treatment, serving as the carrier system or
"vector" to deliver therapeutic genes to
target cells in the human body. Researchers
with the Salk Institute in San Diego
and the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge,
Mass., have reported that they successfully
used the HIV vector to inject therapeutic
genes in the cells of live rats in
laboratory experiments, ff the use of the
HIV vector proves as successful inhuman
gene therapy, the researchers say it could
be a potentially important treatment for
such genetic disorders as cystic fibrosis,
muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer’s dis-
Genetically Altered
AIDS Vaccine Fails
BE!’HESDA, Md. - Government officials
say a 5-year study of the genetically
engineered AIDS vaccine, gpl60, has
shown the prevention effort is not effective
in halting the progress of the disease
in people. The study, one of the first of its
kind, used the Microgenesys experimental
vaccine and was a joint venture between
the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research and the National Institute of
Allergy & Infectious Disease in conjunction
with private medical facilities. With
some 600 military and civilian volunteers,
the study showed no improvement
in their ability to fend off the infection.
gin, transmission and statistics of infection
for each community, and (b) quarantine
those known to be infected and practicing
high-risk behavior.
Page 7-8, SEXUAL PERVERSION
Plank 1-3~ Homosexuality is not an
alternate lifestyle, a genetic abnormality
or a civil rights matter, but is instead a
consciou~ individual choice of an
abominal sin practice. Such behavior has
been a major factor in the demise of societies
from Sodom and Gomorra to the
Empires of Ottoman, Greece and Rome.
Homosexlaal behavior is the principle
cause of the spread of AIDS in America.
We, therefore, condemn not the person
but the practice of homosexual behavior,
and oppose the ominous political powers
being given homosexuals in the United
States. We believe that the practice of
homosexuality is an abomination before
God and a perversion of the natural law
and is indicative of severe diseases. We
believe that legislation condoning homosexuality
would confer public acceptability
of this activity and would lead inexorably
to the destruction of our nation.
Plank 4-6: We believe that homosexuals,
sodomites, and other sexually perverse
people shonl~i not be entitled to
special or extraordinarY rights. We affirm
that homosexual behavior is not a constitutionally
protected right and that homosexuals
area behavi~al group not deserving
of special protection under the law.
Because homosexuals are not deserving
of minority status, we oppose all "’Gay
Rights" legislation. We urge that federal
and state funding we withheld from all
states and or municipalities that enact
homosexual "fights" legislation.
Plank 8+9: We support the retention
and enforcement ofsodomy laws in Oklahoma.
We urge vigorous arrest and pros-
.ecufion of all those violating laws regardxng
the promotion of homosexual behavior.
Plank 17+18: Toprotect family values,
we urge that those promotiug an alternative
lifestyle by restricted from positions
of influence of minor children. \Ve do not
recognize homosexuality as a normal
lifestyle, therefore we oppose any mandated
education curriculum or special
rights based on affirmative action for ho~
mosexuals.
Plank 20+21: We strongly oppose permitring
homosexuals to teach in the public
school systems. We oppose the hiring
of homosexual teachers, administrators,
or counselors.
Hank 22-24: We oppose the establishment
of homosexual dubs in schools. We
hold that portraying the homosexual
lifestyle in any positive manner in our
schools is heresy. Weoppose the National
Education Association’s efforts to promote
the homosexual agenda in our
nation’s schools.
Plank 27-29: We submit that legally
recognized marriages to be limited to a
traditional monogamous heterosexual relationship,
with only these mamages allowed
current tax and legal benefits. We
oppose same-sex marriages. We support
federal and state legislation prohibiting
legal recognition ofsame sex "marriages"
in the event such unions are made legal by
another state.
Hank- 30: We believe that the federal
government should alterappointments and
employment practices that would place
homosexuals in sensitive and responsible
positions.
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Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group
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5451-E South Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441
’96 Pride Picnic
JUNE 15
Noon - 5:00 prn
Opening Ceremony, lpm
¯¯ Blessing by the Rev. Leslie Penrose
¯ Welcome by TOHR president Debbie Starnes
¯ Performances by local entertainers, including Miss Gay Tulsa &
Miss Tulsa USofA, and Tulsa Family Chorale!
Throughout the afternoon,
¯ DJ will provide music throughout the day
¯ Booths with vendors, community organization info., crafts, etc.
¯ Food for modest cost
¯ Free beverage.s
¯ Volleyball & tennis court available
¯ Kids’ playground
¯ Security provided all day
¯ Closing ceremony, with benediction by RF Renfro &
Freedom Balloon Extravaganza!
If you want to have a "booth," call Tom at 583-1248 before June 1st.
Be a part of the Pride Picnic! - To volunteer, call 743-4297.
Edison St.
~ To Sand Springs, 1-412
Directions: From Tulsa, take
Keystone Expressway West
towards Sand Springs. Exit
Gilcrease Rd. turn right (North)
on Gilcrease Road to Edison St.
and turn right (East) on Edison,
go about 1/2 mile. Owen Park is
on the right. Parking is on the
Southeast corner of the park,
near Roosevelt School.
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SUNDAYS
Agape’ Christian
Fellowship
Service, 10:30 am & 7 pm
Sheridan Center, Suite H
21st & Sheridan, 747-2482
Bless the Lord At All
.Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
262To East 1 lth 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
545 I-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30 pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston, 583-9780
MONDAYS TUESDAYS
HIV Testing HIV+ Support Group
TOHR Clinic ¯ HIV Resource Consortium
Free & anonymous testing " 1:30 pm
using fingerstick method. ¯ 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
No appointment required. " Info~ Wanda @ 749-4194
Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm :
Results hours: 7-9 pm ¯ Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
Info: 742-2927
Lambda Bowling League
Sheridan Lanes
8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Monday of month,
6:30 pm
4154 S, Harvard
Info: 749-4901
OTHER GROUPS
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8-10 pm
For info. or to volunteer:
743:GAYS
The Technicians, Leather
org., Info c/o 621-5597
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform
& Leather Seekers Assoc.
Info: 838-1222
¯ HIV/AIDS:Support Group &
¯ Friends & Family
¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pro, call for location:
749-7898
Grief Group
Butler/Stumpff
¯ Funeral Home
2103 E. 3rd St.
Call for time: 587-7000
Alternative Skating
8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282
$4, Sand Springs Skate
¯ WEDNESDAYS
¯ Agape’ Christian
: Fellowship
¯ Service, 7 pm ¯
Sheridan Center, Suite H
¯ 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study
7:30 pm 2627-B East 1 lth
Call 583-7815 for info.
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Service for Peace, 6:30 pm
Bible Study, 7 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
TNAAPP
Tulsa Native American
AIDS Prevention ProJect
Support group
for Gay & Bi Native
Ameri&m Men, 6 pm
at Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd
582-7225 or 584-4983
¯ THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
: Community of Hope
¯ 1703 E.2nd, Info: 585-1800
" Co-Dependency
¯ Support Group
: 7;30; Family of Faith MCC
: 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
HIVTestingTOHRClinic i
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm.
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
Ist & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
Alternatives
Weekly social events for
LGBT men & women, 7 pm
Info: 646-5503
¯ Substance Abuse
Support Group
for persons with HIViAIDS
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G
3-4:30 pm, hffo: 749-4194
¯ SATURDAYS
¯¯ St. Jerome’s Ecumenical
Catholic Church
¯" Mass, 6 pm
Garden Chapel
¯ 3841 S. Peoria
¯ Info: Father Rick
¯ at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat. of each month
Info: 748-3111
OTHER GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Student
Association
TJC Southeast Campus,
Info:-631-7632
SWAN-Sip~gle Women’s
Activ@ Network
Call 832-2121
MAY 17-19
Herland Sister Resources Retreat
Roman Nose State Park
Registration deadline: 5/15
Info: 2312 NW 39th, OKC 73112
HIVIAIDS & SpiritualitylWholeness
Retreatfor Women, Info: 488-9215
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Pride Picnic Benefit, Lola’s
2630 E. 15th, 749-1563
SUNDAY, MAY 19
Interfaith AIDS Minitries
13th InternationalAIDS Candlelight
Memorial & Mobilization
3 pro, St. Peter’s Episcopal, 9100 E. 21St
Info: 438-2437
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Ecumenical Pride Worship Service
6 pm, St. Jerome’s hosting at The
Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick, page 646-7116
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
Pride Picnic Benefit - The Tool Box
1338 E. 3rd, 584-1308
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
TOHR, PFLAG & Rainbow Business
Guild present Cece Cox, pres. ofthe
Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance
7 pm, Chouteau Ran, Chapman Ctr, TU,
Dinner: $10, Speech: free,Info: 743-4297
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
Safe Haven Lake Cookout.
Social gatheringfor young adults, 18-30
8 pm, Family of Faith MCC
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
Pride Picnic Benefit - The Silver Star
1565 S. Sheridan, 834-4234
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
TOHR Citywide Pride Prom
All ages, alcohol-free dance
8 pm, Alan Chapman Activity Cti. TU,
Dignity/Integrity Meeting
Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians
5 pm, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
5635 E. 71st, Info: POB 701044, 74170
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Pride Picnic Benefit, Concession~
3340 S. Peoria, 744-0896
MONDAY, JUNE 10
PFLAG
Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm
Social and Refreshments. 7 pm
General Meeting, 7:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Info: 749-4901
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
Tulsa Pride Picnic
Noon - 5pm. Owen Park
560 No. Maybelle, Info: 583-1248
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
Family ofFaithMCCFather’s Day Service
With Father Rick Hollingsworth
11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
JUNE 21 a 22
Follies Revue, Inc.
Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies!
6 pm, Doubletree Hotel, Warren PlaCe
$125 & $40, Info: 437-0201
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
Statewide Pride Rally & Parade
Speaker: Donna Red Wing
’92 Advocate Woman ofthe Year
1:30 pro, Memorial Park, NW 35th &
Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City
Info: 743-4297 or 405-791-0202
OUT + ABOUT
by J.D. Jamett
What can I say, this last month truly did
have its showers and flowers. The turnabout
show at the Silver Star was a rose.
that never smelled more sweeter, & the
staff truly did surprise themselves when
they let their less masculine sides show.
On the other hand, the Miss Gay Tulsa
America at the Performing
Arts Center
got rained on- no fault
of the orgamzers or
performers. The technical
staff at the P.A.C.
constantly missed
lighting and sound
cues - whathappened?
Our sympathies to the
entertainers and organizers.
This next month
holds alot offun things
todo starting with Renegades"
annual
GayFest (May 17- 19)
which features Dark
Shadows (drag in
broad daylight!) and
other fun things tO do
all outside. That same
weekend, you may
venture back inside on
May 17 for a live performance by Abigail
at Concessions that should very entertaining
then
May 23, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue call
254-7272 for more details. In June, don’t
forget Miss Northeastern Oklahoma
USofA at The Silver Star (June 23).
Pride Picnic Update
Show your pride in the community and
help make this year’s Pride Picnic the best
Kelly Green, Miss Gay Tulsa America
runners-up, JJ Gentry & Sugarbaker
ever by seeing any or all of the following
benefit shows: Lola’s on May 18th, the
Toolbox hosted by Sensuous on May26th
and the Silver Star on June 7th.
This month I’m proud to feature, not an
establishment, but a community within
our .community, Community of Hope. It’s
not just a church, but a place where you
feel like a person, notjust a number.Leslie
Penrose is the pastor.She’is one of these
rare people you are truly proud to call a
friend. This church has
a lot tO offer, for ex,
ample, chances to
work in the commu-
.nity through programs
like their RAIN team
training, feeding the
homeless, meals on
.wheels, small symposiums
on a variety of
different subjects, and
social events such as
small dinner groups
and movie nights. I’ll
say it a again- it’s not
justachurch butacommunity!
Services are
very convenient on
Sunday evening at
6pm at 1703 East 2nd
Street. Giveit achance,
Monique Foster, the new Miss Silver Star you may just like it.
& Bobbi Sue Summers OK, OK, boy, did I
¯ open up a big make-up
¯ case with the Queen of the Month (see ¯
letter to the editor). Sorry Katherine, but
: licking may face does constitute begging.
¯ Well, this month’s Queen of the Month is ¯
constandyhelpingpeople- doingbenefits
¯ &helping as aresearchnurse on HIV drug
: studies.That’s right, Danny (TeraTaneal),
¯ youareMay’sQueenoftheMonth.Thanks
: for all your hard work! Till then, see ya
out + about.
Fina y....Unity Gardens
A final resting place in peace, unity and pride...
located in Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery
4300 E. 91st Street South
On 91st Street between Yale & Harvard.
Unity Gardens has been designed for
the Gay and Lesbian Community,
and those who support our unity.
Did you know that there is no cemetery in Tulsa
that will allow companions to be buried together
recognizing them as a couple,
or~’recognizing your sexual orientation as an individual?
Actually there is no place in the United-States who will,
UNTIL NOW~
We are the first celnetery in the United States
to offer a special section of our cemetery just for
Gays & Lesbians, and their family and friends.
We offer burial spaces, columbarium for cremated remains,
and scattering gardens with a memorial wall,
in this new-ly expanded and renovated-section of
Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The Pride flag will proudly fly in the center of Unity Gardens
to always remind us of our struggle in life for unity and pride.
If you have purchased a plot elsewhere,
you may be able to transfer or trade your burial plots.
For more information, please call Russell Langley-Stumpff at 918-587-7000.
***Owned and operated by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home***
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Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(501) 253-7311
1-800-231-1442
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We welcome you to attend!
Services held
Sunday evenings at 7 o’clock
17 Elk Street
(at the Unitarian Church)
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
501-253-9337
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Phyl Boler-Schmidt
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POB 429, Eureka Springs 72632
501,253.2776
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Candles and Rainbows/
Plus lots morel
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5Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Jim & .Brent’s Bistro Calendar ofEvents
Friday, May 24 &-Thursday, May 25 --
Richard Johnson, acoustic guitar
Thurs. May 30th & Fri. May 31st
Music on the deck, Lunch, 11:30-2:30, Dinner 5-11 pm.
Bistro Beat Etc.
May 30th through June 2nd
Eureka Springs.Blues Festival
Stop by our house for a taste of local flavor.
Dine outside on the patio & porch or in
our three beautiful dining rooms.
Fine food at an affordable price.
Gay.owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud
By Allan Beard, Baltimore GayPaper
Like most other gay resort areas,
Provincetown shares the three traits all
held in common - sun, sand and surf. And
like its southern sister city Key West, it is
a remote village located on a narrow strip
of landjutting out into the Adantic Ocean,
accessible only to those who seek it out.
One does not pass through Key West or
Provincetown; one goes there to be there.
Andwhile Provincetown’ s waters are significandy
cooler than those of Florida’s
southern most city, it is not the water that
attracts tens of thousands of lesbians and
gay men to this Massachusetts Cape Cod
village each year - it’s the lesbians and
gay men that is the attraction.
Just who first walked the sandy beaches
that surround Provincetown is in little
doubt. And while Native Americans can
lay claim to the cape, it was the white
European immigrants who built the fishmg
village that was to become
Provincetown. Pilgrims from the May
flower first walked ashore in 1620; a
monument commemorating that event
stands’ atop High Pole Hill overlooking
the town an harbor.
For the most part, Provincetown grew
up over three centuries as a fishing village.
Filled with the homes and shops of a
18thcentury fishing village, Provincetown
is rich in period architecture with an impressive
harbor and quaint atmosphere
one comes to expect from a New England
port town. It is surrounded by beaches,
dunes and the Atlantic. Isolated at the end
of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long attracted
artists,individualists and free spirits.
Very much like Key West, the 3,700
year-round residents have a live-and-let-
¯ live attitude, which clearly appeals to the
¯ many thOUsands of lesbians and gay men
that flock there every, summer.
¯ The village has two main streets, Com-
" mercial Street and Bradford Street, which
¯ run parallel for nearly three miles. They
are intersected bynumerous smaller streets
¯ beginning at the harbor and continuing
¯ back to the dunes. It is a town filled with
guest houses, restaurants, galleries, bou-
: tiques and shops. It also has its share of
¯ typical beach community tourist busi-
¯ .nesses, but in Provincetown they don’t
¯ seem to intrude on the town’s quiet character.
¯ The Provincetown Business Guild rep-
¯ resents more than 200 businesses that
welcomelesbian and gay tourists. Founded
¯
in 1978 the guild is dedicated to enhanc-
¯ ing the vacation experience of gay people
¯ , visiting the cape. Lesbian and gay life is
readily visible to anyone visiting the town.
Couples stroll the shop lined streets ann
~n arm with barely notice given them. On
the beach thousands of hard bodied men
and buffed lesbians swim, play and sun
themselves in the confidence of a shared
appreciation of their diversity. At night a
not-so subtle sexual energy takes over the
town’s main streets as hundreds head to
nightclubs and restaurants to party with
old acquaintances and new-found friends.
It is an atmosphere suited perfectly to the
friendly, open lifestyle of this .country’s
many lesbian and gay communities.
To increase gay visibility and promote
gay pride, the ProvincetOwn Business
Guild plans special events year-round.
For information on these events and to
make travel arrangement~,call Vanessa at
International Tours at - 341-6866.
OK, so maybe you don’t have the time
or money to go as far as Provincetown but
you still need a get-away and it’s got to be
a Gay-friendly place, and affordable!
For all that, you can’t beat Eureka
Springs. This Victorian jewel has got to
have one of the highest per capita Lesbian/
Gay/Bi populatious in the country.
And therefore, you can count on finding a
friendlyfamily welcome.
In fact, it’s possible to spend most of
your resting and dining time in Gay or
very Gay friendly establishments. This
writer canpersonallyrecommendthe food
at DeVito’s and dined withJim &Brent at
the restaurant the guys had before they
opened the well-regarded Bistro. While
we haven"t tried Autumn Breeze, we hear
it’s excellent also.
Lod~ng can vary from the very convenient
Kings Hi-Way Inn overlooking a
¯
lovely valley to the unique bed & break-
¯ fast experience of the Woods or Rock
¯ Cottage Gardens or the views of Pond
MountainLodge. For very reasonable and
¯ historic rooms, check out the Park Basin
Hotel.
, In between earing and sleeping, there
¯ are many shops to checkout. They range
from tourist tacky to worksof art. One of
the most interesting selections is at Crazy
¯ Bone. And be sure to stop in ’to see MC
¯ andLinda, the new ownersoftheEmerald
¯ Rainbow, providing locals, and visitors with Pride stuff and mo~e..:
¯ NoW if you need more.detailed infor-
¯ marion about all your Options in Eureka ¯
Springs, track down Jan & Kim with
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OK, all of you budding Laurence
Oliviers, take notice! ff acting is your
profession 9rjust a fun hobby, and you’re
having trouble finding quality plays that
speak to gays and lesbians, here is the
book for you. "The Actor’s Book of Gay
and Lesbian Plays" pulls together seventeen
plays, chosen by
editors (and playwrights),
EricLane and
Nina Shengold.
The criteria for a
play’s inclusion in this
anthologyis thatitmust
have gay or lesbian
characters, queer
themes or be ofinterest
to the gayand lesbian
community,regardless
of the playwright’s
ownsexual orientation.
The plays vary widely,
from one-acts to full
length, comic and dramatic,
some interesting while others less
so, and a range o_f styles and cast sizes.
One of the most interesting aspects of
these plays is that not all of them premieredin
New York or Los Angeles. One
had its .first performance in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia~ and another
was first heard over the air as a radio
play.
AIDS, of course, is a topic of a few of
these plays. Victor .Bumbalo’s "What
Are Tuesdays LaKe. takes place in a
hospital waiting room. "The Baltimore
Waltz," by Paula Vogel and "Lonely
Planet," by Steven Dietz deal with AIDS
in more intangible ways.
Another interesting entry, "It’s Our
Town, Too," by Susan Miller, is just what
you might think: a bare stage, queer ver-
...One d the-most
interesting aspects of
these plays is that not
all of them premiered
in New York or Los
A~ngeles. One hasd.lts
first performance m
Shepherdstown,
West Virginia...
sion . of Thornton
Wilder’s "Our Town."
"Cater,Waiter,"by Eric
Lane, is a funny, ironic,
ten-minute piece about
"eighty-seven gay men
and three lesbians serving
dinner tO a buncha
Reagan cronies" at a.
Republican fundraiser.
With the current
boom of successful
queer-themed films,
like "Jeffrey" and "The
Bird~ge," it shouldn’t,
be long until more gay
and lesbian friendly
" plays start showing.up onstage in mid-
: America. When they do, "The Actor’s
¯ Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays" will be
; an excellent resource.
¯ Check for this book, and others on
¯ similar subjects, at your local branch li-
¯ brary or call the Readers Services depart-
’ ment at the CentrallLibrary, 596-7966.
byJames Christjohn, EntertainmentNotes
While it might seem so at times, this
column is not just about me being peevish.
It is about a much wider concern of
mine.
To those in the gay & lesbian community
whom I have heard complaining that
thereisn’t enough gay theatre, that there is
an audience for these shows, that no theatre
in town is brave enou,,h to do these
kinds of shows; I have only one thing to
say. Where were you?
Several shows during
the TU weekend of
One-acts touched on
gay issues, mine and
Gabriel Washam’s
"’Diaries" blatandy so.
I had incredible support
from Professor Cook (
Thank you!), who feels
these plays are important
to have done, an
incredible cast, & itwas
free, for heaven’ s sake!
You missed a great set
of shows.
You had the chance
to say, with your pres-
To those...
corn lainln that
t"
P" ’ ~
here lsn t enough
Gay theatre,
that there is
an audlenee ~or
these shows...
I have only one
thln¢ to say.
Where were you?
ence, that there is an audience for these
shows, that these shows will draw folks
in, that there is a reason to see these shows
produced.
As Gerald Miller said, "Ain’t gonna
happen". He and I spoke of Gay theatre in
Tulsa when he was managing Theatre
Tulsa. His take was that there wasn’t an
audience. Tom and I argued the point, and
I now feel his comments were, sadly,
justified.
¯ To all of you who expressed interest, &
¯ didn’t put your body where your mouth is
¯ in terms of your presence in the theatre
" seat, you’ve helped to kill gay theatre.
¯ If there is no gay theatre in Tulsa, it’s
¯ not that the shows aren’t produced or
¯ people aren’t interested in doing them;
it’s because you weren’t there when the
¯ shows were produced. Even when, as in
.. this case, the productions are free to the
¯ public! You have no one to blame but
yourselves. So don’tlet
me hear anyone in the
community bemoaning
"the lack of gay plays
here, because it’s your
own fault they aren’t
being done.
BACP produced an
excellent production of
Harvey Fierstein’s"On
Tidy Endings" some
months back_. Thenight
Tom &I attended, only
1/4 of the house was
filled. And I know
there’s enough queens
in this town to have
filled the theatre.
" Sad thing is, many students & faculty.
¯ were talking about doing a production of ¯
"Falsettoland" at TU. Thehigher ups were
." concerned that people wouldn’t come.
¯ One ofmy goals with HIVariations, I’d
¯ hoped, was to prove that there was an ¯
audience. With the lack of community
¯ support of HIVariations, indeed all the
¯ shows that weekend, it seems unlikely ¯
¯ that this Falsetto, or other shows like it,
will be produced. How sad.
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TFNreaders attending the Great Plains
Regional Gay Rodeo in Oklahoma City
Memorial Day weekend will be pleased to
know that lots of decent restaurants exist
in our Capital Cowtown at which they can
cozy up to the chuckwagon.
Just like Tulsa, most of the national
franchises and chain restaurants have
stores in Oklahoma City which are concentrated
in the Quail Springs Mall area
¯ on Memorial between May and Pennsyl~
vania; near Baptist Hospital at Northwest
Expressway and Lake Hefner Parkway;
in"oiltown" at Interstate
40 and Meridian;
and down on the
south side along Interstate
240 between
Western and May
Avenues. But why
eat at some place you
can visit at home?
After all, half of the
tim of traveling to
exotic locations is
discovering the local
cuisine.And, surprisingly,
Oklahoma
City probably has a
lot more decent nonchain
restaurants than Tulsa.
First, a few words of warning: Many
rodeoers will be staying at the Northwest
Hilton or at the ever popular Habana Inn
both of which have in house dining facilities.
Let’s just say that you’ll want to eat
off the premises. And don’t even think
about room service.
\¥qaen you are in downtown OKC, be
advised that. there is no place wonderful,
and the Myriad Convention Center food is
deadly. Nearby though are LaRoea Mexican
Restaurant a couple.of blocks west
of the Myriad on Rent and there are
always the various trendy (translate: long
lines, small servings, big prices) establishments
and the onmipresent Spaghetti
Warehouse in Bricktown several blocks
east o.f the Myriad. The Bricktown Brewery
is, in our opinion, the Oklahoma
microbrewery serving up the best beer
made in Oklahoma (but don’t get your
hopes up about the food)¯ Wejust wish the
Oklahoma legislature didn’t make the
microbreweries water the beer to 3.2.
Several formerly popular northwest
spots are now closed, such as Doc’s at
63rd and Western, Rita’s del Rio on May
across from the Northwest Hilton,Pump’s
at Grand and \Vestem, Interurban in
Fifty Penn Place, and Magnolia Cafe at
66th and Western: We’re also sad to report
that due to the new conservative
Christian ownership of United Founder’s
Tower, the Eagle’s Nest, with its 360
degree revolVing view of Lake Hefner
and northwest Oklahoma City, has closed
its doors. Never fear, though, there are
still lots of fun places to dine and frolic.
While on Oklahoma City’s infamous
39th Street Strip, many readers may remember
the gastronomically challenging
Family Diner, a classic greasy spoon.
But better days have come to that location,
and completely new proprietors have
established the gay owned and operated
Pifion Care (moderate cost), which features
lots of Southwestern style entrees,
heavy on thepasta and chicken, and, while
notan all-night establishment, does stay
open until 2 a.m., and 3 a.m. on weekends.
: The beautiful people and yuppies of
¯¯ OklahomaCity spendmost of their dining
¯ dollars on the strip alongWestern Avenue north of Interstate 44. There is quite a
¯ variety of interesting and worthwhile
¯ places in this area. Anchoring the comer
¯ spot on i-44 is Portobello (expensive),
¯ featuring Tuscan style Italian food and
: Italian language tapes in the restrooms.
¯ Another long time Italian spot is Flip’s
¯ -Wine Bar and Trattoria (moderately
¯ expensi.ve), at Grand Boulevard, with a
¯ great selection of by-the-glass wines and
¯ decent food--be sure to check out the
After all,
half of the fun of
traveling_is discovering
the local euMne.
And, surprisingly,
Oklahoma City
probably has a lot
more decent non-chain
restaurants than Tulsa.
daily specials. At
64th Street, you will
. find the excellent
Metro Wine Bar
and Bistro (expensive,
reservations
advised), serving re-
,trial French cuisine,
nightly meat
and fish specials, and
creamy, chilled
vichyssoise to die
for. Across the street
in: Nichols Hills
Plhza is the single
best restaurant in the
st~ite of Oklahoma,
¯ the.Coach House (veryexpensive, reser- ¯
vataons required, dres~ code), featuring
¯
e}quisitely prepared Atnerican haute cui-
¯ sine and impeccable ~ervice. Everyone ¯
should experience the artistry of Chef
~ Kurt Fleishfresser and the elegance of the
: Coach House at least once in their life-
¯. time. Crawling back toWestern, at 67th’is
the Iguana Lounge (moderate) which is
¯ billed as Acapulco cuisine but we have to
¯ call it avant garde Mexican, and their new
.: patio should be open by rodeo time. An
¯
excellent sushi bar is Tokyo Japanese
¯ Restaurant (expensive), just south of
¯ Wilshire, which serves Sapporo beer and ¯
¯ sushi as good as any Japanese restaurant
we’ve visited in the United States. Way
: up north at 80th is Let’s Barbecue (inex-
¯ pensive), with basic down home smoked ¯
meats and occasionally fried catfish (if
¯ you remember Let’s at 66th Street, that
¯ location, now closed, went to Let’s ex-
¯ wife in the divorce, andLeomoved north). ¯
Acouple ofother spots popular with the
¯ capital city gay crowdinclude the Painted
: Desert (inexpensive) at 36th and Shartel,
¯ whichis your basicburger bar, Pepperoni ¯
G~ill (moderately expensive) in Penn
¯ Square Mall by Dillard’s with eclectic
¯" Italian food, and Bellini’s (expensive) at
63rd and Pennsylvania, which serves up
¯ northern Italian themed food and dell-
: cious bellini’s (a peach and champagne
¯ cocktail) with a view of the swan pond ¯
and outdoor seating-- enterfrom the park-
" ing garage_ under the Waterford office
¯ building.
¯ Those looking for Oriental foods will ¯
¯ be excited to spend time in Oklahoma City s Little Saigonareacentered at North-
," west 23rd and Classen. We particularly
recommend Lido (moderate) at 24th and
: Military (just off Classen near the milk
¯ bottlebuilding), whichhas excellent Viet-
: namese food in an elegant setting, and is
¯ popular with many of the state’s power-
" ful--we’ve run into Governor Waiters
¯ and several Supreme Court justices here.
¯ Check out the dim sum at Grand House
: (moderate),just across the street from the
see Food, page 14
n Communicolions does not
milk bottle. One of our favorite Chinese
restaurants is Dumpling House (moderate)
on 23rd just east of Classen, which is
patronized by many Chinese and Vietnamese
youth (be sure to ask for the
English menu). Another excellent Vietnamese
and Chinese place is Mirawa
(moderate), a bit farther east on 23rd. For
Korean food, try Sharon Gardens (inexpensive)
on 23rd west of Classen, and for
Thai, go to Sala Thai (inexpensive) just a
couple of blocks farther west.
If seeing all those cowboys wrangle
beef on the hoof has you hankering for a
big juicy steak, you can’t go wrong with
Cattleman’s Care (moderately expensive)
in Stockyards City, Exchange Street
south of 1-40 (ask for directions). In the
Remington Park area at Northeast 50th
and Kelly is one of our favorites, Sleepy
Hollow (expensive), whichhas nomenus,
but serves up big delicious bowls of
mashed potatoes, ~avy, and peas family
style and huge, wonderful steaks to its
horseman and jockey clientele. You can
get decent barbecued ribs and an all you
can eat special at Oklahoma County
Line (moderately expensive) on Northeast
63rd between Kelly and Eastern. And,
when the budget gets a little thin, you can
find an excellent chicken fried steak sandwich
at Chuck House (inexpensive) at
Northwest Tenth and Meridian.
This should be a big enough list of the
better places in Oklahoma City to keep
rodeo-goers well fed for one weekend.
Just remember, we have McDonald’s in
Tulsa. Bon appetit, cowboy.
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fun, fr~’’endship and more. You bust be
straight acting. (Oklahoma City) ~! 9160
NO CLUBS FOR ME GWM, 28, 6’4",
260, new to Ibis, seeks others to show me
mare about bein.q submissive and more.
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ARE YOU THE ONE’/GWM, 24, 5’10",
blonde hair, brown eyes, into fishingand
outdoor adivities, seeks other guys for fun
and possibly more. Call me. (Oklahoma
City) =151SS
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22, varied interests, seeks others for fun and
more. Leave me a message. (Oklahoma
City) ~r18151
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masculine and attractive, to teach me more
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GROUP ACTIVITIES GWM 25, 190 6’
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shaven, professional, see[cs others for fun,
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NAME IS LARRY GM, 6’, dark features,
medium build, into music and romance,
seeks top men only. Call me. (Oklahoma
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BOY NEXT DOOR TYPE I’m new to the
area. I’m a 24 year old submissive, boy next
door
tyl~". I’m 5’11,160!bs, smooth skin,
nice bei:h/, HIV negative. I m looking for a
butch boy 25 to 35 for fun and friendship.
(Tulsa) ~34747
ITALIAN AMERICAN I’m a 25 year old
Italian American. I’m 5’9, 1651bs, and very
good looking. I’m looking to meet guys in my
area. (Tulsa) =41112
MY NAME IS STEVE GWM, 6’1", 160,
32, sh~rt brown hair, light blue eyes; seeks
masculine and straight acting GWM s, 18-
35, for fun and friendship. Leave me a
detailed message. (Tulsa) =20475
HI, I’M LEONARD GWM, 195, 6’3",
brown hair and eyes, new to area, seeks
others, 21-30, submissive and hairy
preferred, for hot fun and more. Call me
soon. (Tulsa) =18265
HELLO~ I’M A FUN GUY GWM, 24, 6’,
180, good build, blonde hair, hazel eyes,
clean cut and shaven, Rrofessional, seeks
others 20-30 for fun, friendship and more.
P ease eove a message. (Tulsa) = 17715
NO NONSENSE FUN GWM, 20, 5’5",
blonde hair, green eyes, 110, into afot of
things, seeks bthers, 18-30 for non game
playing fun. Life is too short to waste time.
Callme soon. (:tulsa) =7823
DISCREET DIVERSITY GWM, 6’, early
50’s, varied interests, seeks discreet fun and
more. Call me. (Tulsa) =7728
I HAVE A CUTE SMILE GWM, attractive
36, 6’, 145, dark hair, green .eyes, versatile,
seeks same, !8-36, for fi’iendship and
possibly mare. Smooth body and all natural
end’wdis a big plus! (Tulsa) ~6779
LOOKING FOR YOU GBM, seeks others
in the local area for fun and mare. Please
give me a call. (Tulsa) e2771
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TWO’S FUN, THREE’S BETTER! GWM
couple seeks singles or couples for
advbnture and excitement. Give us a ca.
(Eureka Springs) =23.$23
TEACH ME THE WAYS GWM, 28, 6’,
130 very straight acting real new to this
lifestyle, seeks older men for fun and
pleasure. (Ft. Smith) =334411
COUNTRY BOY Jim, 5’t0 dk hair, green
eyes, real hairy, country boy, used to work
on the riverlx~ts, now live up here, like to
spend some qual time with someone like
camping swimming riding, like to have 1 on
1 devotion with someone, I’m 29, like to
setlle down- (Utile Rock) ~34920
UALR STUDENT GWM, 28, college
student, seeks others for intimate fun and
more. (Li~e Rock) =26930
MY NAME IS JIM GWM, 39, -
professional, alot of interests, seeks others for
fun, fr endship and more. Leave me a
message. (Russe vi e) ~27949
WOMAN TO WOMAN GWF,
35, 5’6", black hair, brown eyes,
new to area, very romantic, seeks
others for fun, romance and possibly
more. If this interest~ you, please giv~
me a call. (Broken Arrow) ~45158
BI AND BI Bi Female, 5’4", 115,
brown hair, hazel eyes, seeks same.
No exceptions! (Oklahoma City)
~22358 - ~
TOUCHING AND HOLDING
GBF, seeks+BE or Gay females for fun
and friendship~ Please get in touch
with me. (Oklahoma City) e3610
LET’S LEARN TOGETHER Bi
Curious BF, seeks same for learning
.~xperiences. Give me a call.
Oklahoma City) ~49584
FRIEND SEEKER GWF, 5’5", 120,
brown eyes and hair, variety of
interests, seeks other women for fun
and friendship. Please give me a
call. (Oklahoma City) ~45876
HEY GIRLSl GWF, into all sports
and more, seeks others to hang out
with. Give me a call (Tulsal
~48144
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29, 5’3", 150, auburn hair, green
eyes, seeks others who are honest
and sincere, local preferred, for a
long lasting friendship and
relationship. Please leave a message
(Jonesboro) ~34470
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Aug. 15-sept. 14,1996, vol. 3, no. 9
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Congressman Comes Out
WASHINGTON - Rep. Jim Kolbe, an Arizona Republican
and influential member of the House Banking
Committee has acknowledged that he is Gay.
Confronted with the prospect of an upcoming report
in The Advocate about his sexual orientation, Kolbe
beat the news magazine to the punch by coming out.
Kolbe, who has been a representative to C6ngress
since 1984 and has been a frequent GOP point-person
on the North American Free Trade Act and critic of
White House budget proposals, told the Arizona Daily
Star, "I think it’s unfortunate for our society that things
have to happen this way." But the 54-year-old Kolbe
added, "I’m the same p~rson I was yesterday, and I’ll
legislatejust the same way. This should b,e. as irrelevant
as the fact that Iambloe-eyed, right-handed &balding."
Theupcoming Advocate story reportedly was spurred
at least partly by Kolbe’s vote in July for the so-called
Defense of.Marriage Act (DOMA), which rights activists
had adamantly opposed. In late July, a collection.of
activists also took out a full-page ad in the Washington
LACK & WHITE
PRESENT TOP US GAY LEADER
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign
(HRC), will give the keynote address for this year’s Black & White
Charities, Inc. Gala dinner fundraiser. Birch leads the Human Rights
Campaign which is the largest Lesbian and Gay political organization
in the US. Birch formerly was legal counsel for Apple Computer, Inc.
and also for Claris Corporation. Prior to joining Human Rights
Campaign, Birch served as co-chair of the Board of Directors of the
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF). .
Over 260 patrons attended last year’s Gala at Philbrook Museum
and a comparable numberis expected to attend the Sept. 7 event at the
Downtown DoubleTree Hgtel. Over the years, Black & White Charities,
Inc. have raised and donated over $31,000 in grants to other local
charities. The HIV Resource Consortium will be the major recipient
of this year’s grant. The HIV RC helps to provide services to
"approximately 200 clients" with case management, transportation,
Another part of the program will be the presentation of the first
annual SWAN awards, ajoint program of PFLAG, parents, Families,
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and Black & White Charities, Inc.
The awards will recognize individuals "who through action and
example, are helping to create a society see B & W, page 3
HOPE A New Namefor HIV Programs
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education is the new name for
an health program that began in the Gay community more than 14
years ago. Claudette Peterson, director of what was known as Tulsa
Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) HIV Testing Programs,
announced the new name along with program’s success in getting
funding for several critical new outreach programs.
Peterson noted that the program had received funding for a"rural"
HIV education outreach to "MSM’s" (men who have sex with men,
regardless if.they identify as Bi, Gay see HOPE, page 3
Blade ur,gi,’ng "closeted gay and lesb!an members of
Congress. to c0me out.. ,Headlined. ,~’A ,calL.to.. con~ ,.
science," the ad didn’t threaten to out any closeted : uommunity of Hope Speaks
members, butitwas the first timein5 years that closeted ¯
gays in Congress had become a national issue.
Kolbe is the fourth member of Congress to publicly
admit tobeing Gay - along with Reps. Gerry Studds, DMA,
Barney Frank,. D-MA & Steve Gunderson, R-WI.
Although Kolbe voted for DOMA, he also supports
benefits for same-sex partners, and last year voted to
keep the District of Columbia’s Domestic Partnership
Act that gives some benefits to the partners of district
employees. For Kolbe’s comments, see Kolbe, page 3
Military HIV Discharge
Provision Dropped
WASHINGTON -.A joint House-Senate conference
committeehas unceremoniously dropped a provision in
the 1997 defense authorization bill that would have
required the discharge of service personnel infected
with HIV.
The HIV discharge provision was included in the
House version of the $265.6 billion defense spending
measure by Rep. Bob Doman (R-Calif.), despite objections
of Pentagon officials. The Senate version of the
bill included no such amendment.
"Congress spoke on.this issue already when it repealed
Dornan’ s HIV discharge measure in April," said
Winnie Stachelberg, HRC’s’ legislative deputy. "Spite
and bigotry are th~ only conb,eivable rehsons why Bob
Dornan would have reintroduced this; measure after
seeing itresoundingly defeated."
Thejoint conference committee also :dropped a orovzszon
that would have topI~led the don t ask, don t
tell" policy in favor of an outright ban on Gays and
Lesbians in the armed forces.
Out In Sunday Tulsa World
¯ Community of Hope, a
: United Methodist congre-
¯¯ gation, took $1,650 advertisement
in The Sunday
¯ Tulsa Woddto speak out
¯ as a Christian community ¯
of faith "to call all Chris-
" tians to stop using hateful
¯ language" against Lesbi-
: ans and Gay men (see ad to
¯ right). The ad specifically
: cites the language used by
¯ members" of Congress in
¯ recent debates on the"De-
: fense of Marriage Act"
¯ which was co-sponsored
¯ by Tulsa Rep. Steve
Largent and overwhelm-
" ingly supported by
¯ Oklahoma’s House mere-
¯ bers.
! Acc°rdmg to a statemen=t
¯ gee Ad, p. 11
¯ Elizabeth Birch, former counsel for Apple,
now leads DC’s Human Rights Campaign.
Coming Soon!
Womens Supper Club
RBG Business Fair
Gay Comedy Jam
Feast With Friends
IAM Street Carnival
RBG Lake Retreat
see Coming, page 11
WE CALL ALL
CHRISTIANS TO
STOP USING
HATEFUL LANGUAGE!
UNITED METHODIST COMMUNITY OF HOPE
¯ audience with,over 400 attending on, two nights~. , ¯
: The largest grant ($3,500) went to,the HIV Resource consortium, " ¯
the second largest ($2,500) to the Medication Fund Of the Visiting "
¯ Nurse Association and grants of $1,500 went to Interfaith AIDS
¯ Ministries AIDS information line, Shanti=Tulsa Storehouse, Our " ¯
House, Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, see Follies, page 11 "
Sid Spenser
Singer Dies Unexpectedly
¯ : , " 1 and died ~’n hospital, see Sp
¯ Follies ReVue Beneficiaries i ’ ’ "
~ Follies Revue, Inc. has announced,the.distrib~tti0n ,of net proceeds
t.rom its annu,gl, fundrais~ng peffom!,ance. Thislyear s event raised 4
$14,000 to hel~ l~d agencies that p~ovide direr support t~ persons.,~
~AL~.Err~I~S/DIR~TO~Y p. ¯ liviongwithAIDS orvHIV ipfe~tion. Fedllies Revoe~ Irnc. has rais.ed ¯ ... . -- . . . ., . :! NEWS’BRIEFS ! $115,000 m its ezght years of servzce. This year s event which was . ,
P. 4
: hdd at the Doubletree Hotel, Warre~ Place attracted the largest ever " HEAL’rI~ BRIEFS i P. fi
¯
’ CALENDAR P. 9
Many Gay Oklahomans were surprised and
shocked by the news of the death in July of
native singer, Sid Spencer, from complications
fromAIDS in Calgary, Canada. Spencer,
who performed regularly in Tulsa at the Silver
Star Saloon, was performing Ot the Alberta
Gay Rodeo. He was,~tficken wi,lh pneumoma
P. 11
P. 12
P. 13
P, 15
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RESTAURANT REVIEW
CLASSIFIEDS
918.583.1248 Publisher/Editor, Tom Neal
POB 4140 Assistant Editor, James Christjohn
Writers/contributors
Tulsa, Oklahoma Phyl Boier-Schmidt
74159-0140 Barry Hensley
Jean=Pierre Legraridbouche
Leanne Gross
TulsaNews@aol.com Gerald Miller
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Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation.
Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be
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by Phyl Boler-Schmidt
Last December, I decided to take on an impossible project. I
knew it was impossible from the outset, but I was determined to
be a.voice of reason inthe midst of many voices of confusion.
What, you ask, am i talking about?
With the brutal murders of Roxanne and Michelle, two lesbian
activists in Oregon,my sense ofneeding to do something tobring
the warring parties over lesbigay civil rights to the same tablewas
literally pushed over the edge. I just had to do something. So, I
decided to begin a dialogue on an Internet’.newsgroup called
alt.org.promisekeepers.
What I wanted to accomplish was nothing different than
lesbigay civil rights activists have been working toward since the
beginning of our movement. I wanted Christian fundamentalists
(and everyone else for that matter) to begin to see us as human
beings, to stop villifying us insearch of political advancement, to
STOP the violence.
Knowing full well I am only one person, see Enemy, page 3
by G. Miller. M_4.
Peoplehavekiddedmefor along-time about having an answer
for every problem or situation. But it occurred to me lately that
what I see as common sense answers are somehow often overlooked
by other people. So the following is a beginning set of
things for the reader to consider in terms of how to make your
daily life less complex and run more smoothly.
1. Don’t go where you are not wanted! Sounds simple and it is.
If there are places or people who go out of their way to make you
to less than comfortabl~, DON’T GO THERE. DOn’t go to
businesses which treat you or your friends badly.
2. Stay away frompeoplewho try to make your life miserablet
That includes, parents, siblings, or any form of relative. This also
includes associates of friends, or coworkers in your work place.
That’s right, COWORKERS. You may have to be around them
to work but otherwise steer dear whenever possible.
3. Don’t say you’ll do something when you reall~ don’t want
to do it! I used to make myself see Life, page 3
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*Concessious, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 263OE. 15th
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
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Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Brookside.Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates
1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 7434117
Tim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
DOn. Carlton Mitsubishi & Honda 665-6595, 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
Express Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria 743-9994
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation 690-2974
Leanne M. Gross, Financial Planning 744-0102
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria 584-4606
*International Tours 341-6866
JD Images, Photography 621-5597
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15
~ 742-i992
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate 671-2010
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720e E. 31st 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI 664-2951
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
Puppy Pause II, llth & Mingo 838-7626
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations 743-2351
Southwest Viatical 747-3322
SurfPuppy Multimedia 743-7872
.............. Thomas Chiropractic Clinic
4138 S. Harvard, Ste. C,1 742-8868
Kellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
Tulsa Organizations, Churohes, & Untv~silies
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159
*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
2627B E. 11
*B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr.
*Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa
*CommtmityofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2rid
Dignity/Integrity
(Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians)
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location&info:
583-7314
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583-9780
585-1800
298-4648
622-1441
587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Organization (African-Amer. men)
POB 8542, 74101 4254905
Indian Health Care, Save the Nation 584-4983
: Interfaith AIDS Ministries - 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
: *HIV Resource Consortium
: 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 7494194
; NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
," PFLAG , POB 52800 74152 7494901
¯ Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 74104
i R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 7494195
_Rai~nbow B,usiness Guild, POB 4106, 74159. 665-5174
St. Jerome s~-C~tlirlic Church, 3841 S. Peoria, 646-7116
¯ *Shanti Hotline 749-7898
¯ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, (TOHR)
POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine 0nfo.) 7434297
¯ Technicians, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308
: T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
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". *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
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Why are we afraid .of same-sex marriage?
Is it change? Without change, we
can not grow. Why are we afraid of anyone
or anything that is differentfromus or
our views.’? what would the world be like
if we were all the same?
Marriageis acommitmentbetweentwo
people who love one another. Single-parent
homes, illegitimate children, abusive
spouses, alcoholism, joblessness and
multiple marriages are aspects that are
tearing the family and marriage apart.
Please tell me where same-sex mamage
will destroy the institutions of marriage
and family. And is it wrong for a married
see Eetters, page 3
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why I decided to take on the Promise
Keepers is Something I really can’t explain.
I just needed to do something.
My experiencepleasantly surprisedme.
And, I’d like to share this experience with
you because I think if it worked once, it
can work again.Ifmore of us step out and
try to communicate with those we perceive
as the enemy, perhaps we will make
a difference, if not for our generation, at
least for those that follow.
My original note posted was entitled
Opinions on Hate Speech. In it, I asked
these simple questions, after outlining the
events that had transpired in Oregon:
"What are your feelings about this? Can
you see why gays and lesbians are horrified
when those among you villify us, call
us child molesters, say that God hates us,
and use other extremely derogatory terminology
to describe who we are? Isn’t
there some other way to disagree on the
subject ofcivil rights legislation?Canyou
see why somein yourmovementmightbe
resp°nsiblealruenasdtyablef°r incitingpeople ~loe~eC~l~l~’~
for someone to hurt anyway? Isn’t there
another alternative?"
The immediate response by o~er 20
men who frequent the newsgroup was a
defensive knee-jerk reaction. They accusedme
of trying to blame Christians for
everything. They toldme that a crime had
been committed, and it didn’t matter if it
was brought about by hatred of gays and
lesbians. They tried every conceivable
way to convince me that it had nothing
whatsoever to do with their faith. It was
only one unstablemancommitting a crime
see Enemy, page 7
:
¯ sued by Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) on his
". announcement that he is Gay:
: ’q’wenty years ago, when I first sought
¯ public office, I made a decision that my
: commitment to civic involvement would
: mean my public life would have to come
: ahead of my personal and private life.
¯ I have, in the intervening 20 years,
: sought to fulfillmypublicresponsibilifies
¯ in a manner that benefits all those I have
:. represented in either the Arizona Legisla-
¯ ture or in Congress. I will continue that
: commitment as long as I am in public
: Service. Ilookbackon whatlhaveaccom-
: proud of the record I have compiled.
: NAFTA was the capstone of this vision. I
¯. have fought to lower the crushing tax
¯ burden on our families by reducing taxes.
: I have worked for six years as a member
_" of the budget committee to achieve a
¯. balanced budget so we can relieve our
¯ children of the burden of a crushing na-
: tional debt. I have worked to keep
: Arizona’s reputation as the astronomy
i cOatapdivtaanlces intheawssourrlidngbaystrwonilolmgyotnheaWtforward
: here. I have argued and won funds to
: protect our natural heritage, including the
¯ "expansion of Saguaro National Park. And
: justthis weekweachievedthemostsweep-
: ing, most important reform of welfare in
: decades. There is, of course, much more
¯ but this is a record I believe I can point to
: with justifi-able pride.
The following ts a press statement is-
¯. [ am just as proud of my record in the
¯ area ofhumanrights andindividual right.s.
: I abhor and vigorously oppose discrinu-
: nation in the workplace based on race,
¯ religion, gender, or sexual orientation -
." any treatment that is not based on merit. I
: foug.h,t to repeal thepr.ovision inlaw which
’. armed seravnicaeus tmomemaubcerdwishcohiasrHge oIfVany-posi-reqmres
: five. I support health benefits for domes-
". fie parmers.
¯ I also believe that if the citizens of
~ Hawaii believe it to be in their public
." interest to permit same-sex mamages,
¯ they should be permitted to do so. By the
¯ same token, other states - as Arizona has
: done - should be allowed to define mar-
: riage differently, and not be required to
accept the.definition adopted by others. It
.¯ is for this reason that I voted for the so-
." called Defense of Marriage Act when it
¯ was before the House a few weeks ago.
°. Now, however, there are some who
: have decided that theirdisagreement with
: this particular vote warrants their making
: public information aboutmy privatelife -
¯ information they may have heard second
: or third-hand about my sexual onenta-
." tion. That I am a Gay person has never
¯ affected the way that I legislate. The fact
". that I am Gay has never, nor will it ever,
: change my commitment to represent all
: the people of Arizona’s 5th District.
¯ I am the same person, one who has
: spentmany yearsstruggling torelieve the
: tax burden for families, balance the bud-
~ get for our children’ s future, andimprove
¯ the quality of life we cherish in Southern
: Arizona. I intendto continue that mission
: if the voters of the 5th District, in their
¯ wisdom, decide that I should represent
them in the 105th Congress.’"
¯ versity",
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: provided. For more info., call 587-7314.
: orheter0sexual) in smallOkl.ahomatowns
: and rural areas. In particular, this effort
¯. will target Muskogee, Okmulgee,
¯ Tahlequah and Bartlesville. While it’s
". estimated that the majority of HIV trans-
~ mission/infection is these areas is still
¯ -through male to male contact, a small
: survey by the Oklahoma State Dept. of
: Health indicates that AIDS cases in rural
: Oklahomans is still rising but that men in
¯ these areas may perceive themselves as at
: lowerrisk. AndMSM’s whomay be mar-
: ried to women may face challenges in
: incorporating safersex practices into their
¯ relationships, and even in just getting
"¯ condoms in a small town where anonym-
: ity is not likely.
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Zimbabwe Gays
Harrassed by Govt
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Aug. 2) - Gays
and lesbians won a legal battle over the
government of Zimbabwean President
Robert Mugabe in their on-again, offagain
efforts to participate in the nation’s
International Book Fair, the largest publishing
showcase in sub-Saharan Africa.
The country’s High Court overturned a
government ban on the Gays and Lesbians
Association of Zimbabwe (GLAZ),
saying the country’ s censorship laws were
being improperly applied. The court said
the government had exceeded its authority
when it banned the organization withouteven
exzmining theliterature the group
intended to display at a booth at the fair.
The government promptly said, however,
that it would examine whatever books,
pamphlets or otherliteratureGLAZbrings
to the fairand would press charges against
the group and its members if the material
was believed to be "promoting homosexuality."
For the 2rid year in a row, the government
tried to block the only lesbian and
gay group in the country from participating
in the Fair. OnJuly 22, Joyce Mujuru,
the country’s information minister, said
the government wouldn’ t intervene in the
fair to block GALZ from participating.
But the next day, government spokesman
Bornwell Chakaodza said gays and lesbians
"have absolutely no right to publicly
display literature and material at a public
and cultural event where..,children visit."
The Zimbabwean government, last year
faced intenseinternational cfiticismwhen
it banned the GALZ from the fair.
Organizers of the event managed to
keep the event in Zimbabwe this year,
after making commitments that GALZ
would be allowed to set up an exhibit
stand at the fair to distribute literature. A
spokespersonforGALZhassaidthe group
plans to go ahead with its plans to set up a
booth at the fair, despite the government’s
decision.
Organizers of the fair said they were
still concerned about the possibility of
violence because of the GLAZ booth.
Among other things, shortly before the
High Court ruling, a leader of Uniyersity
¯" of Zimbabwe student group With close
¯ ties to the President Robert Mugabe told
¯ the fair organizers that gays and lesbians
¯ that-show up at the event will "face public
¯ genocide."
In fact, a mob of between 60 and 100
¯¯ angry students mostly from the University
of Zimbabwe showed up on the final
¯ two days of the fair.
¯ On the final day of the fair, a group of
students again showed up, and GLAZ
¯ members quickly left the booth for safety.
Unsatisfied with simply driving theGLAZ
volunteers away, however, the student
¯
mob proceeded to thoroughly trash the
¯ booth and bum the pamphlets that had
¯ been left behind.
Although book fair staffers quickly put
¯
the fire out, many of the nearby
¯ publishing booths" also felt threatened
¯ enough to pack up their own displays and
¯ leave the fair, complaining that they were
¯ losirig enormous amounts of money
¯ because of the continued disruptions.
: Congressmen’s
i Spouses Gang Up
¯ -on Anti-Gay Rep.
WASHINGTON (July 30) - Just how
¯ disliked by gays and lesbians is Rep. Bob
¯ Doman, the Orange County, Calif., Republican?
Well, earlierin JulyHerbMoses,
¯ the longtime companion of Rep. Barney ¯
Frank (D-Mass.) toldreporters in thecapi-
¯ tal that he has. been helping raise cam-
" paign funds for Loretta Sanchez, the
¯ Democratwhois trying to unseat Dornan.
¯" Now Moses has now been joined by
Dean Hara, the partner of Rep. Gerry
," Studds (D-Mass.) and Rob Morris, the
¯ companion of Rep. Steve Gunderson (R- ¯
Wise.), in helping raise money for
: Sanchez’ campaign to oust Dornan, who
¯ has a fondness for referring to gaymen as ¯
¯ "homos.,Morris told reporters.that the 3
openly gay members of Congress may
_" attendanupcomingfundraiserforSanchez
¯ but hadn’t been asked to be involved in
¯ planning the event. "I think Herb and
¯
Deanand I want to keepBarney and Gerry
¯ and Steve out of it," Morris told The Hill.
’q’his is our project."
Scottish Gays
Can Adopt
EDINBURGH, Scotland (July 29) - A
Scottish gay man has won a court appeal
that will allow him tO adopt a 5-year-old
severely handicapped boy whose morn
has told child welfare authorities she
doesn’ t want the child.
The unnamed man, identified only as a
34-year-old nurse, had earlier this year
been told by a lower court that he could
not adopt the boy because he is gay, even
though the man and his lover have cared
for.the 5-year-old for the past 18 months.
But a 3-judge Scottish appeals court reversed
that ruling, saying there was no
legal reason prohibiting gays andlesbians
from adopting children.
The court said that all the information
gathered about the two men and their
lifestyle and relationship with the boy
"’pointed strongly in favor of the proposed
adoption." The child, who was put up for
adoptionby his motherjust weeks afterhe
was born, is both deaf and unable to talk,
and can walk only with assistance.
California
Hate Crimes
OAKLAND, Calif. (July 17) - California
has just released its first full-year of data
about hate crimes in the state, although
authorities and anti-violence advocates
agree it probably doesn’t reflect biasbased
crimes very accurately. According
to the state justice department summary,
there were 1,754 hate crimesin California
in 1995, involving more than 2,600 vierims.
The only previous report for the
state coveredjust the last half of 1994 and
reported only 672 such crimes.
Justice department officials were quick
to acknowledge "holes" in the report.
Among other things, only 215ofthe state’ s
750 law enforcement agencies reported
any information on hate crimes. Some
cities reported disproportionately higher
numbers of hate crimes, possibly because
police there have been more sensitized to
reporting such acts of violence. San Francisco,
for example, reported 290 biasbased
crimes for 1995, while Santa Clara
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¯ County - which has more than twice the ¯
population - reported just 47 such crimes
¯ during that year.
¯ Some 69% of the reported incidents ¯
included in the report were based on race
¯ or ethnic background; about 18% of the
¯ hate crimes reportedwerebasedonsexual
¯
orientation; just over 12% were based on
: religion. According to the state report,
¯ gay men were 4 times as likely as lesbians
to be the target of attacks.
Lesbian Speakers
at Political Conf.
WASHINGTON (July 18)- According
¯ to the Washington Post, tennis superstar
Martina Navratilova says she’ s head over
: heals in love with model Hunter Reno,
¯ who also happens to be a niece of U.S.
Attorney General Janet Reno. The Post
¯ quoted Navratilova as saying she loves
the blond L’Oreal model "in a way I
haven’t loved before" and that Hunter
¯ Reno said the tennis ace is a"very special
: person" to her.
The younger Reno will be one of sev-
¯ eral noted women slated to address the
¯¯ Human Rights Campaign’s OutVote ’96
scheduled to be held in Chicago in Au-
¯ gust.-Along with Reno will be Chastity
¯ Bono, Candace Gingrich and U.S. golfer ¯
Muffin Spencer-Devlin.
¯ Trans Ex-Husband
¯ Seeks Child Visits
¯ LONDON 0nlY 19) - A [emale-to-male
¯ transsexual who has been married to a
¯ woman for 17 years is appealingaBritish
¯ court ruling that refuses him visitation
rights with the couple’ s children.
¯ A court earlier this year declared the
¯ marriage of the couple, who are not being ¯
named, annulled because of "a profound
deception" on the part of the husband.
¯ During the divorce proceedings, the wife
¯ in the case told the court that she"always
believed he was a man" and had undergone
artificial insemination in order to
have their children.
¯ But the husband, who is 50, has ap-
¯ pealed the court’s ruling that he has no
¯ visitation rights with the couplers children
because he had perjured himself in
order to get married in the first place.
During the divorce proceedings, the
wife, whois 49 years oldnow,had told the
court that when she and her husband had
had sex, she believed he either had a very
small or deformed penis. But, She told the
court, they never discussed it and that she
never reMized the man was using an artificial
penis during sex.
¯¯ accidentally, killin~ Smith.
But prosecuting attorney Lee Davis
questioned Butler about why she had not
: tried to give any aid to the shot.woman or
even call an ambulance. Davis also intro-
" duced forensic evidence that Smith had
: been shot by a pistol that had been held.
¯ only about an inch fromhermouth at the
time it was fired.
Tennessee Murder Chaplain Booted
Trial Winds Up for Bad Att,tudes
ORLANDO, Fla. (July 24) - According
CHATtANOOGA, Tenn. (July 19)-As to the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, John B.
the-murder trial of Adriana Butler, 23, ¯ Book, ahighlyvisibleanti-gayministerin
drew to a dose, the college honors gradu- ."
ate and mother of a 3-month-old infant, "
testified ,,that she "never intended to kill ¯
anybody in the October 1994 shooting "
death of Cathy Smith, even though she
wanted the woman to stop having a les- ¯
bian relationship with her mother, Donna
Evans. ¯
Butler said she was opposed to the "
"’unnatural relationship" between Smith "
and her mother, but socialized with the
two women in order to maintain her faro- ¯
ily contacts. Under cross-examination, "
Butleracknowledgedthat the three women "
had in fact taken vaeatious in Atlanta and "
Alabama together, and that they had also °
gone-to a local bar popular with lesbians "
and gay men.
She insisted, however, that her mother "
’~gave in to, Cathy [Smith] in order to keep
the peace’ and told the court that Evans"-"
was ashamed of her relationship with "
Smith but was afraid of losing her job if "
she broke it off.
According to Butler, the night of the °
killing, Smith had shown up at her home,
where Evans was staying, and an argu-
: ment hadbroken out during which Smith
had punched Evans in the stomach and "
knocked her glasses off. The woman tes- "
lifted that she also was hit by Smith when "
she tried to break up the senffle outside
the house between the two women. ¯
She told the court that at this point she
went and got a gun and returned to the
driveway where Smith and Evans were, "
butbeganwalkingawayfrom Smithwhen ¯
the woman grabbed her and twirled her
around suddenly and that thegun Went off "
central Florida, has been fired from his
post as a volunteer chaplain with the Orange
County Sheriff’s Dept. afterhe publicly
criticized a deputy sherifffor attending
a gay pride parade earlier in June.
The Sheriff’s office declined to daborate
on Book’s firing except to say that his
"inabilityandunwillingness" to workwith
gays andlesbians in the department and in
the communi,ty at large made him unacceptable
in the post.
Gay Videos End
Coach’s Career
ASHBURN, Va. (July 19) - When Jeff
Bruton’s wife Melanie sued for divorce,
among the evidence presented were accusations
that her husband had appeared in
a number of popular gay pornographic
videos under the name Ty Fox. When
Bruton’s employers learned of the reason
forthe divorceproceedings, they launched
thmeir own.inves.tigation and say that if the
enare indeedone and the same, Brnton
will.have to resign as aphysical education
teacher and assistant coach for football,
baseball and wrestling at a Sterling, Va.,
high school - and possibly his Virginia
state teaching certification.
Edgar Hatriek, superintendent of
schools for Loudoun County, told reporters
that teachers"are C"hOSen to bemstmc-"
tors as welJ as leaders of our young
people...in their professional as wall as
~edesoinsaalnlivaellse.g"aHtieoandodfeda,l"iWfeshtaytlewethhaatvies
not in keeping with that." School officials,
however, said they have been unable
to contact Bruton directly because of
the summer vacation, and also said that
the gym coach’s phone number has been
disconnected.
But Steve Thompson, who is Bruton’s
agent, confirmed for reporters that his
client is in fact Ty Fox and, in addition to
modding swimwear and athletic clothing,
Bruton also made gay pornographic
videos. Thompson also said that Brnton
plans to resign his teaching post, which
he’s held since 1993, "whether it’s fair or
not."
Choral Festival
Concludes
TAMPA, Fla. (July 15) - Festival V,
described as the largest gay and lesbian
gala in the world, drew to a dose after
what organizers considered a highly successful
8 days ofsinging, singing, and still
more singing.
The Gay & Lesbian Association of
Choruses, which sponsors the annual
showcase of choruses from around the
world, said more than a hundred choruses
participated in Festival V, drawing more
than 5,000 lesbian, gay and bisexual singers.
Poet Maya Angelou gave an openingnightaddress,..
and although therehadbeen
,cgncerns that anti-gay protesters might
disrupt the festivities, only a handful of
prot,esters showed up at one of the earlier
opemng day events. The festival also saw
the premiere of several works commissioned
for Festival V.
¯ answer you want to hear but...". You will
.save.yourself a lot of anxiety and grief by
¯ just being truthful. This includes the so-
" cial WHITE LIE. If this is too large a step
¯ then begin with simply saying you prefer
not to answer, and stick to your guns.
¯
5. Quit worrying ~b~.ut what happened
yesterday. You can t fix what is already
¯ done. Equally, don’t worry about future situations over which youhaveno control
¯ anyhow.
¯ 6. Start living inside the moment you
are in. If someone makes you angry, let
¯ them know it. If someone hurts your feel-
¯ ings, let them know it. If someone mis-
¯ treats you, don’t put up with it. Take
action, even if that only means removing
¯ yourself from their presence.
¯
. 7. Us.e some common sense about deal-
. mg with everyday life. You are in control
of y.our, life far more than you ima "he
n t let others take the ~mttattve of dic-
¯
ta.ting your life. They will try to get away
¯ wjth as much as possible. Learn to recogm.
ze what you, can effectively handle and
what you can t.
¯ Most importantly keep inmind that you
¯ don’t have to win every battle to win the
¯ war. Don’t let others sap your energies.
Pick and chose the right time and right
¯ place. Truly you are the Captain of your ¯
ship and the Master of your own fate.
.* We make life far more difficult than it
¯ really is and we usually fall into that trap
by letting others set the situation and start
¯ the game. Remember the famous "It’s my
ball and I make the rules!"? Start thinking
¯ of your life as your"ball" and when others
¯ insiston making thegamemiserable, take
¯ your ball and go home. You can always
¯ find someone else to play ball with.
Keep inmind some people aren’thappy
unless they are making someone else unhappy,
and usually that will mean you.
Don’t waste a scintilla of time or effort on
those types. Move on and let them eat
themselves up. ff they have so little self
esteem that they have to tear someone
down to feel important, @#$%^ them.
Only you can start making your life
easier and morerewarding. You have to
start today, because each day that passes
brings you closer to the great black nothingness
which probably awaits us all.
Copyright © 1996 Gerald Miller
miserable going to social gatherings I
.didn’t really want to attend because I felt
~t was my duty. BS! Now I only go where
I really want to beand Ihaveamuchbetter
time. This also includes favors for other
people, just learn to say No in a polite
fashion.
4. Don’t lie! Tell the truth when asked
a question, even if you know the questioner
won’t like the answer. Just preface
your reply with, "I know this isn’t the
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Clinton Pledges
More forAIDS Care
SAN FRANCISCO (July 23) - Ending a
2-day campaign swing through California,
PresidentClinton saidduring a$1,000-
per-person fund-raising dinner thathehas
asked Congress for an additional $65 million
for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program
to help people with the disease pay
for expensive new and-HIV drugs.
Nearly 70,000 people get assistance for
AIDS drugs through the program, which
is largely paid for with federal funds. The
Clinton budget proposal would increase
federal spending - about two-thirds of the
total program - from $115 million this
year to $195million during the next fiscal
year.
Theomove comes in the wake of medical
reports at the international AIDS conference
in Vancouv& earlier in July that
indicate the new class of protease inhibitors,
combined with already-approved
anti-HIV drags, show enormous potential
for completely suppressing the virus.
Patients andAIDS advocates, however,
have increasingly warned that despite the
heartening news about the new drugs,
most people with AIDS in this country
would not be able to afford the expensive
new treatments. "While new drug treatments
offer enormous hope to people living
with HIV," Clinton said at the fundraiser,
"it is also clear that our work is far
from complete."
Reform Party’s
Lamm Suggests
Cut Care for PWA’s
NEW YORK (July 21) - Although it got
little notice by the media, former Colorado
G0v. Richard Lamm, who has declared
his desire to be the 1996 presidential
nominee of the Reform Party, said on
a television news program Sunday, July
21, that the government should virtually
write off people who already have AIDS.
"I think in a world of limited resources
weshould spendmoremoney onresearching
the cause ofAIDS and how to prevent
it than we should treating the people that
are going to die anyway," Lammsaid on
the CBS-TV program "Face the Nation."
Mark Sturdevant, vice chairman of the
Reform Party who has urged Lamm’s
candidacy, later insisted the former Colorado
governor wasn’t actually saying the
country should "pull the plug" on people
who are sick, but said that as the country,,,
increasingly faced "limited resources
Americans "need to start talking about
these issues."
Lamm raised hackles in-1984 for similarremarks
whenhe said the elderly "have
a duty to die and get out of the way."
Gene Defect May
Protect from AIDS
WASHINGTON (Aug. 8) -Two separate
teams of researchers have identified a
genedc mutation that appears to protect
some people against AIDS. The finding
may-explain why some people infected
with HIV remain healthy and virtually
symptom-free of the disease for years.
The teams of U.S., European and Japanese
scientists have found that people
with two copies of a certain defective
gene - one each from their mother and
father - appear to be resistant to the most
common strain of HIV in Western countries,
the one which is transmitted sexually
most commonly. They estimated that
¯¯ only about 1% of the Caucasian populalion
has both defective genes.
: Theteam tookblood samples from 1,800
¯ healthy U.S., European, African andJapa-
¯ nesevolunteers.Theyexposedthe samples
~ to the most common strain of HIV in test
: tubes. Reporting in thejournal Nature, the
¯ researchers found that all the blood
: samples were infected after exposure -
¯ except those from white people with two
: copies of the mutated gene.
¯ The second team of scientists, from the
: Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
: in New York, found the same double
; genetic mutations in the blood of two
¯ white males who knowingly had unpro-
: tected sex with infected partners, yet re-
: main uninfected themselves.
." As these researchers report in thejour-
¯ hal Cell, they could not infect blood
¯
samples from these two men - even with
¯ 1,000 times the amount of HIV it usually
: takes to trigger an infection.
¯ The researching findings suggest that
: drugs to do this would probably have no
; side effects, since the lack of the protein
: target in the Caucasians appears to have
¯ caused them no known negative health-
: problems.
: Heterosexual HIV
: Showing Up in UK
: LONDON (Aug. 1)-A much more vim-
. lent strain of HIV, believed to be more
: likely to spread by heterosexual contact,
." has ~pread from Thailand to Great Brit-
" ain, researchers reportin the Britishinedi-
: cal journal New Scientist.
¯
The virus .subtype E is widespread
throughout Asia, where most of those
¯ infectedareheterosexual,nothomosexual. ¯
As a result, researchers and epidemiolo-
: gists believe the virus subtype is more
: easily spread via heterosexual sex than
¯ subtype B, which has mainly affected gay
: and bisexual men in North America and
~ Europe. Since the first case of subtype E
¯ infection in England was announced earlier
this year~ British health officials have
since identified 72 additional subtype E
infections. ¯
Report" Herpes : ¯
: Virus Linked to KS
¯ CHICAGO (July 30)-Two studies in the
: healthmagaT.ineNatureMedicinestrongly
¯ suggests that Jhe human herpes virus 8
; (,I-IHV8) isthecauseofKaposi’s sarcoma,
¯ a cancer that strikes many people with
: AIDS. Using a recently devdoped blood
¯" test for HHVS, researchers say they most
." often found the virus in blood samples of
~: people with sexually transmitted diseases,
¯ a Strong implication the virusis also sexu-
." ally transmitted.
2nd HIV Home Test
¯ Approved; States
¯ Fight Availability
¯" CHICAGO (July 24) -~A 2nd HIV home-
: testing kit has now gone on sale after
¯ being approved by the Food & Drug Ad-
¯ ministration. Like the already-approved
: Confide test by Johnson & JOhnson, the
¯
Home Access Express test, sold by Home
¯ Access Health, is available via a toll-free
¯ number. But in spite of federal approval ¯
now of2 suchhome tests, themanufactur-
: ers sdll face batdes with healthofficials in
¯ some states who are s.harply critical of
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Atlanta Braves to
Hold AIDS Benefit
ATLANTA (July 25) - The San Francisco
Giants starteditin professional sports
2 years ago when it teamed up with the
Until There’s a Cure Foundation to hold
the first AIDS benefit pro game.
This year the Atlanta Braves will become
the 2nd pro baseball team to sponsor
such an event when it hosts a "Stepping
Up to the Hate Day" in Sept: at the
Atlanta-Fulton Co. Stadium benefiting
AIDS organizations in the Atlanta area.
At the first Until There’s a Cure Day in
1994, opposing team Colorado Rockies
wouldn’t even join the S.F. Giants on the
field to form ahuman AIDS ribbon until
they were brow-beaten into it by Giants’
teammembers andcatcalls from the stands.
of violence, not a s.ymbol of a larger
societal problem that lS exascerbated by
like-minded individuals who blindly follow
the ramblings of the likes of Pat
Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Patrick
Buchanon, etc.
And of course, I was bombarded with
Bibfieal quotations about the sinfulness
of my ways.
I knew this would happen, and since I
had gone in with my eyes wide open, I
knew I was not going to act defensively to
protect my position. I wanted dialogue,
not an argument.
,So, with each and every note from one
of these men, I responded with the same
basic premise: "Yourpremisesmaydiffer
from mine, and that’s okay.We just need
¯ There are some more modern texts that
:
to put those on the table sowecan actually
know what weare talking about.
"Our premises on the Bible probably
differ... I don’t know yours, but I win tell
you mine. I read the Bible as a historical
work. I try to read it in the context of the
time it was written and to know which
people were being addressed so that I
have a context to base my reading upon. I
also read other works of the time thathave
notbeenincluded in the Canon, and many
of these I find just as much validity in.
I
University Reports ¯
Condom Usage
BOSTON (July 17) - According to a
survey ofBrownUniversity students,74%
of the women who dropped in at the
campus clinic in 1995 said their sexual
partners used acondom"always or almost
always’~ when having sex. A similar survey
at the school 6 years earlier found that
only41% of the women visiting the clinic
rel~rted such high usage of condoms by
their sexual partners.
rely on as well. In other words, I don’t
¯ think God stopped talking when his book
: went to print. I also know that, it is more
~ than possible that the works included in
¯ the Canon have been misinterpreted
¯" through language interpretors and ver-
¯ sion editors, and there is a high probabil-
." ity that the men who chose which books
¯¯ were likely candidates to include in the
Canon had their own prejudices and could
¯
have excluded some worthwhile works
: and included a lot of repetition.
¯ "This does not mean that I negate the ¯
teachings of the Bible. I just feel that it, in
and of itself, is an incomplete guide for
my spiritual understanding."
¯ The responses I received after simply
: laying my cards on the table about my
: own interpretation of the Bible are what
~ surprised me the most. There were no
¯ more Biblical quotations used to try to ¯
sway me. There was no more using of
i Chrisdan theology tojustify the villifying
¯ of the homosexual lifestyle.What hap-
~ petted is that we settled into a reasoned
: debate. No tempers flared.No hateful
¯ names wereealled. Ibelieve that, although
: I did not think my one voice would make
~ a difference, it did.
¯" And, I believe this is why: "I like being
able to live my life to its fullest, and I ~ expect you to have that very same fight. It
~ is a free country in which we live, and
i freedom of and from religion is one of our
hallmarks of liberty...
"Our ability to disagree on what God
~ thinks of my lifestyle is one of the ~eat
¯ things about this place we call America.
¯" And, I want to keep that ability for both of
us. I don’t want *anyone* to try to tell me
:~ I can’t have my way of life, and I sure
¯ would defend your choice as well.Wonld
you do the same for meT’
i I would like to propose to all ofyou that
: reason really does work. I think it is high
¯ time we appeal to reason in our political
¯" endeavors, not to high emotion. And, I
: thinkitis time we quit assuming weknow
: howtheothersidewillrespond.Thelouder
". weget, themorethe other sideresponds in
¯ kind. There are reasonablepeople onboth
¯ sides of the lesbigay civil fights debate,
i andI,for one, wouldlike to see more ofus
.... " step forward ,an~ take leadership roles.
Pitcher’s Refusal to
Join Game Benefit
Causes Uproar
SAN FRANCISCO (July 30) - The refnsal
ofSanFrancisco Giants pitcherMark
Dewey to join with the baseball team m
support of an AIDS benefit being sponsored
by.the team has outraged political
leaders here and at least oneAIDS activist
has called on the Giants to giveDewey his
walking papers or trade him to another
teal!L
With nearly 35,000 fans attending the
Giants-AtlantaBraves game,Dewey,who
is 3-2 with a4.10 earned-run average with
36 strikeouts in 53 innings, refused tojoin
players from the two teams on field for a
demonstration of support in fighting the
AIDS epidemic.A fundamentalist Christian
who is outspoken in calling homosexuality
a sin. He also turned his red
AIDS ribbon sideways in imitation of the
ancient "fish" symbol of Christianity.
Dewey said he decided to opt out of the
on-field display with teammates because
some of the funds raised for the "Until
There’s a Cure" day event go to promote
safer-sex education and prevention programs,
which he says are contrary to his
religions beliefs. Jon Prevna, who works
withProject Open Handin San Francisco,
later wrote to Giants president Peter
Magowan saying, "I seriously hope you
will consider trading him [Dewey] or giving
him his unconditional release." The
Giants managementhas so far declined to
comment on the incident.
Black & White Charities, Inc. & PFLAG
Lookforward to the pleasure ofyour companyfor
The 1996
Black & White Gala
with keynote speaker
Elizabeth Birch
Executive Director, Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC
and
Presentation of the first annual Swan Awards
Saturday, September 7th
Cocktails & Conversation at seven o’clock, Concourse
Dinner at eight o’clock, International Ballroom
Entertainment by The Follies Revue Singers
$125 each, checks may be sent to POB 14001, Tulsa, 74159
Visa or MasterCard, call 587..7314 or 800.458.4682, or e-mail: blkwhtprty@aol.com
The Downtown Do.ubleTree Hotel, 616 West Seventh
Benefiting the 1996 Black & White Grant Recipient, The HIV Resource Consortium, Inc.
