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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart
TFNwriter Cooper & Col. Cammermeyer,photo: Cooper
April 15 - May 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 5
Col. Cammermeyer at TU
by Laurie Cooper
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, an decorated member
of the US Armed Forces spoke in March at the University
of Tulsa to an audience of over 300 about her experiences
of being forced out of the US Reserve because of being
Lesbian. Her experience was dramatized in a recent
television fihn which diva Barbara Streisand produced.
TFN asked Laurie Cooper, a Lesbian and also amember
of the US Reserves, to interview Greta Cammermever.
Q: In your lecture you talked about the strategy of
"dehumanizing the enemy’" - making it easier to hate
them. With the visibili~,, ofyourfilm "Serving In Silence"
and "rehumamzing the enemy" andshowing people that
gays are human, does itfrustiateyou thatprogress seems
to be made so slowly?
see Cammermeyer, page 3
Montana: Police Were to
Register Convicted Gays
HELENA, Mont.-The Montana
state Senate gave m to a popular
outcry and stripped a provision
from a sex-offendermeasure tlmt
would have forced anyone
convicted of homosextml acts to
register with police officials for
the remainder of their lives. A
voice vote to remove the provision
without further debate
followed au outpouring from
constituents fnrious about the
proposed legislation.
The measure would have
placed consenting gay and
lesbian adults in the same
category as murderers and
rapists. The bill had initially been
approved by the Senate on only
the day before by a storming vote
of 41 to 8, even though both
supporters and opponents of the
measure agreed that it probably
would have hadno actual impact.
Although same-sex sex - even
mnong consenting adults - is a
felony m~der Montana law, there
are no indications anyone has
ever been convicted in the state
under thc statutes. The proposed
measure created a fitror~ter state
Senator A! Bishop- said
homosext~d acts are"even worse
than a violent Sexual act.’"
see Montana. page 3
Lesbian/Gay Community
Center Campaign Begins
Tim Gillean, president ofTulsaOklahomans forHuman
Rights (TOHR), announced the beginning ofa fundraising
campaign for a community center for Tulsa’s Lesbian,
Gay & Bisexual communities. Aftermonths of work with
donors, bankers and community activists and
organizations, Gillean noted that an appropriate building
has been located and that negotiations art Uiide~ way with
possible tenants and major donors. "We have secured a
promise of a matching funds ~ant- that would match
accumulated donations made by members of our
see Center, page 7
Youth at Risk: Understanding &
Supporting Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual
Youths; Planned Parenthood
Hosts Workshop on April 28
Planned Parenthood of Eastern Oklahoma & Western
Arkansas, Inc. will present a one-day workshop on April
28, on understanding and supporting Gay, Lesbian &
Bisexual Youth. Joel W. Wells, Ph.D. professor of Family
and Consumer Sciences at the Univer_sity of Northern
Iowa, a noted author about homosexuality and
see Youth, page 7
Radio Host Ann Williams:
Talkshows & Censorphip Ann Williams fascinated members of Tulsa s Gay &
Lesbian business organizauon, Rainbow Business Gt~ild,
with her plans for "liberal," and possibly even Lesbian/
Gay talk radio in her new job as program director for
Taylor Satellite Talk (TST). This new service of Tulsabased
Taylor Communications is a direct-to-home satellite
network scheduled to begin in June.
Williams, who was joined by her spouse, photographer
Jim O. Williams, also spoke about what she felt were the
see Williams, page 7
Evangelist Robertson
Slams Anti-Gay Violence
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Pat
Robertson, who has rarely had
anytlfing positive to say about
gays and lesbians, took a brief,
haJting Step during the broadcast
of his "700 Club" television
program to deuounce violence
against homosexuals.
"We abhor violence against
homosexnals," Robertson said.
"We would counsel strongly, in
relation to homosexuality, that
yon can hold vonr religious
beliefs withont beating people
up and being violent."
Mel White, a Metropolitan
Community Church miuister
who had fasted 23 days in jail
after being arrested for trying to
have a lueetmg with Robertson,
called Robertsou" s statement
small but very real victory.’"
When Robertson fiually
agreed to drop trespassing
charges against Wlfite and meet
the MCC pastor iu his jail cell,
one of the things Wlfite asked
was that Robertson, for ~vhom
he was once a ghost writer,
shonld publicly denounce antigay
violence. "I con~atulate Pat
on saying the words we’ve
~vaited so long to hear," \\qfite
said ,alter the broadcast.
Gingrich: Gays Should
Have No Rights in Court
WASHIN’GTON-After a public
meeting about Lesbian & Gay
issues with his sister, Candac’e
Gingrich, who is Lesbian, House
Speaker Newt Gingrich rm~kled
gay rights activists by saying the
next day that workers who are
fired because they are
homosexual should not’have a
right to file discrimination
lawsnits in federal courts.
When he appeared with Iris
sister immediately after their
meeting to answer reporters"
questions, the House Speakerhad
nrged tolerauce for homosexnals
in America. But at a press
conference ,alter being lobbied
by his sister, Gingrich suggested
the courts should apply their own
"kind of "don’t ask, don’t tell"
policy to such bias snits based on
sexual orientation, and that gaypositive
counseling programs in
public school were used to
"recrnit" homosexuals.
Saying that although employers
should not ask, Gingrich
said employees should-not have
any legal recourse in the courts if
they were fired because of their
sextml orientation. "I don’ t think
that" s grounds for federal legal
involvemem," Gingrich said.
see Gingrich, page 3
Tim Gillean, DavidLhevine& Kelly Kirby,photo: Cooper
Cty. Demo. Party Adds Gays
at Biennial Comm. Meeting
by Laurie Cooper
On April 1st at Hale High School, the Tulsa County
Democrats held their biennial Central Committee Meetinff.
The theme of the meeting was "Children, Compassmn
and Caring"; this theme provided a stark contrast to the
potentially brutal and destructive agenda of the Republican
"Contract with America". Included in the order of
business during the four hour meeting was:
* election of county party officers for a two year term;
* election of state central committee members, and
* passage of resolutions to be forwarded to the state and
congressional district meetings.
Elected to two year terms as Count)" officers were Dr.
David Lhevine, Chair; Laurie Phillips, Co-Chair; aud
Eric Bolusky, Secretary. Dr. Lhevine’s nomination as
Chair was offered by Gary Underwood. In January and
February, Mr. Underwood had shared with TiDHR
members the usefulness of becoming involved with the
political process As a continuauon of this outreach
effort, Dr. Lhevine attended the March monthly meeting
ofTOHR and shared his vision of the future of the Tulsa
County Democratic part3", continued on page 3
Anti-Gay Violence
Documented
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -
Ho~nosexnals bore the brunt of
bias-lnotivated violence m the
U.S. last year, according to the
atmual study Klanwatch Project
of the Sonthem Poverty Law
Center. In its annnal report to
lmv e~fforcement agencies, the
Klanwatch Project also warned
that the white supremacist ~oup
Aryan Nation is expanding
ral~idly after years of decline
Klanwatch saidit determined that
and-gay bias lay behind 25% of
the hate-based assaults and
nearly two-thirds of the
homidides it tracked. The group
determines motivation by
exanfining a numbei of factor’s
including statements made by
the assailant, the de~ee of force
used, crime location, robber)," and
statemeuts made by friendg and
community leader~.
Utah’s Anti-Marriage Bill
SALTLAKECITY - Gov. Mike
Leavitt has signed a bill passed
recently by the Utah LeNslature
that bars recognizing same-sex
marriages, even if legally
performed elsewhere. Activists
in the. state have begun
orgamzlng to fight the bill
see Utah. page 11
Judge Says Pentagon
Policy Unconstitutional
NEW YORK - The Clinton
administration" s colnpromise
"’don’t ask, don’t tell’" military
policy on gays and lesbians ih
the armed forces has been
declared unconstitutional by a
federal district court judge ~:ho
ruled the policy violates the free
speech and due process rights of
homosexuals in the conntrv’s
military services. Federal Judge
Eugene Nickerson of U.S.
see Military, page 7
U.N. Asks About Civil
Rights for U.S, Gays
NEW YORK - The United
Nations Human Rights Committee
heard for the first time
representatives of the U.S.
Justice Department outline the
mixed civil rights status of
homosexuals in the United
States. Deval Patrick, Assistant
Attorney General in the Civil
Rights Division of the Justice
see UN, page 3
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POB 4140 Tom Neal
Assistant Editor
Tulsa, Oklahoma Jmnes Christjohn
74159-0140 Writers/contributors
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Laurie Cooper
Maureen Curtin
Staff Photographer
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Steve Largent.- Full of It?
Dear Editor:
The headline "US Rep. I_argent Open to Jobs
Protection Bill" on the front page of the last Tulsa
Family News canght my eye, for it implies that Rep.
Largent lnay indeed have a social conscience. And
the last sentence of the article accomp,’mying the
headline states "that some observers i~fferred that
Largent ~night consider supporting a nondiscrimination
bill that protects Lesbians m~d Gay
men," once he researches it.
I doubt it. I have a letter from Rep. Largent dated
March 6, two days after meeting with Lesbiaus and
Gays in Tulsa, in which he makes the following
statements:
1. "\Vhile I am strongly supportive of each
individual’s Constitutional civil rights, I do not
believe that some segments of our society should
have greater rights thaa~ others based on their sex,
age, race, level of abilities, or behavior.’"
2. "’. . I do not believe ’sexual orientation"
qualifies as a criteria for special civil rights laws.
No one" s behavior should qualify them for special
protection by thglcourts.’"
3. "I am sa~fied that current civil rights
legislation prrYides a sufficient level of
constitutional protection to serve each and every
member of our society regardless of their sex, age,
race, religion or level of ability."
Frown these statements, cleaf-ly Mr. Largent will
see the Eanploy~nent Non-Discrimi-nation Act not
as providing fairness,but asproviding greater rights.
I do not take comfort in Mr. Largent" s seeming
concern that it is wrong to fire a Gax man for no
cause other than his sexual orientatirn, because I
tl~ak his concern is as shoddy as is Iris reasoning.
Sii~.cerely, Les Ennnett
Dear Mr. E~mnett:
Thank you for contacting me with your views. I
always al~preciate hearing from people I work for
and represent.
When I took the oath of office, I pledged to
"defend and uphold the Constitution." I firmly
intend to do so. While I ,’un strongly supportive
each individual’s Constitutional civil rights, 1 do
not believe that some segments of our society
should have greater rights thau others based on
their sex, age, race level of abilities, or behavior.
H.R. 382 attempts to make"sexnal preference" a
new protected minority-classification under the
nation" s civil fights laws. There are m,’mv reasons
to oppose such laws. First, I do not believ~ "’sexual
orientation" qualifies as a critefia for special civil
rights protection. No one" s behavior should quali~’
them for special protection by the courts. Allowing
such would violate the constitutional principle of
.equal protection under the law--opening a
pandora" s box for any type of behavior to qualify
for civil rights protection.
Second, large segments of the country hold deep
moral and religious beliefs regarding the
appropriateness of leNtimizing offensive behavior.
By protecting certmn types of behavior through
legislation, the federal governmen! lnav be
mandating associations mad practices that create
violations of conscience for many citizens.
I mn satisfied thai’current civil }ights leNslation
provides a sufficient level of constitutional
protection to serve each and every member of our
society regardless of their sex, age’, race, religion or
level of ability.
