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Dec. 15, 1996- Jan. 14, 1997, v. 4, #1
Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Dr. Elders Urges Black
Churches to Fight AIDS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)- Black churches must join
forces to educate their communities about the dangers
of AIDs and the need to practice safe sex, Dr. Joycelyn
Elders said Saturday.
Elders, the former surgeon general:, told a gathering at
Mount Carmel Baptist Church that one out of every 350
black men is infected with the HIV virus, compared to
one of every 800 white men and one of every 650
Hispanic men. Among women, one of every 1,000
black women is infected, compared to one of every
15,000 white women, she said.
New medicines and treatments have nearly turned the
deadlyvirus into more of a chronic disease people can
live with for years, Elders said, but the numbers will
keep g~owing unless youfig people are educated. Beside~
education, Elders emphasized the use ofcondoms
and providing dean needles to drug addicts as deterrents
to transmitting the disease.
She applauded four teen-age girls who told the group
they took vows of abstinence, but said 70% of those
vows are broken by the time high school is finished.
’I’he vows ofabstinence are broken far more easily than
the latex condom is," Elders said. "When I was your
surgeon general, I tl~ink you remember people would
call me th~ condomqueen. Well, I Want you to know, I
put the crown on my head and sleep in it:"
see Elders, page3
:HAWAII HONEYMOON? ¯ HONOLULU (AP) - Joseph Melillo believes waiting six years
¯ to get ,m,arried is long enough. "That’s an awfully long engage-
¯ ment," Melillo said.Wednesday ~p~r~0judge put on hold the first ruling inAmericanhistory that all’~ws g~y marriages. Melillo and
¯ his partner, Pat Lagon, will have to wait at least another year: The
¯ staywill remainineffectuntil arulingby the state’s highestcourt. ¯
That court ruled in 1993 that Hawaii’s ban is unconstitutional
¯
unless the state could, show a compelling government interest in
¯ preventing gay mamages.
¯ In. issuing the stay to his own ruling, Circuit Judge Kevin
Chang said there would be confusion if gay couples got married
¯ and then the high court overturned his decision. "We kind of
¯ expected it, but we’re not happy with it," said Melillo, who sued
¯ the state along with Lagon and two lesbian couples.
Chang said Tuesday that the state had failed to show any
¯ compelling state interest in denying gay couples the right to
¯ marry, and he ordered the state to begin issuing themlicenses. It
was the first such ruling by a judge in the United States.
¯ The dispute prompted passage of a federal law signed by
¯ President Clinton that says the federal government will not
¯ recognize gay marriages and allows states to refuse to recognize ¯
such unions licensed in other.states. In addition,16 states have
’ passed laws denying recognition of gay marriages.
¯ DeputyAttorney General Rick Eichor sought the stay, arguing
¯ that allowing couples to marry immediately would undermine
the state’s case. "If hundreds, or even thousands, of gay mar-
" riages take place, the Supreme Court probably won’t even hear
¯ the appeal," he said. Eichor also argued that the three gay couples
who sued for the right to marry would suffer no real harm if their
: right to marry were delayed.
Dan Foley, the lawyer who represented the couples, said he
¯ found that argument incredulous. He said his clients already had
suffered from delays in the case. "I hope it won’t take long to
¯ convince the Supreme Court that Judge Chang’s ruling was i correct," Melillo said.
And nearly two months before the opening of the state Legis-
¯" lature, same-sex marriage already has become an issue.
: Newly-elected Rep. Bob McDermott on Thursday called for
¯ Senate President Norman Mizuguchi to replace Matt Matsunaga
¯ and Avery Chumbley as co-chairs of the Senate Judiciary Corn-
: mittee. Matsunaga and Chumbley both opposed a constitutional
¯ amendment banning same-sex, marriages. Matsunaga, who won
re-dection despit~e being targeted for his stand on the issue, says
: the matter should be left to the courts.
," McDermott said heis concerned .that legislation prohibiting
¯ same-sex marriage will not be given a fair hearing in the Senate
¯ Judiciary Committee. Samer~ex marriage was a factor in
McDermott’s ouster of Democrat Len Pepper in the Nov. 5
: general election, see next column
¯ US & World Reaction: Arkansas
¯ LHTLE ROCK (AP) - Moving to follow a new
federal law, lawmakers filed legislation Friday that
¯ would ban same-sex marriages in Arkansas. The
¯ measure was among the first bills pre-filed in the
: House to be ,introduced in the Arkansas General
Assembly that convenes Jan. 13.
¯ Arkansas family law defines marriage as a civil
¯ contract between consenting parties. A provision
relating to issuing a marriage license to under age
¯
persons contain age requirements for the male and
¯ female, the only reference to gender. The proposed
¯ bill would declare that "marriage shall be only
: between a man and a woman" and would void
¯ marriage betweenpeople of the same sex. The state
¯ wouldnotrecognize same-sex marriages performed
out of state by people who move to Arkansas.
"What (gays) do in the privacy of their own
¯ bedroom is their business, but I don’t feel like it’s
: something that I want to recognize as being legal
¯ and right" said the lead sponsor, Rep. Doug Kidd,
: D-Benton. "The state of Arkansas should not rec-
¯ ognize that as a marriage."
¯ Dehra Bailey of the Arkansas Gay and Lesbian
¯ Task Force said the state’s homosexual community ¯
Was not surprised by Kidd’s bill and would fight it
: as a matterof social justice. She said homosexuals
¯ "absolutely" have a moral right to marry. Ms.
¯ Bailey said. "Whether or not a person chooses marriage to sanction their relationships, all people
¯ should have that right."
¯ Colorado
¯ DENVER (AP) - A Colorado state lawmaker has
¯ announced plans to reintroduce a bill in the 1997 ¯
Legislature that wouldbanrecognition of same-sex
marriages in Colorado.
¯ The announcement by Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, ¯
¯ R-Fort Morgan, came just a day after a Hawaiian
court ruled that state must issue marriage licenses
¯ to same-sex couples. The same bill was approved
last yearby the Colorado Legislature, but vetoedby
: Gov. Roy Romer. The Hawaii ruling still must be
appealed. But that doesn’t matter to Musgrave.
¯ Musgrave’s bill banning same:sex~ marriages
¯ was appr0vedinbothho~es earlierthis yearlarge.ly
¯ on a partisan=line vote with most Democrats in ¯
Opposition. Gov: Roy Romer-vetoed it in March,
¯ saying it was unnecessary because Colorado law
didnotrecognizesuchmarfiages, see Hawaii, p. 8
Murderer Gets 50 Years ¯ Evergreen SpiritAwardsGiven " Coming Soon! PONTIAC, Mich..(AP) - The man convicted of killing " TULSA - The AIDS. Coalition. of Tulsa presented its 1996 *
Evergreen SpiritAwards recognizing individuals fortheir contributions
to HIV/AIDS care. The organization recognized Amy
Graham and Nancy Nelson of the American Red Cross, Jack
Arnold of Tulsa Public Schools, Anne Kozak and Jean Derry of
the Oklahoma State Dept. of Health, Claudette Peterson of
HOPE, Patti Handyof Associates in Medical & Mental Health,
Sharon Thoele of the HIV Resource Consortium with Spirit
Awards. The Richard Shackelford Award went to Derrick Davis
of FUSO and the Truman Geren Award went to the late RF
Renfro. These awards were presented by Phil Wiley. The award
to RF Renfro will hang in the Renfro Room inThe Pride Center.
HIVRC Records Turned
¯ Holiday services will be held at Saint Jerome at ¯
11:30 on Christmas Eve with Mass at midnight.
: Family of Faith and Greater Tulsa MCCs will join
¯ together for a candlelight service at Family ofFaith
¯ at 1 lpm. Also Community of Hope United Meth- ¯
¯ odist will hold its candlelight service at llpm.
Ongoing till mid-January, Community of Hope
: will offer a grief support group that meets on
¯ Tuesdays from6-8pm. Forinfo. call Leslie Peurose
¯" at 585-1800 or Bob Hulsey at 749-4194.
"- RAIN, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
: will provide volunteer training on Jan. 13-15 from
¯ 5:30- 9pmatHarvardAve. ChristianChurch,5502 ¯
S. Harvard. $25 with some scholarships available.
¯ Registration by Jan. 10. Call Stephen or Kathy at
i Over On Nov. 20- More 749-4195 for info. Another training will beat
¯ Conners State College.in the Classroom Building ¯
Documents to. Follow #210onJan.24-25.Registrationisrequiredby Jan. :21.CallStephenorKathyat749-4195orPhiTheta
¯ TULSA-The H-IV Resource Consortium (HIVRC) provided its ¯ Kappa in Warner at 918-463-6302 for info.
¯ minutes to Tulsa Family News’ attorney on Nov. 20 and has ,
: - agreed to provide accesstoother public documents this month as "
INSIDE
: well as agreeing to futherinterviews with counsel for theHIVRC :
¯¯ - and Tulsa Family Newspresent. ¯ ¯ . .
TFN publisher, Tom Neal, appl,auded the agency fo~ its coop- :
EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2-3
" eration. "It has ialways been Tb2q s hope that the agency could " NEWS .... P. 4
HEALTH P. 6
provideexplanatiousfortheallegatiousofthepersonslivingwith HIV/AIDS & THE LAW P. 10
AIDS (PLWA’s)," Neal added. ,We hope that the problems ¯ BOOK REVIEW P. 10
really just turn out to be communications difficulties rather than : EUREKA SPRINGS P. 11
anything more serious. We expect to provide followup coverage : RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 12
next month." , CLASSIFIEDS P. 14-15
a gay admirer who revealed a crush on him on "The
Jenny Jones Show" will serve at least 20 years in prison
before he is eligible for parole, lawyers said. Judge
Francis X. O’Brien on Wednesday sentenced Jonathan
Schmitz to 25 to 50 years for murdering ScottAmedure.
DefenselawyerJames Burdick saidhe’ll appeal. Schmitz
shot the 32-year-old Amedure to death three days after
they attended the show’s taping on March 6, 1995. The
show was not aired at the time but was played in court
and televised as part of trial coverage.
Amedure’s family said Schmitz, 26, Should spend his
life in prison to make up for each day they will. spend
withoutAmedure. "Thereisn’taday that goes by where
I don’t mourn for my sonrs life," Amedure’s mother,
Patricia Graves, told O’Brien. "I hope every time he
opens his eyes he will See Scott’ s body as he lay dying.~’
AllynSchmitz, Schmitz’s father, said thejudge didn t
consider thedamageto his son’s psychefrom appearing
on the show. Witnesses said Schmitz believed he was
going to meet a woman.admirer on the show and was
humiliated when the admirer turned out to be a man..
"He was the guy who .,. was basically hauledinto (an)
... imraoral,.sexual-perverted thing that totally devastated
him mentally to the point-that he couldn’t even
function anymore."
Schmitz had been fighting alcoholism, .depression
and a thyroid condition when the show’s producers
¯ambushed him.., the defense said. "I don’t disagree
with counsel that you are suffering some medical illness,"
O’Brien told Schmitz. But, he added, "You still
have to be accountable to society."
918.583..1248
fax: 583.4615
POB 4140
Tulsa, Oklahoma
74159-014o
tulnews@ionetnet
Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal
Entertainment Writer + Mac Guru:
James Christjohn
Writers +.contributors:
Phyl Bbler-Sehmid~ Barry Hensley
Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
Steven Scott, Gerald Miller,
Lance Bfittain, Kent Lewis
¯ Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication
are protected by US copyright 1996 by Tulsa Family News and may not be
reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher.
Pt~bolrireeastpioonnodefnaeneaims aesosrupmheodtot0dboeefsonroptuibnldicicaatitoenthuantlepsesrostohne’rswsiesxeunaol toerdi,e.mntuatsito~n .
signed & becomes the sole property_of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence
should be’sent to the address above. ~Eaeh reader is entiiled to one free copy of each
edition at distribution.points. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
by Tom Neal
age, were a recovering alcoholic, or simply didn’t know where
any of these places were, you were out of luck. Because of
significantly different editorial and advertising policies, from
T.H.sa Family News.(TFN) has my .a,pp~re-
." ciauon, support and gratitude forit s Oc-
¯ tober article focusing upon failures of
: Tulsa’s HIV Resource Consortium
-" (HIVRC) and for following up with both
: ’pro’ and’con’ responses appearing in the
¯ November issue¯
: However, I also applaud any and every_
: one who word volunteer themsdves to
i public oversight by serving on any Board
of Directors of any service group such as
the HIVRC.
This is the first issueofour fourthyear. During these years., our Also, HIVRC’s salaried Director,
goal has been to bring the Tulsa Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Trams
communities (and our families andfriends, and any other inter~
ested readers out there), the best community newspaper we can
achieve. We strive for fair and accurate reporting. We strive to
cover all of our very, very diverse communities. That means we
are a newspaper for "’bar" people, the wealthy and well-connected,
drag divas and leather folk - in short, for all. We are a
newspaper for those who are way out of the closet, as well as for
those still hiding.
¯ One of the tl~ngs which has helped to make us a paper for all
ts our accessibility across the city. Prior to TFN, if you wanted a
Gay newspaper (albeit one from out of town), your options were
to go to an "erotic" bookstore,, a dub, or one or two other
locations. There’s nothing wxong with these establishments (and
we’re very grateful that they welcome us) but if youwere under
." ,OtherP..,~in,the, ragion (policies now being imitated in Okla_ i SharonThoe.le, certainlyhasmydeserved
¯ nomat:~ty),TulsaFamilyNewsiswelcomeandavailableaeross .appreciation for even attemptingto per-
." the city, in locations accessible to many more people. Havinga ¯ form the undo,ubtedly impossible tasks of
¯ paper available and visible is progress for a community that has i Serving Tulsa s PLWA’s and HIV with
: ~forced traditionally to be hidden.
¯ complete satisfaction to all. It will.never : sprogressh not come ily. For door w:eopened,. ! happen.
: tac~ ano msenmmauon mtrying to get the paper in moreplaces; ! ...IfI dneverbeen amemberofaboardof
: in trying to get more advertising, and in trying to buy basic : ddinryecotofrsth,neoerxepveenredxitpuerreieonfcepdumbleidcifausncdrus-,
¯" services for the newspaper. We also continue to face diserimina_ :. then I might be somewhat less under-
: lion from.some in our commRuity. ¯
¯ ¯ standingof the feelings of theboardmem-. Itisnotaneasyjob.NorisitweHpaid.Manyofthefolkswh~se . bersor~eservicegroup,sadmlnistrator
¯ work you see in this paper donate their efforts. Certainly, as : when an "outsider’ brings them to task as
: publisher.and editor, I could go out and get a job doing almost : TFN’s publisher has done.
:. anything else andmake bettermoney- and actually get benefits, i ~ But, whomevermaybe connected with
_" not to mention major stress reduction, see Editorial, page3 : HIVRC who may be fceling insecure and
¯ unappreciated due the criticism (whether
: justified or not) there are those Tulsan’s
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities : who feel much, much worse- every day
¯ ¯ - those persons living with AIDS/HIV ¯ AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB "1071, 74101-1071 579-9593 .. and those of us who love them and are ¯ Black&White;Inc. POB 14001,Tulsa74159 583-7314 . scared to death oflosing them ¯
*Bless The ¯Lord... Christian Center, 2627b E. 11 628-0594 ¯ : :B,-,_/_L/_G___Alli_’,,.an,ee, U~v.°..fTulsaCanterburyCtr. Nevertheless, simply stated, it is public 583-9780 i money that HIVRC is spending, andtax_ ." ~.Alapmml ~maent t.lr.,University of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence . payers and benefactors can reasonably
¯" *CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist, 1703~ 2rid 585-1800 "
~ C_ommunityUnitarian-UniversalistCongragation 749-0595 i expeetaccouhtabilityofservicesandmost
: Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648 : certainly to be given access to public
: *Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441 . information upon request. It is both un-
¯ :~ello_ws.l~.’p_Congreg.-Church, 2900-S. Harvard necessary and unfortunate that such a
747:7777 : .simple matter had to become a public ¯ rree~pmtWomeusCenter, callf0rlocation&info: 587-4669 ¯ ;¯ Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 ¯ ~ssue at all. But, if that’s what takes then ¯ 747-6827 ¯. so be it! Tulsa needs a responsive AIDS Friends in Unity SocialOrg. (African-American mens group) . consortium, or none at all.
POB 8542, 74101, call cJo HOPE @ 712.1600. : I have no doubt that TFN’s focus upon
: HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education, 1307 E.38, 2ndfl. ¯
¯ and inquiry ofHIVRC is fullyjustified if
d~12-1600’ HOPE Anonymous HIV Testing Site, 742-2927 ¯
: In--.’an Health Care, Save the Nation 584-4983 "
the newspaper is to fulfill its own ¯ sibility to it’s readers. And, TFN’s pub- . Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437 : lisher has proven his commitment to the
: *MCC of Greater Tulsa,. 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 ¯
." *HIVResourceCtr.,4154S. Harvard, Ste. H_l 749-4194 : .cbosmenminunTiutlys..at.hlrohuagvheonuetvtehrehtaidmtehehoechcaas-
.." NHAMEHSouPsRe,O1J1E1C4l1S".,4Q.1u5a4koSe.rHarvuard, Ste.r
: PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152 584-7960748-311I .: Slon to.talk with Mr. Neal about such ¯ 749-4901." matters,bu[disappointmentswithHIVRC Planned Parenthood, 1007 S Peoria ~o~,.-,~,,, ¯ were being-publicly expressed long be-
*The Pride Center,- 1307 E "38, 2nd floor,
~’~ i fore TFN beg.an its ~,s_tribution in Tulsa.
¯*~R.A.I.N..R~Onal AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4-195-: s----~ -~ ’ :’ g : ~nsmer commencing
Rainbow Business Guild; POB 41067415~ r.~iT~: ¯ ¯ om.~ ~aamagegontro~ measures as soon as
.S~,JerOm_e’s Catholic Church, 3841 ~. Pe~ia, ~:~ i .fPo°rS~le’ -by:pr°vidin,g the,m!nutes in.a ~hanti Hotline & HIV/AIDS Services 749 "moe ¯ ’, un~.gnt ~n),~nn.e_r; acknowledging inad-
.Tu.ls.a O.k.la..fo.r H. uman Ri.ghr.s.. POB 2687, 74101. _ ..74-3--.4.2.9.7 .." ~".~.eq...ua.c~es ot the Consortium in the past; lecnmcmus ~ , . . ~~, : "~ ,, 584_~ar~o e,- ~mu, comini’.".u.ng" -to i"mprove m-.e.s.lm.a.uo" n
TULSA Tuls .... :"~: ...... :.. ! ,-,,,o ~. "m the future. :She, other memberS of the
: ..... a. um~orm/Leamer ~eeKers AssoC.’" 838-1222 ~,.: ~ . . - .... ~
¯ :, ..~oard, the HIVRC Director and the
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurant~
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E Pine
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630E 15th
*GoldCoast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Ground Floor Cafe, 51st & Harvard
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L ~ 31st
*Silver Star Saloon; 1565 Sheridan
*Samson & Delilah, 10 E. Fifth
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd -
*InterurbanRestaurant, 717 S. Houston
832-1269
744-689(
749-1563
749-4511
749-567~
745-9998
834-4234
585-2221
-585-3405
584-130~
585-313,
Tulsa Businesaes,lServices, & Professionals
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med.& Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
*Borders Books & Music, 274OE. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-527~
*CreativeColleetion, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates
1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 ."