TULSA FAMILY NEWS COMMUNITY CALEND R
SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East llth 583-7815
Community ofHope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2rid, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30 pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston, 583-9780
MONDAYS ¯ TUESDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic ¯ ¯: Free & anonymous testing . HHIVIVR+esSouurpcpeoCrtonGsroorutipum
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: Results hours: 7-9 pm : ¯ lnfo: 742-2927 : Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
Mixed Volleyball for
Fun & Competition
Hclmerich Park, 6:30 pm
71st & Riverside
Info: 587-6557
WEDNESDAYS
Agape’ Christian
Fellowship
Service, 7 pm
Sheridan Center, Suite H
: 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482
¯ Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
¯ Prayer & Bible Study
¯ 7~30pm 2627-B East llth
Call 583-7815 for info.
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Mon. of month
6:30 pro, 4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
: HIV/AIDS Support Group
¯ &
Friends & Family
¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group ¯
7 pro, call for location: "
749-7898
: Alternative Skating
: 8:30 - 11 pro, 241-2282
¯
$4, Sand Springs Skate
." OTHER GROUPS -.
¯ The Technicians, Leather "
: org., Info c/o 621-5597 "
¯ T.U.L.S~4. Tulsa Uniform.
: & Leather Seekers Assoc. ¯
¯ Info: 838-1222 "
. Gay & Lesbian Student "
Association ¯
TJC Southeast Campus, "
Iflfo: 631-7632 ¯
¯
SWAN-Single Women’s ¯
¯ Activity Network
Grief Group
Butler/Stumpff
Funeral Home
2103 E. 3rd St.
Call for time: 587-7000
: Family Of Faith MCC
: Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
¯ Choir Practice 7:30 pm ¯
545 I-E South Mingo.
" Call 622-1441 for info.
¯ Community of Hope
¯ (United Methodist)
Service for Peace, 6:30 pm
: Bible Study, 7 pm
¯ 1703 E. 2rid, 585-1800
: THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
¯ Group For Women ¯
Community of Hope
¯ 1703 E.2nd, Info: 585-1800
¯ Co-Dependency
; Support Group
7:30, Family of Faith MCC
¯ 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
¯ HIVTestingTOHRClinic
¯ Walk in testing: 7- 8:30 pm
¯ Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
¯ TNAAPP Alternatives ¯
¯ Tulsa Native American " Weekly social events for"
AIDS Prevention Project ¯ LGBT men & women, 7 pm
¯
Support group ¯ Info: 646-5503 ¯ for Gay & Bi Native :
¯ American Men, 6 pm Substance Abuse
at ~Community of Hope Support Group "
¯ 1703 E. 2nd " for persons with HIV/AIDS ¯
SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church
Mass, 6 pm
Garden Chapel
3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick
at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat. of each month
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According to The Gayly Oklahoman,
Spencer was born in Ada, and was raised
in Tulsaand in Seminole. He attended the
University. ofOklahoma and builta career
as a country western entertainer, touring
the Southwest and working on the Gay
rodeo circuit.
Friends of Spencer are holding a Celebration
of Life on August 17, at the
Bunkhouse in Oklahoma City, according
to friend and organizer, Mike Busby. The
event will feature Sonja Martinez, Deb
Roberts,BradRiggins and videos ofSpencer
performing. The event will include an
auction of memorabilia to benefit HIV/
AIDS organizations.
The Gayly also noted that Spencer’s
family has requested that donations to
HIV/AIDS organizations be made in lieu
of flowers. Those who wish to honor the
memory of Sid Spencer may do so to the
organization of their choice or may send a
donation care of Spencer’s father, Sid
Spencer, Sr. (RR2, Box 69-G, Seminole,
74868-9614) who will donate those in his
SOn’S naule.
and two grants of $1,000 each to TOHR
Testing Clinic (HOPE) and Catholic
Charities’ St. Joseph’s House.
On-September 28, Follies Revue performers
will recreate this year’s show to
benefit RAIN in Enid, Oklahoma. For
information about booking Follies singers
for corporate or private events, call
437-020L
testing. Initially, events for the program
will be held in Tulsa because of the conterns
individuals may have about attending
a "Gay" event near their homes.
Petersonadded that attendance is not necessary
and that they would like to hear
from individuals in rural eastern Oklahoma
about what it is like in those areas
and how best to get education and services
to the areas. HOPE has set up a
telephone number, 800-282-8165, to allow
individuals to call anonymously. Local
callers may ring 742-2927.
Peterson also announced that HOPE
has .been chosen as one of 75 HIV agencies
in the US to participate in a program,
"Parmers in Prevention", sponsored by
the Center for AIDS Intervention Research,
(CAIR) of the Medical College of
Wisconsin. The program is funded by the
: National Institute of Mental Health andis
¯ intended to bridgeagapbetweenfront]i~"
¯ HIV/AIDS prevention organizations and
: research into HIV prevention.
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coming up. Check out the following:
The NAMES PROJECT wants you to
help by hosting a Feast with Friends on
Sat. Sept. 14. Call 748-3111 for info.
¯ Tulsa Womens Supper Club will meet
". 8/28 at 7 at the Spaghetti Warehouse.
." Info: 584-2978. Thenext AIDS Coalition
¯ meeting is Sept. 10th. Call 585-5551.
: Do not miss Interfaith AIDS Minis-
: tries Old Fashioned Street Carnival on
¯ Sat. 9/21, 10-6 at Southminster Presbyte-
¯ dan, 3500 S. Peoria.
: Rainbow Business Guild is having a
: business fair on 8/30 (see ad, p. 5) and-a:
: lake weekend on 9/21-22, call 665-5174.
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Anddo not miss the Gay Comedy Jam[
written by Pastor Leslie Penrose, the congregation
struggled to make. sure the ad
was "responsible, given that we are a
Christian commlmity of faith and not a
p.o.litical advocacy group" and"adequate"
s~nce members of the congregation are
affected by the hate language. The statement
notes that "as gay and lesbian persons
have struggled in this country - in
this state and city- for the right to live in
dignity without fear of violence or persecution,
to have their committed relationships
respected, and to worship with integrity,
the dialogue has become inereasingly
hurtful and exclusive....we...have
wondered where is the other voice of
Christianity?" The statement affd~,
"...when the church is silent in the face of
injustice...that silence becomes complic-
¯ ity in that injustice."
Penrose told TFN that so far there has
¯ been little response to the ad but that she
: expects that there will likely be letters to
: The Worldin response andpossible to the
¯ new Methodist bishop from more conser_
: vative Methodistcongregations. Commu_
: nity of Hope (Coil) has also organized
¯ serveral companion efforts to this ad.
¯
These include a letter and visiting cami
Paigu to Don Nickles, Tom Coburn and
¯ Steve Largen.t, a speakers bureau to seek ¯
out other church groups that will listen
¯
and Coil is also planning aprayer vigil to-
¯" be conducted when and if the Senate con-
, siders theDOMAbill. Formoreinfo. orto
¯ contribute to this effort, call 585-1800.
Living Sprtng
...a community of friends...
We welcome you to attend!
Services held
Sunday evenings at 7 o’clock
17 Elk Street
(at the Unitarian Church)
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
In "Immortal, Invisible," editorTamsin
Wilton has compiled a lengthy collection
¯ of original essays and interviews analyzi~
ig the history and current state of the
lesbian moving image, including f’rims
and, to a lesser extent, television. From
Marlene Deitrichin"Morocco" in 1930to
1994’s "Woman of the Wolf," this volume
explores the important differences
between "gay films" and "le:s.bik.a~ film,s"
and why lesbian and gay male ,tim mar-
.....~rs will probably never agree on a generic
"queer cinema." "
These are more than just simple movie
reviews. The contributors explore the.s.ocial,
political, historical and, in some mstances,
religious aspects of these films
and the text is not always light reading.
Obvious popular films, such as "Personal
~ Best" and the notorious "The Children’s
Hour" are supplemented ,b,y true~hous,e,
lesbian films, including Desert Hearts
and "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.!’
The seventeen contributors exhibit a
wide variety of qualifications, frofi~film
makers"and producers (Penny Florence
and Susan Ardill) to a postgraduate student
(Louise Allen) whose research is
concerned with "lesbian readings of kd
lang, and the emergence of country and
westernlesbian culture."The authors endlessly
debatewhatconsritutes lesbianform
: and content. Should only films which
’ have lesbian relationships and characters
beindudedin"lesbian cinema," or should
: an"out" lesbian film maker also have her
: film included even though the subject
¯ matter or treatment is not lesbian-spa-
¯ eific?Thereis averyinterestinginterview
¯
with lesbian film maker Greta Schiller,
¯ whoserecent efforts haveindudedawon-
: derful documentary, "Maxine Sullivan:
¯ Love To Be in Love," about the hetero-
~ sexual jazz legend.
: Some wall knownnames are ignored or
¯ marginalized in this volume. Barbara
¯ Hammer, whose short films have raised
: more than one eyebrow as they challenge
". the "heterosexist authority system," ¯ is
mentioned only a couple of rimes and
given one short quote.
¯ There are many unfamiliar but intrign-
~ ing films discussedhere. They are ones to
¯ keep in mind as you are traveling to other
: cities where progressive theaters may be
: taking the opportunity to broa..den~ the h~o-
~ rizons of their communities, veruaps me
¯ ThirdAmmalTulsaGay andLesbianFilm
~ Festival organizers willincorporate some
". of these rifles into their schedule next
¯ snring. "Immortal, Invisible" is one of the
~ few books published that specifi-
: cally discuss lesbiancinema, but there are
¯ also many other books regarding gay/
¯ lesbian topics at your local branch library
: orat the Readers Services department at
: theCentralLibrarydowntown(596-7966).
James Christjohn
ybYeal Gaycomedyis comingback to:Fulsa
on S~pt.’16th& 17th, at thePAC. The Gay
Com~:ly Jam. Freedom Tour features acclaimed
openly Gay comics,, Scott
Kennedy and Kevin Maye, who ve been
seen on HBO’s Comedy Channel and
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Gaylapalooza (last February with two
other comics) played to a full house at th~
PAC’s Williams Theater and benefited
Black&White Charities as does aportion
of this appearance. Tickets are $12 in
advance and $15 day of the show, and are
available by calling 481-0558.
Broken Arrow Community Playhouse
announces that auditions for its Halloween
producrion, two one-act plays, will be
held Sund,a,,,,,y, August 18, at 6pro;, The
pIays¯.are . Sorry, wrong Number , directed
by Todd Murray, & "Black Comedy",
directedby Jenny Jackson. Theoneacts
will be performed October 11 - 20.
"Sorry Wrong Number" requires afemale
character, and 3-4 addirioual actors
who can perform a variety of character
voices. It will be staged as a radio
drama. "Black Comedy" requires 5 men
&3 women. Audj’rious will consist ofcold
readings from the scripts and someimprov.
Audirious willbeheld at the playhouse,
1800 S. Main in the Main Place complex.
For more info, call 258-0077.
see Notes, page 15
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Fusco’s new venture, definite bite from cay-
Flavors, fills out the space in a strip mall M;ebael Fi15co ~ enne pepper, but it was
alsohome to Novel Idea
Bookstore & Mexicali
Border Cafe, near 71st
and Sheridan. The wellknown
Fusco used to
be chef at Bodean’s,
and openedFlavors this
summer as his own
place.
Halfofth~ restaurant
is a section of dinerstyle
booths with white
tablecloth covered
tables. The post-modem
decor features a
black and white checkerboard
floor, a visible
kitchen window, and
popular music playing
over the speakers. The
other half, behind a
wainscotted glass wall,
is aformal dining room
with pale purple walls,
carpeted, formal tables
and place settings, and
more sedate, classical
music playing in the
background. There is
.also anotherformal din-
Hollr$:
IX/Ion. - Fr~., 11 to
Dinner
3/][on. - Sat., 5 to 10:30
dosed Sundays
Cuisine:
New Amerlean
Dress: Dressy
Prices:
Very Expensive
Plastic:
Non-Smoldn$
Section: Yes
Alcohol:
FMI bar and w~ne
mgroom behind French
doors for private par_
ties. The samefood and
menu is available on
either side, and there is
no official difference,
though we noticedmost
gendemen in our section
wereinjackets and Ratln~:
ties, while the diner Side patrons were more ca_ A l;st sually attired.. Even
though our visit was on
a Monday night, both sections of the restaurant
were nearly full.
In addition to the small menu ofregular
items, a blackboard reminiscent of
Bodean’s announces the specials of the
evening. Several selections of fresh fish
are available, plus offerings of beef, veal,
pork,and duck. Entrees include a choice
no.t what we would call
spray. Our salads came FLAVORS on huge plates (larger
~a~a~n the service plate!)
6104 E~st 71st Street wedgceosnsisted of large of iceberg lettuce
with a.scattering
of .thinly sliced purple
omon tings, cherry tomatoes,
anddiagonally
sliced cucumbers,
dressed in a pleasan~--
balsamic vinaigrette&
crumbled S til ton
cheese dressing (Stilton
is the English version
of bleu cheese or
roquefor0.
After the salad
course, we were mortified
to see our waiter
remove our salad knife
from our salad plate
and set it on our bread
and butter plate. One
expects that fora $4.50
salad, the kitchen can
wash an additional
knifet
Our entree was a delicious,
and large servl.
n.g of sauteed, thinly
sliced veal hver ($9.95)
presented with caramelized
onions and~r2~r_
kansas bacon, withpo_
tatoes Lyonnaise. Very
tasty and an excellent
value. Our companion
had a strikingplate that
looked pretty enough
to be a woman’s hat--
a bed of mashed potatoes
surrounded by a
panopoly of grilled
i avepgeertfaeMctelys agnrdilmleud,shthroicokm, sb,ecerfotwenndederwloiittni
¯ ($21.95), sauced with a red wine reducL
: tionhunter sauce, and withahuge sprig of
.. fresh rosemary stuck in like a feather.
; au¯Hgirsadtienssdeirsthwoafscmreomreembruunldeaenwe:hiaclharwgee
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thought rather nondescript. We had a flourless chocolate
cake that was filled with chocolate mousse, served on a
mirror of raspberry puree, and decorated with fresh strawberries,
fresh blueberries, mint leaves, and real, freshly
whipped unsweetened cream. Good, but we couldn’t eat it
all, and.the gateaux was everso slightly overcooked.
Alas, there was no espresso machine on the premises, so
after dinner, we walked across the parking lot to the Novel
Idea cafe to linger over cappuccinos and leer at the cute
clerks selling books. Flavors also features a full bar and the
wine list is interesting, emphasizing less encountered small
California wineries.
The food at Flavors, as one might expect from a Michael
Fusco venture, is excellent, though it tends toward tile
expensive (a veal chop with polenta was $28.95--but it
looked divine!). Fusco is one of those chefs who has mastered~
the art of doing new & creative things with food in
combinations which work, rather than shock. One can expect
a pleasant & memorable dining experience from this
exciting, new establishment. Just be sure to make reservations
on the weekends.
For film buffs who happen to be computer literate, I just
received notice,of anew website, called "Popcorn Q", billed
as the ultimate onlinehomefor the queermovingimage. The
address is http://www.popeornq.com..According to my
sources, it offers thousands of film & video descriptions
(need help figuring out whatmovie to rent tonight?), sources
for acquiring these films/videos, of course, graphics and
photos, a directory of G/L film rests, a "Homo Home Film
Fest", books to watch out for, Queer top tens, and lots o’
links. The programmer/author ofthe site is Jenni Olson, who
also wrote the "Ultimate Guide toLesbian & Gay Film &
Video", published in June. Not only an author, programmer,
and Queer film archivist, she also produces for film and
television. Hey Jenni ! Need a cheap actor/columnist-writer/
professional college student?
Last but not least: if you saw the Academy Awards, you
may have seen STOMP, an extraordinary dancing peicussion
performance. They have come to Tulsa several times
and make a point to see them if you have not done so. They
will be at the PAC, Sept. 6-8 and tickets can be had from the
PAC at 596-7111 or Carson Attractions at 584-2000.
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Murderer of Gay Man Gets
Second Degree Sentence
PONTIAC, Michigan (AP)- A TV talks show guest.
avoided a mandatory life prison.term for murdering a
gay admirer by convincing jurors that ’.’ambush televii"’
SayNoto Hate’
!iYes to Jobs Protections The members of Tulsa’ s Say No .,~ I-Fate Coalition have approved
¯ a statement on workplace discrimination ,that explicitly endorses
¯ fairness for all, including Gay & Lesbian citizens. The statement
: reads: "... Say.No to Hate Coalition condemns workplace discrimi-
:" nationin allits forms. Fundamental fairness dictates that all individu,
i
als,irrespectiveofrace, color,nationalorigin, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, [emphasis added] age or disability, be afforded equal
: opportunity in allof ,An~_,e,dca’s workpl,a~es.
: Itisnotaboutso-called specialrights forcertaingroups.Itisabout
evaluating each individual on his/her merit rather than making, group
¯ judgements based on ignorance and fear.
-" " Disedminationin the workplace diminishes us all. It should never
: happen, but it does. Laws are necessary to protectall ofus from such
¯ hateful and hurtful behavior, and to provide recourse in the event
i discrimination does infact occur."
¯ The Coalition is made up of the following organizations: the
: American Red Cross, Tulsa Area chapter, the Coalition of Hispanic
Organizations (COHO), theHumanRights Dept. ofthe City ofTulsa,
Intercultural Service Center, Islamic Society, Jewish Federation,
Metropolitan Urban League, NAACP, The National Conference,
Tulsa Region, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Tulsa Oklahornans for
HumanRights (TOHR),Tulsa Police Dept. andTulsa PublieSchoolS,
The Coalition was established in 1988 and works to protect theright,
safety and fundamental freedoms see Hate, page 10
sion" was partly to blame. . -. - ~: HIVRCThreatens Lawsuit Jonathan Schmitz of second-degree murderin the 1995 ~ Attorney Kenneth Crnmp, representing the HIV Resource Consorshotgun
slaying of Scott Amedure, whoh,a~ revealed a ¯
crush on Schmitz during a taping of _the Jenny Jones -"
Show?’ Defense lawyers argued that Schrnitz, who had -"
ahistory of emotional problems, was ambush,e,~, on the :
show and pushed over the edge., JurOrs agreed. Weall -.
felt he hada def’mite mental problem ... and the show ¯ i
exacerbated that," juror Dale Carlington Said..r .
Schmitz admitted shooting Am&ttire three days after :
the two attended a taping of the show in Chicago on ¯
March 6, 1995. Defense attorneys say Schmitz,ahet,, ."
erosexual; was humiliated to. learn ids secret admirer
was a man.The humiliation, combine~[ wfthSchmitz’.
history of menta! illness, alcoholism .and a thyroid
condition rend~r~tilln incapable offorming the intent
to kill, they contended.
Dr. Michael Abramsky testified that Schmitz probably
did not intend to hurt anyonebuthimselfon the day
he shotAmedure. Abramsky, whohad examinedSchmitz
about a month after the shooting, said Schmitz’s mind
was "bombarded" by thoughts that included killing
himself and feelings of anger seeMurder, page11 :
Election News Analysis
Political analysis & commentary by Tom Neal, editor :
Based on Associated Press reports and TFN coverage. :
Therecent elections appear to maintain thestatus quo :
for Lesbian and Gay citizens. In Tulsa, State Sen. Penny :
Williams (D) won over openly anti-Gay candidate .
Brian Lehman (R) despite overfly anti-Gay campaign :
ploys. Williams’ campaign also enjoyed supportfrom a ¯
number of Lesbian and Gay activists because of her ¯
history offairness. Hercampaign did, however, tell The .
Tulsa Worm that she had never supported same-gender
marriage despite avote against an anti-marriage bill last
legislative session.
Pat Woodrum, former director of Tulsa City/County
Library System and another candidate with ahistory of "
fairness to Gay citizens, lost her race for State Senate. ¯
Her opponent, James Williamson, also attempted to stir !
up anti-G,ay sentiment but some observers think :.
Woodrum s loss more likely a reflection of running as :
a Democrat in a traditionally Republican district. ¯
In the OK House, incumbent Republican Flint "
Breckemidge who represented a midtown district with "
a significant number of Lesbian and Gay voters was ."
defeated by Mary Easley, Democrat. This might bode ¯
well for Gay citizens since Breckenddge ran a Gaybaiting
campaign against former Rep. Bruce Niemi~ "
However, Breckemidge toldTFN ofdosefamily ties to ¯
members of the Gay commtmity. Easley, when ques- :
doned about her positions on- fairness for Lesbian and
Gay citizens, claimed she just hadn’t thought about °
these things: However, her campaign literature touted ¯
her as upholding/the "conservative, family-centered, :
see Politics, page 14 "
tium, has informedTFN that the HIVRC is ’q~esitant to communicate
directly" with TFN despite earlier demands byboard pres. Nancy
McDonald for a meeting. Crump forwarded a letter from McDonald,
asking that the letter be print,e~!,.,. adding, "ifthis is done, no further
[legal] action will be taken ~..’ TFN publisher Tom Neal noted that
TFN repeatedly agreed to McDonald’ s meedng demand (and agreed
to a date which McDonald later canceled) and that TFN was happy
to publish the letter (p.2). ¯
In a separate letter, Crump noted that aTFNreporter was questioning
the United Way (which helps fund the HIVRC) about possible
ramifications of client complaints and possible open records violations.
Crump demanded thatTFNcease suchactivity. Neal responded
that "it iS~an.unfortunate-attempt to intimidate TFN from making
legitimate press inquiries?’ Dr. Jerry Nida, Commissioner of-the
Oklahoma State Dept. of Health stated the HIVRC should comply
: with the open records statutes- withholding only strictly ,,c,o,nfidential
¯" information. Andpres.,MeDonaldacknowledged to TFN s attorney
.’- that theHIVRCWas obliged to provide the re~ords. To date, however,
~ no records_have been provided.
¯ ACLU-OK To Present Dr. Joycelyn
~ Elders & Honor Nancy & Joe McDonald
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has chosen Nancy
and Dr. Joe McDonald as their Human Rights Project award winners
alongwith longtime OKC Gay civil rights activist Bill Rogers. This
awardwill bepresentedin theGoldCrownRoomofthe Clarion Hotel,
4345No. Lincoln, at 7pm. TheACLUwill also honorPare Fleisehaker
of OKC~s Oklahoma Gazette for her work writing in defense of First
Amendment rights, choice issues and Gay &Lesbian Citizens, as well
as Michael Salem andJoel Carter, the attorneys who lead the effort to
get the City of Edmond to drop seeACLU, page 10
¯ MCC-GT Passes Financial Review
: MCC-Gxeater Tulsa has provided TFN with a copy of a letter from
¯ South Central District treasurer of the Metropolitan Community
Church (MCC). Thomas Merrill has given MCC-Greater Tulsa a
positive review of its finanCial situation with only light admonishments
about betteL.r..~eco~d~ing. Financial discrepancies that had
-concerned membe~’~hd:~kediwithTFN (v2, #12, 11-12/95) have
been resolved and ~6church has beendeared of any serious charges.
Merrill noted thati:there was no evidence ofany misappropi’iation of
funds, and bailk deposits were in order as were disbursements. He
suggested that the appearance ofmissing funds resultedfromafailure
to balance the bookkeeping records with the financial reports. He
praised e.mrent treasurer, Norman Henley. for discovering that a loan
paymen~ of $1,500 and tithe payments of $2,500 simply had not been
reported in finanCial statements. This accounted for most of the
"missing" fnn,ds. Merrill particularly remarked on deposit records for
as little as $1 which had been dropped from an offering, saying this,
was "a testament to the honesty and integrity of your leadership...
Merrill added that the church has done an excellentjob of heeding
the recommendations of aworkshop that the district provided to the
church last March. MCC-GT continues its pastoral search to replace
the Rev. Alice Jones who ledthechurch successfully for many years.
C’ENTER
!EVENTS Dana Tiger Benef,t for
¯ HOPE, RBG Meeting,
¯ Colm mu .n.ity-wide
!Potluck, V deo. Night,
i BLGTA Formal Dance,
: Primetimers & Morel
Award winning artist,
Dana Tiger, will hold
an exhibit of her work
at the Pride Center on
Sunday, Dec. 8 from
1-7 pm. Tiger who.
hails from a family of
artists will donate a
percentage from sales
to benefit HOPE, HIV
Outreach, Prevention
& Education whose offices are in the Pride
Center. Tiger is a member of the Muscogee
Nation and is of Creek]Seminole and Cherokee
descent. Her best known work honors the
strength and determination Of Native Americanw,~
men. InTulsa, BrooksideJewelryshows
Dana S Work and helped to bring this noted
artist to the Center. Tiger was to have been
joined by her sister, Lisa Tiger, who is known
for her work as-an HIV educator. Lisa Tiger
will not be able to attend but will have a video
as well as a book of essays to which she’.s
contributed available.
RainbowBusiness Guild (RBG) will have a
pizza party at theCenter for its Nov. meeting.
It will be a week earlier than usual due to
Thanksgiving - on-Nov. I9th at 7pro. All are
welcome. Dinner dues will be $S/person.
Dec. 7th, TOHR/The Pride Center will host
with HOPE, RBG, TU’s BLTGA and other
see Center, page 10
¯ World AIDS Day March
: Red Ribbon Treefest +
¯" Walk + DayWithoutArt
¯ This year’s World AIDS Day Memorial
: March and Service will be on Sunday, Dec.
¯ 1st. The marchers, organized by Interfaith
¯ AIDS Ministries,will gatheratBartlettSquare
¯ in downtown Tulsa (Sth & Main) at 5pro. The
¯ March will begin at 5:30 andwill end atTrinity
¯ Episcopal, 501 So. Cincinnati for Evensong
¯ service at 6pro. Marchers are urged to bring
¯" bells to ring during the March and will be
¯ provided candles and matches..Organizations
¯¯ are invited to bring their banners. A reception
will follow after the service. For info: 438-
¯ 2437 or 800-284-2437.
¯ see World, page 11
¯ COMING SOON!
:Our House Auction ¯
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Just a note of encouragementbn your articleon the HIVRC.
The concerns that have been brought up form the PLWA’s are
true and correct. Please use my name as a former landlord that
received funds from the HOPWA grant, as validation of these
clients’ concerns.
Many people know that I used my properties to house several
clients from the RC, so I do hold a lot of Credibility there. The
allegations ofmismanagement, poor perf0rmance and claims of
bias retaliation against clients are facts, These reasons played a
very large role in the decision David and I made to sell our
properties. TheRC burned a very important bridge in that arena.
We had 12 properties, 6 of which at the time Of the sdl were
housed by PLWA’s on the HOPWA program, and we would
probably most definitely still be in that arena had the RC been
more cooperative to us and more compassionate towards the
clients they represent....
You are to be commended for your article, and I support you
100%!!!! - Russell Langley-Stumpff, Tulsa
¯ October 28 1996
¯¯ In respouse to the article appearmg in theTulsa Family News,
Oct. 15, v. 3, no. 11, tiffed "PLWA’s Indict HIVRC, Care
: Organization May Bein Violation ofOK Statutes", the Board of
¯" Directors ofthe I-I!V Resource C0nsorfittm are deeplyconcerned
¯ and.distressed at the accusation.
: We are a Not for Profit Organization chartered by the-Olda-
: homaCorporationCommission. Weadhere to the articulation of
¯ the mission of our organization. We receive funding from the
¯ United :Way, the Federal Government which dispenses funds
: through the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the State
: Housing Authorityand private donations. Because we are. a
¯ recipient of federal monies through the competitive grant pro-
: cess, weare bound by the guidelines as articulated by each grant.
¯ Wemustreport to the granting sources on a regular basis. Weare
." subject to scheduled and non-scheduled on site inspection and
¯ audit ofour records to determine our adherence to all federal and ¯
state guidelines, see McDonald, page 8
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: I have been reading your paper since it
: first started. You have done a very good
: job presenting the news and expanding
¯ coverage. ITm glad to see your progress.
: After reading your last editorial per-
: taining to the HIV Resource Consortium
: (HIVRC), I wanted to letyonknow that
¯ you are doing a big service for PWA’s
: who have no where else to turn.
¯ Since Ihavehadalittle experience with
: both PWA’s and a Consortiumin’Kan.~as
:-City, MO, I feel’ this is important. For
: .theHIVRCtofunctionitneeds twothings:
:: clients andmoney. If they .don’t’have
¯ enough ofeither; they are out ofbusiness.
: Maybe the HIVRC needs to be dissolved
: and another organization set up that will
¯ not be "afraid" to let the public read the
: minutes. Also, maybe too much money is
being spent l~mning the HIVRC. If the
ConSortium has nothing to hide they
should be glad there is someone like you
who is interested enough to help the
PWA’s.
Keep up the good work. This organization
should be held accountable.
- Cheryl Lenhart, Tulsa
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Thanks for Printing the Truth
Thank you for printing the truth as you
heard it or observed it. I am speaking
about the HIVRC an the various complaints
leveled against them. I. am also
sorry to say that I will not reveal my name
and it is not because I am irresponsible in
what I say, but I recognize very clearly
who is in control of the AIDS Service an
thus, funding in Tulsa. I am concerned¯
about repercussions.
I would encourage you not to stop your
investigation. I think that the clients that
have the more need are often the ones at
the Resource Center that no one wants to
handle. As you know, clients are not always
physically attractive with good hygiene
and wonderful personalities, some
are drug abusers, some are dirty, some do
not have any social skills, and some live
on the street and some have serious mental
health problems. However, they are
still deserving ofhelp. Ifthe mental health
centers stopped seeing the mentally ill
because hey did notmake sense then what
would be the purpose of heir existence?
Therefore, the Resource Center needs to
be sensitive toe people who are really
downandoutandnot always easy to help.
The must stop intimidating their clients.
I was extremely bothered by the secretive
nature Of their finances. Anyone
knows who works in non-profit agencies
’that all Of those records should be readily
available to people.-There should be no
-reason to hide that information - unless,
they are hiding it because their_ costs are
extremely high and the hours of service,
units of ~ervice, or numbers Of clients are
solow that most people would question
Why.they have-arOund halfa million dollar
budget- and still are saying they d0n’t
:. have .enough money. They ha*e much
: more than most otherAIDS service orga-
: nizations and they control, pretty much,
¯ all oftheUnitedWayfunds,TCAPfunds,
¯ and state funds. Perhaps Saint McDonald
: lias something to do with that since she
¯ " als0 serves on the board of the Commu-
: nity Service Council, which is an arm of
the United Way. see HIVRC, page 13
5
by Tom Neal, publisher/editor :
A handful of people arerather upset :right now. Last -
month this newspaper published an-article relating the
complaints of some people living with AIDS (PLWA? s) "
against the I-IIV Resource Consortium (I-IIVRC) and ¯
added complaints of this newspaper about the agency’ s ¯
lack of cooperation, The article highlighted the concerns ¯
of some HIVRC clients,, the response the HIVRC’d]rec- H I V i: R: C . :
torand also noted that the Board of " " ::
agency appeared to bein viola-. ~o. ¯
don of a~ Oklahoma state law. l.)~reetors " . .: :
The latter is the requirement President:
that an agency supportedsub- Nane
stantially with public monies
abide by open meetingsand .~.teL)onam,~
open records statutes. Accord- Viee-presl"dents:
ing to TFN, attor.ney and. also t~_~"re-~ ~~aunaIer"s " mylayman sreadingofthelaw, o. r~ ¯ .
theagencyshouldprovidemin- 0~, L,,an -
utes of its meetings when re- Phnhet, MD
quested. To date, the HIVRC
has been asked for meeting
minutes repeatedly since the
latter part of July and has yet to
provide them now more than
three months later.
Wehave reproduced several
letters from the president ofthe
organization, her close friends
and associates, and the
HIVRC’ s attorney. Readers can
seefor themselves several strategies
for both excusing the
agency~ s failure to comply with
the law and for attempting to
shift "blame from the agency,
its staff and its boardof directors,
to this newspaper.
Most of it is just pure silliness
and irresponsibility. The
law appears to compel the
HIVRC to provide its minutes
SecretarT:
.Tommy Chesbro
Rib Helmerleb
Caroline Abbott
Geo r e Bdlke
Michael Esliek
Jeffry Johnson
Erie Ramlrez
Gene Reid
Steve Reynolds
Charles Se~.er
Suzy Stard~eld
MaybelleWallaee
Jack Welsh
Ned Zink
when requested. The law does not specify that the entity
requesting the minutes must speak to any specific person
in the agency’ s hierarchy: Internal communications are
usually the responsibility of the agency.
The following is what this newspaper did in requesting
minutes: Sharon Thoele is the primary legal representative
of the agency in conducting it~ day to day business.
Thoele signs checks, and TFN understands, hires and
fires staff, etc. For the purposes of state open records
requests, Thoele is clearly an appropriate legal representative
for the organization.
Thoele received several requests from TFN for copies
of the minutes. These requests weremade first directly to
Sharon’s administrative assistance, Susie Stanford, beginning
in late July/early August. The first request was
ignored for several weeks. The second request was answered
with a message (given by Stanford) that Thoele
said that TFN could not have the minutes, and that we.
should talk with Charles Seeger who was described as
their attorney. During that conversation, TFN requested
a list of the board of directors from Stanford which was
taxed to TFN. This is so far the only document delivered
as requested.
¯ Editors note: this letter was.sent to the H1VRC With
copies specifically designated to Sharon Thoele & TFN.
This is the first ofmany letters thatwehope will let you
know how we the clients are feeling; In hopes that things
get better at the Consortium for all involved...
There are anumberofus that see but donot say, and yet
there are those of us who do and get SH1T. We don’tneed
the stress ofhaviffg to run all over town to try and find the
help you are responsible for giving...You put yourself in
the position of wanting to help, so stop the fighting and
start the helping... I was broughtup that "ifyou do it right
thefirsttimeyoudon’ thaye to doit over... Oncein a while
we can understand but each and every month...If you
don’t want to help the[n] don’t hinder us!!!
, Youallneedto gettheacttogether see PWA, page !2
TFN talked witti attomey(andi~ehi~iSlSens, board mem- : McDonald-of an important request. It also seems less
bet) Charle~ Seege,r and requested copies Of the mi.’nutes. ¯ likely that attorney a~d board member Seeger would fail
Seeger saidhe di.dn.t think that there was anything to hide " to do so. And another board member said hedid raise the
in the minutes but thatsince they were a private non- " issue at a board meeting that took place prior to the
profit~ he di-d not feel that they wer9 compelled toprovid~ ¯ publication of our last issue.
them and thereforg, the ,HIVRC would not ,make the ¯ Regardless; the point is that now the agency has the
minutes available.- - : opportunitytoprovethatitdoesindeedhaveonlythebest
TFN informed Seeg~.that we_understood fr,om our : interests .of its .clients at. hea~.,It .el.aims ~at it.has had
attorney that the ag¢ne-y ~as subject fo Oklah0mii s o~en~ " g0odandltS and~eviews. That being thecase~theHWRC
recordsstatutesandevengavehim’the~s~.~tute~citati~ns,: .:. shouldha~;e.’nd pr0bidm:~ng’t~0g~’andits flnancial
Seeger failed to return at least two sub~equen! callsTr0m :" statements a.vailablefor public_ review along with all
TFN andfailed to respond to aletterfromTFN sattomey. ; other records that donotinvolve Strict client or employee
-: " Board president Nancy McDonald claims that.she Was ¯ confidentiality issues.
¯ completely unaware of these ~eq~u..e,sts. She also is at- ¯ Itcanprovethatitisreallythemodelvogramitdaims
temptingt0 excuse the agency Lg failure to comply with " to be by actively responding to the complaints of those
¯. the law by contending that 0nly a request made to her " clients bra~e enough to confront the agency..It Can begin
~ directly is valid, This is pa~t of.the attempt Of the agency ¯ to address its internal communications Issues which
to shift blame for its failures to this newspaper. ¯ .include allegations of breaches of client confidentiality.
¯ However, Seegernever saidtoTFNthatarequestmfst " ~ For example, I am aware ofone suCh]ncidentbecause
" be made tOboard president McDonald. TFN also called I br6tight it to Thoele’ sattention’ directly. I could have
¯ board member Tommy Chesbro and asked if he could written abom it but I chose to let them try to fix the
: help get the’ minutes: Chesbro was sympathetic, but "- problem instead. Hopefully, it is fixed, but the employee
¯
referred questions back to executive dir.ector Tlioele. " who was accused still works for the agency. Others
Our contention is that a request made to the executive " involvedin HIV care in Tulsa say that there are ongoing
; director, the primary day-to-day legal representative for problems of this sort. ¯
the HIVRC is more than adequate notice to.the agency. Other issues include allegations by other HIV service
¯ This newspaper went above and beyond duty to speak : providers that instead of working as a model of organizaalso
with board members Seeger and board secretary " donal cooperation, the HIVRC has become the bully in
¯ Chesbro. the service provider arena- better at sucking up HIV care
~ Again, it is not the responsibility of this newspaper to dollars and better at adding staff than at actually provid-
: fix the internal communications failures of the HIVRC- " ing care. Other agencies tell tales that imply that person-
" ifindeedthatistheproblem.Itwouldseemthatexecutive alities and political connections play more of a role in
¯ director, Sharon Thode, who’ s paid slightly more than how agencies interact and how dollars are awarded than
" $30,000 annually, should be capable of getting amessage " do the real needs of the clients.
¯ toherboardandpresidentaboutafaidyimportantmatter. And isn’t that who we all should really care about?
. Interestingly, several former HIVRC board members " Why is it that so little of the discussion seems to be
¯ told TFN since the HIVRC story was published that ¯ concerned with the clients? That’s where Tulsa Family
¯
during their tenure, the HIVRC had the following proce- " News beganmore than eightmonths ago- by listening to
¯ dures’. earlier boards had been told by.an attorney that " those to who claim the HIVRC mistreated them. Most of
¯ they werenot subject to the Oklahoma Open meedngs and " them say they tried to work with the agency and were not
: records acts, but nevertheless those boards had set a : only rebuffed, but some were treated’in ways that added
¯
policy of operating as though they were. For example, the " to their stress and may have worsened their health.
¯ organization posts its meeting times publicly in advance
¯ in accordance with the law. The question then becomes
¯ this: if the HIVRC’s standard, operating p01icy was to
¯ honor the law (even if they contend they weren’t subject
¯ to it), why did they not honor the open records act when
¯ .TFN asked for minutes?
¯" What we have argued is that if the agency has nothing
¯ to hide, then sharing the minutes shOuld never have been
~ a problem. For comparison, TFN talked with several
¯ executive directors Of other non-profits, some HIV re-
: lated and others not. Each of these Said that if .they were
¯ asked for minutes, they would provide.them promptly.
¯ One person in another city, who formerly ran an agency ¯
that is dosdy comparable to the HIVRC in mission and
: structure, said he would simply have photocopied the
¯ minutes and turned them over.
¯ Some observers of this situation have suggested that ¯
they find it tmlikely that McDonald was unaware of the
request but likely directed Tiioele and Seeger to "stonewall"
the request. This newspaper has no proof of such
contentious. However, given the seemingly dose working
relationship betweenMeDonald and ~noele, whom
McDonaldrecently helped to honorwith aSWANaward~
it seems rather surprising thatThoele wouldfail to inform
How can I convey my. disappointment in your article
questioning the HIV Resource Center [sic]? Professional
journalism covers both sides ofcontroversialissues. Why
were HIVRC client & staff responses not reported?Why
did not younot share with your readers any results ofyour
3.5 hour interview with director Sharon Thoele?
[editor’s note: the PLWA’s who spoke with us are
HIVRC clients, and last we checked, Sharon Thoele was
still on the HIVRC staff. TFN reported that part of
Thoele’s comments that were relevant to the original
complaints by PLWA’s.]
Was your article questioning one program, three programs
or the agency overall? The issues and considerations
behind all AIDS and non-AIDS social services are
ind.,e~l complex.. , .
One sources related what I hope isjust a rumor with no
merit. After TFN’ s interview with Thoele, she’ s alleged
to have expressed anger that I did not reveal who my
sources were. Let’ s hope that herintentwas good and that
that information would have been used to fix the problems.
However, the fear by some clients of retaliation
surely doesn’ t stem iust from paranoia.
The point of all this is not to besmirch the reputations
of the staff or the board of the HIVRC. I hope all involved
have only the best intentions and have done the best they
can with limited resources. And there is no doubt that
there are not adequate funds for the need..However, point
of public oversight is that the best possible management
and ~tre should be prox;ided within the res.trictions of
those limited resources. The questions are: is management
up to the task; is it possible that the agency has
.grown beyond the skills of those leading it; is itmaximizmg
the benefit to its clients; is the board willing to follow
both the spirit and~the letter of the law?
The answer to all these may well be yes. But those of
us whose tax dollars or United Way contributions substantially
fund this agency have the right to. expect the
HIVRC’ s full cooperation and disclostire.
It hash’ t happened Yetbut hopefully it will soon.
Concerning your lead story tiffed"PLWA’s Indict HIV
RC... once again I find an outright assault in print against
an organization that has served as a model nationwide in
the administration of HIV/AIDS care and resources.
While it is easy to understand that every agency cannot
please each client 100% of the time.I am concerned that
each client is treated with dignity and respect. In my
professional dealings with theHIV Resource Consortium
I have found a group of compassionate and caring individuals,
staff and volunteers dedicated to delivering service
efficiently and effectivdy for very little or no pay.
[editor’s note: director Thoele ispaidover $30k which
is more than many ordinary people make.]
While you stated in your artidethat you conducted a 3
see Phillips, page 8 " 1/2 hour interview see Gillean,page 11
St. Rights Group Forms-
BURLEY, Idaho (AP) - If gay rights come under fire
in the 1997 Idaho Legislature, Schuyler Enochs will
be there to stop it. Enochs, of!Caldwell, was jolted
into working for gay and lesbian rights after watching
his gay son Karl die of AIDS in 1994. Now he is cochairman
of Idaho for Basic Rights, which is forming
to block possible anti-gay rights legislatiofi from the
Heyburn-based Idaho Citizens Alliance.
The Idaho Citizens Alliance plans to file two bills
by the end of. November~ executive director Kelly
Johatmsen said. One would prohibit public schOols
from promoting the
ers couldnot counsd gay students, offer Some kinds
of diversity training or take classes on dealing with.
sexual Orientation. The other measure would prohibff
the use of tax dollars to promote the homosexuallifestyle.-
That means .students at¯ publicly funded
colleges ~ould not prod.uce plays favorable to gays
and lesbians, and libraries could not p~urehase mat.e.--
rials about gays and lesbians
"In our school we don’ t promote dr~gsJwe don~;.t
promote alcohoLase-..~?~It~s detrime~a.t~l~ .~o-th~ir
health;"qohannsen said?!Statistieally~ iT:theyengage ~
in the homosexual lifestyl~ they~ 11 die lOto. 15 years
younger than they would if they.were a smoker."
Enochs scoffed at the ideathat schools canpromote.
sexuality. "You can’. t teach it: You’re born thatway~’!.
he said.:"What’ s wrong with counseling people.that
are homosexual?. Their suicide rote is very high. They
need help. They need counseling. They need to understand
it isn’t.unnatural. It’~s natural, for them.’r
Enochs saidignorance is his group’ s biggest obstacle. -
"People just don’t understand that a certain percentage
ofyour population is gay or lesbian and they have
: turned custody of two young boys to their homo-
. sexual father on Tuesday, ruling there was no evi-
¯" deuce he exposed them to "improper influences" by
." living with a male lover. The NC Cohrt of Appeals
’ overturned a lower court _,..~.’~gthat had transferred
: the boys from Frederick S’~th to his former wife.
¯ Smith woncustody of the boys, ages 8 and 11, after
: heandhis wife divorced in Califomia in 1991. Under
¯ the lower court decision, however, they.have been
" living with their mother, Carol Ptiiliam, in Kansas._
: Pulliam’s attorney, Phillip Jackson~ said .the ruling
: wouldbe appealed to the state Supr.eme Court. Hedid
: noLknow if.the.children would, be retiimed from
¯ ~sas i~nme~liatelyl Smi~ alidhis sbns lived with
: his grandmother in H~nderson Cty. from i991-94.
¯ But in 1994, the grandmother moved Out and his
¯ Iover, Ti~Tipton, moved, i,n. Pulliam said the change
: in Smith s living, arrangements justified giving her
: exclusi,~e ,custody bflthe children,~
: A’ Henderson Cty, ~ .c6,Ui-t agT-eed,, finding ihat’,the.
:_ chil~en,were ~Xposed to ~’~t and imprbper ififlu-
¯ ences~’ that could’.xlamAge: them dmotionally and-
:. social!y~ ,.~a,t finding-was.’b~.d~0n nothi!zg more.
¯ ~ titan 0~ifii’0ii,.A~s~c~ Jfi~gd. Edward Greend
:" wrote for a~’-ji~dke~p~i’i~i
: this c~s~e, thee is no evidehee that-the’c.onduct huh or
: likdy WlUha~;e a ddeteri0us effec(0fi ~echild~n,"
¯ i Greene ~vrote2 Smith~.who coachedhis sons’ tee-ball
"~ andbaseball teams,,said h,~ hadhopedhis ease Would
i not get mUch attehtion.- Mo~t.p~op.!e’drn’ ~ r~lize
I’mgay,"hd sai~l.. "Emworried.. ~61 die,,reperdussiohs
for ~e kids.at school and me a.t work.. -
i CO school DebatesGay
¯ NewspapersStories
no choice, no choice at all," he~ said. Johannsen said :
her group already has lawmakers ready to support the : COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly three:
1997 legislation. . : dozen gay rightsadvocates spoke out at a school
boardmeeting Wednesday night in support of a high
L,. i " i.date : school newspaper story about teen-age homosexual- euls,a.lv....-.n.. : ity: The:~article~ tided "Finding True Love," was
Calls for-Killing Gays: writtenby Mary Margaret NusSbaum, editor-in-’chief
of Palmer High Sel~ool’ S monthly newspaper The
PUYALLUP, Wash, (AP) =,A legislative candidate Le~;er. The O~t. 24 article describes the problems
who outraged many PuyallupHigh School students.
with his inflammatory remarks about gays and integration
may end up being a good lesson in the basics
of democracy and free speech.
Mark.Downey, a, PgpuliSt. Party candidate for.the
25th District ofstate House, Position 1:-, was invitedto
speak at the school-sponsored, forum but startled
students with his intolerant message. He used quotes
from the Bible to say homosexuals Shouldbe killed,
and he called multi-cul.tural integration a cancer.
"He Said something to the effect that Communists,
homosexualsand nonwhites should not be allowed to
hold public office," said Matthew Oren,,18. "It was a
shoeking thing." Downey contends he ~as contributing
to. the marketplace of ideas, Ben.Allison, 17; sM,d
that- as a blackp+rson he was offended by Downey s
remarks, but he wash’, t sure that Downey should ha~e
been banned fromthe forum, "I think he hadaright to
come because if he hadn’.t come, no one wouldknow
his views;" Allison said./’I was close to hitting him,
though."
Downey’.s fellow¯ candidates~ Democrat Luanne
Green and Republican JoyceMcDon~d, also were
surprised.by hi~ comments. Gre~n’sai;d ~he"thofight"
MeDonald might,grab,the microphone~away, from
Downey."’I said; ’Let it go. The-kids needto under~
stand that these people are out there,’ " Green said.
Vice Principal Barbara Pope agreed. "I really believe
that he should have been~there," Pope said. "To me,
the issue is what are we exposingour kids to. I think
we expose and then we talk before and afterwards
with them."
Oren, who was a student panelist for the debate,
described a sttmned silence in the auditorium for the
first 10 seconds ofDowney’ s closing statement. That
silence quickly turned to screaming and booing that
nearly drowned out the-candidate’s remarks. Students
and teachers talked about the free speech issues
in classes following the forum.
Gay Dad Can Keep Kids
RAT.F.TGH, N.C. (AP) - A state appeals court re-
: teens face in coming to terms with their homosexual-
¯ ity. An accompanying commentary by another stu-
: dent supported same=sex marriages.
¯ The articles brought a protest from ¯Will Perkins, chairman of ColrradO’frr Family Values, the ~roup
¯ thatatith0redCol0rhflo’s~anti-gayfightsAmeiidmcnt
~ 2/Which was struck d0wnin May bythe’U.S. ,Supreme
Court. Perkins did not attend the meeting. The
¯ controversy over.the a~ti~les led.District 11 school
board t6 add a discussion of its student publication
policy tO its tegular meeting Wednesday.
: About 35 people ~p0ke about the articles, with all
~ but one praising thenewspaper. Gerda Fletcher, .the
¯ mother of a gay son; snide"Freedom of speech must
never, ever "be suppressed." Sixteen-year-old Brad
: Balof saidhehopes the articles ~vill make otlierS.more
¯ accepting .of gay-teens. "I’might n6t’have as hard
~ time growmg up as I thoughtI wotlld," he said.
¯ Superintendent Kenneth Buruley i said the- district ¯
needs a deare~r,.publicafions policy that does not
: violate:the state S smdelit-.free-.pressd’aW~ one_of the
¯ most liberal in. the nadon. He said the district is "~ cons’ulfing an att_0me~y. :tb:mak~ ~,~ure’ any at,tqmptg to
;. defixie,:,~ ~611ey d~n’i g0.t06, ~:st~iel,aW S_a.YS ~it
. a student-Wtitteii firtidemugt-nb~t beobs~ie:~ libelous,
likely to caus~ a dis.t.drbatice]ffthe s6hool dayoi
: lack educationalmerit.
¯ Newspaperadviser Vince Puzick saidNussbaum’ ,S,
: article met those Criteria."’I encouraged her to do it,’
: he said ofNussbaum. ’T d do the same article again?’
Nussbaum also defended the article before the board.
¯ She SaidThe Lever tries to avoid filling a stereotypi:
: cal niche" by publishing stories on controversial
¯ topics such as gtmcontrol. School officials didnot set
: a date for deciding the student publications policy
: issue.
i CA Bar Urges Benefits ¯ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The State Baris urging ¯
Califomialaw firms to offer health benefits to same-
: sex couples and take other steps against discrimina-
¯ tionbasedonsexualorientation. ’Thisisthefirststate
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bar association that’s taken a step like this," Los
Angeles attorney Wayne Braveman, chairman of the
bar’ s Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination,
said Wednesday.
A state law that took 9~f,~..in 1993 prohibited
employmentdiscriminatioi] agaiJ~sthomosexuals. The
bar adopted a rule in March 1994 that subjected
lawyers and firms to potential disciplinary action for
discriminating on the base of mce,-sex, sexual orientation
or several other categories in hiring employees
or selecting clients.
On another front, the state Judicial Council has
begun a study of treatment of gays and lesbians in the
court system, as lawyers, diehts, witnesses, employees
and jurors. Previous studies have focused on
women and racial minorities.
But the bar’ s Board of Governors decided in August
that further step,s were needed after getting a
reportfromBmveman s committee on the climate for
homosexuals in the legal l community. The report
relied heavily on a 1994 study by the LosAngeles
County Bar Association that found’inStanceS of dis--
erimination in hiring, workplace ea~ironment, as:
siguments, evaluation, pay and prom6ti0n. ¯
The Los Angeles study said 58percent ofgay male
lawyers and 68 percent oflesbians "surveyed reported
that they had experienced or seen dis~-rimination
against homosexual attorneys: Despite the 1993 ban
on’ emplo~mentdis~imination, one unnamed legal
employer was quoted in the LoS Angeles survey as
saying, "We are not interested in lawyers with this
type of disability." About 15 percent of all lawyers
questioned in therandom survey said their employers
discriminated in hiring, 15 percent said their clients
did notwantto workwith gay lawyers, and 66 percent
reported anti-gay comments or jokes .at work, the
report said.
In 1991, before passage of the state law and attorney
disciplinary rule, a State .Bar study of 14.300
randomly chosen Californialawyers found economic
disparities between homosexuals and heterosexuals.
For example, gays and lesbians with 10 years of law
practice were only two-thirds as likely to be partners
in their In’ms, or to make over $100,000 a year, as
heterosexuals.
The resolution passed this August by the bar’s
governing board calls on law firms to adopt, implement
and publicize anti-discrimination policies in
recruitment, hiring, assignments, pay and promotious.
Firms should also maintain a supportive atmosphere
rather than onein which gays felt compelled to
remain in the closet, the board said.
In addition, the board called on law firms to adopt
"benefit packages with the same sets of benefits for
all employees." Those would include insurance for
same-sex partners on the same basis as married
couples, in addition to parenting leave, sick leave
caretaking and bereavement leave and relocation
benefits. Firms were encouraged to invite same-sex
partners to social events when spouses were als0
invited. Earlier this year, the bar included domesticpartner
benefits in its health package available to
California attorneys.
Gay Unionsto be Blessed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) = A month after Pennsylv.ania
passed a law banning same sex mhrriages ,’ ~
state’ s Episcopal Diocese has voted to create ablessing
for gay and lesbian relationships.
At the diocesan convention Saturday, clergy delegates
voted 101-43 and lay delegates voted 75-53 to
develop "a rite or rites for the blessing of committed
relationships between persons of the same sex." The
PennsylvaniaDioceseplans tourge thenational churcl~
to do the same. The combined 176-96 vote "was a
surprise to me," said Bishop Allen Bartlett, who had
expected a closer margin.
The 65,000-member diocese, which has 163 parishes
and missions in Philadelphia and four surrounding
Counties, will submit the approved resolution to
the national governing convention in Philadelphia
next year. If the General~ Convention approves, the
church’s Standing Liturgical Commission will be
asked to devise an appropriaterite.
Such a blessing would have no legal standing
unless a state legislature chose to recognize it. That
¯ appears unlikely in Pennsylvania. In October, Gov.
¯¯ TomRidge signedlegislationbanning gaymarriages.
The Rev. Ruth L. Kirk, who co-submitted the
: resolution, said Christian moral codes cannot be
¯ devdoped purdy on the moral codes of the first
century. "As I said at the convention: Can God do a
: new thing? And can God use the church to do a new
¯ thing? For centtLdes we have condemned gays and
¯ lesbians. It is time to support committed, loving
: relationships."
¯ DenverWorkers.Benefits
i DENVER (AP) - City officials say only 48 city
: workers signed up their gay partners for health ben-
. efits by this week’s deadline, far fewer than oppo-
¯ nents ofthenew programpredicted. The City Council
: voted overwhelmingly in September to offer the
¯ benefits to partners of gay employees. Open enroll-
: ment for the program ended at 5 p.m. Thursday.. ’Tm
: a little surprised,"said Fred :rjmmerman, director of
: the city’s Career Service Authority. "I.thought it
¯ wonld be higher." " -, ¯ ¯
¯
Opponents of the benefits’extension had predicted
i themove wouldlead toa huge increase in health care
¯ costs’. With48 signing up, the city"s insurance premiums
for eligible workers, which total about $12
¯
million ayear, willincrease by $80,000. Timmerman
: said the actual number of .enrollees shows those
¯ predictions were overestimated. "We never had any
¯ fear about it,"he said. Timmerman said he expected ¯
at.least I percent of the 8,500 eligible employees to
: signupfor theprogram..The48 whodidrepresentless
¯ than 0.6 percent.
i Presbyterian Church
: Leader Urges Cease-Fire
: GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -The top elected official
¯ of the Presbyterian.Church (USA) says church lead-
! ers shonld declare a cease-fire in disputes overhomo-
: sexuality that he says threaten to divide the denomi-
¯ nation. "We do not agree at all about what the Bible
¯ means onthisissue," saidJolmBuchananofChicago,
¯ elected moderator of the 3 million-member denomi-
: nation this year. "The question becomes for me: ’Can
¯
we find some way to live with that diversity or must
¯ we resolve the issue in a way.., that divides us?’ "he
¯ said. Buchanan spoke Tuesday to members of the ¯
¯ Foothills Presbytery, which represents 21,000 merebers
in 65 Upstate churches.
¯" In the coming months, presbyteries nationwide
¯ will vote on whether to amend the church’ s constitu¯
tion to require thatministers be faithful in amarriage between a man and a woman or live in chastity if
single: The church already has a policy statement that
bars practicing gays from ordination, but its Book of
: Order does not include such a restriction. Buchanan
: said Presbyterians tradifonally interpret passages in
¯ context with the whole Bible and through debate
within the church. "Everybody knows that ff you are
: - willing to simply pick-things out of the text you can
." pretty much f’md justification for whatever position
¯ you want to take on any given issue," he said.
:
¯ RI .Police Welcome Gays
: PROVIDENCEi R.L (AP).- The Rhode Island State
: Police have been trumpeting a recruitment drive that
¯ seeks to diversify the 193-member force, which in-
: eludes 14 women, 12 blacks and one Hispanic. For
¯
thefirsttime, arecruitmentad appearedin this month’ s
¯ edition of Options, a newsletter for gays andlesbians
¯ published in Providence. It’ s bdieved to be a novel
¯ step for a state police force.
~ ’‘This is a first that I know of," said Boston Police
¯ Sgt. Norman Hill, president of the New England
¯ chapter of the. Gay Officers Action League. ’‘They ¯
deserve a pat on the back. They should definitely be
: acknowledged for their progressiveness." "Really?"
¯ replied San Francisco Police Officer Phil Fleck when
¯ told of the ad. "That’ s proactive for Rhode Island," ¯
¯ said Fleck, liaison to the department for the Golden
State Peace Officers Association, an organization of
¯ gay and lesbian officers. ’’That’s very positive for
them to do this thing."
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The value of your life insurance policy in a viatical
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With your written permission, we gather medical and
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Should you accept the offer, payment is made
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New Blood Safety
Product Developed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Scientists at
the Ol~lfil~tma MedicalResearch Foundation
have developed a patented new use
for a drug that should eliminate the threat
of AIDS in blood transfusions and might
be effective in treating HIV-infected patients.
The foundation received a U.S.
patent Tuesday for a process to introduce
Methylene Blue into bags used to collect
and store blood donations, Dr. William G.
Thurman, president of the private, nonprofit
foundation, said Wednesday.
"It is our hope that the drug will be as
useful in clinical disease as it is in preventing
the disease by putting it in the
bags used to collect blood," Thurman
said. The Daily Oklahoman reported
Thursday in a copyright story that the
insti~te deyeloped the use that canrender
die AIDS virus i]iaet~ve in human blood,
making it safe for use in transfusions.
Biochemist Dr. Robert A. Fioyd saidhe
also believes low doses of Methylene
Bluemightbe effectiVein destroyingHIV
or reducing the amount of virus in people
withAIDS orwhoareHIV~positive. Floyd
said OMRFhopes to conduct clinical tri=
als with Methylene Blue in the near future.
The medication-Methylene Blue also
has been used to treat bipolar:disorder, or
manic depression, and as an antidote to
carbon monoxide poisoning. Floyd said
various dosages of Methylene Blue have
been studied extensively in humans with
no side eff~ts or toxicity levels have been
found. Thurman said putting Methylene
Btueinbloodtrausfusions andbloodproducts
should not significantly add to their
cost.
NY Doctors Can’t
Discriminate
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Doctors-in private
practice ca~ be charged under state
humanrights laws withdiscfiminationfor
allegedly denying medical coverage to
people they suspect ofhavingAIDS, New
Estate Planning:
Revocable Trusts
Everyone, regardless of their HIV stares,
should take the time to plan their
estates to ensure that their wishes are
fulfilledregarding thedispositionofproperty,
financial management, and health
care decisions. Because of the possible
physical and mental incapacity, persons
with HIV are encouraged to take steps as
soon as possible to maintain as much
control as possible over their futures. One
of the options is a Revocable Trust.
ARevocableTrustis an estate planning
document created by a person (usually
called the "settlor") to transfer property
into a trust. The trustmay make the settlor
the sole beneficiary of the trust during
until the settlor dies. Atrustee is named to
manage the property while the setflor is
alive and who distributes the property
when the settlor dies. The setflor may
amend the trust at any time.
When the settlor dies, the property is
distributed according to the terms of the
trust, and any property in the trust will
avoid probate when the settlor dies. Be
aware, however, arevocable trust will not
save aay taxes since th~.trus~t l~’,qL~e..~..~ will
York’s highest court ruled today. The
¯ Court of Appeals decided 4-3 that denlists’
offices are"places ofpublic accom-
-" modation" and it reinstated discriminalionjudgments
against two dentists made
¯’ by the state Division of Human Rights.
: The three dissenting judges said their
-" four colleagues weremakingnew law and
¯ that the decision would saddle the Divi-
¯ sion of Human Rights with claims the
: Legislature did not intend it to have.
: The court ruling came in two similar
¯ cases stemmiug from what patients said
¯¯ was denial of treatment by Dr. Dennis
Cahill ofBay Shore and Dr. LloydLasser
" of Newburgh. In ruling in the patients’
favor, the Human Rights Division had
: said private dentist offices are "places of
: publicaccommodation" within themean-
" ing ofthelaw whichprohibits dlscrimina-
: lion on the basis of gender, race, religion,
medical condition or o.ther factors.
ThalidOmide for
AIDS Care
¯ WASHINGTON (AP) - Thalidomide,
¯ whichbecametheworld’smost infamous
¯" drug after causing thousands of horrific
¯ birth defects more than30 years ago,may
¯ soon be sold in the United States - per-
~ haps as early as next year.
¯ While the drug shows promise in fight-
¯" ing someAIDS-related disorders, leprosy
¯ and other devastating diseases, the Food
: and Drug Administralion already is taking
steps to protect women who could
bear children with no limbs or tiny flip-
" per-like arms and legs after taking just
¯ one pill in early pregnancy.
: .Thalidomide, once sold in 48 countries
¯ as a sleeping pill and morning sickness
¯
cure, was banned worldwidein 1962 after
¯ some 12,000 babies were born with miss-
¯. ing or malformed limbs, serious facial
deformities and defective o~gaus.
¯ It was never sold in the United States,
¯ because FDA scientist Frances Kelsey ¯
uncovered signs of toxicity that its manu-
: facturerhaddenied. Butlast week, Kelsey,
: now in her 80s and still at the FDA, heard
¯ see.Health, page 10
: beincludedinthe setflor’ s estatefor estate
¯ tax purposes.
¯ Arevocable trust is anespecially useful ¯
¯ document for a person who is presently
capable ofmanaging his.or her affairs but
¯ who anticipates becoming incapacitated
: in the future. A revocable trust can aid in
¯ planningforincapacitybyhelping toavoid
." the expense, embarrassment and diffi-
¯ culty in seeking a court appointment of a ¯
guardian or conservator in the event of
." incapacity. If all of the setflor’s assets are
¯ placed in the revocable trust, then upon
¯" the setflor’s incapacity, the trustee can
¯ take over management of the trust assets
¯ for the settlor’ s benefit.
¯ There are both advantages and disad-
: vantages to the revocable trust. A revocable
trust is more expensive and difficult
¯ to ere,ate and administer than a Last Will
: and Testament. However, its advantages
". include flexibility, avoidance of probate,
¯ continuity of management of assets. Be-
. cause it is unnecessary to publicly file the
: trust document in court, the trust arrange-
" mentremaius private. The property distri-
: bution may be more protected from chal-
¯ lenge than if by Will.
recoguizableboardmembers? Itis hardto
find good board members for any organization
and assaults like this make this task
even harder.
Devalued the work of employees, volunteers
and supporters of the Resource
Center. The HIV Resource Center is a
national model because of broad based
community support. Your incomplete articlemay
havejeopardized volunteer support,
f’mancial support and the level of
client services. (I hope this will not be
true.)
Is an example of behaviors you have
’written and spoken about working ag~nst
-- infighting in the commuility and using.
the press to present one ’side of.an zssue_-,
and to capriciously defame Others.
Showed divisiveness within the gay
community at a most inopportune time --
the opening of the pride center [sic], the
elections, the fall funding cycle during a
time of social service cutbacks; and the
appointment of Tulsan Nancy McDonald
as national president of PFLAG.
I have spent time, money and energy
building community within the gay community
and building bridges within our
larger community. I am joined in this by
manypeoplelocally andnationwide. Your
behavior ofprinting this incomplete, vituperative
article undermined the work we
do.
You owe an apology to your readers
and to the straight and gay community in
which you live. I suggest that TFN has a
responsibility to cover issues objectively,
thoroughly and to work with an editorial
board [editor’s note: emphasis added]
before going to press. Withyour visibility
comjes [sic] a high levd of accountability.
TFN has the ability to become a community-
building tool. Without an apology
and a logic~dly written contusion to
this article how will anyone in good conscience
trustTFN as this city’s gay paper
of record? - Rick Phillips
Editor’s response: First, a thank you to
Mr. Phillipsfor editing his letter to amore
conciseform. Secondly, Mr.Phillipsseems
to confuse ourwriting aboutallegedproblems
with the HIVResource Consortium
for being responsible for creating them.
He should know that the HIVRC’S staff,
and ultimately, its board members are
responsiblefor any actions thatmay dam-.
issue, our story on Nancy_. McDonald’s
selection asPFLAGnational boardpresident:
Howevbr, we dsahave;an obligait
~hen :we
local
restaurant owner, but he doesn’t seem to
like it when we run a story he deems
"embarrassing’" to his other friends.
Finally, we are amused at Mr. Phillips
suggestion that this newspaper work with
an editorial board. Thisdesirefor a board
of censors appears to originate several
yearsago withMcDonaldandTim Gillean
when Gillean was TOHR president. It
appears that they don ’t welcome an inde=
pendentpress which cannotbecompletely
controlled by those whofeel that theirs is
the "right vision and methods" for the
well-being ofTulsa’sLGBTcommunities.
As we’ve written before, consensus, and
the resulting unity, is built through open
and honest dialogue , not imposed.
Kelly Kirby rightly pointed out to the
would be censors that they had no plac~
telling TFNwhatto write. Ifthis newspaper
needs to have a board ~elling us what
not to write, then certainly there are those
in this city who see the need to closely
supervise Mr. Phillips, Mr. Gillean and
Mrs. McDonald as well.
We have had favorable inspections and
audits as to the compliance with each
grant reviewed. We also have a yearly
audit that is contracted to and conducted
with an outside audit firm: this firm is
accountable to the Board of Directors.
Our meeting notices are posted and
advertisedin theAIDS Coalitionnewsletterwhichis
distributedby theCommtmity
Service Council; this newsletter reaches
the communities most affected by the
services of the HIV Resource Consortium.
Notices are also posted at.the Resource
Center [sic]. The meetings of the
Board of Directors have been open and
will continue to be open to any persons
wanting to attend. The only occasions we
have closed theBoardmeetings havebeen
to act on personnel matters; this would
include annual evaluation of the Exec.
Director’s performance, and any grievance
by staff or by clients which require
Board investigation and action. [emphasis
added]
In reviewing, the meeting attendance
records which~nclude the M~mbers of the
Board as well as visitors, Ida not find
your name listed:as having ever attended
age the agency. ¯ ameeting of the Board of Directors.
Thirdly, since some board members : Aslunderstandit, yourequestedcopies
mayfeel that they were unfairly singled i of the minutes of the Board of Directors
out, "weare hap~y to clarify ofu!.~lO~ :: and weretoid!torequest them _fr,om the,~
gize. Those who were listdd doho~ hav~ ’ .:~ .Presiden~ of the Board. [editor.s note:l.
hny greater responsibility for any prob- : exec. director Thoele and administrative
lems that may exist at tl~e ’HIVR~. Ulti- . assistant Stanford directed TFN to speak
mately, responsibility falls on al..1 these ". withboardmember andattorney, Charles
people equally. We have published the ¯ Seger, which we did.] At no time have I
complete board list on page 3, so that " received arequest from you.for copies of
readers can know who’s responsible. . : the minutes either verbally or in written
Regarding community building, etc. no ¯ correspondence. [editor’s note: this is not
doubt, Mr. Phillips has done many good : true. Beside multiple requests via Thoele,
works as he proclaims, but he ishardly ". Seger, etc., on Sunday, Oct. 20 (well bedone
in these efforts This newsfiaper, ~ : fore this letter of 10/28) at a Tulsansfor
and many others, have done equal cam- . Equality event tn ~.ont of-two others,
munity building work - much’of it not ... McDonald directecl an acrimonious tipubliclyproclaimed.
.~. i radetowardthiseditorinwhichshemade
Mr.Phillips recently has been reported . it qu{t_e clear that she was well aware of
to savthatifherananbwstgal~er, hdwould ¯ TFN s request .for minutes. TFN made it
orin~ "oni~ositive" arti’cl~s: ~would ". clear that we still expected the HIVRC to
~ke for ~mat propaganda, but hardly ". make available the minutes. Also. this reperforms
the role ofnews reporang, We : quest has been ,m_ade to the H.IVI~.C’s
inour community~for example; in:or~rlast., ¯ not been r~ceivedd.see MeDonala~p, li
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¯ using fingerstick method. "
¯ No appointment required. -
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Results hours: 7-9 pm .
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TUESDAYS " WEDNESDAYS
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4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 : 7:30 pm 2627-B East llth
Info: Wanda @ 7494194
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¯ Walkin testing: 7 ~ 8:30 pm
: Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
¯ Info: 742-2927
¯ Tulsa Family Chorale
¯ Weekly practi~e, 9~30 pm ¯
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Alternatives
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Info: 646-5503
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¯ FRIDAYS
Safe Haven
¯ Young Adults Social Group
¯ 8pm, 1st Fri. of each mo.
¯ Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
: SATURDAYS
." Mixed Yolleyball for
: Fun & Competition
¯ Helmerich Park, 2 pm ¯
71st & Riverside
: Info: 587-6557
St. Jerome’s Church
: Mass, 6 pm, Garden Chapel
¯ 3841 S. Peoria
: Info: Father Rick, 742-6227
: Narcotics Anonymous
¯ Meets weeny at 11 pm
¯ Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
." Community of Hope
: 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
¯ NAMES Project
: AIDS Memorial Quilt
¯ Sewing Bees, 3rd Sat. of
¯ each month: 748-3111
¯ low:income people who have the virus
that causes AiDS that it,will sdect 75 of
¯ them to receive drngs to fight the disease.
doctors explainthalidomide’ suniqueabil2 i The health department will pick the 75 in
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jmrmme-related diseases like lupus, lep- " $10,000 for the costly medications. RIGHT FOR MY FAMILY=.
rosy and certain AIDS ailments. Thalido- ¯ Those eligible for-the lottery do not
midealso stops bloodvessel growth-o.ne : receive Medicaid assistance, do not have THE CREMATION
reason for the birth defects ~ making ~t a 1 privateimuranceoreamlessthan$14319 SOCIETY WAS CREATED
possible future treatment for cancer and ¯ ayear. Sdectious willbemade from each FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
the incurable macular-deg~eneration ..that’ : part of Missouri reader a formula.that
blinds the elderly. " takesinto account themorbidity ratefrom
Early next year, Andrulis Inc. of : AIDS in each area of the state. ~ ~
Beltsville, Maryland, will seek approval ¯ The drngswhenUsed separately arenot
for thalidomide to treat the excruciating " effective because the virus quickly builds
ulcers that afflict AIDS patients. Then, : up a resistance. Mixing the drugs may We enjoy being ourselves. A funeral seems .ostentatious
Cdgene also will seek I~rmission to sdl " change AIDS from a fatal illness to a and Can cost a lot of money. A simple, dignified . "
thalidomideto the 150,000 AIDS patients ¯ chronic illness like diabetes, some doesuffering
from wasting, orsevere Weight " tors say. But the medicine is expensive -
cremation just seems to fit our lifestyle. .. (;rematm"n" tety® B~rthdefects aren t the 0iil~’nsk..Tha- " js there are individuals ~ that. do not now. ~
lidomide a~so ,can severely’damage pa- ¯ ha4e,aecessto.thesemedications andthese ~.
tients’ nerve cells, causing a p~ul, in~ i medications need to be accessible,, sat Of Oklahoma .
curable condition called p~ripheral . John Hubbs, chief Of- the health
neuropathy.
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Still, AIDS patients are clamoring.f~r : said the state cannot afford tobuy the 918-599-7337 or toll-free, 800-994-7337
thalidomide. Take the AIDS-related ul- : medicine for everybody who needs it~ or visit us on the Internet at
eers, so painful that some patients starve : DarrenWethers,aphysicianinSt, Louis,
rather than swallow over the raw tissue. ¯ said the plan is unfair. Wethers, who rehttp://
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Studies indicate thalidomide healed the " cently spoke at an AIDS co_nf~en~,’.m For Free Literature, Without Cost or Obligation,
sores injust 10 days, said James Learned : "Columbia, said the lottery is a puouc
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of the PWA Health Group in New York, " health insult" because it puts "patients in
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whichlast year provided thalidomide un- ¯ competition for medi,,cines that they all
derground until the FDA allowed more : rightfully qualify for. "As much as we
Please contact me. I would like to learn more about
patients to use it in research programs: : wouldlike to provide access t,o, al~l~of~_.em,
your special final expense program.
¯ ,..,: we just realistically can t do that, Name: - Age:
Rural AIDS Care : .ubbssaid. ¯ Address:
GREENVILLE, N:C. (AP) ~- Doctorssay i
people affected withHIV in easternNorth ¯
City; St. &Zip:.
Carolina0ften haVe little choice bm to" ’~ Telephone:
live from medical emergency to emer- " community organizations, a comm.unit.~-
gency. That’s because thereare few doe- wide holiday potluck. Chose your hol~-
tors and dentists in rural areas who are day,beitChrisilnas,Hanukkah,KwaanTa _~......~ .......
willing to care for patients, who often " or Yule, but bring a side dish to this
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Carolina and Duke medical schools an- " will have its end of year Formal (actually
n°uncedM°ndaythattheywillw0rkt°::m°sdysemi~f°rmalbutfeelfreet°g°all gethertostre~mlinecareforHIV-infected out if you want to) from 9-2am. $2/per- Funera Home
Medicaid patients who live in rural east- : son. All wdcome. Alcohol &smoke-free.
ern North Carolina- The three schools " Prime Timers will start meeting at the
received a five-year, $2 million federal ¯ CenterbeginninginDecember.Thismeetgrant
to track patients in53 eastern coun- : ing will be Sunday, Dec. 8th from 4-6pro Cemetery - Funeral Home - Crematory
ties. The goal is provide one organization " (in Jan. the group will go back to firstSun.
that will follow all Medicaid-eligible, " of the mo.)~ Also Tulsa’s young adult
¯ HIV-infected adult patients to make sure ¯ see Center, page 12 At Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, you and your family
their needs are met. The researchers will " will be treated withdignity, compassion, andpride- Whether
begin enrolling about 600 Medicaid pa- ;
tients next fall. Eventually, researchers " it is your given or chosen family who needs our services,
expect to enroll about 1500 people in 53 .
eastern counties. " s.ectarian symbols from its city seal. you can be who and what you are, and you will not be
"ButyouthrowHIVontopofit, andthe " Some Tulsa board members of the
remoteness of ... where people live in : ACLU include Barbara Santee, and Bill
discriminated against.
rural eastern North Carolina, it does not ¯ Hinkle, , - We offer our exclusive $2820, complete funeral plan, no
lend for seeldng treatment or main~tai.n!n.g i Dr. Joycelyn Elders~ former Surgeon
treatment because of the obstacles that . General of the United States under Presiadded
costs. If you have a policy some-where else, you can
yo,’ll encounter," the patient says inona ¯ dent Clinton, will give the evening’s ad- transfer your policy to us, andmay be due a cash refund if
videotape. The Centers for Disease C - dress. The event is $50/person. For more
trol and Prevention has identifi.ed the ~ info. leave a message at 405-524-8511. you paid more for what you have now.
southeastern United States as an tmpor- .
tant epicenter for the spread,of~0i0nf.0% ¯ Our journey through life should be done with pride;
tion, with about 126 peopte in xuu,
infected,includingthosewithactiveAIDS- :
shouldn’t our journey through death be.done with pride as
In 1995, the national rate of HIV infec- : well? For more information, please call 918-587-7000 for
tion, including active AIDS, was 27.2 in. of all our citi.zeus. Kelly Kirby serves as
100,000. In other areas of the country, TOHRrepresentadvetotheCoalifonand
HIV is concentrated in urban areas. But :¯ sweorvrkessbayscocou-scehuasiurs. wSiitnhceeacthherepCroeasleintitoan- _ all of your pre-need arrangements.
many of these new I-IIV-infected people . tive taking proposals back to his or her (insurance policies are available with no health questions as~.d)
areliving in Southern rural communities, ¯
where there are no coordinated care pro- ;
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grams, the researchers said.
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"~¢ith dii’ector Sharon Thoele, we the public
received only the benefit of one paragraph
containing five sentences. Once
agam we (your readers) were subjected to
the TFN editor’s personal vendetta
As you continued your attack, you said
that you had requested and been refuse~
theminutes from theboardmeetings. Any
person who works with nonprofit agencies
is aware that to receive minutes fron
an organization their request must be forwarded
to the president. I personally contacted
the president of the HIVRC board
only to learn that.the editor ofTFN nev~
requested the minutes._Why continue to
attack someone on unfounded reasons’
~ ¯
, [ ditor s note: as aperson with experience
with non-profit boards, as a chairperson,
a member and-an employee, this
notion that a request is only valid ifmade .
to McDonaldhas no basis in law or common
practice. Gillean ought to be condemning
Thoele, Stanford, orSeegerfor
failing to forward the request, ifindeed
they didfail to do so.]