Thmak you again for 3our colmnents. I would
appreciat~ 3our prayers and further suggestions
regardiug this or other issues on your lnind.
Sincerely, Steve Imrgent
Thanks Again, Tulsa!
I’m writing to thank yon once again for your
support&generosity. "Ful~a has been on the fore[¥ont
for some time in supporting its titleholders &
charities statewide. On March 17th, you turned out
at the Silver Star & gave $435.00 formy travel fund
to compete in Chicago at International Mr. Leather
Memorial Day weekend.
Special Thanks to Amie Holder, Link, Pat Wilson
(Sluticia), Steve Tucker, Green, Country Cloggers,
& T.U.L.S.A. for putung on the event. Also, a very
special thamks to the owners of the Silver Star mad
my sponsors, Steve & John, for allowing the
fundraiser to go on at their club.
In addition to this fnndraiser, theTool Box
techificiaa~s have held 2 fun&’aisers at the Tool Box
in the past 6 mouths, including a garage.sale on
April 1 st that brought in over S265.00. Thank you
Roy \Vilcoxin & Tool Box Teclmicians for your
continued support as well
I will continue to serve you with honor & pride.
If there is anything you n~ed me to do to support
other causes or chariues, just ask.
Yours tufty,
Larry Everett
Mr OK Leather 1995
Miscellany
According to the Newsletter
of the Tulsa Chapter of PFLAG,
Youth Services of Tulsa is
holding a volunteer gaining for
its educational/social/support
gronp for Lesbian. Gay, Bisexual
or questiomng youth 15-20 on
Saturday, April 22, from 9am to
4pro in the colfference room of
Youth Services of Tulsa~ 302
So. Chevemae. For info: call Lisa
at 582-6061.
Gay & Lesbian young adults
may be interested in the 2rid
ammal Anytown, Oklahoma, a
hmnan relations camp that looks
at prejudice reduction. This
Anytown will be held July 23-29
at Cmnp Waluhili on Lake Fort
Gibson. The cost of the progrmn
is $190 but some scholarships
are available. Applications must
be received by May 15. For info.
call 583-1361.
Tulsa Area Prime Timers will
meet Sun. Mav 7 at 4pro at the
Resource Ctr. 4t54 S. Harvard.
After the meeting, this ~oup for
Gay & Bisexual men over 40
will Share a pot luck dimmer.
On April 23 the group will go
the the Azalea Festival in
~Muskogee Also "a gardening
group is forming.
For more iofo, call 747-8121
or write POB 52118, Tulsa
74152-0118.
In closing, the Log Cabin
Corral, a Gav Republican
newsletter reprints the following
with credit to Mad magazine:
The Contract with America
(truthful post-election version)
WE promise to revive the
policies ofReaganomics (despite
the fact they tripled the national
debt) hoping that maybe they’ll
work this time around!
WEpromiseto throw everyone
in America to the mercy of the
Free Market System...E~XCEPT
for our friends the Defense
Contractors. Tobacco Growers
and S&L Operators !
WEpromise to pass a Balanced
Budget Amendment to the
Clubs & Restaurants
*Bad Boys Club. 1229 S. Memorial
*Ban’accnda’s Wild NightsiDom~a’s Crazy Days
2405 E. Adnfiral
*Concessions. 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s. 2630 E. 15th
*Mela’opole, 1902 E. 11
*Silver Star Saloou, 1565 Shefidan
*Renegades, 1649 S Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memofial
*Time n’Tiuae Again. 1515 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Whittier Cal’e, 416 S. Lewis
Businesses/Services
*B,’ua~es & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 7l
Blne Moon Bakery
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria
Budget \Vindo~v Treatlnents. 7116 So. Mingo, Ste. 102
Certified *loNe Auto Repair 438-3393, pager:
Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
*Java Dave’s, Lincoln Plaza
International Tours
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Lonp-Garou, 2747 E. 15
Major Affairs
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI
Mortgages by’ Desigu
Phoenix Mortgage Corp.
Pounds & Francs, 1706 S. Boston
Puppy Pause II, l lth & Mingo
Royal Travel, 6927 S Canton
*Ross E&vard Salon, 1438 S. Boston
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
Southwest Viatical, 4146 S. Harvard, Ste. F-5
*Tomfoolery, 1565 S. Sheridan
\Vestcopa Salon, Lincoln Plaza
Organizations
B L;G Alliance, University of Tulsa
835-5(/83
582-4340
744-0896
749-1563
587-8811
834-4234
585~3405
660-0856
664-8299
584-1308
582-2400
250-5034
492-4918
743 -5272
254-2100
591-0597
592-1521
838~8503
592-3317
341-6866
599-8070
742-1992
587-8108
584-3112
664-2951
342-4252
592-7700
587-8333
838-7626
496-2410
584-0337
749-6301
747-3322
832-0233
583-1500
583-9780
Interfaith AIDS Ministries
*HI\; Resource Consortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
P-FLAG, POB 52800 74152
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118
Rainbow Business Guild
Rainbow Village, POB 50403, 74150-0403
Save the Nation, Indian Health Care
Shanti Hotline
Tulsa O"ldalmmans lbr Hmnan Rights, (TOHR) POB 52729 74152
TOHR (Jay HelpLine (hffo.) 743-429"7
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform,Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
438-2437, 800-284-2437
749-4194
748-3111
749-4901
74128
254-2100
599-8423
584-4983
749-7898
Professionals
Associates in Medical & Mental ttealth, 1560 E. 21 743-1000
Kent Batch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
Chem" St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Fideli’ty Home Health (are, Inc. Coweta 486-1174
Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E Skelly 745-1111
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
Leanne M Gross, Fina~]cial Plmufing 744-0102
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Mohawk Living Center, 3910 Park Rd: 425-1354
Jonathan & Dee Nicholas. Realtors 749-3000, 800-539-7767
Richard Reeder, MS; Psychotherapy 581-0902, 743-4117
Religious & Educational Organizations
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr 2627B E. 11 628-0594
*Community of Hope, 1347 N. Yale 838-7232
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1"441
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
Dignity/Integrity 298-4648
*Canterbury Ministry Center, University of Tulsa 583-9780
*Chapman ~tudent Center. U~fiversitv of Tulsa
*Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule-. Grouud Floor
*Universitx Center at Tulsa *indicates a distribution poiut
Constitution...so xve can avoid
dealing with the defict for years
while it’s out being approved by
the 37 states necessary to ratify
it~
WEpromise to talk up a storm
about the need for health care
reform while simultaneously
accepting millions of dollars
from insurance lobbyists to keep
fl~c whole rotten system the way
It IS ....
WE promise above all to
accuse anyone who disagrees
with us of being unAmerica, to
blast the "!iberal" media for
reporting auything negative
about us... [and it goes on - TFN]
Cammermeyer cont’dfrom p. 1
A: I think what has been exciting to me
is to remember where we started mad
where I started five years ago. Myattordeys
saying, "Grete, there isn’ t asnowball’ s
chance that anywhere the courts are going
to rule in our favor or that anything is
going to happen and all we can hope for is
that enougl~ cases going through the courts
that the government will be forced to sort
oflook at this Issue again." Whathappened
instead was that it seemed to be the right
time and the right place an our point in
society... I spent about six weeks lobbying
and saw changes take place in Congress
over those six months [ofthe moratorium].
Tiffs issue of human sexuality had never
been talked about by old petple like us.
The-youth of today were talking about
human sexuality alfthe time... So, what
we have is an old population of people
who are setting the staudards andthe laws
who are out of touch with the reality and
morals of today’ s generation. Weare being
offered a forum because the kids of today
are saying "What’ s the problem?" I don’ t
expect that anything is going to change
overnight but there are some things that
have - the world recognizes that there are
gays and lesbians in the military. Like it or
not they are there.
Q: When all ofthese issues came about,
did you have a way of putting yourself
through what I call a "Lesbian 101" in
order to educate yourself about the
community?
A: Some of that I am not going to
respond to. Some ofit I will. We will leave
the "’I01" out and talk about it in the
context when I first separated from the
military and the reception when I was
asked t’o speak at the gay rights, rally. It
~v.as over~vhelming to have 20,000 people
g~ve me a standing ovation for the first
tmie and this was days after my actual
scparatiou... I’m still learning and I read,
and I have gotten books from the 50’ s of
what fern and butch and all of these things
what they meant and what the culture was
at the time and women’ s friendships and
how those have changed over time. So, it
is like trying to mnnerse myself in culture
that, first, I never kaaew existed and, then
secondly, that I am a part of and realize
that there is a diversity in this culture as
well as the diversity as in any other and it
doesn’ t mean that you have to buy into all
of it.
Q: In recognition that this is Oklahoma,
the "’Buckle ofthe Bible Belt", is there a
specific role that religion or spirituali&
playsfor you?
A: l)iane and I are active in the Church
of Religions Science at tiffs time. I think
that it is through that spiritual basis that
onr lives have been totally changed. I used
to feel that my world was measured byexternal
validation and that it was
somehow a giving up of myself to the
coutrol of others. Wheu I had to shed my
rod form, part of what happeued was that
ao longer did I need that external validation
of who 1 was, and what becmne more
salient was that tuner meaning, that sense
of inner peace and feeling that there is
nothing that I cannot do if I mn supposed
to be doing it. I don’ t think that yon will
ever find me regretting even the toughest
decisions having to do with [such things
as] any divorce, that those were the best
decisions of the time and that there had to
be.a reason why I had to go through this
pare.
Q: There are some very powerful
comments and thoughts yot; shared [in
the book] about Vietnam. With those
feelings about Vietnam, have you in your
own mind resolved them?
A: You know, I was thinking just the
other day of how much I have resolved
them. I have come to the point of having
extraordinary respect for the resistors,
which speaks to how far I have come from
feeling that they were traitors and skipping
out of their responsibility to the American
way - and coming to understand, because
ofmy own experience of late of having to
challenge the military that I love and the
country that I love. And seeing that the
people who felt so strongly about the
horrors ofVietnam, theymade the decision
to leave the country rather than fight an
immoral war, immoral in theireyes. Being
where I am now, having to leave the
military and fight it because I believe that
it is unconstitutional - the law as it exists
now- that with every breath I will continue
to fight for overturning that particular
ban....it has given me a new respect for
the difficulties they [the resistors] had in
making those decisions to leave- and I
must say that I could never have imagined
myself saying that three or four years ago.
It’ s actually the first time I have ever said
it to anybody.
Q: Last night somebody had asked you
ifyou had thought aboutapolitical career.
Since integrity isso important to you, how
in the world can you be a politician?
A: I don’ t know rather or not there is a
match. I do believe inthe"Peter Principle"
and so there is a certain concern that I have
abouta mismatchbetweenwhateverfuture
careerImay have and the type ofleadership
style that I have and how I like to work a
system for the good of an individual...
that’ s why I’mnot really quite sure ofhow
I will move, whether it will be to first See
about a political appointment and see
whether or not I could tolerate it or whether
it would be so binding and against my
belief system, because I do have very
strong feelings about iL
Q: You commented last night that you
lost your military career but you gained
your freedom, as you coined it, "In Your
Face Freedom." Ifyou.had a message to
us what would your message be?