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620 ."
744-5556i
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665-659 .
622-3636
838-8503
743-9994
690-2974.
744~0102
744-7440
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial.
*Elite Books &Videos,821 S. Sheridan
Express Pools &.Spas, 6310 S. Peoria.
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation
Leatme M. Gross, Financial Planning
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney, .
*Sandra J. Hill, MS; Psychotherapy, 2865 E Skelly
Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th& Peoria
*International Tours
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 140H, 74159i -
Lean Ann Macomber, Real~.r Associate
*Midtown Theater,319 E, 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st ¯.
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51. PI
*Novel Idea Bookstore, 5.1st & Harvard
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S Peoria, Ste~ 633
Pet Pride, Dog & Cat Grooming
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor.
Puppy Pause II, llth & Mingo
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 &Boston 584-0337
*Seribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations 743-2351
Southwest Viatical 747-3322, 800-305-6384
Kellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling 743-1733
745-1111
584-~1606
341-6866
599-8070’
747-5466’
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584-3112
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664-2951
747-6711
747-7672
584-7554
743-4297
838-7626
: ’ *Tulsa COmmunity Coll6ge; Metro.8~ NE Campuses
: *Univ.ersity Center at Tulsa
....EUREKA SPRINGS -
: AutumnBreeze Restaurant, Hwy 23 South 501=253-7734
: Beaver Dam Store, 1/2 mi~ N. of Dam Hwy. 187.506253-6154
: *Jim&Brent’s’Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457 ¯ DeVit&s Restaurant, 5 Center St. -501=253-6807. ¯" *Emerald-Rainbow, 45 &U2 Spring St.
¯" Geek ~oGo!,PC Speciali_sL POB 429 501-25325445
501.-253-2-776
i King’sHi-Way,96Kings.IJighway,Hwy.62W 800-231.-.1442
¯ MCC of the Living Spring - :501-253-9337 ¯ McClung Realtors -- ¯ 501:253-9682
Positive Idea Marketing Hans
i Rock CottageGardens. 501-253:2401 50i-253-8659, 800-624-6646
¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East " 50L253-6001
¯: The Woods, 50 Wall St. 501-253-8281
¯ OKLAHOMA CITY
Face Beautiful Day Spa, 7.108-D2 N. Western 405~840-3223
".’ *Tulsa CityHalL Cafetei’ia Vestibule, ~round Pltor
: ¯ HIVRC staffcan then regain ourgratitude -
: ’ and~e~peci. Anyless risks theloss to all of-
. ¯ .us of any value HIVRC does indeed pro-. .
" vide ifan alreadyangry Tulsa politicos of: -
¯ ,.’Conservative’ persuasion seizes the op- : :
portunity fo eliminate it like TCAA.
¯ In any case, itseems tomethatHIVRC’s:
: aftempts tointimida~, to silence, to make~"
¯ threats oflawsnit and/or exercise policies "
: ofstone-.walling requests for information--
:" doesn’t serve anyone ~ and is certainly
: not in the best interests of an already
under-funded Consortium. Weall have to
take our lumps occasional.lyand then go
on - it justgoes with the job. Most frequently,
we grow a little in the process.
- Vernon L. Jones, Tulsa
ForUnto Us a child tsbbrnl
:Midnight .M s
Service begins. at. 11:30 pm-=-Mass at Midnight
Celebrate the birth of Our Lord in the liturgical
-tradition ofthe ancient Catholic Church. . -~
..... parish church of st, JerOme -
" Meeting at the Garden Chapel ..
- ~.-.... : 384t SouthPeoda, Tuisa " ’
tt i~,not, thej~c[g~"ents ~fme~ which .open or Shut fhe.G~tes ofHeaven. St. Jerome
.. :However, this -doesn’t mean that
the agency is perfect nor that it should be
. : REi HiVRC Covaraga .... -above all scrutiny or criticism -as it
~ ! am Writing~in*egard tO your coverage seems yowimpty. .
ofthep£obleniswiththeHIVRC.Iwantto We’re ihclined’:to believe thai those
thattk’~’~bry0~r continued efforts to " working at the:HIVRCare likely under-
’expose p~Oblen]s’with the ageixcy so that ,. paid t~bugh lye don’t have any proof of
they:will.be cor~ectegl~ While at_ the Pride " ~hatl yet. TFNalsa knows other Tulsans
Ce~ter rec~ntly~ i 0v~rheard .one of the " who do equallycr~tica! workfor Pers.ons
people involved refer to your ego as your : Living with AIDS at even lower sa~qries
reasonforpfintingthe~le~;soi U~tl’ei~ : : thdn some oftl~.f~ht ~e_.,_.H....l=V~R~.~Sh~i~lv.
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tibns.
¯ As for TFN’s response to letters, it is
"I am~nOt directly inv01y~l" oraffe~(ed ¯ - - . see Esli~ck, page 12
~by thi~ issue, ~o I have nothing Of imp0tt
{3contribute. I an~ writing primarily io iet
y0ii know thatyour conviction reassures .
me that if it was an issue that directly ¯
affected me; you would be just as thorbtigh
in your coverageand I thankyou for
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-HIVRe Director Responds
Your recent diatribe against the. HIVRC
i~s board ofdirectors, and exectrfive director-
appears wholly without factual basis..
¯(Spacefor.your"editorial’? ~omments sure
Thework I and our writers do isalabor of
¯ love. It’s done because we care that this
¯ r community get a qualitynewspaper.. .
As we beginout fourth year, we plextge
¯" that we will continue to improve Tulsa
Family News. We will, .to paraphrase
"..~ MotherJones, comfort the afflicted and at
:. least, ,challenge (if not-afflict) the ~.om-
¯ fortable. We will try to look at.all parts of
.:.-the’communities. We will- cOntinue tO
-tO appear in letters’withwhichyou are not : write both about- the suecesses in-out
to me "our ~ _commumuesasweatways~ave,anuaoout
time Would be mueh obettet’ spent inan-.~ .me ~auures as .were
i effort to unite rather than diwdeTulsa s o ¯ - ff Y’ou ’think. .w.e n.e.ed.towrite about a¯n
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~f that- I-meimits [sid] nst llke she does " rather you &lit your letters for length than
for us to do so.
- - ho~g~ave anything;else, to d0. - .- ."
- ~ .’,: .The staff and volunteerso[ the.HIVRC ¯
.~ :at_e~ d.espit.e’ your,90rfim~n’t~ a ~oup nodf :
" extremely dedicated,. overworked, . an .~ ~
~md~rpaidindi~idfials trying t0 do~th~ beast° :
job ~ey can wi.thfimited resources against .~
~ ~m d~,e~’whelnfing situation. I should thi~-:
ttm.ty0gand ev-~e~9thern~ember 0fTulsa’s :
-gay and .iesbian comm.uni.ty would be ¯
th~lkful that tl~is group o.f perpl~ are out
there trying to.secure every ounce, of as- ;
sistance to fight.the effects of this disease ;
for those in need of that assistance. "-
I would grant, you that the staff and "
volunteers are .all hummi’ and therefore :
subj.ect to mistakes. I also~ believe that :
when any ofthem makes a-mistake that it :
would-be corrected without prejudice or .
vindictiveness towards the one who corn- "
. plained. A tremendous need for services
~xists that is.impossible to meet with
existing resources. I would assume you
would be wall aware of the.gap between
needand the resources available and consider
the possibility’that some of the corn-
;plaints .you have .heard would be from
individuals thatjust do not think they are
getting enough of those resources.
As a professional investigator it appears
t0me that you,are woefull~ short of
"making your c,~se I believe ~ou could
better useyour time and newspap,er lob-
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masturbation Was a normal part ofhuman
sexualityLthat90 percent ofmen masturbate,
80 percent of women, masturbate
and the rest lie," Elders said.
Elders denied shehadencouraged teaching
masturbation, as was Widely reported,
but had only acknowledged it as a means
: of-prdventing unsafe sex..;’Nobody needs
¯ to teach.anybod3i thehow to," she said.
¯ "God taught u.~ how-to]’
: She Said black churches were initially
~ resistant to takeonthebattleagainstAIDS’
¯" because some- found immorality within
the .disease.. She recalled one Church in
: 1981which wrote in its bulletin that be- ¯
cause the dis ease Was mainly among
¯ white men, there was no need to worry.
¯ She also criticized the polidcs involved
in not distributing dean needles to drug
:
addicts, whichshe said is proven to reduce
the’ transmission of the virus that
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military has two different policies - and that violates
the Consttufion’s equal protection mandates, according
~to a lawyer for six,~hom,osexuals currently
serving in the armed forces. %Ve d like aplay-by-the
rules policy for everyone," said Beatrice Dohrn, after
arguments Monday before U.S. District Judge Eugene
Nickerson: "(Military officials) have admitted
that lesbians or gay men are no more likely to violate
the rules than anyone else."
Dohm, an attorney with the Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Fund, and Matt Coles, lesbian and gay
fights project director for the American Civil Liber:
ties Union, are representing the anonymous homosexuals
in their challenge ofthe military’s "don’t ask,
don’t tall" policy.
Last year, Nickerson declared the"don’t ask, don’t
tell" policy unconstitutional. But on July 1, a threejudge
panel of the 2ud U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
sent the case backfor review, saying itdisagreed with
the judge’s conclusion that the policy violated the
First Amendment’s free.speech protections.
"It is plain to u~ that governmental restrictions on
speech that would run afoul of theConsdtution ff
imposed in ci,~ilianlife can pass constitutional muster
in the-military context," the appeals court said.
Justice Department attorney Mark. T. Quinlivan
defended the current policy, telling Nickerson "the
military does not have to take ’the risk" that sexual
tension might result if an open policy toward homosexuals
is permitted to exist.
He said testimony in Congress by Colin Powell and
Norman Schwartzkopf- both retired Army generals
- as well as others, found that the sexual tension could
have "a degrading impact on unit cohesion."
Sexual tensionbetween heterosexuals is prevented,
Quiulivan said, because troops are kept in segregated
housing by gender, creating what he called "a buffer
zone." Alluding to recent mihtary scandals involving
¯heterosexual men allegedlyabusing women, Dohrn
said, "The government’s obsession on.focusing on
sexual tension really belies a rather liberal policy
toward Sexual behavior. ’ROmantic relationships are
allowed to go on.’"
Nickerson, who .asked mmaerous questions of ~e
attorneys during Monday’s.50-minute hearing; did
not immediately rule on thecase. He asked lawyers
for both sides to.provide additional evidence.
The New York case is one of several around the
nation challenging the policy, which the Clinton
administration adopted-in 1993 as a compromise
between.the Views of gay-rights advocates and those
taffy opposed to homosexuals inthe military.
The policy survived its first Supreme Court test last
month when the court rejected the appeal of a former
Navy officer dismissed for declaring his homosexuality,
The justices rejected former Lt. Paul
Thomasson’s argument that the policy is unlawful
discrimination and violates homosexual servicemembers’
free-speech rights.
Gay Man Wins School
Harassment Case .
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, (AP) ~ ’Because he is gay,
Jamie Nabozny was regularly spaton andbeaten up "
in school, subjected tea mock rape and kicked in the "
belly so many times he needed surgery. :
OnWednesday, the 21 :year:old Nabozny accepted
a $900,00Oout-of~court settlement, ending the first "
federal trial ofaschool districtfornotprot~,cting agay ~:
student from harassment. - ¯
Nabozny says the settlement will help gay youths "
in the future. "I think this will send a-very clear "
message to school districts," lie said Wednesday. "It "
is time it’s stopped.".
The agreement cameaday after afederal courtjury ¯
found that three school administrators violated-his ¯
rights, although it found the district as a whole was
not guilty of discrimination. -
The verdict marked the first" time .school officials "
have ever .been held liable for anti-gay violence
against a student, said Peg Byron, public education
director for theLambdaLegal Defense andEducation
Fund, a-gay-fights organization that represented
¯ nounced by Byron andTimothy Yanacheck, an attor-
¯ ney who defended the district on behalf of Wausau
¯
Nabozny claimed in,.~is,,lawsuit ’that the abuse
¯ ranged from name-calliilg to being shoved, beaten,
~ spat upon and even having his head pushedin a urinal
¯ and being urinated upon. The harassment started
: whenheentered Ashland MiddleSchool in 1988 until
: he dropped out of Ashland High School as ajumor in
¯ 1-993.
¯ Nabozny’s lawyers used Grande’s testimony in an ¯
effort to show tlmt school officials weren’t consistent
¯ in punishing students for harassing others. Grande
: was suspended for violations such as calling his
¯ girlfriend names, yet he was never punished for ¯
tormenting Nabozny. His parents said they had many
¯ meetings with school officials only to see their son
¯ suffer further abuse: ¯
¯ The jury ruled against. Ashland Middle School
Principal. Mary Podlesny and two. administrators at
: Ashland High School,Principal William Davis and
¯¯ Assistant Principal Thomas Blauert: Timothy
Yanacheck, an attorney who defended the district on
¯ behalfofWausau Insurance, said they were "hurt and
: disappointed" by the ruling.-"Despite the verdict,
¯ they continue to believe that they responded appro- ¯
priately to the plaintiffbased on the limited iuforma-
¯ tion that they hadavailable at thetime,"-Yanacheck
¯ said. -
: -Nabozny earned a general equivalency degree in ¯
Minneapolis after leaving the Ashland schools, al-
¯ though he said Wednesday he hopes to still get some
¯ sort of real high school degree so he can hold an
¯ unOfficial graduati"on ceremony,
¯ Homoseximls have paid a high ,p,~ce in abuse, Lambdaattorney PatriCia’Logu~ said. Now the tables
¯ have turned, and it is prejudicethat h~ proved so ¯
costly," she said.
¯ Yanacheck said the ruling sends a me~sage to
¯
school @nistmtors across the country about legal
liability where they migh~ not now suspect that they
have any. ’.’School administrators are sympathetic to
¯ kids whoar~harassed by Other kids in school. But for
¯ themost part that’smisbehavior that school adminis¯
trato~s cannot 15revent or control," he sai&
The case went to trial afte~ theTth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled last summer that
¯ Nabozny did-have enough evidence-to take the dis¯
trict to court, overturning a lower court decision. Lambda is a New York City-based civil rights orga-
¯ nization that represents gays, lesbians and people
with HIV.
: Gay Alumni Fund
¯ Lesbian &Gay Studies
¯ CHAPEL HILL, N.C. & MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A
¯: $200,000 bequest by,a UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus is
: providing the university’s first courses that focus
¯ primarily on gay andlesbian the.mes; .
The new.courses were made possible by a bequest
¯ from Charles Williamson, a 1968:graduate of the
School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hi!l.:Williamson;..’~ ,-S.an: F_ranci.~~cO
physician, died of AIDS ifi. 1.992 H~e ,lef~ UNC.rCH
¯ half.of his estate, with specificin~truc.tions on.h0w it
should beus.ed. .... . , - ~ . ¯- ,
AlSO, ~e University of.Minnesota has.receivbxt a
$500,000 .gift .to support ._the development of.gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender~studies: The.endowment
will help create .the. Steven 4-. Schochet
Endrwed Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender Studies and Campus Life.
Schochet, a retired computer consultant, created
the.fund,to.enco~age "a moreih.umane cultur.eY for
gay, lesbian; bisexual and transgendered unigersity
students, facult3~ and staff, he sai.d. - .-
"Back Whdn I wasin cbllege, th~ecampus climate
was hostile tO gay-men,"~he said..’q2tis is my way bf
ensuring th~itthings contmue.t0-get better for GLBT
¯ " .people 0ncampu~." -~ ’. - " . .
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Even if you test HIV negative,
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DETROIT (AP) - A Gay man paralyzed in a gaybashing
attack as a security ~d~sto0d by won a $10
million judgment from Pihl~t~s Sec’ffrity and Investigation,
the gnard?s employer. Sean McBride, 28,
was shot six times and beaten outside his apartment
building in Jamlary 1994 by three men who had
taunted him for being gay. His lawyer, Carol
McNeilage, said the 20-year-old female security
guard watched as. McBride was harassed several
times during a half-hour period, and eventaughed at
some of the insults.
A spokesman for Pinkerton’s, Dereek Andrade,
said the company would appeal Thurs.day’~s.v,erdict.
"Our position has been and remains that tanrerton
acted appropriately and could nothave prevented the
incident from occurring," he said.
McBride testified he first encountered the three
men in the apartment building lobby as he returned
from work, then passed them twice more when he
went out for a snack. Each time, the men swore and
shouted slurs at him. When McBride realized he had
forgotten part of his snack, he went back through the
lobby. The men followed him outside and attacked
him.
One of the three.attackers was never caught. A
second was convicted of assault and firearms charges
and sentenced to up to four years in prison. The third,
a juvenile at the time, pleaded no contest to assault
and firearms charges and will remain in custody until
he turns 21 in July.
Topeka Anti-Bias Group
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Leaders hailed a year of what
they called solid accomplishments by a groupformed
in the fall of 1995 to combat the picketing of anti-gay
crusader Fred W. Phelps.
Concerned Citizens for Topeka Friday re-retted
as president during its first annual meeting former
Secretary of State Jack Brier, who s,ai,,d, the organization
has provided the capital citY with thepromise of
a better tomorrow" in fighting "bigotry and hatred."
Re-elected with Brier was Topeka banker. Frank
Sabatiui, a former president of the state Board of
Regents, as chairman of the board. Other officers are
Roy Menninger, vice chairman; Jane and Otto
Schnellbacher, vice presidents; John Rosenberg, secretary;
Bill Hemmen, treasurer, and Randy Austin,
president-elect.