As a grand finale to your tabloid piece
you suggested that perhaps board members
could be freed and evenjailed. Men-
. tioning only five of the total board members
sound like.some sort of personal
attack on your chosen five. What about
the other members of the board? What
kind ofjournalismis this? I cannot understand
what benefit it is to our community
to attack the very people who are giving
their precious time an [sic] energy as
volunteers to create a better community
for all ofus. Why should anongay person ".
be willing to give their time and money to
our community when they are attacked i
personally and threatened by your publi- ¯
cation? Why indeed should a gayperson ¯
volunteer and be subjected to this kind of "
attack? ¯
[Editor’s note: board members shouM i
understand When they acCeptpublicposi- ¯
tions that they will have to be accountable ".
for the agency which they supervise, i
Gillean might also read the OKstatutes.] .
I would like to say to the people who
were attacked by this article that I appre- i
eiate all you do. Please don’t stop now. To "
the individuals who feel they have been :
mistreated by the organization, there are ¯
much better ways than through the tab- "
loids. ¯
[Editor’s note: several oJ those who ¯
spoke to TFN did so only after repeated "
efforts to work with the HIVRC.] ".
The editor at TFN must issue an apol- :
ogy to the five board members attacked
and to the readers for not completing i
proper research before publishing your :
article. -Timothy E. Gillean ¯
Editor’s note: just after receiving this ".
letter byfax on Oct. 28th, IcalledGillean
to givehim theopportunity to clarify in his i
own words, his close ties to HIVRCboard
president McDonald. I left a message
with his assistant, Brian, asking Gillean
to call TFN. To date, he has not done so.
Readem may want to consider thefol- :
lowing~ Several years ago, Gillean proposed
a board ofcensor-sfor TFN. Later i
when TFN ran an editorial he and ¯
McDonald did not like, "Gillean used his ¯
position as TOHR president to retaliate ".
against TFN, to the detriment of TOHR. "
After his bid for a 2nd term as TOHR ".
presidentfaildd, hejoined thePFLAG & :
Community Service Council boards, or- ¯
ganizations with which McDonald is "
closely associated and allegedly at :
McDonald’s behest.
The minutes are available for review to
¯ anyone, attending-theBoard Meeting;and
: to anyone requesting copies through .the
: appropriate channels. If copies are re-
. quested-the individual must pay for the i co.p.ies as we attempt to be good stewards
ot the monies available tous.
: We .are deeply distressed by the article
: .aP.peanng in the Tulsa Family News and
mvzte you to attend our next Board meeti
ing, scheduled for Thurs. Nov. 21 atnoon
¯ at the HIV Resource Center [sic]. If you
: wishtorequestinformationfromtheBoard
: of Directors regarding minutes or other
: appropriate public information, I forward
_- to receiving your request. Thank you
¯ We are asking you as Editor of Tulsa
: Family News to print this letter in its
: -entirety next edition of your newspaper.
.,~ Nancy McDonald, President
toward Amedure.
However, ifJonathan Schmitz was able
to-form the intent to commit suicide, he
also would have been able to form the
intent to commit murder, a psychologist
testified Tuesday. Dr. Carol Holden was
called as a rebuttal witness by the prosecution.
Oakland County assistant prosecutor
Roman Kalytiak pointed out that
Schmltz never referred to suieide during
hiss911, call or during police questioning.
x ne jury fotmd that Schmitz, 26, acted
without premeditation and did notcommitfirst-
degreemurder. Hecouldgetanywhere
from eight years to life in prison
with the possibility of parole when he is
sentenced Dec. 4. First-degree murder
carries no hope of parole.
The segmentofthe "JennyJones Show"
was never aired but was played for the
jury. In it, Am~_ur_e,,outlined fantasies of
Sehraitz involving whipped cream and
~champagne~" Schmitz reacted withanembarrassed
smile butno apparent anger. He
turned away when Amedure put an arm
around him and tried to kiss him. "I’m
definitelyaheterosexual, Iguess youcould
say," Schmitz said.
The 1996 RedRibbonHoliday: Treefest
and Gallery Walk will showcase holiday
trees and other holiday items. These will
be sold at auction to raise funds for Interfaith
AIDS Ministries which provides
spiritual~ emotional, andpractical support
for those whose lives are touched by HIV
andAIDS.This year’s format will include
an "official opening," in the Brady Arts
Gallery District, Thursday, Nov. 21 from
6-9 pro. More viewing hours will be on
Nov. 22-23, and pick-up of trees will take
place on Nov. 24th.
PhilbrookMuseumwill shroudits Rodin
sculpture ofAdam on Dec. 1 in honor of
Ds..ema3ya" Wpriothfeosustz.Aonrat.ls"aCnoduanrttlseuspspaorrtitsetrss,hmavuedied..,
from AIDS. Wecan.only guess at
how many works of art will be denied to
us by this disease that respects neither
people nor creativity," noted Richard
Townsend, Hardman Curator of European
and American Art.
3
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley :
The id~ that the gay rights movement
is foreverjoined to "leftist" politics gets a :
thorough trashing in Brace Ba,w,er’s n.e.w ¯
compilation, "Beyond Queer.’ At this
point in history, some centrist, and fight
of center, authors are proposing a new ¯
approach to winning the battle for gay ¯
rights. Their perception is that, histori- "
cally, the movement has tried to claim
"victim" status, and that this will not be a
successful strategyfor winningfull equality
for gay and lesbian Americans.
Editor Bawer is well known, having
written eight books, including the provocative"
A Place at th~ Table." Here: he
has compiled forty essays by a variety of
authors, including former New Republic
editor Andrew Sullivan, San Francisco
Chronicle correspondent Carolyn
Lochhcad and heterosexual Chicago Tribune
columnist Stephen Chapman. Describing
the authors,Bawer states "though
many of us have been tagged in the gay
press as ’gay conservatives,’ few of us
wouldbe consideredconservativeby anyone-
who objectively examined our politics;
we variously call ourselves liberals,
moderates, libertarians and
communitarians- or we eschew such labels
Stogether as increasingly irrelevant
iff a post-ideological era."
Bawer’ s intent is to present an alternative
to what he sees as a radical, in-yourface
activism. Bawer initially cites "an
episode of ’The Charlie Rose Show’ devoted
to the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the Stonewall riots, (when) the radical
lesbian activist Donna Minkowitz told
me: ’We don’t want a place at the tablewe
want to turn the table over.’ That line
pretty well sums up the attitude of many
leftist gay activists toward both ’the system’
and gays who seek to work within
it."
In essay after essay, the authors explain
their positions with rifles like "Why Outsupport
group will be at the Center earlier
that afternoon.
Last but not least is video night at the
Center. The inaugural video will be
Wigstockto be shown on Sat. Dec. 14th at
9pro in the Renfro Room. Popcorn and
pop will be available. It’s free (though
donations are acceptedforthe Center) and
three of Tulsa’ s most fabulous drag divas
may appear: Christina, Dolly Love and
grand diva, Sensuous. January’s video
night should be the 2rid Sat. also. Call to
RSVP with Debbie at 712-1600:
On Nov. 2rid, the Pride Center held a
grand opening with about 70 people attending.
TOHR/Pride Center president
Deb Statues held a brief presentation of
certificates to recognize thosewhohelped
with the Center. More than 50 individuals
were honored, in particular, Kelly Kirby
and Tim Gillean, former TOHR presidents,
and now-closed Agape Christian
Fellowship for its donation of chairs and
tables. Statues also announced the decision
to name the rooms in the Center.
The lounge/library was named the
Pfimetimers Loungeinrecognilionoftheir
generous support of the Pride Center. The
largest single gift came from this group.
ing Doesn’t Work," "Sleeping with the
Enemy" and ’!Here Comes the Groom: A
(Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage."
In,"A Gay Right Agenda," author John
Berresford’ s conservative response to his
liberals friends’ stance is %..I amas much
in favor or basic civil rights for gays as
they are. Where we differ is in the need
for group-based remedies and in perceiving
ourselves as victims whose main recourse
shouldbe coercion by the government."
Berresford’s answer is to "come
out whenever it is reasonably safe. The
best way to explode the myths about us is
for.each of us to become known as .just
anotherhumanbeing with~esameneeds,
goals and drives as other human beings -
: except is a single respect that poses no
: threat to anyone else." He also believes
¯ that ’-’we should lobby for the right to
: marry. Domestic-partnershipslegislation
¯ makes us an officially sanctioned class of
¯ oddities and freaks."
: Thethreatof_be,,,ing seen simply as "oddi-
¯ des and freaks is the thought behind
: Bawer’ s rifle. Insteadofbeing"acclaimed
¯ by a minority of gay ,,p~.~ple as ,a,,suppos,~
edlyaffirmativelabel, theworo queer,
". to Bawer, is "not so much to be homo-
: sexual as it is to be a socially marginal
¯ rebel, defined primarily by his or her
: sexuality, who is perpetually andintdnsi-
: cally at odds with the political and cul-
: rural establishment."
¯ Can these ideas bring the gay right hnd
: left together toward acommon goal? Can
: Bawer’s "we’re just like you" approach
¯ alone actually win the hearts of straight
: Americans? What about the wide variety
: ofpeoplein the gay/lesbian/transgendered
: community whomaynotmeetthe squeaky
¯ clean image Bawer promotes, but who
: still s_eek equality under the law? COuld
: the answer, perhaps, lie somewhere be-
: tween Bruce Bawer and Queer Nation?
¯ Check with your local branch library
: for "Beyond Queer," or call the Readers
:- Services, Central Library at 596-7966.
The small conference room was named
the Stariott Conference Roomin honor of
Midge Elliott and Deb Statues. The me-
: dium size room was named the Renfro
¯ Room in honor of the late RF Renfro, a
: leader of FUSO, the Friends in Unity
: Social Organizationand anHIV educator
¯ who worked with TOHR/HOPE.
: The largest room was to be named in
¯ honor of two individuals who provided
:- signifi.cant "sweat equity’, in tearing out
: tffo plaster&lath walls .to make the room
¯ and in honor of one of those two who’s
¯ donatedmuch of the furniture that s in the
: Center. Thelatter manpreferred not to be
¯¯ recognized but asked that the room be
named in honor of Pat Padgett, a PFLAG
¯
activist. Therefore, that room is now the
¯ Neal-Padgett Hall in recognition of gifts
¯ that made the Pride Center possible.
¯ or let someone else run the show...You
: can care with out being cold, get things
: done right and.get on with it please!!!
¯ It seems to us that everyone is just out
: for themselves, but after seeing and hear-
" ing firsthandweknow why...It is the only
," way we have of getting your attention...
¯ Thank you for Your Time
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We all have that "special" friend visit- ¯ people at our table, and then an extra
ing from out-of-town -- you know, the : pound of shrimp. The combo itself can
prissy queen who is the finicky Miss ¯ also be ordered in any ratio of crab to
Manners sort-whoneeds anintroduction ¯ shrimp to crawfish. Sometimes wewill
to thereal lifein Tulsa. And, we’vefound " also order sides of coleslaw or cornbread
just the perfect place, to’
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sticks. A word of warntake
that friend. Caju~ ing. The combo is avail=
Ther6 is a special res- 19-01 So. Me~orlal able either mild or hot.
tanrantinTulsawhereone Hour.: The mild is quite warm.
can suck head and pinch The hot is fiery. And the
tail with abandon, where 11 - 10 Sun. -Thurs. crab boil permeates evone
can eat with one’s tll 11, Frl. and Sat. erything, even the potafingers,
and where one
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a rather run-down and no e]aeel~s rant, and the staff makes
~derilict Strip mall. This is
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no pretense in that dire,ca
very laid back, genuine ~.: tion. Sometimes one has
white trash-cookin’ kind x’~on-smokin~
of place; full of atmo- seetlon, l~ut smoky
a warm and friendly
waiter or waitress, and
sphere mid bayou boys Alcohol: II.9-Z i~eer Sometimes one has the
and giftsfrom all walks of feeling that itis that waitlife.
Decoratedwithtaste- & wine cooler" only
tess’ time of the month:
ful tape-patched, red vi: Ratln~: A llst But, the staff is usually
nyl seating in each of the quite congenial and enformica:
topped booths, and with black " tertaining.
vei~et art alid posters adorning the classic ¯ The one main area needing improve-
1960’s panelling on the walls, the noise " ment here is the housekeeping. While the
and aroma of the kitchen greet patrons as ¯ grungey feel ofthe diningroommaybe an
they enter, and there is no doial~t in’one’s ¯ attempt to recreate the authentic dirt of a
minduponenteringtheestablishmentthat " backwater Cajun swamp dive, theycould
this is a seafood restaurant. ~ at least clean the restrooms and make sure
Menus are presented printed on paper ¯ that supplies are stocked and fixtures
placemats. Lots of fun things appear on . working. On ourlast visit, themechanical
the menu, like ’q’asty Fried Shark Bites" " towel was broken and filthy, and the toilet
for$1.50,CajunDogfor$3.95,jambalaya : was running constantly. The finger bowls
" for.S2.75, red beans and rice for $2.75, ¯ aren’tquiteenoughforthefastidiousdiner
blaCken~dchi~k’strlp,’a for $6.50, ablack- " to cle~tip~ so the trip tothe tinyrestrooms
ened fib-ey~ :s~ak ~0r $9.95, arid even "
alligator for $8.95 But, nobody ever gets ¯ For those so inclined, the Boiling Pot
those things. : features their house band on Saturday
People come to the Boiling Pot for the " nights, whichplays aloudmix of country,
Combo. The combo ($1~95) is a big pot ¯ bluegrass, andcountry rock, and packsin
of shrimp, crawfish, crab, sausage, new ¯ the crowds.
potatoes, quartered onions, and half ears : ~ The Cajun Boiling Potis where a group
of corn on the cob which is boiled in a " of:frie~ids caugo for a casual good time.
spicy crab boil and served~ Well, sort of
served. It’ sdumped onthe table.CMtop of ing roffd~. No, this isn t aft elegant place~’
a big sheet of butcher paper. As soon as: btit it’s n~t supposed to be. And, while it’
the ~ood co0!s~enough :to handle, one " doesn’tappearas cleanas we’dprefer, in
di~es in to shell the shl~mp, pinch the tails ¯ the dozens Of times we’ve eaten there,.
offthecrawfish, su~kthejuices Out of the : we’ve never gotten food poisoning cerheads,
d_nd squirt i~etchffp containers of " tain~noted Tulsa four diamond hotel rescocktail
sauce all 0~er ~e place: When " taurants): The important thing is that if
one’s hands get suffibienfly messy; a!arge one likes boiled shrimp, the foodis great.
’r611 of ii~pdr.’~tbw~l~:.6~ th~ thblesefV~ ~S : And; Wli~it’ ~ore can on~ ask from a
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use silverware. Until one has had the : food atinexpe~nsive i~rices?.
Boiling Pot experience, it is difficult to ¯ Go suck somehead and pinch some tail.
imagine how fun and how good the peel ."
and eat can be.
Theproprietors bringregular shipments
of seafoodup from the GulfofMexico, so i
the shrimp and crawfish are fresh and ."
firm. The crab, though, seems to have " McDonald get by with falsifying her rebeen
shipped on ice or frozen, since the ." sume when she worked for the Tulsa
shells lack the crispness of never-frozen ¯ Public Schools because she did so many
crab. The crawfish, of. course, is 0nly ; nice things and worked so hard. I guess it
available in season, which is December _" meansitisallri.’ghttobedishonestaslong
through June, but those little underwater as your cause is good. Is it really?
carrioneatershaveneverbeenhighonour ." People get hurt when they get in her
list of gourmet delicacies. We prefer the : way. That seems very unfair. Can the
shrimp, which is some of the best and : media [mainstream media] help you with
most economical shrimpin Tulsa, at only., these efforts? Thank you for being there
$8.95 a pound. ¯ for these clients!
On a typical Boiling Pot excursion, we : - name withheld by request
It is also interesting that they let Nancy
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from her church, a well~known con-.
servative Baptist congregation.
TFN wonders how Easley could not
have consideredGayissues whentheGaybaiting
of Penny Williams and Pat
Woodrum was front page news in The
TulsaWorld and Gay issues have figured
prominently in the national news formost
of this year? Easley may be one reminder
that OklahomaDemocrats are sometimes
not ,any more respectful ofthe rights Of
Oklah6maGay CitiZens thanRepublicans..
In state races in Hawaii, same-sex marriage
became a major issue leaving lawmakers
who favored gay marriage skirmishing
for support. Voters removed a
good number of those legislators from
office. This might mean that a constitutional
amendment which would overturn
a positive court decision for same-gender
marriage may get through the legislature,
In So. California, anti-Gay US Rep.
Bob Doman appeared to have lost to his
Democrat Loretta Sanchez. Doman attacked
Sanchez as "another Catholic for
abortion and sodomy rights." Throughout
his career, Dornan has attacked Gay
Americans, as well as people with AIDS.
¯ Finally, the fact that the next Supreme
Court appointments will be.made by
Clinton, rather than Dole should be of
some comfort to Lesbian & Gay citizens.
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Feb. 15 - March 14, 1997, v. 4, no. 3
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Marriage Update
i OKCongressm.an Denies
Attack Gays Speech
WASHINGTON - The Human Right~’ ~pai~ (HRC), the
: nation’s largest Lesbian/Gay civil rights and political lobbying
: organization issued a statement raising concerns about possible
anti-Gay bias in the Republican response to President Clinton’s
: State of the Union address. The Republican response was given
: by Oklahoma Congressman JC Watts whose district includes
HRCExecutiveDirectOrElizabeth Birch cal]~l Upon Watts to
clarify apassage ofhis speech inwhichheseemedto bejustifying
faith-based discrimination against gay people. After calling for
an end to racial discrimination and asserting that "America must
be a place where we all.., feel a part of the American.dream," he
said: "It does not happen by trying tommrich against poor or by
using the politics of fear. It does not happen by reducing our
values to the lowest common denominator, and, friends, it does
not happen by asking Americans to accept what’; immoral and
what’s wrong in the name of tolerance." (emphasis added)
Birch said,"Iamconcerned thatCongressmanWatts may have
made a thinly veiled appeal to the very politics of fear which he
had deplored in his previous sentence... Like other faith-based
differences, sincere religious disagreements .over the issue of
see Watts, page 2
’.Moving. Toward
:1 clus=veness : :Unitarians Walkthe Talk
~LSA - For Darryl Matkins and his partner of
more than 12 years, the Rev. Chester McCall,
." ;fOrmerly San Francisco Bay Area residents, Tulsa
Norman and south-central/south-west Oklahoma. The concerns ¯ 4ias been a big adjustment - not just in terms of
ofHRCwereechoedbysomemembersoftheTulsaLesbianand : .Jc~einganopenlys~e-genddrcouplebutevenmore
Gay community as wall..... .’.-.ib terms of.the-city s morebv~rtracis~il~ "
¯ : McCall began as an interim pastor with The
¯ Unitarian Church of the Restoration at 1314 No.
Greenwood last Septemb,.er. MCCall, who was ordained
in 1979in the
United Church of
Christ (UCC) before
becoming part of the
Unitarian-Universalist
(UU) tradition,
notes that he came
into the denomination
in response to
the efforts of the
UU’s actively to recruit
people of color
into. the traditionally
¯ The Rev: Chester McCallof "White" denomina¯
tion. And as an
the Church of the Restora- ¯ tion & his partner of 12 o. penlyBisexualman
¯ years, Mr. Darryl Matkins. ~n a longterm relationship
with another
: Bisexual man, McCall also helps the UU’s work
: toward their goal of an inclusive church where
¯ Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered persons are
: welcome both as members and in the ministry.
: Cht~rch of the Restoration is unusual in Tulsa for
: being oneof a handful of congregations in the city
that are purposefully interracial. Even its name is
symbolic of the role it hopes to play in trying to
: bridge the racial and other differences that have
~.~. R~rur_’6~ ~6-nsdrtiumi ~aihyHinkle ofPFLA~ andKathy Bird ¯ since the !.921 *Race .Riot". It ~is an extension
¯." Of RAIN along with Melani~ Spector (not ~hown) spoke about ". church; Which means it’s supported both by its
¯ homophobia at the Feb. AIDS Coalition meet.ing..Photo: TFN "- congregation and with assistance fromthede~Omi~
: AiDSCoalitionHolds
i Homophobia Panel!..
TULSA - The AIDS Coalitioh~0iTulsa presented aprogram on "
-Homophobia at its,Feb~monthly meeting. Mdanie Spector :.
oftheOklahoma Srate. Dept. 0fHealth suggested ,theprogram.and. ¯
brought a Video, GayLife & Culture Wars, featured interviews ."
with Lesbians and Gay men, and parents in Oregon during the :
anti-Gay referenda there. The Coalition first.watched the video. ¯
Afterwards apanel presentedadditional information. BobHulscy ¯
¯ of the HIV Resource Consortium spoke about what it was like to "
see Panel, page 12 :
NatiOnal BiaCkOrganization
ChallengesChristian Coalition
: nation. McCall was askedby the former andfound’"
ihneg p~aosidtodr.~ovfftfhnet.Cth6ui.rbceh~op~f tshtoerR, etsotowrahtiicohnwMhCetChaelrl
respbntled, "ate youcrazy?!"’ Butnot long after, he
found himselfon a plane to Tulsa and was asked to
serve as pastor for a year. This period meets his
denominational requirement for a year of supervised-.
service--tO h .coh~r-~gafion~--and helps-the
Church 0f the R~esto~ation ihrough the period of
adjustment after seeing its founding pastor move
on. McCall’s advisors are the Rev. John Wolfe of
All Soulsand the Rev. Jim Issacs of Tahlequah.
And .~hile it se~ms to McCall that his congregation
has~adjnsted fairy ,well to.havinga nomheterosee
Talk ,.page 12
Comilng Soon!
: shanti,s--Mar li Gras, IAM
: Membership-Drive, Pride
i Ce.nter Video ~ghts, PFLAG
: Spaghetti-. Dinner with OKC
! Metro ChOrus +7’ TresPasses"
.o . . s_ee Soon,.page 3
INSIDE - EDITORIAIJDIRECTORY
US & WORLD NEWS
H.~E~.LTH NEWS ~,..
HF.~LTH & WELLNE~
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¯ WASHINGTON ~- The leaders of a national Black lesbian and
: Gay organization today responded cautiously to dements ofa
¯ recentlyly announced plan by the right-wing political/religions
: group, The Christian Coalition and called on the group to take
¯ honest, constructive steps to heal the wounds of division that it
: has fostered. Keith Boykin, Executive Director of the National
¯ Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum, said the recent
¯ announcement of the Christian Coalition’s Samaritan.Project is
: only a "first step" in reconciling the religious right’s.history of
¯¯ indifference toward blacks, the poor and the.inner ¢ities~ ,The
Samaritan Project includes an 8-point planf0r strong f~amilies,
¯ safe neighborhoods, charitable giving, racial justice, hndrevital-
: izi~g the church. Despite the plan’s positive rhetoric,~Boykin
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Hawaii May Add.Marriage
Ban to Constitution?
HONOLULU (AP) - The state Senate Judiciary Committee
has approved two bills aimed at resolving the
same-sex marriage issue, following the same approach
taken by the House recently.
One calls for a state constitutional amendment to ban
same-sexmarriages. Theother, activated o.nly ifHawaii’s
voters ratify the amendment, would give same-sex
couples many of the same rights and responsibilities of
married Couples, but going much further than provided
in the House measure.
What we have attempted to do is to.craft a constitutional
amendment that will accomplish the objective of
limiting marriage to couples of the opposite sex while
preserving what we know to be our citizens" commit-
~ncn~. to. ~aimess~ tolerances.ands! equality,~,~said~Sen,-
amended House bills now go t..0...:~he Senate floor for
likely approval before going:~0n to a House-Senate
conf~rehce committee tO resoI~e differences.
The committee action came following a five-hour
hearing at which opponents"and supporters of samegender
marriages reiterated the argumetits.that have
marked the debate since a 1993 state Supreme Court
decision. Thehigh court said the equal protection clause
of Hawaii’s Constitution requi~ed that same~sex marriages~
belicensedu~l~s~ti~ sia~e ~uld show acompelling
state interest not tolicense them. "
Debi Hartmann, chair of the Hawaii’s Future Today
group formed to oppose same-sex marriages, told the
committee that since marriage is a public policy issue,
it should be decided in the Legislature.
Attorney Dan Foley, who represents three same-sex
couples who sued the state after being denied marriage
licenses in 1991, denounced the proposed constitutional
amendment. The Legislature is preparing to send
voters an amendment "to deny rights to citizens of this
state...despite overwhelming and undisputed evidence
that same-sex marriages would benefit families and
children in this state," Foley said.
Underthe SenateJudiciary Committee’s action,alaw
extending many of the rights and responsibilities now
given married couples to same-gender couples world
go into effect only if Hawaii’s voters approved the
constitutional amendmentbatming same-sex marriages
in the 1998 general election.
Committee co-chairman Matt Matsunaga said. the
rights package for same-sex couples were those "we
believe that virtually any fair minded citizen would
agree should reasonably be extended to others."
Democratic members Robert Bunda and Norman
Sakamoto voted against both bills while other four
Democrats voting for them, including Sen. Wayne
Metcalf, who was sworn into the Senate two hours
earlier as a successor to Big.Island Sen. Richard
Matsuura, who resigned due to illness.
Matsunaga said the bill allowing same-sex couples to
regist~ as :."reciproca! .beneficiar~’.es". with the. state
Departm’~ent,of Health~.ngludes a "
cautioned that the black.community and the gay community still
have much reason to be skeptical.Jesus warned us, Beware of
false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but -ENTERTAINMENT/ARTS
inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shallknow them bytheir COMMUNITY CALENDAR
fruits. (Matthew 7:15-16) ~
Boykin said that the Black Lesbian and Gay LeaderShip Forum GA’Y HISTORY
wonld be closely watching the frnits of the Christian Coalition to
¯see that,their.d~edslmatch their words.: Heals0 kunounced,two,,-: RESTAURANT REVIE~W~LASSlR~DS
. . see Black, ~age 3!: :
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° : Repeated calls to Watts’ DC Office by
TUlSii FatallyNews produced a clarification
ofWatts’ comments. PamPryor,press
! secretary and headof Watts"DC office
, . no.ted.that she Was With the Congressman
: When he was asked by a reporter ff the
¯ remarks,".., what’s immoral and what’s
wrong.. ?’ referred to Gay and Lesbian
citizens. " ~
Pryor related that the_Congressman
Statdtthat-he hadinmiiMisgues like late.
term abortions,and even Ebonies, and fitd
not intend the remark to beunderstood as
referring to Gay and Lesbian taxpay,e~,~...
FurtherWatts added, that inhis,,of~ce, if
you can play, you get auniform -imp,!ying
that Congressman Watts does not diss
criminate in his office. However; Watts"
office has been asked to sign HRC:s nondiscrimination
pledge edlmpaign and has
declined to do so. TheHRCnon-discriminationpledgecampaignbeganinresponse
to comments by then-Oklahoma Representative
Jim Inhofe (now US Senator)
thathe would refuse to hire Gay employ-
¯ ees in his office.
¯ Pryor also noted that Congressman
¯ Watts- is an ordained-Southern Baptist
: minister and could be~ expected to hold
.- view in line with those of that Protestant
: Christian denomination. However, Pryor
¯ vetoed- a measure banning ~ame sex marriage.--The bill:. --:
¯ applied not only to same-sex mamages,- but also to-
: heterosexual, couples living together.
dress the expressed concern by some that o~r state might : Communities in Colorado can acknowledg~ domestic i
becomeamarriagemillforsame-sex coup!es,"Matsunaga : partnerships. In Boulder; 53 couples,including four hetsaid.
The House measure would give same-sex couples . erosexual couples, have registered with the domestic "
registered with the state rights for hospital visits and.to " ,p,armership registery there. But that registery provides ¯
make health decisions for each other, joint property ¯ nolegal rights andr~ponsibilities’~ .as ffascoe~sbiilldid. ¯
rights, inheritance rights and the right to sue for wrongful "- Mary Celeste, an attorney, said she and .her parmer "
death. The Senatemeasure includes thoserights andadds : raised three children during their 12 years together. She ¯
several key economic measures, including state retire.- ~ said all committed .couple~s should have .,Mol .the legal. ~
ment benefits, state tax benefits and workers ompensa-’ ~ ~ s.thnding 0f bet.er0sexua[ married ~c.buples~ ~~ai~. ntt- i
fion benefits. Excluded were areas that- might create : ’ noyel. This_is:somethi_"ng .we.und~ts~d~ We khow ~w.hat ~ i.
federal or interstate conflicts, such as social security,
government housing.programs, resident military benefits
and state Social service programs.
NM Women Seek Marriage License
SANTAiCE (AP) -Two women who applied foralicense.
to marry each other say their action was basedin part on.
principle. "I don’t understand why we should be treated
differently than any other committed couple," said Patti
Levey, 37, who showed up at the SantaFe County clerk’s
office Tuesday with Beth Saltzman, 34, to apply for a
marriage license.
The clerk’s office mined down their application, saying
the attomey general needs to issue an opinion on the
legality of same sex marriage in New Mexico. After
County Clerk Rebecca Bustamante rejected the application,
Ms. Saltzman said she and Ms. Leveyl had been
discriminated against.
Aside from a reference to bride and groom, and male
and female applicant on themarriagelicense application, ~ benefits to employees with domestic partners, many Of tRaaklephfoRureasdp,eBciofyickisnt"eepnsc,to0uaracgheiedvReeScodci’salos.ragnidmeiczoatnioomn tioc
nothing in New Mexicolaw specifies a married couple whom are homosexual.~Companies and employees alike ¯ justice. First, he asked that Ralph Reed meet with memmust
be aman anda woman. Kay Roybal,spokeswoman " say the policy improves morale and can- sharpen the bers of the black lesbian.and gay ’community to,discuss
for Attorney General Tom Udall, said state attorneys ¯ recruiting edge. But nobody forced the decisions. NowI " how we can overcome the barriers,that have excluded our
would have to research case law on the subject, the City of San Francisco has told United Airlines ithad ¯
State Sen. Leonard Lee Rawson, R-Las Cruces, said " toobeyanordinancereqniringcompaniesdoingbusines~ cooperation, Second, hecalledfortheChrisdanCoalition
he’s concerned that if New Mexico doesn’t take a stand ,- with the city to offer spousal be~xefits tO their workers’ :. itnoceluxdpaenSdotchiaelSJcuosptiecoeffoitrs a"lRl apceioapl lJeu,sitniccel’us’dcinamg pleasibginantos
on sam.e sex marriage, the courts ~’will nile liberally and ¯ unmarried and same-sex partners.- ¯ and gays¯ ~The Christian Coalition should support the a¯ ccept gay marriages." Rawson expects a bill to be ............ ~ ......... - - .- ~, . . . .... ~vlary Jo nottanu, a umtea s oKeswoman, sale that xa
.introduced ~.n th.e 1997 s.eSSlO.n ~at w..ould .r..e~o~gmze a_ ." UnitedofferedbenefitsinSan~Pr~cisco, itwouldhavet6 ; Employment Non Discrimination Act, which outlaws
heter¯osexu. al umon as. the only legally vahd " term ot : offer them worldwide. Unitedhadno estimate of What .: etimonp,!,oBymoyeknitnsdaiisdc..rTimlfiirnda,,tBiogny.Mbans~ed.al~o.dn~tsheex~u9arlumorcieanlltesdmamage
m New Mextco. - - " Such ~ompliance might cost United alread cdm lies-"-. : ,. -~ o~ - ......... . ..... ~ P . foranendtotl},,~ChristianCoalifion.)sinflam_matoryanfi-
~ ~ ’ ¯ " " .,, . ~ with.a New Zealand. Human.Rights. Commission ruling .- gay rhetoric. If they really, want .to ~help~com..rnunities,
- Maine Gov, Supports Marriage " .- banningbenefitsthatapply,0nlytoinarriedcouples;Thiit ~ .theyfirst.n.e .. to stop the. hatefut,r,hetorie thath,as kept
gAeUstGedUtShTatAh,eMwaoiunled (nAoPt o)p~pGosoeva.cAitnizgeunsim~gaa.thivaestoSbuga?r. :i ..t.eriaflriyn,g ..la.Xn.dm~Uaitns i.Nteedw.n~.oZwehlaalnldoewrss.t9~tsn.oemminp~loatyeeaens y~in~Ne.efwi-.. ~"-. pwehooplseindciev1id9e9d4~hagaasiln.set,do~ne,,l_ogtha.edre~~.¯s‘.shaipjdF;Moraut~m.,d~y,~.,C~aa~ll,etro,
recognition of same~sex marriage in Maine, despitehis ~ Zea!andtofollowsmL . .. i " " ~ ’ : "i Resist"eampaign.Fourth,.theFornmmgedtheChrisdan
concern that the effort may be constitutionally flawed. " - .In San Francisco, United.employees say they watit ~ :.. Coalition to renounce,the.elem~n.ts ofit,sS.am_aritan Plan
King’s comments came Tuesday as Concerned Maine ".’" be able to offer benefits tb their ~ho.sen families, straight .. that will cause further econgmic, injusti~..
Families filed what it Said were 62,157 signatures with..: .ornpt, married or not2 .,It’s. about.equal_i~," says Kenf .. : The Samaritan Project bills itself as. *’a bold, and-comdecfions
officials. Ifverified, the petitions would force a ¯¯ Bloom, a flight attendatit w_ho. ha,s,.w.or.k.ed.2.2.y.ta-rs..f,o, r ..¯ passionate,~.p,lan ,t~oeombat-poy~rty .and. res,to~e hope." referendumon the same-sex marriage ban unless it wins ~United and hopes-to one oay ¯o.n.e~r.ms o. enents~to ms : However, there, s ..nothi.ng bol.d 0r.qompassionateabout
approvalin the Legislature. TheConcerned Maine Fami- : partuer~ l~dike Owiibdy. - . - - ~ " .balancing:the budget On the backs of.the, poor,", Boykin
lies proposalincludes languagedeelaringthat’!personsof : - If United we!~e to adopt,such a policy in.this coun.try,?it ¯ said. "What kind of good. S.amari.tan.wonldabandon the
would be the first major U.S.-b~ed airline to do. sol
requirement for both partners. ’q’his is intended to adthe
same sex may not contract mamage." It also.would
require the state to refuse to recognize such marriages
performed in other states.
King, moreover, volunteered that he percei~Ved "an
issue of whether a state can do something like this,’~given
constitutional language promoting state-to-state cooperation.
"Clearly this would end up in the Supreme
Court," King said. In sketching his attitude toward the
initiative, King noted that he had been a strong supporter
of so-called gay rights legislation aimed at oudawing
discrimination against homosexuals in anumber of areas.
In 1995, Concerned Maine Families spearheaded an
unsuccessful campaign to restrict gay rights in Maiite.
CO Legislature KillsDomestic Partnership-
DENVER (AP)-A bill providing legal status to couples
who live together but are not married was killed on
Wednesday by a legislative committee that acknowledged
there are problems, but said the measure was a step
too far.
"Politically for me it’s a difficult vote, morally for me
it’s a difficult vote. I’m not prepared to vote for it right
now," said Sen. Ed Perlmutter, D-Wheat Ridge. After
hearing several stories of partners losing their rights in
relationships after their loved ones died, the Senate Judiciary
Committee voted 5-3 against SB161, which extended
legal rights - such as power of attorney and
visitation rights - to domestic partners.
The bill, by Sen. Pat Pascoe, D-Denver, comes a year
: the problems are and this is the remedy," she said. Sue ¯ Co.~gratulationstoDonfshaPowell, thenewMiss Sooner
¯.. AndersonofDenv.er, toldthe’comm!tieehowherparme~’~ ~. Siate USafA~997!Sh~ islsden~he;,e ~,~th l~o~iJy~James, 1st
: family kicked her outof their house after she called ~em" "i" ~d/merSup, Eb~nY Hail, 2nd umfer:@, MCParis Grey
: to tell them their estranged-dhughter had died of leulee- . and -t~e otl~e’r fdbu~tu~ ~Omestdi~is at t’ha Silver Star¯
i mia. Anderson left wi~ just.a b~g of her clothes and. ’ ; i " " on’to c6~,’pete:’ihih~ Miss "Oklahoma
nothin,,g, elsetheyhadaceu~nnlatedi~thei~6yearrelati0n: ".~ ~ S be hd~l Feb~ 22 ~ ~3 :at "the Star.
: ship. Ultimately Iwas not inanyposiiion to do’any-’ :" I " i I
: ~thing,"shesaid."ThiskindofsituadonisnftOKandthis .’ 1 I I
: bill is a start’toward addressing these issues." ~ : ¯ ’ ’ I I
¯ "Sen. Sally Hopper, R=G01den, voted against ille bill; : " [ I [
¯ ,s,a.yingshedidn’tlikeitsimpactonheterosexualcouples. ~ -othermeasuresto-iiesi~ondtotlie~amafiiaftprpjtct.-First, ¯
We are encouraging people WhO ~e ntt married tO live .. tbe Forum willtakeup the is~ueot~ th~ religitus right in
together who -could get married, she -said.~ "We are ¯ the black cOrnmuaity at’its Tenth Anntml"National. Conmaking
this so legal and SO acceptedT~ ~ ference going on,through Sunday in Long B~a6h~Califor-
: " " " : nia.Se~on"d, the FOrum will distribute to ~hiircheS nafion-
: Airline: City’s Domeetic Partner Law " -Wide’copies of a he~¢award:winning documentm’~ film
!
~ Would:Have Global Effects~ ’ . ~.: ~-calJed":Al~G°d’~-sCMl~en"’:W~chyes,-Pg~ds’t° therole
¯ sAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Disney-s done it. so have ." ofthe radical-reli~tus fighf in th~blackChurch: : ¯
¯ - - In a F~brtmry 4 letter,to Christian Coalition director
¯ Levi Strauss, IBM and American Expres.s. All offer "
:
Several international airlines already have more.indu- ..
sive b¢.nefits. Qantas Ai~.ays,.forex~tmple, has .offered
benefits and travel passes, to i.ts Australian employeds’~ ~."
"nominated beneficiaries" for years. In Israel, a 1994: ¯
laws.nit forced E1 A1 io offer :d~mesticlp~qner henefits.i.
AndAir Canada has .fffereddomesticpartner benefits to
its !8,000 Canadian employee.s since e~ly:last year..
" This is not alightmatter foreither the:city or the airline. ¯
Uni-ted is amajor p!ayerin San Francisco; itsfacility hefe,: :
the company’s .major mainfenan,ce hub and gateway to
trans-Pacific flights, .employs about 20,000 peo.pie -= ¯
almost one-fourth of.all United dmployees worldwide. ¯
United traffic is 40 percent Of all airline business at the "
San Francisco airport. . ."
Wyoming Against Marriage
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A House panel moved for- ¯
ward a controversial bill that would prohibit same-sex
marriages in Wyoming. Just minutes before the House :
Labor, Health and Social Services Committee voted to
send House Bill 94 to the House floor, several speakers
spoke on the measure that some called a way to preserve
tradition and families, while others called it an embarrassment
to the "Equality State." ¯
The bill would invalidate same sex’marriages in Wyoming
and would not allow the state to.honor Such mar- -"
riages if or when they are recognized in oilier states.
role of government in helpingtheneedyT’ he asked.
Boykin called on the religious xight to.embrace new
challenges~ .including. preven,’~t~ng 1he. Spread Of HIV/
AIDS, the leading..cause of death-forAfrican-Americans
between the ages of25and44~ ’,’! wartt to see.theChristian
Coalition fighting for Medicaid funding .and health care
for the 37 million uninsured .Americans.,’-’ he said.
The National Black Le.sbian and .Gay :l_:~adership Forum
is the only n_atignalorganization dedicated.to the
nation’s two and a half mi!lion Mrican-American Gays
and Lesbians. Establi.sh.ed in 1988,,the-Forum works to
empower Black Lesbians and.Gays by.developing their
leadership skills, increasing their .visibi.!ity~ an~d b~uilding
bridges between,their various.communities.. . .
As us~ua!, Tulsa.community ~rganizatious a, range of
activities upcoming. Shanfi Tulsa will hold iis 10th annual
Mardi Gras fundraiser on Sat: March 8. Call 749-
7898 for info.
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 0AM) ~has kicked off its
annual membership drive and its.ts due,,ues are so modest that
none of us have any excuse not to,join~ Low income is
ONE DOLLAR/year, individual.i~ $5/year and house:
hold is $10/year. They do good--w0rk and provide HIV/
AIDS education and aninfo, line. Infact, diey we.r~ doing
a highly effective 24hour .ilffo..line.for almost no.money
-.. :,.--. ~see S~dn, page lO
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’SAN FRANCISCO (AP). = A- large-scale natioftal ¯ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)- The Cambridge Police
consumer survey of gay menandlesbians says popu- ," Department wants gay men and women to know they ~ ~-"--,,I
lar entertainment, sport utility vehicles, computes : are .welcome to apply for jobs as police officers.
and financial planning scored high on their lists;.Of ¯ Police officials said gays will, not be given any hiring
interests:The homosexual.codmaffnity iSlargely well~ :., preference but they won’LJ~c:.discriminated against,
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survey said. Some 22 percenthave graduate degree~ ¯ cities and towns," Frank Pasquarello, spokesman for
it-=f,~d~ and 58 percent hold management positioi]s. ~ the department; told the- Boston Herald.."We are
q’his’ study confirms the affluence and. spending :: addressing that by making sure members of the gay
patterns for which there previously has been only ~ and.lesbian community feel they are welcome. Every
aneedotalevidenee;"saidRebeecaMcPheter~s;presi- , group is welcome,~’ he said. .
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Adverting-agency .Mulryan/Nash; a New- York - gays.. The departmentissued astatement last week
agency aimed’a~ gay icoustimers, eonimissioned the ~ inviting:gaydto apply: ’q’his i~ an invitation. This is
survey. The intent Was-tO index the .market: The ." notaguarantee~0fajob,"Pasquarell0said.Hesaidhe
pollsters surveyed 3,896 gay men an~women’acrogS i did not know ofany openly gay, officers in Camth~
country, then combined the results for meh~and bridge, but-added, "W~ couldcareless if sbmeone is
W.ome~ in ~ totals. Not~tirprisingl~,; "nearly" 90 9~,l~y gay, as4ong as they do their job." " - ,
p~r~eiitoftho~epbJIedsaiff~eypfefei:h’ot~ls,:re~.t~d~ .:’ q’l~el~sbian-gaycommuuityinCa~nbridgedoesn t
rants .atidotherbtl~inessesthiit~aarket’to°ga~ c0nsmfi: really see itself represented on the police departers~
Theyfilstfa¢tr travd’~p0t~ ~n~’~y-ffielidl’y~ ment," said Robb Johnson, WhO liv.es in Cambridge
"’The report showed gay- eonsnmefs,:ar.e 16yal. to andisanac~vis.t~.Wi~theFenw.ayC0mmun,i,’tyH~ealth
product brands that adverfise i,n the gaypr’ess; such~ C~at.eri "It s in¢.umbent,dn the.eity to create an
Ab~dt~.v0dkfi~~Tahqueray gin and Subaht. Some 72 enviionmemwhe.’r,e,"tfficer~ enid come out orcornpercent
of those suryeyed’ had attended-liv~theatet ix~t¢ forlth~ exam, he said. ¯ ’ : ¯ " ’
Within-the past-year, nearly’dtuble..the 37 percentof ¯ ~ ~ " "--" ° " ’~ "~ " " " ..... " ’~ ’ "’ " "
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men and lesbians reported seeing at least two feature ¯ Family Homes
films in the last mpnth, more than three times the 6." , ’ i.P..artner Benefits?
pe~ce.nt 0fAme~aus in,ge~neral:- .: ~ ~: , ~ i
; SAN FRANCISCO (AP)~-.United Ai’flines moved a
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tO employees by sending a letter to a city supervisor
:fOr .californ:ia Sch001s- " saying it was.Studying thelaw to see if compliance is
¯ possible..But the airline still has not committed to
SACRAMENTO (AP)’-: A lawmaKer who whs the : offering ~mployeesin registered::domestic,partuer- BROOKSIDE fir:~0penlygaymemberOftheC.alifomiaLe~islamre : ships the same benefits as married couples. - " . .:.
is trying again this year to ban discrimination-against Theletter,.receivedThurs~y, is thelatest develop- ghy~..andle~bia~.S-in:publidedueatioh: : " - . " merit in a stalemate between~United and-the city over JEWELRY
~ The ~bill introduce" by. As~embl~woman" Slieila " San Francisco’s new domestic partners" ordinance. Kuehl,.D-Sfin~ Moniea, wtuld prohibit bias bhsed ¯ Thenewolaw requires’ companies doingbusiness with 4649 So. Peoria.
off sexual orientation in’seho_ol employment; cturicti, " the city to offer Spousal benefits to their workers’
turn and-the treatmetit-of students On campus. : unmarried, and same-sex partners.
A similar bill failed.last year when Republicans United officials said inthe letter that"they are
controlled the AsSetnbly. But Democrats ate back in ¯ going tb-take a.full-analysis of the-:legislatiOn~ and
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poWer this- year,, putting theissuein the lap,of Gov. ~; make a decision on whether they will be able to
Pete WilSon; .~.Republican who-has both. supported " implement it,Y Supervisor Leslie.-Katz said. ’¢Fhey Comer Of and opposed gay-dghts ihitiativesin his six ygarsas : have not taken a position as to .the feasibility of
chief executive: ~Wilson has taken.no position:on the ¯ compliance," she added. ¯ 48th & Peoria
bill4whieh hasn’.tyet facedits first committee testin " ¯ The_airlinehad to consider 0ffering.domestic part- 9:30 -5 pm -
¯ theAs~embl’y.. Bat:both sides" ~r~ predicting~that ,the : net benefi,ts when the =Board of-Supervisors’ Govern- Mo~dpY - Friday
governor will.comeumierinteusepressurewhenhis : ment Efficiency and Labor Committee senta $13.4
tumcomes to decide tbediatt~r: ’ ¯ million United lease~back to,the ~irports Cornmis
" ’%Ve ate ~,~ry seri0us’fibtu( the4obbying-w¢ _d.0~" : sio~-in:=Jan~uary~ .The .aiditxe~whiCh.makes up 40.
sa~dL~llefiMeCOi;miek/al~iSlati:ve-adVO~atef0iLife ~ percent-0f:the airport’s business; Wanis a ~-~e~ .... -~,,__ ~7
Lobby; a gay-rightS group ~:that~ reCenfly~ attracted ¯ lease for anew kitchen-ahd maintenance center.
more than 500yomig people tp’a Iobbying day at the : Uuited says that if if were to offer domestiepartuer ~-~7’~:7
Capi-tol..i’.q]iegayand’le~bia~communityisgoihg-to" b.enefitstoits.l.7,000,1ocalemployees, itwonldalb~
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mixe~.re~x~rd o,~ g’ay’is~ues wil}imike’the lobbying al~ " Board.of S.uperyisors .g-awPacificBell;MobileSer-- " "
the~mote~intense: .The~Anahdm~.b~sed:~fadhional- .~ vices two yea~s.tO comply .with=the law>The firm is- " ’ " "
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newspapers to ain’t ~hikehgoers’statewfdeabout th~ : ". .....- "...... - "- "’ 162:J-N.-Maplewood
bill. ’Nou’ ]l see awhole cnltural war goin~,g on when " !~.G~ -’=-- Tulsa, Oklahoma 838-1715
KuHff~: li~i~a’[li~ ~a~~isgri~i-h~ust "~ whetherltomosexuals shonld-be barred from,being " ~
gays an~d lesbiam in,the ,~chools is .!~.Tv=asive. But-
~ traineO~ as teachers la~ :sparked a rare outburst of
pr~o~,f ~s. s..¢~9~.~t:~.e .gays.:m ge~era!..a~0 yo.ung ¯ intolerance of gays. - ~-
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ahffnioiq I~~1~. fo Idll .~,em~~d~,e~.th,an~e:h¢i~rt~i prone-to.becoming maleprostitutes.. The comments ’
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- the collective name for the teacherscolleges -
recently announced it would not admit.gay students.
"Homosexual teachers would affect young students
because youngsters look at their teachers and absorb
things,, said Sirote Pholpuntin, director of aBangkok
branch. "Those who wotti~r i~ach young studba,t~
should be idealistic and perfect, they should be nor-
Representatives of about a dozen activist and academic
organizations wrote a letter to the education
minister protesting that thebanviolatedhumanrights
and academic freedom. They also said it was against
the tenets ofthenational religion, Buddhism-"which
teaches people to be merciful."
Scoffed Suldaavich: "I’m not goingto allow afew
people to determine the course of national.education,
They cite human fights. That’s nonsense." His stand
earned him a sharp rebuke in a Bangkok Post editorial,
which said his comment,was silly and unealled
for and most of all, it showed an. appalling lack. of
sensitivity for someone holding the post of national
education chief."
Nevada’s Gay Legislator
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Freshman Assemblyman
David Parks may be the first openly gay person
in the NevadaLegislature.But Parks,whohas worked
in local government and lobbied.for more than 25
years, is no. stranger to. the legislative process: He
noted that his reception at the 1997 Legislature has
beenwarm and that his sexual orientation hasn’t been
an issue: Born in Boston and raised in New Hampshire,
Parks, D-Las Vegas, came to Nevada via the
U.S. Air-Force.
Parks spent his entiretour of duty in Nevada,
intending to leave the state when his time was up.
Like many, he said, he wound up staying. ~’I like the
desert and I don’t mind the summer heat," he said.
"And I always remember,the last night I spent inNew
Hampshire, when it was minus 17 degrees."
Parks also made his mark as an AIDS .activist. For
eight years, he recommendedpolicies as a memberof
the Governor’s Task Force on AIDS and has also
served as a trustee for Aid for AIDS of Nevada Inc.
His long record of experience gave Parks an edge
when former Assemblyman.Larry Spitler asked ~m
to run for office, o=
"At the time, I-said, ’Larry, that’s just not onmy
radar screen~’ "Parks said:’~Becanse I was openlygay
and very up front aboutmy personal life, I-just didn~’t
see myself running for office." Parks expected and
encountered some ~negative campaign tactics. His
opponent, Republican Tony Dane, admitted partial
responsibility for a mailer that included a.newspaper
reprint about a 10-year-old boy who rapedtwo other
boys. The article was wrapped around an .endorsement
of Parks by The-Bugle, l_as Vegas’ gay
newsmagazine.. -
At the time, Gov, Bob Miller blasted Dane, saying
it was some of the worst,nagativecampaigning he’d
ever seen. "(Dane) did it because he ,didn’t have a
strong r~¢ord ofhisownaccomplishments to run on,"
Parks sai& ’l’m sure there are many better placesto
be gay than. Newd~, but as diverse as Las Vegas is;
being gay isn’t that mtmh ofa problem:,~
Anmt -Gay LawChalien- . - .g.ed
ATLANTA (AP) - A-federal appeals cour~ will
consider an Alabama law Imnnlngh0mo~xual-student
groups from receiving statemoney in a dispute
being billed asan important free-speech case by civil
A three-judge panel of the 1 lth U.S~ Circuit Court
of Appeals hears arguments today on a decision that
threw out the 1992 law as~being unconstitutional and
discriminatory. Conservative critics say homosexuals
should not receive any public supportsince.Alabama
still has laws against sodomy. The state is
appealing the 1996 ruling.
"It’s important that we not use state funds to allow
the promotion of homosexuality,’" .state Sen..Bill
Armistead, R-Columhiana, said Monday.
But civil libertarians call the law an infringement
on the free-speech.rights of homosexuals: .No other
state has such alaw, said theAmericanCivil Liberties
: Union attorney who-will.argue on behalfof a gay
: .sm~dent group. ’q’here’s been aresurgence ininterest
¯ m, gay and lesbian groups on campus,es~ both in
.* colleges and high schools..We think it’s critical to
¯ hold the line .for these groups,".~sm’d Matt Coles,
: dir~ector .of the ACLU’s Lesbian, and Gay Rights
: Project....
: The st,qte ischall~nginga year-old deqi_" sio!~by U,S.
] Distxict Judge Myron.Thompson, who cal!ed-the, law
¯ unconstitutional anda,"n,3k,ed" form of discri_mina-
~ tion. The statute prohibits groups.f~om using public
: facilities or receiving..public money ,if they ’Toster"
~ and "promote" acdyities: prohibited by the state’s
¯ sodomy and sexual.misconduct laws.
¯ TheGay, Lesbian, Bisexual Alliance at the Univer-
: sity of South.Alabama, !bcated in M~)bile, sued over
¯ the law after it was denied student.activity money
: became of the statute.~ . ¯
: ~ Thompsonrul~iastyea~as then-Attorney General
: Jeff Sessions and conservative activists considered
¯ ways to block a regional conference for homosexuals
: at-the University. of Alabama. The decisioneffec-
¯ tively Mocked Sessions from citingthe state law to
i challenge the meeting,.whieh was held at the student
¯ center in Tuscaloosa.
: Armistead said abill will likely beintrodueed in the
¯ Upcoming legislative session to ban the use of public
funds byhomosexual groups."’We are sort of waiting
: on-the outcome of this (case) before we proceed," he
: said...
Mixed Review For Super
BowlAd with Transexual
NEW, YORK (AP) -.Holiday Inn Worldwide got
gripes as well ascheers Monda~ for its.Super Bowl
¯ commercial that tried to dramatize the chain’s reno-
.’- vafion program by showing a ~mssexual at a Class
: reunion.
¯ About two dozen people called corporate head-
: quarters about the commercial, said Craig Smith, a
: spokesman for theAtlanta-based hotel chain. Half of
: the callers likedit and the Other half didn’t. About 30
calls also came in. ftqm_fr.anchi~s.e¢.‘~,. ,.and-were., 5:to.- 1
!o in supportbf the ad, ~icxiording to Gm~ Sch~ihet; h_~d
: of the.hotel’s franchise.ownergroup.
: The commercial showed a woman .striding into,a
: hall, for a class reunion~ drawing a.dmi_ring glances, as
¯ anarrator notes what,i~ cost_,forher new nose, lips and
¯ cbest. Sbe,even.tually runs into an,old ~lassmate who
: insists on guessing hername.The,manshudders as he
¯ reeogm’z.es her as--Bob Johnso~ ~from the old days..
¯
"It’s amazing the. changes -you ,can make for a-few
¯ thousand dollars," the naff_at_or, says. The hotel chain
_. is promoting its own $,1 billion renovation program.
¯ ’q’bere have been people who felt it was :a v.eTy
i
creative approach and funny~ andthere were thos,e,
who did h~t .like-the .creative ~treatment we took,
: Smith said: "If we offend~xl..anyone with the treat-
" m_ent_ we took,we apologize.’; But Smith also said he
i was speaking for himself, .and not necessarily the
¯ company, when.offering apologies.
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NEWARK, NJ.’ (AP)=-.600 delegate~ _t6::th6 123rd
aimua~ ~n~ntion~f the~is.c0p.al.Di~"o~c~4.e ofNewa~
kepproveda standard li.turgy forblessing same:sex
marr‘iages. ~e deiegat~:ap-_~V~ t~ ~e~olution in
minutes, wi~~ii-tmlly no ~bate. It asks the national
governing body of the denotnination to develop’rites
- for blessing unions between, people of the Same
~nd lesbian couples. :’We ~:e discussed same-sex
: dnions sine~ 1987 in this diocese; it’s not exactly a
¯ n~w subject," said Newark Bishop John S. Spong.
It s not a big issue. It s Just one more lllustratmn of
¯ " ar~u,~bly one of the mo~stlibePal’in~ the naticm; ~ell
¯ ahead of the national church organization.
~ :~Tre~tmen~s
HONOLULU(A’P) -~Alocal:researcheris
smd~whe~eracupmc~e~relieve
AIDS¯ pa~ems’ ~plaints 6f ~nsmt
pMn-~d, nmbness. Since Sept~r,
phy~ ~y ~n~ck~~l~king
fog32 volutes ttrest out,~eMter--
native~ent;Sof~,.SheOdy hmme
patients2 She is conducting ~e t~t by
~mp~ng hMf ,of h~ pafi~ who get
acup~c~e, ~d ~e:-o~ .h~f who ge
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~tors’have"~t~g for.~~"
five waystO,~tHIV patients.who oft~
~mplMn of~nmb~e~s,:b~ng ~d pM~
in ~eir f~L t~ga ~d ~:-:Anm~r:6f"
: Danvers, Mass:i,~ company that runs
: Fu~dkers hamburger restaurants, has
¯ re~iairM its 23~000 &mployees. tO learn:
: ab~,u~tMDS sinCe 1988 after an employee
¯ marridl a m’ah with HIV.’Co-work~ffs
¯ shunned her and customers boycotted the
: deli where she worked. The company
: sticks p~_a~a_,phlets on AIDS-and HIV in
employ~s, orientation packets ~and dis--
tributes:: them at training workshops¯
DAKA :also h~s set up an anonymous
AIDS hofline, mannedby people outside
the coml~any, that direct* callers to testing
¯ lalJ~sanffcounselors. "The more frank you
: are a~_t the disease, the less’of a~sligma
it ig, ~aid WiHimn ,H, ". Baumhauer,
DAK~’s :chairman, an&’ chief executive;
padenta4nHawaii and’ii~themainland sa]i~ : "If tl~.. C~EO says.it’s OKto talk. abo~t it,- -
theYP~efer reli.ef.fr.om.~.acu-o.unemre be-’ .~"" t"t se~n’ds"a’poweff.ul’m.essa.g ..¯ " readycause
.the- usual patn medicataons act as- : - But some busmesses~ Just aren t~
sedatives. They s~y sedatiwes make it dif-. ;- to.ta!k~aboutit. "Companies h,,ave so many
ficult tO funetion~auring’theday. ~/oth~’~things on-their :table," said Barry
AIthough °mainlar~d ~ patients :are alsb~ ’ IAWt~i~’~ spokeaman for-the :Alexan-.
trying-o~at this:’e~tem styleof’healing,, :. dria,..Va,-based Society for ~Human Re-
Kindrick saidHawaif is an ideal place to .’. ~ource" l~lanagement, a,,nafional group of
study: it .becaus~ .people .here are m~r~e : ~e~s6nnel managers.. They -haw ~rofit "
tolerant ofAsian healing practices. -,. - 1~ margins t0.wbrryabout, theyhavesexual
¯ harassment, diversity concerns., ~l~here’s AiDS~l=.clueation .n.. so muehvymg for the,rattention:. M
¯ ¯~’....’. : Barnes,. ,a New York ,~ity lawyer and
rh,= ~t/~r-knli~o.~ :- r~nner.alDS lo~b~st; saiasome compa.....
=,’ ¯ ~.~.~ ...= = ~°",~i~:’,.~, ---: ’ ~ ni~s ~imoly don twant to mention asexu-,
ATLANTA~(AP) ~ l~!.ar~King, an A,.I~ : :~ally t~an~n~itted diseaseat the conference
educator, makes llis li’¢i~g ~b~ ,valldng ~ tat;ie. ~There sill}canbe~Mot of,moral,and
into corpprate bo~09.ms~~f~l of hostile ,. ’~: :~eligi0usiybased res!~,tance4n?the work-’¯
exec~fivrs-.,with, ~eii~!.~ ::~0ssea: .~,:~a~.,,~, said Bame*~ ’ I- would not under~
’q’hey’rg-a~raid:-~O~y-:~q; " to see" ~-~standwhvvouw,otdd nee21,~o show in the
condo~. ~ey’~~~Z:~e ~o~_ng ." worl~lacetheuseofacondom,butthere ¯
to se~ ~x~p~.licit~t~ality.,,~d~g, who . noreasonthatanyoneshouldhaveamoral~
has the-y~s ~Lh~50~_.s~s~ i~~_~.~, ,~e0p ..;o-~objecfion to,simply knowinglthefacts. ~
have.~a~isi~.0.~a~9B~iBy:otv.ed..~!DS:~:~:,~ The promise, of poweffu~ .:neW" dmgs: "
as being: fil.t~iib~r"".~..anal~l~ed.~.al~:. :7 " that hal* th6 ¯pro~resg ~of the :AIDS’: virussorts~
a~g~h~:~the~.it;s~.be~.~eoL:,. ~and make .patieats -10ok: and.f~el better.
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foot !n. ~efl.~oo,rj0~.~~CQ..r~of~t.e..._ ;J~f~,e~,~’,c~.-[-,1997;it-doesn’t appear.to..be’asLbig’of~,a,
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ofm0rethanhalfofthgnation-s WorKIorce.. ,: say, "Oh yeah, isn,t there a.eure for mat
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employees theba~ics~fAiDSandhow to reason to go beyond that, said spokeslive
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about one in six businesses across the ¯ .AIDS, explains.how it is spread, and outcountry
have actuallystarted a pro.gram. ,: lines employeesr right to privacy. "We
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Dorland’s Medical Dictionary def’mes will never come in a, pill-form (no satip
health as, "’the absence of disease~an~l a ~. faction) but in the form of good, wholefeeling
of well-being." How many.o~us some foods~ vitamins~ minerals, proper
Tulsans can place ourselves on a.. con- exercise, and a goo~night’s sleep.
tinuum withkthis def’mition? Whose fault I know what you’re thinking..2"I.don’.t
is it, anyway, when we fail. to
meet the defined criteria.for
health?Is itourdoctors’ faults,.
for is itthe fault of ourmedications,
i.e., prescriptions?Or is
modem medical technology.
at fault? Or is it simply our
faults? Teclmological advances
keep us alive- satisfying
quanity of life, but sometimes
fall short of what we
needthemost.., quality oflif!!
Where did the quality of
our lives go? Remember the
old adages that Grandmaused
to tell us, "anounceofprevention
is worth apound ofcure,"
or, "an apple a day keeps the
doctoraway7’Manytimes the
most simple of solutions, is
whatwetend to overlookmost
often. Perhaps .we have become
so advanced that we are
bypassing our basic iustincts~
’Tou are (or arch’0 what y~u
eat,’: as the.old .saying
goes..:so, Tulsa, what are you
have the time and money to
devote :,tO al! of.this!" But;
hey, thisis alifelong contract,
this optimumhealth stuff, and
it .can get~expeusive. Gym
memberships,healthy choices
at the grocery s~tore, vitamin
and. mineral supplements,
eight hours of sleep every
night, etc.
Well, by golly, aren’t you
and those you love worth it?
Because, ifyou don’t take the
time and money to.stay at an
optimum health level, all-the
things you have worked for
and continue to workfor (like
retirement funds) are going to
be uSedtomakeyour doctor’s
house-payment and your
pharmaei~t’.s car payment.
Have I~jarred~ you. from your
cou~ch yet?!
Nutrition,
physicial
exercise, and
sleep ... add
up to 100~
oPtimum
]~e~lth. Are
you. partieipatingln
aft tl;ree
fro~its ;n order
tod0 your fair
sl,a, e aga;nst
&sease?!
Okay well, .
how ....about.: These programs outlined
tWO~ ,One.~ abov~ obvitusly require a
lifestyle ofco~~hange.
Zero~ -TherehreMotof newthinkeating?~
.. - .... " ~’hng’".l~ealth;professionals
Nutrition is said toplaythegreatestrole ~’~ available :f& ~0molfatious 6nLnua’ition;
in our overall.health. Optimum-health is : fitnesS, ~idrest~ D~d’t ~inkthat yoUare
maintainedby proper nutrition (50-60%), .: going to have to hirea .Chef, :a physical
physical exercise(30-40%), and from_an .~ trainer, ora nulsseuse in0rder to ac~om
adequateamountofrest (RapidEye,~ove~ : :plish your~goa! of~beconiing "I-!ealthids.t~.
meritsleepopatterns ~ -’,Mremnsleep,,, :10~%).~ , :~-~ulsah ~f-~ili~~~-"~ ~ezabo~:&~lei~
Nutrition, physicial exercise, andsleep, i’ ti0ne21hehlthpr.tfe’ssi0nals;hbv~evei,lean
therefore,addupto 100%optmumhealth.." .be utilized in 0rd~r,to gei siai’t.~.~a~.d ~tay
Areyou participating in all threefroms :. on target! St...here s toa pgsitlvefy flew
in order to do .your fair share against .. you! Andrera~mb~t~,~quaIii~w’ill’i~rb,a~e
disease?! Okay, well, how about two? ; .the quanlty 0f y0tir’lffd.~ ’:f i(..
One? Zero? Uh-oh, so maybe we should : Dr. MichaelGo~’rnaapracticks ~n T.ulsa
shift the burden of healthcare’ s respousi- ¯ at 4775 S. "Harvard;-~itk: C, 712~5514)
bilities off of our doct0rgcsurgeons, tec~,h- ;. Heis a Board Certified Chiropractor and
nology, and medicine to ourselves, Let s-: ~Accupuncturist, hglds dB.S~ ~n Nutrition.
takeourfairshareofresponsibilityforour :. and is an active b~dybhilder. ~ "
own health care..After all, do you think .- Dr. Gormanals6 do~s fitness, nutriyou
are sick because-you haven’t taken : :tion, and supplement counseling.
Without treatment, an IHV-infected
mother in the United States faces about a
25 percent risk of passing the virus to her
child before or during birth. In poor countries,
the risk is significantly higher, perhaps
around 40 percent. Giving pregnant
womenthe drugAZTcuts this risk inhaiti
but the treatment is too expensive to be
widely used in poor countries. So doctors
are looking for ways that will be cheaper
and better than AZT. Most of the studies
now starting involve various combinations
ofdrugs thatincludeproteaseinhibitors,
the HIV-blockingmedicines thathave
revolutionized AIDS care over the past
year. One of the simplest regimens, however,
uses just two doses of a single drug,
nevirapine. The idea is to give apill to the
mother when she comes to the hospital in
labor, the other to the baby soon after
birth.-
Dr. John Sullivan of the University of
Massachusetts Medical School said this
treatment would cost about $2 - Cheap
enough that ifitemational health orgamzations
could offer it eTcerywhere. "If this
is a success,.-it is ~definitely translatable
into the developing world. We are very
¯ excited aboutthis," Sullivan said. Sullivan
outlined his plans for the study Sunday at
the fourth annual Conference on
Retroviruses andOpportunisticInfections.
Thegoal is toreducemother-to-childtrammission
of the virus down to 5 percent or
6percent- abouthalf the ratenow achievable
with AZT alone.
Doctors hope to enroll 800 pregnant
women in the United States andEurope
and have resultswlthin a year."’The goal
is to do this study as ,fast as possible so we
can get an answer,’ said Sullivan. The
treatment is unlikely io do any good if the
baby catches the virus ’from the mother
while still in the womb~ However, doctors
believe about two-thirds of these infections
occur duringdelivery,when the treatment
may be able to st~p the virus from
becoming established. "What we don’t
know is whether by increasing the intern
sity of the treatment, we increase the rate
of success" over AZT alone, said Dr.
Robert T. Schooley of the University of
Colorado. "My gut feeling is this will
~ have,an effect."
by James Christjohn - i ". At Philgrook, ’q~ne Oklahoma Scene:-
ffyouneedalaugh, ThdTulsaComedy ." Printmakers of the 30~s and4Or-~’ iS’On
Club is ~eplace to go! Tim
Jones, from "Dear John", "Am¯flea Unseen:
"Evening at the Imprdv",
"Comic S~ip Live’:,a~t People & Phee",,
Showtime, appears 2/26-3/ . - - r. -
2; Basile, "a teddy-bear. . continues_~,Pn:
stuffed with high ~plo- exltlblt ..4 0.
styes" (Should I s~iy~ it?
Naw, too easy.), Wilose In partleulai’; the
credits include HBO and
Showtime, appears 3/5-9, exhlbit-ineludes
Mark Pitta, a regular on the some women ’q’onight Show", and ,Totally
Hidden’Videos’:’ is at artlsts and
the club 3/12=16.
Formusic ofaCeldcbent, artists ofcolor -
Reeltime plays the PAC 2/
28 (596-7111);andifyou’re .W]~o once were
in an operatic draaaama- almost entirely
queeny mood, Tulsa
Opera’s Vrhe rearl Fish- .~ excluded :from
exhibit through .May 11,
and it features some inter-.
esting imagery. The artists
in this exhibition are
from the northeastern part
_of Oklahoma. Through.
June 29, Philbrook celebrates
100 years of.the
visual arts in Tulsa, a historical
overview of the organizations~
that have
played important roles in
the growth of the arts in
Tulsa. And "Oklahoma
Portrait: Photographs by
Russell Lee" is also running
through.May 11.
"America Unseen:
People & Place", continues
on exhibit through
March 9. The exhibit exers"
take a dive 3] 1, 6; & 8 .......1 plores aspects of Ameri-
(596-7111)i B6th are at the" ¯ ~"the Amerlean " ’ ban pictdrial art from the
Performing Arts Centef art scene.
’20’s- ’50’s, and includes
(PAC)r 3rd & Cincinnati,
downtown¯ , -, Also, iwoula:
If you’ve spen~ "time at " - ’ ~-
local diners, and can’t get call your
e¯ nough of it there, .1..o~al
~mpresan" os, C,eI,eblityA,: ~t-’" , . .._.- ..~ .:, ,_ ,,.~.
tra’ctions, ar~bringing ’ to aicbUD|e 0t
Greaseto thePAC;3/tT-22 " - " *- ....
(596-7111). Elsewller~-m: ’~ ima~es.wlth
¯ ’ 5his cguntry"~am’ organiza7 hom0-sensual /ions ar~ waking up’to the
~ fact that.Ghys &-lLesbiims ...’. "inter~"pr’ e"ta’t"ions:"
are a prime entertainment : ~
.works by Norman Rock,
.well,~John Steuart C_ufi,y,
.Th0mas.Hart Benton~-Fxlr
ward Hopper, Walker-
.Evans, Dorothea Lang’,
Isabel Bishop, &
?Thi~ exhibivreally merits-
several viewings. Not
-:only .are there interesting
. works .by more famous
artists, there are equally
interesting works by artistswhoaremuchles~
web
Eilis Egan,
ChrisKe~:~nny H~yes,
8 p.m. John H.~. Williams Theatre
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
/
Tickets $12 Call 596-7111
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.’Store ¯
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Dinner Meetln¢
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I’m sure our restaurant critic at large . ~fo6fa~ewasimpres~!ve, a,n_,_dffy0u,haven t _ ~ ’ ’ " ¯-
(we’ve tried re.~tiiiints;;butlhe just~keeps, :!, 7s~nfii,dt~s:worth the buoks - agMn. A~.~d ~ ,. ..... ¯
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Community Uni~.~an Universalist Cong.rggation
Service - 1 lain, 1703 E. 2rid, 749-0595 -
Lesbian Heaven Fa~ly ofFaith l~etropoUtan Community Church
Adult Sunday School; 9:15 Service, 11 am, I~5~51:E S: Mingo, 622-1441
Dinah Shore Weekend Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Palm Springs, California Service, 10:45am~. 1623 North Maplewoo~, Info:-838-1715
March 27 - 31 PrimeTimers ~- ,-
Social group for~ me.n, 1st Sun/each too. 4~6pm;:Pr[de ccn,ter, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/TransgenderedAlliance
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July 31 - August 8, 1998 2rid Mon/each too. 6:30pm,-Fell0wship o~igregational Church,2900 S. Harvard
. ~ Gay &Lesbian Book Discussion.Group,~Borders Bookstore
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders Book~store
3rd.!V[on/each month, 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st~ 7_12-9955
~TUESDAYS~ .. -_ ~ .....
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READ ALL ABOUTIT :
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
One area often overlooked in the gay
commlmity is the specialsituation
of gay and lesbian African-
Americans. There is finally
l~ginning to be some
recognition of this ignored
group, and Keith Boyldn’s
new book fills an important
need.
’One More River to Cross"
is divided into chapters on
various topics, including
"Black Homophobia," "Gay
.....R~cism," "Faith in the Lives
of Black Americans," and
"Are Blacks and Gays the
Same.9"
In discussing black
homophobia, Boykin reviews
how some black leaders, including
Eldridge Cleaver,
Frances Wesling and Minister
Louis Farrakhati,have associ-
In 19zt8, "The
in the Army
wouk[ create
disltarmony
and drive
away whites."
In fhe 1990’s
"hiding behind
the amorphous,
eatehSall
.pln-a.se of
ated homosexuality With the unit co~tes~on,
decline ofthe black commu- .supporters
nity. In one of the more improbable
examples~ Boyldn.1~~ne~ay ban
qsu~oAteslic+on(tarouvtehrsoiarlOWf’qr+itheer ++ +.i.+ila+,_sxl~~x.uaenSdtat....
Blackw~man:s Guide to Understandingth~
Blacknm")i "Gavs,servln~
as she claims that ~ black,
male homosexuals .~i¢o0k; openly~ woum
sew andbake andare-deter- make Otlter
mined :td be+~ betterwom~m ’ thn..an the w+m+h’ t~iey + s01dier" feel
~o+~." Many inuring top+
its are cited here, including -
homophobiain rap music mid . ,able.
instances+of black magazines~
and parade organi~r~:reject~ .... "--
ingparticipationbyblack, gay ¯ several otlter
groups; ,, In the chapter on Gay’Rat- "
ism:’ Boykinpoints to several
-----~Uonat gay terms
such as the Human Rights
Campaign and National Gay -a.na ~ay are
and LesbianT~ Force, and intere]~an~eis
astounded that, although
they claim to stand for equal- able.
ity for all, they have Very few
black employees, The media, also, is a
target: "Likeits heterosexual counterpart, .
long before other groups ,got state grants
to do the same thing.
A~A on March 6, 7, & 8, Trespasses, a
playbylocal Pro-Choice activistandcommtmity
friend, Barbara Santee is being
performed at Heller Theatre, 53288.
Wheeling at 8pm. Admission is $6, $57for
students and seniors. Trespasses is .billed
as "a deeply disturbing protrait of family
betrayal and incest" with mature themes
and language. It has been chosen to representHellerTheatre
attheOldahomaCommunity
Theatre Festival in Stillwater on
Marc~ 15. Info: 746-5065.
Lastbuthardlyleast,don’tmissPFLAG
Tulsa’s 1st annual Spaghetti Dinner featuring
OklahomaCity’s MetroMeus Chorum
The Chorus has performed several
times to benefit PFLAG and gets rove
the white gay med~,’~ usually projects
Eurocentric images ~ beauty that transmit
messages of inferiority to blacks and
others who do not fii the white stereotype."
"Are Bliicks and Gays the
Same?" includes an interesting
quote fromTexas Senator
John Tower, commenting on
the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "(It
would...) deny to millions of
employers andemployees any
freedom to speak or to act on
thebasis oftheirreligious convictions
or their deep-rooted
preferences for associating or
not associating with certain
classifications of people."
Boykin’s comment: "rhe
complaints ring as loudly today
against homosexuals as
they did yesterday against Afriean
Americans."
The same argument occurs
with the recent gays in the
military controversy, as integration
of the US Armed
Forces in the 1940’s is disenssed.
In 1948~ "1the presence~
of black soldiers in the
Army would create disharT,
mo~and driveaway wtiites.’
In the 1990 s vermon, ~iiding
-behind the amorphous, catchall
phrase of ’unit cohesion,’
supporters of the gay ban arguethatlesbians
andgays serving
OL~mly Would make other
soldiers feel uncomfortable."
Boykin cites several other instances
where the terms
"black" and "gay" are interchangeable.
The eorrelationbetween the
civil rights movement and the
" ixtstallees gay fights movemememerges
as the most intri "
where the the
chapters peak the
reader’s curiosity and interest,
they pale in comparison to
the sections on these similar
movements for equality..
Checkfor "One More River
to Cross" atyour localbranch
library or at the Readers Services depart:
ment (596-7966) at the Central Library.
: reviews. This will be at All Souls Unitar-
¯ ian Church on Sat. March 22 at 6:30 and
: reservations are mandatory! Call 749-
: 4901.
¯ Other upcoming programs of interest
~ include a conference, "Facing the HIV/
_" AIDS Crisis" seheduledforApril 18atthe
Rogers University (UCT) Conference
i Center from 8:30 - 4:30. This event is
; being organized for and by the African-
, American community to address HIV/
: AIDS within that’ community. For more
¯" informationortohelporganizeorsponsor
: the conference, call Beverly Benton at
¯ 622-6059.
¯ Also, Project Get Together (PGT) has
: an insurance continuation assistance pro-
", gramfor qualifiedindividuals riving with
¯ HIV/AIDS.TdsaCommunityAIDS Part-
¯" nership is the sponsor. Call I~T at 835-
: 2910 to see if you qualify for help with
: your insuran~ premaums.
Kelly Kirby CPA, PC
Certified Public Accountant
a professional corporation
¯ Lesbians and Gay menface many special
tax situations whether single or as couples.
¯ Call us soonfor sensitive & timely assistance.
¯ Electronic filing is available forfaster refunds.
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HIV/AIDS and
Confidentiality
Ignorance about HIV/AIDS still persists
almost two decades-into the known
life of the disease. This ignorance sometimes
translates into bias, stigma, and, at
times, outright discrimination from close
family and friends to complete strangers.