A: We do end up sort of compartmentalizing
people by the roles that they
are allowed to have in society and that
those roles are created by the dominant
society mad that part of learning about
other people and about other ways of
being, other non-traditional families, is to
opeu ourselves up to that. And What I have
decided that we ought to focus on is that
on October 1 lth, National Coming Out
Day, that something new is that the gay
community is to invite a heterosexual
couple home for dinner. With that we
open up that dialogue of"Our home is just
like yours" and be~n to break down the
wall of separation. And what we have
glory in, I think, is that the ufix of friends
that we have is from the breadth of all
combinations - that we are not bound in a
heterosexOal world, we are not boundin a
....homosexual world, butrather that wehave
both. It’ s more a matter of "We’ re all
here" - and it’s an acknowledgement of
the egalitarian position that we all share.
Gingrich cont’dfrom p. 1
don’t think you have a right of filing a
federal lawsnit or of getting the federal
government to protect you based on your
sexual behavior."
He went on to say, "You have had,
clearly, examples of what is, in effect,
recruitment ~n so-called counseling
programs. So I’m Very cautious about the
idea that you want to have active
h0mo~xuals in junior high school and
high school explaining to young people
that they have all these various wonderful
options."
Ehzabeth Birch, of the Human Rights
Campaign Fund, said, "His remarks are
disingenuous after he appeared...with his
sister.~.and told the truth about American
famihes..
Montana cont’dfrom p. 1
Hundreds of people flooded the Capitol
and the governor’ s office with phone calls,
faxes and letters denouncing the bill.
Despite its dramatic about-face, the state
Senate nevertheless rejected an
opportunity at the same time to suspend
the floor rules and debate repealing the
state’ s deviate sexual conduct statute, one
of the country’ s most draconian anti-gay
laws, carrying a possible lO-year prison
sentence and fines of up to $50,000.
UN cont’dfrom p. 1
Department, admitted to the committee
that bias because of race, ethnic origin,
gender and orientation continue to be
problems in the U.S.
Patrick told the committee, which is
gathering information from U.S. officials
on the United States’ ratification of the
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, that the problems ~’vereff t
simply the results of historical bias in the
country but "current, real life, pernicious
discrimination of the here and now."
Patrick assured the committee that the
Clinton administration remains committed
to the goal of expanding opporttufities for
all American citizens in education,
employment and the economy, and that
there would be ~’no retreat from that
commimaent."
Robin Kane, of the National Gay &
Lesbian Task Force, praised Patrick as a
"’very articulate spokesperson...who
undei:stands the limitations that are placed
on the Justice Departu~ent because of lack
ofcivil rights laws [for Lesbians &G~ys]"
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Utah cont’dfrom p. 1
legally, and many rights advocates have
begun what’s being called "Olympics Out
of Utah," an effort to convince Olympic
Game officials not to select the state,
widely considered a leading contender, as
the site of the 2002 winter games.
Democrats cont’dfrom p. 1
Kelly Kirby, Tim Gillean, Ken
Draper,Rob Hill, Laurie Cooper and Bruce
Lewis were among the precinct officers
who attended the Committee meeting.
Kelly Kirby and Rob Hill were also
nominatedand electedbyprecinctofficials
to serve on thestate Cer~tral Comm~:~iee.
The State Central Committee develops
the statewide political platform’l~r the
Democratic Party.
As one of the last items of the meeting’ s
agenda, fourteen party platform
resolutions were adopted. The text of
Resolution #7 is provided in its entirety:
"Be it resolved that the Tulsa County
Democrat party supports fairness and
justice for all individuals or groups
regardless of age, gender, sexual
orientation, ethnicity, religion, race or
disability. We support equal rights in
public accomodations, employment, and
housing for all Americans.’"
The Democratic Party is seeking the
involvement of people who believe that
equal rights extend to all individuals.
Volunteer opportunities with the Tulsa
Cry. Democratic Party and with the Young
Democrats can be investigated by calling
the Democratic headquarters at 742-2457.
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Louisville Leaders Held
for Civil Disobedience
I,OUISVILLE, Ky. - Police
arrested 25 activists on
trespassing charges in the
I Jouisville Board of Aldermen
chiuubers alter they refused to
leave when the aldermen voted 7
to 4 against a proposed antidiscrimination
measure that
would have added sexual
orientation to the city’s anti-bias
ordinance As soon as it was
clear that the aldermen had
rclected the racism’e, I protester
~l~ray~d a can of air freshener in
the ,air and yelled, "The stenchin
this morn is foul!" Some 50
people then stood in silent protest
holding signs reading, "’Waiting
for Justice" until police warned
them they would be arrested.
Aboul 25 of the demonstrators
refused to leave and were then
arrested. Carla Wallace of the
Fairness Campaign, wlfich has
pushed for the measure for the
past 4 years, said of the protest,
"’There comes a time in the life of
every civil rights movement.., to
stand before the body politic and
demand accountability for
crimes committed ~]nder
protection of law. Our refusal to
passively accept this assault to
our freedom is an affirmation of
our commitment to the high and
noble task before us."In addition
to Wallace, others arrested at the
protest included;: Everett
Hoffman, executive, director of
the ACLU of Kentucky;. Dr.
George Edwards of the Southern
Presbyterian Seminary; Dr. Hal
Warheim, a theology professor
also with the senfinary; Jane
lIope :rod Reba Coffman, board
members of P-FLAG in
Louisville, and attorney Eric
Grmfinger.
Gays Raise $2.5 Mil. for
San Francisco Library
SAN FRANCISCO - San
Franosco’s new public library
is currently being constructed at
city expense. But because of
bu~tget constraints, the city added
no new funds to the librarY’s
budget for new acquisitions,
meaning the new library would
have to be filled with little more
than the material the old library
already had on its shelves. But
an enterprising citizens’ advisory
conunittee set up a special
fundraising effort directed at
-affinity groups" to help finance
new materials and resources at
the new facility - including a
.proposed new gay and lesbian
resources center. In a burst of
gay civic pride, gays and lesbians
in the city Contributed some
$2,596,822 toward the new "’gay
wing" at the library - the largest
amount raised among any of the
groups supporting various
specialized facilities in the new
library. The figure represents
about a third of the total
$7,938,504 raised for new
facilities at the library.
Lesbian Mayor of S.F.?
SAN FRANCISCO ~ Itlooks as
if the woman Sen. Jesse Hehns
likes to refer to as "’that damn
lesbian" is on the verge of
deciding whether or not to ~ake
what would be the first senous
bid by an openly gay politician
for the city’s mayoral seat.
Roberta ,~kchtenberg told
reporters from her office in
Waslfington, D.C., in early April
that she may leave the
increasingly hostile political
environment of the nation’s
capital, where she is ea~ assistant
secretary for civil rights in the
Department of Housing and
Urban Development, to possibly
enter the mayoral race this
November. "’I am very seriously
considering it and will make my
decision within a matter of a fe~,
days,’" Achtenberg sai.d.
Achtenberg madehistory in 1993
when the then city supervisor
faced U.S. Senate confirmation
to the HUD post. During the
televised Senate debate over her
confirmation, which normally
would have generated little
attention, anti-gay legislators
repeatedly attacked Achtenberg’s
nomination with Helms
leading the offensive, referring
to her as a "damn lesbian’"
because she rode in the city’s
gay pride march along with her
long-time partner, Judge Mary
Morgan, and their son.
Gingrich to Lead San
Francisco Pride Parade
SAN" FRANCISCO - San
Francisco’s Lesbian & Gay
Freedom Day Parade this June
took a sudden turn toward
becoming a "perfect family
thing" with the announcement
that the grand marshal for the
huge event will be Candace
Gingrich, the half-sis{erofHouse
Speaker Newt Gingrich. Robert
Allen, president of the parade
committee, said, "She was
selected primarily because of the
statement itmakes and the media
response.... I think it’S really a
treaf that she’s not afraid to say
he" s full of shit. ~[t’ s the perfect
family thing. Gingnch, who will
be one of four marshals-in the
25th annual event, becmne an
instant celebrity earlier tiffs year
when she went, on a highly
publicized lobbying mission to
her brother" s Capitol Hill offices
in behalf of the Human Rights
Campaign Fund.
’Tales of the City ’
Wins PeabodyAward
ATHENS, Ga. - The Britishproduced
television mini-series
of Amfistead Maupin" s ."Tales
of the City," which aired on the
.PBS network last year has won a
Peabody Award for its portrayal
of San Francisco in the mid-
1970s PBS pulled out of
producing the follow-up "’More
Tales ofCity"despite the oriNnal
nfiniseries" enormous popularity
and critical acclaim after "Tales’"
came under intense criticism by
conservative pressure ~oups and
politicians.
Mayor Fined for Refusing
’Gay Pride’ Proclamation
HAMILTON’, Canada - Bob
Morrow, the mayor of Hamilton,
has been fined $5,000 by the
Ontario Human Rights
Commission for refusing to issue
a gay pride proclmnation in the
city in 1991. Morrow personally
will have to pay the fine because
such proclamations are in the
hands of the mayor, not the city
government in general.
Death Threats Against
Greg Louganis
WASHINGTON - The
Washington Post reports that due
to death threats against Greg
Louganis since disclosing that
he has AIDS, the Lambda Rising
bookstore in Washington said it
had to take added security
precautions for his book-signmg
appearance there. Some 2,000
people showed up and more than
300 people had to be turned away
due to the crowd. Louganis’
recently published autobiography,
Breaking the Surface, is
already in its 7th printing, the
publisher said.
Court Rules Against Gay
Couple for Bank Loan
LOS ANGELES -U.S. District
Judge Mariana Pfaelzer has ruled
that the California Federal Bank
was within its rights in refusing
to give a special discountedhome
loan to Jeffrey Bagley, a bank
vice president,_and his partner.
Judge Pfaelzer gave summary
-judgment to the bank in the
lawsuit filed by Bagley against
his employer. The bank
contended that Bagley did not
quality for the special discounted
loans, which are a standard
benefit the bank offers its mm-ried
employees, because he and Iris
partner are not legally married.
Maine Postpones
Rights Measure
AUGUSTA, Maine Gay rights
advocates ~n Maine have
announced that they will not
introduce a statewide antidiscmnination
measure in the
legislatm:e this yezr, concerned
that voters who are already faced
with an anti-gay ballot measure
wotdd find a competing measure
confusing. "This issue is too
important to risk confusing
matters by putting a partially
competing measure (the antidiscrimination
bill) on the ballot
as well," Patricia Ryan of the
Maiue Human Rights
Commission said. "We believe
voters will say that Maine, as a
state, won’ t discriminate, and we
want them to have a clear shot at
that issue." Attorneys for the
Maine Human Rights Commission
determined the gay rights
bill probably would be declared
a "competing measure" to the
anti-gay ballot referendum and
would therefore have to go before
the voters as wellifit was brought
before the legislature.
British Priests Blessing
Secret Gay Marriages --
LONDON The London Times
reports that a number of Church
of England priests - as many as
60 of them -have been secretly
conducting marriage ceremonies
for same-sex couples in churches
around England, even though the
priests face expulsion if they are
discovered by church officials.
The paper reported that the
priests have conducted hundreds
ofgay and lesbian unions despite
being officially prohibitedby the
Church of England. "I had no
idea they were having the
ceremonies in church," Ven
George Austin, the archdeacon
of York told the Times. "It’ s such
a perversion ofa church wedding
that you shouldn’t even have to
point out it is wrong."