"A common goal brought us togem"’ er," Brier told
about 60 people attending the annual meeting at
Washburn Law School. "Fighting bigotry and hatred
is not a spectator sport... It’s because there are a
thousand of us standing up and confronting these
problems that we have succeeded..I thimk., we c.an
stand a little taller now and say there ~s nothing to be
History: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Equal
Righnts." ,
Hooker s, controversial study published in 1957
was dtled, The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual."
During a three-year study prompted by
herfriendship to a gay student, Hooker used grant
money from the National Institute of Mental Health
to prove a hypothesis that was shocking to prevailing
thinking. Hooker’s theory was that there was little
statistical difference between the psychological test
results of heterosexuals and homosexuals.
¯ Hooker’s research andher leadership of theNIMH ¯
¯ Task Force on Homosexuality, led to the removal of
homosexuality as a psychological ,disorder from the~
: American Psychiatric Association s Diagnostic ana
¯ Statistical Manual III inDecember 1974. In 1992, the
: American Psychological Association awarded her its
¯ prestigious Lifetime Achievement award.
: Biased dudge Removed
¯ MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Etowah County
¯ judge will appeal an appeals court order that he step
aside in a lesbian mother’s divorce case. The Ala-
¯ bama Court of Civil Appeals ruled Tuesday that
¯ Circuit Court JudgeRoy Moore should allow another
¯ judge to take over the case. ¯
The woman, Susan Scott Borden, argued Moore’s
overt Christianity makes him a poor choice to preside
in the case. But Moore’s lawyer, Stewart Roth of the
Montgomery-based American Center for Law and
Justice, blasted the decision. "I believe this sounds a
warning to everymanandwomanwho sits on abench
in Alabama to not discuss their religious bdiefs, not
to discuss their views and not to stand up in church
and share their beliefs because it can come back to
haunt you," he said.
Moore had twice rejected requests to step aside
filed by Mrs. Borden, who is trying to regain custody
of her two children from her husband, James Christopher.
Borden. Mrs. Borden rimmed Moore s fai
wouldkeep himfrompresiding fairly and thathemay
be prejudiced against her lawyer, Janice Hart of
W~rior, because of her prior American Civil Liberties
Union work. Ms. Hart said she does not expect the
case will be reassigned to a judge more amenable to
her client’s views, but said she does expect they will
¯
be fair.
¯ In a January ruling that gave temporary custody to ¯
¯ the childrens’ father, Moore said he "strongly feels
that the minor children will be detrimentally affected
¯ by the present lifestyle of (Mrs. Borden) who has
¯ engaged in a homosexual relationship during her
¯ marriage forbidden both by the laws of the state of
¯
Alabama and the laws of nature."
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. Wed. Service 6:30 pm-,..Wed. 7:30 pm Choir Practice.
.... Thurs: 7:30 pm odePendency Support Group
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firstyear andplmis furtherefforts;has wonreversai oI ¯
apolicepoliey ofnotarresdngPhelpsandhis bandof : MADISON, ,Wis. (AP~ - Three students .who o_bpicketers;-
gotten the City. Council and Shawnee -~ jected~to the use of fee money to fund groups tot
County BoardofCommissioners to adopt ordinances :- homosexuals and environmentalists hav~ wgn ~fo~
limiting picketing, and provided legal assistance to : eral court ruling in their favor. U_.S. Di,s,m,.,,ct.c.o ,,
people who had trouble with Phelps.
, JudgeJohnShabazruledinfavorof three. Christian
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~fitufionalfightsdespite.the’."viewpointneutral!’way
inwhichfees aredistributedtO studentgroups, Shabaz
said.
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SANTA.MONICA,- Calif,-(AP) - Evelyn.Gentry .:-_ Pete Anderson~ the attorney: who-representext me
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. MondayatherSantaM0ni’cahomeofnaturalcauses, :’ decisionortalktotheuuiversity~slawyers~Hedidn~t
said documentary filmmaker David Ha~,g,l,_~d, w.~ : know whether the universitywould appeal.
in 1993 produced the Oscar-nominated-t_;nang~ g ¯
Nobel Winner:AIDS
Vaccine in 10.Years
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Ap) - A ’winher
of this year’s Nobel Prize in medicine
predicted Saturday that within 10 years
there will be a vaccine sharply slowing
the outbreak of full-blown AIDS in in:
fected people.
Rolf M. Zinkernagelalso said the vaccine
.he envisioned would vastly reduce
chances that an HIV-infeeted person
would transfer the virus to other people’.
But 7inkemagel said it would not completely
eliminate chances of contracting
¯ tional Institute of Dental Research.
: "I like to think of it as a scientific
¯ kibbutz, a place where science is appreci-
: ,ated and nurtured for its own rewards,"
: said Dr. Edmund C. Tramont, a longtime..
¯¯ friend of Gallo who asked the scientist
about starting a new laboratory in Balti-
"- more:
¯ The institute,which will be part of the
: i UniversityofMaryland.system, will fo-
:~ .ens most of its work on AIDS research.
But Gallo said he was:interested in other
: viruses as well, including minor, leuke-
¯ mia, hepatitis.and papilloma virtmes.
: If AIDS ~reeedes a~ a human threat, Jeffrey A; : Beal,-MDthe
infection. -~ . - .~ . : Galld: said ;.the institti,.te: would shift its
’ Zinkemagel, a SWiss researcher, spoke : empha~!s."Ithinkacritlealmassofpeople
at a news conference with co=winner.Pc- ¯ working on virology is nice to have,"
ter C. Doherty~.an Australian wh0.is a :~ Gallosaid. ~’YOuwantt0bringabunchof
professorinthe Department o,f Immmiol- : people t~ge~er Who do basic’re~arch
ogy at the St; Jude’sChildren s Research : witl~ elinlcal ~tpl~fiCafions;~,ith~ all kinds
HospitalinMemphis,Tenn:Thetwoman ¯ "bfdiseaseSinnnnd:" : ~ ....
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-Zink~a;said~" ::.,-W* wil! : :.~t;:Whi~.:~ exI~..ts:_W~tia~-
nOt~be ablereadily toprevent the inftmtion : m~tei2.SQ. ’,~’m~loyee;S! Wi~::sev~ral
completdy, and wewill not-be ~able: to .:years~ !I:,I77,9~..., i. i .". .; ii.?, "
~control the vtrus completely. He sal
vaccine would only greatly delay the Outbreak
of the AIDS, which ravages the
.b~,~y’s natural ability to ward offdisease.
~ ~’ ’I would think.that within the next 10
years, wewill have sdmething reasonable
in :termsof thistype: of:vaccine,"~hesaid.
--At presenL~ the incubation period of
: ~A~IDS.,-can._ b~~ l~0:: ye~s ::or.longer,
7:~nkemagel said.thatany vaccine wbuld
keep the viral infection in:check~s0 that
full[blown AtDSwouldtake between 20
tO4Oyearsto develop., ~ "’
’:- Dohetty saidanew cl’affsof.._d~zg,.S called.
prOtease inhibitors,now :l~ng used to
manage AIDS in wealthy Western countries,
are tooexpensivefor vietimsin poor
and developing nations.He said that ’qt’s
very hard to know" how successful the
AIDS vaccine research will be. "But, of
course, a vaeca’ ne is the only possibility
forcontrollingA~IDS worldwide,"Doherty
Gallo AIDS
Research Center
BALTIMORE (AP) - Months behind
schedule and eagerly anticipated, a premiere
research center rtm by renowned
AIDS researcherDoctorRobertGallo.was
opened in late November in Baltimore.
The Institute of Human Virology Was
dedicated with.two days of. lectures featuring
a lineup of Sci~fitific luminaries,
with four Nobe!laureates: Dr. David Baltimore,
Dr. Manfred Eigen, Sir Aaron
King and Dr. Hamilton O. Smith. The
opening follows twoyears of courtship by
state offieials to lure theprestigious Gallo,
a co-discoverer of.the AIDS virus, to
Baltimore from the federal National CancerInstitutein
Bethesda, whereheworked
for 30 years. Gov. Parris Glendening and
Mayor Kurt Schmoke have promised $12
million over the next three years to launch
the center.
Gallowill be joined at theinsdmte by
other prominent scientists ~dubbecL’Mae
Dream-Team of AIDS research" :by
Glendening. They are epidemio!ogist
William Blattuer, formerly with .the National
Cancer Imtimte, clinicianRobert
Redfield,who headed the cancerresearch
program atWaiter ReedArmy Institute of
Research and Dr. Joseph L,Bryant; who
headed the animal program at-the Nai
..OU Do..c.s..,Get "
i ~:,Mil, fOr-AIDSCare
i .OKLAHOMA CITY (AP.) ~- A group of
. :dO~tors at the Universfty of Okiahbma
:, ~ Health SciencesCenterh~been,awarded
:.. a $1.5 million gr..~t .to provide services
- !.::.;forindigent;pedpie with~HIVand ~AIDS.
¯...;t.,~:<~Dr:, Ronald A., Greenfield,: professor
: :a9.d’chief ofthe’center’:s.otlegeofMedi-
, e~ne,.was awarded.the’three,year grant to
:o implement the program.-He. Said the goal
: ~ in:tke:first yearis to provide comprehen-
............. care services~to a
¯ mlmmum of 200 indigent, and. lowAn-
:~ come people living withHIV and AIDS.
: :- ,"Some ofthese patients workbutdo not
¯ -earn enough to afford health insurance.
~ -This. grant .will help cover the costs, of
~. providing medical .care to people who
: "desperately need it," he said Friday, The
: , proposed program seeks.to help people in
¯ the Oklahoma City at.ca and surrounding
: .-counties. 12-06-96
i Doc Says HIVDrugs
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¯" MILWAUKEE (AP)-Aph;sician using
: experimentalAIDS drugs onchildren says.
¯ the government should make pharmaceu-
~ tical companies market products for pa-
¯ tients of all ages, not justadults who can
pay more for them. Two Milwaukee-area
:. children about 8 years old began receiv-
¯ ing protease inhibitors amonth ago with
, the help Of pediatric AIDS physician Pc-
¯ ter Havens: A third child traveled to the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)’ in
Bethesda, Md., the only placein the coun-
¯ try studying such drugs for children~
¯ Protease inhibitors are a new class of
: AIDS drugs. Pharmacelitieal companies
;. have obtained-licenses: to.use them only
’. for adults. ’q3rug companie~ need to work
:. to develop .drugs for .use .in-children as
: wellas adults,"-~Havens said. ,I~ey don’t
¯ because there’s nomoney jnit." Havens
: -said he- contacted.NIH -researchers. and
: .then ~prescribed treatment, for the two
¯ -Milwaukee-area .boys with indinavir,
~- brandname Crixivan. ~
¯ "By calling the people Who.have been
: doing these (clinical) trials, wehave been
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able to approximate the doses," he said.
Heblames drug manufacturers for having
no prior information about dosage, metabolism
or the effects on patients who
may not be adhlts, but could use the protease
inhibito~s.
Havens said the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration should require pharmaceutical
companies to test products on all
age groups and have information available
on dosage and effectiveness before
the product goes on the market.
: plied will be able to participate in the
¯ program and that no one at this time will
have to be placed on a waiting l.is,t,~" Ron
: Cates, acting health director, said tnurs-
: day. At first, the agency thought it would
: have only .enough money to cover the
¯ estimated $10,000 anmlal costs for "/5 ¯ people. But additional federal money ini
creased that to 132 people. -.
The department received 89 apphca-
: lions frompeoplewhodon’treeeiveMed-
¯ icaidassistance don’thaveprivateinsur-
¯ ance, earn less-than $14~19 a year and
: had a physician’s referral. -Kentu.cky A!DS i Department spokeswoman Nanci
~atul
Gonder said officials today would go :. Vaccine T a i through the formality of a lottery - draw.- I.VXINGTON~Ky.(AP)’K n kyp - : ing.nfimbers’andassigningth.emtoea.cla
tients will particil~ate in testing, of a new : applicant - because agency rm~ reqmre
Vaccine thdt mightkeeppegp_le whohav.e . it. .The state came up with the idea for
HW from developing AIDS. Abouto~J ~ lottery when it f’LrSt thOUght therewasn t
patients ate being recruited by doC_t.o~s.to : .enough money to. cover all appficants.
takepart in tes(~ng o.f th_e,v~.~cc’,mo,,at ~he :’ Health.officialssaidthey feltit Was.the
Uni¢ersi~ of Kentucky M.e~.~,~1.~r~. falrestwaytoparce!0utthefunds. Butthe
They ~wifi b¢~ ~ai-t qf a nati~nwi.d~.^s,~ y i lottery idea was criticized by many, ininvoicing
3,000..~en..tsata~.t~.ut~s,x.w~,’i ._ cludingDavidPeters,directorof~e,,.,AIDS
~ Half will ~v,e .,the v,accme,. W~cn . .~j,~ of theOzarks~’in SpringfiekL~ .
~willl~ agailablein Kentueky,0nly atUK, ~:~ ~- ’I,mthrilledw~menot~going to do this
~ andhalf will get an~utd,ty bgo~" ~t.ey. but . lottery, It wouldhave beena poor way to
~ novadcifie.Dr.RidmrdGre~nberg~~d~r.ec- ~ vrovidehealthcare,"Peterssaid.’L-’hoostot
of the Kentucky AIDS Consortium, ~ ~ng people basedon a lotte~ really isn’t
-saidTuesday thathe .and0ther~s,ear.fihers ¯. looking.at, those_ who ha,~e- the critical
~:were"franghfwithSkepticism.ye.tlaopp.- ~ needfirst.... . ’
ful that the Vaccinemightwork, atieastin ¯ , Gonder. said..the appficants can start
"~ alimited way: : ~" " " ’ ¯ : receivin~ the ~ov,emment~paid-medica-
¯ ...Thecousortiumismadeupof.do~..t.orsat i ~o--~onM~ondayTTheirphysi~’ianwill write
,UK and the University of, I~oms,ville, as.. thepreseriptio~and the p.h"m-ma.cist will
, v~ell ,as physicians fromother, parts: ot ! sendthebillditectly to the Health Depart-
Kentucky,. Greenberg i,s an associa..te P.~ . ment; Ther~g43 openings-w.ill.be
:-.fessor of-internal medicine at the.oh . filledonafirst-come, firS.t£set~,ebasxstor
,medical school. ’‘i’ don’t :Want anybody ! as longas the moneylasts. .....
,.goingawaythinkingit’sg6ing,towork,": . : Sinee.this is the first time the state has
Oreenbergsaidatonepointduringameet- offered financial assistance for protease
ing withreporters;atthe_UKeeuter.’Buthe ¯ inhibitors,; it’~S not -dear, whether the
later added, ~,‘ifit ,works, it will prevent : $10,000~ annual:imit will,be enough t~
AIDS in H1V ,patients. They would not ¯ cover the costs. ’We arelooking to see if
’develop AIDS:~ ’ ~- " thisisanappropriateeapforthe~program.
It’s the first such clinical study everin i Thecapcouldberaisedandwearetalldng
Kentucky, where more than 2,100 AIDS to phai-maeeuti,ca~l,~ companies about getcases
have beenreported sin~ce reco~ tin~ discounts,’ Gondersaid.
keeping began in 1982. Greenberg sat ~eters said he would prefer a medi.cal
the vaccine willnot Cure HIV-thehuman review board to determine.who gets me
immunodeficiencyvirusthatcausesAIDS, new medication and would like to :see
He said the most he could hope for at the income limits raised for individuals. He
end of the three-year study would be that also said the state needs to spend more
the health of HIV patients getting the money on AIDS treatment. He said the
vaccine would not have deteriorated, protease inhibitors, while not a cure-all,
So far the vaccine has been tested on are welcome news for people withHIV or
small numbers of people, and those stud- AIDS. ’‘it really is lifesaving treatment.
ies have indicated some increase in the We can look at it more as a manageable
body’s immune response to the virus. It critical illness than a death sentence,"
~as developedin 1987 by Dr. Jonas Salk. Peters said.
"it is an uninfecting viral materi~; ~t~at
hopefully i.. will boost immunity. :.i.ne. ~Man Sues Over material, he said, is "an absolutely killed
form of the (HIV) virus." Status Disclosure Patients eligible for the study must be
generally healthy, with no "AIDSMiDLAND,
Texas(AP)-Amanstricken
def’mining illnesses" except for Kaposi’s with the virus that causes AIDS is suing
sarcoma, which is a cancer tumor that " Memorial Hospital and Medical Center
develops among people with HIV. ¯ for alledgedly revealing his condition.
FreddieLeeHawkinsJr. alsohas filedsuit
Missouri Has $ for : against diandCounV.ospi al s=ct
and Angola Shaw, a nurse at the hospital. HIV/AIDS Drugs ¯ .aw suing for over ,000 in ¯
punitive and actual damages.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The ¯ After testing positive for H_IV on May
Missouri Department of Health says it " 13, he coutends in his lawsult that friends
willbeabletoprovidepotentiallifesaving ¯ and relatives of Ms. Shaw began calling,
new AIDS treatmentforallofthosesigned : expressing condolences because he was
up to get the g0vernment-paid mediea- : "dying of AIDS."
tion. The department will have $1.3 rail- Hawkins accuses Ms. Shaw of rev.eal~
lion in state and federal funds to pay for i ing his conditio~ Whenword got out that
the new drugs, known as protease inhibi- hehadthedisease, Hawkins claims helost
tots, which are used in combination with i manyfriendsandwas unabletofindwork.
older medication. ¯ Hospital officials declined to comment
’’We’re very pleased that all who ap- ¯ on the matter.
But a few months later, President
Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage
Act (DOMA) giving states the ~iuthority
not to recognize same-sex marriages that
are performed legally in other states.
Romer has indicated he likely would sign
a bill that was in line with the federal
legislation, and his spokesman, Jim Carpenter,
said Wednesday that the governor
still felt that way.
Mississi ppi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - People who
want to outlaw same-sex marriages in
Mississippi are monitoring a court ruling
in Hawaii.
Gov. Kirk Fordice has signed an executive
order banning same-sex marriages,
but family activists say the orderfrom this
summer cannot withstand a legal challenge.
State Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl,
plans to push abill in the state Legislature
to outlaw the marriages. "I just can’t believe
the state should recognize same-sex
marriages," Kirby said.
Massachusetts
BOSTON (AP) - Gov. William F. Weld
said he would veto any Massachusetts
proposal to ban gay marriages.
Weld, however, said that if Hawaii’s
decision to grant the licenses is upheld by
its own Supreme Court, Massachusetts
would have no choice but to offer gay
couples married in Hawaii the same legal
rights and obligations it extends to straight
couples.
Wisconsin
MADISON,-Wis. (AP) - State Rep.
Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, said
Wednesday that she will introduce a bill
¯ to recognize same-sex.marriages in Wis-
: consxn. "This is a simple matter of fair-
¯ ness, justice and equal rights," Baldwin
said. Sen. ScottFitzgerald, R-Juneau, said
¯ he will propose a constitutional amend-
" ment declm-ing marriage in Wisconsin
¯ be the union of one man and one woman.
Alabama
¯ MONTGOMERY,Ala. (AP) - State Sen.
Bill Armistead, R-Columbiana, said
Wednesday he has a "marriage protection"
bill ready for consideration when
¯ the Legislature convenes Feb. 4. It would
make Alabama the 17th state to ban same-
" sex marriages. Gov. Fob James signed an
executive order saying gay marriages are
notrecognized as validin the states. When
¯ James signed the executive order in Au-
: gust, he said same-sex marriages violate
¯ public policy and God’s law.
.. Nebraska
¯ OMAHA,Neb. (AP)-Acourtdecisionin
Hawaii allowing same-sex marriages may
¯ lead to legal ramifications for Nebraska,
¯ according to the state attorney general.
¯ Nebraska has no legislation that recog-
: nizes or refuses to recognize gay mar-
" riages performed in other states. "We still
¯ need action from the State Legislature,"
¯ said Stenberg, who in March pushed un- ¯
successfullyforalaw topreventsame-sex
¯ couples married in other states from hav-
¯ ing their marriages recognized there..
¯ Montana
HELENA (AP) -A Republican legislator
says the Hawaii court decision under-
. scores the need for alaw prohibiting them
¯ in Montana. Rep. Bill Boharski, R-
¯ Kalispell has drafted a bill for the next ¯
Legislature to ban gay marriage, saying
¯
the Hawaii decision proves "states will
¯ recognize homosexual marriage."
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Ijust got backfrom Borders Books and
Music,andletmetell you,itis awondrous
place. A book, music, and video lover’s
delight. And on top of that, for the first
time in TFN’s history with booksdlers,
were were wdcome to place papers there
from the first time we spoke with them. In
almost all other media venues, we have
had trouble with local management, having
to contact corporate
headquarters,who then said , I just got
"Of course you’re wel- Borders
¯¯ ! bigger, better pieces in "Return of the "
Jedi"in March. "
¯ However, at this year’s Defcon (the "
¯ Tulsa science-fiction/fantasy convention), ¯
: I had the chance to ask Star Wars author, :
¯ Kevin Anderson and Lucasfilm spokes- "
." person, SteveSansweet, aboutthe chances ¯
¯ of seeing gay characters in the new films
¯ TherespousefromAnderson: "NO! There "
won’t be any gay charac- ¯
lmck from ters in the Star Wars urn- "
Boobs& verse because Lucas "
doesn’twantany sexuality ¯
in the series." ¯
Excuse me? I pointed
out that in "Return" Leia "
ran about kissing almost "
everyonebutthe Wookiee, ¯
and in the novels, she and
Han Solo are married and
have children! Certainly ¯
that didn’thappen without :
some kind of sex! The response
was a muffled re- "
ply, and I explained that "
the question was more one ¯
of relationships that just a "
simple matter of sexuality. :
I, at the risk of having
my idea plagiarized, sug- ¯
gested my own story to
AndersOn: ThatHancomes "
out of the closet, divorces _"
Leia, who really loved
¯ Chewbacca anyway, professes his love ¯
¯ for the still single (and not dating anyone : ¯
ofanysex/species)LukeSkywalker.They "
decide to run amok in the galaxy fighting
prejudice everywhere, with C3PO and "
R2D2 starting "Droids for Gay Rights" "
groups allover thegalaxy. ContactGeorge ¯
Lucas at Lucasfilm, POB 2009, San ¯
Rafael, CA 94912-2009, Phone: (415) ¯
662-1700, to register .your thoughts. ¯
May the Force be with you!
In the meantime, go see MARS ATTACKS!,
a great new camp space film -"
fromTim Burton. Atleast he hires openly "
gay production designers, as detailed in ¯
the Advocate article onWynn Thomas in ¯
the magazine’s current issue (# 723). ."
Tulsa World regularly does so where ap- ".
propriate. And unlike The World, which ".
restricts letters to 200words, TFNran the ¯
letters criticalofour coverage essentially :
withoutany editingfor length. Becauseo "
those letters’ length, TFN responded at :
the relevant points rather than at the end, ¯
TFN is happy to help make ourreaders
aware of the inadequacies ofHIV/AIDS
commonjournalisticpractice to respond
editorially. Likelyyou’ve noticed thatThe
come!", andthenhadto deal
with the hassles of local
management and an unfriendly
attitude. Infaet,one
bookstore still is refusing
us a spot in their store,
though they allow almost
all the other local papers.
~<-Theresa Lynch, General
Manager, and the staff at
Bordershavebeenmostgracious
and wdeoming, and
it was interesting to note
thatmany ofthe store’s first
day customers were members
of the Tulsa Gay community.
In fact, it looked
likewew~eatapartyrather
than a bookstore, as many
folks as we saw who we
knew. Borders has a nondiscrimination
clause on
Music, & let me tell
you, it is a wondrous
place. A book, music, &
video lover’s delight.
Theresa Lynch... and
tire staff at Borders
]rave been most gracious
& welcoming, & it was
interesting to note that
many d tLe store’s
day customers were
members d the Tulsa
Gay community. In
fact, it looked like we
were at a party rather
than a bookstore...
their employment applications that indudes
sexual orientation as well. Butdon’t
bother applying, I’mfirst on the list! TFN
welcomes Borders and encourages all of
our readers to. patronize their business.
Their sections on gay studies and fiction
arewell stockedandwell rounded. Tell’em
we sent
If you are avoiding your dysfunctional
~anily this year, Icanrecommendacouple
of videos to watch withfriends and family
of choosing. Smart Saves His Family was
an excellent portrayal of such madness as
those of us from this background deal
with. It is less acomedy andmore adrama
with eomedic moments. The studio marketed
it as a eomedy, whichparts of it are
but the film flopped largely due to the
expectation that it would be a laugh a
minute. I came away from this film with a
soft spot in my heart for Smart Smalley,
and the "Smart Within" myself, as well as
an insight that we are all struggling on our
own paths, doing the best we can with
what we’ve got. And a few laughs.
"Home For The Holidays", Jodie Fospaean
to dysfunctional holidays, was
tan%ther enjoyable film to hole up .with; in
much the same vain, with a lovely moral
to boot. I do think Robert Downey, Junior
was annoying, however. Get gay men to
play gay men.
by Jep~n-,Bierre Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
It’s hohday time! Sugarplum.~ andfrnitcakes
and egg hog and office parties and
big family dinners and all sorts of low
calorie opportunities abound! And, of
course, even though they aren’t prepared
this way the rest of the year, all of the
recipes must be made with lots of real
butter and ofhcavy cream.
December is a perfect
time to turn to the rather
healthier and lighter foods
of Asia. Counterbalancing
all those rich, Western European
artery doggers, Oriental
recipes are traditionally
lightonthemeat,heavy
on the vegetables, have
plenty of variety, and overfiow
with great flavors.
Now, toomuchoily stir-fry
can defeat the purpose, so
therestauranthas to bechosen
carefully for the skill
andartistry ofthechef. And,
Tulsa is blessed to have a
particularly f’mechefatKim
Long, a Vietnamese and
Chinese restaurant in far
southeast Tulsa, which is
probably the best in town.
Located in a shopping
center which includes the
." fluence in the sauces and presentation.
¯ The French were, formany years prior to ¯
American involvement, colonial over-
" lords, and brought French culture to the
¯ East.Agood example ofthe Frenchinflu-
: ence is the ever popular Vietnamese iced
: coffee, a strong, distinctive roast brewed
¯ with an individual drip container, and
-" served with .weetened condensed milk
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infamous Ocean Club at 81st and Memohal,
Kim Long is a huge restaurant which
took over the location of the former
southside attempt of Tulsa’s historic
Louisiane. Thedecorhas notbeenchanged
much, so there is a open and casual ambiance
to the multi-tiered and multi-roomed
establishment, yet it still maintains a nice
restaurant feel. None of those little lanterns
hang around, and the place is quiet,
even on busy nights.
All of the standard Chinese-American
foods are offered, and done well. But, so
many traditional Chinese regional dishes,
.especially fromHnnanandSzechuanpmv-
~nces, appear on the large menu, that it
would take a diner months to sample
every dish. Prices for the Chinese foods
are qnitereasonablefor a restaurant ofthis
quality, and only slightly more than one
would expect to pay in a Chinese. fastfood
type place. Most of the standard
chicken, beef, and pork dishes hover
around the $7 mark, and-seafood dishes
are $9 or $10: These names will all be
familar--cashew chicken, kung pao beef,
shredded pork with garlic sance, shrimp
with lobster sauce.
We highly recommend that the more
¯ adventurous diner order from the list Of
Chinese specialties. Prices areabithigher,
: ranging from $8.55 to $12.95, but the
over ice.
ThedassicBdChhGi6,
$5.95, is a bowl of
vermicelli noodles topped
with chopped eggrolls,
grilled beef, pork, and
chicken,andmounds oflettuce,
cucumbers, and bean
sprouts, all topped with
chopped peanuts. A small
bowl of fish sauce accompanies
the dish as a condiment,
andtheknowing epicure
will dump the sauce
into thebowl andmix all of
the contents around with
the chopsticks. Pho Diic
BiSt is a delicious Hanoi
style soup with slices of
rare steak, beeftendon, and
meatballs. Thesmall bowl,
$4.95, is agoodfirstcourse,
and the large bowl, $5.95,
is almost big enough for a
meal by itself. We also like
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at Movies 8 before it passedfrom sight: A ..... tance that our state governmentcontrib- - ¯ extra dollar or two. The. Red Rose-Sealwonderful
English film. (made for ~the. : utes..However, the HIVRCshould still be : lops are an excellent Choice,. with~lots of
¯ the G~ Xho Xht, which at $6.95, is a
: chicken dish flavored with the pungent
: spiciness oflemon grass, accompaniedby
¯ steamed rice and a bowl of.onion soup.
: Another delicious example of Vietnam-
: ese flavors is in the B6 Tfii Chanh, $7.95,
¯ - which is a combination of thinly sliced
beef cooked in lime juice and flavored
with mint leaves, onions, and peanuts.
The truly brave will try L~uTh[ip CAm,
ahugeundertaking for two ormore, where
plate after plate of different vegetables,
shaved beef, shrimp, crab legs, andsquid
are brought to the table, raw. A large pot
of boiling soup stock is placed in the
middle of the table, and the diners use
their chopsticks to select and cook their
own dinner in the stock, sort of like a
French fondue. It’s a $22.95 investment~
but well worth the fun. Just as a matter of
etiquette, when eating With chopsticks;
one uses the smaller ends of the sticks to
convey foods to the mouth. However,
when working with a common bowl or
pot, one. switches the ends and uses the
largerends ofthesticks to bring foodfrom
the common pot to the plate.
If all of these individual dishes aren’t
wonderful enough, this place .has prob-
: ably.the best Asian buffet in this part of
¯ the state. A steal at only $6.95 per person,
: a full range of salads, soups, desserts,
: condiments, .and.countess Chinese .and
¯ : Vietnamese dishes are featured. Entrees
¯ are rotated, and not thesame.old things
UK’s progressive Channel 4) about two
-.- " high s~ho~l boys falling in 10ve;it,was :a
" real treat tO see such a realistically positive
andinnocent film. It was wellwritten.
~ and r well’ dixected.-Hopefnlly it.will be
available on video or:at a Film Festival
.... ., near us~soon:. I highly.recommend it~
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The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level.
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities -Our Families of the Heart December 15, 1995- January 14, 1996, Volume 3, Issue I
National News
Oregon Lesbian
Activists Murdered :
"MEDFORD, Ore. - Police in Medford, :
Ore., report that they have located the ¯
bodies of Roxanne Ellis and Michelle "-
Abdill; long-time lesbian activists who ¯
have been deeply involved in fighting off
anti-gay ballot initiatives in the state for i
several years. The 2 women, who had :
been partners for 12 years, were found in :
the back of a pickup trnek belonging to ¯
Ellis. The couple were last seen on Dec. 4 :
see Murder, page 11 :
Hearings Feature
Anti-Gay Agenda
Washington, DC By the end of Dec.
6th, the "Parents, Schools and Values,"
Congressional hearing revealed itself-to
be precisely what youth advocates had
feared: a taxpayer funded platform for
anti-gay extremists. The two day hearing
came to a close today before the House
Economic and Employment Subcommittee
on Oversight and Investigations.. The
hearings became the focus of a national
outcry when Lou Sheldon, an anti-gay
extremistandChairman of the Traditional
Values Coalition, claimed the hearings
were scheduled at his request to discuss
the "promotion of homosexuality in the
public schools." see House, page 11
Hawaii Commission
Urges Gay Marriage
HONOLULU-The Honolulu Advertiser "
has reported that the state commission "
created to evaluate gay and lesbian mar- ,
riages will urge the legislature to "change ¯
Hawaii law toallow gay couples to marry." "
The Commission on Sexual Orientation "
and Law was created after the Hawaii
Supreme Court ordered alower court to
review a suit bylesbian andgay couples to "
get mamage licenses, saying that in order :
to refuse thelicenses the state had to prove ¯
a "corn pelling interest" to deny licenses
because of the gender of the 2 people "
involved. The commission has not yet ¯
released any actual recommendations, but
the paper reported that the commission’s ¯
report will be distributed for public comsee
Hawaii, page 12 "
Visitation Rights ¯
Case to Continue ¯
SayS-High Court 2
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Supreme "
Court has let stand; without comment, a ¯
Wisconsin statesupreme court ruling that ¯
would let .the former parmer continue ;
with her court battle to have visitation ¯
rights withher ex-lover’s biological son. ¯
After Etsbeth Knott, the biological mother- "-
of the boy, and Sandra Lynn Holtzman, "
ended their 10-year relationship, Knott ¯
attempted to prevent Holtzman from see: ¯
ing the 6-year-old boy. The Wisconsin "
Supreme Courtearlier tiffs year overturned ¯
a state lower court ruling denying ¯
Holtzman any rights, and ordered the case
12
Bill Stoskopf& Mark Lackey of Black &
White Charities present gifts to SharOn
Thoele of the HIVResource Consortium
One ofmany organizations at the World ($5000) &to Claudette Peterson ofTOHR
AIDS Day March at the Univ. of Tulsa, ($2500) from this year’s fundraisers.
see related stories this page and page 8. PFLAG was also a beneficiary ($2500). ¯ PFLAG, Thwarted In TV Effort, Turns To
Print Campaign For Anti-Hate Message
¯"" The Tulsa chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, in response
~ to the difficulties encountered in getting their Project Open Mind anti-hate commercials
~ on television inTulsa, have begun a campaign for a signature advertisement to run in The
¯ Tulsa World. The ad calls for Tulsans to stand against"hatred, hate speech and violence"
¯ against individuals based on their sexual orientation and "to recognize the strong link
~ between hate speech, teen suicide and violent physical attacks..." The Tulsa Worldis on
] record as having a policy banning the use of the words, Gay or Lesbian in advertising
¯ but apparently have chosen to allow an exception for this ad.The ad is scheduled to run
¯ sometime early this next year.
; Two Project Open Mind television commercials were to be tested in Tulsa, Houston
: &Atlanta. InTulsa, ouly Ch. 2,KTULbriefly aired one of the pair but stopped. Attorneys
¯ for the Christian Broadcasting Network, who objected to the use of footage of evangelist
¯¯ Pat Robertson &Jerry Falwell, had threatened legal action against stations broadcasting
the commercials. PFLAG is asking individuals and organizations, dubs, cong~:,e&atio~as,
¯ etc. to sign the anti-hate ad. There is no cost since funds that were to be iised ~6 buy TV
¯ air time will now oar for the-orint ad. Formore information call the PFLAG at 749-4901.
~r / ’
AIDS Day:
Tulsa & Elsewhere
NEW YORK - "Shared Rights, Shared
Responsibilities" was the theme of.World
AIDS Day, as the United Nations announced
a massive global mobilization
program to deal with the epidemic. From
UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-
Ghali to prominent Hollywood film personalities,
from the largest cities to smaller
communities, hundreds of thousands of
people and some 7,.000 groups in 190
localities around the world marked the
day in a varxety of ways.
In Tulsa, the event was marked by Interfaith
AIDS Ministries annual march
and memorial service held this year at the
University of Tulsa. Over 300 igeople attended
with many organizations carrying
banners. The service featured speakers,
Jason Smith of TOHR’s Testing Clinic
and attorney and longtime community.
activist., Bob Inglish. Choirs from Family
of Faith MCC, Tulsa Family Chorale
and FirSt Presbyterian Church performed.
TU Provost Dr. Lewis Duncan, the Rev.
Ken McIntosh, the Rev. Henry Knight
provided welcome or prayers, and Dr.
Doreen Wood read a World AIDS Day
proclamation from Mayor M. Susan Savage.
The American Foundation for AIDS
Research (AmFAR), a prominent nonprofit
U.S. group that has been headed by
actress Elizabeth Taylorannounced that it
is awarding.nearly a million dollars in
research grants to 14 scientists working
on the epidemic. The foundation also
named American actress Sharon Stone to
3
World 1/2M AIDS Cases
WASHINGTON-Somany young Americans
- one of ever." 92 young men and one
of every 33 young black men - are believed
infected with HIV that it threatens
to become a deadly "rite of passage" in
this country, said Philip Rosenberg of the
National Cancer Institute. Rosenberg’s
comments in the journal Science, coincide
with an announcement by the federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
that the AIDS epidemic has now
reached 501,310 cases in the U.S. since
1981 with 311,381 deaths. The sobering
statistics illuminate the government’s
warnings that AIDS is quickly turning
into more of a threat to the nation’s youth,
even as it tapers off among older people.
Using CDC. data, Rosenberg also estimated
that one in every 60 Hispanic men
see AIDS, page 3
White House. AIDS
Conf. Heard in Tulsa
WASHINGTON-"Wecan conquer this ,"
said President Clinton in convening the
first White House conference on AIDS in~
the 15 years of the epidemic’s history,
bringing together teachers, doctors, researchers,
people withHIV and their family.
In Tulsa, local HIV activists and specialists
gathered to listen to the conference
at the University Center at Tulsa.