As a result, you have the choice to keep
your HIV status confidential.
Oklahoma law protects-this right of
confidentiality by allowing disclosure of
information regarding your HIV status
only in afew limited circumstances. Your
HIV status can belegally disclosed when:
1. yonsignawrittenauthorization which
specifically allows another to obtain this
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2. a court orders the release of this
information;
3. theState Department ofHealthdetermines
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sexual pastor, heacknowledged that there
had ,been Some controversy in the congregation
about offering him the interim position.
In fact, the issue became public
when one member wrote to The Oklahoma
Eagle, Tnlsa’s African-American
owned weekly newspaper, suggesting in
only semi-veiled terms that a only heterosexual
pastor would exert a "positive,
wholesome and.., healthy" influence on
her,grandson, and that itmight be better to
leave, the position open than to chose
McCall. McCall notes that he and Darryl
have never even seen the letter .to the
editor and that the congregation seems to
haveresolved thoseissues - at least fc
interim
gregation might not have made an offer to
him if it were for-a longterm position,
rather than an interim one.
In addition ~to the challenges of the
congregation, there is the impact of the
racism of Tulsa. McCall grew up in the
Bay Area in East Palo Alto where there
was physical :segregation; but was surprised
inTulsa that segregation is notjust
aphysical issue, but:one deeply partofthe
cfilture. He sees~racism manifest itsdfin
the emotional and spiritual life, as.well-as
fp~isnicgallikliefethoefreth-aerceiatyt l-eatsot ttwheopTouinlstao’sf
~-. - one Black and one White,Matkius says
he wasn’t quiteso suqnised, .siace he’d
spent time in theCarolinasandhad seen a
similar culture.’Still’, they sver¢.,surprised
by some of the racist assumptions that
were made when they leased their house.
Both say that it’s difficult t3 deal witha
place that refuses even to acknowledge
that these issues exist, let a!one talk con,
struefively about them., And the~oppressiveness
oftheculture, aloag with thelack
...... of’genuine equality, explains muchof the
anger and~ hostility .of-Tulsa’s minority
Howcver~ both, Magus. and,McCall
wel.come~opportunity to live openly as
~ c,~uplemthe~ profe~ional and commuthat
disclosure of your HIV status is neeessary
to monitor your ability to comply
with universal precautions and appropriate
infection cotatrol practices.
You HIV status cannot otherwise be
disclosed by someone else. If so, a person
whonegligently,knowingly, orintentionally
discloses ,your HIV status may be
sued for damages, including, economic,
bodily or psychological harm which is
caused by the disclosure. In some cases,
punitive damages may be awarded.
Exercise your legal rights. Unless a
situation falls within one of categories
listed above, you do not have to disclose
your HIV status. Be aware of who could
directly affect your life with this information
- such as your employer or your
landlord. Tell only those people you want
to know.
Ifyou are H1Vpositive or have AIDS
and you have a legal problem you may
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¯ nity fife. McCall came out~ acknowledg-
¯ ing his bisexuality almost 5 years ago and
¯ dealing with the experience of
[ homophobia is somewhat new. He says
¯ that when he was growing up, sexual
: orientationjust didn’tseem to be anissue.
~ You were "in the life" but that was not a
¯ derogatory term but that as more Black
¯ Americans have become middle class,
~ homophobiaseems tobemore ofanissue.
: He has experienced oppression more in
¯ terms ofrace untilheandMatkins came to
¯ Tulsa.
: Both Matkius and McCall are commit-
~ ted to being in Tulsa 100%, hoping to
¯ provide healing and hope for the commu-
: nity to get beyond segregation and
¯ homophobia. McCall
makes it
possible for McCall to pastor to The
Church of the Restoration. In addition,
Matkins. has volunteered to head the
church’s jail ministry. McCall recalls the
image of the pastor’s spouse whois much
putupon and little appreciated buthe says
Darryl gave up "everything" in the Bay
Areato supporthim~andasks,really what
difference is. there between them and a
heterosexual couple in terms of love and
devotion? . ¯
~TheRev, Cheste~,M~.?allhasdonework
around the issues ofgriefand death and
disYisunegs.aAswnyeollnaes iwnoterrkesshtoepdsionntaolpkpinregswsiiotnh
himaboutthese issues maycallhimat The
Church ofthe Restorationat 587-1314.
live in Oregon during the period of the
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Jimmy Flowers shareddetails of his confinement
in an mental institution and the
inlmmane_treatment he experienced just
for becans~e he is Gay. Kathy Hinide, copresidentofPFLAGtalked
about herGay
son and taen poa m orgamang.
Kathy Bit&with RA.!N, told her story of
being ~Me,tli6di~tpastor who was forced
6ut h6r jbb for b~ng Lesbian.
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you ,live in small town
or rural area?
Are you attracted to other men?
Do you feel like you are .,,
And if you’d like to mee i-Others!ii!:
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~by Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
One of our good ~friends of the
lesbyterian persuasion grew up in Rogers
County,justnortheast ofthe Tulsa metropolitan
area. Consequently, she has introduced
us to several surprising
restaurants in Claremore that
are actually worth the SlS~cial
drive over from Tulsa jttst to
eat Main StreetAmerica food.
For the last ten years, shdhas
raved about anothernight~pot
on the banks of the Verdigi’j’s
River in Catoosa, but for vail:
ous reasons over the last de:
cade, we were never able to
: menus and saw the prices being asked.
¯ This has to be one of the most expensive
: restaurants we’ve ever seen in the Tulsa
: area. Bdt, our Lesbian hOstess and tour
¯¯ guide assured us that it .wasn’t a joke -
"Molly:s has always been expensive."
She said. ’q’hat~s how they
keep out ~the riff-raff." We
weren’t aware that Catoosa
had a riff:raff problem.
Which started a long con-
.versation as we Were regaled
’ ~vith the Story ofour hostess’
previous ill:fated marriage~to
.a gentleman high schooolfootball
star:. (isnrt it terrible hfw
so.many ,straight men’s lives
Molly’
Landln¢ _+
3700 Highway
66, Catoosa
Hour:
11 am - Mon._
coordinate our. Schedules to Saturdays +-+
allow a’visit. WeU, finally, in- +: +~.r + :+’
0ur state of mourning forthe ~oOn -~10=pm
now-closed and lost - .Cuisine:
Montrachet, and in.our quest
fop anew romanticplace for StealS,ousi~
those Very Speciat Dates, we w~id~ chicken,
reached theirzenithonthehigh
school athletic field?):-We
th0nghrthat Was why.we were
beginning to feel. nauseated
and light:headedebufitmmed
out merely to be amomentary
case.6fcarbon imonoxide poi=
joined her at Molly’s:Land=. quail"& shrimp, soning and oxygen depfivaing.
" - " - " + : + - ’ tion-theldtctlengrill.v-entila-
Molly’sLandingislocated .~ Dress: Cas~a|, ! tion+system whs havingsome
on the nortkside of Route 66, Payment: i- +~ Soi’tofmalfuncfiOnthateaused
right on the west bank of the- r’,. ~ n ~ .. not onIy thefoods to be mes
" ~,..,a~n~ all major . ; ’ . . Verdigris River. Fortunately; " i+ "* + + r’qmte~smoked,~bu,t th+ diners
if one is looking; there a~e ,--+ credit cards+ ..... as well. The staff s initial resigns
marking thetumoffinto ° no eh~hs..:.J :,, +sponset,o that p~ob!em (+tumthelargeparkinglot:
Fromthe -. ~ ~! ~, ¯ i + ’Jng the heaters oil ~high)
exterior, Uo.lly~s ,looks like + + .ru~ +~.._r~ .+ ? )r~ (!:pr~+ed fruifless~o ~md~
great big, old log cabin-that Non-sm6ldng+"7+ :t~t~-h+"6~g
~:a3O~ were ~warted by,plastic+coyhas
had countless interesting,
random, and eclectic addi- ag ~ + e+n+"ngs~w~.n.ten.zm.g.the.0pentions.
And, that’s exactlywhat ¯ mine., rags, but t-mallyenoughextethe
building was and is. " -Co~t~:.... riot doors were opened to al,
Upon entering the facility, ’Very
" * " low,the air Ion.clear a~bit. -
one is struck by the over- expensive But;we.di-gress. All of the
whelming amount of "stuff" Rating:_ . .appetizers on the menu were
thatiseverywhere.Collectious
C llst $~.95. They included grilled
ofantiquearticles,junque~and-- ~ ~ .ehicken..strips,, ,smoked
posters havelongbeen a staple decorating salmoh~ baked, onion, and ~antced mushfixture
of local theme restaurants; but rooms~.but by.far the most popular~appe-
Molly’stakesthistoanextreme:Eventhe ~ tizer weaaw beingeaten was:the shrimp
ceilings are plastered with framed.post- ¯ cocktail., ~- ¯., .
ers, art reproductions, as well:.as- a few : -..All entrees came witka choiceof soup
sq.ua~re,.:~en.o~rwatt o~,+e~:.~~L~.g,~i.~o,~d., +st en+tr~,thegrilledchiekenbreast,listed
wmcnas not covereooy .s,ome ~-+’m~el +-~-:. at $16.95~ Rib,eye; filetg-mignon,+.. and t
neous and Sundry obje-~d art.: Dif++ferent ~--’mme~-~t~eaks:and the Cajun,style:m-ilie~i
styles of. cas~sO~.ngare fo.und,in V_mi2 : ronghy+w---e~.++~ced.fft $17.95. Fo~ran
ous seet~ous ofdae dining rooms; butthe ~ extra dollar,ajal~~offered.
southwest/Santa=Fe-theme,prevails:- We . l,n ,the hi,p.her;:orice ranges;. ther-~--were~
.e~.e seated at anck.etylogtable on drum , quail, aiid Shish~kebabs at,$22,95~.each,
ehatrs’made of rawhid~ anti e;edar strip~ ..+ crab:legs ,and~ the ~la~ger:.sized filet ;for
-The patrons:the, evening, :gfour visit : $24~95~:and.then.-~oOiniag~inat~$29,95 i W~re the’butterfl-y2pra.w0s¢and:the.~eombi,
nation plate~O£;eitherq~andiih-ey(.o~ ~ q~l- and. ’.p+rawnt0.h~,~of, ~the ~ meats ~are
-’ grill~Iover:mesqt~t~:nmltmtel~ea,,dly.:of
: ’,.~:,TI~+¢af0od sdeetioli du.~oi~mot~yJ~t
’." havi~’arrived~m..the+~L,,port~ our.,labl~
: cnded’.~po~m~ a11:~dif~rent: typ~s.:of
". steaks=Whcn:thvmeat,ar~i.v~I, it.was- hot
¯ an-d"stea~y~-s.tra~gh1,:of£ ;the grill ~and
: Uniformly.und~cook~d~one notch-below
~ the~ way~,~’~as,,ordered.-....~ne taste was
i og~fxaxg1e~adn~d.+.ilm~ab~~Vtvbxet~uir~ebwuatsw.tehceoduelsdinr,,etd~hfeeldp
~ over~om|ng~ the feeling,that something
+: wasmi.msing~Atth_e~eprices, w.eexpected
: better:thad,jnst, good.........
; "..,Des~ert~seleetionsi.neluded a mrtlepie,
: amuddpie, expremo (sie)’ala.mode,,and
: anapple+rasp~Ifiealamode..We tried
: the fruit pie, and it arrived fr~h from the
¯ mierowave, with thepastry suffering the
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Pride Center
unfortun~iteWilt of thenuked. Whatcould
packed with juvetile revdlers in their
:. firstadultdinlng expelience. Alas,itwon’t
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: tablishmentserving exquisite foods with
¯ maximum style; and will most assuredly
: leave them financially destitute. What a
: to catch our own.
drop-in basis for several evenings a week.
Please return this form to
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5’9,1651bs, with Brawn hair, and Blue eyes. You
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian,.-Gay,
Bisexual.& Trans :Communities
¯ ’. ¯ ,. " . ¯ -:-Coburn ;Re,ntrod" .u] c. e’’’s i¯ ,G. -.. ,",.C...h~a.’,m...D." ..i.,roY n’. ¯ ,.
. IV ,Preyentlon Act , :TulSan toAttend ’91~iayGames
:~.i ~ ~WAS_,,HJN,GT_O,N- T~m ~burn,MDand Member of Congress. ~i- ~ Why is CliffBaile~mll~q~abont a sports evet~
, I_.or urdanoma s 2rid Distr~,ct has introduced again his "HIV. ~.~ i that’salmostayearandon,~.~Mfoff~andthousands
: ,rre.v.enti~o.n Act" which claims that it~ would, "refocus public ;:= of miles and dollars a.a~? Anyway, i’m’t the
." ~ea~th ettorts on H.IV p.r.ev~n.tiOn" by holding federal funds." stereotype that GaY, i~,pledon’t"do’~~: rts9
’- hostagefr0mstatestaatfailtoobe the. ro sedr ui~em . . . ....
, . .. po .
¯ . . y p po _eq entsof ~, What Bmley s.talgi~tg about are the 1998 Ga
~o the act, Ifpassed, it would:require partner-notification of indi= :i Games to be held in’~sterdam, The Netherlan~Ys
~ viduals testing positive for HIV antibodies,- would allow the..: in August of that~.:What h~:~ants to iet people
;i-.asvsiactii!m,asntosf. sperxiouraltaos.saanuyltsctoonrveiqcutiiorne,H, wIVoutledstianllgoowf-thheeiarltahllecgaerde ;¯ iknntoerwesitsedth. Aatththl~esI~~gs~’~e~d;ernn,ttshaavree~.0opbeen=Otolyamllpwiahnos naorer
- : prowaers to ~e,st pati.entsforHIV ..as a conditio~ for any invasive ~ are there preliininaly~ trials to qualify. Allthat is
¯ . surgery, woma require insurers wtm t~Vtoin~orhl those Whom _’ = ~’" ~.... takes is a willinghess
to participate
Reintroduce Jobs Non-Discrimination Act
WASHINGTON (AP) - The memory of an excellent
high school teacher has led Rep. Christopher Shays to
take up the cause - controversial in Congress - of
banning job. discrimination against homosexuals. "Fhe
thought that he could haveb~en denied an opportunity
to teach atmy schooljustmademerealize how strongly
I felt about this bill,, said shays,.a moderate COnnecticut
Republican.who will-be a prime sponsor of the.
Employment Non-DiseriminationAct. ’~I wouldnr tbea
member of Congress-today if it hadn’t been for this
teacher," Shays sai&
The bilF s b~ckers say the,supp0rt ofRepublicans like
Shays and Sen. Alfonse D Amato of New Yorkmay
make the difference this year., see ENDA, page 3
’: they test to knOW test results:,..Tl~.e bill.also has tw.o non-binding.
: resolutions that states should crimin~alize the intentional "transmission
ofHIV and that Strict confidentiality
." in conjunction with this act:
: However, Oklahoma state health officials and local HIV edu:
¯ - cation and prevention specialist note that most 0fthese condi-
:. ons are already reqmred~by state law here andmthemajority of
."
States...Tl].ey point that mandatory partner notificationcanonly be:
done wxththe cooperation of the individualwho has been tested
: and that individual.can refuse to name-his/her partners.
: Furthermore the testing ofindividuals who have been accused
:. of sexual assault cannot establish see Coburn, page 13
~: ’ Cliff Bailey, Worm Bronze
: MedalWinner,Heavyweight
¯ Judo catagoryatthe2994
", GayGames heMinNew York.
¯ US Anti-Gay Violence Rising
¯ NEWYORK (AP)-Hate crimes against h0mosexuals rose by 6
i percent across the nation, with more than 2,500 incidents re-
. ported. And while New.York City was racking.up a solid 39 resemb!,e.s those given olympic Winners bears the
¯ percent decrease in crime over the past three years, bias crimes motto, to do one’s bestiS .the ultimate g0al of
: based on sexual orientation dipped here by only 2 percent. ¯ human achievement?’ . ~ ~: see Games, page 10
¯ The figures were released by the New York City Gay &
NattonallyacclaimedTulsaartist, P.S.Gordonisjoined " I.~.sbian Anti-Violence Project and the National Coalition of
by artpatron, Jacqueline Zink, before his painting, A : Anti-Violence Programs. Their report was based on data gath- i mw UVlO i-,rogram
Pdver Runs Through It, Too. The watercolor was com- : eredbylocalgroupsthat~ackcrimesagainstLesbians,Gaymen,.."- mLssioned to be Tulsa’s Centennial image. Posters are ¯ Bisexuals and Transgendered persons . . Includes-Gay
¯ ¯ S
available - a limited number of them signed by the " Rep.CharlesSchumer, D-N.Y.;sponsoroffederallaWincreas_ .. TULSALDVIS,Tulsa’sDomestieViolenceInterartist.
lnfo: 596-1898. Photo:Tulsa Family News "- ing penalties for hate crime, called the decline inNew Yo~kgood " vention’Services has developed a pilot program,
ENDA |" news
but added "all New Yorkers deserve to be safer." In : DiV~(Domesti.c_Violenc~.~ .F,mergencyResponse.
: Washington, Attorney General Janet Reno issueda statement ¯ Team...~royid~services:tot~ffdiVidualSind0mes_
........ ¯ : o ~.sa.ying that proseruting hatecrime :had a toppriority and p~0in: ¯ tic vi"olence situation whOardhbt i~ow benefitting
Modetat~R0oubliean Representative. to :t~s~ng to°’~vo"rk to imp¯rove th" e ab.il.it.y.of the federal government "¯ fromDVIS services~.This teamhpproaehwill alioff
o respond. ’ - " - .......... . victims ofdomestievi01ence to.receive face t0face : " i ArOund the eounti% 2;529 ise~-b’ia~ iineidedisi~erexepr~tM~ - support: on a- 24 hour, ~seven~tlayI "a W~ek6a~is]
¯
compared to 2,395 in 1995~ NewYorkcontinued to have themost . I-Ii]l~rest Hospifal mid ~ Tuls~ 24 krur:social;se~-
: - 575 in 1996, down from 625 in 1995..Christine Quiun, execu- : vice agency havejoined.DVIS in tMseffort. When
:. tive director of the New York group, saidthe national statisti,,es ¯ victims need medical attention, DIVERT nurses
were disturbing not only forthe o~,erali incr~e,.but also for ’a ¯ and volunteers ~will m~etthem at-Hillcrest~ For
." severeiticrcase in the intensity ofthe violence. She said bats and. " those2who need--nonkmedical ~sistance, they will
:"- cclhuobise~hfaodrhsuormpoaspsheodb:re0sc~k"sMaunrddbeorsttdleeesraesa~s’~e.d’th, efNroom. 12w9ienap1o9n9s5otof :: beDmVe~ISaihtah~ea.~l2w4ahyosumr*ffadg~e.n.ictsy.ma- ny 0fits services
¯ 2!last year, but !2 ofthe deaths were marked by a such a high ¯ .available t0-men as :.well as owomenlbut with. this
: level of b~utality that they b,ould i~e called "overkill," the report : eff0rt,DVISise~piiciflyr~.a~hing outtoperdomin
¯ said. ¯ ame gender domestic mtuations, and generally to
:~ cityCouncilman ~om Duane s~higher over:~ numbers i"the IAbian a~d.~ay,com-m.mty: DVIS s~f:are
¯ may well reflect better reporting, ’but it’s still a tip of the .’ ab!e tohelp in.. w.0man-to-.woman, as.wall as man-
: oiceberg,!~ because manyf~trgeLs 0fsexbihs remain .q~et father .. "t,0-,m.~:violgnve~ Al.sg,_the DiVERT.program will
! ithan face embarrassment and. ~ ’-. i-.Se¢Cr(t~e,lpage 10 : :requirea . , .._~ see.DVt& page 13
and the wherewithal
to get there.
All. that~said,
Bailey actually is a
Bronze medal winner
in ~the heavy-
,wei’ght .J.udo.,com-
L994
Games that
W.ere held in New
York City in conjunction
with the
25th anniversary
~elebrations of the
Stonewali Riots.
The medal which
M,arriage- Update := Gay-Military Harassment !-Comiing :soo.n!
i-C,o,ntinuing, - .D!efeinse.: :StO , e., a:Cffmmunidad,His-
’ ’ ~ : " ...... :.: , CU,UC.-Understandtng
., : ~sue,, ~ficy~ evolv~ into aMac~ave~ System’ wh~e : "~’5-~1~11 ~111, W I1.1~~ 1~ :-see¯ooon,p" a
Wash. St.-Gov. Vetos AntizMarriage Bill
OLYMPIA,Wash..(AP) ~Washingt0nGov: GaryLocke
has vetoeda ban on same-SeX marriages, d.alling the bill
discriminatory, divisive and unnecessary. Legislative
leaders said they will put the issue before the vot~rs~ "I
oppose any measure ~,at. would diyide, disrespect or
dimiiiish:our humanity; the Democratic governor said
Friday, echoing a.theme from his inaugttral address a
few weeks ago:!n ia veto message ~o the Republ!,~c£ancontrolled,
state .Legislature; Locke added .. ’Our
overarching principle, should, be tO promote .civility, :. . ~o~ng to, .SDLN, ~n,1996~:~.e.arm.ed f~orce~.~ .r_eL~,atedly.
mutual r,e,s~t~d:unity~ Thih legislation fails .to:me~t . ~exeuse41 vmlations Ofcment l~iw inohiding witchhunt:s; aeiZi~r~
this~test ~ ....... " ~-:-" .... : of personal diades, andthr~atedingservicemembers~withprj~on.
¯- - " :Ne~exico L~isiature" " ’ : unless-they ac~tiaedbthers as:gay ~all in mi effdrt.to taiget hnd
o_.2N?_3t~_,.[.Lm".~a’L.r;-7~._oI,,=27_-~Y_ ......; "°’- : if.err~t0utgayme-n--andw0m0iwh°!serve°ureountry.:?Ti~’eresult : ~I~ALTH;NPWS no io,uivii i-t!~nt$ . -. is .tlia.ggay dischgrges have~ s0~:.~~ to a five-year ~gh a( a;cost "- ..
0°~n:eTqf!fe~sr.~daLyAto~b)a-an~soamuse-e~peaXnmeia.arrpiapgreOsvaenddaSmheelaVseudrea ¯: e" xc1e,:eDdOinDg d$i2s5chmairl~lieodn8i5n01-9t>9e6d)0|e~,’~der ,,Don, tA~k’;(1~3~-m"-’iT,~u "" ¢OMMUNIW.e~L[NDAR.
proposal sought by Gay crvflnghts fidvocates to ban : D0n.t. Pursue m fiscal .year 1996"-" a five-yeai¯high, and the ¯
’di,’serimination based on s~ximl 0rientation..The Con- ¯ highest rate of discharge since 1987 - ....
sumer and Pubhc Affairs .....see yows,page 12 . -. ,~. SLDN-docum~nt~.~ 443 ~p¢cific see Colren, paget3 ;: M)NDSPAVE. , . ~ - . . P. ~4
918.583.1248~. ~ublishe~r.+’ ~ditoi: Tom Neai -- " issued o~ ~r beforeth~]5th of each month, the.entir~b0n~ents of this publieati0n
, fa~: 583.4615 ~:£ Entertaifimeht Writer +Mac G,uru:. are protected by’US e0pyright.~6.~byTu_l~.a.Family News and may not be .:. Editor s note:-ttiis.letter was received
’~ a~ao " James Chfistjohn " " " . ’ " -reproduCed either.in WhOle br in l~irt without written permission from the pul31isher~. ? : fr0~n TOHRin response to ?a Tulsa ,World
~-~a~l~’~sa7N4~w5s9~>~,~a~nr!l~iee~rman/ ’~mehe~t~dl~e~~!~1e:~wt0~e~~tn°~
’: ebdyiOtok~laiahloenmdao’rss2inndgD"HisItrViPctrUevSeCnotinognrAecsts"-
@aol 6om " ’ " - ,. - " ’ "g i .~ ~ " . p perry: .. i.i y ¯ ! ., i . " :- .man Tom Coburn, Rep.-Muskogee. The
website" htto’//users Legrandbouche, Kerry ,~wis ".. ,_ - should be §entt~:the ~ddress above. Eaeh-read~ris~nfitled.toonefr~ecop~0feach "~ March 15 editorial suggested that~the
. a~l.co~/T~Newsi Stephen Scott, The As~o~iat,ed Press edition a~dlsti’ibu~ion points. Addi~ibnal e0pie~ ~-e avaiiable by iealling 5~’3-i24&. 1. Gay community" had iJtocked a sound.
¯
’ " ’ - ~ " " " ~..... " " " " ..... " medical approach’to H1V/A1DSpolicy.
~"-" ence in’VancoUver,last summer about the astounding improve- ¯ " ¯ - ¯ . ¯
] ments in health that new combination drug therapies werepro-
’ ] yoking in:many people withAIDS, The scientific reports were so. ~ " WouldYouplease schedule an appoint=
¯ ~ poweffulinpartbecausetheycomplementedwhatmany.ofus ~ menttom~etffithseveralrepresentatives
.......~ :~::~-~roei~ere~petiene-~gdi~’_ec.tliy;0rb~observafion:manypeop!e:-~ :of.the~ -I~.sbian, and: ~ay~x)mmunlty as
By Dr. John D’E~nilio, Direktdr, NGLTFPolicy Insitute : - ~" :-~" ~ with~II-)S~w~rre+,nj0~gl;ematl~ablei.mi~roveniqntsifftiea]th?~ ;~,~ ~0bn: ks :you ai’~:~al~l~g? ~.~Wewoifldlil~e to
’ From’ the beginning,-the- AIDS epidemic has been ~hort bn: !;: ~6..ca.~,~ itis_~m~,~a~ if. the. d.ead;~.e_re re~gtO. !ife; .’:i~ : ~? ~S~us~ die.~lii0ri~ ~.~.u,:,.all Wi0te i~ ~pi
good tldi’~gs.-Fot mbst of theist ~ixteen yeats, We’have hadto - : ¯ ,~Then, just. last-m0nth, .th( Centers for Disease Con~o:l .and : ipo~t o~,Toni Coburn S’ HIV Pl;eVention
content., ourselves with d,evdopment~ th~[ held~"promise." For : Prevention reported .that, for the fir,st time s.ince th.e eplde~.mic..
ili~tJan~;id~nfifying il~,~ HIV?vi~ ba,ck.i~ l~983:Wks h firstsmal! . began, the. number of deaths from AIDS declined dunng the first. ~. ’ Unfor.mately, you ap.I~ar to have.aes~
e~ff ~.o~vard 6ffecf!~6 th~rai~i~e~:Or a etfre: D~vdQpin’g o~test that ¯ half of 1996, by 12% from the first six months of 1995.. Mean: ...cel~ted Mr. Cobu}n’s highly inaceurat.e
;d~e~ted ailtibo~e~,S~i_nin_-g~ the.~prgt0c~!s f-or .drgg testing : while~ New York c~i.ty, one of the.epicenters of the epidemic, has : a~d shamelessly grands~t~d~ng claims
and a~proval,,winningpas~age-ofthe Ryan.WhiteC~eAct: each ~. xx~Jlected statistics .for all, of 1.996,. and reports a .significantly ¯ about how HtV and AIDSare handed in
one of these achievements was impoi~ant and worthwhile as a mgi’e, dramatic declinein the number of deaths.... the US. The reality is that.the-majority of
step tow.ard the big goal, the end.-of.AIDS - which~ _uaforiamately, ,..There’s, no .denying that these developmems representvery .’- stal~es, especiallyours,dotreatHIV/AIDS
remained as elusi4e as.,e~er, . . " hopeful news. BUt they distnrb as muchas they encourage me ~ justlikeany othercommunicabledisease,
¯ With so fe~ encouragin~ signs for ~0 long oi~ tie )~II~S front, ¯ because, of.the way.they h~ave been presentedin the press, and ¯ and have for.years..we are surprised thai
the headlines .of the lkst year h.ave natur~ly been w.elcome. First, becauseofthe:inferencesthat.manymightreadint0them. From ," you. wonldac~ept.ana!legatiOnastru¢just
there was.thenews pouring C!utoftheintemafional AII~,S conferv ¯ many. place.s,;it s~ems...., :. . -. . : becauseaMemberofCongress claimedit
] [-. ,i 1 : WasSO. ar.e,yo.uas u.m!ng,th,t ause
. ~ ? Cobum s ~.~ physician,, all. that he says
.. ’. ~,.-..- ’TulsaClubs&-Fl~taurant~ ¯ ." ~ ¯ ¯ ." "*TulSa Book Exchange;.3749 S: Pe~ria ’~
¯Bamboo Lounge; -7204 E. Piiae.....:832~1269 :. i~Tuls~Comed~
¯Concessions, 3340~ S. ~Peoria ~ . .’. ~ - 744-0896 ", - Fred WdCtf,.LCSW,Cbmiselin~ 743-1733 "
*L~la’s, :2630, E.~i15th i:-.i " ~-, " . .... 749-1563 .- TU[,a Organiz-ation~, Cl~ureha~, & UniversitieS -
¯Gold CoffstCoffeeHOuse;3509S:’Peoria. - - 749-451.I ~ AIDS Walk Tul~, POB £071, 74101-1071 - 57929593
¯GrOtmd Fl0or-~afe~5Ist &~Harv~d 749~5678: -- Bla~k’&’ White~ Inc. POB 14001~ Tulsa 74159 "58%7314
¯St~,Michael"s ’Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 3l.st .745-9998 ." *BlessTheL~ord,.. Christian Center, 2627bE. 11 628-0594
~Samson &.Delilah Restaurant~ i0 E. Fifth . 585-222-t -" ~*B/L/G’AllianC~; Univ, of ~ulsa Canterbm’y Ctr 58329780
¯Silver star Saloon, t565 Sheridan . 834-4234 _*Chapman~StudentCtr., University ofTu!~a,’5th H. & Florence ’
¯Renegades/Rainbow Room; 1649S. Main .585-3405 *C0mmufiityofHop(Uni.tedMethodist,!703E.2nd 585-1800
¯TNT"s, 2114 S. Memorial . 660-0856 *Com-muni.ty Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595 "
¯ToolBox; t338’E:3rd.- .- "....-. ,-. .584-1308 ~ *Church of the Restorafi0n, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314 .’
¯Interurban, Restaurant, 717. S. Houston ’ 585-31-34" " Dignity/~ntegrity-LeSbian]Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648 :
TulsaBusinbSses, Sentiees;,& .ProfeSsionals ’. *.F~aily o.f Faith MCC; 5451:-E So:.Mingo 622-1441 "_
Definis C. Ambld, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in~Med~ & Mental Health, 2325 S.~ Hm’v’ard . 721.3 ~ 1000
Kent Bal~h"&Associates., Health "&" Life’ Insurance 747:9506
*Bam(s & N0bIe Booksellers,, 8620 E..71 - 250-503~
Body PierCing by Nicole, 2722"E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740~E: 21 " 712-9955.
Brookside’J~ff~r~,=4649 ~.o..P~bfia~ " 743-5~7~:
*Creative Colle~ti0n, 152t E.’15 - - 592-1521.1
Cherry St] Psy’ch’other.af~y; 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743~4117
Com~nnni(y cleaning~ KerbyBaker - , ’ " " ~622~0700
Tim Dani~l;’Attorfiey’ ~’ ~’- .... .352~9505~, 800~742~9468
*D~o to Dis-co, 3212’E.’ 15th .... 749-3620
*Devena’sGallery,-13 Brady’~ ’ ~ " ~ " 587-2611
DoghoUse on Brbokside; 3311 S: Peoria - 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & ’Memorial - 665-6595
Dbn Carlton.Hon~ 4141." S, MbnSorial " ’o ~ ’622-3636
*Elite Books &’Vid~O~, 821- S~ Sl~eri&an - - "838-8503
’~R0s’S Edward’ SklOn~ 1~38’ S:BoSfoff. "" ’ " " 584-0337
Fo~lin~¢Coml~utefCi:msullxifibn .... ~--’-- - 690-2974-
Lemnne M. Gross, Financial Pl~ng’ " ..... 744-0102~
MarkT. Hfimby, At~o~ndy ’ ’ ’--°’ :~ "~"" - ~: ¯ " i 744-7440:
*. Ji .Hi’U: MS; 895. E: Sr e!ly 745-11I1"
,*int~rfiational Tbu~s ° ’° " - i " ~’ " ¯ "’. ~ " -’ "3.41-68{~6:
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. HarVard 747-7777
*Fr~e SpiritW0menS Center~ call for loc~tibn& info: 587-4669.
" Friend For’A Friend, POB52344, 74152 747-6827
." Friends in Unity SocialOrg~ (African-American mens group)
¯ " " POB 8542, 74101; call’ c/o HOPE @712:1600
~-HOPE,:HIV.Outi’each,-Prevention, Education, 1307.E. 38,2ndfl.: :’
:. :~ 7i221600; ~HoPE An,-pfl~,mou~ HIV ~s.ti~,g:Site; 74~2-2927 :
: kidianHealthCa~e, iTNAAPP :?, ~. "~- 582-7225 ’
" NAMES PROJECT; 4154 S. Harvard, Ste.’H-1
, It. is .es.pe~i~ly unfortunate that you
would perpetuate the myth, that somehow
"the.Gay ommunity"~ has~ so much "political
dout~’ that we somehow have been
able to force the profoundly prejudiced
establishment of our co,u,,~,itry to abandon
"soundme~lical practices to r~placethem
with "political correctness". The uncriti~
cat.acceptance of this sort of historically
- and medically inaccurate notion winds up
being just Gay-bashing, not only by
Cobumbutalsoby youattheTulsaWorld.
The facts do not support you or him.
You merely hounda community that is
¯. already vilified and attacked. Ironically,it
¯ was the. "Gay community that, almost
¯ single-handedly in the early years, responded
heroically to the challenge of
HIV/AIDS. !t. was this community that
radically, altered its behavior and helped
to change .our entire~health care delivery
: *,Our,H0use, 111~4 S. Qtmker :- - -
:, ’PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152
.: *Harmed Parenthood, 1007 S, Peoria
¯ *The’Pride Center,-1307 E: 38,- 2rid flobr i-
:’. Prime~-Timets, P.O: Box 521’18, 74152
." ¯ "*R~AS.N., Rdgibnal AIDS In(effaith NetWork
¯"- Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74-159
!-: *Red Rock ’Menlal Center, 302 S. Cheyenne g108
,-*S-t: .Aidml!,s Episi~opai Chlir~h,,4,045 N. Cincinnati
~’_" Sti Jerom~ s Catholic Chin-oh; 384.1 S’.-Pe0ria;
Interfaith AIDS Ministries- 438-2437, 800-284~2437 system in order to respond to’HIV/AIDS.
*MCC Of Greater Tulsa,!623 N: Maplew.oOd i~ 838-i1715 .And this community did so in the face of
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 s.’Harvard, Ste. H~I ~ 749-~194 ~" massive indifference on the part of all
-" 311~ ’- levels of American government and soci-
~55-5658 " ety who.did not care about a disease that
NOW~ Nat’l. Org for Women, POB 14068; 74I59 ~"-’~960 ] merely ~ll.ed :the already marginalized.
. ~’~i~t~y-. :- :-In:Tulsa, our org_anization has.run one
lacb~ Aninml ~linic,’2732"-E.’ 15th -"’ -~’-" -" ,: " 7t2-2750"-"
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: The Pride Center/TOHR/HOPE.
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Participants in the National Organizationfor Women’s ~.
Valentine’s Same-Sex Marriage Forum included Bill. :
Hinkle, attorney & a number of Tulsa clergy, including ~ "~
pastor of Fellowship Congregational Church, Russell
Bennett, Rabbi Heidi Barron, Patty Hipsher of NOW.., ;.
The bill was also introduce~ in the past two CongreSses.."
"We have a solid chance," said Winnie.Stachelberg, "
legislative director of the Washington-based Human ."
Rights Campaign, one of the largest gay civil rights
advocacy groups. .
Republicans in the majority, so the argument goes, will "
be more open to the bill if the pitch comes from within :
their own caucus. Shays, in particular, is dose to the ¯
House GOP leadership. Chances for passage are "better, -"
but it’s going to be a difficult debate," Shays said. ’Tmin "
this for the long-term and the ultimate success.... I can’t
say that it will pass this year." ¯
The bill would bar employers from using sexualorien: :
tation as a basis for hiring, firing, promotion or compen= "
sation. Exemptions would be madefor voluntary and ¯
religious organizations, and businesses employing fewer "
than 15 workers. "
Rep. Barney Frank,D=MasS. , who is gayand the bill’.s .""
othermainHouse sponsor, is among thosehoping Shays’ ¯
role will make a difference. "Chris is dose to (Speaker
Newt) Gingrich. If he’s a cosponsor, I guess one test of :
that frill be if we are able to get the bill moved and voted
on," Frank said.
No one expects an easy ride, especially not in.the "
House, where conservative GOP leaders have tighter "
control on proceedings than the Senate. Last year, House ¯
leaders didn’tallow a vote on the bill. For a controv~sial "
measure, "You should have a groundswell of support,"
said Rich Tafel, executive director of Log CabinRepub- ¯
licans, the nation’s major gay Reoublican group. "The ¯
trick on the House side is getting that groundswell of
support among Republicans." . "
In the Senate, there are already 47 confirmed votes and
another five likely supporters; said Stachelberg. However,
60 votes would be needed to keepthe bill aliveif an
opponent threatens afilibuster. Last September, the¯Sen- "
ate defeated the bill, but by just one vote. Republicans
allowed a vote after Sen..Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., ¯
threatened to try ~and attach the bill to another de.fining :
marriage in federal law as alegal unionbetween Oneman
and one woman~ which passedeasily.- . . .. - .
Supporters point out that’64 senators, including some ¯
conservative Republicans,- ban job discrimination based
on sexual orientation in their own offices. At the end of
the- 104th Congress, 241 of 435 House members had
similar policies.
Opponents, meanwhile, are readying their case. The
bills are tobe introduced this spring. "If you are a good
employee, and you are minding your Own business, you
will notbe fired," said Kristi Hatmick of the Family
Research Council, .which plans to lobby against the
legislation. Hamdck Said the bill isn’t needed because
Americans already have-remedies available for unjust
firingS; indudinglawsuits and appealsto the Equal Employment
Opportanity Commission= It’will inject sexual
issues into the workplace, she added, ’-’There is no way to
ensure that an employer isnot discriminating on the basis
of sex behavior’without talking to .everyone about their
sex life,’Hamrick Said.. ..
Proponents. counter ? that; most Americans _think it’s
unfair to firesomeone beca_Use the,y’ re gay. Thetrouble is
that most Americans also-.think it .s illegal, even though’
only nine-states;induding Co.nnecticut,;prohibit it, they
said. That misperce~tion, Said Frank, has been exploited
by opponents who insist homosexuals are demanding
special rights. "The leader~s,:of anti-,g,ay people try to
l;erPetuate this false.noti0n,~ he said.. ’They unde.r~iand
that defending againstsome_t_hi.".ng called,a special right is
e~ier~d.~fe~ding:ag~aSi;~ ~ht.:,Ot .to be fired..’;
xmsa ~ay L~ mocrats are..orgamzang .tQ~ncrease pari
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at 7~9:5216~6 3~-Tim :Gillean ~t 254-~i~".,
: A~,e y0ff Gay, .,& Proud? Then get’im,ol~,ed in the
, planning for Jun~ ~ almualLG.~T Pride events. Th.ese
¯ .’. rangefrom an Interfaith Worship,Service, The First (they
¯ - think) Ever Tul.sa Pride:lOIarc~,,~q~he Pride Picnic,~d the
Statewide. Pride Parade in Okl.ah.oma City..T.o’~et in,
volved, call 743-GAYS (4"297).-
Thehighly regarded Texas ,..Lesbian Confer’ence will be
The Marriage Forum attracted a diverse’and capacity ¯ held on May 16-18 in Houston. To get info.-on this event:
crowd withPFLAG andNOWwell represented, and also ".- CelebratingOur Visibilityg A Decade ofLesbian Empow.,
a large contingent ofmembers, ofARAI. Anti-Racist Ae: :~. : erment, writei: TLC; P.0B.66012, noi ston, TX 77266.
tion, a gronp dedicated to ¯challenging neo-Nazi valueS, ..~ : ~ PFLAG,iTulsa ~ha~te.r wil! focus on Tulsa.Gay &
and topromott:ngracialandsexualorientationequality: 7: ,Lesbian History a[:its’Apfi!.14th meeti~n,g, at 7:30 at
- : FdlowshipC0ngregafi0~chilrch.~Alsodon t forget their
violations where suspected gay servicemembers were
asked, pursued and harassed.
3. Women were disproportionately, targeted, accounting
for 29% of gay discharges, despite making "up only
13% of theactive force. In the Army, women accounted
for 41% of gay discharges, .three times their presence in
the service. Women are often accused as gay after rebuffing
men’ s sexual advances or reporting-sexual abuse,
regardless of their actual orientation.
4. DOD continues to criminally prosecute
servicemembers for allegations of gay, but not straight,
consensual relationships, contrary to regulations requir-.
ing even-handed treatment in the criminal system.
SLDN concluded.that-many military members con,
tinue to ask, pursue and harass servicemembers indirect
violation of "Don’ t Ask,Donr t Tell, Don’ t Pursue." The
violations resulted from alack ofleadership, training and
recourse to stopillegal investigations. Some commanders,
Criminal invesligator~ and inquiry officers blatantly
disregarded the clear limits on gay inve.stigations. Others
simply didnotknow any better, as the services have failed
to implement ade~tuate,ongo!~g.~aining inl the field.
Lastly, those accused ~ under ’~D0U t .Ask. Don’t Tell,
Don’ t Pursue" have no recourse.to Stop improper investigati0ns
before it is too late.
In response to these SDLN concerns, secretary.
Defense William Cohen has announced thathe will seek
an immediate end to Pentagon.violations..;’I will do
everything I can to see that [violations of the policy],is
stopped," Secretary Cohen hckn0wledged that violation~s
are ~ccurring and tha( dire~¢( ~luesdoning of military
personnel about their Sexual Orientation i.s against th~
:..law: ,We are going to.enf0rce, the policy," he said.
Here are selectedcomrnunity events scheduled for the
¯ Spa.ghetti Dinner .on March.22 at All, Soul’s at 6:30.
¯ Reservations are r,equired- so call: 749-4901. The dinner
¯ features a performance-by the highly regarded OKC
Metro Mens Cilorus.
these glimmers ofhope are diciting the view that the end"
of AIDS is in sight.
Whilenothing would make me happier, such a contusion
is as dangerous as it is wrongheaded and unwar-
¯ ranted. Think aboutit: Whilethe press.makes much ado
about the first yearly decline in thenumber of deaths from
: AIDS, the figure for 1996is likely¯to be as high as the total
." casdoad was in 1986! Try. to remember how crazy we all
.’. Were-ten years ago! crazed with rage and grief-and
¯ frustration; crazed enough tolaunch a militant direct ¯
action campaign via ACT UP; crazed enough to plan a
-" nationwide march on Washington that dre.w,three,quar-
¯ ters of amillion people. A "dedine"in deaths to 40,000 ¯
/yearis animprovement;it does not spell the end toAIDS.
"’- While new drug. therapies are h.aving extraordinary
-." life:enhancing effects on some peoplewith AIDS, there
¯ are many others for whom the new drug .therapies don’t
¯ .work. We also don’t yet know how long their.effective-
" ’hess willlast; whether the virus will develop resistance to
¯ :the drugs; or whether other-strains of the .virus will
¯ continue to spread despite these medical,adv...anees,,., ¯
These therapies are developing, mo_reo.v.er,jn, a.po~li.ti-
: : cal cont.ext in w~ch. govomm,ent is Tel~n.desslyoslashing
: taxes and expenditures, and’a’sfci’allconfe.x’t in which
: !arge numbers of American~ lack healthinsurance..Who
will pa~¢.for’ these therapies ? What Will hap.13e~i to PWAs
who lack the resourc~.s,.to obtain .expensive.treatments?
¯ .Drug therapieh that fforkfoi some is/~ g96,d’thing, but ~t, -
¯ - .too, does not spell the end-to AIDS: - -
" What do articles~d headline~i speculating abOut th~
¯ fanciful end of AIDS accomplish other_" than to whittle
.away at tlle edges of the AI~DS mov,dmem? Such claims
:i ;make it more difficultto~rai~6 m~ndy,~tr, re~nfit vQI,unL
next couple of months. - ~ - .. - . _ ." .teers,-topersuadetegislators to up their commitment, and
Sida en la Communidad Hispana~~n; dialogo grat~s, :; .to spread convincingly a preveniirn message. In..0ther
AIDS in the I-fispanic C~omm-,tmity, a free. dialogue is~ ." words, even the hypothesis ifiat th6 epidemi~ is +nding
plann’ed for viernes, 28.de marzo, Friday, March 28 at ¯ can serve to make the end more’ distant...." ~ .
3pm at Fellowship Congregational Church, iglesLas, .’~ I don’t want ~to Sound like.a~, b.ld.curmudgeon. Idon~.t
Unidas de ChristO,2900 So..Harvard, Pa~ocinado pot : w.ant to pour water on.the hopefulness that some.good
RegionalInter-feDeLucha ContraElSIDAvLaCoalicion .~ newsengenders. B~tw~needt0beve~yclearlaboutwliat
¯ Multicultural de SIDA, .sponsored by ~e RAIN, the ." the end of AIDS would.reall~ lo_0k?like:mo m0~e deaths
Regional interfaith.Network.and the Multicultural AIDS :: from AIDS, and a pieventi0n" e.ffoa ithat’ leads tO an
¯ Coalition. Se le pide la communidad hispana ~ue. se ¯ absence of new ini,.ec.tions.....
¯ involucre~Qualquierpersona~ntet:es~.as~abienvenda. ".~ .Wearenotthereyet, andwewiiL~nlygettherethrough
: The Hispanic communityjs.en.couraged to be involved. " theimplementation ofpolioes thatr’eatuire..politicalcour-
: AI,I_ interested, person are welcome, Pars mayor. : . age: nebxlle-ex~hafige; prevention "~c,3mpaagns ~tha~.speak
¯ informacion, llame ul 749-4195 (ingles) 0 628-0620 ¯ ." ~ frankly about sexual behavior;a-level offunding that will
(espano!). - . ¯ .... - ....
The. BLG_TA,, .tile .Bisexua!, :Lesbian, Gay,
Tra~.sgende~red.Allihnb,9.a(the U,m~,ersity Of Tulsa ~ill
have an alcohol & smoke-free dance, JamaicaMe Crazy,
open to the publi9 (fSgup) a.t;th~ PrideCenter, 1307 E.
r accelerate medical breaktlirdughs; .and a n~tional corn-
" mitment to health care-access for evfryone..The pi-o~us
.intoning of phrases lik~ ’~he end of AIDS?.won’t get ~us
¯ there. Political~ mob.iliza.tio.n ~and. moral courage will.
¯ Dr. JohnD’Emilio.isa noted histo~ian.andaitthok. His
38th on Sat. March 29.$2 suggfsted donation. " .- "...works gnclude Making, 7~ro’u,ble).Essays Og:Gay t-~story,
Th~BLGTAalso wiIl ~resentTU’ s annual LGBT Fi!m .’. Politics and the University (Routledge, 1~992)~ Sexual
Fest to be held .fn ~camiaus April 18"-20 with short and :. -Politics, Sexual Communit’~e~t The A/[aMng .ofa Homofeaturelength
video~ andfilm tO beShdwnFriday evening~ .. sexual Minority in the United States, 1940:~970 (Univerall
Sat. and Sun. ISo_ok for a seheduleinthe next issue of : ,sity ofChicago P(bss, 198"3.). Heis.currdnt’iy wb’rking on
TFN. _ " -. : abiographyoftheiateBayardRksani:the. G@manivho
The Community Unitarian Unix;ersalist Congregation, ¯ . helpedDr~ Martin Luther King org&nize-th~ 1,963 l~larch
Tulsa’s only officially welcomiffg Unithrian congregar :. on Washingtonfor; Ci.vil Ri’gl~ts. . o :.. i ~. "i;
tion will begin a five week series_’cl~sSes in Understand-..:.- . TheNational Gay widLesbian T~,kFokcb is the Oldest
ing Gay IsSues. The series Which:is part "of’ ’th~ UU .: national gay and lesbian group ~and,is~a.progrdssive
program for becoming a Welco’ming Congregation will ¯ organization.that has supporie~ g~aJs~adt~;organ~zihg
begin. April 2at Co,unity of H.ope. Inf0: 749-0595,, andbio~ered in t~ati~,nal adyo~a~.y.Mnc,d197J..~ :.. ~ ’
Ma.in,_eG_ay.Righ- t’. ;B.; i.l...l, . " .:.-...1..-a..w..s.m...to..v.e..r.th.er.ttl.e... ..-’-.,.-,..-.... ’
¯ "I think what we’ve proved is that a Marine who Has.a.Chance.¯
AUGUSTA, Maine~A-P)- Expressing optimismo~er the
prospects for passage of a bill ~o extend legal protections
,against discrimination to, holfiosexuals, a Portland law:
maker sponsoring~ legislation said Friday,’,’the time
has, come" for gay fights.in Maine. :’Frauldy, I~ wish
passage.of this bill we~not, necessarybut,.sa,dly, that is
not the case," Republican Sen. Joel Abromson said in a "
prepared statement..’’We needto send a,strongmessagel "-
that it is no longer permissible tO allow~discriminatioh
.against gays .and lesbians when,they fill but,ajob appli- :
cation, wish to buyahouse-ofrent an apartment, want to :,
-cat in a public restaurant or apply for credit," Abromsoti ".’:
said. .- -, -~, ’..-.--~,,,. ~., , .-,,, -- ¯ 0rderedliimplaced.ba~konacfivedhty~Elzie’slawyer,
Thebill would amendstate lawto specify that sexual - - Christopher Sipes,~said-the honorabl~ dise.h.arge after 15
orientation"couldnotbeusedlojustifydiscriminationiti. : ,years Of s~r¢ice’ispaft-of lgst’rhonth’s setdement of the
the areas of employment, housing, public accomrnoda- " lawsuit.~ - - ° " "- ’ - ’ ~ ~’ " ’ ~ " ’ ’
itions and credit. Currently, statel~w 0ffersanti~diserimi- . i ’. ~ "
¯ ’ happens to be gay can servejust as walt as aMarine who’ s
¯ straight with no detriment to morale.or lack of mission i operation,", said Sgt. Justin C:. Elzie, a medicall ~upply
¯ clerk at Camp-Leje.ug¢ in..Jaeksonville, ,Elzie, 34, had
alreadybeen.accepte~into an early retirement program
¯- when lie d~clared on ABC’ s’SWodd News Tonight" that
¯ he is gay. His announcement’cameon Jan. 29, 1993, the:
same day that President Clinton agreed to _the policy on
~ay~sin~the mi:li.,tary.,,- ,-~ /: :. ’ i.. i,~ . .
That Febiamry~ th~ M~.Corps placed Elzie on
standb~ ieserve’ and tried to deny him e~ly retirement
and discltarge him’ without~benefiis. He suedthe military
f~ September f993,’and a month -later, :a federal judge
¯ learning of his own brother’s homosexuality. Sister
~" Jeannine Gramickchanged.her lffer s course afterleam-
¯ ing ofthe anguish Roman Catholic college students felt
¯ at being gay.. ¯
Gumbletonand Gramick are among 620 activistsand
: church leaders m.eedng in Pittsburgh this.weekend to
: ’discuss how the Catholic Churchi’which still teaches that
¯ homosexual activity is sinful, can help reach out to gays
:..and lesbians.Hosted by the New Ways Ministry, the 2 1-
¯ 2-day symposium aims- to broaden the role Of homo-
~ sexual ~l~r~ber~i inan institution they.see as. opening
¯ slowly to them. ’Too often thechurchhas beena follower
and.not’a le~der;7 said Grami~k, a nun Who directs the
¯ Lesbian-Gay Ministry for her order, the School Sisters of
: Notre Dame. "I think we have a responsibility now,at the
¯ end of the 20th century, to educate people about aecep- ¯
tance of.minorities and of people who are different from
: ~ themainstieam,"~,~he said. - " - , :
~ ~Butmany in the church opposetheNew Ways Ministry
¯ anditsattemptstoopenuptohomosexuals.In November,
-t~f!on protectiom in those ate,as iii.eases invoiying race,
colot,.religiqn, Sex_;ageLan~estry Or n,ati,6~ Origin and
ph~hical ~’~ mental &s~ibility. Abr0mson S bfli exempts
reli~0us groups. . : " :" : "’i,
? ’ "’I haveey~confid¢iig~ihlS bill wi i pass ,Senate,-
Abr0msonSaid. "I tookspecial ~are to exempt religions
9rganizatiomfrom this proposal to remove those conceres-
from this debate. ~Iy.propbsal "has suppbrt from
Govem0r’King and 7I amh0Pefd that we can~marshal
enoughVotesin the House fo~ passageas well.’ Among
theco-sponsors of the legislati~n.firJ ~he chairmen of the
:P=nn ~’~.~l~/~’~rl-tllrt~.~l||_~ : Bishop-JamesH0ffma~,oVermledapri~t’sdeeisionto
~’ " ?""’" "’~ "~"~ .’~.-"~L.,""’~’"’I’~ "~’"’"" ¯ play host tothe group s meeting in Toledo, Ohio. The ¯ ...- fe r- lwll I hetht_q/Rw .... mmtst yf0fmdanaltermalavevenue=anEpiscopalchurch.
¯ " .;i~.~;~;-..~..;.. ~ ~- ¯., : . . " . ’ , ¯ "We vealwaysfoundaProtestantehurchnearbythatwas
¯ . tLAKt<a~~,u KtJ (at) -t.ray c~vu-nghts anvocates vowen ¯ hoenitahl~ .nit acenmmodatino "saidFrankDeBemardo
¯ Tuesday to, place a-bill to bar discrtmmatton agamst . theministrv’s exeeufivedireetor
homosexuals before the LeglSlatureby fall, "We remain . Th..... t nP,~cl tc~ mav~ thi~ mP~Bno whleh started ¯ one of the last groups against which public displays of ~ , ¯ ¯ --. ¯ " - , : Friday. It. s being held at a downtown Pittsburgh hotel.
¯ bigotry--are permitted," Larry Gross, chairman of the ¯ Gumbletonandanotherbishopareattendingthemeeting, ¯ Pli~ladelphia Lesbian and GayTask Force, told a news " the first lime such high-rauldng church officials have .~ conference at the state Capitol. -" shown up. The organization, which is based in Mount
Juo.a.ci.ar.y.~.o.m.m.t.tte.e.m..at.w¯m"’ revi,e.w.1~.~.en..~u.sa.n : . The. ta_sk.f.o.rc.e. rel..ea.sed.a.sta.te.wid.e .sur.vey.o.f h.om.o-.¯ Rainier, Mmaryvland, was started in 1977.
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.... ~oill,for’tlie*fits’i fim¢:iri’ 1993~., but. it,wi~.~’~(~ b,y then-’-~ ’: ~qoideJd’~caridal Wlfild remaining strong in their faith, : ttmtwe.tlon tknow how-to, dottasI. tsutDeBemarOosays,
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. gay right. _~Tl~.dm.e,~e ~mtt.afed -.by Con(’cem.ed Mam.e ¯. Evangeli’cal Lutheran ChurCh m America found that all . still a lot offear, he.s~d.
, Families was mm~edba~k,’53 pej:~eht to’4.7 l~reent. -’, ::l~ad-been-sdxi~ly’-a&ivd -mid 2!’ lived-in long-term : = . . ’ ’ .. ., ..,~ .
’" "ie~|a~ar~~av’ -[~OOKS2 ’ :. fallinginlove;fr0m:l~dviffg’.sex~froinbeingparents, from ¯ ~x~v~ ra~ ;^m: ^’i..,. ~,~-.o" ~.m oimilar to tha’
" ~^T’#I i~tAi~a t’~h,~.~,~;,~,-~t,,r~a~l~,oxxt,~la;,~"l~,, " loving me Lutueran ,..nuren, ~rom going to selmnary,, : v~toeA-two-.vearsaoo hv G0v Gary Johnson beoan
-.-aman wi-tthhis,amaar.omadanothermanand~thetwo~nen. : ~’.~.3,v~ ,~.... Y. ~Y$3 :, ,. -,~Ly~ - ~. :’. ~ " ; the attom~ygeneral, pr0s~ci~tors, pofice and religious
,..- ¯ ¯ .... : .... . .... -, . o - .... smay: -we touno mat mese ~3"p¢opie au were respon- ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
d f0 " None of them have be~n lnvolved in sexualscandals or ¯ Finance Committee before it would reach the House
~,,,Le~sbian&GayF’.agni~lie.swi~Childr_e~endo.wedl.astyear y ~’a.~2.~.~ . ~o¯,.k L .g....=. ..... : flogr..The measure .would.allow a judge .to ma.pos~e a
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....., , ~ . ¯ ’ .. ’comerence on ~ceugion anct gay .ngms. lne iour-ctay ¯ .......¯ ..... ¯ ¯ , - ¯ ¯
¯ ,, ,parmer, R..~laelle,Mile~,,Tho,boQk~ ~e part of,0 project, :_ ~ conferehcb att~ifded b" ’300’tier-" ~d’lh~’-ersous fro- " mfliete,~!.~ ..because of a wclam s race, religion, color, g.en-
<lesigned to incmase,miderstanding of differe_nt:kinds .of : .~O den’oihi~afion~ andS0 ~at~s ’~nds S~a~l~
m. : der;seximl orientation, disability or other such factor.
.o fa.mi.lies.,an.d’./di~.pe.Jm.yt.h8a.nd.ste.r~o.ty.pes.,"a.ce.ord.in.gto.,;....... . .......... :¯ ¯ . . ¯ ~, ~, - Y" "; ~When "Jolingon vetoed the bill ’,in .1~995, lie Said ~all
", ’fll.¢-schoolsvste!n’s.er~tnt’aolglicatio~ ....... ~.’ : Mo~t:o.t ~15.3 L.uthera9, 91er.gy tm~d’.r~.veatea me~r ." crimes arehate crimes - apqsifionhehas reiterate41 since
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., .por.tsabi.lltob.ardis.cusslon,of. h.omosexuali¯ ty_asanorm~, o . ov~e.r,t.o.,o.K-~ch~u,.r~c,h .la.w..,.sag s.a.lo.. ..t’a.ru,_cm_a.rly, r.,m..s.,can ¯ comini.tteeSatur" day.There"lsadi"fferencebetween pai"nt-
7 " ¯ " " : - - " ¯ - - " -: ,, ¯ " ¯ WOrK In smaller cnurcnes-wnerewe all Know eaen.omer ¯ ¯ .. ¯ ¯ ¯
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~poison in. this:w.ho!e:thing~ :Itlis ~the,.k~ndof’thing thes,e, ¯ ........ v ~ g m -’. ~" "option of imposing a stiffer sentence fbr’thetatter.
slty oi~ucm an comerence.
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¯ : etal~st_, .d,e,med ,that7 the ,school,s were ,promoting, any...~ b.o~ ’~ "adonfiearhis’h~me~in~fc’Ee~ X~a" has aec~ ;ted~ ~" .bu,t ~t..~s oq’. it, ..Sto~ta~t~ ~alii-.. ~e~cnmes. ~e ,are
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another tool to combat the crimes as well as the explosive
H0nomble Discharge .: Olib
! S 0 situati~ns.’~ey’ can cause incommunities whdn they
.:t~A,~’.L~’IG~:I;N:~.’~A:POI-’AM~M~ho~°(m~hewas.: i.HelpLeS ,ans-andl Gays occur, Valdez Said. "
Cridcs of the bill said it could be difficult to determine
’~~h~onna!t"~ofi~t.elew"slohthe’same d,~yPresi""deiitClm" ton ¯ PITTSBURG~ "(AP) ’~ .~uxillary’-Bish0p Thomas what the motivation was for a crime. Rep. Jerry Lee
li0norabledi~e,h~ge~,d~r.e~t~r~m.e~efi~Stg.~ettlehis : Grma.bietond0ubled’hi~effm’tsti~ t~ch t01eranceafter
Alwin suggested that it couldme~ an en~aneexl pe~ahy
United Methodist
Community Of.Hope
"... an.inclusive community that.seeks,
¯ forrobbing someone of a.differentofaith: Heused the ¯ Peo~e ~lle~i~V¯iola?ti.-o~ns:~~v"6~uRl: be able to seek
example .of an armed robber, who held,up,a conve- ":, ¯ redress, through the couris ffndst&te Divisio~i of Hunience
store only to n0tice that tho°derk~was wearing : madRights. " .=. .-,~’:.~, .- .,-,~ :
a Star of Da,:id. The robb~r’could get a longer sen- ¯ ¯ "Gov:George Patald said ~ffonday he;woulfflike to
-tence for. robbing a ’~le~v "~rson;’; ~klwin said. i, ~ee the state Senate takenl~’~n.’equal protection’bill.
, "_ Aspokesmah for Jolmsonsaid the governor w0uld~ : He*said that.alt[iough. Ee_;;had .not, se~n the; specific
.likely~veto thebilk -..--. - ,, :.... : -......" legislation.hewasinelinedtosignit:’,’Thegovernor’s
values andwelcomeS all people ... :
to act.,,a the living lbody OfCtfrist)by;~eeking
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" 1703 East sed0n.d:.~/ree.t,,i9.i.8.-SS~;1 ~60,:
-,Sma. 9:1~ ’am-Christi~ir~ Educati0m ~ Su~.’Se’rVice 11:00 am
... NY,State, L owe ~ fion,,.the-state~.s 199t’;I~w-Against :Discrimihation, Passes-C ii Right:Law:-.., "Stats.I-] lth Be ,fit l*~Og~,~|l~ ~1"~CUo
-,. o., .tire.order signed’_ by, fomler ~Gow,-Jim ~Florio.:all
: !A,~~,N~.:N~..Yi (.AP) ’~ F~or~:fi,f~.~tr~tl.".~ye~r,,.tl~,: ~:o W0hibit ~dis~nation’:on~the basis.~f,marit~ status
;As~se.mmy~.a~!o.pt_.eP~ianq’~.e.so~m.n.~.v.~- n_.g~,ts tn, ¯ andsexdatorientati~n~Despite~at~Sh~,s~id, th~state
- t~otlttawolso’mnnatmn o.asea on sexualoriei~tation. : Division of Pensions and ]~enefits
The Democrat-ledAssembly.on Monday approved :
the measure 89-55 It was spoasored b Manhattan ¯ thet"r"p"hr~-.e.rs.,.a.nd...i.li.e~~’~i~Iiowxng year ~efused to
- tmmgc,rat ~tev.en .~~an~ers. -m .me ,R~p.u...bncan-wxt . ~rdl~hstd~ thai.~u~:. The~’~,~,~
enate, where ~t has failedfor the past fiye years to . ~ who ,r~. ~tn ,,~,~..... ~,, m,,a ¯
¯ make jt to :a vote,,fi!e ~aeast~e4s Sl~,nsbr~ by state : WfflC]i Rn~rs’rSieb,ti~d |e~d{n~
,, S,en,._,Ro.y Gqodman, ~ R,,epubl.~.egn f,rom:Manl?attan.: ;- ~tiit. G01d~c.heidnot~ th~t.dl;~Lm~,h ’at "lehst "three
. Tlieb~1.1~ddsse.x..n~!~9~e~._hag°_gto~e.!js.to~dasses :°s~dsandnumeirousmfmic.’i~al{tles,~i~ti~fi~nd protectea 1tom dis~iminadon-by fhe stage s civil . ~bng fia~e~r~iedffe~ttlb~fh~i6S~und-S~g p~rt-
5451-E South Min~o ¯ Tulsa, OK ¯ 74146 . (918) 622-144~ righ,ts law..It.w,o~d~b~ ..dis~cr~..’.m~.’.nation in. .housi.ng, : n_er.s, the increasedcost.has been_3 ~.geLcent at mo~t
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- Wed. S6r~ice 6:30 p~:~LWed: 7~30"p~ ~fiO~r~Pr~ctice
" To do justice, lovem~&. to walk humbly with" aur .God... Micah 6~8. ~
AI D!g ,- ( lff nd -,. lndinawr; 18 oneof anewclass of compounds called
";T J;/" ~" ~" "~x~ o. ~~, ; i._ , , ,i " ~: ". ’ protease-lnlnb~tors.:lhe.two classes ot drugs attack
L~ . .aa (at’) - ~,&tt)a cn,mty yatmeo~a nanon:. :. ~nv the £T~-~R virna in diffeJ-~nt
w~de ad campaign"after receiving complaints that .] The drug ~trials; said Dr. Anthony ~JFanci, "con2
messagessuchas’!Praver,won’t0MreAIDS.Research ~: firmtheimportanee.ofind~ding.pr0.teaseinhibitors
will",dnsulted people w.ho believe in the power of in treatment strategies for patients~..with advanced
prayer. The American’~Foundation for AIDS Re- HIV disease." Fauci is director of NllAID, thefederal
search (~mFAR) said objections to the campaign ,:- agency .thatsupported the trial.
focused on t~o of three ads’/hat ran on public buses: ¯ .Hammer said officials’ directing:the national study
"Prayerwon’tcureAIDS. Research will" and"Sexual -moved SWifdy after an independent!data and ~afety
abstinence won’ t cure AIDS. 1Leseareh will." Transit panel monitoring the trials r~ecommended ending:the
agencies in both Dallas and Fort Worth already_had testsbecause it’was clear patientstn the.three-drhg
heard objections. and canceled the ads earlier this : combinationwere getdng ~ignificaflt’befiefit.
month. ’ " ¯ : The trial had tested-1,156 HIV patients at 33
"AmFAR.seeks to educate,-not offend the public;" : different hospftals .or clinics aeroffs the nation. The
saidDr. MathildeKrimofNew.York-basedAmFAR.... pafientg had been" enrolled in the"study for up to a
"Since the complaints over two of th~_:.ads distract : year, witha median parficipafion.’bf 38 weeks. PafromourcruCial
message- thaLonly medical research, : fients were randomly iasSigned t0xeceive either all
can generate true solutious toAIDS.: we have agreed.. three drugs, orAZT, 3TC and a placebo.
todiscontinue the campaign," ske said Wednesday., ¯ The TreatmenVAction’Group, .an AIDS activist
The AmFAR campaign~ launched.Feb. 1, was due.
to run through-the spring..Th;e, other ad in the, ,cam-..:: ¯ 0drognandirzuagtltorina~l-s"acibdhtlhdeherelpsutlotsreovfotlhUetitornipizlee tcroematbminean-t
paign read: "Red ribbons won .t cureAIDS. Research _.. - for most people’with AIDS:" ’q~ai~ study is helping
will."
.-KCBI:FM n~s di~ecto~ LiB.’Lyon Said a caller t0~" .us to rethiul~ the way we. use anti{HIV drugs," said
¯ ’ Spencer Cox~a dir(dor atTAG. "For now, the era of
the Dallas Christian radio station complained a~out ~ 0He-~dm,~,,g-treatinefits~with modestly potentanti-virals
the.ads and.he followed wi~ a news story..That, o~ is Over. ¯ ’ ~ - " ’ - "
generated.mOre protests, he said.. Chris~fian leaders in :. ¯ . -. ¯ -,...
the Dallas,-Fort..Worth area stressed Wednesday .thht,,
they didnt disapprove,of research to-find a cure for :, , Black Chureh , & AID
AIDS: Theyjust’felt thatprayerand sexual abstinence-..:o. BOSTON.(AP) :African-American churches have
sh,o,uldnlt be slighted.... ~....... ;, . ~ an obligation to, leada campaign against AIDS, say
¯ ::q:hat sljustaswfpeinthefa.:ceofprayingpeople, : many black ministers from the Bo~ton area. Several
saidDavid Miller~ execud-ve-.directoro[theTa!7,ant:" .- blaek cl~rgymen saidthat while some black churches
~otmtychaptero~theAmericanFamily Association’.. : in.the area have’addressed the epidemic, too many
"It’-s~almost as if~ -~they’w-ere’trying,to offend pe0ple -.". Affican~Amefican congregations ~esist dealing with
.L.. Andan.ybody~at::b.e!ieyes-inprayeri.s going robe the ,issue., "Folks hake. to ,start realizing that it is
offended." The.-vast majority.of, AIDS victims are .’~ ,cfiminal,sinful:.to be.out of.the friiy," said the Rev.
infected~.b.ecau8e ~of~ -’/immOral or :illegal behavior," .~: .Jeffrey~L. Brown,pastoroftheUnfonBapfistChurch
Miller said.-~Research is not going to.stop the AIDS ." ~-in. Cambridge:
epidemic: !t’ s’chaoge_s in. behavior,’~ he?said. ..._" He also is chairman of the Ten P.oin[ Coalition, an
- ,The in-house/marketers for Kenneth ,C.ole Produ.c- organization’ led; by ministers that cosponsored
fiOns, a shoe manufaeturer,’created the ad cfimpaign. " Sunday’s gathering, called a healing serkice, at the
Kem~ethColeJs_directorand.chairmanofthecommu-." ColumbusAvenueAMEZionChufchintheRox.bury
nications andmarkefing committeeofAmFAR. Cole,¯ ¯ section." More than 20 Mack ministers attended and
who said the first complaints w~ere from Texans, said ". apologized for wh.at they,saw as a liack of leadership
tfiead’s were fioi meant,ioddm~fordydr, but to batfle " bytheblackchurchinthefightagainstAIDS. They
indifference to the disease. He hopedthe controversy : . offered prayers.for those with AIDS or infected with
would have the’ residual, effect Of. promoting the ._ the virus that causes-it.
message, even though the ads are gone.. "Right now : ~"vVe confess that a visionhas been needed, and.we
people have ~beo.ome dangerously ,c~omplacent," he .." have failed to make it plain," said the Rev. Barbara
said. "We’ve basic~l.!y all become so desensitized ¯ Perdman of Momingstar Baptist Church in the
over time W,e ~eed to startle people, to grab their : Mattapan section. ’q~o the extent to which the black
attention." - ..... church is. supposed to serve as custodians of moral
.ThomasBnme~,directorofTaffantCounty’sAIDS : order and spiritual ,leadership, to that extent, the
Outreach Center, said°North Texas is.known to be ¯ church has to. be out front," said the Rev. Eugene
conservative, pard’.cularly, wh,e.n sexuality and reli- " Rivers of the.Azusa Christian Community Center in
gion are involved~ Bu.the di~dn.tobjec~t to pulling the. " Dorchester.
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this c0-untry s’polificalwill’tbfamd basic biomedical - :~ ’~a~ifi,ve o-¢ne,qall~ 0nissues involvino sex ~hleh -
laughter, ,n,ot hope,n0t.comp~s~on, not prayer, not AIDS. In. general, tho~ prOmote abstinence" as the
aliyjhing, .’,.o / "~.:.’~’’ -’ i correctsexualc0fiductoutsideofmardage, andmany at Mexleall Resta.. ant
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WASHINGTON (XP~- D~ddi~:and;nfecdons Were- ; Medical.Marijuana May :
ofpatients who~were taking a.two~drugcomb~nataon. :. - edly’by .pro-marijuana monstrators, the experts
:. Dr.Sc0ttH~&0fBethlSfadDehconess .Hospi- ;" " assembled by the NatiOtml Insfitut~s of Health spoke i --
tal at Harvard Medical School~ national’ coordinator-- :.° Of intriguing hints "that marijuana smoking h~lps I
of the study, s~d all pafien.t~-’in the ’study are now : some patients with cancer, AIDS or glaucoma. But I . ’~ ~-~L; ’ " i i ~.-..~ -. ..
being given thetpportunity to switch to thethree~i :’ ~eycaufioned,thereis little hard scientifie evidence. |~. ,-, ’~g//~b~,~,,,,,.~=...,~,.=_ ¯ ~ .
drugcombinafi0nbrtooth~rexperimentalregim~,n_s. -’ F0r~tleasts0meindicati0ns(medicaluses),itlooks I-..- ¯
Hammer:s’~dd that letters had gone out’to all of~the : promising enough that there should be some new
center~"and pafientd irl the drug trials; notifying them ." controlled studies," said Dr. William T, Beaver, a
of ~dle findings "and" Offering .pafients"the chanc~: to : ’professor of pharmacology at Georgetown Univer-
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.Gettingph~sieallyfitincreaseslthenum- ¯ - So;Doc,"jus.t where does. nutrition fit
bet of.ce~llularpowerbouses that reside in - ; into all this? Well, when youshop, Cboose
your muscles. These are called "mito-’ ;- unprocessed, foods like fresh fruits, veg-
.chondria" but they act.as miniature powerhouse.
by supplying our muscles with
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or muscle fuel is muse d for muscle contraction,
which of course, allows us to
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needformoremitocbondria. Theincreased ¯
number of mitoebondia increase the out- :
put (sometimes dramatically) of ATP "
which uses up more fats, carbohydrates
and proteins. And, voila, you will end up ¯
looking just like Arnold Sehwarzenegger ,
orJane Fonda. Notlikely! But that is okay "
because we can sculpt our own bodies to :
our personal perfection. By the way, in- ¯
creases our muscle mass also increases "
our BMR (basal~ metabolic rate) which
means our resting body burns more calories.
Great news, huh? And you didn’t
even have to take a pill for it!
The next process to understand is the
difference between fat burning and sugar
burning. This is really simple to understand,
also. Exercise below 50% of your.
maximum heart rate puts you in this fat.
burning range.- A good ,example is fast
walking, ff you eanspeak without gasping
and gulping for air; you are in this fat
burning range.~This exercise range is the
best for fatburning as it,allows the body’ s
tissues to utilize the available oxygen
completely for fuel. Moving up into the=
cardiovascular range moves our bodies..... RemembL~rit’sdotjt~tivtiat’yrudrb~t
into sugar burningor anaerobic glycol)L ! doing it consistently that gets results: so,
sis. Anaerobic means without oxygen
which occurs withthe increased oxygenI
demands ofhighlevel cardiovascular training.
Oxygen is shunted away from the
muscles’ powerhouses-forcing them to
make fuel without oxygen which is-very
inefficient. Your muscles then use the
simple sugars for fuel creating a lot of
lactic acid, which causes your muscles’to
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¯¯ etables,-and lean meat. Choose whole
grain c~reals, breads;bagels, muffins and
¯ pastas or buy the whole grain ingredients
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are BAD, BAD, BAD!!! Try instead to
throw some bagels, fruit, yogurt, and your
favorite canned meat (like tuna)for lunch.
Also, drink water, water and more water.
¯ And what about those vitamins and
¯ minerals we might need? I believe every-
" one should take a good quality multi-
" vitamin an da separate multi:mineral
: supplement daily, Why? Because. vita-
"_ rains and minerals combine _with your
¯ body’s enzymes and allow these enzymes ¯
to function. Whenit comes to supplemen-
" tal nutrients, women-have some special
¯ needs. About~30+% of. women are at all
¯ times~ borderline: deficient ,for eight or
: more essential vitamins’and minerals.
." These include vitamins ~, B complex; C,
¯" atidlro~i, Calcium, Phosphorus, Zinc, and
¯ Magnesium. Women should take addi- ¯
tional-calcium and vitamin C with the
let’ s ¯exercise;. shop conscientiously, and
take our vitaminsand minerals with dedi=
caiirn. The rewards will-be a generous
expresSiOn of renewed holth and Vigor!
Dr.Miehael Gotmttn’prhctices in Tulsa
.at 4775-s. Haivard," Suitd C, 712-5514.
He is a Board Certified Chiropractor and
Accupunct.urist, holds a B.S~ in Nutrition,
and is a’" bodybuildor wh# does fitness,
natrition; a,~ ~Uppl~m,e:nt:coun~eling~
uses of marijuana. Those state laws ~also
.. prompted White House drug czar Barry
McCaffreyfo issue h.waming that doctors
who prescribe’marijuana could lose, thei~
federal authority to prescribe medici~iei
. Despite McCgfrey’.s tough stand, how-
. ever; Leslmer said the NIH would finance
medical marijuana studies, if propos.ed
researchis approvedby theagency’ s, peerreview
process.,~e said. his institutg.~s
" empowered to,issue legal¯ marijtmpa to
res_earchers, qOur policy is~ that ft. other
-: ..institutes. (at NI,H) support a study,-then
¯ ¯ we will provide the’n~h]’ijuana,’~ he Sai~l.