St. Patrick’s Day Parades
NEW YORK - Making good on
a promise that they would indeed
march in the annual St. Patrick’ s
Day parade, some 70 gay rights
activists were arrested as they
attempted to have their own
march in New York. A U.S.
District Courtjudged had turned
down a request by the Irish
Lesbian & Gay Organization to
overturn a rule barring the group
from participating in the city
parade and the 2nd Circuit Court
ofAppeals uphddthe lowercourt
decision on Mar. 16. In
Cambridge, Mass., a large
contingent frmn the Irish-
American Gay, Lesbian &
Bisexual Group of ’Boston,
marched peacefully in the city’s
St. Patrick’s Day parade there.
BOSTON - South Boston’s
controversial "protest" St.
Patrick" s Day march, which has
already become the cause of a
case headed to the U.S. Supreme
Court because organizers refused
to allow Irish gays and lesbians
to participate, also turned down
a request by a group of former
military members with HIV or
AIDS to join the event as well.
When asked why the ailing
veterans were being excluded,
Jo!m Hurley of the South Boston
War Veterans Council, declined
to comment, saying only that the
organizers of the protest don’t
give reasons for who is and isn’t
allowed to march.
Classical CO for Gay Men
LOS ANGELES - A CD from a
major recording company
explicitly being marketed to gay
men has been launched by
WarnerClassics - and Beethoven
will never be quite the same.
Described as "75 minutes of
musical passion for men." the
CD is called "Sensual Classics
Too," following up on the title of
an earlier - and heterosexualoriented
- popular disk Warner
released in 1992 and that is still
on the classical music charts.
Making it even clearer who the
intended audience for the disk is,
the cover shows two hairy-armed
men half-undressed and tenderly
holding each other. It’{ enough
to get your classical motor
running -which is exactly what
Warner wants.
Lesbians Blocked from
Conference on Women
NEW YORK In an unusual
alliance, China and the Vatican
are blocking women’s groups
they disapprove of- including
lesbian organizations - from
attending amajor United Nations
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later this year. Hundreds of
delegates and non-gov.ernmental
organizations (NGOs) havebeen
meeting at U.N. headquarters in
New York, reviewing the
credentials of delegates to the
conference to be held in Beijing
in September. China has used its
position as host ofthe conference
to denY credentials to women’s
groups from Taiwan and Tibet -
neither of:which China
recognizes as indepe-ndent
nations. The :Vatican also raised
objections inan effort to exclude
women’ s groups that don’ t agree
with the Catholic Church’s
positions on abortion, birth
control and homosexuality.
Delegates from China seconded
the Vatican’s objections to
lesbian groups, citing its own
laws against homosexuality.
Another Custody Battle
DETROIT - Carol Hess, a
lesbian who helped rear the 2
children of her deceased lover, is
fighting the children’s father,
Russel Overton, in court for
custody ofthetwo boys. Overton
won provisional custody of the 2
children earlier in March, but
Judge William Giovan has now
given Hess weekend visitation
rights and said he will shortly
decide if Hess has any legal
.standing to ask for custody of the
10- and 13-year-old sons o fher
partner of20 years, Leigh Porter,
who died in January..
Gays & Government
Security Clearances
WASHINGTON - A General
Accounting Office review of 3
U.S. government departments
and 5 federal agencies has
concluded that the federal
government has stopped using
homosexuality as a reason for
refusing security clearances to
civiliml employees mid contractors.
The GAO reviewed
records from the U.S. State,
Defense and Energy Departments,
as well as the FBI, the
Office of Personnel Manage-
~nent, the U.S. Infornlation
Agency, the Secret Service and
the Customs Service. Ahnost ,all
feder,’d agencies in the past had
routinely refused to give gays
and lesbians security clearance,
~naintailfing that homosexuals
were snbject to being
blackmailed.
Trouble Over Benefit
Plan at CalTech/JPL
PASADENA, Calif. - A number
of major U.S. universities -
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including Harvard, Stanford, and
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology - have extended
domestic partner benefits to their
gay andlesbian staffers withlittle
or no controversy. But plans by
the California Institute of
Technology (CalTech) to begin
offering same-sex partner
benefits beginning May 1 may
set off a firestorm,~The plan
would extend health insurance
benefits to the same-sex partners
of the school’ s staff and faculty~
although opposite-sex couples
would be not be eligible because
the university says such couples
have the option of legally
marrying. The controversy over
the plan, however, is arising
largely because CalTech, along
with its best-known facility, the
Jet Propulsion Laboratories, are
the largest employers in the
region andbecauseJPLis heavily
involved in both governmentrelated
research and the public
school system. Conservative
anti-gay critics of the move have
been bombarding members of
Congress in an effort to derail
the benefit proposal. Opponents
say they don’t want school
children in the area to see gay
and lesbian relationships as the
same as heterosexual marriage
and they are telling members of
Congress that they don’t want
federal tax money that goes to
CalTech andJPLused to provide
benefits to homosextml partners.
"’Our institutions should, in
whatever way possible, help
mmntain heterosexual Inarriage
as ,’m ide,’d," said one critic.
Best Actor Oscar
"Nominee Always Out
LOS ANGELES Popular
British actor Nigel Hawthorne,
~vho has been nominated for an
Academy Award for his role in
"’The Madness of King George,’"
told the Advocate that he is gay
mid that he has "’never been a
closet queen.’" The 65-year-old
Ha~vthorue, who is perhaps bestknowll
to Americans for Iris role
on the popular British-made TV
series "Yes, Minister," said he
will be attendiug die glitzy Oscar
ceremonies with his long-time
partner, writer Trevor Beathmu.
Interviewed in the British
newspaper Today, Beuthanl was
eqnally candid about their
relationship. "\Ve’ re just a dear
old married couple. It’s not a
qnestion of Nigel mid me coining
out we’ ve uever been in," he
said.
"Heterosext/~L& Proud"
Campaign in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia - The
Australian newsmagazine
Brother Sister reports that an
organization calling itself the
International Heterosexual
Foundation is planning to ldunch
a $4 million anti-gay ad
campaign in the country. The
publication says the group’s
national advertising campaign
will be aimed at teena:gers’, ~ing
electronic and print spots,
because it is "deeply concerned
with the overt propagation of
deviant sexual practices." The
campaign reportedly is being
called "Heterosexual and Proud
Of It." A spokesperson for the
foundation said the campaign
was aimed to counter what it
says is pro-gay material being
put before the public by AIDS
agencies. "Enormous amounts
of public monies are being spent
to promote homosexu,~lity under
the gmse of HIV/AIDS
awareness," Kris Picketing 0f
the group said.
Drag Queen ’Ring’Foiled
LAS VEGAS - Police in Las
Vegas have charged two
transvestites with stealing
clothing from the Rare Breed
store, and said the 2 are part of a
ring of drag queen thieves who
authorities believe have stolen
thousands of dollars worth of
women’s clothes and jewelry.
Police said the 2, whom they
refused to identify because of
their on-going investigation,
were involved with up to 5 other
transvestites who shoplifted
merchandise from local stores
that they later ~old in order to
buy drugs.
Transsexual Brit Takes
Case to European Court
BRUSSELS, Belgium - A
woman identified in official
records as "’P" has filed a
complaint with die European
Court of Justice, charging that
she was fired from her job with
the Cornwall County Council in
Great Britain after she told
supervisors she was undergoing
a sex-change operation. A British
labor panel said "P’" was not
protected trader the countD,’ s sex
discrimination laws, mid the
county council said die woman
was not fired because of the
surgery but because it had too
many workers. In her complaint
before the European Court, how
ever, the woman claims the
council had offered h~r a salary
rinse and a new contract before
she said she was undergoing the
sex change. The womanis asking
the European C6urt to determine
whether transsexuals are
protected under European Union
statutes, even if national laws
don’ t extend such protections.
Swedish Sports StarGay
STOCKHOLM-WhenSwedish
authorities announced that a nee-
Nazi skinhead had confessed to
the Mar. 11 brutal stabbing death
oficehockey star Peter Karlsson,
one of the reasons given by the
19-year-old for killing Karlsson
was that the 2 9-year-old hockey
pro had made sexual advances to
him. Police say Karlsson was
stabbed more than 60 times in
nearby Vasteras after he had left
a local discotheque to go home.
It is the 2nd brutal slaying of a
gay man in the Stockholm area
in the~past few months.
Bomb Threat at
Canadian Bookstore
VANCOUVER-Canada’ s gayoriented
Little Sister’ s bookstore
has been the object of a bomb
threat, that the store’s manager
believes is the work of an antigay
extremist religious fanatic.
The single-page hand-written
letter threatened "a day of
reckoning," with references to
Sodom and Gomorrah and other
religious allusions. Little Sister’ s
manager Janine Fnller denounced
the threat, which police
respondedto quickly, saying, "I
think people who are true
Christian~ would condemn that
kind of sentiment of hate.’" In
February, the store also received
a telephoned bomb threat. Police
checked the store thoroughly
then, but found no explosives -
but they did warn workers at
Little S~ster’s to be watctfful of
suspicious parcels and
cus toulers.
No One Can Get Rep.
Frank’s Name...Straight
WASHINGTON - Rep. Barney
Frank - or at least how politicos
pronotmce his name - has setoff
another flap. In Jmn|ary, die Rep.
Dick Armey, the 2nd. ranking
House Republican, referred to
the openly gay Frank as "Barney
Fag" during a radio interview,
which he later.said was a slip of
the ton~le. Now James Carville,
a prominent Democratic Party
consultant who helped
orchestrate President Clinton’s
1992 presidential bid, referred
to the Massachusetts Democrat
as "Barney Fife," the inept and
incompetent depmy in die Audv
Griffith television show.
Ironically, Carville was criticizing
Armey for his "Barney
Fag" mistake when he refen:ed
to Frank as "Barney Fife ""
Carville said he had an excuse
for his slip of the tongue,
:however, since h( is president of
ah Andy Griffith Show Fan Club
andh"ad be,eli thinkifiglabout the
r Bamey Fife characte~-~ffhen hc
made the :mistake. "Wbat did
Dick Armey have on his mind
when he said what he did’?"
Carville asked
Vive La Difference!
French Say Gay Pres. OK
PARIS - The Paris newspaper
Liberation has reported the
results of a poll of some 1002
registered French voters" views
of the upcoming presidential
campaign. The paper reported
that the Illico-Radio FG poll
indicated that 85% of the
respondents agreed that TV
campaigns aimed specifically at
gay men to help stem the spread
of HIV were needed. Perhaps
even more surprising, the poll
also found that 71% of those
mlsweri~ig pollsters’ questions
indicated,they would vote for a
presidential candidate, even if it
was disclosed he had had a gay
relationship.
British Airline Goes
After Gay Market
SAN FRANCISCO - Virgin
Atlantic Airways. the imiovativc
mid enterprising British airline
noted for such amemties as mflight
massages and personal
video screens, is now offering
gay- and lesbian-themed tour
packages from the U.S. to
London, with fly-ons to Paris
and Amsterdmn. The three-night
four-day tours, which industr~
watchers say is a first for a majo’r
airline, start at $679 and are
promoted with such up-front
names as "’Out in London" s West
End" and"London Proper~G ay
Paree." The packages include
round-trip airfare, hotel
accolmnodations from tourist to
first class, transfers, theater
tickets in London, contiuenud
breakfasts mid other little perks.