After the broadcast, locals intended to
begin planning for current efforts to respond
to the epidemic. Outside the Executive
Office meeting in DC, however,
protesters and AIDS activists demonstrated,
charging that the conference
i Rob Hill To Run For
i School Bd. Seat 6
: Rob Hill, social services specialist with
¯ Helpline for 15 years, announces his
candidancy for Tulsa Public Schools Dis-
" trict 6. Hill is a graduate of Will Rogers
High Schogl and a 1968 graduate of North-
:: eastern.. State University in Tahlequah,
¯ with a Bachelors in Psychology.
; "I hope to bring my experience and
¯ knowledge of Tulsa’s community ser- ¯
vices and resources to Tulsa Public
¯ Schools," says Hill. "I have first hand
: knowledge to help our schools deliver
¯ high quality services as efficiently as pos- ¯
sine. I’m committed to combining fiscal
¯ conservatism with the best quality education
for our children." see Hill. p. 12
TOHR Votes for
¯ Community Center
¯
Tulsa moved a little closer to having a
¯ community meeting place when mem-
¯ bers of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human ¯
Rights (TOHR) voted at an emergency
~ meeting Nov. 21 to authorize TOHR of-
¯ ricers to put together an offer on a prop-
- erty. As of press time, the deal with the
¯ current owner is still in negotiation but ~t
¯ is hopeful that the issues can be resolved
: so that renovation of the building might
¯ ..~ti~_,.~g~: ’,~ v ex,t y-eaL At tlaat time, tnere
~W’Wi~.I~"’e a~ -n"~~."’d’ for’"c"o~’ "~;" ty" volunteers
¯ to provide painting, ci~-up, and light
:,ocoi~structiOt~ work. Info: 743-GAYS,
INSIDE EDITORIAL P. 2
DIRECTORY P. 2
NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6
CALENDAR P. 9
EUREKA PAGES P. 10-11
New Pentecosta
Church Welcomes
Gays & Lesbians
The Rev. Clay Cody and Agape’ Christian
Fellowship, a new Pentecostal congregation,
have announced that they will
begin holding worship services at the
Sheridan Center, Suite H, at 21st and
Sheridan Road. The services will be held
at 10:30 am beginning on December 31.
Pastor Cody, formerly an Assembly of
GodPastor Evangelist, believes that there
are many Gay, Lesbian andTransgendered
Pentecostal Christians in the Tulsa area
who have had to worship in "mainstream’"
churches and who were unable to express
fully themselves as GayChristians. Agape’
Christian Fellowship "extends the fight
hand of fellowship" to everyone regardless
of race, gender or sexual orientation.
The Pentecostal movement had its origin
in the widespread desire in the hearts
of men and women for greater closeness
to God. It is a reaction to the formalism,
coldness and .unbelief Pentecostal Christians
perceive in modern churches. Pentecostal
Christians profess a belief in their
experience of the supernatural power of
God in their lives and their faith in the
Bible which they consider the infallible,
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With this issue, Tulsa Family News begins our
third year. We give our thanks to you, our readers
& also to those who have-helped us; with stories&
with criticism. Especially, we thank, our writers,-
our advertisers & our enormously patient printers
whomakebringing qualitynews reporting toTulsa’s
Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender folk, families &
friends possible.
This is a labor of love, & sometimes, a little
profit. So, when we’re fending off censorship or the
flack that comes with having a viewpoint, it helps
to remember the praise we’ve received. We were
proud when distinguished former CBS News journalist,
Ann Northrup, lauded Tulsa Family News,
lamenting that she wished NYC had a paper like
this. And we’ve heard similar praise from others.
We promase you to continue bringing you the
best local & national news coverage of any Oklahoma
Gay paper. We have faith in Tulsa’s promise
&with your help, Tulsa wil1 get better and better for
us & our families. Happy holidays - Tom Neal
Suck & Blow Syndrome
by Pat ,.~lorehead
Merry Christmas andn~iLV the Ne~:Year bring
you a better yearth~ 1995. 95.hasbeen a weird
year. I’m not sure we ~3an view it as a "watershed"
year, but it has certainly pointed out the absolute
schizophrenia of our national culture. ~I learned a
long time ago of a psychological phenomenon
referred to as the "suck and blow" syndrome which
is where I think America is currently trapped.
The suck and blow ,syndrome in essence states
that one can’t.simultaneously "suck andblow". In
other words it is not possible, in a healthy mental
State, to perform to conceptual opposites. Translation,
you are not in a healthy mental state when you
are obsessed with a "pro-life" crusade that sanctions
killing physicians who perform abortions as
the way to advance your cause..
But it is exactly this suck and blow syndrome
which seems to be driving almost every cultural
force in America today. It is schizophrenic tO foist
Off a life view of 1950’s and 60’s television programming
in an America where elementary students
carry guns. Ozzie and Harriet never had to
deal with that situation. Or for cable compames to
promote a KIDS CLICKER remote control to protect
children from accessing what the very same
cable provider carries on ft’s other channels.
It is suck and blow time when in order to
improve life in America for the "next generation"
politicians are prepared to unfnnd and dismantle
Environmental Protection laws. Or for those same
politicians to continually summon images of family
life and cultural values of an agrarian America
which no longer exists. And at the same time to sell
off the National Parks of this country in order for
businesses to rape and plunder those same park
lands.
As my uncle used to say, someone needs to just
slap some sense into us. I have hopes that 1996 will
be the year when that happens. The hate-mongers
see UPC, page 3
- MCC~Grehte~-TiJIsa- Responds to TFN
First, Rev. Alice Jones left voluntarily because
she felt God’s calling in anew direction. Rev. Jones
served as pastor of MCC of Greater Tulsa for over
16 years. She frequently defended the whole Tulsa
Gay/Lesbian community in situations, such as the
recent Human Rights Commission hearings. Anyone
who leads any group for over 16 years will have
detractors who disagree with some things. Rev.
Jones accomplished many things, and the congregation
of MCC of Greater Tulsa are proud to have
had her as our pastor.
Regarding implied problems with the District of
UFMCC, it is true that we were changed from a
chartered.church to a commissioned church. The
demands on a chartered church have changed in
recent years, and this change has some important
advantages for MCC of Greater Tulsa as we seek a
new pastor. The main change is in the pastor
compensation package, giving the local church
greater flexibility. To imply a conflict exists between
MCC of [(]reater] Tulsa and District leaders
is wrong and inaccurate. The Board of Directors are
working closely with the District on the pastoral
search. Although, like many churches from time to
time, we are behind in our tithes to the District.
-~ However, the Board of Directors and the congregation
are taking steps to correct this, and we will
become a Chartered Church again.
Regarding perceived irregularities in our Financial
Records, the finances ofMCC of Greater Tulsa
have always been open to any member or friend of
the Church. Open Board meetings and Congregational
meetings are held regularly, and anyone
attending may ask questions. AnAudit Committee,
of church members, are currently reviewing the
Church records to clarify any bookkeeping errors.
Volunteers handling church records may sometimes
make errors, but there is no question as to the
honesty and integrity of those involved.
As MCC of Greater Tulsa seeks anew pastor, the
members and the Board of Directors look forward
to many years ahead serving the needs of the local
church and the entire Tulsa Gay/Lesbian Community.
- The Board of Directors & Members
Editor’s response:
TFN would like to make this correction: Alice
Jones did notpreach on Sunday morning, Oct. 29
as we stated in .our last issue. We regret that error
and apologizefor our mistake. However, we stand
by the accuracy of the rest of the artgcle.
¯ TFN also applauds MCC of Greater Tulsa for
: resp~idihgpublicdlly tdfU~ article~ We agreew~th
~ several oftheir points. The concerns raised in our
: article are not, however, the ones they addressed.
~ The question is: what’s going onfinancially?
What makes this issue a matter ofpublic concern
¯
are the size of thefinancial irregularities and the
’ appearance of no management overstght. The
¯ amountunaccountedfor,possibly as much as $6,000
¯ or more, is significant. This is about 10% of the
¯ annual income of this church. It is too much for
¯ members to dismiss with a comment, " volunteers
¯ make mistakes..." Also in the UFMCC, the pastor
¯ serves not only as staffbut also as moderator ofthe
¯
board ofdirectors. And in that role, as "president"
¯ of the board, that person is resposibility for the
¯ proper functioning ofan organization, especially
¯ overseeingfinancial accountability, see MCC, p. 3
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between the ages of 27 and 39 is infected
with HIV; that women are 4 times less
likely than men to become infected; and
that although the epidemic in the U.S. has
"officially" just passed the half-million
mark, the actual number of people in this
country infected with HIV is probably
.between 630,000 and 897,000, representmg
approximately 100,000 to almost
400,000 people whose infections have
not been reported or who themselves are
unaware they are already infected. "That’s
a very. disturbing future," Rosenberg said.
wasn’t about the disease at all, but was
"election year rhetoric." Inside, Clinton
underscored his administration’s commitment
to battling the .epidemic, saying he
had increased funding for AIDS research
and treatment during his term in office,
and promising to fight off efforts by the
Republican-controlled Congress to cut
AIDS spending next year. Clinton also
announced that early next year Vice President
AI Gore will host a conference of
scientists and representatives from drug
manufacturers to try to find ways to speed
up the development of promising AIDS
medications. "Our common goal must
ultimately be a cure," Clinton told the
some 300 people attending. "A cure for all
those living with HIV, and a vaccine to
protect the res t ofus from the virus. A cure
and a vaccine - that must be our first and
top priority." Although those attending
the conference generally applauded
Clinton, it was also dear that pressure on
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¯ the administration is far from easing up.
¯ Dr. Edward Morse, a research sociologist
¯ from Louisiana, also challenged the ad-
¯ ministration to make some tough deci-
¯ sions about the epidemic. "There is no
¯¯ point in beating around the bush," Morse
~aidin presenting Clinton with areport on
¯ IV drug abuse and HIV. "We must face
¯ the issue of needle exchange. A third of
¯ AIDS cases are based on substance abuse.
¯ That is a major key in the solution to this
¯ problem."
¯ When an activist shouted that Clinton
¯ hadfailed to keep his campaign promises
¯ about AIDS, Clinton vehemently rejected
¯ the charge. Clinton quickly replied, "We
¯ had a set of recommendations that. we
~ received whe~n w~got’here, m~st of w.hieh.
¯ have been i~mplemented. I am very sorry
¯ that thereis not a cure. I amvery sorry that
¯ there is not a vaccine. I regret that every-
" thing I have asked for has not been ap-
¯ proved by the Congress."
¯ have started stirring the pot and stuff is
; beginning to slop out over the edges.
¯ Things may well get worse before they
¯ get better. But I have faith that ultimately
¯ th~ basic decency and common sense of
ordinary people will take command. As
Mr. Lincoln said, you can fool some of the
: people all of the time, and all of the people
: some time, but you can’t fool all of the
¯ people all of the time.
I guess those two things are my mes-
; sage of positive hope for all of us for the
¯ coming new year. I believe in the basic
"- decency ofordinary people and their com-
¯ mon sense to react when things get to
¯ weird. I suggest we all start practicing
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those virtues for the coming year on a
daily basis. Drop in a little dol!op of
simple courtesy and civility and see if
things don’t begin to improve. Decency,
common sense, courtesy and civility, that
sounds like a pretty good recipe for anyone,
wouldn’t you think?
So from myself, my companion and our
dog, the best wishes of the season, to you
and all those in your life who make day to
day life a little sweeter and more palatable.
And one more suggestion for the
new year: always keep your powder dry,
otherwise it tends~to cake up when applied
around the eyes. HO HO HO!
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We hope that there is a good explanation
for the discrepancy between amount
presented in theyear~endfinancial report
and the much lower amount reported to
be in the church’s bank account(s) at the
congregational meeting. However, even
if there are explanations for every dime,
or even if this is an accounting error
repeatedforyears, the existance ofsuch a
large discrepancy in thefinancial report
speakspoorly ofAliceJones’ performance,
not as. pastor, but as moderator - the
person ultimately responsible. When this
discrepancy is combined with the issue of
back tithes owed and other outstanding
debts, some would say Alice Jones and
her board failed ~o do their job well
enough. Mismanagement is not dishonesty
and mismanagement doesn’t negate
the good Alice Jones has done but the
church and our communities do have a
right to expect accurate accounting.
TO
DISCO
head a 3-year fundraising campaign. Hundreds
of museums around the world
marked the day by observing "A Day
Without Art," an effort by art institutions
to dramatize the effect of the epidemic on
the creative community. Tulsa’s Philbrook
Museum draped the Rodin statue that
graces its entry to recognize the day.
On the Internet, scores of World Wide
Websites from Japan to Finland participated
in their own version of the event,
dubbed "A Day Without Graphics," by
going blank, removing graphics and pho-
::r tos :for the ’day. Singers from the’Metro-
:- p01itan Opera in New York performed at
the United Nations, while at the city’s St.
Mark’s Church, Dancers Responding to
AIDS performed 24 hours nonstop, featuring
dancers from the Paul Taylor and
Merce Cunningham dance companies.
And at least 165 cable systems and local
television stations had slated a variety of
AIDS-related programming, including
broadcasts of "’Philadelphia," "And the
Band Played On" and "Longtime Compamon"
on leading premium cable systems.
HIV/AIDS Education &
Volunteer Training Class
The HIV Resource Consortium will hold
a comprehensive but non-technica] program
on HIV & AIDS issues. The class
will be held on a weekend and five weekday
evenings beginning Jan. 13. Space ~s
limited - call for more info: 749-4194.
The Consortium serves as the center for
s.ervices for persons affected or infected
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Poet E. Hemphill Dead : ronym that stands for "double pigs." An open letter to Mugabe " areas as insurance and pension Key West MCC Excluded
PHILADELPHIA-Poet, author,
editor and rights activist Essex
Hemphill has died of AIDS-related
complications. Mr.
Hemphill, author of highly acclaimed
"Ceremonies: Prose and
Poetry," also worked on the
documentaries "Looking for
Langston," "Tongues Untied"
and "Black Is ... Black Ain’t."
He was 38 years old at the time
of his death.
Nasty Reaction to ’Gay
Mortgages’ in Australia
" MEL’BOIJRNE,’~U~tr~fi~L~e
Australian gay paper Brother
Sister News has reported that an
announcement earlier in November
by Australian Mortgages that
it would start offering discounted
bank home loans to gay and lesbian
couples early next)’ear has
brought the lending institution a
number of hostile phone calls.
including abomb threat. Despite
the negative reaction from some
Aussies, however, a spokesperson
for the firm said it had no
intention of backing away from
the reduced mortgage rate offer.
"’We are not going to back off,"
Australian Mortgages" Ron
Guthrie told the paper. "I’m just
saddened and very disappointed
at the attitude of some people.’"
The company said the reduced
rates for lesbian and gaY couples
would probably be about 1.5%
lower than standard marketrates.
Australian Mortgage Saidit had
decided to offer the discounted
home loans partly because of the
history of antigay bias in the
mortgage .industry, but also because
same-sex couples represent
an excellent market segment
for the housing industry.
Guthrie’said that many gay
couples are fairy well-paid professiohals
with 2 incomes and
no children. "They are true
DINKS,’" he said, using the ac-
¯
income, no kids, single.’"
¯ Partnership Ceremony
¯ Proposal in S.F.
¯ SAN FRANCISCO - The San
Francisco Board of Supervisors
¯ has received a proposed mea-
¯
sure that would authorize the
¯ county clerk’s office to perform
¯ domestic partnership ceremonies
similar to the marriage ceremonies
it performs for couples who
¯ get married at city hall. The city
has had a domestic partner regis-
¯
tration ordinance for seve_ral
" ~ years, l~tit the d~unly cl~rk’~ 6ffice
has no authority tO officiate-
¯
at any civil ceremony connected
¯
with registration. The proposed
¯ measure to authorize performing
the ceremony, which would
¯
convey no particular legal sta-
¯
tus, was introduced by Supervi-
¯ sor Barbara Kaufman.
¯ Mugabe Rejects Critics
¯ AUCKLAND, New Zealand -
¯¯ According to the New Zealand
Herald, Zimbabwe President
¯
Robert Mugabe said he was un-
¯ concerned about sharp criticism
¯ he has received for his verbal ¯
attacks againsthomosexuals. On
:,,,leaving the annual Common-
"¯ wealth Heads of Government
meeting, Mugabe brushed off
reporters questions about criticism
he has received from hu-
¯ man rights activists, saying the
topic was "abhorrent.’" Lesbian
¯
and gay activists protested out-
" side the meeting of the Com-
¯ monwealth Heads of Govern-
" ment, to draw attention to the
anti-gay attacks by Mugabe.
Earlier this year, Mugabe’s gov-
¯ ernment barred the Gays & Les- ¯
bians of Zimbabwe from run-
¯ ning a literature booth at an in-
" ternational book fair in Harare,
¯ the nation’s capital. In a speech ¯
he called gays "’sodomists and
sexual perverts" and later said
gays were "worse than dogs and
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from activists said, "We protest :
moststrongly against these statements
as we.believe that you
have seriously endangered the
lives and good health of a significant
minority of your citizens."
Federal Court OKs
Anti-Bias Protections
SAN FRANCISCO - The 9th .
Circuit Court of Appeals’ governing
Judicial Council has voted
to include anti-bias protections
that include sexual orientation,
ifi~’fir’si ~d~r’al coh~t di~tfiCi io
adopt such a policy. The newly
adopted regulations apply to all
circuit employees, as well as to
workers under the supervision
of the federal courts in the large
9th Circuit, including federal
probation officers, marshals and
public defenders. The new employment
policy was adopted
after the federal Judicial Conference,
which is headed by Supreme
Court Chief Justice Will-
,am Relmquist, ordered all the
federal circuit appeals courts to
include anti-discrimination regulations,
although the Conference’s
recommendations only
extended to race, gender, religion,
age and disability. An initial
recommendation to include
sexual orientation protections
was dropped by a Judicial Council
committee earlier this year,
but when the Council reached
¯ the point of a vote on new em-
~ ployment protections xt put the
sexual orientation protections
back in with the approval of all 9
¯ Council members. The 9th Circuit
includes California, Wash-
" ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii,
". Alaska, Guam and the Northern
¯ Mariana Islands.