. Alloffing -doctors to, ~_escribe marijuanais,
popular withAm~ii.cans, favored "-
by62percent to33 percentin aCBS News
.pollI rdeased Thursday(. But legalizing
marijuana for personal.use is oppose41,, by
70 p~rcent to 26.percent-in the poll-of
1.,2"~6 adults taken Jan. 30-Feb. 1. ’~,, ¯
¯ Beav.er Saidthe scientists did nbt ~on~
siderlthe polities orlegal, problems of
¯ ..~ doingm_arijuana~ res.earch~ "You can ar-,
gue the politics ali you want, but ifi’~ou
~ don’t have.the _data-proving that~r.
juana is effective, then the political prob-
: g.t~l~~t;"fie said. Most of :the
¯ scientifidally vhlid °research associated
: with marijuana, said Beaver, has beeh
¯ with the mo~t ~aqtiye.jngredient of ~e ¯
drug, a com’pomid ~tlted delta-9 ?tetrahy:
: drocannabino!,orTHC. A synthetic THC
: i.s now sold as~the drug Marinol and is
¯i appr0v~a~f.o~ ~; treat";ent of ~anccr:~g-
: iated nan~O ahd Vomiting.and for wast-
¯. ing, the extreme weight loss associated
frith AIDSahd’some ~ancers. " ~ ,
But smoking .marij~uana presents iserious
~t~hnieal, problems .in: medieal lre,
search, said B.~v~er, Mb~stdrug trials are
b!inded,,.With 6he,group of~atients ~king
thereal~gandanothe~ tal~ng aplacebo.
Smokedma~rijuana,he s~d, i~. impossible
to disguise. Anotherprobi~m is that smok
ing marijuanaj~cludes .the~ s,amefisk to
th~¯ lungs as eigarette.smoking~ Beaver
~,s,,ai~l. Despite these, ~r0bl,e~,ms, ~§.~aidl
"th~ere ai:e pr0misin~ ar..ehs~ .that shoid~i I~e
iesearched. THC has;been found to help.
relieve nausea 6f ,ca~c~rphtienis on the-
- mothe~apy] The ~gal~o.-has been effec~
ti.ve in restoring,the appeJdtes of some
AIDS pafient~andrev~rsifi~ wasting.
6:00 PM
7:00 PM ~
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Saturday : March 29 - 6:00,PM
love-songs m ragtime-coustaatty,indu¢-~ ~ an0,,and-Bi!ly ~dupa!].
ing me.~morp,hose~s o.f: ,m~!_.. Fal~,y (wh9 ~. ~efi&’fi6us 6f ~u~h’ staildar~ hs’Makin
"tils0~ s]~ lead’v0b~l’~)fihd: Dgni~ls’ de~ .;~ W’fibopee; FmThrbdgh~With Love;-En- i.
liver a stunning version of the wonderful : joyYoursetf,~[t’,sIgt_t~
CalliopeHou.se ,following an eerie key- : all wonderful’stngsf0r:anupl~trofi]a~-~
bo~d ~md~ic~ordi6n~tntto.: OnBulgadan: .,. ti~evening..,with :that-,specia! somebne.~
Bash, which-they learoed,f,rom:,Am.eriean~, ,~ ,(Bi~y Crudup : I,LO.VE that name[ So~
fiddler Kenny Baker, theduet Of clarinet" . ~fia@l~: Ic0uld do with it in hay Writin!!
and guitar returns, invoking images 6f a : "
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When you hear the tmique, di~scordant
sounds of the Duke Ellington
orchestra on any recordings
from the late 1930’.s on, you
can generally assume that the
piece was either written or arranged
by the man behind the
Duke, Billy Strayh0m. Author
David Hajdu has analyzed
Strayhorn’s strange and fascinating
life as an out, gay man
in Lush Life, whichis not only
thenameofoneofStrayhorn’s
most famous songs, but also
the title of this book, the first
major Strayhom biography.
Growing up in Pittsburgh,
Strayhom buried himself in
music, becoming a wizard at
putting together elaborate arrangements
for school programs.
Quiet and honest, he
simply had no romantic interest
in girls. His best friends
during his teen years, all male
and heterosexual, "general!y
thought of him as asexual,"
and the possibility ofhim being
gay was simply.n0tdiscussed.
¯ In late 1938(at age 23,
Strayhorn got to :meet ~)ne of
his idols, Ellington, and had
the opportunity to play a
couple-of songs.for the.DBke.
So bdgan a fniifful friendship
and musical partnership that
lasted almost thirty.years. The
familiar tunes, ’Take the A
Train,"- "Satin Doll" and the
haunting "Someflfing to Live
Fo~" are the morE..pop.ular
products 0ftheir’cdt~r~tion.
Only in. the past fe~ y.ears
have gay jazz musicians
started coming out of. the
closet. In many Ways, jazz has
been a closed society, f0r=the
past several decades~ hardly open to "
women, muchle~s those of a sexual often-. "
And while doing thebest,~at one can
d0.is a standard that" ~fl! ~v.ary with the.
skills of individuals, athletesl at the 1990"
Gay Gamesbroketwopdo~iworldrecords
and in. 19,94, athletes brokesevenLe~cords,
making thoseindividualscq~u~l..~~ti5~
may compete in the Olympic
In fact, the Gay Games W~re~odeled
afterthe Olympics by Dr.TomWaddell,
a formerl Olympic atttlete and w~re first
held "m San Fran~SCO, Origin~iy,
games weret0 be..~led. .th~ Gay 01ym~
pics but the Olympic Commi,t,tee st~ed t,0,
block the use of the w6rd, ’ OIy~i~ics
although the. Olyg0a~pic Committee ~had
widely allowed the use for events like the
Senior and Special OlympiCs. ¯
Since ~first:.event, flld numbers of
athletcs~i~volved have increased to a total ~ii~1 iooo parficilJant~s~in the "94 Gamesl
s’~numfier, wliiC~-’~aid to be m6re
regul,ar 01ympi~6g, i’nelu’ded :individ~ual,s
representing 44;g0dntries. The ~p0rts fep-
: tation otherAhan heterosexual~ Strayhorn
¯¯ managed t6 avoid this discrimination by
his close association with’the influential
¯ andpowe~ul Ellington~ Aheadofhis time,
Ellington ’ was never prejumany
ways~ diced against anybody he
jazz .has l~een a
closed society
tl e
several
de ades,
hardly open to
women~
-much less
those o~ a
sexual
orientation
other than
heterosexual.
Strarhorn
managed to
avoid this
dlScrilnlpatlon
asso¢iatlon
with the
i ential
and powerful
Ellington.
thought was really worthy:"
Ellington was "famously
egalitarian (and) accepted
Strayhorn’s homosexuality
muchas hehadlongembraced
gifted musicians regardless of
their backgrounds or idiosyncrasies."
Strayhorn "could
have pursued a career of his
own-. he had the talent to become
rich and famous- but
he’d have had to be less than
honest about his sexual orientation.
Or he could work behind
the scenes for Duke and
be open about being gay."
If Strayhorn was secure with
his homosexuality, he was
apparently notas satisfied with
other areas ofhis life. Analcoholic,
he could be-almost unbearably
charming oneminute
and cutting and backstabbing
the next. Diahatm Carroll remembers
him as "a tortured
genius. He was an unhappy
person. His genius was so
overwhelming that being in
lii,s presence was something
you could never forget."
Strayhorn died of cancer in
1967 at age 51.
_ The most intriguing aspect
of Lush Life is the inside look
at the life of.a gay man, living
a public life during a time
when, with the exception of
Cole Porter, Noel Cowardand
a ]aandfnl of others, having a
successful, out of the .closet
career was a rarity. Check for
Lush Life at your local branch
library or at the Readers Services
department at the Central
Library-(596-7966). The
library also has many Ellington/Strayhom
compact discs and cassettes.
¯ resented range from ones found tradition-
" ally in Olympic style events, Such as divin~,
wresfliI~g, and basketbal!,’t0 others
not yet sanctioned as Olympic. These
; includeaerobics, flagfootball;in-line skat-
¯ ing, bowling, and w,ome~’s wresfllng.
¯ Bailey had a photo of some Of th~ women
:
wr,esflers, who looked ’l~ike ~they could
givejust about any wrestle(fierce compe-
; titian, regardless of gender! VolleYball is
the.sport ~vfth the largegt humber of:par:
: ticipants,.followed by s6ftball: "
Bailey noted that the Gamds’last about
10 dayS.~m thathis part ofthe:competition
: took abdut 3, giving~him time to observe
¯ other.~yents aswell as i0 Sightsee. I)u~iag
: the opening ceremony, paxd~ipants
¯~ marched with a bannerof their state or
: corm.WJ. In New Y9ik, he marched with
¯" only two other OldahomanS. He s talking
aboUtthe Games early ~in hope that other
¯ Oklahbmans maydecide tO go. He notes
: als0 th~tmany gojust as observers orfails.
¯ " Bai1~y encourages thosewho areinteV
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unsympathetic police. Only 37 percent of
the crimes compiled by the New York
group had been reported to the police,
Quiun said.
In San Francisco, Community United
Against Violence (CUAV) said 415 incidents
of iusults, harassment or violence
related to the victim’s sexual orientation
were reportedlocally to the group in 1996,
down from 426 in 1995. "Even though
we’re glad’ to see the number is slightly
decreased from what is has been, the total
number is ridiculously high," said Jennifer
Rakowsld Of CUAV.
The San Francisco area placed second
nationally behind New York City. Typical
oflocal problems, according toCUAV,
was an incident in the largely gay Casffo
district, when a man driving a :red
Volkswagen sideswiped aJeep belonging
to two women. He hit one of them with~a
steering lock. Then, CUAV said, he got
back into his car, grabbed one of tie
women by her hair and drove off, dragging
her across an intersection. ..
In another case, a man who kissed his
male lover on a bus was insulted and then
-.- assaulted - and his attacker turned out
be an off-duty bus driver in uniform’,
CUAV said.
.The number of gays who reported they
were verbally or physically attacked in
the metropolitan Detroit area because Of
their sexual orientation increased29 percent
in 1996, a gay rights group reported
Tuesday. The Triangle Foundation reports
that it received 116 cases.of anti,gay
violence last year, compared with 901, a
year earlier. "We think it means-thatmore
people are reporting incidents "because
they know we are here and are ready to
assist them," said Jeffrey Montgomery,
Triangle’s president.. " .............
In addition to New York and San Francisco~
thenumbe~r~S of sex-biag crimes and
incidentS were Los Angeles, 396; Columbus,
Ohio, 1’86; El Paso, Texas, I76; Detroit,
116; Chicago, 96; St. Louis, 44;
Phoenix, 34; Santa Barbara-Venturd; Calif.,
30, and Cleveland, 11. Tracking figures
from thestates were Minnesota, 227;
Massachusetts, 161, and Virginia, 55.
In Tulsa, individuals who bdieve they
have been victims of hate crimes are encouraged
to report them to TOHR/The
by Jean-Pierre LegrandboUche
le Marquis de Salade, TFNFQod Critic
At long last; there’s finally a decent
place at which downtowner’_s can take
their luncheon without having to join the
pricey (but excellen0 Summit Club. Lo-
¯ found the too the
¯ cayenne to be
¯ Other noteworthy dishes"~ncluded a
¯ grilled vegetable salad ($4’.95), a Samson
¯ sandwid~for $5.25 (wlfich was whatmost
¯ restaurants would call a hamburger with
cated just east of Bartlett saute&l peppers and Swiss
Square bn the pedestrian mall
of the former Fifth and Main,
is Samson & Delilah’s, the
new rendezvotis of the coat
and tie cognoscenti: Occupying
the narrow storefront of a
former~English tea room, the
restaurant isnow Starkly Clean
and modem: With a wonderful
narrow balcony overlooki,ng
the rear andone side~ of the
cafe forprime seating.
The ambiance is bustling
and remin~s~eht of ’similar
trendy bistros ~ New York
and SanFranci~eo. And,mucti
as one finds inNew York
San Francisco, the wait staff
has that haughty con~emptu.~
ousne~ ~and disdain forJtie
customers, new- and 01d. Th~
menu also echoes the latest
~0astal e~ating trends, with: ~
heavy emph~is’tn.@e~tables,
salads, ~i~d healthier ~ntrees~
but without the Unfortunate
baggage of "health-food"~ v.tgetarian_
Stops. _ "
Op ~the, ~day of .our ’visit;
ehiekefi "eordon bleu sk~dwiehe~
were the featured spe~
cial, and they seemed to be
getting a hearty review from
those diners we saw eating
them. wechose,instead, to go
with the more substantial, entrees,
and What caughtour eye
was the polenta lasagna
($4.95). Polentais afancy Italian
name for what we Southerners
call cornmeal mush, and
in this case, thin slices of
polenta substituted top andbottom
for the traditional pasta
noodle, encasing a savory,
coarsely ground, beef filling.
Samson
Ddilah’,
Cde Grill
lO Eas t Fifth
Hollrsl.
11 am- 2:pro
Friday;
Friday* and
Saturdays
-to 9
Cuisine:
Amebean
Pa~ent:~.
credit cards;-
Alcohol: now
3.2 beer,--
in t~e balcony,
0n roand
cheese), a very interesting
black and white chili ($4.85),
and several fun pasta dishes
for $5.25 each, including a
primavera R0ma, spinach
fettuccine, and sauteed vege~
ble rigat0ni. The cuisine is
not limited to Italian themes,
though, as grilled vegetable
quesadiilas ($5.75)pay re-
Spect to Mexican influences
ah:d a chicken stir-fry ($5.75)
"doeshomage to the Oxient.
Desserts, all’ $2.95 each, inelude
some wonderfully sinful
’confections prepdred inhouse,
we were particularl3~
interested in thepeach bread
pudding ’with’ :hazelnut glaze
(W~gh:w0uldhavebeen even
bette~~had it" ~ot ".been
~6~vedp,ri0r~tq ~ser~ic~)
~d-~0medelicidusly tart’fresh
id~Oii.~6rbet: ~ .~ -..
~ff~Ere ~Iso favorablyimpi~
S#’.ed by ~th~e assortment of
tea 1Sags p~?ovided to hot tea
drinkers=none of that reuse
the s.ame ’61d ~ea bag ill. t~pid
wate~ tedmique often seen at
so many establishments these
days. An,~’,weallgotaChuclde
seeing ’Hd~aiian
proudl~ displayed on the beveragelist,
no doubtthehealthy
drink of .choice for all those
aspiring Samsons out there.
"~¢h~t would really improve
this enjoyable restat]rantnewcomer
’would be more relianc~~’’
6n in-’hbusebakers: and
recip~: NO’more Of the
~he~Secake by Sara Lee or
bread by Rainbow approach.
Not’thhi-they weren’t goodin
thei~ ~ownway, but from what
Pride Center at 743-GAYS (4297). Tulsa The dish was then topped with we’ve seen of the house pr6d-
Police do notrecognizehate crimes based a sweet and rather plummy t~.aat- ": uCts,thbs~ dommercialiy preon:
sexual orientation because the Okla- tomato sauce and _freshl~ ~ .--~’-, .~: .;::~ ,~ :pareditemsjustaren’t 0npar
h0ma hat~ crimes,statut~ co~er race and gratedparmesan,.
religion but doesn t include sexual often- Our companion dected thd.
lxal:lIl
=,- . ,.~o_ - ..,,.... which fe.’a’t,ur,ed.imefiquke, ...~ A’. l*-!, ’(. :i~eHu~!e~xhibitofartdontin-
I~lal~le i-{l{~l{~le I oHr smoked chicl~dfi~bteastsli~s ~ ?~1. :; ~ 11.~1; ". :_ ’: h~s:’~t:.6 hang? on: th~"w~llL
¯ ¯ ° -" ~~ ". ’ * ", : 0veratangy, ch~se-f’flledpfl~ .... °,"’" "’~’i0:~fiandDelil~’~foodi~
IIorlor~ l~entennla| ¯ oftortellinipill0’w.s, restingOn " ".~ " ~ ’" :~ " :i~oh~to Visit this place,.but
The Maole Ridge Homeowners Asso; " a bed.of romam.e, The.sa!ad 1.og,k..ed ~.m.er- ¯ ~.e_ ~m,: ~.t is qmta mtngt~,ng; and
oi.tloh~ -"~tl~ ~V~ral hth~r e,mmnnltv " esting,’thodgh ~e did rlo/e ~i b’it 0fmiex: : Woi-tli~a look: Out companion ~aid that it
~g-~i~a~i’~n’~’~v~ll’~p~ez~se~,’en’~aomes~ : pecf.ed-~(.e~ifl~frrm~e ; bfoJa~k~0n p6fld~.k. 1On "
touron April 13 from 1-6pm. The house~ : .We alS0 ~...the I~taLi~,v~g~.e~.!Sle~sPup
e,~f kc,,~le l~idoe’~ o~,,1~ " ($1.99), touted~the chdf ~ sp_e~al ge(ret : ’ "~SO~ ~herf ~isiiing downtown Ttilsa0n
~St’=~mor"~’~-~o~de:t’:o"~’Ea*’~o~’~i~ll : r~ipe. It arri ed hot and st y, aiiOwas ¯ noOn ir r o~-i’orthose pre:tfieatre -
featur-e a w"nt’a~ge.a.u.to.m..obt"lecourtesv, the "¯ high.ly.fr.hg.ra.n..t.w..i~thanbse6fr~e~an6~and : Sdpper~(oi~F~idayah~lSamrd~y’evenings
HorselessCarr~a~eClubofTulsa Shuttles : an.unexpected spray hqme.ss While the . only)~,’make the effo~..to find iBarflett
.,m ,or.= v]oit~o,o from "-a~kin- Zt " broth was redolent with a~ explosive ¯ Squa~_~ ~ind Samson &~Delilah’s We’ll
Fti ers" t 15th & OstonSa d : melange of fresh vegetable.: lavors, we
from B~nai ~munah Synagogue at 17th ¯
and Peoriato ~ach house. The cost of the
tour is $10 and tickets are available at
Dehavens, Floral Design Studios, Ken’s
Flowers or at the parking lots orhomes on
the day of the tour. This is the only house
tour that is a sanctioned Tulsa Centennial
event thus far.A patrons party will beheld
on Sat. April 12. Info: 591-6230.
¯ Dog Needs Women-Only Home
¯ The Dalmatian ,Assistance l~eague
¯ (DAL) is looking fora home for B.abe, a ¯
heavily spotted 2 year old female, with
¯ one blue and one brown eye. Babels very
¯ sweet but may have been abused bymen
¯ in her past and the club feels an all female
household would work best for her~ She
¯ 10vegwalk~ .bfit W0uki ne~t~, a home with
: a tall fence 6r ]i:hot wire systems (i.e. this
: gift likes to get out). To adop~Babe, call
¯ Lawauna Smith. ~it "446-5546. D/~L also ¯
has 7 other Dalmaiians needing h0rh~s~.
¯ Thefee is $100 whidhindudes nenter br
¯ spaying, Shots, wormifig, and beartworm ¯
test. Call 299-7878 for more information.
<,,..,,, Monday &,Thursday evenmgs,;~7-9: pm
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
H
South Harvar:d; Suite E~2
2 doors east, onsortium..
Look for
~;-f!-!,i~. Do you liVe in a smalttown
or rural area?
Are yoU attractedito other men?
If you’dlike to meet others,- -,
come to our rural mens discussion group
in Tulsaor in MUskogee,
~.~/ e~eryi~Other weekend.
more info., contact Bobby or ,Jeremy
712 1600 or 800"282-8165
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cans and newspapers. How about .motor
oil? Magazines? Batteries? Bring any of .the
following materials to Metropolitan Environmental
Trust (M.e.t~) depots in and around Tulsa:
Admiral & Louisville (at Bud’s)
21st & 129th (at Homeland)
18th & Yale (at.Sears)
81st & Lewis (at Wal-Mart)
51st & Union (Warehouse Mkt)
61st &Yale (at Bud’s)
THE M.E.T. HAS A RECYCLING DEPOT NEAR_YOU:
Jenks 100 N. Elm
Sand Springs Hwy.97_.
& Keystone Expressway
Glenpool 144th & Fern
Bixby Eastof 151st& Mern0dal
Sapulpa Main and Taft
And these affiliatedcenters:
Owa~, 499 S. Main; Bml~n Anew, 302 N: Elm
Aluminum cans
Nos, 1 & 2 plastic bottle~
Glass bottles "
Newspaper
Magazines
Office paper
Household and
auto battedes".
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: ~~r~’~ht~ ~ill:be~q~om the debate
¯ ,~smtssedthelegisIa.~nWednes,: ¯ :th~ ~efiiki~i~v’e.!The issue Of~s.~feday
as ~ust another attempt t6gay-bash. : sex marri~igdlm~ make ~,av fi
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Pride in Tulsa +
Worldwide! TULSA- Tulsans celebrated Pride Month with a series
of events from church services, benefit play performances
to the annual Pride Picnic andTulsa’ s first Pride
March. Anumber ofTulsans also attended and marched
in the Statewide Parade that takes place in Oklahoma
City.
A spokesperson for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human
Rights (TOHR) noted that organizers of the March were
hoping to get from 30-50 people to participate in the
March. TOHR spokesperson said he was delighted to
get. 65 marchers who represented organizations from
TOHR, PFLAG, the National Organization for Women
(NOW) to see Pride, page.. 13
Don’tAsk, Don’t Tell
Loses CourtAppeal
White Houseto Fig ht for Anti-Gay Policy
NEW YORK (AP) - The Clinton administration’s
"don’t ask, don’t tell" policy for Gays in the military is
unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday,
reaffirming his earlier ruling.
The 48-page ruling by U.S. District Court Judge
Engene Nickerson concludes that the policy violates the
U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment’s free speech
protections. A military "called on to fight for the principles
of equality and free speech embodied in the
United States Constitution should embrace those principles
inits own ranks," thejudge wrote. Thejudge also
argued that for the policy "to single out Gay and Lesbian
members denies them, without legitimate reason, the
right to openly participate as equals in the defense of the
nation."
Under the"don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t pursue" policy,
Gays can serve as long as they keep their sexual orientation
to themselves and do not engage in homosexual
acts: Otherwise, they can be honorably discharged. In
addition, commanders may not ask a service member
his or her sexual orientation.
Nickerson first declared the policy unconstitutional
in 1995, calling it "nothing short of Orwellian" and a
violation of free-speech rights that barred people from
saying "I am Gay." But last year, a three-judge panel of
the 2nd U:S. Circuit Court ofAppeals sent the ease back
for review because it disagreed with thejudge’s reasoning.
"It is plzln to us that governmental restrictions on
speech that would run afoul of the Constitution if
imposedin civilianlifeean pass constitutional musterin
the military context," see Don’t, page 3
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Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families+ Friends
Tulsa’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaperAvailable In More Than 60 Tulsa Location-~
Tuisa’s....Oldest Community Gro.up, TOH.N
Shifts Leade ’ship; Calls Commun,ty Summ,t
TULSA - Tulsa Oklahomao.s for Human Rights, Tulsa’s oldest " Trans communities and our allies."
non-religious’ Lesbian and Gay organization has announced a
change inits board ofdirectors. Deb
Statues who had served as TOHR
president in 1996 and for half of
1997, resigned citing the need to
spend more time with her spouse
and children, and the demands of
their non-profit management consuiting
firm. A TOHR spokesperson
noted that under Stames leadership,
the organization’s HIV prevention
programs, HOPE: HIV Outreach,
Prevention and Education,
grew substantially, and that Statues
brought a level of professional skill
to TOHR which greatly benefitted
HOPE.
Under TOHR bylaws, first vicepresident,
Tom Neal, became presidentfor
the balance of Starnes’ term.
Neal, TFN publisher and editor, issued the following comments:
"following in Deb’ s footsteps will be a real. challenge but with the
support ofthe excellent board of directors and staff, I trust we can
continue Deb’s good work." Neal added, ’~OHR became an
HIV/AIDS organization because that was what the community
needed in the first years of the AIDS epidemic. But our original
mission is as a civil rights organization. My goal as president is
to maintain HOPE in the great shape in which Deb has gotten it
and to recommit ourselves to civil rights work. The Pride Center
is part of that mission of strengthening the Lesbian, Gay, Bi and
Tulsa’s shady Owen Park was the sitefor the 11th
or 12th Pride Picnic (organizers are not sure - do
you know? Call TOHR at 743-4297.) Local.activist,
JimmyFlowers, stands infrontofTulsaPFLAG’s
booth. See page 3for more Tulsa & OKCpictures.
With a stated goal of getting a sense of the issues
and trying to develop an
agenda for a very diverse set
of communities, TOHR has
called a "community summit"
to be held on Saturday,
July 26 from 2-5pm at the
Pride Center. The topics for
the summit are: "where~ are
we, where do we want to be,
what do we need to do to get
from here to there, and what
will you do to get us from
here to there?"
TOHR’s spokesperson
stated that the event is open
to organizations andindividuals
who support fairness and
equality for Lesbians, Gay
men, Bisexuals and Transgendered
persons. The Reverend William Chester
: McCall III, pastor of the Unitarian-Universalist
~ Church of the Restoration is tentatively scheduled
¯ to serve as moderator.
TOHR’s spokesperson stated that the organiza-
; tion believes that this summit is the first time this
: idea has been tried in Tulsa but TOHR hopes that
¯ this event will be the first in at least an annual series
¯ of events. Those seeking more information may
: call 743-4297.
Gay & L.esbian Attorneys " Gay-ow.ned Ma.g.azine
Organize New Group Stand F,ghtsC,tyHall
:. Gay-owned Magazine Stand Fights City Hall
OKC :- A number of ’Le~bian-and Gay attorneys have:incorpo- TULSA - Local Gay businessmen, Lee Gregory
ratedThe Oklahoma Lesbian andGay Law Association (OLGLA) and David Haas, are indeed fighting City Hall. The
to achieve several goals. Among these are to act as a resource for
attorneys who are working with Lesbian and Gay legal issues and
for the legal system by providing amicus curtae briefs (papers to
support, or not, a particular legal position) and to dispel stereotypes
of Lesbians and Gay men in the legal professions. OLGLA
jo~ns 31 similar organizations in 18 states across the US and will
work with the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association
(NLGLA) which is affiliated with the American Bar Association
(ABA),NLGLA has formal representation in the ABA’s House
of Delegates.
The inaugural event forOLGLA was held inOklahoma City on
June 27. The dinner featured remarks by Jay Novick, a Miami
attorney, who is one of the founders of the Florida Lesbian and
Gay Law Association as well as a recent chairperson of the
NLGLA. see Atty. page 10
IAM Ice Cream Social
Black+White Shockwave!
TULSA- TULSA- TwoTulsa non-profit organizations will be
holding fundraisers to benefit organizations that help persons
living with HIV/AIDS or that do HIV/AIDS education and
prevention. Interfaith AIDS Ministries (IAM) with the St.
Matthew’s Episcopal Church Women’s. Auxiliary .will hold an
old-fashioned Bean Supper and Ice Cream Social indoors at St.
Matthe.w’s in nearby Sand Springs at 6pro. The "all you can eat"
supper is planned for 6pro on Saturday, July 19. The suggested
donation is only $5 for adults, $2.50 for kids and only $15 for a
"family" ticket. The event will feature music by local performers
and a raffle of prizes including some donated by Big Splash and
Bell’s Amusement Park. Donations of food or time to the event
are encouraged. For more information, call IAM at 438-2437.
Later that evening,"the kidz @ black + white charities" will be
holding two rather less traditional parties, First Volt for those 21
and older, nmning 8pm to midnight, and from 2 am until 5am,
Last Jolt, open to those who are 18 and above.
see B+W, page 2
owners of Affinity News Corporation, at 8120 East
21’st are caught in city "red tape" that threatens to
close them down. Although they went to the City of
Tulsa to get all the proper licenses for their news
and magazine and novelties store, now that they’ve
opened, the City has just informed them that they
may be in violation’of a zoning ordinance. At issue,
is the amount of the materials in the store which be
characterized as "adult" or sexually explicit. What
prompted the City of Tulsa was a complaint from a
nearby church, Fourth Church of Christ Scientist,
which is located behind the store. City zoning
requires that any business that is zoned as sexually
oriented be at least 500 feet from a church or
residential area. see Store, page 10
Tulsa Prime Timers
TULSA - Tulsa Area Prime Timers is a thriving
local organization whose primary purtx~e is to
provide mature Gay and Bisexual men--and their
admirers, with social, educational, and recreational
activities in a safe and supportive environment.
Prime Timers are mostly older men, andyounger
men who admire mature men. Other than-that
commonality, no single definition can describe all
Prime Timers, as they come from all walks of life.
These men involve themselves in the community
with volunteerism, politics, Gay community is-
:i sues, arts, entertainment, and every other facet of
¯ healthy.living. Many are fathers, or care-givers.
¯ Someare businessmen or entrepreneurs. Some
: work and others are now retired. Some are very
: activeandothers areless so. Butonethingis trueof
: all: they enjoy opportunities and friendships that
¯ they develop with other Prime Timers throughout
: the wOrld.
¯ The original Prime Timers organization was
¯ founded in 1987 by a retired professor in Boston,
: Woody (the organization typically lists only first
names in see Prime Timers, page 3
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*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Piner
*City Bites, 3348 S. Peoria
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*JJ’ S Country &Western Dance Club, 6328 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Tucci’s, 1344 E. 15
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
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Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cdlular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746~4620
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034-
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S, Lewis 58t-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9,504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady 58%2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
Leanne M. Gross, Southwest Financial Planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Langley Agency, 1104 S. Victor 592-1800
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counseling 592-1260
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 P1 664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA,,4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
ZiRita Pailsh, Indoor/Outdoor Co. Home Remodel ~g 58%6717
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming 584-7554
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Ming0 838-7626
Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921, 747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main. #308 582-7748
*Scribner’s Bookstore. 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard 481-0201
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S. Delaware 743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria. 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center. 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce, 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI, & Florence
*Community ofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2nd
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal.
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo
*FellOwship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info:
Friend.For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101
585-1800
749-0595
587-1314
742-2457
298-4648
622-1441
747-7777
587-4669
747-6827
582-0438
b) Kerry Lobel
As I travel the country I amboth heartened and impressed with
the level of energy and expertise of the activists I meet. At the
same time I am aware that weface an increasingly organized and
insidious opposition. We are witnessing an unprecedented wave
of organized and orchestrated intolerance perpetrated by leaders
of the right and targeting our commtmities.
Recently, three major movements have signaled a heating up
of anti-gay rhetoric and mobilization against the gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered communities signalinga step,up in,.
the "culture years." The actions and words coming out of these
,~0UI~’ are cause for real concern.
Just last week, the Southern Baptist Convention took the
unusual and extreme step in the name ofpreserving family values
of asking its members to participate in a national boycott of one
of the world’ s most family-oriented corporations. They ask for
the full-scale rejection of Tigger and Mickey because of the
company’s "gay friendly" policies, including domestic parmer
benefits and Ellen’s coming out. They cite Disney’s active
participation in America’s moral decline. Rev. Tom
Elliff,president of the Southern Baptist Convention, referred to
gays as "moral trash."
All summer Promise Keepers will be mobilizing for its massive
gathering of one million Christianmen at the foot of the steps
of the US Capitol this October. see NGLTF, page 3
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E. 38, 2ndfl.
712-1600; HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site: 742-2927
TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
Interfaith AIDS Mimstries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152 749-4901
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105 743-4297
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174
*Red Rock Mental Center 663~7272
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 4045 N. Cjncirmati.......425-7882
St. Jerome’s Parish Church, 3841 &,Peoria, " 742-6227
*Shanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749-7898
Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati 582-4128
Tulsa County Health Department, 4616 E. 15 595-4105
Confidential HIV Testing - by appt. on Thursdays only
Tulsa Okla. for Human Rights, c/o The Pride Center 743-4297
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule
*Tulsa Community College Campuses
*Rogers University (formerly UCT)
BARTLESVILLE
*Bartlesville Public Library, 600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353
NORMAN
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573-4907
OKLAHOMA CITY
*Borders Books &Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667
TAHLEQUAH
*Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900
*Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church 918-456-7900
*Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-458-0467
NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand
HIVevery other Tues: 5:30-8:30, call for date
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. 501-253-5445
MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337
Geek to Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 501-253-2776
Kings Hi-Way Inn, 62 Kings Hi-way 800-231,1442
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624~6646
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501:253~6001
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
*Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442~2845
* indicates a distribution point. Listed businesses are not a~,,Gayzpw,,n.~d.
but welcome Lesbian/Gay/Bi & Trans communities,
918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615
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The parties will be held in the Evans
Electric Co. warehouse located at 116
North Lansing, right at the edge of downtown
and near Rogers University.
First Volt features dancing, party pictures,
free beer and a cash bar. Tickets can
be pre-purchased through Carson attractions
for $20, or at the door for $25.00.
Last Jolt tickets are $5 at the door. First
Volt tickets include the after-party.
Entertainment will be provided by Matt
Myers, an Oklahoma City DJ, courtesy of
Angles, the prominent Oklahoma City
dance club. And at the ShockWave party,
"the kidz @ black + white charities" are
giving away a trip for two to New Orleans
for the two-day "Halloween in New Orleans"
event the weekend of 10/31/97.
The trip has been donated by Central Park
Luxury Residences. Other ShockWave
sponsors include Pepsi, and Budweiser.
ShockWave will provide security both on
site and in adjacent parking. Proof of age
will be required at the door.
Proceeds from ShockWave will benefit
the Planned Parenthood’s Facts of Life
Line, the HIV Resource Consortium, Int.
(HIVRC), and the RedRock Mental Health
Center’s Oklahoma Rainbow Young
Adults Network (ORYAN).
For more information on ShockWave
call 587-7314 or 800-458-4662 or e-mail
blkwhtprty@AOL.com. In addition, the
kidz @ Black & White Charities have a
web site under construction, check out
black/white.org for further updates.
Metropolitan Community Church-Greater Tulsa’s booth
was one ofabout ten booths at the Tulsa Pride Picnic.
Thesefine women and men, and splendid horses led the
Paul, Espeth andfriends were looking.good, promoting
the upcoming ShockWavepartiesfor Black& White, Inc.
PFLAG, from Bar~lesviile, Tulsa and Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Pride Parade, Sunday, June-22..: werewell repreSentedinOklahomaCity.
_Although they claim to be a movement of Christian men
li~ing theirlives by biblical v~ilues,in fact their le.ad.er~.s~p
is closely linked to rightwing organizations. F0nnd~er B~!~
McCartney has gained national notoriety for his anti-gay
rhetoric, declaring that "homosexuality is an abomination
ofAlmighty God," and that gay people are "curable."
Promise Keepers’ literature itself reads, ’~homosexuality
violates God’ s creative design for a husband and a wife
and is a sin." McCartney made his plans clear when he
said, "Many of you feel like you have been in a war for a
long time, yet the fiercest fighting is just ahead. God has
brought us here to prepare us. Let’s proceed. It’s wartime!"
Finally just a few weeks ago, a conference of rightwing
political activists and academics came together in
Washington, DC at Georgetown University to demonize
the GLBT community in the name of science
andscholarship. The benign sounding conference "Homosexuality
andAmerican Public Life" included a who’s
who of right-wing homophobes including Robert Knight
of the Family Research Council who argues that "there is
a strong undercurrent of pedophilia in the homosexual
subculture." Ex-gay Anthony Falzarano claims that the
gay community "has been working for the last30 years
like an army of termites, secretly eating away the floorboards
of moral integrity inthis country."
Where is the silver lining? Our response to these acts
has been heartening. In rejecting to the boycott, many are
voicing support for Disney and its policies, including
President Clinton. Coalitions are coming together in
cities and towns across the country to expose the true
agenda of the Promise Keepers. And a broad range of
scholars, students, and organizations are coming forward
to challenge the bigotry Of pseudo science.
The more we orgamze our supporters, the more
marginalized the right wing becomes. We must be dear
about our vision.Our country must move into the future
guided on the principles of religious and political pluralism,
freedom, and equality.
The National Gay andLesbian Task Force has worked
to eliminate prejudice, violence and injustice against
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people at the
local, state and national level since its inception in ]973.
NGLTF is located at2320 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20009 and on the web at http://www.ngl~.org
order to respect the privacy ofindividuals). He felt a wide
gap existed in today’s society which seems to cater "
almost exclusively to youth- particularly in Lesbian and ."
Gay culture. Woodybegan theBoston Chapterbyplacing
see this page, second column to the right
, WHITE HOUSE
’~-Ga~ & LesblanPrlde Celebration 1997
~ Warm ~reetln~s to all those participating ~n the
1997 Gay and Lesbian Pride Celebration.
ThrouChout America’s history, we have overcome
tremendous challenges by drawln¢ strenCth
from our Crest diversity. We must never hdleve
that our diversity is a weakness. The talents.
eontribntlons, and ~oodwill of people from so many
different haek~rounds have enriched our national
llfe and have enabled us to fidfill oureommon hopes
and dreams. As we stand at the dawn of a new
century, we all must rededleate ourselves to reaehin
the vital ~oals of acceptance and ineluslon.
Amerlea’s eontlnued success will depend on our
ability to understand, appreeiate, and care for one
We’re not there yet, and that is why our efforts
to end discrimination a~alnst Lesbians and Gay
men are so important. Like each of you, I remain
dedleated to endln~ dlserlrninatlon and preservln~
the elvll riChts of every eltlzen in our soeiety. We
have he~un to wa~e an all-out eampai~n a~alnst
hate erlmes in America - Crimes that are often
vieiously dlreeted at Gay men and Lesbians. I have
also endorsed and fouCht for elvll riChts le~islatinn
that would protect Gay and Lesbian Amerleans
from discrimination. The Employment Non- Diserimlnation
Act now beln¢ eonsldered in Contess
would put an end to discrimination a~alnst Gay
men and Lesbians in the workplace - discrimination
that is currently legal in a9 states. These
efforts reflect oar belief in the riCht of every
American to be ~d~ed on his or her merits and
abilifi~, and to be allowed to eantribute to soeiety
without raCine discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation. And they reflect our on¢oln~ fiCht
a~alnst bigotry and intolerance in our eountry and
in our hearts.
My Administration’s record of ineluslveness is a
stron~ one, but it is a record to build on. I am proud
of the many openly Gay men and Lesbians who
serve with dlstlnetlon in my Administration, and
their impact will eontlnue to he significant in the
years ahead. I pledge to you that I will eontlnue
strivin~ to foster eompasslon and ~-~lerstandln~,
workin~ not simply to tolerate our differences, but
to celebrate them.
Best wishes for a memorable edekratlon.
- Bill Clinton
JeffCowanjoins Father RickHollingsworth at the booth
for the Parish Church ofSaint Jerome.
A number of not-exclusively Gay Organizations, like
Amnesty International, shown here, also marched.
ads in local newspapers and soliciting hiS many friends.
He expected only a small handful ofmen to attend the first
meeting and was surprised when over40 showed up. This
indicated the need for a social and, cultural organization
to aid and support older Gay and Bisexual men. There are
now over fifty chapters throughom North America and
Europe. Oklahoma has two of these’chapters: Tulsa Area
Prime Timers and Central Oklahoma Prime Timers in
Oklahoma City.
Tulsa Area Prime Timers (TAPT) was started in August
of 1993. TAPT meets on the first Sunday of each
month at the Pride Center, 38th and South Peoria at 4 pm.
A newsletter, Prime News, is published monthly including
a calendar of that month’ s events.
Some activities the Tulsa chapter will enjoy this summerinclude:
a day trip to Spring Creek for swimming and
sun bathing followed by dinner at the Country Cupboard
in Locust Grove, and a fourth anniversary cocktail and
dinner party celebrating the chapter’s beginning. Other
monthly activities have included, dinning out, Prime
Diners, card night, video night, and day trips such as the
:. Morrow Mansion in Ponca City. During a cool fall
¯ evening thirty-five TAPT’ers.had dinner at the Amish
: farm in Choteau. Guests have visited during the monthly
: meeting speaking on subjects particular to Gay lives.
The opportunity to build friendships all across the USA
:. and the World is possible through attending activities
sponsored by other chapters and Prime Timers World
Wide. These activities include the bi-yearly World Wide
Cowcention (1997, Palm Springs, CA,) and the Labor
Day Weekend, (1997, Oklahoma City, OK).
Formoreinformation about the Tulsa chapter, call 743-
4297 or write: Tulsa Area Prime Timers at POB 52118
Tulsa, OK 74152-0118 or e:mail wesomer@gorilla.net.
the appeals court said. The New York case is one of
several around the nation challenging the policy, which
the Clinton administration adopted in 1993 as a compromise
between the views ofGay civil-rights advocates and
those flatly opposed to Gays in the military.
The Clinton administration will appeal the rejection of
its "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. Asked recently if the
Justice Department would appeal the riding that the
policy violates the rights of Gays to participate equally in
nationai defense, Attorney General Janet Rent told reporters,
"Yes, it will." She did not elaborate.
Montana Court Voids
’Sodomy’L.0w ,
HELENA (AP)-The Montana Supreme Court threw
out the state’ s 24-year-oldban on homosexual sex.In
a unanimous decision, the court said the law violates
the constitutional right to privacy and that governmenthas
no business in the private sexual relations of
consenting adults - no matter what gender. The
majority acknowledged that many in society may
frown on homosexual acts. But it said that does not
give the state authority to infringe on a basic right of
citizens - to be left alone in their sexual behavior with
a consenting partner.
The court also said the government.can show no
interest in ontlawing.homosexual sex~th.at.outweighs
Montana’s right~o pfi’~acy: ChiefJusticeffeanTnhiage
concurred Jn the rest~,t blit~ not: in ~lie i~eas0ning,~ H’e
said the law should be overturned because the ban
does not provide equal protection for all Montanans
- not because it violates anyone’ s privacy.
Tennessee Students
Want Anti-Bias Policy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Gay students at the
University of Tennessee say a personal statement
from the chancellor is fine, but they’d rather have a
change in the school’s anti-discrimination policy.
Since last year, the students have been petitioning the
school to include language in its policy that protects
them from prejudice. The policy includes race, sex,
color, religion, national origin, age, disability and
veteran status-as reasons for which the university
cannot discriminate against individuals. Sexual preference
is not mentioned.
: UT Charicellor Bill Snyder is revising his personal
statement on campu~ diversity to clarify that all types
oY discrimination, including that associated with their
sexual orientation, will not be tolerated. "We have a
commitment to enhancement, tolerance and accep,
tance of diversity of all forms. We’ re trying to change
¯ cate school children about differences among people,
: including Gays and Lesbians, which drew fire from
: much of the community. Newman’ S book, which tells
¯¯ of ayoung girl beingraised by tw~Eesbians, was part
of the curriculum’s suggested reading.
¯ Atameeting at the University ofArkansas,Newman
¯ said she was considered by some to be the "most ¯
¯ dangerous writer living inAmerica today" because of
the book. But she said parents shouldn’ t feel threat-
" ened by the book; it doesn’ t promote sex of any kind.
¯ She said the book is about families and wasn’t in-
" tended to "recruit" anyoneinto the gay commumty.
¯ "The most important thing about a family is that all
¯ the people in it love each other," the book concludes.
¯ Newman chastised groups who criticized this con-
" clusion. She sarcastically.referred tcr "outlandish"
;: behavior promoted in the book sudi~S-goingto the
"." park and eatingdinner together._Newman said schools
¯ .need to go further than just condemning violence.
¯ They need to stress cultural education to ensure that
." violence doesfft happen at all, she said. While par-
: ents of heterosexual children may feel it doesn’t
¯ affect them, Newman said, numerous children have
: been beaten before simply because they were thought
¯ to be. gay, but weren’ t. "It’ s everybody’ S problem,"
¯ she said of the violence.
¯ Anti-Bias Policy Debated
: YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) - In the coming days,
: restaurants, stores, inns and other businesses where
¯ most gay people spend money will get cards from
customers. They are pink in color, and very pointed in
: theirmessage. "Thank youforservingme,"theyread.
: "Did you know that it is legal for your business in
Ypsilanti to discriminate against me?"
Scores of gay people in Ypsilanfi are getting ready
¯
for another skirmish in the batde to enact an ordi-
¯ nance to protect them against discrimination. "We’re
going to blanket this city,’.’ gay activist Charles Duty,
~ 42, told the Detroit Free Press. "This is going-to be a
~ movement that involves every single person in
¯ Ypsilanti that believes discrimination is wrong."
attitudes, behavior," Snyder said.
Graduate student Dawn Becker Duncan is 0he.of ."
those: who pushed for an amen,.dment to the school’ s ¯
. policy. She said.the chancellor s personal statement :
is awatered-d0Gcn version of the ~inti-disCriminati0n :
policy,-but may serve its :ulti,mate purpose:’~Alot of :
peoplewho have been discnminated against on that-?
basis we:re not omfortable filing a complai,n,t because: :
the), didn’t feel .they.. hadany protection, ~ Duncan ~:
said. "A student will see those words in wrldngfrom ¯
the chancellor and. may be more .likely .to come out ,
and file a complaint.’" .
Students like Duncan originally hoped UT would."
join theranks of Vanderbilt University inNashville, ¯
which offers.Lesbians and Gay men, along.with other :
mino,,fi,ty groups; formal protection from di~crimina- .
tion. Vanderl~ilt University is Committed to the prin- ."
ciple of non-discrimination on the basis of being, or
being perceived as, homosexual, heterosexual or bisexual,"
the -private university’ s policy reads.
Snyder said he tried to institute a policy like
Vanderbilt’s, but failed after UTlawyers advised him
to follow state precedent. "I know a lot of schools
have doneit, but I’m told by the legal people that if
there should be a lawsuit one day, the schools would
not prevail because there is not a legal standing of
protection against discrimination on the basis of
sexual~orientation. "Personally, I would have no
problem including the statement anyway." Snyder’s
personal statement is set to be published and circulated
across campus during the upcoming fall semester.
"2 Mommies" Author
Still On The Defensive
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Leslea Newman,
whose children’s book started a debate years ago over
homosexuality and school instruction, finds herself
still defending her work.
"Heather Has Two Mommies" became central to a
New York City School District controversy five
years ago when the district piloted the "Rainbow
Curriculum." The curriculum was intended to edu-
And when the Ypsilanti City Council meets on
Tuesday, gays and their supporters will be there,
clamoring for the council to adopt a pending proposal
on the. matter. Last week, Ypsilanti’ sHuman Rda:
tions Commission voted 5-4 to reject a proposal that
wouldhave piotected gay peoplefrom discrimination
in all: Of t~ieir dealings with the city. But ithe
commission’ s recommendations are nonbinding
The cit)’ alread.y has an ordinance that forbids
discrimination against gay people in housing and in
large city. contracts - but many bdieve that isn’t
enough. In February, Tri-Pride, a small dubof"gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgendered" social work
students at Eastern Michigan University, approached
a print shop to print raffle tickets. But Owners Loren
and Carole Hansen, devout Baptists, said taking the
job would violate their consciences as Christians.
Since then, the dispute has rippled through the city,
with demonstrations and counter-demonstrations.
Councilwoman S.A. Trudy Swanson told the Free
Press that someone will be vexed by the council’s
vote. "This is a no-win situation," Swanson said.
"They’re going to have to meet us halfway. We’re
going to have to come together and reach some kind
of middle ground."
Gay Asylum Case
: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court
¯ revived a lesbian’s, political asylum case, saying
Russian prosecutors’ ~fforts to forcibly "cure" her
: homosexuality amounted to persecution. The 9th
: U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a government
¯ might subject a particular group to persecution even
" if it asserts benign motives. Using an example from
¯ the 13th century, it cited the Spanish Inquisition,
¯ which claimed to save souls by burning bodies. ¯
"Persecution by any other name remains persecu-
: tion," said Judge Betty Fletcher in the 3-0 ruling
Tuesdayjoined by Judges Charles Wiggins and The-
¯ mas Nelson. ’’The fact that a persecutor believes the
¯ harm he is inflicting is good for his victim does not
¯ make it any less painful to the victim."
The court didnot decide whether Alia Pitcherskaia,
35, was eligible for asylum but told the U.S. Board of
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board had ruled that even if Pitcherskaia was confined
to psychiatric wards and threatened with shock
therapy, as she clffimed, she was not persecuted
because the government’ s actions were "intended to
treat or cure ~e supposed illness, not to punish."
The ruling, clarifies that persecution can possibly
include efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation,"
said Suzanne Goldberg of the Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund in New York, a lawyer
for Pitcherskaia.
While contesting Pitcherskaia’ s specific ease, U.S.
immigration authorities have recognized sexual orientation
as a possible grounds for political persecuti0,
n,an.d’ h~a.d ~an_.t,ed ~ylqLn,j~,,a..bp,u_t ~40~s~ugh~.c~s..e..s _as
of!a~tDecembe~ ,: " : - : ~ .. .... ~.~
Anti-Gay GroUps Fight to
Recall Anti-Bias Law
AUGUSTA,Maine (A£)-Twoanti-gay-rishts groups
officially ]ricked off a campaisn Friday to gather
enough siguamres to halt a bill pro~dbiting cecmin
forms of discrimination agarnst Gays. "We can do
this," said Paul Voile, e×ecutive director of the Christian
Coalition of Maine. ’%he organization has come
together. It’ s vet7 possible that we will get more than
52,000 siguatur~s."
The coalition is wor]dng with the Christian Civic
League of Maine to collect the sis~atures of more
than 5],000 ceYdfied voters wit~a 90 days. If the
Stoups succeed, the bill passed by the Le#slature
must go to a statewide vote. Lawmakers in May
approved a measure that prohibits discrimination
against gays in housing, public accommodations,
employment and credit. Gov. Angus King sisned it a
f~w days later with much farLfare.
The two CKdsdan orgamzations oppose homo=
se×uality on moral grounds. Michael Heath, e×ecutire
director of the Chi’Jstian Civic League, has called
homose×ualiW "a morally i~ppropdate versmn of
human se×ual~tythat is properly stismatized by civilized
cultures."
Rouse Speaker F.]izabeth Mitcbd] called the refer=
e~dum effort "misguided ana wrons., i I am firudy
convinced that civil rights laws should protect, all
~eople, regardless of se×ual orientation," the
assalbor6 Democrat said "Our laws should not
permit somcoue to be ~red from ajob or refused a seat
iP.# restaurant or demed a barLk 10an merely because
of Lheir sexual oneatadon." t-{ca& said he has ac~eved
his goal of sig~ng up 1.000 vo]umeers who agreed to.
~6]iCit 60 signatures each.
Whitewaterl nvestigators
DoAnti-Gay Witch.Hunt?
WASHINGTON (AP) -Interior Department official
Bob H.attoy says his two-hour grilling with Whitewater
investigators was "something out of the McCarthy
era" when.questions swung to hisrecruitment Of gays
for government jobs. Hattoy said two Whitewater
prosecutors and an FBI agent probing payments to
fallen presidential friend Webster Hubbell questioned
Hattoy for two hours in April about whether he
attended any fund-raisers or helped Hubbell’s wife
get ajob at Interior. Hattoy is White House liaison for
the Interior Department and an activist who spoke
movlingly~ibOut livil~g withAIDS at the i"992 Democratic
convention.
Early in the interview, investigators switched gears
_ap_d asked Hattoy about his fo,.r~,,er job in the White
blouse personnel officc,;he Said/ All of&~uddenthey
said~ ’By the way, one of your jobs w~:t6 hire
homosexuals,,m, thehighestpos~laonsmgovernment,
Hattoy said. They said, "’Do you thiilk you were
successful?"’ Hattoy said the "question was way off
the subject. I was appalled. It chilled me.
Debbie Gershman, a spokeswomanfor Whitewater
Independent Counsel Kenneth Start, declined comment
Wednesday. Prosecutors found themselves in
the midst of an uproar Wednesday about their tactics
after reports about them questioning Arkansas troopers
about PresidentClinton’ s personal life and whether
he had extramarital affairs.
Minnesota: Anti-Gay
Hate Crimes On Rise
ST. PAUL (AP) - A gay rights organization says
reports ofhate crimes based on sexual orientation are -
on the rise in Minnesota, although its numbers are 5
times higher than those authorities have collected.
The Gay and Lesbian Community Action Council
documented 227 reports of hate crimes last year, a 4
percent increase from 1995, according to the report
released Wednesday. "The reports continue to be
more violent with each passing year and the number
of victims affected by these incidents continues to
dramatically rise," said Constance Potter, coordina-
I£r..fOro the~ gtot!p~ s anti.-yiolen~ program........
:j Thegn.urn_b~rs :werei ~0mpiled from~reports to the
organization~ s Minneapolis offic~e, it~ Anti=Violence
Program - which tracks crimes against Gays - its
helpline and its Legal Advocacy Program. Neither
the report nor officials were able to pinpoint why
reported crimes increased. Potter speculated more
incidents were reportedbecause ofanincreasedprominence
of Gays in the Twin Cities.
Theoffenses were concentrated in theseven-county
Fwin Cities metro area and ranged from hate mail to
assaults. The number of victims increased 15 percem
from 268 in 1995 to 307 last year, the report said. But
the numbers contrast with the incidents noted by
police who said only 46 anti-Gay crimes’ were re--
ported last year. "We know the fear of social and
systematic revictimization prevents many gay community
members from coming forwardy Potter said.
France May Recognize
Same-Sex Unions
PARIS (AP) - France on Tuesday took a small step
toward legalizing unions between loving couples, be
they homosexual or unwed heterosexuals, with a
~oup of leftist lawmakers presenting a proposal to
put such unions on a par with marriage.
Socialist Premier .Lionel Jospin, appointed earlier
this month, had promised durinff the .campaign for
parliamentary elections to set aright what is.perceived
by many as an anachronism in the laW.books concerning
couples. The Socialists had filedz ~imilar proposal
Feb. 3, before a leftist coalition came to power
with their victory in June 1 parliamentary elections.
The proposed new status for couples is expected to be
taken up by the parliament this fall:
’q’hat is a commitment we made, andwe will keep
it." Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou said in an
interview publishedin Tuesday’ s edid on.ofthe newspaper
Le Monde. "The homosexuals-have raised the
issue, but they are not the only ones concerned.. We
cannot lump together all unions between two people
under the single institution of mamage?
Deputy Jean-Pierre Michel submitted hi~,l~roposal
to the National Assembly on Tuesday. Itwas backed
by his Citizens Movement party and the Greens party.
The proposed "contract of civil and, social union"
covers everything from health insurance to inheritance
to, yes_, taxes. In 15 years, the number of marriages
per year has fallen by 30 percent, the number
of births outside marriage has doubled ,and homosexuals
increasingly seek the life ofa eouple, Michel
and colleagues said. "These evolutions reflect a profound
change ofattitudes and behavior... But, outside
o;f,mamage, the;re is no legal framew,ork for thesenew
forms of social bonds," the lawmakers said.
A group representing,homosexuals, Lesbian and
Gay Pride, saluted the proposed bill. "It’s a law for
every couple, homosexual or not;" said the group’s
president, Jean-Sebastian Thirard. "Its universality is
its feature.
c~th61ic Families A~ss:ocm": ta"’~on: ~ sa~" d i"n:~.a..s..t.a.tement,
the~proppsal would:~lead to "discouii~ m~a~s"
cre~itilig ,sham famili~s."’Only mamage 6an gi~e a
chii’d ’~the means to structure himself and become a
citizen," the group said. Homosexual couples can
transmit inheritances, in a private act in front of a
notary, it added. Likewise, the conservative Association
for the Promotion of the Family said it was
"totally opposed" to suchlegislation, whichit claimed
would have "heavy consequences" for traditional
families.
Y
Each Day 1 K More
Children with HIV
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - At le~t a
thousand childrgn are contracting the
AIDS virus each day, according to a U.N.
report that warns of sharp increases in
deaths among children unless immediate
steps are taken.
There were some 400,000 new HIV
cases involving children under 18 last
year, and some 350,000 children died of
AIDS, the disease caused by HIV, the
Geneva-based group UNAIDS said in its
report released Friday. The report did not
supply comparable statistics ,f.,o,rprevious
ye,~rs, but said tJdo~il~ imdLq" 18 a~e!dlie’ri~
[.l~e fastest-growing~ groups’bf AIDS vic-’~
rims. It warned of big increases ininfant
mortality due to the disease or rates of
death for children less than 5 years old -
especially in developing countries where
thereis alack ofmedicine and health care.
In some regions of the world~ those rates
would increase by as much as 75 percent
by the year 2000 unless there is immediate
medical intervention, UNAIDS executive
director Peter Pitt said.
AIDS is spread most often by sexual
contact, bycdntimainated syringes or exposure
to infected blood. But children
often contract the disease from their mothers
- either in the womb or through
breastfeeding, the rei~ort said. "Anything
that affects dhildren’hffects half of society,"
said Elizabeth’ Mataka, director of
the Zambia-based iidn-profit group Family
Health Trust. In’Zambia, about half of
infant AIDS victims i:tieby the age of two,
Mataka said. In E~ope, by contrast, 80
percent of chi_’ldren With AIDS reach their
third birthday.
Antibiotics Could
Reduce HIV Spread
LONDON (AP) - Antibiotics could help
reduce the spread of AIDS in Africa,
according to a U.S. study that showed that
they dramatically lower, the level of the
virus in tlie seraPh’of men also infected
with sexually transmitted diseases The
scientists reached their conclusion after
studying a group of 135 HIV:positive
men,mostofsufferingfrom sexually transmitted
diseases such as gonorrhea, in the
African nation of Malawi.
TheUniversity ofNorth Carolina study,
published Friday in the British medical
journal The Lancet, found that when
treated promptly with antibiotics to fight
the less serious diseases, the level of HIV
in the semen dropped considerably. The
results are significant because scientists
have known for some time that a lower
level of HIV, the agent that causes AIDS,
in semen reduces the likelihood that the
virus will be transmitted during sexual
intercourse.
The Malawi project was the first largescale
study to demonstrate quantitatively
that antibiotics sharply redqce the HIV
content in semen, said Dr. MyronS. Cohen,
ofthe University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel
Hill, Department of Medicine. "We are
never going to say to an individual," Now
you are at longer contagious,"’ Cohen
said in a telephone interview. "But if you
treat the whole popularion aggressively to
try and reduce the level of HIV in genital
secretions, the end result will be les s HIV."
AIDS is prevalent in Malawi and other
African nations, where the disease is transmitted
predorninanfly via heterosexual
sex. "Weare trying to understand why the
AIDS epidemic in Africa has been so
devastating," Cohen a~d.. Maybe~t sas
si.mple as that the concentration of the
v~rus in the genital secretions is higherthat’s
the hypothesis:"
Withresearchers at Malawi’ sLilongwe
Central Hospital, the American doctors
measured HIV levels in the semen of the
135 patients. Of the group, 86 suffered
gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted
diseases. Members of this group were
each given one dose of an antibiotic that
cures gonorrhea in four hours, while the
rest received nothing.
Before treatment, the HIV level in the
semen of the 86 men was eight times
higher than that in the sem~ep,of the 49., .the,
’ sta~dy: s~d.7~tdi"t~:’. w’~k~~ the HIV:
level in thd ~dinen ofthemen treated wifli
antibiotics hadfallen so dramatically there
was virtually no difference between the
two groups, said Cohen. At the same rime,
the level of HIV infection in the blood of
both groups remained the .same.
AIDS Drug
Company Boycott?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -AIDS activists
and city officials who claim Glaxo
Wellcome is holding back a promising
HIV drug are boycotting the company’s
biggest money-maker, the antacidZantac.
The dispute centers on a drug known as
1592, which both activists and Glaxo say
.appears far more powerful and less toxic
than AZT and 3TC, two HIV drugs also
made by the London-based drug giant.
Activists say Glaxo~ which has its U.S.
headquarters at Research Triangle Park,
N.C., has been slow to market 1592 to
protect its $441 million in annual AZT
sales - a charge the company denies.
"What I find repulsive is that as they’re
taking their time, people are dying," said
city Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who
authored a resolution that would put San
Francisco on record in support of the
boycott. "I lost my lover of 18 years to
AIDS ... To drag your feet is inexcusable.
~Jlaxospokeswoman RamonaJones
said there is "absolutely no truth" to the
group’s allegations about 1592. ’;We don’ t
have any data that this will have any effect
in people in advanced stages of the disease,"
she said-. "And there is a very lira!
!ted amount of the drug available. There’ s
just not enough to give it to everyone in
that category."
Glaxo will shorflymake 1592 available
to about 2,500 children and adults under
theFoodand DrugAdministration’s "compassionate
use" program. But that’s not.
enough, said Jeff Getty, an AIDS activist
who underwent a failed baboon bone
marrow transplant. An estimated 10,000
people who have built up resistance to
AZT or calmot take the drug should get
1592 under the FDA’s "expanded access"
program, he said. "Glaxo Wellcome takes
millions of dollars in profits from people
with AIDS yet doesn’t have the decency
to show adequate compassion by allowing
earlyaccess to drugs," Getty said.
Hoping to inflict maximum damage,
the activists targeted a drug that accounts
for nearly $3 billion of the company’s S 13
billion in sales. Zantac loses its exclusive
patent protection next month, but a legal
dispute between two generic drug makers
may leave Glaxo as the only manufacturer
beyond then.
The drug 1.592, known generically as
abacavir, was first isolated nine years ago,
Jones said. but wasn’t rigorously tested
until the end of 1995 because other compounds
looked moreprolmsing. Since then
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STRESS!!
by Dr. Michael Gorman
Are you stressed out, feeling a little on
edge? Is the primal urge to kill something,
someone, poisedin yourfrontal lobe,ready
to pounce on the first victim to wander
haplessly by? Q: What causes stress?
A: Well, I’d say modem day existence
¯¯ spouse or yourself) seems to possess.
Being sick (low grade) and having tran-
¯ sient attacks ofhigh bloodpressure, there_
¯ fore, translateinto thepsychologicalmarti- ¯
festations of stress: bad mood and bad
¯ attitude!
¯ Q: What can be done to control or stop
stress?
and the everyday pressures that go along. ¯ A.: ~Boy howdy! Here’s where i come
wi~,~t, probably, firs~t on mosL peoples’. ¯
lists arei) job’and’fin~ices(~or hiCl~ 6~, 2) T :
family’ ntatfers, arid ~)ffieiidS~add ~6a’aJ :
life (or lack of). These are general topics
by nature - extrapolate these as you will.
Q: What does stress do to us (our bodies)
physiologically andpsychologically?
A: I must touch on the physiological
aspect first in order to help you understand
the psychological changes. As we
start to take on and accumulate stress (it
does build up, you know), our bodies
.react by altering cellular and blood ch.emlStry.
The chemical changes that occur
first are increases in blood cortisol levels,
Corlisol is released from the adrenal gland
and causes a decrease in the number and
activity of white blood cells. Hence, lowered
resistance to foreign invaders, i.e.
getting sick and staying sick with every
i’bug" that comes your way! The second
amportant-response occurs when epinephrine
and norepinephrine are released into
the blood from the adrenal glands. These
two body chemicals cause constriction of
the arteries raising blood pressure and
decreasing blood flow to vital tissues.
Hence, the short fuse that your boss (or
rm0~V l,,~ predclied fllig~mes£age befdre,
ad ha~liea~ ); you ~h~Ne t~ engdge in~
¯ physical activity, good nutritional habits,
and proper supple~aentation. Youcanram,
: but you cannot hid~ from your future
." health (or lack of). Your bad habits are
¯ goin,g to bite you in the patootee if you
don t get it right! Take breaks during the
: day to dear your thoughts, walk around
." the workplace and breathe deeply (often).
: .Pick a simple relaxation exercise (stretch_
¯ rng for at least five minutes) and perform
." it several times a day. EAT! Eat a snack -
¯ - an apple, orange, banana, etc. Talk to a
¯ pal or a co-worker about something other
: than work. Call your significant other and
: just tell them that you love them. Pray,
¯ however and to whomever, let the creator
¯ take the burden from your shoulders. Bet-
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: does wonders to release tension, both
: physically and mentally.~ To youand yours,
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it has been clinically tested in 300 paraents.
"As medical researchers, we have
an obligation to make sure we understand
the safety and efficacy ofa drug before we
make it available to people in large numbers,"
she said.
The delay may be due in part to Glaxo’s
$14.8 billion buyout ofWellcome PLC in
1996, said James Rooney, who ran a
Wellcome clinical studies department
before the merger, and is now a vice
president of Gilead Sciences Inc. in Foster
City, Calif. Many Wellcome research
managers who shepherded the drug
through early trials lost their jobs in the
takeover. Scientists believe that 1592’s
chief valuemay be in the three-drug "cocktails"
now commonly used to treat the
AIDS virus, possibly as a replacement for
AZT.
Southern Baptist
Pastor Hit By AIDS
AUSTIN (AP) - The_Rev. Jimmy Allen
saw his family devastated twice: First by
AIDS, then by the intolerance of the
churches they turned to for solace. His
daughter-in-law, who got AIDS from a
blood transfusion, died. His two grandsons,
infected before birth," died. One,
who lived to be 13, was turned away from
at least seven church Sunday schools during
his short life,.His son Scott, who said
he was fired from his job as a Christian
church rmmster in Colorado after telling
his semor pastor of his wife’s infection,
has turned to Eastern religion. Another
son, Skip, is Gay and has the AIDS virus.
Jimmy Allen remains a Southem Baptist.
Churches are changing for the better,
.he says. Not fast enough, but his missaon
is to help them along that learning curve
of compassion. "Fear is the great problem,
and fear.comes out of ignofaiice or
not knowing. Fear also comes out ofjudgmental
attitudes," said Alien; the preaching
chaplain for a mnlti-denominational
church in Georgia who retaifi~ i~is membership
in the First Baptist Church in
Arlington, Texas.
Allen spoke recently at a T~iis Conference
onsexually transmitted diseases. "We
have moved toward a self-centeredness in
our congregations across America. We’re
more interested in how many people we
get in the room, and how the activities are
going at the bowling alley and the basketball
games. All ofwhich are OK, but ...
we’re not giving oursdves away in the
way we ought to," he said. "I’m asking
churches to come back to that base of
-compassion" and go to the people who are
hurting most, he said. "Because I think if
Jesus were in our town, this day, right
now, that’s where he would be."
Allen recounts posative changes he’s
seen: He and Scott last year went to the
Colorado church that fired his son for an
AIDS awareness program. He recently
visited several Black churches that are
working to prevent AIDS and to support
those with AIDS. And, he said, "Every
congregation that rejected us now has an
AIDS program. Theyhave supportgroups.
¯ . . All of that has come out of that
experience."
Allen, who wrote the book "Burden of
a " ’ ¯ ’ ¯
~ Secret about his family s ordeal, as a
Iormer president of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
by James Christjohn
Hello, folks. I’m baaaack! Lots more
views and reviews, of life, love, and music.
Not necessarily in that order. Mother
has survived her cancer and her surgery
and is just as rob.an and ornery as ever,
Pity.
I’.vebeen collecting some
music to share - First off,
LINDA EDER has a new
CDoutcalled "IT’ S TIME",
and it is wonderful. It’s the
perfect CD to share WiLll
that significant other, or potential
significant other. If
you’re not into masochism,
listen to it alone and imagine.
the perfect Sig Oth. Her
voIceis similar to Streisand,
only better. Streisand is
great in terms of technical
perfection, but I find her
music lacks feeling, particularly
in her later albums.
Eder’s voice captures the
perfection and adds theemotional
punch that Streisand
lacks. Her songs .are well
selected standards to be, and
the perfect music for romance.
She mixes a little
jazz, a little cabaret, and a
little pop with a dose of
Broadway for good measure.
My favorite song is "I
Want More", an upbeat ode
to the fact that romance is
sometimes forgotten or ne-
.glected. "I want more relating
and less debating" has
become my new anthem.
The other songs are perfect
for starting a romance, commumcating
about feelings
you can’t quite verbalize
("Hear, dear, listen to
this..."), or rekindling an old
flame.
ERASURE’s new CD "COWBOY"
gives us the reliable beat of the dance
flOor mixed with intelligent lyricism (for
those who actually listen to the lyrics).
More love-oriented songs, with a different
beat. "RAIN", the first track, could
easily become an anthem for the equal
fights movement as well as a more personal
love song. For the cynics among us,
"Boy" decries the anger of love’s labor
lost, as Andy sings "These years of love
and giving surely must be something to
you/still you dare to change your mind,
you’ll be sorry when it’s over". Something
f~r everyone. And all extremely
danceable.
BERNADETTE PETERS recorded
"SONDHEIM, ETC.", a concert benefiting
the Gay Men’s Health Crisis at
Carnegie Hall, and it’s a hoot! She coyly
flirts, with the audience, toying with the
imagery of herself as a Lesbian. Her singing
of Sondheim’s "Johanna" from
SweeneyToddis given awholenew twist,
as she does not change the gender of the
song, which is originally about a man’s
love for Johanna. ,Making Love Alone",
and ode to the joys of masturbation is a
must-hear for its hilarity. And when she
.sings "Hello, Little Girl" (which the wolf
m "Into The Woods" sings as he is about
to devour Little Red Riding Hood - it’s
.full of double-entendres), without changing
genders, the result gives a whole new
spin to the song and it’s context in the
show. In all, one of the best concerts on
¯ CD with Ms. Peters reaching out and
¯" holding the audience in the palm of her
hand - so to speak...
¯ The soundtrack to POLTERGEIST has
: been remixed, remastered and re-released
¯ on CD and it is perfect for those dark
She _
:.Peter.s].......
, eoyiy flirts, with
the audlenee,
toyln with the
imagery or hersel
as a Leshlan.
He, sln i.n , or
Sondhelm s
"Johannd’ from
Sweeney Todd is
iven a whole
new ~s~, ~ she
does ehan e
son , whleh
o inally agou
lov
"Mahln Love
Alone", an ode
joys
m urgaGon is
a muse-hear
its hila~ty
stormy evenings when you
want to scare your parmer
into your arms. It’s one of
Jerry Goldsmiths most un-
. .d..e.rs~ t,ate.d,,~yqt powerful
scores. Quite frankly, it’s
the nlost memorable thing
about thatfilm. MAUREEN
MCGOVERN has a new
CD out entitled "The MUSIC
NEVER ENDS", and
it’s comprised of standards
composed by Alan and
Marylin Bergman. It is wonderful
to hear her interpretation
of classics like "How
Do You Keep The Music
Playing", "It Might Be
You", "The Windmills Of
YourMind", and "TheWay
We Were". She gives a
slightly jazzy feding to
these classics, making old
songs new again.
SARAH MCLACHLAN
has a new album coming
out July 15, and FLEETWOOD
MAC (Lindsey
Buckingham, Stevie Nicks,
Christine McVie, John
McVie, and Mick Fleetwood)
will have the CD recording
of their MTV UNPLUGGED
special available
on August 12.. They
will be touring in September.
Durmo about you, but
I’ll be in Dallas When they
swing through there.
PANSY DIVIS ION has
a new album due out August
12 as well. "More Lovin’ From Our
Oven" i s the title. Andno, l’m not kidding.
And from the vaults, Rhino records is
releasing an Ethel Merman collection July
15.
For those who are into obscure movie
musicals (Hey, I liked this one!), Rhino is
re-releasing the soundtrack to the 1973
musical version of "Lost Horizon" August
19. And there are rumors that"Young
Frankenstein" soundtrack will be remastered
and re-released on CD soon.
Broken Arrow Community playhouse
has announced their new season and it
looks like a winner. "The Rainmaker"
comes to Tulsa in September, "Once Upon
A Mattress" plays in December, "The
Owl and the Pussycat" make rhymes in
February, "The Dresser" helps dress up
the stage in March and April (Exactly
what is his relationship to the aging star,
eh?), and much is made of "The Importance
of Being Earnest" in
, May.One of
Oscar Wilde s best farces, in tile opinion
of this author, and a show that is not to be
missed. Li’l Abner yodels inJune, and the
bonus is a reenactment of the radio show
that scared the world in 1933 - "War Of
The Worlds". (You mean, you get to hold
the script during the show? Maybe I’ll
audition for that one!) For more info on
tickets, or better yet, season tickets, call
the BACP at 258-0077.
Last but not least, enjoy a true Tulsa
tradition of a picnic followed by classic
film on the lawn at Philbrook. It’s a fun
and affordable way to spend an evening!
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Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Communityof Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 11am, 1703 E. 2nd, 749-0595
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15 Service, 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church ,of Greater Tulsa-
’ Service, !0:45am, 1623 North Maplewood,!nfo: 838-1~i5
PrimeTimers
Social group for men, 1st Sun/each mo. 4-6pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
University of Tulsa BisexuaULesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
Not active this summer. Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~ MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testang. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-gpm, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Guys
2nd Mon/each m0. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay &Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
1st Morgea. mo., 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955, Aug: Obejas’ Memory Mambo
Womens Literature Discussion Group, Borders, 3rd Mon/ea. mo., 7:30pm
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pro, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 587-6557
Unity Lambda Al-anon, 7:30pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~" TUESDAYS
Lesbian Mothers Support Group, 2nd+4th Tues/ea. mo. 7pm, 1307 E. 38th
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l, Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc, HIV’AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locations, call: 749-7898
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Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pin 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family OfFaith MCC PraiseiPrayer-6:3Opm, Choir-7:30,5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
TNAAPP, Talsa Native American AIDS Prevention Project
GayiBi Native American Mens Group, 6 pro, , 1703 E. 2nd, 582-7225, 584-4983
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for scheduled events.
Info: 631-7632 or Jeremy at 712-1600
~= THURSDAYS
Co-Dependency Support Group - 7:30 Family of Faith, 5451E S. Mingo, 622-1441
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 663-7272
Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pm, Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each mo. Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons withHIV/AIDS 4154 S Harvard,
Ste. G, 3-4:30pm, Info: 74%4194
I~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, 1 st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Arts Coffeehouse, Poetry readings & art display, June 20th, 8-10pro, Pride Ctr.,
Call Mary for more information: 743-6740
I~" SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pro, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Fun Night at the Center, July 12th & 26th, 6-10pro, Pride Ctr. Info: 743-4297
SENSES, Society for ExploringNew Sensations, Educating & Socializing
July 19, 6-8pm, Info, call Kathy at 743-4297 ’-
!~" OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
WomensSupper Club, 7pro, July 23 at Jasons Deli, 15th & Peoria in Lincoln Plaza
Call for info: 584-2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay& Lesbian Bike Organization. Rides: Short Rides, 7/9 +
7/23, 6:30pro; Long Rides, 7/12 + 7/19, 7am. Info: POB 9165, 74157
All rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center, 3903 W. 4th St.,
Ifyour event or organization is not listed, please let us know.
Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
Read All About It! ¯ America PFLAG members discussing
Reviewed by Barry Hensley ~ their journeys toward acceptance of their
Tulsa City-County Library ¯ children. Parents are told to forget every-
Here are two terrific ne~ books~to.he!p- : " thing, they learned growing up abou~masparents
-come t0:~i~s ~with~ ;: ~ ~ .:-:~ !-: . "-~ :- ’"/~ ..~ -~Uiifi~ ~d f~hih~:=~6’-’
their adult children who are ~ ~’W~bile lift a :ty~e’s: "~ ’ -
¯ fea~s of parents to rest, With middle
living"alternate lifestyles?’, book exeluslvely
While not a book exclusively
forGay or Lesbian situations,
Caplan’s book contains
valuable information for
parents of Gays and Lesbians
as well as children who have
joined unfamiliar religious
groups, become vegetarians
or chosen any other tmconventional
way of living. This
book attempts to "bridge the
gap of alienation and separation"
between parents and
children. Itis notamanual on
rescuing, deprogramming or
kidnapping a child from their
lifestyle.
Helping parents to understand
that their relationship
with their child is more important
than being "right" is
-the major thread running
through this book. The chapters
guide parents through
their emotions, including
"’When You First Find Out",
"Approaching Your Son or
Daughter", "Social Stereotypes
and Cultural Conditionfor
Gay or
Lesbian
situations~
Caplan’s booh
contains
valuable
information for
~rents of
ays.and
Lesbmns
as well as children
who have.~.olned
unfam,liar
religious groups,
become
vegetarians or
ChOSen any
other
uneonventlonal
way of living.
ing", "How To Support When You Don’t
Agree", and "Letting Go and Looking
Ahead". In these days of "family values,"
this book encourages differing family
members to stay together and search for
common ground.
Griffin’s book, a revised edition of
Beyond Acceptance, attempts to put the
Tulsa attorney, Kerry Lewis, who attended
the dinner, applauded the formation
of the organization but raised concerns
about how better to involve legal
professionals outside the Oklahoma City
area. He noted that he was actively working
to get more attorneys in Northeast
Oklahoma involved.
For more information, call.OKC attorney
Jane Eulberg at 405-340-1957, or
Kerry Lewis at 582-1173.
Affinity News.’ back door is 450 feetfrom
the Church.
However, owner Lee Gregory is challenging
the City’s characterization of the
business as sexually oriented. He notes
that Affinity News sells many other items
which do not meet the "adult" definition.
He also clarifies that some magazines
that, such as Penthouse, or some Gay
men’s magazines which to a casually observer
seem "sexually oriented" are actually
classified by law as "risque." He
points out that many of those magazines
Variou~ true family narratives
address the common
myths that continue to pervade
society, such as "Homosexual
Seduction Causes Children
to be Gay", "Gays and
Lesbians Are Easy to Identify",
and "Gays and Lesbians
Live a Lonely Life and Contribute
Nothing to Society."
The rebuttals to these myths
are very educational.
For struggling parents, there
is an informative chapter ti fled
"’Communicating with Others."
It hdps parents understand
that there are friends,
groups and organizations to
help them through difficult
situations. Another |nspiring
chapter deals with "Religious
Thinking in Transition," which
will helps some parents deal
with theiradult childrenin light
of their religious beliefs.
When they first learn that
their children are leading unconventional
lifestyles, many
parents need somebasic reassm:
ance that both they and their
children can continue to live t~appy and
healthy lives. These two books are valuable
resources for concerned parents.