Elizabeth. Hlinko of Virgin
Aflandc said "’Gays and lesbimas
are a wonderful group of people
who enjoy traveling..That’s a
group we want to attract to our
airline. ""
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Fast HIV Test Found i
BRUSSELS - Belgian scientists s~y that
they have developed an HIV test that can
directly detect the presence of HIV in just
a few days of being infected instead of the
usual months-long wait required before
current tests are effective at detecting
antibodies produced by the body. "Usually
you have to wait about 3 months after
exposure before knowing whether you
are HIV-positive,’.’said Prof. Jose Rem~cle
of Namur University.."But.with this one
we ¢~a detect.the virus: a day, or:so later. 7:
The,ne.~ ~test,differs. from: o~ers in that it
check~specifically far HIV; ~rather than
antibodies which ’can 0nly be detected
several months following infection. The
manufacturer is seeking approval for sales
elsewhere in Europe and the U.S. The
tests are expected to cost about $10 each.
HIV Contact Tracing Suggested
ATLANTA - A study by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
underscored the way HIV can spread .to
insidiously. Researcl~ers at the University
of Pittsburghlinked a single prisoner with
HIV with 50 other people who were also
infected either through shared hypodermic
needles or sex. Even more worrisome, the
scientists found that of the 50 who had
been infected, 24 were unaware they were
infected. The researchers and CDC
officials said the study indicates that
contact tracing, especially of drug users
and prisoners infected with HIV, may be
of value in fighting ~e spread of HIV.
-Setback in Vac._cine Research
WASHINGTON- ,am experimental AIDS
vaccine that appeared to work in adult
monkeys kills newborn monkeys,
scientists report in the current issue of the
journal Science. Earlier studies with adnlt
monkeys were encouraging to researchers "!
who thought a weakened version of HIV
itself conld be used in the vaccine. But the
study - which used a weakened form of
the virus in monkeys - suggests that such
a strategy could actually lead to infection
instead "’This approach to un AIDS
vaccine is fnll of hidden danger,’" said Dr.
Ruth Ruprecht of Harvard University m~d"
the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Rupre.cht’s.team administered awacciue
of HIV with:key genes.removed-to:4
newborn,monkeys: Althongh none~v.ere
exposed, to full HIV, 2 ofthe monkeys
died of~the diseaseand 2 now, have severe.. ~
immune deficiency.
EPA StudyingParasite in Water
WASHINGTON - Carol Browner,
administrator of the Enviromnental
Protection Agency, has called for research
on how to protect drinking water supplies
in the U.S. from the cryptosporidium
parasite. The EPA has already set tip a
special study ~oup on the microbe which
has b~.en s.hown to be extremely infectious,
even ru rmnute amounts. The parasite can
cause severe diarrhea in healthy adults,
but it can be fatal to individu~s with
weakenedimmtme systems, such as people
with AIDS.
Doubts About Early AIDS Case
NEW YORK - New medical evidence
suggests that what was believed to be the
earliest documented case of AIDS may
not in fact have been the disease.
EXamination of Stored tissue samples taken
from David Carr, a man who died in 1959
from mysterious symptoms, prompted 2
University of Manchester doctors in 1990
to attribute the symptoms to AIDS. But
.when Dr. David Ho, head of the Aaron
Diamond AIDS Research Ceuter in New
York, recently tested the samples, he cotdd
only isolate HIV in one smnple that had
been sent to trim. Further testing showed
the tissues sent .to Ho were from at least
two different people. In Ho’s opinion,
there is no longer proof that Carr died of
AIDS. Althongh Uuiversity ofManchester
officials reject Ho’s findings, the
university is planning further
investigation.
Poor ~Prospects for AIDS Drug
LONDON "--New, highly resistaifi Strains
ofHIV ~re dirmning hop~ that aigroniising
new dhsg Of tltugs WilI be able to control
the deadly virus as effectively as
researchers’had hoped just a few months
ago. Researchers reported in the-British
medical journal Nature that some strains
of the virus are now able to simultaneously
ward off the effects of as many as six drug
compotmds. Although researchers say the
new findings aren" t the end of the road for
the potent class ofdrugs known as protease
inhibitors, the latest discovery, is a serious
setback for what had been considered an
encouraging strategy for combating the
deadly virus. Protease inhibitors, which
work by preventing the AIDS virus from
replicating, are under study by several
companies. Scientists at Merck Research
Laboratories in West Point, Pa., say it
now appears that extended use of such
drugs can create strains of the virus that
are a thousand times more resistant than
the original virus.
Case of Infant HIV Remission
LOS ANGELES - According to a report
in the New England Journal ofMedicine,
the white blood cells of a baby apparently
have succeeded where every drug and
potential vaccine against HIV have so far
failed. According to researchers reporting
in the journal, the tufidentified infant has
become the first thorouglfly documented
case of an individual whose own natural
body defense may have fought off the
infection. Dr. Yvom~e Bryson ofthe UCLA
AID~ Institute said, "It used to seem like
heresy to say that you could potentially
even eli~nin~te the virus. And now I think
that we caasay .that that is a possibility. ?’
Th~ repoi’t sh~ th~ 16~l~y kb(th’~: vi~u~
from his’ infected mothefaiad’~Xmnifiafi0ns
afte~ birth c01ffimiedflifit h~Was itffected.
Retesting again at age two months, the
baby still tested positive for the virus. Bu!
tests at age 13 months revealed that the
virus had disappeared. The infant is now
five years old and he continues, the
scientists say, to show no signs of HIV
and is tlwiving. Researchers said they were
initially skeptical of the test resul’ts and
suspected a clinical error. But they
retrieved all the child’s original blood
samples and did extensive doublechecking.
They found no mistakes, and no
virus in the little boy.
Screening for HIV Subtypes
BOSTON - Max Essex, chair of Harvard
University’s AIDS Institute, toldaregional
colfference on AIDS that the U.S. should
begin blood screening to determine if
extremely ilffectious subtypes of HIV that
are fueling spread of the virus among
heterosexuals in Africa and Asia are in
this country as well. "We don’t really
know if they are in the U.S.," Essex said.
"It’s logical to assume that they should
be." Essex said it is critical that the highly
infectious virus subtypes be identified
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because they may not become apparent
until an epidemic is full-blown.
HIV Infection in the Elderl~
ATLANTA - Two studies, both of them
small, published in AIDS Clinical Care
suggest HIV among people over 60 may
go undiagnosed longer because doctors
don’t consider the elderly at risk for
infection, and that how older Americans
get HIV may be very different than most
health .care, wqrkers ,think. One study of
patients~ages. 60 .to 83 with HIV. at.an
Atlanta h0spithl:f0und that ifi 15of the 20
cases~,where~ithe s6urc~ Oi~ transmission
was 16a6~ni-Hi~-w~ ~6ntractedddaer
through:Sex: or by Iv drug use. Blood
tran~filSi6iis, ~ffer~ .the r0Ui~ "~
tram.mission in ouly 3 of the cases. :In the
2nd study, researchers examined sernm
samples of 170 elderly patients who died
between 1992-93 at New York’s Harlem
Hospital. The researchers found that6%
-of themen and-:-9% of:~the women were
infected with HIV, although mostor all of
the infections .were um,uspected at time of
death. The studies authors suggested that
health care workers., should rake sexual
anddrug use histories of elderly patients.
House,Cuts AIDS Housing $
WASHINGTON -~ The House. of
RepreSentativeshas:approved some $17.1
billion in-federal Spending cuts, including
eliminating federal funding for Housing
Opportunities for People with AIDS
(HOPWA). An amendment offered by
Rep. Christopher Shays (RrConn.) to
restorethe $186 million inHOPWAfunds
was blocked by Republican lawmakers.
White HOuse Chief of staff Leon Panetta
promises apresidential Veto of the bill in
its present form,.
m,,,tary con,’d rom, p. 1
District Court in Brooklyn ruled that the
1993 policy that Congress forced the
administration to adopt violates the
freedom of speech of the sxx gay and
lesbian military personnel who brought
the suit and discriminates against
homosexuals.
Matt Coles, an attorney with the
American Civil Liberties Union
representing the.6 service members, said
the guidelines, .which are part. of the:
National Defense Authorization Act of
1993, were based entirely, on prejudice
and-e~pecied-negative ~tions of
heterosexual members of the military. The
act violated gay and lesbian officers’
constitutional rights to free speech and
.equal protection under the law; he argued
m court. "Congress -betrayed the-
Constitutionby caving in to the prejudices
of others," Coles said.
Government attorneys-had arg,ued that
the unique~demands of~[Jaenatior;~:armed
forces rbxtuire Special rUles. The attorneys
" forthegovernment argued thatoverturning
the policy could damage military
effectiveness.
Judge Nickerson agreed with lawyers
for the six that they. v~ere in effect being
forced to live a li:e in order to serve their
country. Judge Nickerson ruled that"the
policy.., is not only inherently deceptive,
it also offers powerful inducements to
homosexuals to lie." He added that the
current policy "craftily sought to avoid
the First Amendment" and "twisted the
English language in ways that are nothing
less than Orwellian."
In rejecting the government’s
arguments, Judge Nickerson wrote: "Even
if defendants do believe that heterosexual
service members will be so ups~et by a.co--
orker s mere statement ofhomosexuality
as not to #ork co-operatively in the unit,
..,suda a belief does not justify a
discriminatory policy."
Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said
after the decision that the government
would appeal the ruling. "We bdieve our
policy is constitutional and we intend to
defend the policy," he said. "The
Department [of Defense] has told the
Department of Justi~ that we want them
to appeal, the policy. ¯
Despite the ~meq~ivocal nature ofJudge
Nickerson’ s. ruling, it oul.y applies to the
two active duty service members and four
reservists in the case itself and does.not.
keep the military.from-continuing.to7
discharge other gays and lesbians who
come out. It is the first direct constitutional
challenge to the compromise Don~t Ask
Don’t Tell policy, accepted by Presl
Clinton.
Center - " ~ cOnt’dfromp: l "
communities up to $10,000," said Gillean.
"However, to make this ~zork, weneed
suppor’t .from everyone -in our.
communities. The d0nationof $10 from
100 people is important as is the $1000
from one-. We welcome one-time
donations butm0ntllly pledges, even of
$5 or $10 a month are critical to making
this dream a reality."
Gillean added that TOHRis discussing.
setting up a direct debit and credit card
debit system to make donating on a
monthly -pledge basis easier. Any
donations directed to the .Community
Center will be limited to that project, and
sinceTOHRis.a tax-exempt organization~.
:can .be tax-deductable. For more
information, call TOHR at 743-4297.
YOuth cont’dfrom p. 1
homophobia, and award-winning consultant
will lead the workshop. It is open
to health professionals, social service
providers, therapists and clergy.
The Planned Parenthood Training
Institute offers this workshop as aresponse
to the alarming rate of suicide in Lesbian/
Gay/Bisexual youth and to the experiences
of Planned Parenthood’s Lesbian mad-Gay
volunteers and workers who sought mid
found little support from their schools,
churches Or homes. The miss:ion of
Planned Parenthood hasat:its~hearvnot
;: only.fami!yplauning and reproducti~,e
choice, but:~ials6 the.empowerm.ent.~of
individuals tO ldad healthy; happy and
~se×ually fulfilling lives, regardless of
sexual orientation. Planned Parenthood
-hopes to be at the forefront of advocacy
for Lesbian/Gay issues.