: Canadian Gov’t. Adds
: Gay Couples Benefits
: OTYAWA - Canada’s govern-
¯ ment has taken a giant step and
extended at least some of the
¯" benefits enjoyed by mamed fed-
] eral employees to gay and les-
] bian partners of government
¯ workers as well. CanadianRights
¯ activists lauded the Treasury
: Board’s decision, which affects
: more than 200,000 government
workers, as a"great step forward
: for equality" in the country. The
new policy hardly represents
_" putting same-sex couples on an
¯ equal footing withmamedworkers,
however, and does not in-
" dude such ~mportant traditional
at all. But it does break dramatic
new ground, activists said, and :
does allow govenmlent employ-.
ees to take a leave of absence for
,an ailing partner, permits workers
to have bereavement leave in
the event of file death of a partner,
and extends to a worker’s
partner the same .flight and housing
allowances g~ven to spouses
of govenunent employees on
work asst~m~ents around the
cotmtry. Conservative le~slators
quickly attacked the move, saying
die government had made
the policy change "behind the
back" of Parlimnent. The Canadian
legislature recently rejected
a measure that wouldhave given
legal reco~fition to stone-sex
couples. The new benefits pro.-
granl does not apply to semiautonomous
government finns
(such as the Canadian Broadcasting
Corp.), to the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, to the
nation’s armed forces, or to Parliament
itself, which all regulate
their own employee policies and
benefits.
So. Africa May End
Military Ban
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -
The defense committee of South
Africa’s Parliament has approved
a proposal that writes
into the nation’s military policy
a prohibition against discrimination
based on sexual orientation
in the country’s armed
forces. African National Congress
representative Lindiwe
Sisulu said following the committee
vote that the policy decision
wouldn’t be binding on the
government, but would nevertheless
carry considerable political
weight for any future administration.
Military Recruiters Face
Legal Challenge in CT
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The
Connecticut Supreme Court has
¯ finished hearing arguments in a ¯
gay rights case that challenges
: the right of state-supported
schools to permit military recrmters
on their campuses. The
case argues that the University
: of Connecticut violated state
¯ anti-bias laws by allowing mili-
: tary recruiters on campus be-
: cause of the U.S armed forces’
: policy of excluding lesbian and
: gay. service members. Discriminauon
based on sexual orientation
is illegal under state law.
From Christmas Parade
(EY WEST, Fla. - Christmas
arrived in this south Florida resort
community with a resounding
"bah, humbug" for gays and
esbians who make up a substantial
portion of the town’s population
when the Lower Keys
Mira sterial Associatton refused
to allow the local Metropolitan
Co~nmunity Church in its annual
Christmas parade, the first
time the predominantly, gay
church has asked to parttopate
in the event. The Rev. Gary
Redwine, who heads up the celebration,
denied the association’s
decision was anu-gay, but said
allowing MCC to join would be
contrary to "the image of biblical
morality and family that we
wish to project." On the day of
the event, several hundred protesters
clustered outside one of
the largest churches along the
parade route in silent protest and
were joined by ministers from a
number of local churches who
refused to participate because of
MCC’s exclusion. The number
of people participating in the
parade this year was reportedly
almost half what it usually is.
Reporter’s Anti-Lesbian
Remarks Confirmed
NEW YORK - In May, Valerie
Hehnbreck, a reporter with the
Wilmington (Del.) News-Jour-
¯ hal caused a major flap in the
". sports world when she quoted
¯ CBS-TV golf commentator Ben
: Wright in an interview as saying
that women aren’t as good at go
: Ifas men becanse they are"handi-
-" capped by having boobs" and
¯ that "lesbians in the sport hurt
: women’s golf"and were turning
¯ itinto a"butch game"that scared
¯ away sponsors. Wright ada-
~ mantly denied saying any of the
~ things Hdmbreck attributed to
: him. CBS accepted his denial
¯ and shortly thereafter renewed
Wright’s 4-year contract. But
now, in the Dec. 4 issue of the
subscribers-only "Golf Plus"
~ edition, no less a source than
". Sports Illustratedhas confirmed
~ that Wright did indeed make the
.- remarks. The "Golf Plus" edition
quotes DanJenkins, a sports
writer, who said he talked to
] Wright shortly after the flap
¯. erupted. "I asked him" Did you
¯ say it?’ And he said, "Of course
¯
I said it. But I was granted com-
.- plete anonymity.’" The article,
¯ entitled"Living With a Lie,"also
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who told the magazine he listened
to Wright being interviewed
by Helmbreck and. confirmed
the quotes. "I heard Ben
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¯ such a respected theologian in
¯
the church’s evangelical wing,
which generally opposes any
acceptance of homosexuals
¯ within the church. "The Bible
has been misinterpreted by
¯ evangelicals,"Vasey said. "They
¯ read anti-gay meanings into the
him say lesbianism h,,urts in get- ¯ Bible to explain theirfears. There
ting sponsorships, Doig is ." is no text on the lips of Jesus
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of integrity. I believe in telling ¯
the truth." The "Golf Plus" edition
is not sold on newsstands, _"
but goes out to some half-mil- ¯
lion subscribers of the maga- ¯
zine.
’Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Goes to Appeals Court "
RICHMOND, Va’. - In an un- _.
usual step, all 13 judges of the .
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals heard the appeal of Lt.
Paul Thomasson in his challenge ¯
to the Defense Department’s so- .
called "don’t ask, don’t tell"
policy ofexcluding homosexuals .
from military service. °
Thomasson’s case is the first
°
against the new policy to reach
the federal appeals court level.
:
Thomasson told his command- o
ing officer he was gayjust 5 days .
after the new policy went into
effect. The former Navy
lieutenant’s attorneys argued that
Thomasson’s discharge violated
his First Amendment rights of
free speech. But Justice Department
attorneys representing the
Defense Department argued that
.by acknowledging that he is gay,
it was reasonable to assume he
has a "propensity" to engage in
homosexual acts, whichmilitary
officials insist "undermines the
morale of t he U.S. armed services."
The appeals court is not
expected to rule on the case until
sometime next year,
No Support in Bible for
Anti-Gay Attitude
LONDON - British gay rights
activists found unusual supp6rt
in their quest to reform the view
of the Church of England on
homosexuality with a prominent
evangdical theologian’s book
that argues there is no biblical
support for church con
demnation of homosexuality.
The Rev. Michael Vasey, a lecturer
at St. John’s theological
college in Durham, expounded
his views on the scriptures in a
just-published book Strangers
andFriends. His arguments have
been made before, but not by
sexuality." Vasey’s book was
published as the church’s general
synod was winding up its
annual meeting. Activists also
made their point ~to church leaders
as members of the rights
groupOutRage! nailed ademand
for a "Queer Reformation" of
the Anglican Church entitled
"Four Theses Against Church
Homophobia" to the doors of
Westminster Abbey. "What’s
needed is a new Reformation to
eradicate homophobia from the
Church of England," said Peter
Tatchdl of OutRage! "Anglican
endorsement of anti-gay discrimination
is a corruption of
morality and a violation of the
dignity oflesbian andgay people.
We want the synod to overturn
church support for homophobic
policies."
Romanian Parliament
Keeps Anti-Gay Laws
BUCHAREST - The Romanian
Chamber of Deputies has rejected
a draft proposal modifying
the country’s penal code to,
among other things, at least partly
decriminalize homosexuality
among consenting adults. The
proposed change would have
made homosexual acts punishable
only if they created a "public
scandal" and was proposed in
part to help ease Romania’s entry
into the European Commuuity,
which requires member
nations to assure basic equality
for all citizens, including protections
for gays and lesbians. At
least 2 EC nations have already
indicated they will vote against
admitting Romania to the continental
union if the anti-gay laws
are not repealed,
Jenny Jones Won’t
Testify in Murder ~ase
DETROIT - A county court
judge has ruled that television
¯ talk show hostJemay Jones won’t
have to testify in the trial of
Jonathan Schmitz, who is
charged with killing Scott
Amedure, a gay man, after he
confessed to being a "secret admirer"
of Schmitz on the nationally
broadcast TV show. Attorneys
for Schmitz had wanted
Jones to testify during the trial,
but the judge heating the unusual
case ruled thatJones’ taped
statements and a sworn deposition
she is expected to give is all
that would be required of her.
Schmitz claims he was misled
into thinking the "secret admirer"
he would meet on the show was
a woman and says he was humiliated
when he discovered it
was Amedure. Three days after
the TV program, authorities say
Schmitz shot Amedure to death
in nearby Orion Township.
Gay Book Ban Not Legal
OLATHE, Kansas - A federal
district court has ruled that the
Olathe, Kansas, school board
acted from its own anti-gay bias
and not out of the best interests
in the education ofstndents when
it ordered the novel "Annie On
My Mind"removed from school
libraries. Itis unclearifthe school
board will appeal the ruling. The
book, which portrays a young
girl’s growing awareness of her
sexual orientation, has been
highly commended by the
American Library Association
and other groups, but also has
become a lightening rod for antigay
activists throughout the
country.
UK Court Upholds Ban
LONDON The British Court
of Appeal has upheld a lower
court ruling supporting the Defense
Ministry’s prohibition
against homosexuals in the
country’s armed forces, ruling
that the ban "’cannot ... be sagmatized
as irrational at the time
these appellants were discharged."
Earlier this year a
lower court had ruled against the
3 gay men and 1 lesbian who
have sued because of their discharges
based on their sexual
orientation. The 4 ex-service
members vowed to appeal their
case to Britain’s House of Lords
- the highest judicial body in the
nation- and then to the European
Court if they lose in the Lords.
Detroit Plans for
Domestic Partnership
DETROIT- A Detroit task force
is in the process of wor-king on a
proposal that would, ifapproved
by the city council, allow gay.
and nongay couples to register
as domestic partners. The proposal
would also give live-in
partners of city workers health
and other benefits like those currently
enjoyed by the married
spouses of city employees. The
partnership registration would
give domestic partners the same
visitation rights as spouses or
parents at all city hospitals and
jails. Domestic partners of a parent
or legal guardians of children
would also have access to
their child’s school records. The
task force expects to present its
completed proposals to the city
council by the end of this year.
N.J. Judge Rules Against
Gays-in Boy Scouts
TRENTON, N.J. - N.J. Superior
CourtJudge Patrick McGannhas
ruled that a local chapter of the
Boy Scouts of America didn’t
violate state antl-bias laws when
it kicked out John Dale, who is
gay, in 1990. In his ruling,
McGann cited the biblical story
ofSodom and Gomorrah, saying
that "all religions deem the act of
sodomy a serious moral wrong,’"
adding that it was "unthinkable"
that the Boy Scouts would accept
gay men in leadership roles.
"The criminal law has changed,"
McGam~ wrote. "The moral law
- as to the act of sodomy - has
not."
AI Gore - Not a "Beauty"
WASHINGTON -An unnamed
gqfite House aide has told gossip
columnists that although AI
& Tipper Gore showed up for a
Halloween party dressed as
"’Beauty and the Beast, "it.wasn’t
exactly what the. "second family"
had at first planned. According
to the aide, the Vice President
had iuitially wanted to go as
"’Beauty" accompauied by Mrs.
Gore as the "’Beast. "The reports
indicated that the Gores were
finally convinced to go in the
more conventional costumes
only after political advisors suggested
the public might not quite
be ready "for a vice president
who is a cross dresser.’"
Tasmanian Law Fight
SYDNEY - Rights activists in
Australia have filed a brief with
the country’s High Court in an
effort to formally have
Tasmania’s sodomy laws declared
unconstitutional and
stricken from the books. After a
Uuited Nations comnfission declared
the Tasmmfian law a violation
of interuational human
rights, the Australian Parliament
enacted legislation guaranteeing
the right of privacy in an effort to
nullify the laws, but the state of
Tasmania has refused to repeal
its local anti-gay legislation.
Activists say they will use the
federal privacy laws in their case,
but say it is important to have the
Tasmania law overturned officially
to remove the stigma associated
with the criminalization
of gay men in the state.
Baptists Slam Disney
TAlVIPA, Fla. -The Horida State
Baptist Convention, one of the
denomination’s largest, has
called on its 1 million members
to stop supporting Walt Disney
movies, products and theme
parks because of the finn’s recent
decision to extend insurance
benefits to same-sex domestic
partners of its employees.
The, resolution, which was
overwhelmingly adopted by the
state delegates, says in part that
"Disney’~ moral leadership has
been eroded by that decision, as
well as its practice of holding
homosexual theme nights at its
parks." A spokesperson for the
Walt Disney Co. said the finn
"’regrets" the Florida Baptists
have taken the stand they have,
but so far the entertainment giant
has refused to back away
from the new benefits. Some
Baptists indicated they would
call for a boycott.
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HIV Suppressor Found
LONDON - Reporting in the prestigious
British scientificjournal Nature, researchers
with the Paul Erlick Institut in Germany
say they have identified a naturally
occurring substance in the immune system
that acts as a natural defense ag ainst
HIV by slowing the reproduction of the
virus. While canuoning against seeing
their finding as a breakthrough, the scientists
said"they fOffr~d thaf i~nterleukifi:16
(IL- 16),which i’s producedby the body’ s
T-cells known as CD8 cells, slowed reproduction
ofHIV in laboratory tests. The
researchers say that if tests of IL-16 with
animals prove encouraging, they may
begin human testing of the substance in
about a year - a strong indication of their
excitement about the finding. Their hope
is that if the treatment can be effectively
used it could perhaps be effective in keeping
HIV from overwhelming a patient’ s
immune system indefinitely.
Effective HIV Inhibitor Drug
BOSTON - Two studies in the New England
Journal of Medicine report that an
experimental drug that dogs the operation
of a key HIV protein seems to keep it
at bay for at least a while. The drug
ritonavir, formerly known as A~T-538
and developed by Abbott Laboratories, is
one of a promising new class of AIDS
medicines known as protease inhibitors.
AIDS researchers are excited about these
new drugs because they. appear to both
reduce the level of the°virus and to boost
the immune system’ s strength. Although
the scientists from the Academic Medical
Center in Amsterdam and New York
University’ s school ofmedicine who conducted
the studies concluded that ritonavir
was quick and effective in fighting HIV,
resistance to the drug did develop over
time. Abbott Laboratories quickly announced
that it will make supplies of the
experimental drug available to some 2,000
people with late-stage AIDS diseases and
CD4 cell counts of 513 or less around the
world through a lottery. For inforuaation
about the Abbott Laboratories lottery, call
1-800-414-2437.
Mechanism of ’Long-Term
Su rvival’ Possibly Identified
CHICAGO-; In a.small’-geale sm’dy published
in the Proceedings ofthe National
Academy of Sciences, researchers report
that the’cellular response of a group of
’long-term survivors of HIV appears to
help delay the progression of the virus.
The team of researchers from the University
of California at San Francisco, led by
Dr. Jay A. Levy, compared the immune
cells of people who had developed fullblown
AIDS or had seriously compromised
immune systems with other people
infected with HIV butwho remained otherwise
asvmptomatic for 10 years ormore.
The CD~ immune cells of the long-term
survivors produced greater amounts of
proteins that help regulate "immune-system
responses, the researchers report. This,
the scientists say, helps keep the CD8
ceils active in fending off HIV, thereby
stavingoff most of the impact of the virus
longer. According tc the UC-SF researchers,
the findings suggest that extra doses
of the naturally occurring proteins,known
as cytoklnes, might hdp more infected
people stay healthier longer.
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3 New AIDS Drugs
\VASHINGTON The Food & Drug
Administration’s Antiviral Drug Advisory
Committee has recon~nended that
the agency approve 3TC for both initial
tream~ent of AIDS as welt as for advanced
cases of the disease. Studies have indicated
that the experimental drug, when
used with AZT, reduced the spread of
HIV in patients’ systems and helped bolster
their immune response. The drug can
have serious side effects in children, including
possible pancreatitis, but appears
to produce no greater side effects among
adults than the AZT used alone does. The
¯ panel also recommended approv.ing the
AIDS drug stavudine (whichis also known
¯
as d4T and Zerit), for people who are not
responding to treatment with AZT. The
¯ advisory committee also recommended
conditional approval of saquinavir, the
: first protease inhibitor the panel has recommended
approving to fight AIDS.
Unlike other AIDS drugs, protease in-
" hibitors work by preventing HIV i/self
¯ from replicating in the body and are con-
" sidered the most promising new class of
¯ drugs in the epidemic. The conditional
recommendation requires that saquinavir
not be used as a single-drug treatment, but
¯ be prescribed along with nucleoside analogs.
¯ Non-Lethal HIV Identified
: SYDNEY - A study based on a decade-
" old sample of blood donations known as
¯ the Sydney Blood Bank Cohort has found
¯¯ that the blood of one gay man infected
¯ with HIV and the 7 blood recipients who
became infected with the virus is infected
¯ with an entirely new - and harmless -
. strain of HIV. The finding, reported in the
journal Science, raises hopes that an AIDS
vaccine can be devcloped using the new,
benign virus s train. The researchers found
that the unidentified gay man’ s blood had
been used in transfusions between 1981-
84 before blood screening for HIV started
in 1985. The gay man, however, never
contracted AIDS. And when a Red Cross
,ocial worker began tracking people who
should have been infected as a result of
receiving the tainted blood, she found that
after 10 years, none of the 7 recipients had
become sick either although all are in fact
HIV positive. The newly discovered strain
has defects in its genetic elements, most
notably a gene called "nef," which other
studies have already shown is necessary
for HIV to replicate itself.¢’~This allows
the infected person’s immune system to
deal with the virus - in other words, to stop
it getung out of control," said Dr. Nicholas
Deacon, who led the Australian research
team. The discovery of the "neF"
defect is especially important for possible
vaccine development after studies on animals
at the New Englaud Regional Primate
Center showed that deleting "net"
from the sirman (monkey) cousin of the
virus, SIV, disarms the lethal microbe.
HIV Infection Risks Among
Lesbians, Bi Women
CHICAGO Researchers with the San
Francisco health department have reported
in the American Journal ofPublic Health
that lesbians and bisexual women are at
small risk of HIV infection, a finding that
contradicts the general idea thatthese
women have no risk of contracting the
virus. Researchers reported that 6 out of
498 bisexual women and lesbians tested
in San Francisco and Berkdey during
1993 were infected with HIV, an infection
rate of 1.2%. The researchers re-
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ported that they found no indication of
transmission from woman-to-woman
sexual contact among any of the 6 who
were infected, however. Four of the infected
women were both IV drug users
and also reported having had unprotected
sex with gay or bisexual men or male IV
drag users - all high-risk groups. The
other 2 infected women had had sex with
men of tmknown risk status, but had not
had sex with any female partners who
were infected. The researchers said that
educationand preventionprograms should
stop.indicating that lesbians and bisexual
women were at low risk of infection and
should instead emphasize the importance
of avoiding specific, high-risk behaviors.