Checkfor these andother titles on simtlar
subjects at your local branch library
or call the Readers Services department
at the Tulsa Cio,-Coun~v Central Library
at 596- 7966.
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are also commonly sold in convenience
¯ stores.
¯¯ Gregory particular complaint with the
City is one of no co-ordination between
¯ all the regulatory bodies, rules and ordi¯
nances. He feels that business persons
who go to the City in good faith to obtain
¯ the appropriate licenses should be guided
¯ through all possible regulations prior to ¯
opening a business.
Gregory is appealing the City’s current
ruling that Affinity News is not in compliance
with the required zoning. He and his
partner, Haas, hope for the best but if they
¯ have to pursue this matter to a public
¯ hearing, they hope that community mem- ¯
bets would be willing to attend a meeting
¯ in a show of solidarity. No one would
¯ need to speak on the issue. For more
¯ information about the status of the appeal,
call 610-8510.
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by Jean-Pierre La Grandbouche, TFN Food Critic
Few subgroups of society are more discerning, more demanding, and less forgiving
when it comes to the culinary arts than the Gay and Lesbian community. Could that be
because so manyfamily members have restaurant experience? Does our Gay gene come
equipped with extra-sensitive taste buds? Or do wejust eat out more than the average
boring person?
Tulsa Family News is pleased to give its faithful readers the opportunity to express
their thoughts about food and drink in Tulsa. Please cast your ballots for your favorite
restaurants and chefs. Voting rules are simple. Please vote only once. Candidates must
be located in the city limits of Tulsa. All ballots must be received by Jean-Pierre La
Grandbouche at Tulsa Family News, POB 4140, Tulsa, Oklahoma74159, by August 10;
1997. Results will be announced in the September edition.. " ; ’ . .
Now, pencils ready? Here are the 1997 official Tulsa Family Favorites categories:
1. Cookingis.an artform that takes skill, training, talent, anddedication, not tomention
a keen business sense and the ability to please the customers with the foods they want
to eat. Who is your favorite chef in.Tulsa?
2. After a hard day at the office and an even harder night at the clubs, sometimes you
just have to find a great place to kick back and refuel before heading back to the old
hacienda. Where is your favorite late night place to eat?
3. Everyone knows that good food and great atmosphere can go a long ways inmaking
a date successful. Which restaurant would you choose to impress a potential boyfriend
or girlfriend on a first date?
4. St. Valentine’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries--all occasions to celebrate:with:that
special someone--demand a perfect locale to show how much you care.-What restaurant
m. town do you think is the most romantic place to take your sweetie?
5. Tulsa and Oklahoma are meat and potatoes country, and nothingt~eats a perfectly
grilled, thick, juicy steak. Who has the best steaks in town?
6. Gorgeous, buff bodies require maintenance both in the gym and in ~he dining room.
Vvqaere is ),our favorite place to eat for a healthy, low-fat meal?
7. Dining alone? What restaurant in town has the cutest waiters?
8. Whether it’ s a business associate or morn and dad coming to visit, you’ve gotto have
a perfect place to take important company. Where is the best place in Tulsa to take out
of town guests to dinner?
9. Sometimes the situation demands comfort food in a low key comfortable atmosphere.
Which Tulsa ~easy-spoon is your favorite diner?
10. Exotic foods can take you away on a short evening’s mini-vacation. Which is your
favorite Tulsa ethnic restaurant?.
11. We’re supposed to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables a day as a part of a
balanced diet for American rabbits. Where is your favorite salad bar?
12. With waiters expecting twenty percent tips these days, service is aerucial part of
the dining experience. What restaurant has the best and most attentiV~ ~¢tvice?
13. Alittle fruit of the vine makes both dinnerandconversation go down better. Which
restaurantin townhas the best bar?
14. After eating all of your vegetables and cleaning your plate like a g~-iit~e boy
or girl, you’re ready for dessert. What is the best dessert you’ve ever had in Tulsa and
which restaurant served it?
15. Same old, same old gets a little monotonous, but fortunately new restaurants are
opening up.all the time. Where is your favorite new restaurant?
16. Visiting friends in the hospital is aregularactivity formany ofus these days. Which
Tulsahospital has the bestcafeteriafood?
17. On the go? No time to eat? Which deli makes your favorite sandwiches?
18. W~.ere would we be without our late afternoonjolt ofcaffeine?Whomakes the best
cappuccmo in town?
19. Being so near Dallas and Santa Fe has its pluses. But, it also has its downside, and
we’ve been chili peppered to death. Nonetheless, a great enchilada or burrito is a cheap
and tasty way to dine. What Mexican restaurant makes your favorite Mexican
food? "
20. Jean-Pierre tries to make the rounds of all the restaurant in town on a regular basis,
but he is just a poor, working boy trying to exist on the slave wages paid by that mean
TFN publisher, Tom Neal, so Jean-pierre hasn’t had a chance to review every Tulsa
eatery. Which restaurant would you most like to see reviewed in an upcormng edition
of Tulsa Family News?
Statistical background:
Are you: male,
Are you Gay!Lesbian,
How old are you?
Have you ever worked at a restaurant?
How well can you cook?
¯ professionally trained
pretty good
able t6 do the bare essentials
or female?
or straight?
Yes No
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individual activists like Jimmy Flowers.
Flowers led the event with a Rainbow-
.American flag and a large placard declaring
that "Gays are children of God too."
Flowers was followed by the Tulsa
PFLAG banner, carried by Chapter copresident,
Kathy Hinlde and by board
member Tim Gillean. Others marching
were NOW board member, Lea Anne de
Rigne andRAIN staffer, Kathy Bird, with
her puppies.
The 1/2 mile March received, only one
megative, commeat ~.,~.,-~passersby.~and
was accompanied byi.a~ Small~numberof
very enthusiastic and cheering supporters
driving and parked along Edison St. During
part of the March, the participants
chanted various Gay-positive slogans,
such as "hey, hey, ha, ha, homophobia’s
got to go!" When the marchers arrived,
chanting, at Owen Park, the picnic site,
they received a welcoming round of applause.
Event organizers also noted their pleasure
at the "sensitive and appropriate"
coveragethat the event received from The
Sunday Tulsa World on the day after the
event. Organizers also related that the
Pride Events Committee, after much discussion,
had purposefully not alerted talevision
stationSto the event because community
members have expressed fear of
being inadve~ently "outed." TOHR’s
spokesperson-°stated that the committee
regretted this approach but felt the need to
keep the event feeling "safe" for as many
as possible. However, the committee noted
that it didinvffe radio broadcasters since
that medium i~ unlikely to accidentally
expose anyone. Unfortunately, none of
the local radionews departments chose to
cover this year’s event.
200K Celebrate
Paris Pride
PAR~S. iA~) - Homosexuals and their
supporters in several world capitals participated
in marches to commemorate riots
in New york nearly 30 years ago that
galva!~.Z..edith,gay civil fights movement.
Aroun:ff~2OOXJO0 people from across Europe
danced and chantedtheir way through
the streets ofParis in the country’s biggest
Gay. rally ever.
"Equal rights without sexual discrimination
in France and in Europe," chanted
one group ofparticipants at the head of the
march, accompanied by the heavy beat of
technomusic. Colorful floats, represent:
ing gay and lesbian groups from Spain to
Denmark, were involved in the march. At
one poimthe rally stretched for more than
five miles from Place de la Republique on
Paris’s Right Bank to the Vincennes forest
in the city’s cast, where the march
finished: ..... :
The threatening rain clouds over Paris
did little to diminish the flamboyancy of
the marchers. One couple had painted the
European Union flag =. a circle of gold
stars on a blue background - on their
faei~s: A group~’of Swiss men dressed in,i
traditional:lederh0sen,.While a float repre-~
senting north .African homOsexuals :car-~
ried Cleopatra look-a-likes. - ’
The parade comes at time when homo-!
se.xual rights is receiving renewed interest
from the French parliament. Environment
minister Dominque Voynet, the only
ecologist member of the French cabinet,
joined the rally. She was among agroup of
Frenchleft-wing lawmakers whoproposed
a "contract of civil and social union" bill
earlier this week, giving new legal recognition
to homosexual couples or unwed
heterosexuals. The bill would put sudfi
unions on par with a married couple in the
eyes of the law.
The June celebrations commemorate
the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York.
Almost 30 years after gays fought police
at the Stonewall Inn, the anniversary celebrations
showed just how far the movement
has come - and how far it has to go.
"We thought that everything was going
forward, but now it seems we can have a
backlash in Denmark too, even ifwewere
the firs.t to have civil marriage,".. Juda
i~s.eft ~6[ Demark:"said:. ~B.as~ i~?s~l, a
fece~n~ d~cisifn in Denm~k’io baff-ie~bians
from having children through artificial
insemination in state~nmmedical lin-
-ics was a.backward step.
Several cities, including New York,
San Francisco and Toronto, had parades
scheduled for the same day. This year, for
the first time, dozens of European brganizations
joined Paris’ annual march supporting
homosexuality. Many were calling
for greater rights for the gay communities
in their country. "We come from
Italy and do not have the same rights as
Denmark or other countries," said
Maximilliano Rosselli from Milan, Italy.
Mexico City Pride
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Thousands of
gays andlgsbians marcheddownMexico’s
main boulevard on Saturday in a show of
pride and to demand rights in a society
better known for machismo. "There has
been a kind ofrelaxation" in official and
social treatment of homosexual s, said actor
Tito Vasconcelos, one of th~ marchers.
"Thereare more places for Gay gatherings."
But. he said Gays arrested for
unrelated crimes are sometimes mistreated
due to their sexual orientation or charged
with prostitution if police find a condom
in their possession.
Chants of"No political freedom without
sexual freedom !"rose from the marchers,
most of whomwere in everyday dress.
But the crowd was dotted with exuberantly.
dressed transvestites and with men
weanng g-strings or sexually oriented
leather gear. The march was sponsored by
a coalition of gay organizations from
around Mexico, ranging from the Leather
Club ofMexico to the Gay Bicycle and
Basketball Group.
San Francisco
Pride Parade
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)- Thousands Of
marchers = straight and Gay alike -
marched down Market Street in the city’s
27th annual Pride parade. The parade,
with an estimated attendence of a halfmillion
people, culminated, a weeklong
series ofparties; film screenings and other
events. The official theme of this year’s
~arade, which,,h,.,as a budget of more than
500,000, is ’One,’Community, Many
Faces." ~q~nat was,chosen because it’s so
inclusiveand signifies the diversity of our
community," parade spokeswoman
Denise Ratliff said. "We truly are every
age, every race, every religxous background,
every economic and educational
background. We’re everyone’s brother
and son and sister and daughter."
The parade began at the-Civic Center
and proceeded down Market Street to a
huge street fair along the Embarcadero.
And as they have for two decades, the
th.e Pride Center
TUlsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
Community Summit
Saturday, July 26, 2 - 5 pm
The Pride Center
1307 East 38th
Topics:
Where are we?
Where do we want to be?
What do we need to do
to get from here to there?
What will you do to get us
from here to there?
Organ-izafions and individuals who support fairness
and equality for Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals
and Transgendered persons are invited
to participate~ in a moderated and civil discussion.
lnfo? Call 743-4297.
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Women’s Motorcycle Contingent- unofficially
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For the second straight year, the street
fair began on day before to ease some of
the crowd pressure. A huge street party
known as "Pink Saturday" was held in the
city’s predominantly gay Castro Eft,strict.
Along with the Chinese New Year. s parade,
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BERLIN (AP)-7 Hundreds of thousands
of gays and lesbians march each year
around the world in parades commemorating
the 1969 riots at New York City’s
Stonewall Inn that galvanized the gay
rights movement. Yet many historians
say the modem struggle for acceptance
and an end to discrimination actually
started 100 years ago - in Berlin.
A summer-long exhibit at the Academy
of the Arts, "Goodbye to Berlin.’? 100
Years of the Gay Rights Movement,"
documents the events sinceMay 15,1897,
when Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld founded
what many believe is the world’s first gay
rights organization in his Berlin apartment.
With 1,400 exhibits, the show
chronicles the early efforts of Hirschfeld’s
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee to
¯ have homosexuality decriminalized.
It also covers the flamboyance of 1920s
Berlin, followed by the "Terror and Persecution"
of theNazi era, the rebirth of the
movement in the United States and Europe
up to today’s AIDS crisis. Portraits
by gay artists David Hockney and Andy
.Warhol of gay writers Christopher
.... Isherw0od and Truman Capote mix with
newspaper clippings; police reports, old
photos and video clips. ’‘The exhibit gives
us a chance to:put this day (the Stonewall
riot) in a historical perspective," said exhint
director Andreas Stemweiler. "Without.
the past, you can’t define yourself
today.’"
Marchers parading through the heart of
Berlin passed a stage with actors dressed
as historical figures, including a concentration
camp prisoner branded with the
pink triangle the Nazis forced homosexual
lumates to wear. James Stcaldey, a professor
at the University of Wisconsin and
author of ’‘The Homosexual Emancipation
Movement in Germany," estimates
tens of thousands of homosexuals died in
Nazi concentration camps. After the war.
the harsh Nazi law criminalizing homosexuality
remained on the books in West
Germany until 1969.
"People had to live in fear of being
arrested when they openly stated that they
were gay," says museum spokesman
Albert Eckert. "That meant that most of
whathadbeen in the secondWorldWaror
before tended to be forgotten." One gay
concentration camp survivor, who ke
the reason for his nnprisoument a secret
for decades after the war, came to Berlin
to speak about his experience and participate
in the weekend celebrations. "You
have to keep working so that it doesn’t
return - Nazism and fascism," said Pierre
Seel, 74, of Toulouse, France. "On the
one hand we have more .freedom today.
On the other, when you see how the politics
are going, then the work. isn’t finished."
27th Boston
Pride Parade
BOSTON(AP) -I~lbya squadofleathercladwomenonmotorcycles,
drag queens,
gay clergy and lesbian couples with toddlers
made their way through the streets
of Boston Saturday in the city’s 27th
annual gay pride parade. Organizers said
more than 200,000 people from around
New England took part, but police put the
number closer to 100,000.
Unlike last year’s parade, which included:
c_ontroversial nudity, this year’s
ev.en~.neluded,onl~y some,oaflandJsh~and
occaSional!,.y:skimpy costumes~ ,And that,
some participants said, was a good thing.
"It’s a public parade. There’s a time and a
place for everything and nude dancing
isn’t necessarily for a Saturday afternoon
in Boston," said Jeff Durkee, 29, who
came to watch.
Some of the floats, however, did border
on the risque. On one, perfectly sculpted
men with bulging pectorals teasingly
pulled down their shorts to reveal Gstrings.
Others were more tame, like the
O’Gay Corral float - a Western motif
flatbed truck followed by two-stepping
dancers.
Dozens of young children on foot and
in strollers accompanied their gay and
lesbian parents through~the city’s Back
Bay neighborhood. Taped to the stroller
of one toddler: "I was ~hatched by two
chicks." Winograd and her partner, Betsy
McNamara, 37, brought~their 4-year-old
son with them to the festi~ilies. Ten years
ago, McNamara said, there were hardly
any children represented.,?There’ s been a
huge baby boom in the Gay and Lesbian
community," McNamara said.
Several Christian and Jewish Gay and
Lesbian clergy also were represented, as
were many students from New England
colleges. Michelle Samson, 29, was visiting
from California. She said she had
always thought of Boston as a conservative
city. "It’s fantastic to see the support
we have," she said. "It says Boston is in
the real world and sees things that are
happening and they are supporting it."
¯ Pride in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A parade to mark
this year’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Pride celebration included
balloons, dn~mmers and a drag queen
riding atop a Jeep. Organizers estimated
that more than 700 people participated in
the 13th annual celebration.
Les Meyers, 32, of Omaha Said he attended
the parade to support equal rights
for homosexuals. "Not special rights," he
said, "but equal rights that everyone
shares.". Deb Johnson, 28, of Lincoln said
the climate toward gays and lesbians in
Nebraska is tolerant. But she said the state
should pass legislation for same-sex marriages
and including gay lovers on insuranee
policies. An effort to deny recognition
to same-sex marriages performed in
other states stalled this year in the Nebraska
Legislature.
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eyes, and a mediumbuild. If you’re 18 to 25
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(Cateasa) ~1135
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OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE This 21 year old
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times. I often travel to Tulsa and other areas.
(Muskogee) ~e12437
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hair, and Brown eyes. I want to. meet guys into
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THIS STOCK WILL RISE I’m a friendly,
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with Brown hair and Hazel eyes. Right "
now I’m just looking for friends but who
knows what the future might bring? Call
me. (Tulsa) ~1975
QUICK DRAW I’d like to get to know
someother guy~ who like to have fun I’m
a we built, White male, 6’2, 1901bs. I
enjoy&awing and music,.especially
alternative and industrial music f you’d
like to make a new friend, give me a call.
(Tulsa) ~2038
NO SUBSTANCES, JUST US This drug
free, smoke free, alcohol Free, Gay, Wh te
male, 25, 5’8, with Brown hair and Hazel
leir~e’esto, gseeethkesra. Is’mimailanricmea, nc,ar2i1ngtope3r0s,onfor a
with a good sense of humor. I enjoy all
music, movies, dancing, and quiet nights
at home. (Tulsa) ~1896
TEDDY-BEARNIGHTS This 39 year~old,-
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sentimental guy, over 25, with whom to share
romantic evenings cooking family, music, and
cudd ing. (Tu sol "~1350
COUNTRY LOVE I was brought up on a
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with Brown hai~ and eyes¯ I’m easy g~i~.......
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cowboys, 18 to 25. I’m into
rodeo, and most music¯ (Tulsa)
~1716
I DESERVE IT I’ve
decided that I deserve
to meet the man
of my
I’m an honest,
professional, Gay,
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5’9, 1551bs, with
Brown hair, Blue eyes,
a beard, and hairy
body. I’m veh/
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home life. (Tulsa)
~33882
FRIENDS FOR FUN STUFF I wanna go out
and do fun stuff with some new friends. I’m a
good looking, Gay, Cherokee Indian male
5 8, I451bs, with Black hair and Brown eyes.
I’m into all kinds of things. I like to swim work
out, play basketball andtennis and en ay the
company of my friends. I’m m~st attracted to
Blond haired, Blue eyed, guys but would like to
~neet all, (Tulsa) ~33664
several hot videos by Falcon and other
studios. I’m visiting relatives and am bored
stiff. The natives want me to go fishing but I’ve
got other thin,Is on my mind. i’m 29, 6’1,
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tWO FOR ONE IN TULSA We’re a sexy,
Gay, White couple, 25 and 26. We’ra
looking for a real man
(Tulsa) ~33378
BRONCO RIDER I’m a 21 year old,
masculine, cowboy, seekir~ a saulmate. I’m
5’11, 1451bs, with short Br~wn hair, Blue eyes,
and a fit body. I love rodeos, hunting, fishing,
sports, country music, and the outdoors. (Tulsa)
~32884
NEW FACES I’m a good looking,
male, 6fl, 1701bs, with Brown hair ana eyes. ~
go to school during the day and wonder what’s
going on at night. Show me. (Tulsa) ~32079
IN TRANSITION I want to build a relationship
with another good fookieg, Gay, Male,
Transvestite¯ I’m 26, 5’9. wilh Brown hair and
Blue eyes. You should be clean nice, and
fun. I hope we can have a Ion~’term
!
relationship. (Tulsa) e30728
FRIEND INDEED This very
attractive, 21
year old, Black
male, 5’11,
1801bs, with light
E~rown eyes, seeks
otherBlack men to
hang out with. I’m
fo the scene and
want to make some
good Friends. (Tulsa)
~3094 !
A WOMAN’S TOUCH Do you
need a woman’s touch? I’m a 40 year old,
Tran.sgender, hoping to someday become a
complete woman. I love to play the Feminine role
and give pleasure to men, over 40, in every
way. Race is unimportant. (Tulsa) ~!0195
man is good to find. This sensual sexy, Bi male,
Transvestite 42 6fl, 1701bs, see~ Bi men, 35 to
70, of a races. Let’s meet. (Tulsa) ~29954
TULSA lWO STEPPER Show me around town
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wi~ Brown hair and eye.s. I’~n~i~/ new to town :i
and want to make friends. - i~;~ to dance dnd
can two step with the best of them. I’m a big fan
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meet. (Tulsa) ~29334
JUST BEllMEEN YOU AND ME I want to get
dose to someone who is able to have a
CARESS AND CUDDLE COWBOY This 24
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to I’n s scene and ike to kiss, caress, and cudd e.
(Tulsa) ~28662
MAD FOR MASCUUNE MEN i’m looking to
get to know, and hove good times with, olher
ma.sculine .Gay, or Bi, White males, between 18
and 34, in th~ area. I’m a good looking, Gay,
White male, 33, 6’1, 16511~s, with short Brown
hair, and Blue eyes. We can’t talk before you
call so hurry. (Tulsa) ~28669
CLEAN CUT CONSERVATISM I’m a White
male in my late forties, rm looking for a very
discreet male to get together with. You should be
conservative, no older than me. I en oy
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goals and see where that leeds.
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I~ND MY WAIT This old fushioned, romantic is
leaking far companionship and love from you
Please call soon. (Tulsa). e14264
SERVICE ISMY BUSINESS This young
looking., 42 year old, White male, seeks virile,
masculine men. I have a good bui~ from frequent
workouts and daily jogs. (Tulsa) 28323
MY WIFE’S IN THE DARK I want ta have
some fun with another man but my wiFe can’t
know anythingabout it. I’m 27 and good look ng.
Call if you’re fun and can be discreet. (Tulsa)
~28503
TRUE IN TULSA I’m a masculine, muscular, 21
leer old, Black male, 5’7, 1951bs, with Black
air, and Brown eyes, looking for new friends to
hang out with. I don’t do drugs or Smoke, but
occasionally go out for drinks. I have lots of other
interests such as working out. Let’s meet and see
what happens. (Tulsa) ~13047
TAKE OFF MY SASH I’m Mr. Tulsa Renegade,
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leather. I’ve been a runner up in the Mr.
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out wha~s so hot about me. Call now. (Tulsa)
~25161
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE I’m 28 years old
Single White male, 6’, 1951b, Brown hair, Hazel
eyes, muscular legs. Looking to meet someone
between the age 20 to 33. Must be Bisexual or
Straight to help me with my first experience with a
man. (Tulsa) e21939
BLUE COWBOY This 55 year old, Gay, White
male, cowboy, and businessman, would like to
meet a younger top man, between 35 and 55 to
live with me in rural southeast Oklahoma. I’m
5’6, 1401bs, with short, thick Silver hair, striking
Blue eyes, and a mustache. You should be well
put together and desire this ~pe of lifeslyle.
~96i 2
BACK TO SCHOOL I’m into ,sports,
movies, and the outdoors and I d like to
meet a womyn who can shara these
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White female, 5’6,¯’1701bs, with short
Brown hair and Brown eyes. I have a
:allege degree but am about to go back
chool to get another. You should be
~etween 25 and 35, and fun loving.
(Tulsa) ~1456
tULSA TEMPTRESS This 26 year old,
White,Female, seeks an outgoing, open
minded, Single, Bi female, 21 to 38 for a
possible live in relationship. I’m especially
interested in a womyn with Red hair and
B lue eyes, who’s a casual dri"nker. I love to
~lay pool, dance, bowl, go to movies
~nalls, and parks. (Tu so) ’e34531
SPARE TIME I’m a Mdrried, BI, female.
My husband is an executive so he is out of
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womyn to have fun with. I en ay going out
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Nickles Blocks Hormel Vote
& Denounces-Homosexuals
WASHINGTON (AP)-A national civil rights group is
accusing Sen. Don Nickles, Oklahoma’ s senior senator,
the Senate’ s second-ranking Republican,
of wrongly mixing
government and religion in saying
a Gay philanthropist nominated
for an ambassadorship is
tmqualitiedbecausehepromotes
"immoral behavior."
"This is.a perfect example of
religious beliefs infringingupon
publicpolicy," saidDavid Smith,
a spokesman for the Human
Rights Campaign, a political
group. "In the history of this country, those that have
used religion tojustify bigotry have been~proven wrong.
" Smith said.
¯ "The criticism came hfter Nickles denounced President
Clinton’ s nomination of James Hormel of California
as ambassador to Luxembourg. "He has promoted
that lifestyle and promoted it in a big way, in a way that
is very offensive," Nickles, the Senate majority whip,
said on¯ ,Fox News Sunday." "One might ihave that
lifestyle; butif one promotes-it a~ aceeptaSle behavior,
¯.. I don’t think-they should be a representative of this
countr.y." "I think it" s immoral behavior and I think a lot
of other behavibr is immoral anti shouldn’t be treated as
acceptable behavior?’ Nickles said. While homosexuality
i~ a sin, so is adultery and fornication, he added.
A struggle over Hormel’s nomination has been going
on formonths. Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., has
refused to bring the matter to the Senate floor for a vote.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D:Calif., criticized the delays
recently. Hormel is "entitled to his due process," she
said on CNN’s "Late Edition." "Yes, he happens to be
Gay. But all men are created equal as a matter of public
policy - or should be," Feinstein said.
The renewed debate over Hormel followed controversy
about connnents by Lott that homosexuality is a
Sin. "~lrOU should still love that person," Lott said on
cable television’s "’The Armstrong Williams Show."
"You should not try to mistreat them or treat them as
outcasts. You should try to show them a way to deal with
that problem, just like alcohol.., or sex addiction...
or "kleptommfiacs.’" The co~uments thrust Lott into the
debate of whether homosexuals have chosen their sexual
orientation or whether it is biologically predetermined.
Afterward, Sen. Alf0nse D’Amato, R-N.Y., criticized
Lott for refusing to let Hormel’s nomination go
forward. D’Amato said Lott’s only reason is that Hormel
is Gay. But Sen. Tim Hutchinson, R-Ark., said,"I talked
with Jim Hormel myself and asked him to disavow
some of the groups that ridicule and disdain organized
religion.¯, and he refused to do that," Hutchinson said.
"The question is one of suitability and whether he’s
sensitive to organized religion. Luxembourg is a country
that’s 97% Catholic.’"
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Supreme Court Rules
DisabilityAct Covers HIV
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a decision praised by advocates for
AIDS patients and the disabled, the Supreme Court has ruled that
people infected with HIV are protected by a key anti-discrimination
law even if they have no visible AIDS symptoms. The 5-4
ruling said a woman whose dentist refused to fill a cavity at his
officebecause she was HIV-posidveis coveredby the Americans
With Disabilities Act, the 1990 law that protects the disabled
against discrimination in jobs, housing and public accommodations.
"HIV infection, even in the so-called asymptomatic phase, is
an impairment which substantially limits the major life activity
of reproduction" and therefore qualifies for coverage under the
disability law, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court.
It was the high court’s first ruling involving the human immunodficiency
virus, which causes AIDS.
President Clinton praised the decision, saying it "reinforces the
protections offeredby the landmark Americans With Disabilities
Act for Americans living with HIV and AIDS."
Jennifer Middleton, of the American Civil Liberties Union’s
AIDS Project, predicted the decision will help people with other
disabilities - such as cancer, epilepsy and diabetes - who sometimes
have had trouble convincing lower courts they are covered
by the disability law.-And Daniel Zingale of AIDS Action, a
network of organizations that provide health care and services tO
AIDS patients, called the decision HIV patients’ "greatest legal
victory since the beginning of the epidemic."
The decision set aside the ruling of a Boston federal appeals
court, which said dentist Randon Bmgdon of Bangor, Maine,
violated the anti-discrimination law when he refused to fill
Sidney Abbott’s tooth at his office because she carries the virus
that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome. While the
justices ruled that Abbott was covered by the ADA, they ordered
lower courts to reconsider whether Bragdon violated the law.
Those courts previously had said Bragdon did not show the
treatment would have been unsafe, see Court, page 3
: A handful ofanti-Gayprotesters (ratio: 15 to 150)
¯¯ picket white marchers circle Veterans Park at the
Tulsa Pride Picnic. Typical signs read: "Fags die.
¯ God laughs", and "God hates fags ".
: Tulsa Pride Unfazed by
¯ Anti-Gay Protesters
¯
TULSA - Despite the picketing of Topeka’s anti-
¯ Gay extremist, the Rev. Fred Phelps and friends,
¯ the Tulsa Pride March & Picnic went off with no
significant problems according to organizers. Pride
: Committee member, Greg Gatewood, noted that
¯ there were nearly 30 booths by various community
¯ organizations and businesses and estimated that
attendence at the event was about 700-800, which
¯ organizers say is about usual. One attendee noted
that some of his friends decided not to come citing
¯ the Phelps protest but others came who’d never
been before, also inspired by the picketers.
The Phelps contingent, carrying Sl~,ns like, Fags
die, God laughs," and such, numbered about 15 at
the most. A marcher observed that Gay and Gayfriendly
marchers numbered about 150, more than
double the number in last year’s inaugural march,
outnumbering Phelps-ires about 10 to 1.
see Picnic, page 3
FayettevilleSch0olsto Protect ¯ Gay Pride Worldwide!
Gay :..-...K.. ,ids’ .F .rom.H .s,.m., :e.n,t-.::-. ReportS from The A_sso.C.ia.te.d Press
L;all~Ornla
FAYET~EViLL~, .M:k. (AP) - Tlie school district here lias ;
agreed to train its staff mad set up procedures to deal with " SAN" FRAN’CISCO W. HOLLYV¢O©D - \Vi0z a
harassment of Gay students in a settlement of a complaint by the
mother of a Gay teen-ager, according to a Gay civil rights group.
The Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund mmounced that
officials of the Fayetteville School District had reached m~
agreement with the Office of Civil Rights of the federal FAucation
Department.
The agreement, called a"commitment to resolve," stems from
a sex-discrimination complaint filed by the parents of V~qlliam
Wagner, 17. His mother, Carolyn W~gner, said her son was
beaten in an attack bx other students on Dec. 2, 1997, and said her
son had endured daiiv harassment and destruction of his belongings
because of his s~xual orientation.
The Lambda Fund said the Fayetteville district agreed to
"’recognize the various forms of sexual harassment (including)
sexual harassment directed at Gay or Lesbian students." The
district agreed to overhaul i.t,~s poli~ies and procedures and train
faculty, staff and students tO diminate harassment and deal with
it when it occurs, Lambda Said. see Ar’kansas, page 11
World AIDS Conference
GENEVA (AP) -The largest AIDS conference ever began with
a mix of optimism and frustration: Cheer over potent new viruskilling
drugs was tempered by despair that AIDS sail spreads
explosively in parts of the world that cannot afford these medical
breakthroughs. Abou! 13,200 scientists, doctors, advocates and
journalists gathered for the 12th World AIDS Conference to hear
5,400 presentations on new treatments, insights-into the basic
workings of the virus and how the disease affects everyone from
pregnant women to prisoners to "’commercial sex workers," the
conference euphemism for prostitutes.
During the weeklong meeting, scientists are expected to.discuss
newly developed treatments that may offer alternatives to
protease inhibitors, the class of drugs that have revolutionized
AIDS care. Moreover, experts believe they are closing in on
simpler regimens that will require people to take far fewer than
the 20 pills a day which is now common.
Doctors also will hear encouraging reports on preventing the
spread of the virus see HIV, page 10
’ purple fedora perched on his head, San Francisco
¯ Mayor Willie Br0wnjoined hundreds of thousands
¯ of people who celebrated the annual Gay and
Lesbian pride day at two California cities S~ndav.
In West Hollywood, more than 350,000 people
¯ participated in a two-da.v 28th annual Gay and
Lesbian Pride Festival and Parade. The parade was
¯ preceded by a 5- and 10-kilometer run led by
¯ Olympian Greg Leuganis.
¯ In San Francisco, fes tivities began Sunday moruing
with loud whoops and cheers for hundreds of
¯ women on motorcycles who led the parade down
¯ Market Street, which was lined with rainbow flags.
Brown marched along, sporting a purple fedora,
¯ bright orange jacket and rainbow-colored shirt. He
¯ said it marked his 28th appearance at the annual
¯ event. "’(The parade) represents almost a Super
¯ Bowl for/_he city, from a commercial standpoint,"
he said. "It (also) represents the spirit of this oty.
.. the creativity that is this city and the diversity thal
¯ is this city." ¯
The cyclists were followed by an array of danc-
¯ ers, marching bands, drag queens, politicians; military
veterans, unusual floats and a police-escorted
¯ riderless horse - representing deaths in the Gay
¯ community. Organizers estimated the crowd in the
hundreds of thousands.
In the Southern California parade, Los Angeles
: Mayor Richard Riordan joined city officials from
¯ .throughout the regionin a two-hour, 200-organiza-
¯ aon strong parade led by Grand Marshall Wilson
Cruz of the Broadway musical "Rent" and canceled
TV series "My So Called Life."
¯ Community groups and about 13 corporate spon-
¯ sots drove floats and marched in the parade to this
year’s theme of "Freedom to Love, Freedom to
Choose." The West Hollywood parade is touted as
¯ the third-largest in California, behind the Rose
Parade and the Hollywood Christmas Parade, orgauizers
said. see World Pride, p. 3
NY Mayor Praises Gays
NEW YORK (AP) - Embracing diversity and rejecting
intolerance have made the city stronger, Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani said as he gave Gay men and
Lesbians credit for playing an important role in New
York’s boom. "Our society has to be better off as we
go through sometimes the pain of opening somety up,
so that everyone gets a chance to make their maximum
contribution," he said at a ceremony recognizing
Gays working in city government.
"When you think back to 100 years ago, when lots
of people were excluded from govenanent, some
based on race, some based on gender, some based on
sexual orientation, we were working with half or less
than half of the potential talent that was available."
Giuliani said. "Maybe that’s one of the reasons why
the city does so much better now than it did 20 and 30
and 40 years ago."
In a proclamation, the Republican mayor declared
"Out in Government Day," part of the commemoration
of Lesbian and Gay pride and history month. He
aiso cited his efforts to enact le~slation that would
ensure that unmarried.couples are treated the same as
roamed ones on everything from housing to parking
permits - a bill touted as an important advance in Gay
and Lesbian rights.
Giuliani’s support for most Gay civil rights has
made trim the target of criticism frown the GOP’ s right
wing. When asked later about Republican criticism of
President Clinton’s nominee for ambassador to Luxembourg,
homosexual philanthropist James Hormel,
the ma~’or stud he hadn’t looked into the dispute. But
he added: "Someone’s sexual orientation is a private
matter, and that should not be the basis on which
someone ~s hired or fired by gov~t’unent... I’m going
to have that view until I die." In contrast, Sen. Don
Nickles, R-Okla., said Hormd was unqualified because
he promotes "inmmral behavior.’"
Lesbian Mom Loses
Custody Case
MONTGOMERY, Ala. ~AP) - The ,Alabama Supreme
Court, overturning an appeals panel, has removed
a child from the custody of her homosexual
mother, ruling that the woman exposed her daughter
to a "lifestyle" thatis illegal in Alabama. The 7-0
decision authored by Justice Champ Lyons found that
the child’s best interests would be better served in a’
home with her father and his new wife.
The Supreme Court’s ruling said Jefferson County
Circuit Judge Ralph Ferguson applied the correct
legal standard by removing the young girl from a
mother who was living with another woman in an
"’open Lesbian relationship." The Alabama Court of
Civil Appeals had reversed Ferguson’s order, holding
that the father didn’t prove the mother’s conduct
was having a "’substantial detrimental effect" on the
child. But the high court said there was no need to
prove there was a substantial detrimental effect, only
that the child’s interests were better served in the
father’s home.
%~qaile the evidence shows that the mother loves
the child and has provided her with good care, it also
shows that she has chosen to expose the child continurush’
to a lifestyle that is ’neither legal in this state,
nor ~;aoral in the eyes of most of its citizens,’ "Lyons
wrote, quoting a previous court decision. A 1975
Alabama statute proclaims all homosexual conduct to
be criminal. Earlier this ye.ar, the state enacted a law
that banned same-sex mamages.
At the time of the 1993 divorce, the father gave up
custody knowing the moth.er was revolved in a Lesbian
,relationship, but witt~ the undexstanding she
wouldkeep it discrete and not let the childknow about
~t. The father later remarried. During visits to his
house, the girl told her dad that her mother and
companion were sleeping in the same bed together.
That prompted the father to sue for custody.
Kate Kendell, executive director of the National
Center for Lesbian Rights, which helped argue the
case on the mother’s behalf, said the mother.essentially
lost custody because she was honest about her
relationship: "What’s unique about the case is that it
doesn’t appear to hold that a Lesbian or Gay parent is
always disqualified from custody," Ms. Kendell said
in a telephone interview from her San Francisco
office. "Rather, it enforces upon those parents that
the3’ live a lie - that they not live their lives with
integrity or be honest with their children about being
Gay."
The decision cited testimony from several psychologists,
who had differing op~mons on where the
child should live, but all agreed the girl had a good
home relationship with her mother and her parmer.
The Christian Family Association, an Alabama
group that has promoted fundamentalist Christian
positions, said that was no substitute for a traditional
family environment. "The Supreme Court has placed
the g~rl with a real family," said spokesman Dean
Young. "People aren’t fooled. People can say a family
is whatever they want to, but God said a man and
a’woman would c(~me together to start a family, not
two women or two men."
Congress,.ma Wants to
Stop Anti-Bias Order
WASHINGTON, DC -I;.S. Rep. Joel Hefley, RColo.,
wants to "’neutralize" President Clinton’s executive
order protecting homosexual federal workers
fromjob discrimination. Hefley claims that the order.
signed last month, gives homosexuals specia! status
a~ a protected class throu,~hout the federal government.
He said he has proposed an amendment to the
1999 Treasury-Postal Appropriations bill that would
prevent any o’f the fmads appropriated in the bill from
being nsed"’to implement, administer, or enforce" the
order "’Bill Clinton has added a new category to the
nation’s civil rights laws,’" the Colorado Springs
congressman said. "With this action, the president
effectively established institutional quotas for homosexual
ern’ployees.’" The amendment would"neutralize
this order," Heflev said.
A White House sp~)keswoman said, "’this is about
[fighting] discrimination," said Nanda Chitre, tim
spokeswoman. "If this is what the Republicans want
to focus on, we’re willing to engage .on this issue
because we are anti-discrirmnation." Chitre added
that the amendment ~eflects comments made by Sen.
: TfentLott, R-Miss., who earlier :thi~~ mdfith said~
homosexuality should be treated "ju.st li,k,e alcohol..
or sex addiction or kleptomaniacs
Baptists Promote_Book
Censorship in Texas
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - Two children s
books depicting families with homosexual parents
will be shelved in a juvenile nonfiction section of the
Wichita Falls Public Library, instead of the picturebook-
area meant for younger children. The First
Baptist Church of Wichita Falls and several reliDous
groups had sought the removal of "Heather Has Two
Mommies" and "Daddy’s Roommate" or placement
on adult bookshelves.
However, Librarian Linda Hughes said it’s inappropriate
to put the books in the adult section "because
children are looking for these books now because
of the furor." She added: t hey are ery curious.
They want to know what is going on. Sending
them to the adult area would mean browsing through
very graphic texts that were written for adults."
The city’s library advisory board reviewed the
books after the Rev. Robert Jeffress, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, sharply criticized the books.
The board recommended Tuesday that "Heather Has
Two Mommies" be moved to thejuvenile section, the
WichitaFalls Times Record News reportedin today’s
editions.
But Ms. Hughes had the final say. She said she
decided children who wanted the books could find
them in the social sciences area for juveniles. The
juvenile section is geared toward children in grades 3
to 7. Jeffress was out of town and not available for
comment on Thursday. But earlier in the week, he
promised to take the matter to the City Council if the
books were placed where children wouldhave access
to them.
But Nancy Horvath, pastor of the Wichita Falls
Metropolitan Community Church, praised Ms.
Hughes’ decision. Ms. Horvath is raising one child
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NYC Passes Domestic
Partner Benefits
NEW YORK (AP) A proposal that would cement the
rights of domesuc partners in J.ssues from health benefits
to parking permits has cleared the City Council. "I
think the impact will be very far reaching," said Councilman
Thomas Duane, a M~ahattan Democrat who led
supporters. "It is another step toward fnll equalization
of benefits for non-traditional family members."
The legislation, which is intended to ensure that the
city treats unmarried couples the same as those who are
married, has been touted as an important advance for
.Gay couples.: It was crafted by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
m cooperation with Council members and Gay civil
rights advocates.
New York for years has been recognized for its
accommodating policies toward Gay and Lesbian
couples. A series of directives, some of which date to the
1980s, extended to domestic partners the rights once
reserved for spouses and family members, such as
visitationin city jails and hospitals, child-care leave and
succession for city-supervised housing.
Approved 39-7 with one abstention, the legislation
would make those policies permanent by writing them
into law. It would apply to heterosexual and homosextml
domestic partnerships registered with the City
Clerk. The mayor is expected to sign it promptly.
Since the settlement of a lawsuit in 1993, the city has
provided health and dental benefits to the domestic
parmers of city workers. Under the bill, labor negotiations
would be required to extend to employees" partners
the samebenefits provided for employees" spouses,
potentially opening the way for those benefits to be
. expanded. But the le~slation also, would venture into
new areas, like allowing domestic partners of police
and other uniformed employees to be eligible for death
benefits if the employee is killed in the line of duty. A
domestic partner would also have the right to be buried
with a partner in the city-owned Canarsie cemetery, a
right now reserved for spouses. Other changes invoh’e
rights to parking permits and disclosure statements filed
by city employees.
Councilman ,Michael Abel, a Queens Republican
who voted against the bill, called it another nail in the
coffin of the institution of marriage. "What you are
d.oing is setting yourself up to give an economic incentive
not to get married," Abel said. "It’s anti-societal to
the extent that it’s an anti-mamage bill, and I still
believe most New Yorkers favor marriage.’"
There are about 8,700 registered domestic partners in
¯ the city, and at least 55percent are heterosexual couples,
according to the mayor’s office.. Similar issues have
been debated around the country, including in Philadelphia,
where the City Council approved a measure to
extend health and pension benefits to same-sex partners
of city workers.
The Council vote was preceded by an unusual demonstration
on the City Hall steps, in which a group of
Hasidic Jewish rabbis and rabbinical students invoked
a biblical curse on legislators and officials supporting
the bill l They prayed, held candles and blew into shofars,
a ram’.s horn used in religious ceremonies. "Almighty
God, the arrogant officials who run this city, New York,,,
have declared war against you and your biblical law,
said Rabbi Yehuda Levin, a vocal opponent ofGay civil
rights. "Strike down the hands that are raised in support
of this bill. Silence the voices that speak up in favor of
this bill," he said. When asked about the protest, Duane
said, "I don’t think any religious person would ever
believe God would ever pinfish a person for standing for
fairness and equality.‘°
Arkansas Seeks to Ban
Gay Foster Parents
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - The ,amaerican Civil Liberties
Union of Arkansas objected recently to a proposal that
would prohibit Gay people from serving as foster parents.
Rita Sklar, ACLU executive director in Arkansas,
said in a news release that the proposal
could be challenged as a violation of the right to
equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. "The
"qu~ties that make good parents, or good foster
paren-t~,are universal." she said. "The ability to
love and care for a child is not going to be determined
by one’s sexual orientation. Gay men and
Lesbi an~ are not anymore likely to engage in criminal,
abusive or psychologi"cally damaging behavior
than the rest of the population "
At a meeting in Paragould. the state Child \\%llare
Agency Review Board proposed prohibiting
homosexuals from serving as foster parents. The
board sets minimum standards for liceused childplacement
agencies, foster homes and therapeutic
foster homes. The board asked Assistant Attorney
General Karen Wallace to research the issue and try
to come np with a resolution. "I would like to
require foster parents to be heterosexual, married
couples" Robin Woodruff said during the meeting
of the nine-member board. "Allowing single foster
care.., takes away enforcement" because it opens
the process to "homosexuals who say they’re single
with a roommate or boarder."
Ms. Wallace said state law says marriage must be
between a man and a woman. "Where the difficult)
comes is it’s hard to determine if someone’s a
homosexual . . . and it’s real hard to regulate a
person’s status," she said. "’In other words, you can
regulate what someone does - not what someone
is." She said the board should not "single people
out, because it could be challenged constitutionally."
~ls. Woodrnff said people have "a right to behave
how they want, but they don’t (necessarily)
have the right to be foster parents." Ms. Wallace
said one option would be to require foster pareuts
to be related by blood or marriage. Such an option
would allow ~ingles to remain in the picture as
foster parents.
Other board members agreed with the goal of
preventing homosexuals from being foster parents.
"I think we should never promote homosexuality in
any fashion," said David V,rhatley. "I know there’s
a problem getting foster parents, but in my opinion
it would be devastating for a child to go into a
homosexual home."
But some members expressed concern about the
proposal. "I don’t think we need to promote the
homosexual lifestyle, but we do need to recognize
the necessity for alternative settings," said Steve
Dunaway. "As much as I support the board on that,
I can see situations where it would be suitable" for
a child to have homosexual foster parents.
Canadian Province
Gives Partner Benefits
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) - British Columbia
will become the first province in Canada to
voluntarily grant pension benefits to same-sex
couples who are public employees, under legislation
introduced recently. Other provinces have
moved that way, but under duress. Court decisions
have forced Ontario and Nova Scotia to address
pension issues involving Gay and Lesbian couples.
British Columbia paved the way last summer for
extended pension benefits when the provincial
government allowed same-sex partners to be defined
as spouses. It also extended to homosexual
couples the same rights as heterosexual couples on
child custody and maintenance issues.
The new legislation affects British Columbia’s
235,000 public employees, including government
workers, municipal employees and public school
teachers. "It’s very significant because Gays and
Lesbians have been paying into the fund and never
before have they been able to receive the benefits,"
said legislative member Tim Stevenson, who is
Gay and who expects protests from some groups
and political parties opposed to same-sex relationships.
"Here you have a government, to its credit,
that has decided not to fight this in the courts,"
echoed Lawrence Aronovitch, vice president of
EGALE, see Canada, page 14.
Activists Welcome
Court Decision
JACKSON, Miss (AP)-Mississippi AIDS
activists hope a U.S. Supreme Court decision
protecting HIV-infected persons
against discrimination will curb intolerance
of the disease’s victims. The ruling
places persona living with AIDS and HIV
positive individuals, even those who show
no symptoms, under the Americans with
Disabilities Act. The federal law bans
discrimination against disabled people.
Debbie Konkle-Parker, former chairwoman
of the Mississippi HIV/AIDS
Assembly, said. she welcomes the decision
but doesn’t believe it will entirely
end discrimination against AIDS/HIV-
: released recently.
The report provided country-by-c6un-
: try statistics to back up a study released in
November, which estimated that 2.3 rail-
: lionpeoplediedofAIDSin 1997,up50%
¯ from 1996. About 16,000 people a day
¯ contract HIV. The latest study, by the
: WorldHealth Organization andUNAIDS,
: comes ahead of Sunday’s opening of the
12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva,
~ where 12,000 specialists and others will
~ discuss advances in HIV research.
: Limited education about the virus is a
major hurdle, particularly because an ef-
~ fective cure may be at least 10 years away,
~ UNAIDS DireCtor-General Peter Piot said
~ atanews conference. "Let’s be very aware
AIDS is with usto stay for a very long
infected persons."Generally, anydiscrimi- " time," Piot said.
nalaon is not out front," she said. "They
choose other reasons to discriminate.
(against infected persons).
"’There is opposition based onhomophobia
or that folks with HIV did it to themselves.
But I know there are folks throughout
the state who can use this (ruling) to
speak out.’"
"My initial reaction is one of elation
and hope," said Robert McGowan, cochair
of the Mississippi HIV/AIDS Coalition,
"The Supreme Court has finally recognized
laws that find that people with
HIV can be protected by the government.
(But) I am cautiously optimistic. We must
see how this is implemented.~,’,
The rifling set aside a lower 6ourt decision
that said dentist Randon Bragdon
violated the anti-discriminationlaw when
he refused to fill Sidney Abbott’s toothin
his office because she carries the virus
that causds acquired immune deficiency
syndrome. Justices ruled that Abbott was
coveredunder theADAbut ordered lower
courts to reconsider whetherBragdon discriminated
against her.
According to the Mississippi Department
of Health Services, there were 2,856
colffinned cases of AIDS and 3.461 HIV
ilffections repdrted in the state in 19.97,
the last year for which numbers are available.
The ADA, signed by President Bush in
1990. protects the disabled against discfimination
in jobs, housing and public
acconunodations. Some of the law" s most
visible results are aids such as wheelchair
ramps at countless public places. The law
says people are disabled if.they have a
physical or mental impairment that "substantiallv
limits one or more major life
activities." Ms. Abbott’s lawyers said that
if HIV-infected people did not have clear
protection under the taw, many would
hide their condition.
McGowan says-he hopes the court’s
decision will lead to more funding for
HIViAIDS research and to help treat patients.
"I look fonvard to seeing implementation
of this at the federal and state
level,’" he said. "We can, perhaps, see for
the first time that we are our brothers
keepers and hope that this prejudice can
be eroded."
Rise in AIDS Due to
Lack of Awareness
GENEVA (AP) Declining HIV infectxon
rates in some countries are being
edipsed by huge rises in others where
AIDS awareness and access to new drug
therapies are lacking, according to a new
U.N. report. In parts of Africa, one adult
in four is infectS, with the virus that
causes AIDS while the figure is less than
1% in the United States and across Westem
Europe, experts said in the report
Access to new therapies for AIDS-related
infections such as tuberculosis and
diarrhea is the "overwhelming issue" for
90% of those living with the AIDS virus,
the report said.
Zimbabwe and Botswana, where
UNAIDS estimates around one in four
adults carry HIV, had the highest infection
rates. The United States figure was
0.76% - 820,000 people in all. It was less
than 1% across Western Europe. North
Africa and the Middle East are "the great
unknown," with cultural difficulties in
talking about the epidemic hampering
collection of statistics, UNAIDS said.
Political courage to prevent the spread
ofAIDS is the ke3 to narrowing the"AIDS
gap," Piot said, praising HIV prevention
efforts inUganda, Thailand and Senegal.
The November study said 5.8 million
people were ixffected x~’ith HI\’ in 1997,
up from 5.3 million people the year be-.
fore. Globall.v. 30.6 million live with HI\"
or AIDS, two-thirds of them in snb-Saharan
Africa, it said.
Prices Cut on AIDS
Drugs for Poor
NEW YORK (AP) - Several major pharmaceutical
companies have agreed to cut
their prices for AIDS drugs by up to 75%
to make thmn more available to pe6ple in
developing parts of the world. The medication
will soon be sold at a discount in
Africa, Asia and South America, under a
progrmn overseen by the United Nations.
"If you’re charging a New York price in
Uganda and not selling anything, you’re
not helping anyone." said Peter Young, a
G1a.xo WellcomePLC official involved in
the U.N. program. Mor~ than 90% of the
world’s 30.6 million people ilffected with
the AIDS virus live in the developing
world. Uganda and the Ivory Coast wi!l
receive the first shipments of discounted
drugs this week, Dr. Joseph Saba, an infectious-
disase specialist with the U.N.
pro~am, said Tuesday.
Glaxo Wellcome will sell its combination
treatment of AZT and 3TC for $200
a month or less, a 60% discount. Hoffman
LaRoche Inc. will offer several drugs at
reduced cost, including its protease inhibitor
Invirase and medicines to treat
infections that often accompany AIDS.
Other companies that have committed
themsdves to the price cuts include Abbott
Laboratories and Bristol-Myers Squibb
Co. Merck & Co., which makes the protease
inhibitor Crixivan, will not participate.
In recent years, AIDS activists have
been pressuring drug makers to offer less
expensive treatments. Saba said about
3,000 people will be able to receive the
most advanced medidnes, like AZT, in
the coming year. Far more will be able to
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Even with the price cuts, the drugs are
a crippling expense in nations where incomes
are low and health insurance rare.
Uganda’s per-capita income is, less than
$300 a month; the ivory Coast s is about
$620. But Saba said he hopes governments
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AIDS Cure Lab
NEW YORK (AP) - President Allen
Sessoms of Queens College turned over a
spade of earth Tuesday to symbolically
start construction ofa $30-million, worldclass
AIDS research center headed by one
of the discoverers of the HIV virus. "Because
millions around the world are suffeting
from AIDS, there is not a moment
to lose," Sessoms said.
"My colleagues and I are impatient to
start work in these facilities," said Dr. Luc
Montaguier, the French co-discoverer of
the virus that causes the fatal immune
deficiency disease. ".It will save many
lives." Jay Bargmann, a semor executive
ofRafael Vinoly Architects, said hewould
"guarantee that work on AIDS research
will begin in this building 30 months from
now" - the year 2001.
Meanwhile, Montagnier and his staff
will workin a temporary laboratory on the
campus. "We are very optimistic about
improving treatment by bolstering the
immune system of patients and about our
ultimate goal, a vaccine to prevent infection
by the AIDS virus," Montagnier said.
He added that it looked like a 107yearjob.
In addition to combating AIDS,
Montagnier has said he expected secondary
benefits from the research in the form
of treatments for cancer and, eventually,
multiple sclerosis.
Montagnier, whoseresearch has been
at the Pasteur Institute in Paris,.is taking
up a chair at the college endowed with $3
million by Bernard Salick, a graduate of
Queens College who became a physician
and then a medical entrepreneur. The new
facility will be called the Salick Center for
Molecular and Cellular Biology, with
space for a staff of 70 and laboratories for
Virology, immunology; molecular genetics
and vaccine development.
The building, looking out on a reflecting
pool, will be crescent-shaped and
mostly one story. Administration offices
and exhibit and meeting space will be
housed in a three-story wing at one end.
New York City and state are contributing
nearly $20 million to the project and the
rest is being raised privately. Queens is a
senior college in the City University with
18,000 students.
Supplement May
Stop Muscle Loss
AMES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa State University
professor’s discovery of a supplement
that AIDS patients can take to fight
deadly muscle loss will be unveiledThursday
at the World AIDS Conference in
Switzerland. Steven Nissen, a professor
of animal science and chief executive
officer of MTIBiotech Inc. in Ames, invented
Juven, a dietary supplement that
Nissen says helps AIDS patients gain
muscle mass.
Juven’s main ingredient is HMB (betahydroxy-
beta-methylbutyrate), which is
producedin small amounts in the body as
it breaks down amino acids. The professor
discovered the substance while doing
research at Iowa State in 1988, and he
turned it into a supplement used mainly
by athletes. However, his hopes for its
benefits to AIDS patients weren’t confirmed
until April, when he received final
results of a study done in New York.
"Every time you go into this, you hope for
the best, but this time it actually worked,"
Nissen said.
Juven, a powder that when mixed with
water tastes like Tang, is created in a
laboratory using a chemical reaction.
During the eight-week study, AIDS patients
who had been wasting away from
the disease gained an average of 6 1/2
pounds,including 51/2 pounds ofmuscle.
The group of AIDS patients who took a
placebo lost an average of 1 1/2 pounds of
muscle during the study.
One way AIDS devastates its victims is
by accderadng muscle breakdown to the
point where people do not have enough
energy for day-to-day activities. Muscle
loss can be deadly when it leaves so litde
strength that victims can’t even cough,
and they develop pneumonia.
While HMBhas been a popular musclebooster
with bodybuilders and athletes
for several years, Nissen said he is glad
attention to it is being gained in the medical
field.
In the fall, he will begin researching
how Juven can help victims suffering
muscle loss because of cancer, muscular
dystrophy, Lou Gehrig’s disease, trauma
and aging. One cancer victim has already
benefited from Juven. "My mother was
the first gmnea pig," Nissen said. When
his mother, Audrey Nissen, was diagnosed
with a severe form of ovarian cancer
in April 1997, she agreed to use Juven.
Throughout two exploratory surgeries and
chemotherapy, she did not lose any weight
and is now in r~mission,he Said.
Before Juven, AIDS patients could use
anabolic steroids or human growth hormone
as muscle-loss therapies, both of
which have proven side effects. Because
Juven is composed of amino acids found
in the hmnan body, it does not cause side
effects, Nissen said. To prove it, study
coordinators conducted repeated blood
tests and had padents fill out questionnaires
and under go psychological tests.
Mother-Child HIV
Transfer Reduced
CHICAGO (AP) - French researchers
say using Caesarean sections during birth,
coupled with the HIV-fighting drug AZT, :
could nearly eliminate transmission ofthe ¯
AIDS virus from mother .to child. As "
recently as 1994, a baby born to an HIV- "
posit.ire mother had about a 25% chance °
of contracting the virus. AZT alone ¯
dropped that rate to less than 8%. Two "
new studies show the rate of mother-to- °
infant transmission plummeting to 2% ."
and, in some cases, lower than 1% when ¯
the C-section is used with AZT therapy. :
"The goal was to have the rate of trans- "
mission below 1% by the end of the century,
and I think we’re really getting there,’" ¯
said Dr. Laurent Mandelbrot, leader of a °
French study that will be published in the "
HIV/AIDS-themed edition of the Journal ¯
of the American Medical Association. ¯
The study, which included 2,834 "
mother-infant pairs in France, found that ¯
of the 1,917 mothers who did not receive ¯
AZT, 17.2% transmitted HIV to their in- ¯
fants. Of those who received AZT, "
the%age dropped to 6.6%. Of the mothers ¯
who took AZT before delivery and also
elected to have a C-section, only 0.8%
transmitted the AIDS virus.
A study-by the Nadonal Institute of
Child Health and Human Developmentm
Washington combined the findings of that
study with several others in Europe and
North America and found that C-sections
reduced transmission by half and, when
combined with AZT treatment, cut transmission
to just 2%.
Dr. John Flaherty, an infectious disease
specialist at the University of Chicago,
also has seen a drmnatic drop in motherto-
infant transmissions among his patients
- in large part because of treatment wilh
"cocktails" ofAIDS drugs, includingAZT.
But he wonders if it’s worth the risk of
complications and even death for the
mothers to add C-sections to the process.
’Tin kind of on the fence on it," Flahertv
said. "You have to ask, "Is it worth it to d~
C-sections on 100 women to prevent one
transmission?’ "
Dr. Patricia Garcia, an assistant professor
ofobstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern
University, is even more wary of
routinely using an invasive procedure.
"There isn’t a woman alive who wouldn’t
do anything to reduce the risk of transmission
to her child," Garcia said of pregnaut
women who are HIV-positive. "’But until
we sit down and so carefully go over thc
implications of this, I’m very concerned
about implementing it."
Prevention Effort
Targets Blacks
BOSTON (AP) - In response to a growing
AIDS problem among blacks statewide,
the Department of Public Health
launched an AIDS treatment and prevention.
campaign targeting blacks.
While new cases ofHIV/AIDS are down
about 50% from last 3’ear, Commissioner
of Public Health Howard Koh said the
state has fallen short in reaching the black
conununity. Blacks make up 5% of the
state’s population but comprise23% of
HIV cases in the state. They also make up
32% of those cases reported in the last
year, according to a recently released report.
The state will begin an advertising cmnpaigu
in four cides with the highest rates
of AIDS cases among blacks: Boston,
Springfield, Brockton and Cambridge.
. Ads depicting black campaigu volunteers
and emblazoned with the slogan - Free
Testing. Free Treatment. Free Yourself. -
will appear on commuter buses and trains
and conventional posters. Theposters also
advertise a special, toll-free hotline, 1-
888-I-ACT-NOW.
Callers of the toll-free hofline will be
directed to free testing and treatment programs.
Workers will also distribute 10,000
wallet information cards across the state.
"The bottom line is that we want to promote
a message of hope, that this ~s a
treatable epidemic and a preventable epidemic,"
said Koh.
The launch of the campaign was timed
to correspond with National HIV Testing
Day in which testing centers across the
state will make a special push for people
to find out if they are carrying the virus
that causes AIDS. The Supreme Court
this week rnled people with HIV are protected
from discrimination under the
Americans with Disabilities Act. "There’ s
never been a better time to be tested," said
Larry Kessler of the AIDS Action Committee
of Massachusetts. "The sooner your
know you are infected, the better your
chances for staying healthy.’"
by James Christjohn
TFN Entertainment Writer
To those who skipped the picnic fearing
a fierce confrontation with a mob of ravenous
homophobes, well. fear caused you
to miss out onlotsa fun. About 12 anti-gay
protesters appeared (victims of inbreed- "o
lng one and all), and
were kept at bay way
across the field by about
as many mounted police.
OK, now that’s
fodder for obvious
jokes, but I’ve promised
to be good. And I
alIL
So, back to the subject...
I almost felt
sorry for the poorfools.
They tried to broadcast
hatefulness through
their bullhorn, but the
music drowned them
out. What a pathetic
way to spend your life.
Council Oak Men’s
Chorale performed to
standing ovations at
both their premier concert
at A!l Sonl’~ Unitari~an - standing
room only, and also to a warm,response at
the National Organization for’Women’ s
annual awards banquet. A fall concert is
in the planning stages, in which choreography
was promised (yay!). The Chorale
performed as part of Follies Revue, June.
25-28, at the PAC. The variet5~ show benefit~
various AIDS charities° as most of
"¢ot~ know.
I am in a show to be performed in
August, entitled "Tight Quarters". No,
not hind quarters, "’Tight Qnarters", to be
performed August 27-30, 8pro, at the Performing
Arts Center. It is an old fashioned
screwball comedy - melodrama - musical
in which I get to play (fanfare, please) a
villain. Yes, a good, old fashioned, scenery
chewing villain. And to those of you
mhttefing "’surprise, surprise’", I will get
you, my pretties, and vour little...
~vhatevers, too. It should be a blast. Oh
yes, and for the audience, too. There are
~everal moments in the show of relevance
Tulsa Family News Entertainment
Writer. James Christjohn.
to our conm~unity, to detail them would
be to rnin the ending, but trust me, this is
amust-see! The performances benefit the
"MakeAWish" Foundation, which grants
terminally ill children their dream wishes.
For yours trnly, it marks a remm to the
stage after a ten year absence. And as my
friends have noted in
various ~vavs (editor’s
note: notal~vays in nice
ways ;-), "You can take
the actor oul of the theatre,
but you can’ t take
.the theat]e out of the
actor". We just had
our first run-through,
and the show will be
good. It is a new musical,
and the producer &
director, Hilary Genga
-(a Tulsa native) &
Teresa Bringle,respectively,
hope to take it to
New York eventually.
The cast includes, in
no particular order:
Kristina Van Dyne,
James Chase, James
ChriStjohn (told ya 1
was in it!), Cvndi Caldwell (last seen in
TU’s excelle~t "Colnpany’" playing the
Elaine Stritch role), Kevin Re3aaard, Kailee
Mclntosh, Simon Plohocky (last seen in
TU’s "Falsettoland’" as Marvin’s son),
Scott Gaffen (also a TU alumni and an
excellent actor), Brad Gillespie, Martha
Barth, David Hubbard, Je~my Buchanan,
mad Adeena Nayfa. For ticket information,
call the Performing Arts Center Box
Office at 596-’7111.
Stevie Nicks performs in Dallas July
17. This ~s a must see, since she will be
performing material never before heard in
concert. Many selections won’t be heard
live .again, most likely. Not 3our typical
"greatest hits" show, the reviews I’ve seen
have been all raves, and the performances
have been consistently praised. The "En- "
chanted" tour tix are available through
Ticketmaster. for up to date info, and to
see that someone actually likes her as
much if not more than I do, check out
www.mcksfix.com.
Tulsa Morgan Horse Show .Extravaganza
TULSA -Organizers of Tulsa Morgan " National Anthem will be sung by lomn
HorseShow Extravaganzahave dedicated
tiffs year’s event to the memory of Gary
Wayne Walters;a greathorseman and one
of the founders of the
event. Waiters was
46 years old.
,~ portion of the
profits from the event
as well as all the gate
admission ($3) will
benefit Tulsa
C/A.R.E.S., formerly
"known as the HIV
Resource Consortium.
The Show, which
is Oklahoma’s only
all Morgan Breed event and a qualifier for
October’s Morgan Grand National and
World Show, will be held from July 30 to
August 2 at the Bedrock Arena, 1901
West 171 st Street South in Glenpool. The
arena is at the corner of 171st Street and 1-
75 (the Beeline) and is visible from 1-75.
Sessions will be held at 7pro onJuly 30,
8:30am & 7pro on July 31 & August 1,
and at 9am & lpm on August 2. The
Ric Poston, Tulsa Morgan Horse Show
Gwinup of Evans Training Stables from
Sapulpa, and Debbie SeyboldofEspanola,
New Mexico will serve as judge.
Two pro’ties will
occur during the extravaganza.
TRIAD
Morgan Farm of
Jenks will host the
first after the In-Hand
Championships on
Thursday evening.
The second will take
placeon Sat. evening
after the last class.
The "progressive"
dinner will also feature
a dance andlight
¯ show by "Thunder-N-Lightening".
~ The extravaganza will also have a silent
~ auction with items totalling $10,000 in
¯ value. Items include stallion breedings,
: 0figinai paintings, dinners, anautographed
." guitarfromDiamondReo, andmuchmore-
¯ Distinguished Oklahoma artists, Dana
: & Lisa Tiger also will have booths at the
] show as will other artists andvendors. For
] more information, call 299-6442.
Tulsa
Morgan Horse
Show -Extravaganza
July 30 - August 2
Bedro.ck Arena
1901 West 171st Street South
Oklahoma’s only all Morgan Breed Show
Qualifier for the upcoming October Morgan
Grand National and World Show
$3 admission & portion of profits benefits
Tulsa C.A.R.E.S.
(formerly the HIV Resource Consortium of Tulsa)
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Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday Schoo! - 9:45am, Service - 11 am. 2207 E. 6th. 583-7815
Community of Hope ~United Methodist), Service - 6pro. 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - ! lain. 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 11am. 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service - 5pm, Childrens Ministry - 5pm. 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
Sunday School - 9:45am, Ser~qce - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service. 10:4Aam, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 1 lani, 205 W. King (east of No Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa BisexuaL/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pro. Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
~" MONDAYS
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, 7 pm, leave message for more information: 743-4297
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anon.vmous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (east of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless theLord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mon each too. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Juue 8th. Pic~tic at Wlfiteside Park, 41st & Pittsbttrgh
Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich P~k, -71 st & Riverside. 7pro, call Shawn 491-2036.
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, 7 6, noon, United \Va) Bldg. 1430 S. Bonlder
~" TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 7 14. noom [~fited Way Btdg. 1430 S. Boulder
HIV+ Suppor~ Group, HIV Rbsource Consortium l:30pm
3507 t’i..-\dmiral (east of Harvard), hffo: Wanda ~’ 834-4194
:~lulticnltural AIDS Coalition. 7 7, 12:30pro, Urban League. 240 East Apache
Rainbow Business Guild. Business & prof. networking gronp, Info: 743-4297
Prin~eTimers, mens group, 3rd Tues each mo.. 7pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays. 6 pro, Pride Center. 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
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Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise Prayer - 6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210e So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
m,- THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anou3mous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Supportsocial group for 18-24"s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thursieach mo. l.ola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIViAIDS, Info: 834-4194
(~" FRIDAYS
Safe Haven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/each mo. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
m,’. SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,IT03 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Lambda A-A, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
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T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Orgamzation. Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157,
Short rides, 6:30pm,.Long rides, 7am. Meet at Zeigler Park, 3903 West 4th. Pride
Rides from the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria. Write for dates.
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Call orfax 583-4615.
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Tulsa City-County Library
Almost thirty years afterher death, Judy
Garland’ s popularity continues: Formany
years, there has been much interest in the
relationship between Gay men and Judy
Garland as a performer. This
book, writtenbyJudy’ s middle
child, Loma Luft, addresses
the mother and human being
as wall as the performer, and
also offers some insight into
the life of Lorna’ s sister, Liza
M_innelli - and juicy gossip it
is!
By the time Luft was born in
1952, Judy Garland had finished
her career as a movie
star after being firedbyMGM.
Her insulated world had vanished
andherpersonal andprofessional
life was beginning a
frantic roller coaster ride from
which she would not survive.
Luft fondly remember~ her
early years as relatively stable
and it was only after Judy divorced
Lorna’s father, Sid
Ll~ts comments
regarding the
Gay community
are troubling.
While insisting
that she has
many Gay
friends and she
supports them
unconditionally,
she also blasts
those Gay guys
who tried to help
her mother in her
later years. Luft
believes, not that
these guys were
helping and
hermother’ s memoryinto apositive thing,
and feels that when she hears Judy’s recordings,
she is being watched over by a
guardian angel
As with many children from dysfunctional
families, Luft has had her share of
broken relationships, and became
addicted to recreational
drugs, in a vain effort to shed
her sweet, innocent image. She
seems inexplicably proud of
turning her sister on to cocame.
Now happily married
with children, Luft seems comfortable
with her life, past mid
present, and she lambastes
Lizafor continuing, in Lorna" s
eyes, down the path of destruction.
Luffs comments regarding
the Gay community are troubling.
"While insisting that she
has man)’ Gay friends and she
supports them unconditionall3’,
she also blasts those Gay
guys who tried to hdp her
mother in her later years. Luft
believes, not that these guys
Luft, that Judy’s inevitable eneouraglng Judy
decline would impact Lorna, when nobody else
Liza and brother Joe.
Luft is not bitter about her
mother’s erratic behavior of
the time. She understands that
when a person is severely addicted
tomind~numbingmedication,
they donotalways have
the ability to control their actions.
At about age twelve,
would, but that
their sup_port was
harmful and
their enthusiastic
devotion was. and
is, unhealthy.
Lorna and Judy, in effect, changed roles.
Lorna began taking care ofhermother and
learned how to manipulate her mother’s
environment so that Judy could continue
to work. Finally, the stress and sleepless
nights caught up with her, and Lorna had
a nervous breakdown. She went to live
with her father, never to see her mother
alive again.
Judy’s death, in 1969, was; of course, a
major turning point in Luft’s personal and
professional life. The second half of the
book details her efforts to emerge from
her mother and sister’s shadows, with
mixed success. She has managed to turn
from infected mothers to their babies during
birth. Already,researchers have shown
that brief treatment with the drug AZT
cuts this hazard in half, while longer use
coupled with a Caesarean delivery virtually
eliminates the risk. Despite such
progress, "there is news so devastating
that few in this roomcouldhave predicted
or imagined it a decade ago," Dr. Peter
Plot, head of the United Nations AIDS
program, told the opening session.
His organization estimates that 12 million
people around the world have already
died of AIDS, and another 31 million are
alive but infected. Each day, 16,000 more
people catch the virus. Since the last international
AIDS conference in Vancouver
two years ago, 10 million people have
contracted HIV, said Piot. "That represents
a collective failure of the world."
The opening ceremonies were briefly
disruptedby chanting, horn-blowing demonstrators
protesting the high cost ofAIDS
were helping and encouraging
Judy when nobody else
would, but that their s~pport
was harmful and their enthusiastic
devotion was, and is,
unhealthy. Of course; as a
child, she welcomed these
guys because they were often
the only ones who could get
Judy b~ck on track, and Lorna
cotmted on some of Judy’s
¯ Gay fans for information When writing
¯ this book.
; Putting aside this hypocrisy mid the
." poor editing job, Me mid .My Shadows is
an entertaining and lively bio~aphy, full
; of fun name-dropping. Luft has survived.
¯ a stressful early life, not unlike many
other kids, except that her fanfily turmo;l
was played Out in public. This is a fun and
." amusing book, mid provides a first person
account of the tribulations of one of our
: favorite show biz families.
~ Check for .Me and My Shadows at your
local branch library, or ~call the Readers
Services at 596-7966.
¯ I ¯
drugs. A year’s treatment with protease
: inhibitors and other drugs can cost S 10,000
or more. More than 90% of HIV-infected
¯
people live in parts of the world where
¯° these medicines are too expensive to be
widely used. "We forget that of the millions
ofpeople living withAIDS,most are
¯ condemned to death because of the ab-
." sence of care," said Peter Lamptey of
¯ FamilyHealth International, an anti-AIDS
group in Research Triangle Park, N.C.
." In the United States, Europe and other
." wealthy parts of the world, the epidemic
¯ has leveled off or is declining. After ex-
¯
plosive spread, it is also beginning to
¯ abate in some poorer areas, such as
¯ Uganda, Senegal, Brazil andparts ofTan-
¯ zama. However, Plot noted that"this epi-
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Written reports of progress will be provided
to the civil rights office through
June 1999, Lambda said. School district
officials declined comment.
Mrs. Wagner said she welcomed the
agreement. "My heart broke whenmy son
was so terribly abused, just for being
himself," she said. "This agreement...
hopefully, will safeguard many parents’
dreams and protect their kids?’
by Esther Rothblum " part of the message too; it’s not filler,"
When Dee Mosbacher completed the ¯ explained Sylvia"because even when we
film STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART " play the film to people who are resistant to
(for which she received
an Oscar
no|ninarion) she was
told that a film about
Lesbians and their
patents needed to be
more communityspecific.
The Washlngton
Sisters, African
American Lesbian
musicians who
appear in the film
with their mother,
told Dee that Lesbians
faced different
issues around homophobia
in the African
American
church-going community.
Dee decided
to collaborate with Sylvia Rhue and
Frances Reid to co-produce a film about
Black churches and the Gay/Lesbian ex-
Professor Esther Rothblum
perience.
Sylvia Rhue came up
with the new film’s rifle,
ALLGOD’ S CHILDREN,
a phrase that was used so
often by the people they
interviewed. As Jesse Jackson
says in the film, "In the
larger civil rights movement,
we must see all
people as God’ s children."
The Reverend Dr. Cecil
Murray of the First AMC
ChU-rch~-. the oldest Black:
church in Los Angeles de=
dares: ’q’he church exists
for all God’ s children."
ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
is a 25-minute
documentary that explores
issues of the African
American church and
congregants in that church
about homosexuality and
homophobia. As Sylvia
told me: "It was important
to get church leaders that
our parents respect, the seniorpastors.
Marjorie Hill,
Ph.D. from the National
Boad Unity Fellowship
Church says in the film:
"Gay and Lesbian African
Americans are intertwined
with our community, and
we need the church."
ALL GOD’S CHILDREN
also includes wellknown
people from the
Black community such as
Congresswoman Maxine
Waters, Linda Villarosa,
Sylvia Rhue
cahae up with the
new film’s title,
ALL GOD’S
CHILDREN,
a phrase that was
use,t so o~en by
the people they
interviewed.
As Jesse Jackson
says in the film,
"In the larger elvil
rights movement,
we must see all
people as God’s
children."
The Reverend Dr.
Ceell Murray of
the First AMC
Church, the oldest
Black church in
Los Afigeles
declares: "The
church exists for
all God’s
children."
Executive Editor of Essence Magazine,
and Cornel West, Professor of Harvard
Divinity School. U.S. Senator Carol
Mosely-Brown states: "... our diversity is
after all a strength and not a weakness."
The film also includes Black families
discussing having a Gay or Lesbian family
member. Finally, music plays an important
role in the film as background and
foreground. Lavender Light: The Black
and People ofAll Colors Lesbian and Gay
Gospel Choir performs gospel music with
which Black churchgoers are so familar.
"You have to understand that music is
the message they
can’t resist the music."
The daree co-producers
all have prior
film-making experience
(Frances Reid.
in fact, was nominated
for two Oscars
in one year) but that’ s
where the similarities
end. Deeis a psychiatrist.
Sylvia has
a Ph.D. in human
sexuality and is also
a Bible scholar!student.
She says:
"Western society has
kept sex and reli~on
very separate and
that shouldn’t be." Frances xs a professional
film- maker.
The co-producers are now involved in
getting the film shown across the country.
"’The bottom line is that
Lesbian, G~, and Bisexual
people should see the film
and feel better about themselves,
too see people, including
leaders in the Black
community, support them
as heterosexual allies, and
also to see the pioneers of
the current Black Gay
movement on fihn" said
S.ylvia "’This is the first
txme that Black Gay and
heterosexual people have
goue on record to this degree
for an absolutely pro-
Gay stance. Since the
Bla’ck church is the strongest
iusrituriou in the Black
community, to have the
ministers talk xs very unportant."
The film includes
interviews with six Black
ministers.
Dee explained "We really
try to use the film as an
orgamzing tool. Ourefforts
have been trying to get the
film to as many people as
possible who would take it
to their community--
whether the church community,
the educational
commtmity, PFLAG (Parents
and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays), etc. We’ ve
tried to act creatively and
gotten a number of people
to subsidize copies of the
videos and accompanying
materials so that the film
can get out to communities." They wrote
ajoint letter with Phil Wilson, the founder
of the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership
Forum, to get the film out. Sylvia now
travels all over the country to show the
film. As she says: "The project itself, I
think, was divinely led." The film ALL
GOD’ S CHILDREN can be obtained from
WomanVision Productions.
Esther Rothblum is Professor of Psychology
at the University of Vermont and
Editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies.
DYKE PSYCHE is a monthly column.