Formoreinformation, call the Education
DepL at 587-1101, ext..4.
Williams : cont’dfrom p. 1
reali reasons, she was forced off the air
. ¯from KWGS. Williams noted.that she
received positive comments even when
she aired "controversial" programs (for
-example, Gay & Lesbian issues) but that
it appeared that station management had
censoredherdue topressure from a Radical
Right TU donor, perhaps also .with the
Christian Coalition targeung her
underwriters..Station manager Frank
Cristal also threatened her with immediate
censorship if Williams saidanything on
theair after.she was giyen notice.
I NeXt RBG meeting is Tues. April 25
] 7pmat the Whittier Cafe;
1. . ’ Call 254-2100, RSVP.
745-1111
Accepting Medicare. Medicaid.
private pay andprivate insurance.
Oklahoma owned and operated.
Where have people living with AIDS in the
Tulsa area gone to receive skilled nursing
care ~n a homelike, loving setting?
Until now - no where......
Announcing the opening ofMohawk Living Center, a facility
specializing in caring for people living with AIDS. Overlooking
beautiful Mohawk Park in North Tulsa, our facility is dedicated
to caring for PLWA’s and improving their quality of life through
skilled nursing care delivered by a staff of dedicated professionals
The staff at Mohawk Living Center invite you to come & tour our new facility.
To arrange a tour or.for more information, call our offices at 918~125-1354
Mohawk Living Center
3910 Park Road ¯ Tulsa, OK¯ (918) 425-1354
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Adoptions,
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~Letter from the Pm~ddent:
As I reflect on the last month I feel like I’ve been on a roller coaster ride. We began the period since our last reporter waiting to he~r about the 3 grant proposals
we had applied for: We waited and inquired to no avail. Then on March 24th the newscame, we had received all3 of thegrants. This made us.feel wonderful as
this really expands the outreach of TOHR. During our bdef moments of excitement we realized that the grant begin on April 1st. This meant we needed to start
implementation immediately. A Human Resource committee is now in place and job descriptions are being written. We will be hiring an additional full time person. During
this pedod we also heard fror~ the,local grant we. had wdtten 2 letters of interest for and thesehaVe to bO’totally repackaged.and submitted as full proposals by the!4th of
-- Apdl, Still, this is all good for TOHR. I will keep you updated.
.The Community Centeris go ng full steam ahead andwe are accepting donations now. What we will be requesting is monthly pledges as well as one timedonations. The
monthly pledges will be and integral part of the financing package. Please think about what would be comfortable for you and make the pledge or donation today. We
have located a building that will work very well for the Center and have put together a proposed monthly budget for anyone who is interested.
To continue my ride on the roller coaster, we had some lively debate at the April membership meeting that quite frankly left me confused and shell shocked. When I
accepted this position it was with the vision that the community needed to be more cohesive. I have worked very hard to achieve this goal and continue to do so daily.
This meeting made me question the effectiveness of my efforts. I found myself conducting a meeting with more than a fdendly debate taking place. Being a first time board
member, I was not equipped to diffuse this discussion. I simply ended it. I apologize to anyone I offended or that felt suppressed by my action. It was all I knew to do. Let
me say now that as President of TOHR my vision remains the same, to unify the community to resolve matters that affect us. There will be times when one of us does not
understand the actions of others. We are all working for a common goal and should stay focused on that goal.. Our goal will not be achieved until we all work together.
TOHR is a community based organization and every member is requested to participate in our meetings and events, but matters of personal conflict should remain just
that. Remember the vision is to unite, for united is the only way we can achieve our goals.
Please come to a meeting or TOHR sposored event, we rely on your participation and support to expand our programs.
Until next month.
Tim
Bash-Back Training
April 29th 10am to 12pm
$ i 5 per person
A great self defense class that can benefit each of
us. Come in your sweats and your tennis shoes,
"’The Gathering Place"
4154 South Harvard
Helpline Training
and Update
April 22nd, 10:00- 12:00
Training for all current and nexv volunteers.
All volunteers need to attend
"The Gathcring Place" 4154 South
Call for Committee
Anyone interested in.serving on a committee
for creating conversation and exploring
ways TOHR can help with implementation
and passage of the Report from the Human
Rights Committee, Please call the Help Line
and leave your name and number.
743-4297
It’s Follie time again !
An.vone interested in volunteering for the
Follies Committee or interested in
sharingthier talent with the rest ofour
Tulsa Family, please call L.v~n at
743-0132
BISEXUAL, LESBIAN
AND GAY ISSUES
INFORMATION
AND REFERRALS
743-GAYS
(4297)
By and for but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities.
Daytime Testing
Monday-Thursday
by Appointment
749-4194
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
HIV TESTING CLINIC
FREE
ANONYMOUS
Finger Stick Method
Membership Application
Name
Address
State Zipf-
I I would like to volunteer help wi~:
[] HIV Counselor
[] E~nt Planning and Pare. Preparations
Every Thursday Evening
7:00-8:30 p.m.
4154 So. Harvard
Suite H-1
[] Yes I want.to be a oontributing member
of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights.
Please accept pa)~x~cnt as described below:
[] $10 Limited lnoome/Student M~mbership
[] $20 Regular Memb~hip
[] $35 Organizational/Household
Membership
I-I $100 Sustainin8 Membership
[] I am currently reaei,dn8 TOHR mailings
and the Tulsa F,amib" Nest,s
[] I am not on tl~ mailing list
[] Lesbhn/Gay/Bisexuai HolpLin¢
[] Executive 8mrd Member
[] Mon~.v Mcain~ Suppoa
The Sadie Hawkins Women’s Dance was a blast. TOHR would like to
thank everyone who made the dance possible. The turnout was great
and we got some nc~" member & made some new friends. TOHR ~ill
continue to support these events so ifyou have an idea let us "know.
Additional thanks go to: Carol & Sue for the great music. Renee for
taking tickets, Miriam for being the boss, Marvita for the balloons,
chairs, tables, Dee for the balloons, Joan for tickets, Laurie for
¢ver~.C.hing, Melanie for all her help, Jim & Don for serving drinks,
Tim & Ken for manning the TOHR booth, Pam for the soda,
R~’. Alico Jones for the coasters, the Black & \Vhite Committee for
providing child care & general support, Aaron for child care and all of
you who participated in the dance. Thanks.
¢ommunitp enter
Monthly Pledges Center Stage
One Time Donations
$100 Mo.
$75 Mo.
$50 Mo.
545 Mo.
$40 Mo~
$35 Mo.
$20 Mo.
$10 Mo.
Mail to TOHR
P.O. Box 52729
Tulsa OK. 74152
Altn: Cehter
Spotlight
$2500 - $5000
Lead Actor
$1500- $2499
gfpportingA~:
$750 - $1499
Cast Member
$300- $749
Audience
$100 - $299
Extra
$
ISuNDAYS I
BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES
CHRISTIAN CENTER - SUnday School 9:45,
Moming. Worship::Service 1-1:00." 2627-B
East 11th. Call 583-7815 for Info.
BLGA - University of Tulsa. 6:30 p.m.
Canterbury Center.
COMMUNITY OF HOPE (United Methodist) -
Faith and Struggle Group - discussion group,
subjects vary. 5:00 p.m. Evening Worship
Service 6:00. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-
7232 for Info.
FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Morning Worship
Service 11:00. 5451-E South Mingo. Call
622-1441 for Info.
MCC OF GREATER TULSA - Morning
Worship Service 10:45 1623 North
Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info.
THE BANNED - GayBand - Practice weekly
in OKC. Call 838-2121 for Info.
IMONDAYS " " " : I
BIBLE STUDY- 6:30:p.m. Comm0nity of
Hope. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for
Info.
LAMBDA BOWLING LEAGUE - Bowling
begins at 8:45. Sheridan Lanes 3121 South
Sheridan.
1TuEsDAYs I
MINISTER’S CLASS - Bless the Lord at All
Times Christian Center. 7:30 p.m. 2627-B
East 1 lth. Call 583-7815 for Info.
Wednesdays
AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER - Bible
Study 7:00. MCC of Greater Tulsa 1623
North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info.
BLESS .THE LORD AT ALL TIMES 7:00 - 8:30 pm Results Hours: 7:00 - 9:00
CHRISTIAN CENTER - Choir Practice 7:00, pm, Call 749-4194 for Info,
2627-B East 1 lth. Call 583-7815 for Info,
FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Potluck 6:30, PRAYER.TIME-7:00.p,m, MCC~ofGreater
Bible Study 7:00, Choir Practice 8:00, 5451- Tulsa.¯ 1623 .North Maplewood~ Call 838-
E.South Mingo, Call 622-1441 for Info, 1715 for Info.
ITHURsDAYs I TULSA FAMILY-CHORALE = Weekly
16-STEP EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR practice 9:30. Lola’s. 2630 E. 15th Street.
WOMEN - 7:00, Women’s support group,
Community of Hope, 1347 North Yale, Call
838-7232 for Info,
CO-DEPENDENCY SUPPORT GROUP -
Weekly meeting 7:30, Family of Faith MCC,
5451-E South M[ngo, Cal! 622-1441 for Info,
(Regula[ Meetings begin Mamh 23)
HIV TESTING - TOHR Clinic, Free and
Anonymous testing using fingerstick method.
No appointment required, Walk in test hours:
ISATURDAYS I
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS - Meets weekly
at 11:00 pm, Provides confidential support
for recovering addicts, Community of Hope,
1347 North Yale, Call 838-7232 for Info,
IAPRIL 15 I
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for
Info.
IAPR~L 16/EASTERI
"HOPE IS ALIVE" - Easter Cantata. 11:00
a.m. Family of Faith. 5451-E South
Mingo. Call 622-1441 for Info,
IAPRIL 17 I
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Allen Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary - Third of an eight week
course. Sponsored by TOHR/Community
of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for
Info,
IAPRIL 18 I
TOHR BOARD MEETING - 7:00 p.m.
TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 743-
4297 for Info.
IAPRIL 19 I
FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP - Bi-
Monthly meeting. 6:30 4154 South
Harvard - Lower Level. Call 749-4901 for
Info.
IA P R I L 2 1 .I
FEED THE HOMELESS -. Community of
Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at
5:30 and caravan to Day Center for the
Homeless. Call 838-7232 for Info.
IAPRIL 24 I
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Allen Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary
Fourth of an eight week course.
Sponsored by,.,. ~ TOHR{Community of
Hope/BLG~,(TU). ,Call 838-7232 for Info.
IA.e p, L 29 I
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale, Call 838-7232
for Info.
IMAY 1 I
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Allen Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary. Fifth of an eight week
course. Sponsored by TOHPJCommunity
of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for
Info.
IMAY 2 I
TOHR MEMBERSHIP - Monthly meeting
6:30 social hour 7:00 p.m. meeting. "The
Gathering Place" - 4154 S. Harvard, Ste.
H. Call 743-4297 for Info.
IMAY 3 I
FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP
Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154South
Harvard - Lower Level. Call 749-4901 for
Info.
IMAY 4 I
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER - A Spin off
of the Christian Right’s Nat’,l Day of Prayer.
Gay and Lesbian community will meet to
pray for an end to prejudice and
discrimination in the church. Call 622-
1441 for more Info.
IMAY 6 I
GAY MAYDAY - Celebration in Oklahoma
City. Featuring musical entertainment by
THE BANNED, Oklahoma’s Gay Band,
For Carpool Info. call 838-2121.