AnOther AIDS Drug Approved
WASHINGTON - The Food & Drug
Administration has quickly approved the
use of lamivudine, also known as 3TC, in
combination with AZT. The FDA move
came just a few weeks after an advisory
panel recommended approval of the combination
treatment, and Glaxo, the manufacturer,
said the drug would be available
.quickly also - probably by the first week
m December. According to Glaxo, the
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who are already infected with
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year, would be required to determine if
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Entertainment Notes
by Jmnes Christjohn
This is a new feature, dependent on
whims, timing and whether or not this
Assistant Editor had time/money to actually
see anything new: Otherwise, I’ll be
reviewing videos, revisiting (Read: inflicting!)
music reviews and looks at old
shows you just might like if you’d ever
heard of them and other ramblings.
Lately, I’ve been watching "High Society",
- Mondays, 8:30pm. If you haven’t
seen it, .it is one of the most hilarious
shows I’ve seen on American TV. So
what if it’s a "knockoff of "Absolutely
fabulous"? We can’t see that here, ’cause
the local cable comp..any doesn’ t carry the
comedy channel ~ a:t~e crime~:Anyway,
I recognize a lot of myself in this show,
which has a DEFINITE queer sensibility
to it. Watch it, you’ll see what I mean.
¯ Anyway, back to the subject at hand, the
: new colunm:
¯ Rating system: Four snaps: Don’t miss it,
¯ in fact, get going now! Three snaps: Ok,
¯ so put the paper down first. And drive
¯ safely. Two Snaps: Ithas enough redeem-
¯¯ ing qualities to be of interest, but see the
matinee. One snap. Well, if you’re really
¯ bored and can’t find anything else to do...
¯ No snaps: You’ll be sorry..
Well, what a full season thus far:
¯ Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella,
¯ a wonderful concert with Marilyn Maye
¯ and theTulsa Philharmonic, &Toy Story,
¯ the new must-see movie from the’~gayfriendly
folk at Disney. If you misse~ the
: live shows, well,’I’ll tell you myopinion
¯ ~a~yway (like yisii’coulil’stOp me:~.) sb -that
: If th~y’come through town again, you’ll
¯ know whether to ante up for a ticket, or
¯ stay home with the telly and a cup of hot
: chocolate, see Notes, page 14
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
BroaOen Your Perspective at a celtic Music Concert.
Irish fiddle great Kevin Burke and his new world Celtic
enseml01e bring fiery instrumentals, dazzling footwork and
original songs.
8 p.m., John H. wilhams Theatre, Tulsa Performing Arts Center
CALL: 596-7111 TICKETS: $12
Eve Sunday_ December:
$howtime 11p.m. ~2 Cover
Beer Bust 9p.m. ~ laom~
Januaru 11 - 14
I yr. Anniversary/C6stomer Appreciation
Extravaganza Weekend
M~n of the Southv~est
9-2 NO COVER
A~ll-Male RevUe
10 p.m. $2 Cover
Dance & Party
with your favorite Bar Staff
Kirk, Tern/, Tommy, Scotty, Mike, Bill,
Chrls & DJ Davld Oees
$2 COVER
Mr. Robbie Walker & the Sunday Slam
(Ivana B, Real, Kris Kohl, Michelle
~~tey, Domo~ueDarnels)
wiJh Special ~u~t To Be Announced
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K IN . COMMUNI CALEN R
SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 1 lth 583-7815
Community of Hope, _
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
~ 1703E. 2nd, 585d800,
Family of Faith ¯
Metro. Comm. Chureh-
AdultSunday School, 9:15 "
Worship Service, 11 am ."
5451-E South Mingo. ¯
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am ¯
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715 ¯
TheBanned, OKGay Band "
Practice weekly in OKC "
Info: 838-2121 ¯
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay "
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa "
6:30 pm at Canterbury ¯
5th & Evanston
Info: 583-9780 "
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
MONDAYS
: HIV Testing
¯ TOHR Clinic
¯ Free &.anonymous testing
¯ using fingerstick
method.
¯ No appointment reqnired.
: Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm
Results hours: 7-9 pm
TUESI
Minister’s Class
Bless the Lord at All
Times Christian Center
7:30 pm
2627-B East 1 lth
Info: 583-7815
HIV+ Support Group
Info: 742-2927 ¯ HIV Resource Consortium ¯
:~ii~am~la
: .,.,_ _: .~-~ ::-1,:30~pm~.,:J i . !~ "
Bowling League :,, 4t~S. Harvard, Ste.-H-1
Sheridan Lanes
8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Monday of month,
6:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
HIV/AIDS Support Group
&
Friends & Family
HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pm, call for location:
749-7898
Thi ’N6w Year
Drink Responsibly -
Have a Designated
Driver or Take a Cab
WEDNESDAYS
¯ Authority OfThe Believer
Bible Study, 7 pm
MCC of Greater Tulsa
: 1623 N. Maplewood
: Info: 838-1715
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Choir Practice 7 pm
.~ 2627-B East 1 lth
: Call 583-7815 for info.
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Bible Study, 6:30 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
(no class, Dec. 27)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31
THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Group
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing group)
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17
Family ofFaith MCC
Christmas Concert & Silent Auction,
7:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19
GriefGroup
Community of Hope United Methodist
6pro, held at Butler/Stumpff Funeral
Home, 3rd St. west of Lewis (ongoing)
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
Family ofFaith MCC
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
10 pm, 5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24
Community ofHope United Methodist
Christmas Eve Peace Service, 6pm
ChristmasEve CandlelightService, 1 lpm
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26
GriefGroup
Community of Hope United Methodist
6pm, held at Butler/Stumpff Funeral
Home, 3rd St. west of Lewis (ongoing)
Info: 585-1800
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29
Feed the Homeless
Community of Hope United Methodist
Meet at church, 1703 E. 2nd, 5:30 pm
Info: 585-1800
Family ofFaith MCC, "Let It Go"
New Year’s Eve Service, 1 lain
5451-E S Mingo, Info: 622-1441
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7
Faith & Struggle Dialogue Group
Community of Hope United Methodist
4:30pm, 1703 E. 2nd (ongoing group)
Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7
Prime Timers Monthly Meeting
Write for info: P.O. Box 52118, 74104
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9
Green Country Pride ~
Tulsa Oldahomansfor Human Rights
Community-wide Meeting, 7 pm
Alan Chapman Activity Center
University of Tulsa
5th St. west of Harvard, Info: 743-4297
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14
Family ofFaith MCC
Reclaim & Recovery Workshop: It’s
Never Too Late to Have a Happy
Childhood, 9 am - 3 pm
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30
Rainbow Business Guild, 7 pm
Call for place and speaker.
Dinner Meeting, Info: 665-5174
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Family ofFaith MCC
Reclaim & Recovery Workshop:
Forgiveness, 9 am - 3pro
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
Co-Dependency
Support Group
7:30, Family of Faith MCC
5451-E S. Mingo
Call 622-1441 for Info.
HIVTestingTOHRClinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick method.
No appointment reqnired.
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
[nfo: 742-2927
Prayer Time
MCC - Greater Tulsa, 7 pm
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Tulsa-Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
Out & About With JD!
It’s that time of the year when you yearn
for time spent with friends, and visions of
fairies dance in your head. This month’s
featured establishment is a great place to
find both. GROUND
ZERO (formerly
Laffs-Underground) at
7th&Elan, in the heart
of downtown Tulsa, is
the place.
Steve Crow, a wellknown
promoter of
Tulsa’s night life, has
renovated this classic.
location into something
more than comfortable
and intriguing for that
first date (a dimly lit
table for two), or to find that first date,
(billiard and dart area), or for meedng a
group of friends (a conversation area and
well-lit bar). Watch for details about
Tulsa’s first Intemet party, linking up via
the info super hi-way to other bars across
PFLAG national vice president, Nancy
McDonald is joined by sevkral friends,
including Prime Timer, Wesley Bauer.
¯, SATURDAYS
¯ Narcotics Anonymous
¯ Meets weekly at 11 pm
¯ Confidential support for
¯
recovering addicts.
¯ Community of Hope
¯ 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
: NAMES Project
¯ AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
¯ 3rd Sat. of each month
Info: 748-3111
MORE GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Student
Association
TJC Southeast Campus,
Info: 631-7632
¯ SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
¯ Call 832-2121
TOHR Helplinc
Daily 8-10 pm
¯ For info. or to volunteer:
¯ 743-GAYS
Tool Box Technicians,
¯
Leather org.,
Info cio The Tool Box:
584-1308
T.U.L.S.A.
¯ Tulsa Uniform &
Leather Seekers Assdc.
¯ Info: 838-1222
¯ the country. Starting in January onThurs-
: day nights: chicks with d contests with
¯ cash prizes, and, as always, male dancers
¯ every Friday and Saturday nights. Be sure
: to join Steve and his wonderful manager
Mark on December 23
for a mini-Christmas
party with Reghenaand
company. Also, New
Year’s will be rung in
with male dancers
counting down the minutes
to midnight, and a
free champagne toast.
.Also Ladonna at Barracudas
sends a note of
thanks to all the new
Raghenna & Steve Crow faces thathave stopped
¯ in (see her ad about
¯ some new faces).
: I would like take a moment to wish
¯ everybody a joyful holiday season, and a
¯ v.ery warm and happy new year. I appre-
¯ caate all the support throughout the last
¯ year.
Community activists, Ken Draper, Lisa
Pottorf& Tim Gillean braved the cold at
TOHR Holiday Dinner & Silent Auction.
Eureka Springs Honors
World AIDS Day - Dec. 1
by Phyl Boler-Schmidt
Living in the heart of the Bible Belt, one
would not expect to find an ecumenical
service dedicated to World AIDS Day m
a small community. Yet, Eureka Springs
held one of the most moving celebrations
of unity in the fight against AIDS I have
ever witnessed.
On the evening of December 1, we
gathered at the United Methodist Church,
about 75 people in all, from all walks of
lifeand all faithS. The theme of the service:
was "Because God Cares," and the service
was co-sponsored by the Regional
AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) and
Ozark AIDS Resources and Services
(OARS). A total of ten local and area
clergy were scheduled to participate in the
ev.ent, andfive were calledaway at the last
rmnute to attend to other events or emergencies.
Those who did participate came from
varying backgrounds, to be sure. Rev.
Stan Adams came from the United Methodist
Church, Rev. Jack Hammond is affiliated
with the First Christian Church,
and Rev. Mark Leuneville came from the
First Presbyterian Church, all in nearby
Berryville. Rev. Marilyn Webb participated
from the host church in Eureka
Springs. And, the m~in speaker was Rev.
Kermie Wohlenham~ Pastor of MCC of
the Living Spring.
It was a celebration of life and healing,
love; hope, and stories of miracles. Sonny
Mosley, the longest living AIDS survivor,
who last week graced the front page
¯ of the local newspaper, told his story. A
Grandmother read a letter of love, grace,
: and about her own 17-year, same-sex relationship,
a letter that had been written
¯ that same day to her HIV+ grandson. We
~ all shared, prayed, sang, hoped, and cried
¯ together.
¯
Sonny’s admonition to us all was very
¯ moving. "It is my hope, and I believe that
¯¯ itis God’s hope that when you leave this
piace tonight, you will go to someone and
¯ tell them you have seen a miracle. You
¯ have seen a miracle standing before you
¯ tonight.... " Sonny
] has survived 14years
and seven months
¯ living with AIDS.
¯ One young man
told the story of los-
" ing his partner of
: eight years some two
¯ years ago. He shared
¯ withus his partner’s
¯ last words to him:
¯ "Never miss an op-
¯ pornmity to love.’"
¯ It was a rare treat to experience an area-
: wide service in which the official coming
¯ out of Rev. Kermie Wohlenhaus to the ¯
religious community.was enacted through
¯ aninvitation toher to give the main talk of
¯ the evening, a sermon if you will. Her
¯ time at the pulpit was preceded by a mu- ¯
sical duet by twoMCC regulars, a request
¯ made due to past performances by the
¯ MCC choir at World AIDS Day services.
¯ Pastor Wohlenhaus gave a message of ¯
healing and-an admonition to the assembled
churchgoers that "This is
¯ everyone’s disease. Men, women and children
are all afflicted. Each one of us."
She told moving stories of Ryan White,
the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt,
Randy Shilts, and A Day Without Art.
"The loss to the world is amazing! "This
was Rev. Wohlenhaus’ assessment of the
loss to the art world because of AIDS.
But, "there is a healing part of this
disease." She talked of Joan Rivers and
the first AIDS benefit she put together.
Ms. Rivers could get no major stars to
participate in the benefit, and she received
hate mail and death threats. Yes, we truly
have come a long
Saglttarlus You also ]]ave way toward healing.
And there
deep desires to....huy were stories of the
expenslve, pointless, e~o- healing of families
gg~ra~t’aLr in" thln~s....you
and relationships,
how Disney wentout
l~n~w that last, red sports on alimb for its emear
won’t make you a better ployees,evemnspite
of pressure from the
person. Don’t you? pro-familygroups. It
was a moving talk
¯ indeed. "’What has happened is we are
¯ coming out as a nation. Weare healing
¯ AIDSphobiaas well as homophobiaas we
: have to deal with this disease."
¯ "The voices of people th~it are HIV+
¯ and (have) AIDS have tremendous spiri-
¯ tual messages for us. One of those mes-
¯ sages is living one day at a’fime to the
fullest. They are our teachers, aren t they.
¯ This was an admonition to most of the
¯ congregation. ¯
And; to those who are HIVe- and living
¯ withAIDS,"Call upon your higherpower
- whatever that is. Ask those very impor-
¯ tant questions, and be open to hear the
answers. One of the answers that you may
hear is to be of service, ff you are HIV+ or
living with AIDS, you have a tremendous
gift that you can pass on to someone.
You’ve gone throughprocesses that someone
else that just found out the other day
needs to hear from you."
’q’he wounded healer is probably one
of our most important healing persons.
Avail yourself to those people."
An offering was received to support
RAIN and OARS, and we heard from
Rev. Mark Leuneville that the Ryan White
Care Act will not have any more funding
until August of 1996 so, more than ever,
local organizations need our support, financial
as well as personal.
Welearned that Carroll Regional Medical
Center in Berryville has donated a fulltime
counselor to staff the AIDS clinic at
the hospital’s expense. A doctor also donates
medical services. Testing, quality
care, education and counseling are all
available. And this is the Bible Belt!
This reporter will not soon forget December
1, 1995. This event had a profound
effect onme, and it ismyfond hope,
that the same effect was felt by the rest of
the assembled people at the commemoration
of World AIDS Day 1995 in Eureka
Springs, Arkansas,
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EUREKA SPRINGS
Activist Pharr Briefs
Eureka Springs
by Phil Boler-Schmidt
DeVito" s restaurant in Eureka
Springs was the si te of an annual
meeting with Suzanne Pharr and
activists f.rom the Eureka Springs
co~nmunity on December 5th.
The setting was appropriate as
Jim andSusan DeVito had just
been named Volunteers of the
Year by The Women’s Project.
¯Ms.. Pharr was accompanied
by Linda Coyle ofThe Women’s
Project, and it was Ms. Coyle ¯
whofirst spoke to the group aleut
the activities of hate groups in
northwest Arkansas. Various "
hate groups have been active in
our part of the state for some
time, and the most noticeable "
has been the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan. It was noted that this ¯
group has recently split due to
somedifferences ofopinion, and "
because of the split, the KKK "
has actually grown in size and
strength. .
Also noted by Ms. Coyle were "
the militia groups that have °
formed in several areas of Ar- ¯
kansas and that activity has in- :
creased in southeast Oklahoma °
as well. Other groups, mostly of ¯
the white supremacist nature, to ¯
watch out for are: the Aryan "-
Nations, the White Aryan Resis- "
tance, neo Nazi skinheads, the ¯
Identity Christian Church, the "
Holy Alamo Christian Church, "
the Populist Party, and none other °
than the Elna Smith Foundation, ¯
located right here in Eureka ¯
Springs. The Smith Foundation
hosts The Great Passion Play °
and houses the Christ of the ¯
Ozarks statue. .
Both Ms. Coyle and Ms. Pharr "
expressed concern that many of °
the militia groups, which they °
noted are made up of mostly .
disgruntled wlfitemen, havebeen "
infiltrated by theKKKand other :
hate groups in an attempt to recruitnew
members to their cause.
Ms. Pharr is well know for her
work with Gay leaders in those
states where anti-gay statues
have been placed before the electorate,
and her vast work with
women’s issues is well documented.
Her main thrust of the
evening was to show those assembled
what majormovements
have been presented in the U.S.
Ms. Pharr is well
know for her work
w .th Gay leaders
in those states
where anti-Gay
statues have been
placed before the
electorate...
over the past 30 years and how
those intermingle and confuse
the people when issues are presented
for a vote.
She defined three majormovements:
the liberation movement
(of which we are all a part),
globalization of the economy,
and the rise of the religious right
wing fundamentalists. At issue
in the liberation movement are
reproductive rights, affirmative
action, children’s rights, removal
of sodomy laws-, and environmental
action, among others.
The issues for globalization of
the economy are the anti-tax
movement, .deregulation,
NAFTA,privatization, and ahost
of others. It is Ms. Pharr’s contention
that the rise of the religious
right came upon the heels
of economic globalization, and
due to this, many people do not
.understand that they areresponding
to problems in the economy
rather than moral issues. The
religious right has done a tre-
,_
mendous job of demonizang entire
segments of the economy
and making them (us) villains
when, in fact, it Is the
globalization of the economy that
has taken jobs away and decreased
corporate investment in
employees.
Ms. Pharr strongly suggested
that we all become versed in
economic issues and use this
knowledge in our discussions
with people who feel that gays
and lesbians, people of color.,
rand women ha~¢~ contributed to
the moral decline of America.
She aptly proved to those of us
present at her talk that when
people see that they are respondmg
to economic issues and their
ownfinancial needs, not the need
to demonize us, we have more of
a chance ofconvincing them that
we are not the enemy.
The religious right has done
its job well, for sure. After President
Reagan began the move toward
economic globalization,
religious leaders jumped on the
bandwagon and began to work
at the grassroots level to convince
average Americans that
they should blame groups that
the religious right saw as immoral
for the decline in available
jobs, the rise in the number
of welfare recipients, the decrease
in the average American’ s
paycheck and companybenefits,
and the movement away from
keeping jobs at home.
Ms. Pharr suggested that
nearly every ill the religious right
seeks to use to its political advantage
has its root in racism
and sexism.
For more information on
Suzanne Pharr’s work, to receive
membership information, or to
find outmore about how you can
be involved, contact The
Women’s Project at 2224 Main
Street, Little Rock, AR 72206.