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Lamont Lindstrom : -much of the world, including large parts
bYI went to a party the other day at the of rural Utah, a man may have more than
house of two new friends. Recently come " one wife.
to Tulsa, these witty and cheerful women ¯ In other places, such as the Himalayan
had already made a comfortable home " highlands, three or four men (often brothtogether,
complete with soulers)
will together be married
to one woman. Nuer women
M-eyedbeagle. Twowomen
and a dog - it looked like a
mamage to me.
Despite such personal arrangements
made between
lovers, "’real" mamage is a
legal contract conferred by
the state. The right to marry
has emerged as a key demand
of man3’ Gay and Lesbian
political activists. Marriage
is also the place where
many straight peop!e draw
the line. Real mamage, so
they say, requires a man and
a wbman. Dogs are optional.
This growing dispute over
marriage, many have noted,
reflects the noisy rhetoric of
I went to a party
the other day at the
house of
two new friends.
Recently come to
Tulsa. these
witty and cheerful
women had already
made a
eomfortab]te home
to~ether, complete
with
soulful-eyed hea~le.
Two women and a
do~ - it looked llke
a marrla~e to me.
"family values" that has
dominated much of Ameflcan
politics for the last two
decades. One can draw easy
connections between an mcreasing
instability’ of .the
American nuclear fmnily mid
pamcky public evocatio.ns of
family values. Nowadays,
half of married people get
themselves unmarri ed.
[but] ¯ ¯ ¯
marrla~e is also
the place where
man)’
straio_~’ht PeoPle
draw the llne.
Real marrla~e,
so they say,
requires
rhis recent collapse of a man and a wonaan.
American marriage ~s Do~s are optional.
nobodv’s fault in particular.
Rather’, it is an effect of the
ekpanding labor mad other demands of our
.post_industrial_e~gg/]~,s~.z.te.m-tha~.~ucks
hp f&fi51’e’,XG~i~’~’r-~. Perplexed and worfled,
those of ns who find it harder mad
harder anymore to stay roamed respond
emotionally to fearful" media-hyped stories
of abt~sed and abandoned children,
and to blustery Sunday sermons about
Adam and Eve’, not Adam and Steve.
Clearly, it’s already too late to save
much of American mamage (as this existed
up to the 1970s) even if all the rifty
states outlaw tmions between homosexuals
And one might ask those Gay activists
who are struggling to gain the right to
marry (and the legal and economic benefits
and respectability marriage offers) to
also prepare us for the divorces that are
sure to follow. At least my ex-boyfriend
hasn’t cost me any alimony - unlike my.
mercenary ex-wife who spends my salary
in Honolulu.
As human societies go, divorce, rate.s in
United States are recently creeping into
the upper range. Still, in some societies,
almost everyone marries and divorces at
least once and a 100% divorce rate in no
way threatens the general social fabric.
Anthropologists call the marital pattern
now emerging in the US "serial po- ¯
lygamy." Most of us will have more than ;
one spouse during, our lifetimes, just not
all at the same ume. Why even Frank "
Sinatra, that all-around American guy, ¯
good buddy of Jane and Nancy and Ron,
had made i’t to wife number four.
When I took my first anthropology "
course in 1971, my professor impressed ]
on me the difficulty in coming up with a ¯
umversal definition of marriage. The "
multiple and complicated ways that hu- "
roans around the world unite themselves ]
are exceedingly difficult to encapsulate ¯
within a single label like "marriage." In "
(of the southern Sudan)
sometimes are married to
dead men. Their children (go
figure how!.) become the legal
offspring of this ghost.
The Nayar of Kerala, southwestern
India, were famously
difficult for anthropologists
trying to classify
human marriage. Nayar
women do go fiarough a ritual
umon with a man. They
might never sleep with him,
though. Instead, they remmn
in their mother’ s home merrily
having sex and children
with whomever they please.
The term "marriage". accurately
describes various
sorts of gay or lesbian relationships
in societies around
the globe. Some Nucr
woman, by exchanging
cattle, marry another
younger woman. Her chil-
~tren are socially recognized
as the children of the female
"husband" who provided the
bovine bride wealth.
The glossary of that 19"71
anthropology text, politicall3
CO~Xect qvant la lettre,
defined mamage m a way
that omitted our AdmniEg’e presumptions.
uman marriage is "tan. ix~tstimtiorta~ized .
form of relatmnship m which sexum re~ -
tionships and parentage legitimately take
place." This definition would cover my
Tulsa friends, except for the fact that their
umonis illegitimate as defined by State of
Oklahoma law.
11acre are other sources of legitimacy
beyond the state, though. My two new
friends, and anyone else who wants to be
joined, can establish a "domestic partnership"
recognized by increasing nmnbers
of communities and compani,e,s, and tl}.ey
may arrange for themselves a holy umon
ceremony," offered by various churches,
temples, and other religious groups.
This begs the question why Gays and
Lesbians aredemanding state-legitim!."zed
marriage just at the point in American
history when straight marriage is in such
deep hot water (we might call it). Wall,
there’ s respect, of course. And there’s the
kids. You wouldn’t want that innocent
beagle to be illegitimate, would you?
have included government-sponsored
safe-sex campaigns, an increased availability
of condoms and better treatment
for other sexually transmitted disease:
Many experts believe that developmg
an AIDS vaccine i.s key to controlh.’ng the
epidemic. Thefirst large-scale testtng of a
possible vaccine began last week. The
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, a
nonprofit group, announced a plan to try
to focus spending of betweenS350 million
and $500 millibnonvaccine development
over the next nine years. The group
said Microsoft founder Bill Gates had
contributed $1.5 million to its effort.
the vehement, negative reaction of my
very straight but very cool next neighbor
is probably typical. Whether or not he
thinks being Gay is sinful, he rejects the
notion of a God that hates like Phelps
promotes.
It also probably helped that Phelps also
intended to picket a number of Tulsa’s
most established churches. One does. wonderhow
he came up with his list ofchurches
though. Although Triztity mad St. John
Episcopal are mostly Gay-friendly, All
Souls Unitarian is very, and First Lutheran
is mostly neutral but ironically, First Methodist
is known as one of the ~nost
homophobic mainline congregations m
Tulsa.
But then this was the man who x~-as
going to picket Oral Roberts University
because Richard Roberts has had a di’-
vorce. Actually, Roberts, like a certain
former Oklahoma US senator, seems to
be dogged by the most curious allegations
about their lives when out of state. Maybe
it’s just as wall that Phelps hadn’t heard
those yet or he’d be in Palm Springs and
Norman next.
Regardless, I encourage all to thank
Steve Horn, Rick Martin, Greg Gatewood
and the other volunteers who put our
Pride events together. It’s a lot of hard
work and they deserve our recognition.
(Equality for Gays and-Lesbians Everywhere).
The British Columbia move and recent
courtrulings are positive changes for samesex
couples, he said, because private employers
and Ottawa will no longer be able
to use courts to deny pension benefits.
"The B.C. government will be a strong
example for other employers in the province,"
Aronovitch said.
A spokesmanfor afamily support organization
saidhe wasn’t as concerned about
pensionbenefits as the government’s definition
of a spouse and family. "We obviously
have a government here that really
desires to be seen to be out in front of
.everybody in terms of redefining spouse,
marriage and family," said John Sclater,
spokesman for Focus on the Family
Canada. "’.. LWe think there’s something
rooted in the biology and dynamic of a
heterosexual couple. We have to uphold
the ideal that most people say works best."
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MAN OF ACTION This good looking,
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traveling, and relaxing at ~ome,
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who loves the outdoom. I want a M
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games, someone to give me 110 percent
of their love. (Tulsa) ~20221
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rugged, cowboy type, blue collar
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out, watching tv at home, taking long
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think about a hot Man and wish I had it
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Fayetteville Civil Rights
Measure Gains Support
FAYEI II~VILLF~ Ark. (AP) - A "hmn~ dignity"
ordinance that Ires d~vided city residents hexe has won
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulesns, Our Families + Friends
Tules’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaperAvallable In More Than 75 City Locations
PublicAwareness Campaign
Begins: Gay or Straight,
Everyone Deserves a Job
¯ by Tom Neal, TFN reporter
.’ TULSA - In eleven l~.atiom aro~md Tulsa, Tulsa Transx bus
: stop benches are carrying the message: "Gay or Straight, Every-
: public awareness campaign by Oklahoma’ s Clmarron Alliance
: Group. Cmmrro~fis
¯ cfiminafion based
sMp in Tulsa and which now has two Tulsa board members.
: 4959 So. Memorial. 4400 So. Mcmorinl. 4506 E, I l, 3607 N.
Supportexs quoted the pre~tdmt of the county league -¯ Peoria ~md 60"27 So" Mem.orial.... ¯
t , . ¯ T~x dedueJabl¢ ¢onmbut~ons to suppog. Cimatton s public
Colorado Gov,’s Report:
Gays Due Equal Rights
M~
DIRECTORY/LE~FERS P, 2~
US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
~1~ HEALTH NEWS P. 6
ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 8
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 8
BOOK REVIEW P. 10
DO-IT-YOURSELF P. 11
DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P, 12/13
m CLASDIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P, 14
Circuit Court Reverses "Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell" Decision
NEW YORK (AP) - Six members of the nfilltarv are in line for
Lesbians: At Higher
Risk of Breast Cancer?
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A limited study of
afients at a women’s health clime found Lesbians
1~ a higher risk of breast cancer than beterosextml
patients, according to a report in the Journal oft/w
Gay and Lesbian Medical .4ssociation.
An analysis of 1,019 women seeking services at
Lyon-Martha Women’s Health Services in San
Francisco bet~veen 1995 arid 1997 showed thai
Lesbians bad a higher body mass index and fewer
pregnancies, both previously idenli fled as risk fac
tars for breast cancer.
Eageula Calle. director of epidemiology for the
American Cancer Society. said the study was onl)
a prelimiq,~ look at risk factors and was not wide
enoughin scope to draw general conclusions aboul
Lesbians. "The real question is, ’Is the population
large enough and is it similar enough to the entire
population of L~sbia~ women and the entire popuhifion
of heterosexual women?’ " seeBreost, p. 3
Walk for Life 1998
’,VEST COAST & TIJLSA (AP & TFN) Thousands
of l~ophi turned out in the Puget Sound itrca
to raise money to help fight AIDS. Ten3’ M. Stone.
)’ear, he said.
Als0, an estimated 1 A00 people participated in
y~ffs old Colin Cadarette received the Crystul
Apple award, the highest honor the AIDS Project
Eureka Springs
Diversity Weekend
EUREKA SPRINGS Organizers of Eureka
Springs" secoed Dl~ersit) Celebration \Vcekcnd
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Concessions; 3340 S. Peoria
*,Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*Jason’s Ddi, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
832-1269
592-2143
744-0896
599-9512
583-6666
749-4511
585-3134
599-7777
749-1563
744-4280
745-9998
834,4234
585-3405
660-0856
584:1308
*Umbertos Pizzeria, 21st west of Harvard 599-9999
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS,.Digital Cellular 747-1508 ¯
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510 "
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620 ~
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 ¯
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506 "
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 "
Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 712-1122 :
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
*Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale 494-2665 "
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272 "
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313."
Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700 "
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504. 800-742-9468 "
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’ s Gallery, 13 Brady .... 587-2611 "
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556 "
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503 "
*Ross Edward Salon, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379 ¯
*Horal Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595 "
Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. 628-3709 "
*Gloria Jean’ s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21 st 742-1460
Leanne M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning 459-9349 ¯
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, PsyChotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
*Jared’ s .Antiques, 1602 E. 15th 582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 747-5466
Langley Agency & Salon, 1316 E. 36th P1. 749-5533
Laredo Crossing, 1519 E. 15th 585-1555
*Living ArtSpace, 19 E. Brady 585-1234
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd 584-3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 663-5934
*Mohawk ~v~usic, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1 40 1 E.~ 15 583-1090
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo 838-7626
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 747-5932
Richard’ s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921, 747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616 S. Main, #308 582-7748
*Scribner’ s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard 481-0201
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S. Delaware 743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 4337, 74101 579-9593
743-2363
587~7314
583-7815
583-9780
585-1201
&Florence
587-1314
747-6300
749-0595
743-4297
712-151
742-2457
*All Sonls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159
Bless The Lord at All Time~ Christian Center, 2207 E. 6
*B!L!G/T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr.
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston
*Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI.
*Church ofthe RestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood
*Cornmunity of Hope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale
*CommunityUnitm’ian-Universalist Congregation
*Council Oak Men’s Chorale
*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31
918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615, POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159
e-mail: Tulsanews@earthlink. net
website: http:t/users.aol.comITul ~aNews/
Publisher + £ditor: Tom Neal, Writers + contributom: Adam West,
James Christjohn. Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud, Barry
Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche. Lamont Lindstrom, Esther
Rothblum MaD’ Schepers, Member oI The Associated Press
[ssued on or before the 1st of each month, the entire contents ofthis
~u~blication are protected by US copyright 1998 byT~
~ and may not be reproduced either in whole or in part without
written permission from the publisher. Publication of a name or
photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence
is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted,_rgust
.be signed & becomes the sole property of T~
Each reader is entitled to 4 copies of each edition at distribution
points. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
¯ New President
¯ Takes PFLAG Helm
Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & Gay Catholics &
Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475~ 355-3140
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441 ¯
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777 "
*Free Spirit Women’ s Center, callforlocafion&info: 587-4669
¯
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827 ¯
Friends in Unity, Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438 .
*HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-661 ! "
*HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194 ¯
*Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481-1111 ¯
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378
HIV Testing, Mort/Thurs. 7r9pm, daytime by appt. only "
*House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood :
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 ¯
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 "
NAMES Project, 3507 E. Admiral PI. 748-3111 ."
NO\~, Nat 10rg. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 749-4901
*Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105 743-4297
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152
749-4195
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W~SHINGTON, D.C. - Parents, Families
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays this
month named as its new president National
PFLAG Board Member Paul
Beeman. An ordained minister who lives
in Olympia, WA, Beeman is the father of
four, aGay son and Lesbian daughter, and
two non-Gay children. In addition to serving
as a United Methodist pastor for many
years, Beeman also has a strong backgroundinfundraising,
marketing andjournalism.
He has served on PFLAG’ s board
since 1994.
Beeman, who was elected Sept. 12 by
PFLAG’s National Board of Directors,
says he is eagerly looking forward to lead
the group as it presses ahead nationally
and locally in its fight for equal civil
rights. "What a dynamic time this is for
PFLAG," Beeman said. "With two years
to prepare, will the year 2000 be a turning
point for welcoming Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals
and transgendered persons into
full equality in our society? I believeit can
be!"
"PFLAG is all about being able to give
kids back to their parents," Beeman emphasized.
"As with slavery and women’s
rights, barriers to equality will eventually
fall in our communities of faith and in our
whole society. It will happen as we family
members tell the stories of our children
and families and explain their commitment
to stable family relationships," he
said.
Beeman also hailed PFLAG’s tremendous
growth in membership over the last
few years. "Our influence in more than
420 communities across all 50 states is the
result of so many members in countless
rural towns and big cities across the country-
working on the frontlines of change."
Among .his. goals are to assure safe
space foi: all children in school and at
worship and to enhance the education of
¯ the majority of middle Americans who
¯ don’ t yet understand how natural homo-
" sexuality truly is. Beeman will be work-
" ing closely withPFLAG ExecutiveDirec-
] tor Kirsten Kingdrn, who is based in the
¯ group’s national office in Washington,
DC.
Beeman strongly praised his predeces-
¯ sor, Tulsan Nancy McDonald, who dur-
: ing her two-year termrepresentedPFLAG
¯ in Washington, DC, in giving testimony before the U.S. Congress and meeting
¯ with federal officials, as well as criss-
¯" crossing the country to speak out for Les-
¯ bian and Gay loved ones and their fami-
¯ lies.
¯ Members of Parents, Families and
] Friends of Lesbians and Gays voted over-
. whelmingly earlier this month in favor of
¯
a proposal to include Transg.endered
¯ peopleintheorganization’ s mission state-
¯. merit.
The near unanimous vote, which came
¯ during PFLAG’ s Sept. 12 annual meeting
¯ in San Francisco, followed a recommen-
~ dation by the group’s national Board of
: Directors last May to amend the group’ s
¯ bylaws to include Transgendered people
¯ in its mission statement, which covered
~ Lesbians, Gays and Bisexual people.
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At a 45-minute news conference, Colorado for Family
Values, Concerned Women for America, the Christian
Coalition of Colorado, Where Grace Abounds~ Family
First and the American Jewish Assembly all roundly
condemned the commission’ s report and suggested there
were other motives involved.
Chuck Gosnell of the Christian Coalition said "overwhdming
evidence" proves "a loving, committed marriage
between one man and one woman is the most
beneficial toward raising children and encouraging a
healthy society." "Romer," he said, ,’has used a taxpayerfunded
commission in an attempt to force affirmation of
his personally skewed vision of marriage and the family.
The governor’s already tarnished legacy will only be
damagedfurther ifhe continues to imposehis anti-family
values on mainstream Coloradans."
A statement by Nancy Sutton of Family First said there
is no basis for the claim "committed relationships" are
beneficial to society. ’q~here is no basis for much of what
the commission found." Colorado for Family Values
spokesman Dr. Paul A. Jessen said "without evidence or
support, the claim is made same-sex couples have been
unfairly denied the samerights as normal married couples,
and this denial calls for a redress of inequity, but will not
diminish the rights and benefits enjoyed by married
persons." "Parallel fights and responsibilities," he said,
"is a disguise for homosexual marriage."
ButSueAnderson, executivedirector ofEquality Colorado,
and a member of Romer’ s commi ssion, listened to
the complaints of the groups and said she wasn’t surprised
at their attack. "We’re here," she said ofherself and
other Lesbians, "We’re living our li~,.e.s. We’re trying to
protect our relationships. We’re trying to protect our
families." "We’re looking for basic economic rights. SO
what happens to me if my partner dies? Do I have access
to her pension? No. Do I have access to her health
insurance, likemy colleagues and their wives have? No."
"What we are looking for is something to protect ourselves
when something bad happens,"
She said she was not surprised at their remarks.because
she had heard their position againsthomosexuality often.
"I didn’ t wake up in the morning, put on a lavender shirt
and say: ’I’mgoing to be a Lesbian today.’ That’ s just not
how it works."
While the groups said flatly they had not been asked to
participate in the commission’s studies, Anderson said
she understood a variety ofpeoplefromColorado Springs
were invited, "and everybody said no." But the commission
did go to Colorado Springs and met with conservative
groups, and the commission did do public forums,
whichtheGay community attended, she said. "They were
included as much as anybody else," she said. "I don’t
agree with them and their basic premise. Am I angry?
No."
The report by Romer’s commission recommended
granting same-sex couples the same legal rights and
benefits as married heterosexual couples, but stops short
of endorsing same-sex marriages. Romer made it clear in
response to two bills banning same-sex marriage, he had
established his own position: that marriage in Colorado
should be reserved for the union of a man and a woman.
"That is current law, and it should remain a law," he said.
He wants communities to address the legal and ethical
issues posed by same-sex relationships, he said. "But
there should be no conclusion as to what the end result is."
The 16-member comrmssion was charged with comparing
the legal and economic rights, responsibilities and
benefits of same-sex couples and married couples: The
commission was at that time criticized by people on both
sides of the issue. Some critics say there were no conservative
members who are unalterably opposed to samesex
marriages. Several were invited to serve on the panel,
Romer said, but they declined to serve.
In his 4 years of participating, Colin has raised nearly
$47000. The boy stole the show from luminaries like
Madonna, actor Nathan Lane and a gaggle of politicians.
During the ceremony, Madonna criticized spending millions
of dollars to investigate President Clinton, saying
the money could be better spent on research.
whenColin took the podium, hejust said~"Hi." "It was
so cute. He was very shy," see Walk, p. 10
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher
A week or so ago, I received a call from a reader, telling
me about how she’ d had a very negative experience with
a Hillcrest associated physician. As a part of the discussion
about her treatment, she shared with the
physician and staff that she is Lesbian. Indeed
for a number of medical conditions,
not just the issue of HIV, sexual orientation
can be relevant (see The Associated Press
story about Lesbians and breast cancer on
page 1). The physician.and staff’ s response
was to ask her if she wanted to be prayed for.
And as a person of faith, she said yes -
assuming that the prayers would be for
good health. Instead she found the doctor
and staff praying for her "release from homosexuality"
where all she wanted was release
from a minor infection.
Last year, two acquaintances wound up at
St. John Emergency Room after one took a
duding claims that the highest level ofmanagement have
Perhaps, Lesbians
and Gay men will
have to create our
own institutions to
meet our needs.
Thls is what we
did all over thls
country in
response to the
HIV/AIDS erlsls.
fairly serious fall with a blow to his head. Although this
couple has been together for a number of years, even
raising children, St. John staff refused to recognize the
relationship, denying the very worded partner any informarion
about his spouse’s condition and also denying
access that would have been routinely provided to a
heterosexual couple. This went on until emergency room
staff had a shift change and a nurse, a Gay man, whom
they knew, came on duty and corrected the situation.
Back during the GulfWar and the debate about Gays in
the military, my father, now a retired physician, heard a
few of his St. Francis colleagues say that they,i e we Gay
and Lesbian folk, should all .just be killed. This from
professionals allegedly devoted to the health and well
being of humankind.
¯ Granted these are anecdotes, possibly only isolated
incidents. But they suggest a fai_lure ofTulsa’ s health care
¯
delivery system to deal seriously with providing Lesbian
¯ and Gay citizens with fair, adequate and sensitive medi-
¯" cal care. Not one ofTulsa’s majormedical institutions haS
: adop/ed a non-discrimination policy which would indi-
¯ cate both to patients and to providers that discrimination
¯ based on sexual orientation will not be tolerated.
Now in their defense, St. John officials responded with
¯ speed and concern when they became aware of the
¯ discriminatory treatment which the two men mentioned
: above experienced. Those officials have stated that they
¯ will not tolerate this behavior and also, have reached ot[t ¯
to Tulsa’ s Lesbian, Gay and Bi communities by advertis-
¯ ing in this newspaper.
¯ In contrast, St. Francis, Hillcrest, and Tulsa Regional/
: Doctors (the various ColumbiaJHCA ownedinstitutions)
¯ have done nothing to addregs possible bias in their insti-
~ tutions or to manifest any commitment to serving the
¯ needs of Gay and Lesbian Tulsans
¯ Hillcrest in particular continues to have allegations of
anti-Gay employment practices brought against it, in-
The Polo Grill ¯
by Tom Neal, publisher
¯ Local publicity guru, Tracey Norvell, of Arts Society,
¯ along with The Polo Grill owners, Ouida and Robert
¯ Merrifield, definitely have the right notion about getting ¯
the attention of members of the press wine them and
¯
dine them - quite literally. The already award winning
~ restaurant has two new distinctions, awards from The
¯ Wine Spectator and the Unipro Cully Award. ¯
At a recent lunch, Tulsa media types sampled five
¯ courses of exquisitely fresh and well prepared food and
~ three California white wines, and a lovely Merlot. The
¯ stars of the lunch were fresh North American rainforest ¯
salmon and a very low fat cut of Piedmontese beef filet
¯ grown near Tulsa (though the point of alow-fat cut when
¯" it’s served with a fat-rich bernaise sauce eludes me, or
¯ maybe that is the point, so that you can have the bemaise).
." Service was gracious and attentive, from several of
: Tulsa’s best-looking and delightfully everrso-gay staff.
¯ The Polo Grill is, of course, not cheap but unlike many ¯
wanna-be restaurants in this town, is worth it when the
¯
restaurant lives up to this high standard it’ s set.
: Check it out whenever your budget permits.
¯
openly expressed bias against Lesbians and Gay men. If
¯ these allegations are true, then certainly I, as a health care ¯
consumer, would have questions about the safety and
quality of my health care at Hillcrest.
And a related issue is that of finding a
Lesbian or Gay, or Gay-friendly physician.
You can call the physician referral lines and
find, if you want, a Black physician or a
"Christian" physician but if you ask for a
Gay or Gay-friendly physician, you’ re just
out of luck.
Now if you have lived here for a while and
start to network in the community a bit,
eventually you’ll find that there’ s a Lesbian
gynecologist, a Lesbian general practioner.
a number of Gay physicians from Owasso
to south Tulsa as well as the better known
doctors who’ve specialized in HIV/AIDS
care like Drs. Beal and Peake. But most of
these physicians are closeted, fearing repercussions to
their practices.
Indeed I’ ve only, just found out aboutmore two dentists,
one Lesbian, the other Gay and it’ s my job as newspaper
publisher to know who’ s who in the community even if I
don’t write about them. Contrast this with Dallas, certainly
a conservative place in many respects but whose
community newspaper is filled with choices for health
care providers.
Perhaps, Lesbians and Gay men will have to create our
own institutions to meet our needs. This is what we did all
over this country in response to the HIV/AIDS crisi s. The
Los Angeles Community Center has begun its own clinic
in recogmt~on of the community’s needs.
Last spring Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights"
(TOHR) HIV anti-body testing clinic (HOPE) split off
under the direction of clinic director, Kristi Frisbie.
However, a few members of thatTOHRboard suggested
that the clinic should broaden its health care services for
Lesbians.and G0y-men, remaining true to its origins as a
Gay & Lesbian organization, instead of trying to become
a broader based HIV prevention orgmfization..After all,
while Tulsa has a number of other prevention groups
addressing non-Oay aspects ot ~]\’~IA]~)~, there is no
one looking at non-HIV related Gay & Lesbian health
care, other than perhaps Drs. Peake & Beal.
Even now that HOPEis independent, there is no reason
that TOHRand The Pride Center could not be the site of
a free clinic, perhaps monthly, where Tulsa’ s Lesbian and
Gay physicians could volunteer to do basic examinations
and consultations. Obviously anything requiring specialized
equipment or testing would have to be referred to the
physicians regular office, and some kind of legal waivers
would be needed as well to protect the physicians and the
Center. Maybe one or another ofourGay lawyers rtmning
around could help there? What do you tlfink? Do any of
you care? Let us know via e-mail, post, tdephone or tax.
Ms. Calle asked. "All women should be concerned about
breast cancer and getting age-appropriate breast cancer
screening," she added.
Still, researchers said the study shows a need for more
research that compares Lesbian women to heterosexuals
of various ages, economic and geographic groups. The
study was conducted by the clinic’s medical director,
Stephanie Roberts, and Suzanne Dibble, an associate
professor at the University of Califomia at San Francisco.
"It’s still too early for us to develop specific
mammography guidelines for Lesbians, but our study
shows the importance of encouraging Lesbians to seek
medical care on a regular basis," Roberts said. Roberts
and Di’bble found no significant differrnces between the
two groups on risk factors such as family history of breast
cancer or alcohol use. Nearly all of.the women surveyed
for the study were low-income and lacked health insurance.
Of the 1,019 women studied, 57.6 percent identified
themselves as heterosexual and 42.4 percent as
homosexual.
"For far too long Lesbians have had more questions
about than answers about their health," said Kathy Oriel,
president of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association,
whose group funded the study.
California Politician to-
Try to Ban Gay Marriages "
NORWALK, Calif. (AP) - A group that wants to .
keep Cnlifornia from recognizing Gay marriages "
collected 675,000 signatures to place the measure on ¯
the state ballot - more than enough signatures to
qualify the Defense of Marriage Act for a future "
election, Sen. Peter Knight announced. "
The measure is designed "to protect our definition
of marriage from being undermined by liberal judges ¯
from other states," Knight said. "Given the push for "
"same-sex’ marriage across the nation, Califorma
must prepare by making it clear we only recognize
iraditional marriage." Courts in Hawaii,Vermont and "
Alaska are considering rulings that "could legalize
same-sex marriage.
Knight was on hand as volunteers hauled boxes ¯
containing 144,000 Signatures collectedinLos Ange- "
les County into the office of the county registrar of
voters here. Signatures gathered elsewhere w,,ere submitted
to registrar offices in other counties all over
the state," said Matthew Cnnningham, a member of
the Orange County-based Californians for the Defense
of Marriage.
The initiative states: "Only marriage between a
man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
Twenty-six states have passed similar laws and
five are considering such laws. Alaska voters will
consider an initiative on the November ballot that
wouldamend the state constitution to define marriage
as being "between one man and one woman."
Knight, R-Palmdale, introduced bills in 1996 and
1997 in the Legislature to bar recOgnition of Gay
marriages. Both times the legislation was defeated.
He will face a fierce fight this time, critics vowed. "If
that measure is qualified, we’ll beat it back as we have
every time," Assemblywoman Carole Migden, DSan
Francisco, said last week. "It is gratuitous and
polarizing and unnecessary," she said. "The community
will beat it back at the polls."
The measure cannot make the upcoming November
election. It will take several weeks for the secretary
of state’ s office to determine whether supporters
gathered the necessary 433,269 valid signatures of
registered voters. The .measure could qualify" in time
for the March 2000 state primary or for any earlier
statewide special election next year, said AndS" Pugno,
a Knight spokesman.
Assembly Speaker Pro Tern Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa
Monica, who helped lead legislative efforts to defeat
Knight’s anti-Gay mamage bills, said sh’e thinks the
initiative can be defeated again in California. "They
better be prepared for a fight," she said. But she
added: "I think that it is a very difficult thing for a
community tO be forced to prove its own humanity
over and over and over."
only states to do so.
Adoption decisions in Indiana are based on what is
best for the child, and the sexual orientation of prospective
parents isn’ t considered, said Andrew Stoner,
spokesman for the state Family and Social Services
Administration, which regulates adoption and.f.oster
care. The Madison County case is not necessarily the
first in Indiana in which Gays or Lesbians have been
considered as adoptive parents, Stoner said. "It’s
likely it has occurred, although it’ s not something that
people always disclose and there’s no requirement
that they do so.’"
The case has sparked sharp reactions from those on
both sides of the issue. The child’s foster parents,
Butch and Sandy Kimmerling of Anderson, have said
they will seek to adopt the child because they say it
would be destructive to have her raised in a homosexual
environment. U.S. Rep. David Mclntosh, RInd.,
called the adoption proposal "egregious and
¯ morally unacceptable" and urged Gov. Frank
¯ O’B~on to support any propos.ed.legislation bar-
¯ fing homosexuals from adopting children. Opponents say Burton and Lutz’ proposed bill is an
¯ unconstitutional and unnecessary infringement on
¯ the privacy of the adoption process that will deprive
: children of needed homes. "It’ s a completely unnec-
¯ essarv law. More than 25 years of research has dem-
¯ onstr~ted that a person’s Sexual orientation makes ¯
absolutely n,o, difference in his or her ability to be a
good parent, said John Knfll, executive director of
¯ the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. "A lot of children
¯ who need homes are going to be left in foster care."
" ,nti-Gay Attacks Up 81%
NEW YORK (AP) - Anti-Gay attacks citywide are
up 81% this year, and a spate of 27 such attacks since
late August has a civil rights for Gay people group
demanding increased police presence in areas where
the assaults have been prevalent. As of Sept. 13 - the
latest figures provided by the pol.ice department -
there have been 76 anti-Gay attacks citywide, com-
. ,ared with 42 attacks last year during the same time
period. However, overall bias attacks citywide are
down3.4%. There were368bias attacks as of Sept 13,
compared with 38 t last year. Bias crimes are slurs or
attacks that include an element of race, religion,
stxual preference or gender.
Christine Quinn; executive director of the New
York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project,
said the Police Department’s bias unit was doing an
dmirable job responding to the crimes, but more
¯ ~olice presence still was needed, especially in the
Greenwich Village area, where most of the attacks
have occurred. Since Aug. 25, there have been 27
such attacks citywide, she added. "The attacks, harassment
and threats against our community have
continued in full force since Labor Day weekend,"
Ms. Quirm Said. "Almost every day a New Yorker is
the victim of violence because he or she is perceived
to be Gay.’"
Police Commissioner Howard Safir said the department
is aware of the increase in anti-Gay attacks
and has dispatched additional officers to the Village.
Buthe saidhe does not think the attacks are prevalent.
"We don’t see an epidemic throughout the city," he
said.
The Gay and Lesbian anti-violence group is planning
a community demonstration Oct. 3 to condemn
the attacks and teach people how to better protect
themselves;
Indiana May Ban
Adoption by Gays
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The proposed adoption of
an 8-year-old gift by a Gay couple has sparked a
campaign to bar Gays and Lesbians from becoming
adoptive or foster parents in Indiana.
Word that the Madison County Office ofChildren
and Family Services was considering letting an Indianapolis
couple adopt the girl prompted two lawmakersto
announce Friday they wonld sponsor a bill
making Indiana the third state toban such adoptions.
Opponents called the proposed ban unconstitutional
and unnecessary.
"Their lifestyle is their business, but when they
start using government to promote their lifestyle, It
ta.me.to s.tep I.n, Rep. Woody Burton, R-Greenwood,
said Monday. Burton said he and Rep. Jack Lutz, RAnderson,
proposed the ban to protect children from
the abuse and discriminationmany homosexuals suf:
~er "’What’ s ~oin~ to happen to those kids when they
o ~o school a~nd tl~e othe]: kids at school find out about
~t?" Burton asked. "It actually invites discrimination
against those kids.’"
Burton and Lutz say they plan to introduce legislation
in next year’s General Assembly session. If it
passes, Indiana would become the third state to bar
homosexuals from adopting Children or being foster
parents. FloridaandNew Hampshireare currently the
Controversial Play
Draws Protesters
NEW" YORK (AP) - Theatergoers flocked to the
¯ debut performance of an off-Broadway play, ignor-
¯ ing angry protesters who believe it depicts a Gay
: Christlike figure who has sex with his apostles. As
~ patrons passed through a metal detector to see the
¯ Terrence McNally play "Corpus Christi," about 100
¯ protesters held a prayer vigil across the street, led by
". members of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
¯. Police said one protester was arrested Tuesday night
¯ for disorderly conduct.
¯ "We are inviting people to get. up a~d 1~eTa,ve.w,h~en ¯ blasphemies are enunciated in the play, sam me
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praying for the conversion of people attending the
play."
Theatergoer John Friedman, 34, of Greenwich, Comi.,
saidhe understood why the show is controversial. "It
may not be for everybody, but I thought it really brought
out the transcendental nature of Jesus," he said after the
preview performance. "It emphasized that he was an
outcast."
While theater officials and patrons were tightlipped
about the content of"Corpus Christi," published reports
have said the play depicts a Gay Christlike character
who has sex with his apostles. A brochure released
earlier this year described the play this way: "From
modem day Corpus Christi, Texas, to ancient Jerusalem,
we follow a young Gay man named Joshua on his
spiritual journey, and get to know the 12 disciples who
choose to follow him.’"
In May, the Manhattan Theater Club canceled plans
to produce the off-Broadway play after receiving anonymous
death threats against its actors, audience and
McNally, a multiple Tony Award-winner. Days later,
theater executives reversed their decision, saying police
promised to ensure safety if the play was staged. The
official opening is scheduled for Oct. 13; Tuesday was
the first night of previews, in which a play is generally
fine-tuned before its official opening. No tickets were
provided to reviewers, The New York Times reported.
A statement from the theater Tuesday’ reaffirmed its
support of"McNally’ s right to express his artistic vision
freely" as well as the right of protesters to object "in a
peaceful and law-abiding manner." Most theatergoers
were not dissuaded by the commotion. "It’s all about
free speech," said Candace Simon of Newark, N.J.
"They have the right to protest. The theater has aright
to stage it. I have the right to see it.’"
Churches Re|ect
Pro-Gay Pastors
OMAttA, Neb. (AP) - Two rural United Methodist
churches are telling denomination leaders that they will
not accept appointments ofpastors who snpported former
Omaha Rev. Jimmy Creech in his decision to perform a
Lesbian marriage. The Nehawka and \Veeping Water
United Methodist churches told Omaha District Superintendent
Ronald Croom that they will not accept the
Rev. Doyle Burbank-Williatns as their new pastor.
Burbank-Williams was an early supporter of Creech.
who created a furor when he performed a same-sex
marriage at his Omaha church last September.
Burbank-Williams was pastor of Dietz .\Iemorial
United Methodist Church and of homeless people in
downtown Omaha. He also was one of about 200
pastors nationally who pledged to. defy the United
Methodists" prohibition against same-sex mamages.
Weeping Water church officer Farley Amick said the
rural churches want a conservative pastor.
Burbank-Williams said he would keep Iris name on
the pledge list but would not perform a covenaut ceremony
in churches that are on record as opposed to such
ceremomes. Amick said that was not good enough. He
said the churches do not want a pastor who believes that
same-sex mamages are OK. He said it is a bad influence
for young people.
Meanwhile, a second pastor in Omaha has presided
over a satne-sex mm-riage The Rev. Nancy Brink said
it was the first she had performed at the North Side
Christian Church in Chnaha. The church is affiliated
with Disciples of Christ. which does not have prohibitions
against covenant ceremomes. Brink noted the
ceremony was given near unmnmous approval last
spring bf the church’s board of elders. But the event has
caused dissensmn within the 300-member congregation.
Brink declined to say how man~ members had left
the church over the issue~ Brink said covenant ceremonies
are in line ~vith Christ’s admonition to love one’s
neighbor as oneself.
Utah Group is Anti-Gay
But Suppo.rts Polygamy
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - \~qfile Gov. Mike Leavitt
has changed his tune regarding polygamy, Eagle Forum
President Gayle Ruzicka still sings the original notes.
The conservative Utah Eagle Forum has campaigned
against civil rights for Gay people, which
Ruzicka says is a question of morality, but she says
men who live with several women in polygamy
"may find support in the Bible.
"For polygamous folks - it is a religious belief
and at least through their religious ceremomes they
think they are married before God," Ruzicka said.
"Homosexuality is not part of somebody’s religion."
Ruzicka said she would urge Utah polygamists
to lobby to change the state’s constitutional
provision outlawing polygamy. "Polygamy has
been blown totally out of proportion," she said.
"These people out there living polygamous lives
are not bothering anybody."
In July, Leavitt acknowledged his polygmnist
ancestors and said he knew many polygamists and
"for themost part, they were hardworking and good
people." While the pracace is baamed by the state
constitution, Leavitt first said there were religious
freedom questions that could prevent prosecuuon
of the tens of thousands of practicing polygmnists
believed living in Utah. Within four weeks, his
position had changed to: "I believe polygamy is
against the law, and it should be." Polygamy has
come under renewed scrutiny due to reports of
child abuse, incest and welfare fraud within some
polygamist groups.
Some legislators may address the issue in the
1999 legislative session. "The next legislative session
will bring a healthy discussion about polygamy
that Utah needs," says Rep. Sheryl L.
Allen, R-Bountiful. "This has been postponed for
too long. It is past due."
Gay Family Struggles
for Acceptance
WATERTOkVN, Minn. (.-\P) - In this insular \ll
lage of 2,400. where bird feeders and American
flags h~g on front ~rches and cl~ldreu ride their
.bikes to,tl~e O~fl) grocery store ~ound, XV atcrto~ n
is grappling with the most di~ isive question
encountered in ve~s: How to) deM wi t!~ opeul
p~ents? Aboui 100 residents attended a
two-ho~ town meeting Sept. 10 at Waterto~
Nement~ School to discnss the issne. Or~mn zer~
stud they ~’anted to create awareness of violence
and hate crones and to invite di~dogne about
and ~sbi~s. ~ae meeting ~ne mnidst ~dlc~ations
that for the p~t two ye~s Robert Protomastcr.
35; Ns p~tner, Brian C~Isou, 35: and their three
teen-age sous have been the t~gets of verb~d and
physicM h~assment because Protomaster and
C~lson ~e Gay.
~e clmms ~e disturbing: Epithets hurled at the
fanfil~, as they drove tl~ough to~vn. Statues m their
front v~d smashed at mght. Homophobic notes
stuck haside their front door. And, most troubling,
stud the fanfilv, repeated h~sment of the boys
wNle they attended Watertown Middle School in
1996 and 1~7. ~ev stud that they repeatedl3
were cMled "’queei" and "’faggot" and that other
students refused to sit b~ them be~ansc they lc~ged
that "’they .. would become Gay,’" said "lqmoth~.
13. "’So f~r a long time no one ~votdd come ne;g us.’"
Michael. 14, stud he was held down b~ studcnts
~vNle one wrote "’faggot" ou lfis :ran. S~hool offitins
did little to stop the harassment, the fiunil~
says.
~e school district issued a statement on the da~
of the town zneeting saying that the district "has a
record of responding appropriately to comphunts
of h~sment." The Watertown mayor’s office
and C~ver County officiMs issned statements the
day before the meeting saying that Watertown
stands agmnst Violent, hate crones and harassment
of ~v kind.
The bow - Jo~, ~vho"s 16. Michael and "l’imo~
thv - spent most of their [iveg in and out of foster
hdmes before Protom~ter mad C~Mson adopted
them about 3 years ago. Although the boys no
longer attend s~hool in Watertown School Distnct.
their p~ents filed a discfinfinatiou complmnt last
ye~ agmnst ~e dis~ct w~th the state lluman
~ghts Dep~tlnent. The case is no~v on appeM.
More HIV Drugs,-
More Errors
..\I.BAN’f. N.Y (AP) - Two ’,ears ago,
o~fl\ a few drugs were availatJle to treat
tti’{’. Now. 14 types of ~nedicatton ,°re
used to treat the disease. And while the
chmaces for survi,,al have increased, so
have the chances for error in the prescribing
of these drugs, hi fact, mistakes in
prescriptions wntten for people with HIV
arc much more counnon than for other
hospital patients, according to a recent
two ‘.ear study. Fortunately, most of the
time the wrongly prescribed medicines
aren’t actuMly given to the patients. They
usu-all,. oaflv make it tothe pharmacist’s
desk. said l)r. Bonnie Purdy, the stud\"s
author ,’rod AI ban’~ *ledical Center cli~lical
phmanacist.
"Without may doubt, there ,are physicians
who don’t’understm]d therapies ~orrectlv.’"
said Paul Volberding, director of
S~m i:rancisco Geueral’s AIDS program.
And because HIV patients can become
resxst,’mt if not treated correctly the first
time. he added. "There’s not very much
margin for error.’" Johi] Bartlett. ~:hief of
itffectious disease and AIDS ser‘.tce at
Jolms ttopkins .Medical Center. said the
stud} findings show a needfor more HIV
specialists. Other studies have suggested
that 3% of Ml prescriptlous written b’,
physicim]s coutai n an error, Purd’, said.
f~ors m ItIV prescnptions rose from
about 2c} iu 1~)6 to 14% this ",ear. Rapid
chmtges in treatments are conhtsi,ng doctors..
Some doctors have even written potentiall
y deadl y formulas for medical care
at the .-\Ibm]} hospital over the last two
vein’s, the report said
()he lily specMist, whose practice was
not studied for the report, admits that the
increase in treatmcuts has been tough to
follo\~. "’it .~ccm> cvcrx three or four
months a ne~ drag is rel~.ased. The drugs
have unforeseen side effects." said Dr.
l)avid l !ermm]. of the \Vhitne‘. .X i. Young
!tcalth (’cater. The :\lb,’m,. c’linic ser,.-es
1 it} lilY patients. Additiouallv. "’patients
mc living longer, mM as the‘. live longer
the} require more ,’rod ntore complicated
drug rcgmmns said I)r. Douglas Fish.
acting director of the lilY medicine divistun
at .-\tbmav Medic,’d College.
Purdx said :730 of the prescription errors
were "’serious" or "’se,.ere. meamng
they could bc fatal or increase resistance
IO dlllgs.-The most connTlon error was
either prescribing doses that were either
too high or too lmv. Most of the mistakes
were made by people who weren’t HI\-
svccialists, the report said. Herman warned
that the nuntber of errors may be higher in
hospit~fls where interus and students can
~vnte prescriptions. The rates of error have
decreased at :\lbany Medical since Purd,.
revealed the results of the stud,, With the
hospital staff., she said. "’We ~]ow pauents
li,.e longer with these regimens,"
third,. stud. "’But if we don’t prescribe
thcm’correctlv, we ha,an the patient."
FDA Approves
New Treatment
W.\SHINGTON (AP) - AIDS patients
got an easier-to-swallow drug as the Food
and l)rug Administration approved a new
once-a-day medicine that offers the first
good alternative foF patients who cannot
take today’s best AIDS treatment.
l)uPout Pharmaceuticals" Sustiva appears
to be about as effective as protease
nfllibitors, the landmark medicines that
have helped thousands of HIV patients
rebound from their disease, tile FDA said.
Ahd because it’s taken only. once daily,
Susti,.’a conld significantl‘.’ cut the number
of pills AIDS patients’now swallow.
:’It really gives soane flexibilit,. ~md some
new options for patients," said Dr. Heidi
Jolson. FDA’s antiviral chief.
But the FDA warned that patients
shouldn’t race to switch to Snsti,.a if
they’re doing well on other AIDS medic,ations.
The HIV virus relentlessl,. mutates
to overcoane drug treaunent, metaling
patients must take a drug until it qmts
working- not switching on the spur of the
~noment - so file’, don’t exhaust their
options too quickl}:, stressed AIDS expert
Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Iustitutes
of ttealth. But for newly diagnosed
patients, or those whose current cocktail
of AIDS medicines is failing or causmg
too many side effects. Susti,.’a offers a
good option, he said.
In a sixqnonth stud’, of 450 patients
taking the standard drugs AZT mid 3TC
plus either Susti,.a or the most popular
protease inllibitor, Crixivan, both theraptes
were equally effecti,.e. The FDA
approved Susti,.-a. kalown chemically as
efa,.irenz, for both adults and children]. It
is to be taken with a protease inhibitor
and or older AIDS medicines.
The Sustiva portion of that cocktail will
cost almost $4,000 a ‘.ear. DuPont says
the price is.midrange f6r AIDS drugs, ai~d
that Sustiva therapy could sa,.’e up to S500
avear over Crixivan cocktails. DuPont
al~o promised a treatment assistm]ce program
for poor patients, but would not
reveal details. But some AIDS activists
attacked the price; the group Act Up wrote
DuPout this week threatening protests to
"’reveal your greed." Sustiva "addresses
some imporumtissues in the lives of people
with HIV. including the complexity of
taking a large number of drugs," said
D,’ufiel Zingale of AIDS° Action. "But I
.don’t think the company went far enough
m fair pacing... The‘. could pfi.ce this
lower mid still make a ~rofit.’"
T,.pical HI\ pauents s~,. allow some 20
pih~ throughout the day to combat the
virus, timed carefully to take some with
meals and some without. The,, may also
take additional medicines to pre,.ent HIVcansed
refections. Missing e,.eu a few
,’mtiviral pills, however, allows the HIV to
mutate and become more difficult to treat
Sustiva is taken just once a day, in three
capsules, whenever it’s convenient.
DuPonl also is de,.eloping a formulation
that will require only a single tablet a day.
Easing patients" "pill burden" ma,. be
Sustiva’s main" ad,.’ance. With it, some
patients may get by onjust five pills a day.
"I have some patients who absolutely will
only take medicine twice a day," said Dr.
Do~aald P0retz of Virginia’ s Inova Fairfax
Hospital. ’This is a race addition."
Half of Susti,.’a pattents suffer dizziness,
insomnia, impaired concentrauon,
abnormal dreams and drowsiness. Therefore,
patients should consider taking
Sustiva at bedtime, the FDA said, and
definitely avoid driving or operating machinery
if they suffer the side effects.
TheSe are milder side effects than many
AIDS drugs cause, and unlike other drugs
they usually disappear over time, theFDA
said.
But FDA’s Jolson cautioned that Sustiva
can also cause some severe side effects,
and that it has been studied for only six
months. Longer use of AIDS drugs typically
turns up more problems. Sustiva’s
cautions include:
- Some patients - usually those with a
histoU of substance abuse or mental illness
- suffer severe depression or delu-
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- 40% of children and some adults
suffer skin rashes, occasionally severe.
Womenmust use effecnve contraception
because animal studies suggest
Susfiva causes severe birth defects. The
FDA ordered DuPont to track accidental
pregnancies to determine the true risk.
In a separate development Friday,
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would pave the way for easier Cfixivan
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of the government-approved three
daily doses proved far less effective.
Insurance for
Working PLWA’s?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Unemployed
people living with HIV want to work but
fear they’ll lose .their health insurance if
they become employed, according to a
new study. "Discrimination is still very
much an issue for those Seeking employment,"
said Dr. Ronald Brooks, a researcherfrom
Los Angeles County Harbor-
UCLA Medical Center. Brooks and
Dr. ,David Martin of AIDS Project Los
-Angeles conducted the study, which they
said was the first one to analyze employ:
ment issues for LOs Angeles residents
living with HIV and AIDS.
In July and August, the doctors surveyed
5,685 people with HIV or AIDS
who were case-managed by LOs Angelesarea
AIDS service organizations. An estimated
13,000 people in LOs Angeles
County are infected with HIV, Brooks
said. The survey released in September
found about 37% of respondents were
working. More than half of them had fulltime
.jobs. Some of the 67% of those
unemployed said they were disabled. The
majority said they were thimkmg about
retumilig to work ~o increase their tncoxne
and feel useful to society.
, Mayor Richard Riorcl~m vowed to encourage
health insurers to cover all employees,
including those with AIDS. Their
medications alone can cost S12.000 to
S16,000 a )’ear. The law states no HIVinfected
person may be deified employment
because of the disease. But m,’my
sufferers are afraid they will lose their
current health insurance~including Medi-
Cal, and will not obtain adequate insurance
from a new employer, said Los Angeles
City AIDS Coordinator Ferd Eggan.
",’AIDS remains a highly stigmatized disease,"
Eggan said.
Jusfina Thompson, an HI\’-infected
Venice resident, blames her honesty for
her inability to find work. "’If you’re infected
and ):ou tetl people you’r~ infected,
they won’t ~ve you a job," said Thompson,
who now works with Women Alive,
a drop-in center in Los Angeles for women
with HIV or AIDS.
Craig Thompson, executive director of
AIDS Project Los Angeles, said retunfing
HIV-i~ffected people to the workplace
actually would have a positive effect on
society. If employed, they would pay into
social security and pay taxes which are
lost when th@ are uot working, he said.
"It’s actually revenue-positive for the taxpayers
in the long rim,’" Thompson said.
Monkeys and the
Origin of HIV
COVINGTON, La. (AP) - Preston Marx
is still gettiug settled, and it shows. Books
are heaped in stacks, and boxes of all sizes
- some unpacked, manynot - crowd the
floors of his office at Tulane University’s
primate center. Despite the helter-skel ter
appearance of his office, the center’s new
headofAIDS researchknew exactly where
to look for what he wanted. From a pile of
plaques and framed photographs, Marx,
54, pulled out a picture that, perhaps more
than anything else, sums up the nature of
his work. The photograph, which he shot
nearly a decade ago in Liberia, shows a
brightly clad girl 9-year-old girl and her
pet monkey, a sooty mangabey, clutching
each other as tightly as possible. The
monkey’s forepaws and prehensile toes
are wrapped tightly around the girls’ left
arm.
Sunny at first blush, the picture has a
sinister side: It symbolizes the easy passage
between monkeys and humans of a
.simple vires that has developed into the
microorganism that causes AIDS, said
Marx, a New Orleans native who was at
the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center
in New York before coming this summer
to the primate center in rural St.
Tammany Parish. ":My work has shown
that the viruses carried by these monkeys
are closely related to the viruses earned
by people in the local villages," he said.
Marx, whosucceeded Michael Murphy-
Corb at Tulane, also has studied the way
AIDS infection develops, and he has con’-
ducted vaccine research. He will continue
in both fields at the primate center and at
the Diamond center, which shares him
with Tulane. In return for letting Marx
move south, Diamond gained access to
what is, with 4,500 monkeys, the country’s
biggest primate center. The two institutions
plan to co_ltaborate on .-kIDS research.
"I’m not onlyOK with that; I think
it’s a tremendous opportunity,’" said Peter
Gerone, director of the Tulane Regional
Primate Research Center. "’Talk about
sometlfing being mutually beneficial." As
part of the agreement, Marx received a
professorship of tropical mediciue - and
the enthusiastic welcome from Dr. Paul
\Vhelton, dem~ ofTulane’s S cbooi of Public
Health and Tropical Medicine "’He
has provided fltndamental underpinmng
of the sinuan innnunodeficiencv virus
and the origin of AIDS.’" said \\~elton.
For Marx, named the primate center’s
senior scientist, flats is his first priority: to
trace the history of the iucurabte illness by
detennimng the origin of the virus that
causes ~t "%’obodv else is doing that,"
Ronald Desrosier,~. imcrobiologist and
molecular geneticist at Harvard Medical
School and Harvard’s New Fmgland Primate
Center. "’I tlm~k he ki~ows mo~tkevs
and monkey natural history very we~l.
This is a niche where he can contribute
and he tries to make the most of it ""
The work, wlfich Marx conducts in the
United States and Africa, may lead to a
vaccine and better ways to fight.AIDS,
said Dr. Andrew Lach~er, a pathologist at
Harvard Medical Center and ~ts pinnate
center, "-[’he tnore you le,’~t about these
viruses. . will provide very significant
clues to what’s different in sooty
mangabeys, where the virus can be
haudled, and humans, and humans, where
it’s not," Lackner said. Which leads back
to Marx’s photograph of the ~fl and her
pet, and the potential for monkey viruses
to leap the species barrier. In villages like
the ~fl’s, monkeys bite people and people
hm~t and eat monkeys. And angry farmers
have clubbed to d~th sooty mangabeys
that devoured their crops, said Dr. Beatrice
Hahn of the University of Alabama at
Birminghana.
Through such incidents, the simian
nmnunodefiency virus, "known as SIV,
regularly invades human bloodstreams,
said Marx, who has worked in :\frica
since 1987. Under normal circumsumccs,
he has found a huntan can elinmmtc il
wi~n 12 weeks. The mo~ev vm~s. Much
has been in Africa more than 100,000
ye~s, c~~nutate in ml attenlpt to survi vc,
but he s~d, the body’s defenses gencrall3
work f~ter. HIV, an offshoot of thc
IN vires, is relatively nee in human~
M~x stud, dating b£ck to about 1950
"~at t~t me~s, in a sense, is thal
there’s a mo~ey out ~ere that donated
vires to people," Marx stud. ’The question
becomes, "X~at’s the mechmfism ’
.. Some~ng ~p~ned in 1950 that caused
tNs vires to st~t crossing over. I kmm
what it is, but I ~n’t prove it.’" ttis hunch:
widespread use of hypodenmc ucedlcs.
wNch beg~ about the s~e ti~nc injectable
~gs ~c~e available to fight dise~
es such as tonga. In countries that
~’t ~forda new needle for each pattern.
ne~les ~e often reused, picNng up Inicr~
rg~sms ~ong the way.
A ~ad~te of 1 ~uisi~a ~tatc Iuivcrsitv
in New ~leans (now the Univcrsit~
of ~’ew Ofl~s) and~1" Mcdic~fl Center
, M~x beg~ ~s quesl for the ofigiu of
AIDS in 1987. ~e quest h~ U~en him
~ound ~e world, including a remote Affi~
b~ where he and a colleague stopl~,d
for a beer ~ter a frustrating day of collecting
blo~ smnples from redcap
m~gabeys in a hunt for a r~e SIV strain.
H~ picked up the stor~, w~ch has bccome
p~t of the Marx lebend: "Thcv
a redcap monkex tied to the b~, ~ating
pe~uts. ~esto~ stud, "We could blccd
that one as well." "" After a pause. !l~dm
delivered the puuch line. ’Thin happcncd
to be the monkey that was i~fl~ctcd with
that vm~s.’" she stud "’Preston told mc
later. "As you can see. I do my best work
m b~.""
HIV+ Prisoners
To Be Separated
GREENVII.I.1L S.(’. {.-\P) - With ntorc
than 600 S. Carolina prison inmates about
to be segregated because they tested postfive
for &e AIDS-casuing virus, one AII)S
expert says the state has far underesu
mated the cost. The state esdmalcs it will
cost St,Q00 wr ~mnate l~r ~eatment. Tha~
is more likely.to k S15,000. Dr. Rick
Altice. ~ AIDS expert m Yale-New ttayen
HospitN in New Haven. Conn.. u)ld
The Greenville News.
In a prison system of 21.0~) lmnmcs.
~ of them t~IV-positive, a system of
providing condoms, sex eduction and
drug rehabilitation wouldbe more effective.
sav some of those who speciNize in
tracing ~edise~e. [nprotccted consensu~
sex~drapes remmn prev~ent mnong
prisoners, m~v of whom don’t know
HIV ~ be transmitted bv unsafe ratercourse,
sMd Steve Nesselr~th of the AIDS
m Prison Project.
17 states have m~datory testing, lto~vever,
one-time testing ~ give pnson
officiM s a fMse sense of secuntv, sMd Dr.
Jo~ Miles, of the Centers f~r Disease
Con~ol & ~evenfion. Without lbllowup
testing, i~ates who~~ey ~c
sine~fur~er spread H1V, Miles sMd. It
~es ~ long ~ six months tbr ~e vires to
be det~mble. ~ficiMs pl~ follow-up
tests ~d say i~ates will ~tested ~fore
¯ey l~ve prison st~ngnext ye~. "AVith
the follow-up ~gsfing, we feel like we’ll
~tch~yone~o~’ttest ~sifive whea
we test~ or when they c~e into the
system," B~Mey sMd.
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Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Rope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm, 2545 S. Yale, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lain, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - 1 lain, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service - 1 lain, Childrens Ministry also, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc.
S~mday School- 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
Parish Church of St~ Jerome (Evangelical AnglicanChurch in America)
Mass - 1 lain, 205W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
Council Oak Men’s Chorale, rehearsals at 5pm, Info: 743-4297
~ MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm, 834-TEST (8378) 3501 E. Admiral (cast of Harvard)
HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pm, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd MonIcach too. 6:30pm, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S: Harvard
Mixed Volleyball, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 7pm, call Shawn 491-2036.
Women/Children & AIDS Committee, 10/26, noon, United Way, 1430 S Boulder
~ TUESDAYS
AIDS Coalition of Tulsa, 10/13, noon, United Way Bldg. 1430 S. Boulder
aIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium l:30pm
3507 E. Admiral (east of Harvard), Info: Wanda @ 834-4194
Multiculturai AIDS Coalition, 10/6¢ 12:30pro; Urban League, 240 East Apache
Rainbow Business Guild, Business & prof. networking group, Info: 743-4297
PrimeTimers, mens group, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info: 743-4297
~" WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer - 6:30pro, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
House of the Holy Spirit Ministries, Inc. Service - 7pm, 3210e So. Norwood
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pm 834-8378, 3507 E. Admiral
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS, Info: 834-4194
~" FRIDAYS
Safe Haven, Young Adults Social Group, I st Fri/eachmo. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
~P SATURDAYS
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Larnbda A-A, 6 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, 2rid ft.
~OTHER GROUPS
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157,
Short rides, 6:30pm, Long rides, 7am. Meet at Zeigler Park, 3903 West 4th. Pride
Rides from the Pride Center, 3749 S. Peoria. Write for dates.
Ifyour organization is n~t listed, please let us know. Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
Marceilo Angelini
Artistic Director
CINDERELLA
Sept. 18-20, 1998
~, sweeping tale of prince gels gift. Where between
"once upon a time" and "happily ever aftel;" we discover
love and romance, greed and envy, beauty and ugliness.
And the realization that timing is everything.
DEATH AND THE MALDEN
Light Fandango ¯ Mare Nostram
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1998
Matters of death and life. From two choreographers.
An established American, Robert North, takes on mortality.
The upstart Italian, Luciano Cannito, explores immortality.
Contemporary ballet in classical terms. The real spice of life.
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Dec. 18-27, 1998
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THE GREEN TABLE
Equinoxe ¯ Jardi Tancat
Feb. 5-.7, 1999
From combat, bloodshed, struggles, disputes to movement
re-defined, stretching the limits of the dances and taking
motion to untouched depths of expression .to the most
beautiful shapes the human body can make in dance.
SWAN LAKE
Apr. 9-11, 1999
Ali’s fair in love. The only emotion over which countries
are won and lost. Hearts are broken and mended again.
For the first time eve~; Tulsa Ballet presents the four-act
Swan Lake in its entirety. With Artistic Director
Marcello hngelini re-staging the story line in hcls I
and II1 to be more acc~sible to.contemporary audiences.
TULSA PERA
Cartfi I. Crawford
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Emotion and Melody. Donizetti’s
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Oct. 17, 22 & 24, 1998
Emotionally heartbreaking. Musically semual and noble.
Vocally breathtaking. Olga Kondina and Eduardo Villa
follow in the legacies of Sutherland and Pavarotti.
Conviction and Drama. Poulenc’s
DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES
Mar. 6, 11 & 13, 1999
Faith, courage and grace in the settings of "Ave Maria,"
"Ave Vemm," and "Salve Regin~L" One of the most powerful
theatrical opera productions ever conceived.
Love and Magic. Mozart’s
THE MAGIC FLUTE
May 1, 6 & 8, 1999
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Nov. 27-29, 1998
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Read All About It
by Adam West, Helmerich Library
We all love Auntie Marne. It’s pracfiv~
V a orere~uisite; it’s possibly genetic.
~t’-s’not t~ love in a s-tory @’out a bo.y
growing up with a bohemian’, eccenmc
and rich aunt for a guardian? But if you
ever wondered where all of
Marne’s gay friends were (oh,
of course she had them!), you
will definitely adore Say Uncle
by Eric Shaw Quinn. Although
the whole plot rests on a gruesome
tragedy, this comedy has
enough absurdity and sardonic
humor to keep you smiling for
weeks. The characters are so
engaging that they become a
part of your family -even
when you hate them; and
Quirm’s evocative style will
rivet you with your own emo~
tional reactions.
InSav Uncle, Michael Reily
finds l~s life turned inside out
when his sister and her husband
are killed tragically ,leaving
Michael the guardian of
their baby, Scott. Urged on by
his mother and challenged by
the baby’s patemal grandfather,
a conservative former
Senator, Michael’s fights
anaidst a media blitz as his
homosexnality and Suitability as a parent
are "called into question.
The most noticeable aspect of this brilliant
first novel is certainly its brand of
humor. Part Congreve, part Dickens, part
Fierstein, Quinnmanages a seamless blend
of Restoration comedy, bitter irony and
modem disillusioned idealism. The resul_t
is a classic style in today’s language.
Qmma clearly wanted to go for the literary
throat with his debut. The scope and
scheme of Say Uncle is of Shakespearean
proportions. ~a,s an actor lfimself, the author
was possibly hoping for a movie deal
with a cast on the level of Steel Magnolias
(of wlficli this is also reminiscent). Say
said Nicole Russo, spokeswoman for
AIDS Project Los Angeles, which organizes
the event every year. Colin’ s mother
got him started when he was four to learn
about helping others, Ms. Russo said.
The event raised an estimated $3 million
that will provide care for the nearly
7,400 people with AIDS in l_~,s .Angeles
County. Participants asl~ people to sponsor
them for every mile they walk. The
course, about 6.2 miles long, started at
Paramount Studios in Hollywood, looped
onto Melrose Avenue and then back to the
studio through Hancock Park.
Craig Thompson, executive director of
AIDS Project Los Angeles, said he was
encouraged to see so many.young people
taking part in the fund-raiser this year.
’q’hat’s good because half of all .new
infections of HIV occur among 18- to 25-
year-olds," he said.
Here in Tulsa, however, local HIV/
AIDS andcivil rightactivist,Jimmy Flowers,
bemoaned what he called the shamefully
low turnout at Tulsa’ s 6th nnn~al
AIDS walk, Walk For Life held Sat. sept.
26th. Flowers claims therewere only about
80 persons participating in the 2 mile
walk along the Riverparks and that some
The most
notleeable aspect
of this brilliant
first novel is
eertalnly its
brand of humor.
Part Congreve,
part Dickens,
part Fiersteln,
uhn manages
a~seamless blend
of Restorat;on
comedy, hitter
irony and modern
dlsillusloned
ideallsm. The
result is a elassle
style in today’s
Uncle’s beauty shines through, covering
~ a span of over twenty years and doing so
¯ without neglecting continuity or cohe-
¯ siveness.
¯ Even thOugh half of the book is told
¯ mostly from Scott’s perspective, the clear
star of the novel is Uncle Michael.
Michael’s straight-forward
and amusing take on life fuels
the story and you adore him
more with each page¯ He’ s not
a perfect man, but he"s close
enough, and his flaws just endear
you to him more¯ His
blunt’and occasionally odd
rapport with his meddling
mother is so similar to somany
of us that you’ll surdy find
new realizations m your own
maternal rdationship. Best of
all, .kfichael fights for respect
the way we all would like to:
withh~nor, ~ace and tremendous
gumpuon.
The circumstances of Say
Uncle wouldn’t happen to
mare of us. \~2tile overall you
mav~ehappy about that, there
will also be a part of you that
longs for it. Michael Reily is a
tree hero in so many ways -
Iris di~mfity, his selfish selflessness,
his passion for life¯
\Xqao ,’unong us doesn’t want
to star ~n a life of feature film quality. Say
Uncle has its realism, and even its absuiditv
is plausible, but in the end what gets
us ior at least gets me) is thejourney of the
characters from letters on a p0ge to human
beings we would like to kaaow..Say Uncle
is the story we would have if we got the
option - and the strength - to enjoy it.
You can request Say Uncle from your
nearest’l"ulsa City-County library br~ch
or by calling th~ Reader’s Services department
of the Central Library.
Adam West is an associate with lulscl
City-County Library S3wtem and an OSU
ah~mus. Hets m)t now and,ever has bee,
Batman.
agencies whi,c,h serve People Living with
AIDS~(PLWA s) werenot represented by
their staff.
However, Community Service Council
AIDS f~mdraiser and organizer, Janice
Nicklas claimed about 100 attended and
that, for Tulsa, that’ s a good turnout. According
to Nicklas, about $5,000 was
raised which will be matched by an addi-
¯
ttonal $2500 from the Nat’1. AIDS Fund.
LongtimeHIV/AIDS activist/volunteer,
¯ Claudette Peterson, noted that she was
¯ unable to attend the event because The
¯ Food Pantry of Tulsa CARES (formerly ¯
¯ theHIV ResourceConsortium)whichshe directs was scheduled to getalargeamount
¯ of donated food that morning.
¯ Walker, Nancy Smith, and walk team, i Soles for Souls brought in the highest
donations. Street School student Kat
¯ Morgan won a prize for her HIV/AIDS
¯. poem,, and the poster design used on tiffs
¯ year s t-shirts was createdby amember of
¯
Red Rock Mental Health Group’s Gay
¯ youth support group. Chairpersons were
¯ ~Vlichael Bmmgardt of Youth Services
~ andTerry Russell of Planned Parenthood
". of America, NE OK/NW AR. Business
¯ sponsors were US Cdlular, NYBagds,
¯ Kinko’son 1 lth, McDonaldsRestaurants,
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by Ma~. Schepers, Do-It-YourselfDyke
Announcingfencing lessons for the nonathlethic
members of the family! Like the
wise creatures you are, you heeded your
DIYD’s sage advice in the last column
and selected the picket type and size that
suits your needs and
budget, made your measurements,
purchased
your posts and stringers
and are ready to get
nailed. Pardon. To get
nailing. Or, the DIYD’ s
preference for fencing,
to get busy screwing,
because screws are always
the preferred fastener
for fence construction.
They hold
better, won’t pull out,
and make any future
repairs oh so much
eas~er - and we love
easier, don’t we?
The DIYD has certain
other preferences
when it comes to
screws, and the primary
one is for square drives
(as opposed to standard
or - shame-on you for
smirking - Phillip’s
head). -Ihex do not
"’cam out" easily, which
means they don’t get
all cheered’up and ratty
mad unusable, and yoffl,azow by now what
aesthetics does for the DI’YD~ Order the
catalogue from McFeelv’s (800 443-
7937) and you will be ifi square driv~
heaven; of course, youcan order the square
drives from them as well. The quality is
lfigh, the service good and the delia:err
prompt - mad most of us can’t say that
about our exes. can we?
You will be using a #8 scre~v. 2 1 2"
long, to attach stringers t.o posts. ,and \ou
will need to order the"No-Co-Rode’" ty"pe.
The’* will We you good rust resistance
along with strength. For attaclfing 3our
pickets to the stringers, you wi!l need #8
scre~vs. 1 1 4." long; the wood ’*ouve
chosen for the pickets will deterrrdue the
type of screw. For wKite wood or treated
pickets, use the No-Co-Rode screws, but
for cedar, vou must_use stainless steel
because thd acids and volatile oils in the
cedar will seriously corrode an\ other
fastener you use. Tt~e DIYD realizes that
some of this informaUon is a rehash, but
speaking for herself, the old memory isn’ t
quite what it used to be. Remember also
that you will need4 screw s for each stringer
and 5 screws for each picket.
Now that you’ve assembled all ’,our
raw material s, it is time to gather up ’,’our
tools. The DIYD is delighted to inform
you that this is the perfect project for that
stunning leather tool belt, so if you haven’t
indulged yourself yet, do so now. You’re
paying so much for the fence, at this point
you canjustify the few extra dollars for an
accessory that will give years and years of
good use and satisfaction. In adcfition to
the .tool belt, you will need the following:
a good level (bigger really is better here;
don’t settle for an.vthin~ under 12"); a
drill and drill bits (2 drills are better); a #2
square driver for the screws; a wheelbarrow
or very large tub to mix concrete in
(there is an nnapproved method to cheat
this, which will be passed along forthwith);
a hoe and shovel for mixing and
scooping concrete; and a device for dig-
Trust me darll-nCs, you do
not want to d;~ a post
hole wlth a shovel.
too much work, and
requires more
mater~al to fill it.
Oh., dear, there ~oes the
ex factor a~aln...
The standard method is
to use a post hole di~¢er.
but thls too is much too
painful, and you will use
an entire 80 lb. ba~ of
quiekrete to fill the hole.
It is not laziness that will
drive you at thls point to
the E-Z equipment
rental, but efficiency!
ging the holeS.
Trust me darlings, you do not want to
dig a post hole with a shovel. Ugly, too
much work. and reqmres more material to
fill it. Oh, dear, there goes the ex factor
again.. : The standard method is to use a
post hole digger, but
this too is much too
painful, and yon will
use an entire 80 lb. bag
of quic"krete to fill the
hole. It is not laziness
that will drive you at
this point to the E-Z
Equipment rent,d, but
efficiencv! Go rent an
auger and forget the
Ph.D. altogether. You
have two options: a
hand operated auger,
which is just fine in
soils that arc not rocky,
or a gas powered auger.
Hm Bet we’ve
made a choice already.
Get a bit instruction ~n
how to rev the little
darlin" up and you’ll
be sinking more holcs
that an Oklahoman
wildcatter in July. Besides,
power to~ls arc
fl~n, and you’ll get yonr
job dgne quicldy. And
you "ll use less
Quickrete, too.
In order to buy your materials, you have
already measured your fence li~]e. ()nce
again, you will space 3"our posts 8 feet on
6enter for treated pickets and 10 feet on
center for cedar pickets. You will rarely
come out perfectly, so plan on splitting
the difference ou either end of the fence
unless the distance left over ~s over a few
~’eet. In other words, you may have ten
posts 10" apart and have 3" at the end, so
put nine posts 10" apart, and at the ends
have the posts 61 2’ apart. More than that.
put the short section of fence on the cud
you won’t see as often. If this confuses
you. draw ~t out on paper first. It never
hurts to have a visual.
Drill your holes Zccording to your spacing
plan. Go ahead and give yourself an
inch or so less between the posts for a bit
of a fudge factor (you can cut a board, but
stretching it is ~mpossible). Drill the holes
2".deep. Center 3our posts in the holes,
using the level to get the post as level as
possible in the horizontal as well as the
vertical plane. If you" ve never used a level
before, ask someone who has for a few
pointers. It’s reall,v quite easy. Do not skip
this step or the fence will be a disaster and
you’ve paid too much for that. After centenng
the post in the hole, add your mixed
concrete until the hole is filled level with
the ~ound. Use a stick to work the concrete
mix down and the air bubble out.
Always put the post in the hole and fill
around it. The moisture needs to be able to
drain away from the bottom of the post. If
you drill your holes with an auger, you
shonld only need about 3/4 of an 86 lh
bag of quickrete per hole. Let the concrete
sit for at least 12 hours before proceeding.
Cheater’s method: Pour a bag of quikrete
into the hole, add water to fill. Let sit for
24 hrs. Results not guaranteed.
Once again, your beloved DIYD has
waxed eloquent to the point of being verbose,
so join us next month when we will
finish this project. Promise. Until theu,
enjoy the tool belt.
by Esther Rothblum
I recently met with three members of
the Crones, a group for old Lesbians in
Vermont. "We were at a dance one night,"
said.Alverta, "and I asked the woman l
was with, where are all the Lesbians our
age?" They put an ad in the local Lesbian
newspaper, and had to drop
the minimum age to 40 because
there were so few Lesbians
older than that who
were out in the community
at that time. They started as ~
political group, butit quickly
became a social group because
so many women
wanted just to meet someone
their age.
"’And even now," added
Mary Wallmyn, "here we all
sit together in your living
room and wonder where are
the Lesbians in their 60s and
70s like us.’" The women
agrecd that some of the~e
older Lesbians are extremely
closeted or out to only one
"It’s even hard
for older
Lesbians
to meet someone
to be a friend
or just someoue
to han~
out wlth."
sald Alverta.
’%Vhere do
older Lesbians
disappear to?"
other person. They lived through times
that were very hostile to Lesbians and
aren’t willing io be too out, eve!.13o other
old l~esbians..klan3 don’t even hse the
word "Lesbian"- they refer to themselves
as "that wax" or use other euphemisms.
I asked ~’hat Alverta, Mary, and Joy
thought the major issues were facing Les’-
bians over 60. Getting a job mad facing
ageism, said Alverta. Leaving a husband,
coming out as a Lesbian, andbeing thought
too old for full-time work yet not old
enough for social security, said Mary.
Beiug closeted on the job and needing 1o
move in order to live near a lover, said
Joy. Working for a non-profit organization
that has no retirement benefits. Getung
sick in old age.
In fact, thewomen agreed that discrimination
due to age was more severe than
discmninauon due to being a Lesbian.
And many have found this hideaway in
the Ozarks to be an ideal spot for a holy
union or commitment ceremony.
Early reservations for the weekend are
advised. For more information on the
schedule of activities or Diversity Cooperative
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call the event sponsors,The Emerald Rainbow,
at 501-253--cOA-5.
Schedule of Activities
Friday, November 6, 8:30pm-12:30am
Kick off the weekend with a dance in
the Basin Park Hotel Ballroom to benefit
¯the Metropolitan Comnmnity Church of
the Living Springs & the Eureka Springs
R.A.I.N. Team. Music by Sisters II. $3
single; $5 couple. 12:30-2: 00am, after the
dance, head over to Center Street So. for
more "family’" fun !
Saturday, November 7, 8:00-10:30am
Meet Charlotte for a trout fishing adventure
on die beautiful, crystal clear
White River. Arkansas fishing license is
required. Meet at the Beaver Dam Store
by 7:45am. Fxtuipment rentals & licenses
available: Reservations: 501-253-6154.
1 l:00am-l:00pm, Take a leisurely float
trip down the White River. Enjoy the fall
colors mad peacefulness of the Ozarks.
Mary had noticed that even the personal
¯ ads in thelocal newspapers had "seniors"
¯ under a special section. They mentioned a
; Lesbian friend who had stated her age in
; apersonaladandgotalmostnoresponses.
¯ "’It’ s even hard for older Lesbians to meet
someone to be a friend or just someone to
hang out with,’" said,Mverta:
"Where do older Lesbians
disappear to’?" the women
wondered. Perhaps some
leave to take care of families
of origin, the)’ thought.
The Crones talked about
interacting with younger
Lesbians. When older and
younger Lesbians become
lovers, people may assume
that one is the other:s mother.
It’s hard to go to the health
care center mad have a 20-
year old woman do the in-
. take extort.
Old women are "called
wise, said Alverta. vet they
are ignored iu meetings that
include yOtmger women. Joy
found that the younger women go off to
socialize together mid don’t iuclude old
Lesbians. But the women did feel that
the) have become more outspoken as they
have become older.
The women remiaisced about living
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Last summer, I visited Carl, an old high
school friend who lives near Princeton,
New Jersey. Carl and I grew up together in
the same small California town but I did
not learn he was Gay until
years after we had both
moved away. The previous
time I ran into Carl, back in
California for the holidays, I
thought he was straight. Eccentric,
but straight. I looked
forward to seeing him again
in this different light, and in
his own place- a condo that
he and his lover had purchased
a few years before
AIDS cuthim down, leaving
Carl single once more.
We sat digesting our dinner
around the kitchen table
joined by Richard, a recent
acquaintance from New
York City. Contemplating
the dr~gs of my wine, I was
startled when Carl and Richard
began comparing the
relative merits of the sadomasochist
clubs inNYC that
tfiey both frequent. Not just
merely Gay, I also hadn’t a
clue that my boyhood buddy was into ¯
whips and chains and fit-clamps. Carl ¯
enthused that his peak sexual experience ."
had come when once he was "sewn up." ¯
Don’t ask - I didn’t. I preferred to let a
heated imagination race through the pos- ¯
sibilities of exactly WH_AT was sewn up .