WOMEN’S SATURDAY NIGHT SUPPER
CLUB - 6:30 p.m. Hong Kong Restaurant
4307-B South Sheddan,
IMAY 7 I
PRIME TIMERS - Monthly Meeting 4:00
p.m. - "The Gathering Place" 4154 South
Harvard, Ste. H. Call 747-8121 for info.
PFLAG 1011102 - Monthly meeting 6:30-
7:30’p.m:- 4154 South Harvard, Ste~.H.
Call 749-4901 for Info.
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p:m.
Allen Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary. Sixth of an eight week
course. Sponsored by TOHR/Community.
of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for
Info.
SPOUSES For spouses of
Gay/Les/Bi/Trans. 7:00-7:30 p.m. social
7:30-8:30 meeting. Call 749-4901 for Info.
Sponsored by PFLAG.
IMAY 13 I
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232
for Info.
IMAY 1s I
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Alien Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary. - Seventh of an eight week
course: Sponsored by TOHPJCommunity
of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for
Info,
IMAY 16
TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m.
TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 743-
4297 for Info.
IMAY 17 I
FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP
Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154 South
Harvard - Lower Level. Call 749-4901 for
Info.
IMAY 1 8-21 I
MCC .DISTRICT CONFERENCE - South
Central District(OK, TX, LA, AR) Southern
"Hills Mardott at 71st and Lewis.
Workshops/Services/Banquet. Keynote:
Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson: Call 622-1441
for more Info.
[MAY 19-21 I
HERLAND SPRING RETREAT - Women’s
Retreati Roman Nose State Park.
Sponsored by Hedand ofOklahoma City.
IMAY 22
RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly
Meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 254-2100 for
location.
RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Allen Chapman Activity Center (TU) - 440
South Gary. - Final week of an eight
week course. Sponsored by
TOHR/Community of Hope/BLGA (TU).
Call 838-7232 for Info. "~
IMAY 26 28 I
GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL RODEO - OK
State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Call
405-943-0843 for more Info.
IMAY 27 I
DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope.
8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232
for Info.
IMAY 29 I
FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of
Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at
5:30 p.m. and caravan to Day Center for
the Homeless. Call 838-7232 for Info,
S C E L L A N E O U S I ROU P. MEETINGS
LAGPAC - Lesbian-and Gay Political
Action Committee. Call 838-1222 for Info.
LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS - Gay and
Lesbian Republican Group. Call 832-0233
for Info.
- SWAN’~ Sirigle Women’s Activity Network.
TOHR CLINIC - In addition to Thursday
Clinic Hours (see Thursdays), offers
daytime testing by appointment Monday -
Thursday from 10 am - 5 p.m. Call 749-
4194 for appointment.
TOHR HELPLINE - Staffed daily 8:00 ,p.m.
- 10:00 p.m. Call 743-GAYS.
TULSA - Tulsa Uniform .and Leather
Seekers Association. Call 838-1222 for
Call 405~720-0044 for Info.
IM , , 2 1. i REV. ELDER NANCY WILSON - Evening
Service - 6:00 p.m. at Family of Faith MCC
- 5451-E South Mingo: Also featuring
Tulsa Family Chorale. Call 622-1441 for
Info.
!.nfo. ,,
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S
SUPPER CLUB Meets-at varying
locations the 2rid or 3rd Wednesday of
each month.
. Do:you.have a.group ,or event _that should be listed in the TOHR Community Calendar? Ifso, please Call us at 838-2121; "
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In February, I talked about Paul’ s letter
to the Romans. This is the text used most
frequently by Christians who argue against
homosexuality and the article discussed
the words in the text. I would like to
discuss why Paul felt it necessary to talk
about homosexuality at all.
At this time, homosexuality between
men was an accepted part of life in Roman
and Greek cultures. In Romans, Paul
indicates that homosexuality was socially
unacceptablejust as long hair was socially
unacceptable. In two passages in this
chapter, Paul uses strong language to
discuss sin. They occur before and after
the section on homosexuality but not in it.
In Verse 18 of the first chapter, Paul talks
about the "ungodliness and wickedness"
of people who suppress the truth.
"Ungodliness" and "wickedness" are the
translation of the Greek words asebeia
and adibia. Adibia occurs again in verse
29. This verse lists several things that are
ethically wrong, but no sexual offenses.
Paul refers to cleanliness or purity laws in
Leviticus are still part of Jewish life. It is
obvious that Paul is making an issue.of
Jewish purity laws here. Jesus was never
concerned about purity laws and the
Gentile Romans had no such concerns -
so w.hy is Paul bringing it up?
In verses 22-25, Paul accuses the
Christians inRome ofidolatl~. His concern
was that they still had their idols and were
worshipping them as well .as God. Paul
then states two results of their idolatry:
one is uncleanness, mad the other, real sin.
Paul calls their sexual deeds degra~ting,
shameful, dishonorable. He calls their
other deeds wickedness, evil, malice. The
terminology itself shows a deliberate
contrast between what is socially
unacceptable and what is ethically wrong.
Three times Paul repeats this phrase, "God
gave them up." This phrase separates
Paul’s lecture into different sections. He
begins verse 24 with, "therefore God gave
them up in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity." Paul is introducing the first
effect of their idolatry. Paul digresses in
praise of God but .......;~ ,:
brings himself "~J~" nf-fs.:ta~dm¯ ~
back in verse 26
by repeating his
phrase, "for these
reasons God gave
them up to
degrading
passions." In verse
28, Paul starts
talking about the second effect of idolatry,
"God gave .them up to a base mind and
things that should not be done." This list
is what Paul really considers sin but there
is nothing sexual in the list.
The question arises whether Paul really
disapproves of homosexuality. Paul’s
letter addresses two groups: gentile
Christians and Jewish Christians. Paul
was about to journey to Rome to vi sit the
Church and he was paving the way for his
visit. Keep in mind, whether Christians
should keep Jewish purity laws was a hot
debate. The "Council of Jerusalem" as
recorded in Acts 15, decreed that Gentiles
converted to Christians need not be
circumcised nor keep other Jewish laws
Just like the church today with its
denominations fighting over doctrine, the
church then fought over doctrine. Jewish
Christians believed that they were superior
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because of their purity laws and were
t~Nt~g~,to i,mpose them Oll Gentile
~hrist~ans. Paul was known to side with
the Gentile Christians but he had to be
tactful to try not to offend anyone. Part of
his letter to the Romans addresses Jewish
Christians, playing on their sense of
superiority. He wants to win their good
will, so he seemingly takes their side by
putting down the Gentiles for their
homosexual acts. By chapter 2, Paul has
:. gently turned th~"conversation arotmd and
.- is rebuking those,,who judge others. His
~ language gets
and naive rg~adl.n~ ot~ stronger as he
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the Scripture has led many sincere
~ollower~ dJesus astray. They oppose
and oppress lesbian and gay people in
the name of the Apostle Paul."
- Father Daniel A. Helmlnlah
points out their
real sil~~ of the
JewishChristians.
Theg-- steal
commit adultery,
and rob temples.
Paul calls for
purity of the heart.
Likewise, Paul doesn’t let the Gentile
Christians off the hook. In chapter 9, he
rebukes them for feeling they are superior
to the Jewish Christians.
In actuality, Paul’s reference to
homosexuality serves as a rhetorical
function alone. He chose homosexuality
because it was not a sensitive issue. The
debate over clean and unclean food was a
hot issue as well as whether circumcision
was required for conversion to
Christianity. Homosexuality was a point
of differenCe, but apparently there was no
argument over it. The Gentiles were well
aware of the Jews’ attitude toward
homosexuality, but they shrugged the
whole thing off. In chapter 2, verse 22,
Paul even condenms.the .Icws for judging
the Geutiles lbr their idolatry. Thc wholc
pu~ose of Romans is a lcct;,’c on thc sin
ofjud~ng others. Ronmns 14: 13-14 says.
"let us ~eretbre no longer pass judgcmcnt
on one mlother, but resolve instead never
to pnl a stumbling block or laindrancc m
the wav of another. I know and am
persuaffed in the Lord Jesus that nothing
~s unclean in itself; but it is unclcm~ I’or
anyone who flfi~s it nnclean. ""
In his book entitled, What the Ihbh,
Really Says About Homose.ruali~, b~ l)r.
D~el A. HelmiNg, a Roman {?a~mlic
priest, wfites:"A long-standing and naivc
reading of the Scripture has led man~
sincere followers of Jesus astray. Thcv
op~se~doppress lesbian~dgay peoplc
in ~e nmne of ~e A~sfle Paul. Bolstcrcd
by sociN prejudice and zeNous iu thcir
sex~ self-fighteotmness, C~sfians havc
been misreading Paul’s letter to lhc
Romps ~d rejecting members of the
C~sfi~ co~u~tv because of it. ""
Yet, to ins~e ~e t~fity of ~lievers was
a major reason for Paul’ s writings. Paul
insisted on fM~ andlove as ~e dfings that
really matter ~n Christ. By nusunderstanding
Paul’s argument, people
unwittingly rely on tastes and customs
.instead of the Word of God. They ~guc
about what"s dirty or unclean,.disputc
who’s pure and impure, aud pll
heterosexuM against homosexuM. Tiros.
they divide and splinter the church ovcr
what does not matter in Cl~st. In God’s
name they foment hatred mid [’ncl
oppressio~ ~d disrnpt ,sodiety at largc.
They comet a grave injusfi~ - the very
offehse that Patti’ s letter meant to cotmter.
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Tulsd Ci&-Co’un~. Library
The results of the November 1992
elections included the passage of an
unprecedented piece of legislation "known
as Amendment 2, in Colorado. It
effectively banned any city or town in the
state, including the three which already
.had gay rights laws,, from including the
:words sexual orientation in auv antidiscrimination
!aws. This amendment
passed by 53% of the vote after a divisive
campmgn led by the group Colorado for
Fmnily Values.
In "Gas" Politics vs Colorado and
America,:" author Stephen Bransford
explains ONE side of the story of the
origins of this law and the impassioned
people who focused most of their daih"
lives during the election can~paign to fife
passage of this amendment. Bransford
explains his theory that this law was really
just a necessary correction of unfairand
restrictive gay fights laws which he alleges
preveuted average citizens from fully
realizing their rights to religious freedom.
He believes that protecting gay citizens
from tmreasonable haras_sment, firings and
denial of housing, places an excessive
burden ou other c~tizens who may have a
personal or religious right to discmninate.
In short, gay rights laws infringe on
personal freedo~ns more than Amen&nent
2 infringes on the rights of gay citizens to
equal treatment under the law.
Br~asford’ s writing sUle is elementary,
with many one mad two-word sentences.
He often slants his arguments by using
[the. author says about
Colorado’s Amendment 2]: "It
had yielded a polltleal vletory for
fairness & justlee, not a moral
Vletory for the reli4ous tight "
His next sentence: "’Th~ "
Colorado approach reeo$nlzed
the fact thdt. llke h or not.
Amerlea has retreated from its
Judeo-Chrlstlan roots." He is
apparently unable to see the
eontradletlon.
incomplete information and iaflannnatolx
language. Situations are superficiallY,
explained to appeal to basic fear~.
Sympathetic readers will nod in
agreement. Others will easily note
contradictions throughout the book. An
example of this is when Bransford claims
that neither morals uor religious bias had
an3 part of Alnendment 2’ s passage: "It
had yielded a political victory for faimess
mad justice, not a moral victory for the
,religious right." His next sentex~ce: "The
Colorado approach recognized the fact
that, like it or not, America has retreated
from its Judeo-Christian roots." He is
appareutly tmable to see the contradiction.
Bransford’s astonislnuent at a Colorado
judge blocking enforce~nent of 2 results in
tiffs: "Like the assumption of ixmocence,
why cau’ta good law be constitutional
until proven otherwise?". His criteria for
determining what is a "’good" law, other
than majority rule, is not explained.
The U.S. Supreme Court recentlya~eed
to decide tiffs case, and the result will have
a widespread impact. This book is an
important exmnple of the mindset and
logic of the people who calnpaigned so
vehemently to pass Amendment 2. Should
tiffs subject arise locally, this book will
provide a valtmble eyeopener for you to
share with relatives, coworkers and
politicians.
Check the Central Library Readers
Service departmeut at 596-7966 for tiffs
title mad books on the other side of tiffs
debate, such as "Created Equal: Why Gay
Rights Matter to America" by Michael
Nava, and "’A More Perfect Union: Why
Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay
Rights" by Richard Mohr.
Other recent.titles of interest include: *"Uncharted Lives: Understanding the Life Passages of
*"Science of Desire: The Search for the Gay Gene" by Dean Hanaer Gay Men" by Stmfley Siegel
*"Soldier Of the Year" by Jose Zuniga *"Queer mad Loathing" by David Feinberg
*"Dance Against Time"’by Diane Sohvav
Elder Nancy Wilson
at Family Of Faith
The Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson
will be presenting a special message at
. Fatnily of Faith Metropolitan Commmffty
Church, 5451-E South Mingo, on Sunday,
May 21st at 6:00 p.m. Rev. Wilson, who
will be in Tulsa for the South Central
District Conference hosted at the Mamott
Southern Hills from May 18 - 21, is
: currently the Vice MOderator of the
Univers~ Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches and he Senior
Pastor of Metropolitan~-C0mm~nity
Church of Los Ang¢l~s. ; - ~: - :~ .
Nancy Wilson has been active in the
Universal Fellowship siuce 1972. She was
first elected to the Board of Elders of the
Universal Fellowslfip of Metropolitan
Community Churches in 1976, and has
subsequently been re-elected to four
consecutive terms. Rev. Wilson has
recently completed work on gay and
lesbian theology and her book, Outing the
Bible, will be publishedby Harper/Collins
in the sunlmerof this year.
Elder Wilson has been the UFMCC
representative in front of the National
Council of Church~s at the General
Assembly mad the Central Committee of
the World Council of Churches. She
remains in the forefront of human fights
issues.
Family of Faith welcomes the Reverend
Elder Nancy Wilson as she comes to
present a message to the gay and lesbian
religious community of Tulsa Tulsa
-Family Chorale, Tulsa’ s gay and lesbian
chorus sponsored.by Lola’s, will be
performing at the service. Everyone is
welcome to attend. For more information,
please call 622-1441.
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but nolle has come to have more meamng
or to provoke more action than that of
home ownership. A sense of prid~ and
security, of permanence and belonging,
as well as having invesunent, eqtuty, tax
shelter & retirement benefits - all
contribute to the desire and motivation to
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As a commtmity ofGay men & Lesbians,
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For many it is when they find themselves
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Raising a fanfily,hedging against inflation,
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April & May will bear muldple
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Ou Sat.. April 29. REB plans
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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
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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.
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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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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
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Lobby. The survey also found
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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WASHINGTON - According to
a poll of some 794 U.S.
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companies by the American
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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"Cole Porter-- One of a Kind"
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:
Panama Hattie, Paris, Red Hot and Blue, Rosalie, Silk Stockings,
Something to Shout About, The Gay Divorce, The New Yorkers,
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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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New Records for
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.
For more information contact
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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-
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What If You Get Sick?
Did you know...there was insurance
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piece of paper that pays the bills.
And why not? We insure our cars, our
homes, and.our personal belongings. Yet
we don’t insure the one thing which
makes all o.f the above possible, our ability
to earn an income.
Its name is Disability Income Insurance
( D.I. coverage ). Disability Income
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, should you become unable to work, a
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Look at it this way... You pay into an
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become disabled. Within three years, you
will have recouped your expenses and, in
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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
benefit ?
A policy’ s definition of disability is the
Your ability to earn an
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people take for granted....
many people tend to forget,
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person’s most valuable
asset.
single most important provision. Some
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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.
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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
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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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Miss Gay Tulsa, March 9-10
Benefit for Larry Everett, Mr. Okla. Leather ’95
on March 17, Razzle Dazzle in May
Come see Glen on Wednesdays!
(918) 834-4234 / 1565 S. Sheridan - Tbl~a, OK
Wed - Sun 7 pm - 2 am / Mon - Tues Closed
Miss Gay Oklahoma USA Pageant
Winner Cherry Morgan, (ca’.) with Coca, Laura Brooks, Ivana Bereal & Fallon Scott
Miss Sadie Brooks One contestant strikes a pose.
Festive & fabulous - Concessions, 3340 So. Peoria was full of talent, fashion and fun at
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guy ,discreet Call me- 923017 rq.!.etball and tennis, discreet, like
all sports, movies and have a
Oklahoma City LOOKING FOR good tim~ give me a call~
A FRIEND: Dennis WM 33 .
brn/brn i 95, 6’, just moved here 924591
mainly looking for friends-
923201
Oklahoma City LOOKING FOR
A COWBOY: 25, 5’Z 125,
brn/blu, Ikg for a cowboy 25-35
who has his act together- .
923357
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loves attention to cuddle and kiss-
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170, iso indiv in lhe Springfield/Liltle
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either gay or bi, looks not impt, good
pers, and willing to e,T,per ment,li-ke
to get togelher 171 get ~ck to you-
923205
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6, stocky 230, married WM bi,
iso other married or bi men who
are stocky like me, iso someone
discreet and alot of fun great
art tude, to ta k W tt~; ~24320 ~.
Tulsa COUNTRY WESTERN
DANCE, 30 fun, vers qu et ~n ghts
long walks and n~ovies !"~ :-~!
924465
Tulsa SEXY WEIGHTLIFTER:
27 (+) looking for sexy men 20-
38~ weightlifling and [un-
921988
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EYES: Michael, 24 GWM iso
someone 24-30, 5’7 i45, blu,,
bind hair, mustache~ think you d
like to talk, give me a ~:a11-
921631
OK city OUTDOOR J:UN: Mike,
24, NW area, blnd/blu, 5’7 145,
kg for another GWMmasc, enjoy
walking hiking, campihg,
outdoors, like to Spend t me and
get to know give me acall
921632
Tulsa HOT MEN warited, 29
5’11, 185 cln cut bb, int in cln cut
masc hot men, 23-35 for fun-
921997
Oklahoma City CITY MEN: 36,
6’1, 175, like to meet men in the
city for good tih~es, intlv a
message like to meet i8-36,
masculine, of course- 917126
Tulsa TOM 21 Y/O~:6’2, dk
bm curly hair, eyes, semi musc,
wide sh0ulders,32w, looking for
friends,~ get together and be
friends ~22575
Tulsa COLLEGE STUDENT:
Adolfo, like swimming, reading,
dancing~ student, hisp 5’7 180
reed b~ild, dk cxion, olive, dk
/dk, must Ikg for other bi or gay.
white or hisp males in the area for
fun, friendship poss re- give me a
call-922622
Tulsa INEXPERIENCED SEEKS
SAME: Mitch, very young 35,
b~n/brn 5’10, 165, very inexp,
Smooth looking for similar- for.
poss relationship- 922668
Norman PASS THE
POPCORN: Eddie, 5’8,1,55,~
34; very hands, athl, musci want
to meet.other romantic men to
Shbre 6 nic~ quiet romaritic eve,
favorite movie, eating popcorn
and getting to know each other- Iv
a msg- 922251
Norman COMPANION
WANTED: Edward, Ikg for male
companions in the area, watch
some movies, pop popcorn,
spend some fun time together-
922251
Midwest City LOOKING
FOR LOVE! Steve, new
to area; Iookin.q for love!
pref single G~M betw
18-25, 6’3, 25,
brn/hzl, smokers pref,
like Dur~geons and
Dragons, Bars, int Iv a
message~ ~20023
Oklahoma City FONZIE
LOOKALIKE: 46, 179,
5’10, work out 3x wk,
brn/grri look like the
fonz, like to meet a TV
or TS forrlunch dinner
fun, for posslong rel
want a ~el with a TV or
TS- 921102
friendship fun and poss
relationship if this sounds good Iv
a message- 918048
Tulsa FIT AND FURRY: Jerry
,GWM mid 40s, phys fit, 5’5,-
160, hairy, iso GWM for g,reat
times, Iv a message and we II get
together- 918764
Oklahoma City EVERY
TUESDAY: 36, 6’1,175, 33w,
like to meet 1.8-25 inexp a plus~
int Iv a message, in Oklahoma
°~City every Tuesday- 919287
Stillwater BRAD GWM 26, 5’9
175 brn/blu, Wide vat of int,
looking for guys in my area-
918818
Tulsa DINNER DATE: Nick, 26,
int are swimming, horseback
riding,shopping dinner and
movies, int in meeting nice people ~
178 brn!blu Iv a message-
917815
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Tulsa
LONG BLONDE HAIR:
Jonathan, 19 6’5,.tall and slender,
long bind hair, greyish ~reen eyes,
iso someone,-18-25 t0 dance,
have fun poss rel with- 919144
Tulsa FUN AND FRIENDSHIP:
Tom, 25, 6’2 250, brn/hzl, is0
fun friendship and poss more in
the area, Iv a message- ~19290
Tulsa DISCREET FUN: Cute bi
cd, 35 5’3 135 iso aggr stocky
male for discreet fun 919566
Norman OKLAHOMA
UNIVERSITY Adam, 22, go to
OU 6’2 200 34 w brn/bm iso
someone 21 ~45, if ur int give me
a call- 915608
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what you’re looking for. Our prof’l iso male- 20-40, like
cornp0t~6zed system.will~~walk you staying at home, like non
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’ ! ~.~ ..... ~. bind/bin like to play football,
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male, iso GWM 18-21 for clean
fun give me a calb 916423
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the same around the same age,
not really exp, if u like, Iv a
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Oklahoma City BEAR .SEEKS
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6’2 230, brn/grn, into
western hathe~-and boots
same from 28-40
rel- ~15624
Oklahoma City LOVING
AND LASTING: Wayne,
47, heavy built, Ikg for
younger who will care as
much for me as for them,
want a loving long lasting
rel- int give me a call ~
915635
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WITH A BEAR:~,Sam~,-44,
hairy chest and ba~k iso someone
to go to gay parties. 916011
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GUYS-GWMC 23 & 24, 5’10,
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27 couples 2 4 entertainment in
the area dancing, dinners,
movies, like to meet 914388
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[1995] Tulsa Family News, February 15-March 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 3
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Politics, education, and social conversations toward Tulsa's Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities.
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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).
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Tulsa Family News
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Tom Neal
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James Christjohn
Kharma Amos
Kelly Kirby
Maureen Curtin
JD Jamett
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Tulsa Family News, January 15-February 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 2
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