HOW, and WHERE. (If anyone cares to ¯
enlightenme, my email address is below.) ¯
Richard advised
ttmt the best place
to acquire such
paraphernalia
cheaply is
your local
hardware store.
Waltdn~ those
TrueValue
aisles, the SIM
eye sparhles at
exeltln~ possibilities
brought to
mind by hoohs,
clamps, struts,
braehets, and
power tools.
~ added leather and clamps to his interests
¯ in music and math. A previous artist boy-
" friend had even recruited him to model for
¯¯ a drawing; and Carl stands there in full
leather and chains illustrating the SADOMASOCHISM
sectxon of
Silverstein and Picano’ s New
Joy of Gay Sex -a volume
that Ihad often meticulously
studied without recognizing
my old high school friend!
As an old-fashioned anthropologist,
I’ ve sometimes
made fun of contemporary
identity politics that begets
aperfusionofculture claims.
Nowadays, everyone has to
have his or her own culture:
Gay-culture, Lesbian-culture,
deaf-culture, black-cultin’e,
Polish-American culture,
skater-culture, it goes
on. However, because all of
us continue to speak English
and to eat the same Burger
Kings, the stodgy anthropological
term for these various
yet connected spheres is
"subculture." But whatever
you want to call it, listening
to Carl and Richard chat
merrily together, it was clear to me that S/
Minvolves a closecommunity with shared
understandings of its sexual world.
These shared S/M understandings in-
" clude well-defined statuses (all those vanetaesof
tops and bottoms ),andrule
governed practices for combining sexual
pleasureandpain. Americans like to regularize
and institutionalize the world as
Carl and Richard attend several well- ¯ much as ~auyone, and at s no s~nse tha
~eir doo~ abour9 p.m. ~~oWo ms~a¢ . corona: i~¢opnytCs ~ ~~ ~/~v~-~mthen
wiles away~~ght ho~s by orga- ¯ ~ on ~ Intem¢t, or even by ~ng
m~ng what I t~¢ to be a series of im- ¯ semin~s: P~n 101.
promptu demonstrations and skits. Up on
stage a leather daddy whips his boy. A
rough dyke strings up the bottom she has
just met. Guys dripping hemp rope enthusiastically
demonstrate, likemyBoy Scout
troop master of long ago, a plethora of
complicated knots. Someone whohas visited
the supermarket unpacks boxes of
plastic wrap and wraps his partner in
yards and yards of plastic, poking holes
here and there in the bulging saran cocoon
for purposes of breathing and so forth.
From all corners chains rattle and hand-
"cuffs clank.
Richard advised that the best place to
acquire suchparaphernalia cheaply is your
local hardware store. Walking those
TrueValue aisles, the S/M eye sparkles at
exciting possibilities brought to mind by
hooks, clamps, struts, brackets, andpower
tools.
This all was a revelation to me. My
image of Carl, dating back to high school,
was of a shy, quiet, reservedboy whom, of
all of us, I would have bet on to die a
virgin. He had outstanding talents in both
music and mathematics-that odd, not uncommon
mixture of aptitude that lends
support toAmericanpop theories ofrightbrained
versus left-brainedpeople. Iknew
that Carl was wall into a second decade of
work on a Princeton University PhD thesis
in musicology-one that was tracing, in
tortuous-detail, a chronicle of 17th century
German organ music. Twenty years
academic slavery in the music archives -
this all made sense to me, knowing Carl.
But years of sexual slavery inNew York
S/M clubs-that came as a shock.Carl had
: A message on an Internet list-serve, in
: fact, recentlycomplainedbitterlythatpro-
¯ liferating confusion in the "hanky code"
was undermining S/M cultural unlfor-
: mity. And one can think up amusingly
[ horrible scenarios where someone sport-
. ing a mustard yellow hankie (seeking the
: well-endowed) ends up witha2am"golden
." shower" instead. (editor’s note: or as our
¯ First District US Congressman Steve
". Largent likes to refer to them. "yellow
". showers.")
: Carl talked enthusiastically about his
¯ vocationasagingleather-boy.Itooknotes.
." Gay-culture mightbe rich and elaborated,
: but the number of roles it allows us 40-
." somethings is limited. What comes next
¯ after "sweet young twink"? Bear, queen,
: leather-daddy - there really isn’t much
¯ ~hoice. I’m heading down to my neigh-
"borhood TrueValue soon.
Lamont Lindstrom is a professor of
anthropology at the University of Tulsa.
Contact him at: lamont_.tu@ionet.net
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Shepard Murder Update
LARAMIE,Wyo. (AP)-A suspect in the deathofaGay
University of Wyoming student admitted to an investigator
that he drove off with the victim and then told him:
’~3uess what. We’renot Gay. You’regonnagetjacked."
After hearing testimony at a preliminary hearing, a
judge ordered Aaron McKiuney to stand trial in the
death of Matthew Shepard, an attack thatbrought widespread
outrage, a condenmation from President Clinton
and calls for tougher hate-crime laws.
The other suspect, Russell Arthur Henderson, had
waived his fight to a preliminary heating and is scheduled
to be arraigned Dec. 2. Both men are charged with
first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery.
The21-year-old Shepard, who had been found tied to
a fence outside of town, died five days after the Oct. 7
beating.
The lead investigator, Sheriff s Detecfi~÷’e Sgt. Rob
DeBree, testified that McKiuney, 21, admitted to the
beating and implicated his friend Henderson, also 21.
According to DeBree, McKinney said that robbery was ."
the main motive but that Shepard was chosen,,as a targe~
because he was Gay. DeBreesaidMcKinney admitted °
Matthew did not hit on them or make advances" in the
.,~FiresideBar,.batthat they luredhimoutintending:to rob :
him and 6urgiari~e hi~ house. ....... :~ . 2 ~
According to DeBree, McKimaey told investigators
that the attack began after Shepard placedhis fight hand ".
on McKinney’ s leg as the trio drove on Laramie’ s east
side." ’Guess what. We’re not Gay,’ "DeBree quoted "
McKinney as saying. ’"You’re gonna get jacked. It’s
Gay Awareness Week.’"
DeBree said McKiuney admitted he hit Shepard two ¯
to three times with his fist, then pistol-whipped and
robbed him. see Shepard, p. 10
Tulsa MCC’s Merge! TULSA - After years of strife,Tulsa’ s two Mb~~poli’-
tan Community Church congregations have voted to
merge beginning at the end of November and at the
beginning of the Advent season. The Metropolitan
Church of Greater Tulsa (MCC-GT) is likely the oldest
Lesbian and Gay organization in the state at more than
20 years old. It was one of the first MCC’ s in the US to
purchase its own building in an innovative bond based
fundraising program. Family ofFaith’MCCwas younger
congregation that grew out of MCC-GT starting out in
Jenks, then later moving to a storefront in southeast
Tulsa.
Both congregations are currently without permanent
pastors and members of each congregation approved
the merger with "overwhelming majorities." The move
also enjoys denominational support. The new congregation
will meet at the building near Pine and Sheridan
which has been the home for MCC-GTbut the vision
that thenew congregationhas is tomove to anew shared
home and see MCC, p. 2
ATLANTA (AP) - Twelve years after the U.S. Supreme Court
upheld Georgia’s controversial anti-sodomy law, the state Supreme
Court threw out the statute late last month in a ruling that
Gay civil rights activists hope
will lead to the downfall of similar
laws around the country.
The state court voted 6-1 to
overturn the conviction of Anthony
Powell, now of Shreveport,
La. Hehad been foundguilty
of sod.omizing his 17-year-old
niece m 1996. He had beencharged
with rape, but his lawyers
argued that the sex was consensual
and thejury acquitted on
that charge.
The court’s majority opinion,
by ChiefJustice RobertBenham,
said the law violates the state
"We cannot think dany
other aetlvlty that
reasonable persons
would rank as more
private and more
deserving of proteetlon
from governmental
interference than
eonsensual, private,
adult sexual aetlv~ty,"
- Georgia Chld Justiee
Robert Benham
constitution’ s provision that citizens are entitled to privacy. "We
cannot think of any other activity that reasonable persons would
rank as more private and more deserving of protection from
governmental interference than consensual, private, adult sexual
activity," he wrote.
In 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 165-year-old
Georgia law banning oral and anal sex, ruling that ~e U.S.
Constitution provides no right to private homosexual conduct.
see Georgia, p. 8
::WORLD AIDS DAY
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US & WORLD NEWS P. 4
HEALTH NEWS P. 6
COMMUNITY CALENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW P. 10
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11
DYKE PSYCHE/GAY STUDIES P. 12/13
CLASSIFIEDS + WEERWOLF P. 14
¯ MarriageLawsuit Heard
: MONTPEIJI~.R, Vt. (AP)- Vermont’s Supreme
¯ Courtjustices dearly wereready for thepotenfially
¯ historic case before them. Before 10 minutes had
¯ gone by in their hour-long heating on the question
¯ of same-gender marriage, Justice Denise Johnson
: cut off a lawyerandtoldher to get to the point. "We
¯ have toknow what yourtheories are that entitle you
¯ to relief,"Johnson toldlawyer Beth Robinson, who
¯ was arguing the case for three couples seeking the
¯ right to marry.
: Throughout the hearing, justices peppered law-
, yers from both sides withquestions about theories
: of law, Gay politics and common sense. Each
: jnstiee, from the chief to themost seniormember of
: the court to its most recent appointee, asked at least
¯ one question. They listened intently, cajoled, prod-
¯ ded, occasionally chuckled and scribbled notes.
: "tit’ s good to know the court is thinking about these
¯ issues, and if you think hard about this, we win,"
¯ Robinson said following the arguments.
¯ Oral arguments before the Supreme Court can be
: curious affairs. Lawyers go prepared to fill their
¯ allotted time with an oral recitation expanding on
¯ the written arguments they have previously filed.
¯ They rarely get a chance to deliver their remarks
: tminterrupted because at least one of the justices
¯ generally wants to probe a point more deeply or
¯ perhaps go off in another direction. But seldom
¯ does the court become so immersed in the case
¯ before it. Seldom does the court have as much time
¯ as it allotted Docket No. 98-32, Baker v. State of
: Vermont. Lawyers had an hour to make their case.
¯ Normally they get half that, sometimes less.
: In the hearings in November, they had to share it
¯ pretty much.eq.ually with the three men and two
: women in black robes.-It was almost l~ke a law
: school class where thefivejustices were theprofes-
¯ sots and the individual lawyers were the students
: getting uncomfortably close seruuny.
: - When Robinson rejected a notion that
Local AIDS activist, Bruce. Begley before World AIDS Day
memorial service and march. For more, see page 3.
Tulsa Is Site to Test HIV Vaccine
: TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Researchers in Tulsa are participating in
: a nationwide trial of a vaccine that may help prevent infection
: from the virus that causes AIDS. Tulsa is one ofahandful of cities
_. chosen to participate in final testing of the AIDSvax vaccine,
¯ developed by California-based VaxGen Inc.
¯ "I think it is an opportunity to make history as the first major
¯ trial to prevent HIV infection," said Dr. Ralph Richter of St. John
.. Medical Center, who is leading the local branch of the trial. "It’ s
¯ aumque opportunity, and the challenge is to prove that this works
: by doing a very highly scientific study."
¯ Researchers are recruiting HIV-negative Gay men who are
¯ considered at high risk Of contracting the disease. That includes
: those who are not in monogamous relationships. They also seek
: women who currently are in sexual relationships with HIV-
: positivemen or who have had more than one male sexual partner
¯ and have been diagnosed with sexually transmitted diseases
: within the past year.
: In preliminary trials of AIDSvax, nearly 99 percent of those
: vaccinated produced strong levels of antibodies. Final testing of
¯ the vaccine is targeting 5,000 U.S: volunteers at high risk of
~ contracting the AIDS virus and 2,500 high-risk people in Thai-
" land.
¯ John Lysight, 31, recently got his first shot of the vaccine and
: will get a second injection soon. ’ofhis is a beginning vaccine of
." the future. This is what is going to start what I refer to as the super
: vaccines," Lysight said. "I think we are reaching a totally
¯ different realm of meditfine, and it needs to be taken advantage
: of." Lysightlearned ofthe vaccinefrom Richter almost ayear ago
~ and plans to help the doctor recruit study subjects. He does not
: know if he is receiving the vaccine or a placebo.
¯ see Vaccine, p. 11
:
:
:
:
:
everyone’ s goals~ Justice James Morse responded:
"So the label is everything?"
Johnson was the most animated justice. AssistantAttorney
GeneralEveJac~bs-Camahan pointed
out that no other state in the nation had legalized
Gay marriage. Johnson observed: "Somebody had
to be the first in an interracial state," referring to
states that once banned interracial marriages. Trying
to recover, Jacobs-Camahan said that common
law had always made a distinction between men
and women in marriage statutes, but not between
the races, which was what made interracial marriage
bans unconstitutional. "What does that show
other than how long-standing the discrimination
was?" Justice John Dooley asked.
Reflecting that new legal ground was potentially
being plowed with the case, Chief Justice Jeffrey
Amestoy asked Robinson to explain why the state
would want to discriminate against its citizens.
Figuring that one out is a frustration, Robinson
replied.
The State of Vermont’s representatives have
contended that limiting mamage only to heterosexual
couples is good for procreation and childrearing
- a point characterized as discriminatory
and unconstitutional by Robinson, the lawyer for
three Gay couples who brought the case. Robinson
argued that Vermont’s 28-year-old ban doesn’t
serve to protect children. "If the state’ s concern is
about protecting Children, then that would be protected
by allowing these couples to marry," she
said, noting that two of the three couples have
adopted children.
State lawyers urged the court to turn down the
see Marriage, p. 11
see Editorial, p. 3
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Freedom To Marry
Recently, basketball star Dennis RodmanandBaywatch
starletCarmenElectra
were able to marry on a whim at 7 a.m. in
Las Vegas after anight ofpartying that his
agent says left Mr. Rodman too drtmk to
speak or stand up.
So much for the sanctity of marriage in
this, the second year of the Defense of
Marriage Act, which was passed by Congress
and signed by President Clinton. It
only forbids gay peoplefrom getting married.
Richard Ramirez, the night stalker currently
on death row for committing 13
sadistic, torturous murders can marry a
woman ~n prison, but a gay person who
never even gotaparking ticket can’ t marry
the person he loves.
Ministers who have merely blessed
same-sex unious have found themselves
in trouble with church leadership. One
was quoted as saying "I can bless a battleship.
I can bless a nuclear weapon. I can
bless dogs or animals, but I can’ t bless two
people who want to make a commitment
to each other."
The freedom to marry the person you
love is a basic civil right, a basic human
right, and an important, individual personal
choice that bdongs to the couple in
love, not to politicians or the government:
Some day, probably not un61 the next
century, that won’ t be an unpopular idea.
- William C. Stosine. Iowa City
With Credit to
The Village Voice
The 1998 Wacko Awards: Losers, Liars,
and Other Political Lowlifes
The Human Rights Campaign
Well, the folks- at the. Human~ Rights
Campaign sure do know how to pick ’em]
After a protracted internal battle, the
country’s largest gay fights group voted to
endorse Al D’ Amato. Actually, it was the
HRC’s board- in a 15-7 vote - that chose
to support the Fonz. Mostmembers backed
Schumer, who romped in the Gay community.
For mstanee, in Manhattan’ s 66th Assembly
Dislrict, Schumerrouted D’ Amato
by about an 8-to-1 margin. This Greenwich
Village district was the first to send
an openly gay woman, Deborah Glick, to
the state assembly and provided Schumer
with his biggest vote total ofany city A.D.
In recognition of HRC"s misguided endorsement,
we present the group’ s board
with the Out ofTouch Plaque and a global
positioning system, so they are better informed
when they next get the urge to
veer right.
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: Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on
¯ issues which we’ ve covered or on issues
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by joining forces to be able to secure a
permanent full-time pastor as well. Tins
also will allow them to increase their
outreach to the community. Both congregations
were predominenfly women and
leaders stated the hope of encouraging
men to feel welcome as well.
World AIDS Day 1998i
WASHINGTON, DC - A new studyjust released resoundingly
debunks widely held beliefs about the economic status
of. Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual (GLB) people. Contrary to
what has become the conventional wisdom on the subject,
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual people do not earn more than
"We lmve long
known that
the myth of Gay
wealth
is ju,t that
- a myth . . .
lneome I~at~on
s~nes t~e
o~ truth on yet
another o[
The Ri~ht~
~stortlon
of the ~a~s,"
- Urv~hl Va~d
Heterosexual people. In fact, they
may even earn less.
lncome Inflation: The Myth of
AffluenceAmong Gay, Lesbian, and
Bisexual Americans was released
by the Policy Institute of the Na-
. tional Gay and Lesbian Task Force
and the Institute for Gay and Lesbian
Strategic Studies (I~LSS). The
report was authored by M.V. Lee
Badgett, Ph.D., professor of economics
at the University of Massa-
.chusetts at Amherst and executive
director of IGLSS.
Income Inflation is a startling
study of the economic status of a
frequently stereotyped population
ofAmericans. Badgett explores the
pervasive andinaccuratenotion that
GLBpeopleform aneconomic elite,
insulated from discrimination by
their wealth and disconnected frbm society at large by a
special, privileged status. After examining data from seven
different surveys, she finds that none support this stereotype.
"The evidence from many different scientifically sound
data sources points to the same dear conclusiom Gay,
Lesbian, and Bisexual people do not earn more than Heterosexual
people, either as individuals or as couples," reported
Badgett. "Some GLB people are poor, some are rich, and
most are in the middle,jnst as heterosexual people are. Now
that we have credible data, we can stop relying on flawed
stu~di.’e3, that were designed to find high income Gay people."
right-wing organizations and individuals perpetuate and
regularly exploit the myth of Gay wealth to bolster their
attacks against the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender
eommtmity. The mythis so pervasive and accepted that even
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia injected it into the
dissenting opinion in the Colorado Amendment Two ease.
"We have long known that the myth of Gay wealth is just
that - a myth," said Urvashi Vaid, director of the Policy
Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
"’Income lnflation shines the light of truth on yet another of
The Right’ s distortion of the facts," added Vaid.
by Tom Neal, editor andpublisher
One of the consolations ofgrowing older is that every
once in a while, something "right" happens you thought
you might never see. Justice sometimes prevails.
Forexample, in thelate 80’ s,my youngest
brother spent some time in the then German
"Democratic" Republic (the DDR in a program
organized by the University of Oklahoma);
and we wondered when, if ever, all
of Germany would be one again.
More recently, we’ ve seen Chilean murderer
and former dictator, Gen. Pinochet, at
least called tojustice-even ifhis age and the
legal wrangling may prevent any real payment
for his part in the systematic disaFpearance
and murder of his own, and foreign,
citizens.
So too, the decision of the Georgia Supreme
Court to say that the apparatus of the
State, here Georgia, has no compelling, legitimate
interest in regulating the private,
consensual sexual conduct of adults. Since
Georgia’s law was the impetus for the
wretched, horribly reasoned US Supreme
Court case, Bowers v. Hardwick, to have the
law undermined by its home state constitution
is sweet.
But it is a bittersweet victory because
Bowers still stands rendering Lesbian and
Gay Americans lesser citizens under our
own federal constitution. Like the 19th century
Dred Scott Supreme Court decision that
legitimized slavery, Bowers will someday
fall. But its decision, (based on primarily on
the logic that this behavior, oral and anal
sex, has always been despisedandtherefore,
based on popular revulsion, should be un- titan
constitutional, tliough note that though de~ - -
Spised, a lotof "them" are doing it too) continues to
butlress anti-Lesbian and Gay decisions, like child
custody battles where the Gay parent lives in a state
where "sodomy" is illegal.
What I like about this column is its flexibility to write
¯ . . it’s been both
~unny and l~tter
to learn that
former Georgia
Attorney
General
Michael Bowers
during the very
time in whleh
he was defending
the Georgia
"sodomy" statute
was himself
breaking a
different
Georgia law by
haGn~ an
adulterous affair.
Obdously,
all animals are
equal but some
are more e~ual
otherS.
¯ ABC’ s 20/20programhas never run a story critical of
¯ nuclear power. Come to find out, the show’ s producer
¯ Victor Neufeld’ s wife works for the nuclear industry.
¯ Rupert Murdoeh, an ultra right wing activist, (he initially offered Newt Gingrich a mulfmi!lion dollar
about any number of things without necessarily having
to pun them together into a completely coherent argument.
So be forewarned that this may wander.
Sent via the Internet: "Morality is what you do when
nobody is looking." - Oklahoma’ s own Congressman,
The Reverend J.C. Watts (R-OK) - who has fathered
two children out of wedlock. Indeed.
Also from our e-mail regarding the so-called "liberal
media": a 1996 Nexis search of sources used by major
newspapers and broadcasters, show that 7,776 medi~
citations were used from conservative think tanks (with
Heritage Foundation topping the list); 4,665 from centrist
think tanks; and 1,837fromliberal think tanks. That
means the news media used sources from conservatives
54% of the time, centrists 33% .and liberals 13%.
KABC, anABCaffiliate in Los Angeles refused to air
any anti-war protest stories during the Gulf war. This
from staffers inside the station.
: book deal thru his H,ar)pe_r Collins publishing firm),
owns the entire Fox media conglomerate, the Fox telei
visionnetwork andFox news channel. He also owns the
New York Post,and TV Guide magazine.
¯ ABC’s David Brinldey had to apologize for making
¯¯* insulting remarks about President Clinton on the air
during the 1996 election. He now is a spokesman for a
; multimillion dollar corporation. John Stossel, known
: for his ultra-rightwing pro-corporate views is a regular
reporter for ABC news.
¯
CBS canned a 60 minutes story on tobacco company
: lies because ofpressure from upper management. NBC
has squdched stories about boycotts of General Electric,
its parent company. CNN has no one as far to the
¯ It is even more bitter now that we’ ve learned that
: former Supreme Court Justice, the late Lewis Powell,
~ decided .that his vote, the"swing" votein Bowers (5-4),
¯ was a mistake. Powell never really seemed to understand
the impact of his act since he also
stated that his mistake never caused anyone
any harm. Indeed.
Also, it’ s been both funny and bitter to
learn that former Georgia Attorney General
Michael Bowers during the very time in
which he was defending the Georgia "sodomy"
statute was himself breaking a different
Georgia law by having an adulterous
affair. Obviously, all animals are equal but
some are more equal than others - if I may
paraphrase that line poorly.
Here in Oklahoma, our Supreme Court had
less courage or less commitment to fundamental
constitutional rights. Oklahoma’s
"crimes against nature" or "sodomy" statute
was declared unconstitutional in 1986. And
like the Georgia decision it involved heterosexual
citizens rather than Gay ones. But our
court chose to state explicitly that itwas only
addressing the unconstitutionality of the law
as it affectedheterosexual behavior. As Steve
Scarborough, staff attorney, Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund, Southern Regional
Office explained to TFN, it’s arbitrary,
it’ s unfair but it’ s what we’ ve got until
the statute’ s overturned in another statelevel
case or until Bowers v. Hardwick is overturned
at the federal level.
The great thing is that’s going to
happen. I don’ t know when, or exacdy how,
but to quote that song of solace for both
Black and Gay folk (and Black, Gay folk),
"deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall
overcome some day" Because the fssue here is not
really whatfolks are doingin theirbedrooms but whether
America’s promise, that all are created equal, is truly,
truly what we believe.
Left as Pat Buchanan is to the right on its nightly
political show Crossfire.
NBC’s reporter Pete Williams is a former Bush
administration official. CBS’ s and ABC’ s Diane Sawyer
was a Nixon administration insider before landing a
job covering the news. Britt Hume of Fox News is a
known conservative ideologue who used to play tennis
with George Bush. _
PBS has many shows dedicated to covering corporate
America - Nightly Business Report, Adam Smith’s
Money World, Tony Brown’s Journal, Wall Street
Week:etc., b~ut~noo’ s,hows dedicated to coveringconsum-
.ers or laoor, r’t~ s tongest running show is Firing Line
l~osted by ultra conservative William F. Buekley, the
editor of the conservative National Review Magazine.
Other shows hosted by conservatives regularly are:.One
on One, The MeLaughlin Group and American Interests.
Additionally, a show has been added to the PBS
lineupthat is based on holier-than-thou conservative
William Bennett’s book The Book of Virtues.
ti Talk"ra’di° is.hosted almost exclusively by conservave
talk snow hosts, headed by Rush Limbaugh, Ollie
North, Larry Elder, Michael Reagan and G. Gordon
Li’_d.dy. Former Republican presidential candidate and
religious rightleader, PatRobertson, owns theChristian
Broadcasting Network which airs nationwide. He also
owns the Family Channel and a radio news service
called Standard News.
And those are just a few things to consider about our
"liberal media" ~ except, of course, Tulsa FamilyNews
which is proudly pro-Gay, moderate to progressive in
our politics.
Hats off to Tulsa Oklahonmns for Human Rights,
the organization that provides our Gay CommRnity
Center, formounting alarge and very visible sign onthe
south face of The Pride Center. The sign can be seen
well down Brookside as you travel north. TOHR president
Steve Horn credits board member and volunteer,
Ric Martin, for getting the sign done. Kudos to Ric and
to Steve and see About, p. 14
Texas Sodomy Challenge
HOUSTON (AP) - Two men found having sex in a
private home pleaded no contest Friday to sodomy
charges, initiating a legal challenge to the 119-yearold
Texas law that bars Gay intercolarse. John Geddes
Lawrence, 55, and Tyrone Garner, 31, were arrested
for engaging in homosexual conduct on Sept. 17
when deputies- responding to a false report of an
_ armed intruder - found them having consensual sex
in Lawrence’ s apartment. Justice of the Peace Mike
Parrott fined them $125 each. The men, who want to
keep the case alive to fight the law, appealed the fine
and posted appeal bonds of $332.50 each, which
moves the case to state district court.
"I hope that the law changes," Garner said. "I feel
like my civil rights were violated and ! wash’ t doing
anything wrong." The sodomy law makes homosexual
oral and anal sex a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine of up to $500. Although on the books for
more than a century, the law is rarely enforced. Gay
activists have worked unsuccessfully for years to
overturn the statute. Of the 19 states that have a
sodomy statute barfing consensual anal or oral sex,
Texas is one of five that specifically targets same-sex
partners. The other four are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri
and Oklahoma, according to Lambda Legal
Defense and Education Fund Inc. of New York.
United Church of Christ
Leader Support Gays
CLEVELAND (AP) -The head of the United Church
of Christ has asked that a document he wrote supporting
the acceptance of Gay ~md Bisexual people into
the church and its clergy be read alou.d at services.
The Rev. Paul H. Sherry, president of the 1.4-million
member church, headquartered in Cleveland, mailed
a pastoral document to his denomination’ s more than
6,000 churches.
Sherry said he wrote the document in response to
the Slaying of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming and
other recent examples of anti-Gay sentiments that
have been in the news. "The hatred exposed in the
shocking murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyormng
last month underscores the critical importance of this
reflection and of the need for our voice to be heard,"
, " Sherry stated recently.
The pastoral letter is titled "Now, No Condemnations,"
and supports the full participation of Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual persons in the membership and
clergy of the church. "Knowing how challenging this
issue can be for some in our churches, I hope it can be
helpful to you in the exercise of your leadership,
providing a way to initiate needed reflection, study
and action," Sherry wrote in a letter accompanying
the document.
Kentucky Lesbian Fired
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Baptist
Homes for Children fired a supervisor for being a
Lesbian after co-workers saw her pictured with her
partner in a photo contest at the Kentucky State Fair.
The fired worker, Alicia Pedreira, said she acknowledged
she was Gay when she applied for the job last
May. Pedreira¯was dismissed Oct. 23 on the grounds
that her"admitted Homosexual lifestyleis contrary to
the Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children core valties."
In the wake of Pedreira’ s firing, five other employees
resigned in protest, and two universities decided
to withdraw their studentsfromthe BaptistHomes for
Children’ s programs.
The picture of Pedreira that appeared in a contest at
the state fair was takenby an amateurphotographer at
alocalAIDS walk. Thepicture, whichshows Pedreira
standing in front of partner Nance Goodman wearing
an "Isle of Lesbos" t-shirt, was entered without
Pedreira’ s consent.
In an interview, Brenda Gray, a KBHC spokeswoman,
said: "We strive to be fair in our dealings
with all people, including, certainly, our employees.
At the same time, it is important that we stay true to
our Christian values. Homosexuality is alifestyle that
would prohibit employment."
Jack Cox, the home’ s manager until he quit over
Pedreira’s firing, said Pedreira acknowledged she
was Gay when she interviewed for the job as art
therapist and supervisor at the Spring Meadows home
for emotionally disturbed boys m eastern Jefferson
County. Cox said he told her that wouldn’t be a
problem, as long as she didn’ t talk about her private
life at work. In a letter to Pedreira after her termination,
Cox said that no one can be hired or fired at
KBHC without approval of its president, William
Smithwick. Citing privacy concerns, Gray, theKBHC
spokeswoman, declined to elaborate on what promises,
if any, where made to Pedreira when she was
hired or whether Smithwick knew about her sexual
orientation then.
Pedrcira said when she returned to work from a
vacation in August, she learned that several employees
at the children’ s home had seen a picture of her
and Goodman at the state fair and were discussing it
at work. Cox said that his superiors contacted him and
told him that they wanted Pedreira to resign. She
refused. Pedreira said that KBHC. after initially saying
she’d be fired, offered what she considered a
demotion. She said she turned that down and was
fired. She said she’ s still out of work.
After Pedreira was terminated, Cox said he resigned,
as did another supervisor; an employee who
worked for Pedreira; and two clinical social workers.
Cox said Pedreira’ s termination is contrary to the
code of ethics of the National Association of Social
Workers. "For me to continue to work for an agency
that embraces that is against my ethics and personal
belief," Cox said. Spalding University and the University
of Louisville’s Kent School of Social Work
said their students were leaving because discrimination
against Gays is inconsistent with the ethics and
ideals of social work.
TheKBHC,a part of the Kentucky Baptist Convention,
operates eight homes across the state for more
than 3,000 emotionally disturbed children. Most of
the children are placed th(re by the state. The KBHC
received about $12 milhon ofits $15.6 million budget
last year from state agencies, Gray said. The state can
withhold money from private child-care contractors
that discriminate against women, African-Americans
and others who are protected by state and federal law.
But, said Cary Willis, a spokesman for the Cabinetfor
Families and Children, "We can’ t base any funding
decisions on whether somebody discriminates based
on sexual orientation."
: California Marriage
Ban Advances
¯
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)-A proposal to declare
¯ that only marriages between a man and a woman
~ would be recognized as legal in California won a
¯ place on the state’ s prima~u¢ election ballot in 2000.
", The initiative was written by state Sen. Pete Knight,
¯ R-Palmdale.
¯ Knight’ s petition drive collected 677,000 signatures,
of Which more than 482,000 were projected to
: be valid voter signatures based on a random sam-
¯" piing. At least 433,269 voter signatures were needed
to qualify the measure for the March 7, 2000 primary.
¯ Iowa Town Looks at
¯ Anti-Bias Measure
¯
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - The Cedar Rapids
¯ Civil Rights Commission has agreed to recommend
¯ that the words "sexual orientation" be added to the
: city’ s civil rights ordinance. With the 6-1 vote Tues-
. day, the ordinance would prohibit discrimination
¯ based on sexual orientation in matters such as era-
¯ ployment and housing.
¯ Commission Chairman Gerald Matchett abstained
¯ from voting, while Commissioner Taha Tawil cast
: the only dissenting vote. Tawil said he thinks homo-
. sexuality is a"deadly sin" and that an amendment to
: th( civil fights ordinance would chip away at tradi-
~ tional family values. "It is an open door," Tawil said.
¯ ’q’his is a conservative city, and we need to keep it as
a family city."
: Commissioner Kathryn Coulter, who at first did
¯ not think the amendment was necessary, said she was
¯ swayed by comments made at public forums by
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what I saw as pretty organized prejudice in this town
against homosexuals, and I don’t think anything convinced
memore than the testimony that was given," she
said. The recommendation must now be considered by
the City Council.
Openly Bisexual Oregon
Legislator Not Hopeful
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Even though an openly Bisexual
woman now holds one of the Oregon Legislature’ s top
leadership posts, shebelieves Gay civil rights supporters
may have a hard time getting their agenda passed
next year. "I’m skeptical of the leadership," said Sen.
Kate Brown, D-Portland, the newly elected Senate
minority leader.
She noted that the breakdown in the Senate is still 17-
13 in favor of the Republicans, so despite any influence
she may have for civil rights issues, her caucus will still
be outgunned. Brown said civil rights backers might
have to settle for small steps, such as the last session’ s
funding of a state coordinator to help prevent teen
suicides, of which Gays make up a significant share.
"We’re treading lightly," said Jean Harris of Basic
Rights Oregon, thebiggest Gay civil rights organization
in the state. She sees the group’s posture as a mainly
defensive one. If the Legislature pushes an extreme
right-wing bill on Gays "we’ll be there to prevent them
from passing bad things... It’s a fight against the
religious right-wing agenda." "We’ re sort of waiting to
see how many anti-Gay things are going to come up and
whether they’ 11 pass theemploymentbil! after23 years,"
Harris said. "The employment bill is the only thing on
the front burner."
The measure to outlaw discrimination against homosexuals
in employment, first introduced in 1975, has
been a key part of the civil rights lobbying efforts for
years. The measure passed in the House in the 1997
Legislature but fell short of getting a Senate vote in the
waning days of the session. ’.’I certainly feel that’s an
unsolved issue out there," Brown said. "Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual people still are discriminated against in
employment."
But House Speaker-elect Lynn Snodgrass, R-Boring,
who describes herself as a social conservative, said she
doesn’t particularly want to spend time dealing with
thorny social issues. "We need to focus on issues the
people sent us here to do," she said. But added she’ll
bow to the will of her caucus if the members want an
issue advanced.
Harriet Merck of Eugene, a Gay woman who works
at the University of Oregon, said it’ s discouraging that
"we still don’ t have an anti-employment discrimination
bill." But she said she doesn’ t have too much hope of
pro-Gay civil rights gains in the coming session. "You
have to work what you have to work with in any given
session," she said. "
1,000 in Chicago
Counter Phelps Protest
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 1,000 Gay-fights supporters
surrounded a church where an anti-homosexual
minister protested a marriage ceremony for two men
conducted earlier this year. The Rev. Fred Phelps of the
WestboroBaptistChurchofTopeka, Kan., and about 10
of his supporters gathered recently to protest a September
marriage presided over by the Rev. Gregory Dell,
pastor of the Broadway United Methodist Church.
Gay civil rights supporters surrounded the church,
gathered on rooftops, and held signs that read "Stop the
Hate," in anticipation of Phelps and his followers.
Phelps and his followers have engaged in anti-homosexual
picketing around the country, including a demonstration
at the funeral of Matthew Shepard, a Gay
University of Wyoming student who was beaten to
death in October.
Chicago police surrounded the anti-Gay group with
barricades as they gathered on a street comer facing the
church. Phelps waved different anti-Gay signs throughout
the demonstration. One signread "God Hates Fags."
"This is tack3,, minimal, cheap, tawdry stuff," Phelps
said in referring to those protesting against him and his
followers.
Midway through the demonstration, some Gay supporters
approached Phelps and his group and were
forced back by police. The anti-Gay demonstration
ended whenPhelps andhis followers were escorted
away by police. Phelps said he plans to return to
Chicago in the next few weeks to continue the
protests.
"It’s unfortunate that individuals and groups
carry the kind of hate and fear that these folks do,"
Dell said of the Kansas protesters. "But however
offensive their message might be, the strength of
community, justice and love is stronger." Dell
performed the Gay marriage service despite a ban
on such ceremonies that was inserted in his
denomination’s "Book of I>iscipline" in August.
The United Methodist Church will put Dell on trial
next year for violating the ban. He could be
defrocked.
Is West Virginia Gov.
Gay-Friendly?
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Cecil
Underwood is exasmniDg several Gay civil rights
initiatives and has not ruled out proposing legislation
to enact them, his spokesman said recently.
"Does it fit in his legislative agenda? That is being
decided right now," Dan Page said.
Underwood sent a letter to a Gay member of the
state Republican Executive Committee saying he
does not support a "quick fix" on discrimination
issues. But he said "we shall examine very carefully
the positions" Larry Tighe Of Wheeling had
asked him to support.
Tighe asked Underwood in September whether
he stands by his 1996 campaign pledge to seek
changes in state fair housing and human rights acts
to make it illegal to discriminate against Lesbians
and Gays. Underwood said then, "I am opposed to
using sexual preference to discriminate. I feel they
are entitled to the same-protection we offer everyone."
Tighe asked Underwood specifically if he
supports amending the state I-Iumun Rights Act to
include aban against diseriminating againsthomosexuals
in empl0yment,housing andpublic accommodation.
The act now prohibits discrimination because of
race, religion, color, nationality, sex and age. Opponents
have said the additional language would
give homosexuals special privileges. Supporters
say it is necessary to protect homosexuals from
growing violence.
Tighe also asked whether Underwood would
sign an executive order banning discrimination
based on sexual orientation in state government
employment and if he would support changing
West Virginia hate crimes laws to protect homosexuals
as a class. And he asked Underwood to
include the proposals in his State of the State
address in January.
Underwood’s Nov. 20. reply, which Tighe received
Monday, said, "My position on human
rights issues is straightforward and unwavering:
No West Virginia citizen should suffer discrimination
for any reason. "We can realize the vision of
Americaembodied within ourconstitutionby maintaining
vigilance and fighting prejudice where we
find it. We cannot and should not opt for a’ quick
fix’ that touches only the surface of a problem," the
governor’ s letter said.
Page said Underwood’ s opposition to a "quick
fix" does not necessarily mean he has rejected the
legislation Tighe supports. "The governor believes
the long-term solution is changing people’ s attitudes,"
he said, noting Underwood has established
a commission to teach West Virginians about the
Holocaust and has an initiative to promote better
race relations.
Underwood’s letter said, "We should work together
to promote tolerance and understanding
among all Americans, especially those citizens
who would deny freedoms and opportunities to
others... That is a long-term process that deserves
our full attention."
Underwood opposes same-sex marriage and has
voted against ordaining Lesbians and Gays as ministers
in the United Methodist Church.
Rural Americans:
Some HIV Ignorant i!
ATLANTA (AP)-They had_unprotec~d..
sex withpartners ofthesameandoppostte
sex, somclinlcs in exchange f~ .d~gs -
yetmany neverlmew they were~il~
of gettiilg AIDS..I~,tervi.ews wire ~a~
infected pati__egts snow .tpat .s~e ¯
Americans still aren’ tgett~.gtttemessage
about how AIDS is uansmitted, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
reported recently. _ .
Despite theirrisky behavior, about~
never thought they were at risk of contracting
the AIDS virus, theCDCsaid. Of
those, roughly a third admitted they had
notdeahow thevtrus was spread. ~learly
it’ s the people who are engaging in the
higher risk behaviors who appear not to
be getting the basic information about
transmission,"CDCepidemiologistAmy
Lausky said Thursday-. "I guess we’d all
like to think that, 10 to 15 years into the
epidemic, people would know.how HIV
is spread."
Researchers interviewed608adults with
HIV living in rural areas of Georgia,
Florida, South Carol",ma. and Delaware.
Asked why they didn t consider themselves
at risk, 33% of men and 29% of
women said they didn’t know how HIV
was spread. Other reasons given included
not tl~nking their sex partners were infected
and the belief that only homosexuals
and intravenous drug users contracted
HIV. LTnprotected sex and cracl~’use were
common among those interviewed.
The CDC said it doesn, t know of any
studies in which it asked urban HIV patients
the same questions. Researchers
noted that the vast majority of AIDS cases
are concentrated in urban areas. AIDS
cases in rural areas made up fewer than
10% ofthe 641~086 cases reported through
1997, the CDC said.
ter. ’The disease also progresses faster"
in females~ she sai& She also saidwomen
and minorities are underrepresented in
clinical tri~,s, ofnew AIDS and HIV treati
ments, and There may be some biologi-
: cal and genetic differences in how some
people respond to the drugs."
! ~ Stone said everyonein her study had
i -some health insur~ce, so she eliminated
cost as a reason some were ~eated with
protease inhibitors and others were not.
i She said it appeared that patients were
more likely to get the treatment if they
knew about the drugs and asked for them.
’"Some said they had never heard of the
therapy. Whites weremuchmorelikely to
have heard of the new drugs," she said.
Heterosexuals were less likely to get
~ the therapy because they often face the
~ ailment alone, she suggested. ",Many
people get help through networks¯ Gays
i have their networks and so do IV drug
¯. users,"she said. Heterosexuals withAIDS
: usually are women who got the disease
¯ from having sex with men, who were or
: had been drug-users or Bisexual. The
: women often did not know anyone else
." with the diseas&, she said. ’~nis was sur-
¯¯ prising, but even IV drug users knew
more about AIDS than these women/’ she
: said. Of women with AIDS, 58% are
¯ black, she said. Nationally,43% ofAIDS ¯
patients are black; 36% are white, and
. 20% are Hispanic, according to data pre-
¯ sented at the conference.
i¯ HIVTreatments blot
Available to All
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Physicians sometimes
steer HIV-infected New Yorkers
away from the best drug treatment regi:
mens because they do not believe the
patients are motivated or stable enough, a
state-sponsoredpanel ofexperts has found.
Health providers often saw. those with
HIV as members of suspectpatient groups
- immigrants, homeless people, inmates,
¯
the mentally and physically disabled -
: and prescribed treatment accordingly, in-
" stead of treating cases on an individual
: basis, the group said.
¯ An HIV treatment plan "should not be
¯ based on presumptive judgments about
¯ people in any racial, ethnic, gender, age,
¯ riskor other category," thepanel declared.
¯
"The state of New York should ensure
: that every person with HIV has access to
¯ basic health services as well as to provid- ¯
ers with HI¥ expertise," the group con-
" cluded.
¯ The 44-member panel included physi-
¯ clans, medical ethicists, public health ex- ¯
perts and advocates for groups at highrisk
of contracting the virus that causes AIDS,
¯ including Gay Men’s Health Crisis and
¯ Housing Works. It was formed in mid-
" 1997 after reports surfaced that someHIV
¯ patients werereceivingless-than-op~dmum
¯ care because of who they are or because
¯ some doctors and other health care work-
" ers were not up to speed on thelatest drug
¯ treatment methods.
¯ Dr. Guthrie Birkhead, director of the
: state Health Department’s AIDS Institute
: andco-chair of the panel, said the report
: was thefirst ofits kindin theUnited States
¯ to examine the ethical issues involved ¯
with the complicated drug treatments
: which have evolved for HIV and AIDS
¯ patients. Those treatments have become
". especially prevalent in the last three or
¯ four years. Problems with matching pa-
: tients with optimum treatment regimens
¯ "are still not solved at this point" in New
: York, Birkhead said. "It’s very important
: not to make assumptions about people’s
For Some, Less
Access to Care
BOSTON (AP) -Women, minorities and
heterosexuals with AIDS are less likely
than others to get a new and effective
treatment, andignorance of the procedure
may be one of the reasons, according to a
new study, The situation maybe particularly
bad for women, who, according to
another report, may be more susceptible
than men to HIV, the virus that causes
AIDS.
The reports were given at the "AIDS at
the Millennium" conference sponsored
by the Massachusetts Medical Society
and Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. A study
by Dr. Valerie Stone of the Brown University
School of Medicine found that
nearly three-quarters ofMassachusetts and
Rhode Island men with AIDS got the
three-drug, protease inhibitors treatment,
but only half the afflictedwomendid. The
study also found that 75% of whites with
AIDS got the multi-drug, or "cocktail"
treatment, but only 58% of blacks and
50%ofHlspanics did. Half ofheterosexuals
withAIDS were being treated with the
drugs, compared with 81% of Gays and
61% of those who contracted the disease
through drug injections. The study was
made at five sites, including community
health centers and teaching hospitals.
Protease inhibitors given in combinations
have improved and prolonged the
lives of many AIDS victims. New biological
evidence suggests women may be
more susceptible to HIV than men, said
Dr. Deborah Cotton, director of AIDS
clinical research at Boston Medical Cem
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he said. "In some cases, that may mean
deferring treatment- getting peoplehousing,
drug treatment, whatever. But in no
instances does that mean denying people
proper treatment."
Doctors and researchers have had the
best results in delaying the onset ofAIDS
among HIV-infected peopleusing a combination
of "antiretroviral’ drugs which
inhibit the development Of the virus in
human beings. Often, the drugs can extend
the lives of HIV-infected people for
many years.
Typically, HIV patients take three different
drugs two to three times a day,
Birkhead said. "For the average person,
withoutany problems,keepingona(medication)
scheduleis very difficult,"he said.
With HIV and AIDS patients, doctors
must recognize a whole series of related
problems that can prevent medications
frombeing taken, including havingproper
refrigeration for the drugs and language
barriers involving non-English speaking
- HIV victims, the panel found. And,recent
studies have shown that taking HIV drugs
in proper doses and sequences is crucial
because if some drugs are stopped, the
body could develop immunities to them
that will hasten the onset of AIDS.
Thepanel ofexperts saiditis the duty of
doctors and other health care providers to
stay current about the latest drug treatments
for HIV, to make them as widely
available to patients as possible and to
help get patients into situations where
they will stick to a medicinal schedule.
Patients, the panel said, have an obligation-
to religiously take the drugs, to eat
properly, to take other steps to maximize
the effect of the medications and to otherwise
aid in their own treatmentS. In cases
where a patient "demonstrates an inability
to initiate or maintain a treatment regimen"
it may be "appropriate" for a health
care provider to discontinue drug treatment,
the panel concluded.
Amemberofthepanel, Deunis DeLeon
of the Latino Commission on AIDS, said
he would like to see its recommendation
that all NewYorkers have access to anonymous
HIV testing become reality. ’There
was not equal access to appropriate preand
post-test counsding," DeLeon said.
’~3nce a person got tested, thefollow-up
in terms of the medical referral was lacking,
even in some major urban centers
throughout the state." State health officials
estimate that between 150,000 and
200,000 New Yorkers are HIV positive,
believed to be the highest snch population
in the nation.
Quilt to Move to DC
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The AIDS
Memorial Quilt, a 52-ton symbol born in
San Francisco as the deadly epidemic
ravaged the city’s Gay community, appears
to be headed permanently to Washmgton
D.C. The board of the Names
Project voted to begin searching for new
executive offices and a place to store and
display the quilt, which has grown to
more. than 100,000 pounds of cloth and
imagery.
The vote has not been formally announced,
but Names Project Executive
Director Andy lives told the San Francisco
Examiner the move won’t happen
for several years. ’XDbviously there is a
strong emotional tie to San Francisco,
birthplace of the quilt,"he said. "But what
began 10 years ago as an ad hoc response
to this tragedy has become an icon and the
No. 1 AIDS prevention .and education
tool in the country. "My position is that
logistically, we belong in the nation’s
capital... None of us has any interest in
having the quilt be this musty, dusty relic
stored on shelves:. 2’ The Names Project
intends to keepits original storefront space
at Castro and Market streets, where the
local chapter displays a segment of the
quilt. There are 52 US chapters.
~The quilt was the concept of AIDS
activist Cleve Jones during a candlelight
march on Nov. 27, 1985 honoring slain
Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor
GeorgeMoscone. Heaskedfellow marchers
to write on pieces of cardboard ~the
names of lovers and friends claimed by
AIDS. When the marchers covered the
Federal Building with their placards, "it
looked like a patchwork quilt of lives
cruelly cut short," Jones said.
’~ understand what they’re trying to
do," said Mike Salinas, news editor of the
Bay Area Reporter, a Gay newspaper.
"Relocating to Washington will let them
reach a broader audience of visitors from
around the globe, many of whom are in
desperate need of better AIDS education."
World AIDS Watch:
Indian Youth
MANESAR, India (AP) --Hard as it is to
talk about sex with young people, involving
them in AIDS education is crucial to
preventing the spread ofthe sexually transmitteddisease,
communityworkers, health
experts andyoungpeople themselves said.
’Young people have an enormous curiosity
about sex. So let’s build an information
systemaroundthem," saidLN. Balaji,
chiefofplanning ofUNICEF, India, which
is organizing a four-day workshop on the
role of youth in fighting AIDS epidemic
and HIV, the virus that causes the fatal
disease: People in their teens and 20s who
act as. health activists in their own communities
in 17 countries are attending the
workshop. They’ll return home with new
ideas about education and counteracting
discrimination against thosewho have the
disease.
About 1.7 million people in Africa. and
700,000 others in Asia and the Pacific are
infected with HIV every year, according
to United Nations statistics. Indiaaccounts
for the most cases in the world, at 4
million. One half million of the victims in
India are young people. Their number
will rise if young people do not have
access to information, skills and services
to fight the problem, Balaji told a news
conference in Manesar, a town near New
Delhi. Many participants in the UNICEF
conference said youth in their countries
are unable to discuss sex with their elders
because of societal taboos. They usually
endup gettingbadinformationfrompeers
or reading pornographic literature or experimenting
with unsafe sex.
In India, school principals balked at the
idea of health experts talking to studentsabout
drugs, sex or even problems of
youth. ’Talking about sex was considered
outrageous," said Gunjan Shah, one of the
4,000 students and teachers trained by
Sevadham Trust, a voluntary orgamzation
in Pune that is helping spread the
message of AIDS. Sevadham volunteers
slowly persuaded authorities to talk to
teachers. "Soon, they were saying’ This is
exactly what we want.’ From then, there
was no problem." Today, nearly all public
and private schools in Ptme and many
others in Bombay have asked Sevadham
to conduct training for their staff.
That ruling came in a federal lawsuit filed
by a homosexual who had been arrested
under the Georgia law, Which carried a
maximum sentence of 20 ysars.
’This is a symbolic victory," said David
Smith, a spokesman for the Gay civil
rights group, The Human Rights Alliance.
"It sends a message - the demise of
the Georgia sodomy law that was upheld
by the U.S. Supreme Court will hopefully
be a precursor to the U.S. Supreme Court
invalidating all thenation’ s sodomy laws."
Three other states - Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Pennsylvania - have recently
overturned such laws. ’This would help
the continuation of this trend," Emory
constitutional law professor Robert
Schapiro said.
Even though the law applied to both
heterosexual and homosexual activity, it
was seen as an example of discrimination
against homosexuals. The law "has made
Gays and Lesbians a target for unjust
police action in the past and unjust prosecution.
Wehope with this, that will come
to an end," said Harry Knox, interim director
of the Georgia Equality Project
Foundation.
Powell, formerly of Norcross, spent 14
months injail beforemakingbail last year
pending his appeal. "I don’t really espouse’
the Gay lifestyle,’ but’I:understand
their point of view," said Powell, whose
defense was helped by Lambda Defense
and Education Fund, aGay andHIV rights
advocacy group. Powell is now living in
Shreveport, La.
Theruling cannotbe appealed, because
the GeorgiaSupreme Courtis theultimate
authority on the state’ s constitution. Legislators
wouldhave to amend the constitution
to pass a similar law.
FormerAttorney General Michael Bowers,
who defended the law before the U.S.
Supreme Court in the 1986 case, said he
was surprised by the ruling. "I can’ t imagine
how. they can make such a ruling... I
would be very surprised if you don’ t see a
legislative move to alter that."
The 1986 case involved a challenge by
Michael Hardwick, a Gay Atlanta bartender
who was arrested for committing
sodomy in his home. Prosecutors later
dropped the charge..Hardwick, who died
of AIDS in 1991, sued state officials to
have the law declared unconstitutional.
The Georgia Supreme Court never ruled
on Hardwick’s case because his suit was
filed in federal court.
In the lone dissent to the ruling, Justice
George H, Carley wrote that the majority
misconstrued the state constitution and
"’usurped the legislative authority of the
General Assembly to establish the public
policy of this state." Carley said the Georgia
Constitution contains "no express recognition
of a right to privacy." The antisodomy
law was upheld by the state Supreme
Court in 1996, but that case turned
on the solicitation of sodomy, not the act
itself.
Eighteen states still have laws against
sodomy. Louisiana has such a law. It is
under state court challenge and a judge’s
ruling is pending. Thosechallenging these
laws in various states now have ’Tuel and
ammunition see Georgia, p. 14
to fight the battle," said Powell’ s attorney
Steven H. Sadow.
The following are excerpts from the
majority and dissenting opinions:
The majority opinion was written by
Chief Justice Robert Benham:
’q~he right of privacy has a long and
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Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lam, 2545 S. Yale, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
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Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
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Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
Parish Church of St. Jerome (Evangelical Anglican Church in America)
Mass - 11am, 205 W. King (east of No. Denver), Info: 582-3088
University of Tulsa Bisexuai/Lesbian~Gay/Transgendered Alliance
6:30 pm, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
Council Oak Men’ s Chorale, rehearsals at 5pm, Info: 585-COMC (2662)
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HIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
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Urban League, 240 East Apache
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Meets typically the last Tuesday of each month. Info: 743-4297
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Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group, more information, call 582-7225
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by Adam west " " "
Tulsa City-County Library
With the millenium close to an end, the
rate of novels dealing with the subject are
sure to skyrocket. Some wise individuals
got onto the trend early,
though, and one of these is
British science fiction author
Elizabeth Hand. Due to my
intense love of sci-fi, I was
recently asked to review this
bookfor theTulsaCity-County
Library system in response to
a customer’s request to have
the book withdrawn from our
shelves. Customer objections
to material are always taken
seriously, and so I found myselfreading
this The Glimmering
looking for evidence of
obscenity in its rather graphic
sexual scenes.
Before you run out and
snatch this one off the shelves,
let me warn you - the sex
scenes aren’t that graphic, and
what’s worse, they’re written
with little, attention to the
beauty of the written word and
an inordinate amount of pornlevel
vulgarity. Hand is inept
at writing worthwhile erotica,
but there are other reasons to
devote some time to this dismrbing
and elegant novel.
For those ofyouwho dislike
sci-fi, you should know that
this book is more speculative
fiction (along the lines of
Marge Pierey) than science fiction. There
are no aliens here, only some premature
advances in technology and some lessthan-
scientific consequences. This novel
should not be enjoyed for its sci-fi aspects
anyway. The real beauty of The Glimmering
shines through its characters, thanother
note to the style, The Glimmering is
in split-focus, with every other chapter
altemating between two protagonists, Jack
and Trip. It is only near the end that
everything comes together, but keep reading-
the coalescent result is smooth and
logical (albeit extremdy coincidental).
Jack is a forty-something gay man dying
of AIDS; who finds an unlikely cure
called Fusax. Trip Marlowe is a teenage
Christian Rock idol who loses his faith
¯when he discovers sex and the female
body. The two characters could hardly be
reached a sagebrush-strewn area at the
foot of the Laramie Range where the
dying Shepard was found 18 hours later.
DeBree said that McKinney was asked if
Shepard begged for his life and the defendant
replied: "Well, yeah- he was getting
the (expletive) beat out of him."
The autopsy showed that the 5-foot-2-
inch Shepard was struck in the head about
18 times, prosecutor Cal Rerucha said.
Officers testified that Shepard’s face was
caked with blood - except where it had
been partially washeddeanby tears. They
said his wrists were bound so tightly, it
was difficult to cut the rope.
Explaining the violence, McKinney told
his girlfriend, Kristin Price, "’Well, you
know how I feel about Gays,"’ Police
Detective Ben Fritzen testified. And
DeBree said McKinney repeatedly re-
: in more polar opposition. While Jack is
: noble, dignified and worldly, Trip brings
: self-absorption, infantile behavior and ig-
¯ norance to new lows. The chapters focus-
: ing on-Trip will probably be tedious for
For those d
you who dislike
sei-fi, you
should know
that this book
iS more
speeulative
fietlon...
There are no
aliens here...
This novel
should not
be enjoyed
for its sei-fi
azpeets anyway.
The real
beauty of The
Gl;mmer~ng
shines through
its characters.
anyone with depth, although
he does have his looks and a
misguidedinnocentloyalty (to
the girl he impregnates) to save
him from complete inanity.
It is nldmately the character
of Jack that makes this
book so important. Jack constanfly
berates himself for being
selfish, but he is horribly
mistaken. Jack comes from
wealth, and in the political destabilization
of 1999,his home
is one of the few havens availablein
thenovel. Thoughmost
of his family’s money is gone,
he maintains the upstate New
Yorkestatein order to give his
aging grandmother comfort
and provide his friends with a
secure getaway in times of
need.
Jack undertakes a sort of
spiritual journey that we all
sometimes feel a need for: the
process of remembering what
is important in our lives. Jack
longs for health and sex and
stability, but what he really
needs is’the "knowledge thathe
has had a positive impact in
the lives ofthe people he loves:
It’s not a complicated lesson,
but for some reason it escapes
most of us, most of the time.
I’m aware that I haven’t given you a
great amount 6f detail about this particu-
¯ lar story, and my descriptions of the characters
are rather vague, but that really
can’t be helped. Although ElizabethHand
has a complete lack of skill with erotica,
her ability to create elegant, complex stones
and characters and weave them together
so intricately with her plot is superb.
To tell you much more about the
characters would reveal too much of the
progression of the plot. Read this one
before the millenium ends. It’s not going
to be accurate, but you’ll have plenty of
ideas to consider on December31 st, 1999.
Adam West is an associate with Tulsa
City-County Library System and an OSU
alumnus. He is not now and never has
been Batman.
ferred to Shepard as "queer" and "faggot."
McKinney sat expressionless for most
of the five-hour hearing, smiling once or
twice when he spoke with l’us attorneys.
Shepard’s parents, Dennis and Judy
Shepard, sat in the front row, his mother
crying when a deputy identified photo-
., graphs of her son in the hospital.
¯ Public defender Dion Custis said the
¯ state failed to meet its burden ofproof that
" the murder was planned and said Shepard
¯
was not kidnapped, but went willingly. A
¯ watch, money and other property left at
¯ the crime scene showed that robbery was
¯¯ not a factoreither, he said. Ms. Price, 18, and Henderson’s girl-
: friend, Chasity Vera Pasley, 20, will be
¯ arraigned Dec. 9 on accessory after the ¯
fact to first-degree murder. Henderson
¯ and McKinney are being held without
¯ bond. Rerucha has not yet indicated if he
¯ will seek the death penalty.
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Some of oureatin’ andda’tnkin’ buddies
will go to a restaurant, f’md a dish they
like, and then order the stone food, over
andover,eve~ time they go thct~. Notus.
We prefer the adventure of tr~ng everything
on the menu, and
the variety of selecting
differententrees ondifferent
occasions. If our
waiter shouldhappento
remember a previous
-visit and suggest a repeat
sampling, invariably,
we will decline
and eat something different.
Exceptat Phill’ s.
We have the waitresses well trained by
now, and they know that any time we
come in after l0 a.m., they’d better put
aside a slice of the coconut creme pie for
us, because we always eat a piece whenever
we’ re in for luncheon. This coconut
pie is wonderful. Made from scratch -
none of that coconut-flavored vanilla
pudding stuff - with a classic creme
patisserie-style recipe,it’ s lovingly poured
into adreamy, flakey, flavorful, lardpastry
shell, and topped with clouds of real
whipped cream. It’ s not a snooty coconut
tart from a New York City bistro cooked
by a cook with a bad French accent. It’ s
just a plain old piece of good old Oklahoma
pie.
Phill’s Diner, located just east of
Harvard on 32rid Street, serves up a lot of
plain ,old .good Oklahoma cooking. In
fact, it s such a classic, that when we’re
¯ .entertaining out-of-town performing artists
in for a gig with the Phil or the Ballet
or the Opera, and they want some "Oklahoma
fOod," this is where weend up.
Only open for breakfast and lunch,
phill’ s is a classic diner. Blue plate specials.
Biscuits andgravy. Basichamburgers
and fries. Chicken fried steak. Homemade
cinnamon rolls that sell out almost
every morning. Sirloin steak and egg
breakfasts. And, unlike other popular diners
in Tulsa, Phill’ s hash’ t succumbed to
being trendy. It’ s still a neighborhood
place,marketing mostlyby wordofmouth.
But, you have to remember that this is
a low key kind of place. Vinyl banquettes
havethe occasional tapepatch. Sodafountain
bar stools face a functioning service
area. Glasses are plastic. Dinnerware is
mismatched - and includes the sundry
remnants of an IHOP going out of bnsi~
heSS sale. There is nothing pretentious
about this place.
On a recent visit, we decided to have
the grilled liver and onions, which, with a
simple Iceberg salad, two,~egetables (cho-
Two-thirds of U.S. volunteers will re-
¯ sen from the chalkboard), and a basketful
: of-freshly baked dinner rolls, only cost
: $4.99. Theliver, an easy meat to over-
. e~ok, was nicely done, and our only corn-
: plaint was that we got a few onions from
¯ the outside stem-end of the bulb which
were a bit papery. Our
companion opted for
the chicken fried steak,
which cost just a little
moreat $5.69. His steak
filled the plate, and the
aroma was wonderful.
Phill’s recipe includes
abitmore than a hint of
garlic, and the steak
was very satisfying.
: The green beans with bacon were heavily
¯ seasoned with black pepper, and that is
¯ almostatrademarkcharacteristicofPhill’s
: food. He likes things to have seasoning.
¯¯ Somemay not like things so "spicy," but,
with his tendency to use exotic ingredi-
." ents like salt, pepper, butter, onions, gar-
¯ lic, and bacon, we find the spicing charm-
: ing - kind of like visiting a friend’s
: mother’s house for supper.
Another great time to visit Phill’ s is for
¯" a late breakfast on a Saturday or Sunday
’. morning. The chalkboard specials almost
: alwayshaveanmterestmg *orunch food,
¯ ~uch asMalibu French toast (French toast ¯
with orange marmalade), an avocado,
¯
bacon, and cheddar cheese omelette, and,
¯ for those who like corned beef, a hefty
, serving of eggs and hash. Prices vary,
generally in the $4-5 range. Huge, fluffy
¯ hotcakes are also apopularmorningitem,
: with one ample cake going for $1.29, and
¯ two for $2.29. If you really think you can ¯
eat it all, they also have a triple stack for
." $3.29 (but eating like that is not going to
¯ help youfitinthosenew bicycling shorts).
¯ And, in the best Southerntradition, one ¯
can also order a brealffast side order of
¯ sliced tomatoes forjust99 cents. After all,
¯ it isn’ t breakfast without tonaatoes.
¯ Whenthe autunm weatherbegins to get ¯
more of a nip in the air, we’ 11 be looking
¯ forward to several other Phill’s staples.
¯ especially his homemade Irish stew and
his pinto beans with ham. A big bowl of
¯
one of these ($1.99 cup, $2.99 bowl) and
¯ a basketful of his cornbread is more than
¯ enough to refuel on a chilly afternoon.
." Phill’ s slogan is, "home of good food."
: Go to Phill’ s. You’ II feel at home. Andthe
¯ food certainly is good.
: I Editor’s note: Mary Schepers. our Do-
"I It-Yourself-Dyke is taking this month
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Jean-Pierre Legrandbouchewhichfirst
". ran tn our November 1997 issue.
ceive the vaccine. Richter said the Tulsa
trial has enrolled about 12 volunteers but
can enroll as many as 150. No women
have enrolled yet. Volunteers receive free
shots and about $40 to help with transportation,
Richter said.
Lysight said Tulsa has a large Gay
community, making it an ideal.site for the
study. He said he has known at least 15
people who died of AIDS complications
within the past seven years. Study volunteers
commit to participatefor three years.
They receive three injections of the genetically
engineeredvaccine over several
months. Those are followed up with a
Phill’ slogan is,
"home of goocq food."
Go to Phill’ .
You’ll feel at home¯
And the food
certainly is good.
series of booster shots. The vaccine uses
: engineered copies of a protein found on
." the outer coating of the HIV virus. It is
¯ designed toprompt theimmune system to
: make antibodies, which can attack invad-
¯ ing viruses before they infecthealthy cells.
¯ Lysight said he hopes to help pave the
¯ way for avaccinethat blocks HIV the way
~ today’s vaccines target small pox or
¯ chicken pox. "Until there is a vaccine or
: anything to help it. nobody will want to
: accept what the problem is," he said.
: Local AIDSgroups and the Tulsa City-
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Louis, Denver, Philadelphia and sites in
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by Esther Rothblum
I recently talked with a group of five
young women in a Vermont high school
about what it means to be Lesbian, Bi, or
questionning. These women students -
and a teacher- have been
meeting weekly in their
school after hours. Hard as it
may be for us older Lesbians
to believe, but such groups
are a part of all high schools
in the Burlington, Vermont
area.
The women were proud
that their classmates hadjust
voted in (500 in favor, 100
against) a club to be called
the "Gay and Straight Alliance."
As one woman said
"what was so good about the
process was that it was so
out there, and an explanation
went along with it, so
.... ~bool life is not
wlthout harassment,
¯ . . Another woman,
who is Bisexual,
has been called a
"dyke"by another
student.
Als0, students in
their high school will
refer to something
they don’t llke as
"gay," as in "thatdress
is so
people knew it wasn’t just a
Gay thing." In fact, one of the club’s
organizers received a school medal for
her efforts.
BUt school life is not without harassment.
One student said: "Yesterday, a kid
came up to me and said ’I would really,
appreciate it if you didn’t make out with"
other girls in the hallways.’ I’ve never
done anything like that in school." Another
woman, who is Bisexual, has been
called a "dyke" by another student: Also,
students in their high school will refer to
something they don’t like as "gay," as in
"that dress, is so gay.’"
The women I interviewed were aware
of internalized homophobia as well. One
woman said: "In eighth grade there was
this kid that everyone said he was Gay. He
couples’ request to overturn the prohibition.
In legal briefsand arguments to the
court, they said mamage historically has
been defined as a union between a man
and a woman because same-sex couples
can’t biologically bear children. ’‘To say
(otherwise) would be to say there’ s absolutely
no connection between marriage
and procreation," said Assistant Attorney
General Eve Jacobs-Camahan. "It’s a
unique social institution based on the
sexual communion of a man and a
woman."
Vermont is now the only state with a
Supreme Court considering the question
of Gay marriages. In last month’s elections,
voters in Hawaii and Alaska essentially
overturned court rulings that were
moving toward legalizing such unions.
Robinson said refusing to allow samegender
couples to marry was as discriminatory
as bans on interracial marriage,
firstoverturnedby the CaliforniaSupreme
Court in 1948. "The parallels between
that case and this case are striking," she
said. In 1948, proponents of California’ s
interracial ban used many of the same
arguments as Gay marriage opponents
today, such .as the promotion of procreation,
she said.
But Assistant Attorney General Timothy
Tomasi said bothmen and women are
given the right to marry, and a court redefining
it would cut into the rights of the
Legislature. ’‘There’ s no benefit given to
¯¯ had a very hard time with harassment.
Then when I came out my freshman year,
¯ hestartedmaking fun ofm!! I said to him:
: ’Don’t yon remember how-bad it felt
¯ when everyone made fun of you?’ He
said: ’But I wasn’t and you
are." In s,o,me ways, I was his
revenge.
Another woman was concerned
about how her heterosexual
friend would be
viewed. She said: "I think
mybeing fairly out in school
affected her. We used to sit
together in class and spend a
lot of time together. We’ve
been friends since kindergarten.
I think the fact that
we were so close actually
negalively affectedher, with
people assuming that she was
Gay as well. I found myself
pulling away from her so
that she wouldn’t be stereotyped.
I wanted her to be able to find a
boyfriend and be happy; I didn’t want her
harasssed."
In some ways, being Gay is viewed as
trendy in their school, but only when it
refers to female students, mostly those
who are Bisexual. But the women I interviewed
felt that trends are viewed as a
phase, and their classmates wonder When
this particular trend will finalh, be over.
"My friends thought I was a "~oser’ because
I told them that I was Bi," said one
woman.
Esther Rothblum teaches Psychology
at the University ofVermont andEditor of
the Journal ofLesbian Studies. Ske can be
reached at Dewey Hall, Univ. of Vt.,
Burlington or: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu
males that isn’ t given to females," he said.
The lawsuit challenges a 1975 rulingby
the state’ s attorney general advising town
clerks that Vermont law defined civil
marriage as a union between a "bride and
a groom," in effect prohibiting same-sex
couples from marrying. Ten groups, ~ncluding
a coalition of other states, wrote
briefs supporting Attorney General William
Sorrell’s definition. Seven other
groups have filed arguments that contend
Vermont" s Constitution guarantees Gays
the same rights to marriage as heterosexuals.
Hordes of people showed to watch the
arguments. Folding chairs were setup and
the court, for the first time ever, required
tickets to get in the building. They were
snatched up the moment doors opened,
hours b.efore the scheduled arguments.
From the point of view of the couples,
who found themselves at the center of a
national debate and sat in a front row, the
arguments couldn’t come soon enough.
"Twenty-five years ago, when we met
and fell in love, mamage was not something
any of us that were same-gender
couples thought about," said Holly
Puterbaugh of Milton, one of the plaintiffs.
"it just was not in the conversation,
it was not in the thinking." She and Lois
Farnham are raising a daughter together.
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Whenl moved into Iankahar, a
small South Pacific village in Vanuatu, I
worked hard to learn all the names of my
70 or so new neighbors. I
was proud of myself for
memorizing everyone’ s
name in just a week or two,
particularly since many
people have both a local
name and a European one.
Or I was until the day I called
out to young Joshua, an active
5-year:old who liked to
hang around my hut. He
shyly informed me that his
name was now Tio. "But
what happened to Tio?" I
asked, confused. Tio, I
thought, was the helpful son
of my neighbors Vani and
Kaisaia. Joshua, or rather
now Tio, drawing in the dirt
with his big toe, told me that
Tio was now called Kamuti.
But this was equally confusing.
Kamuti - or so I had
memorized - was an older,
childless man who lived in a.
rattletrap hut at the end of
the village.
I pestered people in my
rudimentary Pidgin English
until they" helped me understand
that old Kamuti, sensing
death, had just adopted
20-someflfing Tio who took
his name. This left open the
Ameriean Gay
culture includes
several drag
naming traditions.
Much of the
attraetlon of drag
comes from its
eonstruetlon of
hyper-femlnlnlty
- an image of
perfected
womanhood that
no real female
could, in reality,
obtain.
This is why
RuPaul and
Barble are twins -
they both are
way beyond
female reality.
name-"Tio" that the former Joshua assumed.
Men’s names on this island are
really titles. They emplace individuals
within a structure of kinship groups. Each
nmne. moreover, comes with rights to
certain land plots. Joshua’s father had
more sons than nmnes to give out, so the
bob was making do with the European
"’Joshua" until a landed personal title (like
Tio) freed up. Persona! names in Iankab,ar
thus link individuals into land-holding
kinship ~oups which are the basic building
blocks of island society.
AnthropoloNsts study personal naming
systems in order to learn more about
people’ s understandings of selfhood, and
of the ways in which they conceive of
individuality and society. In many cultures,
people may have several names at
once, or may take on additional names as
they go throughlife. ,americans are familiar
with first names, middle names, nicknames,
family or surnames, pen names,
stage names, and aliases; and the majority
of ~american women still change their
familynames at marriage (as Hillary went
from Rodham, to Clinton, to Rodham
Clinton). Still, people in other societies
may have far more opportunities than we
do to collect various names or to swap one
name for another
In some cultures, each time an individual
enters a new phase of life (childhood,
adulthood, old.age), he takes a different
name. In classic Chinese society,
important men acquired "death names";
because, dead, you ate a changed person
and you need a different name. The Japanese
borrowed this custom which is why
theformerEmperor!tirohito is now called
Showa. Elsewhere, people takenew names
after important events in their lives, such
as surviving a major illness. In Samoaand
other Polynesian cultures, people commonly
have several names, one of which
may be a tide. Names are context dependent-
people call one another by whichever
of their names best fits the occasion.
Most American names are gendered;
some are male, others female.
It is not surprising,
therefore, that transgendered
individuals, and drag queens,
almost always acquire new
names as part of their transformed
personality. Something
similar to Samoa’s
context-governed names
occurs here with American
cross-dressers and drag artists.
When you meet up with
your friend, do you use his
boy name or his gift name?
This mostly depends on
where you are at the moment
and also, of course,
what s/he’s wearing. Personal
nmnes in Iankahar give
men rights to family and
land; here in America they
give us rights to be, and to
act, male or female.
American Gay cnlture
includes Several drag naming
traditions. Much of the
attraction of drag comes
from its construction of
hyper-femininity - an image
ofperfected womanhood
that no real female could, in
reality, obtain. This is why
RuPaul and Barbie are twins
- they both are way beyond
female reality. One drag naming tradition
is the hyper-feminine. Here, the queens
take on Barbie-ish names. I surfed through
a number of drag queen websites on the
Internet (yes, those gifts are online) and
turned up hyper-ladylike names such as
Zhanna, Monique, Vaunessa, Cookky,
Felicity, Chynna, Windy, Misty De Mute,
and so on. Sometimes these names pair
with the drag equivalent of a surname.
There are named drag houses in many
cities, and a daughter takes the family
name of her drag-mother (and sometimes
also drag-father). This creates a structure
of ficdve kinship that anthropologists call
matrilineal descent.
There is a second, comic naming tradition
in American drag. Her~ the queens
celebrate the carnival foundations of their
art. There are ancient and widespread
associations of masking and naughtiness
in Western culture, as all of us learn very
young ("Trick-or-Treat, smell my feet!").
Those sly queens adore bad puns. My
quick tour of the web discovered Miss
Pencil Vania, Charity Kaesse, Paige
Turner, Evian Water, Sister Dana van
Iquity, and of course Hedda Lettuce. And
I’m sure you can bring many coarser
examples to mind. But,just like people in
Vanuatu, China, and Samoa, the more
names you have, .the more you are.
Lamont Lindstrom teaches anthropology
at the University of Tulsa.
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distingnished history in Georgia. In 1905,
this court expressly recognized that Geor~
gia citizens have a ’liberty of privacy’
guaranteed by the Georgia constitutional
provision which declares that no person
shall be deprived of liberty except by due
process of law... This court has determined
that a citizen’ s right to privacy is
strong enough to withstand a variety of
attempts by the State to intrude in the
citizen’s life."
"v~re cannot think of any other activity
¯ .that reasonable persons would rank as
more private and more deserving of proteetion
from governmental interference
~consensual, private, adult sexual ac-
:~tivity. :. We’conclude that such activityis
at the heart of the Georgia Constitution’ s
protection of the right of privacy."
’q’he State fulfills its role in preventing
sexual assaults and shielding and protecting
the public from sexual acts by the
enactment of criminal statutes prohibiting
such conduct... The only possible
purpose for the statute is to regulate the
private conduct of consenting adults, the
public gains nobenefit, and the individual
is unduly oppressedby the invasion of the
right to privacy. Consequently, we must
conclude that the legislation exceeds the
permissible bounds of police power."
"In undertaking, the judiciary’ s constitutional
duty, it is not the prerogative of
members of the judiciary to base decisions
on their personal notions of morality.
Indeed, if wewere called upon to pass
upon the propriety of the conduct herein,
we would not condone it... While many
believe that acts of sodomy, even those
involving consenting adults, are morally
reprehensible, this repugnance alone does
not create a compelling justification for
state regulation of the activity."
"We agree with our fellow jurists that
legislative enactments setting ’social majority’
are not exempt from judicial review
testing their constitutional mettle."
The minori~ opinion was written by
Justice George H. Carley:
"Clearly, Powell has no right under the
federal constitution to engage in the act.
.. since there is no fundamental right
¯ . under theConstitution ofthe United States
~ to engage in consensual sodomy."
"The Court has exceeded the limits of
its judicial authority and usurped the legislative
power ’to enact laws to promote
¯the public health, safety, morals and welfare
of its citizens."
"Until the majority’s advancement of
: its overly expansive notion of the state
." constitutional guarantee of’liberty,’ there
¯ has never been any doubt that the General
~ Assembly,in the exercise ofpolicepower,
: has the authority to define as crimes the
¯¯ commission of acts which, withoutregard
to the infliction of any other injury, are
¯ considered to be immoral. Simply put,
¯ commission of what the Legislature has ¯
determined to be an immoral act, even if
: ¢gpsensual andprivate, is aninjury against
¯ society itself."
: "!’he majority should take no comfort
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¯ from the rank of those states which have
¯ held that thematteris for resolutionby the
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[1998] Tulsa Family News, December 1998; Volume 5, Issue 12
Subject
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Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.
Description
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Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9).
The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level.
This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission.
Creator
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Tulsa Family News
Source
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https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24
Publisher
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Tom Neal
Date
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December 1998
Contributor
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Jeams Christjohn
Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud
Barry Hensley
J.P. Legrandbouche
Lamont Lindstrom
Esther Rothblum
Mary Schepers
Adam West
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Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News
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Tulsa Family News, November 1998; Volume 5, Issue 11
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PDF
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English
Type
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newspaper
periodical
Coverage
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Tulsa(Oklahoma)---newspaper
Tulsa---Oklahoma
Oklahoma---Tulsa
United States Oklahoma Tulsa
United States of America (50 states)
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https://history.okeq.org/items/show/554
1998
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