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Opening the hearings, Chair- ¯ and rights activists in Oregon
man Peter Hoekstra (D-MI) said : have been concerned that their
the ten witnesses would explore ¯ disappearance ~nay have been
theroleofparentsinschoolsand ¯ because of the wo men’s high
values in the"big picture." Nev- ~ activist visibility during the carnertheless,
by the second day as ; palgns. Authoritiesdidn’trelease
witness after witness lashed out ¯ any information about how the2
against sex education, HIV pre- women died, saying they ~vould
vention and youth support pro- wait for the results of an angrams
in schools, the true nature topsy, but police initially deof
the hearings became appar- . scribed the killing as "brutal"
ent. Perhaps due to the national ~ and "violent." Police said they
outcry, the subcommittee called had no specific information to
on four of the ten witnesses to ° connect the deaths of the 2
address the impact of violence ." women with their political acand
harassmer~t ag~i:~ youth .’. ~vis.m, but said they would uot
grappling.withis.sues~:9.f sexual "discount those fears. "’ At press
orientation. No gay, lesbian, bi- time, The Associated Press resexual
or transgender youth ported that an arrest had been
were called upon to testify at the made in this case.
hearing. Govt. Asked to Supervise
"LouSheldon’sextremeviews Washington, D.C - Citing the
came across loud and clear,"said murders, and a tragic history of
Helen Gonzales, Public Policy violence agmnst Gays in other
Director- for the National Gay states with anti-gay ballot initiaand
Lesbian Task Force. "Even tives, the National Gay and Lesthough
the comm|ttee did not bian Task Force (NGLTF) has
completelystackthedeckagainst asked U.S. Attorney General
us: intolerance ofdiffering views Janet Reno to lend federal assisand
an anti-democratic approach tance in investigating homicides.
to education were the themes of "’We are writing to inform you
the day." of a situation which unfortu-
During the first day of hear- nately is becoming too commonings,
witnesses William Bennett place in our country and to seek
and Patricia Ann Baltz spoke in your assistance in helping progeneral
terms about the need to tect the lives of, gay, lesbian,
infuse values into public schools, bisexual and-., transgender
Homosexuality was only men- people," said the,three-page lettioned
briefly. During the sec- ter, firxedtoReno’sofficetoday.
ond day, witnesses discussed "Our concern is that however
school services and programs the facts in this case turn out,
which address prevention of hate crimes against Gays, l_~sbi-
HIV, hate-violence in schools ans, Bisexuals and Transgender
andthehighincidenceofsuicide persons continue to be an epiamong
gay,lesbian,bisexual and demic in this country...In the attransgender
youth. Several wit- mosphereofhatredandgay-baitnesses
misrepresented these ing which are expected to be
community efforts as attempts waged by the Far Right during
to "recruit and promote homo- next year’s anti-gay ballot and
sexuality.’" At least one witness legislative state initiatives, it is
complained about schools "pro- clear that such crimes will inmotinghomosexual
lifestyles as crease.’" The letter went on to
normal," while another witness detail the rise in anti-gay vioclaimed
that "homosexuality is lence, especially in states with
sinful.’" homophobic initiatives.
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Reviewed by Barry Hensley what Sullivan sees as the four political
Tulsa City-County Library armies "on the homosexuality battlefield
The gay rights debate will surely rise to ] of the culture war:" 1) Prohibitionists,
a new level with the publication of this ¯ who refuse to discuss homosexual intebook.
Sullivan, the gay editor of the New gration into society because of biblical
Republic magazine, has written an impor- ; beliefs; 2) Liberationists (at the other end
tant addition to the growing
number of books that
argue, in a straightforward,
readable and educated
way, that there is a
new politics of homosexuality.
It blends "liberal
equality in the eyes
of the state with conser-
[t]aere ~s] "a new pol;t~cs
of ]aomosexualaty...
[1,1e.d~] "l;1,eral
e~ual;ty ~n t~e eyes of t]ae
state vc~t]a conservative
social stability"
vative social stability in a program whose
twin tenets are open, un-impeded gay
military service and legal gay marriage.
Sullivan begins by asking, "What Is a
Homosexual?" By describing his childhood
experiences that he now realizes
were really gay oriented situations,
Sullivan makes a dear case for the inclusion
of gay themes throughout our culture.
Once, at the age often, heremembers
being"...happily engagedinreading. Then,
a girl sitting next to me looked at me with
a rmxture of curiosity and disgust. "Why
aren’t you out with the boys playing football’?"
she asked. Because "I hate it," I
replied. "’Are you sure you’re really not a
girl under there?" she asked, with the
suspicion of a sneer." With no mention of
homosexuality in his family, ]’i~ the newspaper,
at school or on television, he, like
most gays gr6_wing up, had no guidance,
discussion Or role models to help explain
the confusion he was gorng through.
The main part of this book is focused on
of the political scale)
which includes groups
such as Queer Nation and
ACI’-UP; 3) Conservatives,
the authors of"don’t
ask, don’t tell", and 4)
Liberals, who are often
simply piggybacking the
gay rights movement on
the back of the civil rights movement.
With the first two groups intractable,
Sullivan argues that a combination of the
best of conservative and liberal beliefs
can create a new consensus on homosexuality.
His idea "affirms a simple and limited
principle: that all public (as opposed
to private) discrimination against homosexuals
be ended and that every right and
responsibility that heterosexuals enjoy as
public citizens be extended to those who
grow up and find themselves emotionally
different." He means ALL rights and responsibilities,
including marriage and
military service.
Sullivan is remarkably eloquent, and it
is hard to disagree with his logic, although
he is often accused of being too conservative.
He has presented the best book to
date on how and why the gay rights debate
must move from the base of emotion and
fear to fact~ and logic. Check for "Virtually
Normal" on the Tulsa City-County
Library catalog, or call 596-7966.
ment shortly and will probably then be
voted onagain by the commission in early
December. The newspaper reported that
the commission’s recommendations will
also include an alternative proposal to
create a statewide domestic partnership
registration that would effectivdy extend
to same-sex couples all the benefits under
state control th at married opposite-sex
couples enjoy. The Advertiser, the state’s
largest-circulating daily, also editorially
endorsed the commission’s anticipated
action, sayang it was taking "a reasonable
stand that should be adopted by the legislature"
and that "gay couples should have
the legal right to marry in Hawaii."
Hill brings extensive experience as a
trainer in suicide imervention and has
served as a teacher of living skills -for
legally blind citizens for the State Visual
Services agency and has served on the
Advisory Committee for the Assistive
Technology Center. He is chair of the
Para Transit Sub-committee of the Special
Transportation Advisory Committee
(STAC) to the Indian Nations Council of
Governments (INCOG) and Tulsa Transit
Hill also volunteers with Youth Services
of Tulsa’s TYDD Program and is a
life-long member of 1 st Lutheran Church
of Tulsa where he is a member of the choir
and has served twice as a member of the
church board. He sings with the Tulsa
Oratorio Chorus and also worships with
Community of Hope congregation.
reviewed, saying that the state could give
visitation rights to an individual who had
a"parent-likerelationship"with the child,
whether the individuals were heterosexual
or a non-traditional couple. Knott appealed
that state high court ruling to the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Court Rules For Gay Adoptions
NEW YORK - New York’s Court of
Appeals, the state’s highest court, has
ruled that couples do not have to be married
in order to adopt, a ruling that, while
it also applies to unmarried heterosexuals,
is strongly welcomed by same-sex
couples. "There’s been a collective holding
of our breath around the state," said
Paula Ettelbrick of the Empire State Pride
Agenda. Although the high court’s ruling
does notmean that gay and lesbian couples
will automatically be given adoption
rights, it does mean that state courts can
not use marital status in determining adoption
applications. In late October, a New
Jersey court ruled that a lesbian could
adopt the son and daughter of her lover
because i t was in the "best interests"of the
2 children.Alower state court had blocked
the adoption, saying it was not allowed
under state law.
OK Lesbian & Gay Soccer
A car pool is being sponsored by the OK
Spoke Club to go from Tulsa to OKC for
Sat. morning soccer practices of the OKC
Wildcats team. The Wildcats team is seeking
novice and advanced playo;~.
Jerry, aTulsamember of the team hopes
to form a Tulsa team if there is sufficient
interest. For information, call 582-3212.
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1996 Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA Pageant
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Doors open at 8pm with a $5 cover and the
pageant begins at 9 sharp.
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Notes continuedfrom page 8
First off: R & H’s Cinderdla: Starting
off as the only musical Rodgers and
Hammerstein wrote specifically for television,
and one of the first ever written for
TV, 1! was pleasant enough to see on
stage, but just didn’t quite make the leap
all the way across the chasm. The show
did have a gay sensibility to it as directed
by John Ruocco, who was assistant to the
director of Terrence McNally’s very gay
play, "Love! Valor! Compassion!". The
King, as portrayed by David Boughn,
was definitely wed to the queen as a
matter of convenience. He was definitely
more interested in the manservants (who
were quite beautiful as well) than his wife.
Like many "old-fashioned" gay man/
very missed entertainers and former Miss
Gay Oklahoma USofA’s. The winner and
first runner-up will represent Oklahoma
in the 1996 Miss Gay USofA Pageant in
May. Miss Gay USofA Pageant is the
largest pageant for female impersonators
in the country.
The Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA Pageant
has been honored by the National
Pageant with the Best New Preliminary
Pageant.award and the Hospitality award
and the Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA Pageant
owner, David Bridgrnan, was given
the Owners Award for Business Person of
the Year in 1995.
Interested contestants may pick up info.
packets at dubs and businesses across the
state or may contact the pageant promoter,
David Bridgman at 918-838-3701.
woman marriages, the queen is a"beard".
Probably best friends, and fond of each
other, but quite an interesting direction
for the father of Prince Charming. And
they worry quite frantically over finding a
woman to make him happy! Throughout
the play, he seemed much more comfortable
with his manservants. Speaking of,
he was quite a sight to behold. There were
certain attributes, visible from a seat
slightly towards the rear orchestra, that
were quite breathtaking to behold. What a
scepter! And visible even to my nearsighted,
astgmafic eyes! Needless to say,
the costumes were well executed, showing
off the best of the actors. The singing
was very beautiful - Matt Clemens, as
see Notes, page 15
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Notes cont’dfrom p. 14
Prince C, had quite alovely tenor
volce, and Miss Cindy was very
well sung by Leslie Lorusso.
However, this production was
meant for amoreintimate venue,
no doubt about it. No splashy
showtunes,just nice quite melodies.
The stepmother and sisters
were the high point of the show,
being played like really mean
drag queens havin~ a bad hair
day. The "Stepsister’s Lament"
really showcased their comedic
"talents excellently, and the
soundtrack (available in both
Julie Andrews or Lesley Anne
Warren versions) is worth having,
and the show worth seeing
for this song alone. It seems to be
the only song R & H put any
effort into. As for the rest of the
show, I found it rather bland.
The main problem was that the
actors were "playing down" to
the audience in the worst
"children’s theater" manner -
making sure every joke was extremely
over-the-top, so all the
kiddies would get it. This, I’m
sure, was not the intent of R & H
when they wrote the piece. In
order for the show to work, it has
¯
to be treated as an adult show -
much of the humor is certainly
meant for adults - while retain-
" ing the fairy-tale elements as
¯ well. Pacing was a crucial ele-
¯ ment as well, and unfortunately,
in this aspect, the show did not
¯ succeed. Ithadmoments,butnot
enough to fill two hours. Two
: snaps and a yawn for the show in
¯ general, four snaps for theprince
and the stepsisters.
¯ Marilyn Maye, however, puts
on a terrific show - everything
¯ from standards of the ’30’s to
¯ current songs. I’d not heard of ¯
herbeforeI was told I’dbegolng
¯
to the show, but I am now a
¯ dedicated fan. After the dedication
of a song "To lovers every-
" where.... no matter who they
love", and a wry look at to the
¯ audience- I realized this woman ¯ knew her audience included gay
¯ folk, andwas very inclusive. And
¯ what a stager/actres!! Some
: people can sing prettily, but miss
¯ the wholemessage/emotionofa
¯ song. Not so, Ms. Maye. She can
¯ make you feel a song. When she
¯ comes back to Tulsa, I would
¯ urge you strongly tO see this gay-
. friendly performer. Her stage
persona is delightful, and the
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Murderer of Gay Man Gets
Second Degree Sentence
PONTIAC, Michigan (AP)- A TV talks show guest.
avoided a mandatory life prison.term for murdering a
gay admirer by convincing jurors that ’.’ambush televii"’
SayNoto Hate’
!iYes to Jobs Protections The members of Tulsa’ s Say No .,~ I-Fate Coalition have approved
¯ a statement on workplace discrimination ,that explicitly endorses
¯ fairness for all, including Gay & Lesbian citizens. The statement
: reads: "... Say.No to Hate Coalition condemns workplace discrimi-
:" nationin allits forms. Fundamental fairness dictates that all individu,
i
als,irrespectiveofrace, color,nationalorigin, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, [emphasis added] age or disability, be afforded equal
: opportunity in allof ,An~_,e,dca’s workpl,a~es.
: Itisnotaboutso-called specialrights forcertaingroups.Itisabout
evaluating each individual on his/her merit rather than making, group
¯ judgements based on ignorance and fear.
-" " Disedminationin the workplace diminishes us all. It should never
: happen, but it does. Laws are necessary to protectall ofus from such
¯ hateful and hurtful behavior, and to provide recourse in the event
i discrimination does infact occur."
¯ The Coalition is made up of the following organizations: the
: American Red Cross, Tulsa Area chapter, the Coalition of Hispanic
Organizations (COHO), theHumanRights Dept. ofthe City ofTulsa,
Intercultural Service Center, Islamic Society, Jewish Federation,
Metropolitan Urban League, NAACP, The National Conference,
Tulsa Region, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Tulsa Oklahornans for
HumanRights (TOHR),Tulsa Police Dept. andTulsa PublieSchoolS,
The Coalition was established in 1988 and works to protect theright,
safety and fundamental freedoms see Hate, page 10
sion" was partly to blame. . -. - ~: HIVRCThreatens Lawsuit Jonathan Schmitz of second-degree murderin the 1995 ~ Attorney Kenneth Crnmp, representing the HIV Resource Consorshotgun
slaying of Scott Amedure, whoh,a~ revealed a ¯
crush on Schmitz during a taping of _the Jenny Jones -"
Show?’ Defense lawyers argued that Schrnitz, who had -"
ahistory of emotional problems, was ambush,e,~, on the :
show and pushed over the edge., JurOrs agreed. Weall -.
felt he hada def’mite mental problem ... and the show ¯ i
exacerbated that," juror Dale Carlington Said..r .
Schmitz admitted shooting Am&ttire three days after :
the two attended a taping of the show in Chicago on ¯
March 6, 1995. Defense attorneys say Schmitz,ahet,, ."
erosexual; was humiliated to. learn ids secret admirer
was a man.The humiliation, combine~[ wfthSchmitz’.
history of menta! illness, alcoholism .and a thyroid
condition rend~r~tilln incapable offorming the intent
to kill, they contended.
Dr. Michael Abramsky testified that Schmitz probably
did not intend to hurt anyonebuthimselfon the day
he shotAmedure. Abramsky, whohad examinedSchmitz
about a month after the shooting, said Schmitz’s mind
was "bombarded" by thoughts that included killing
himself and feelings of anger seeMurder, page11 :
Election News Analysis
Political analysis & commentary by Tom Neal, editor :
Based on Associated Press reports and TFN coverage. :
Therecent elections appear to maintain thestatus quo :
for Lesbian and Gay citizens. In Tulsa, State Sen. Penny :
Williams (D) won over openly anti-Gay candidate .
Brian Lehman (R) despite overfly anti-Gay campaign :
ploys. Williams’ campaign also enjoyed supportfrom a ¯
number of Lesbian and Gay activists because of her ¯
history offairness. Hercampaign did, however, tell The .
Tulsa Worm that she had never supported same-gender
marriage despite avote against an anti-marriage bill last
legislative session.
Pat Woodrum, former director of Tulsa City/County
Library System and another candidate with ahistory of "
fairness to Gay citizens, lost her race for State Senate. ¯
Her opponent, James Williamson, also attempted to stir !
up anti-G,ay sentiment but some observers think :.
Woodrum s loss more likely a reflection of running as :
a Democrat in a traditionally Republican district. ¯
In the OK House, incumbent Republican Flint "
Breckemidge who represented a midtown district with "
a significant number of Lesbian and Gay voters was ."
defeated by Mary Easley, Democrat. This might bode ¯
well for Gay citizens since Breckenddge ran a Gaybaiting
campaign against former Rep. Bruce Niemi~ "
However, Breckemidge toldTFN ofdosefamily ties to ¯
members of the Gay commtmity. Easley, when ques- :
doned about her positions on- fairness for Lesbian and
Gay citizens, claimed she just hadn’t thought about °
these things: However, her campaign literature touted ¯
her as upholding/the "conservative, family-centered, :
see Politics, page 14 "
tium, has informedTFN that the HIVRC is ’q~esitant to communicate
directly" with TFN despite earlier demands byboard pres. Nancy
McDonald for a meeting. Crump forwarded a letter from McDonald,
asking that the letter be print,e~!,.,. adding, "ifthis is done, no further
[legal] action will be taken ~..’ TFN publisher Tom Neal noted that
TFN repeatedly agreed to McDonald’ s meedng demand (and agreed
to a date which McDonald later canceled) and that TFN was happy
to publish the letter (p.2). ¯
In a separate letter, Crump noted that aTFNreporter was questioning
the United Way (which helps fund the HIVRC) about possible
ramifications of client complaints and possible open records violations.
Crump demanded thatTFNcease suchactivity. Neal responded
that "it iS~an.unfortunate-attempt to intimidate TFN from making
legitimate press inquiries?’ Dr. Jerry Nida, Commissioner of-the
Oklahoma State Dept. of Health stated the HIVRC should comply
: with the open records statutes- withholding only strictly ,,c,o,nfidential
¯" information. Andpres.,MeDonaldacknowledged to TFN s attorney
.’- that theHIVRCWas obliged to provide the re~ords. To date, however,
~ no records_have been provided.
¯ ACLU-OK To Present Dr. Joycelyn
~ Elders & Honor Nancy & Joe McDonald
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has chosen Nancy
and Dr. Joe McDonald as their Human Rights Project award winners
alongwith longtime OKC Gay civil rights activist Bill Rogers. This
awardwill bepresentedin theGoldCrownRoomofthe Clarion Hotel,
4345No. Lincoln, at 7pm. TheACLUwill also honorPare Fleisehaker
of OKC~s Oklahoma Gazette for her work writing in defense of First
Amendment rights, choice issues and Gay &Lesbian Citizens, as well
as Michael Salem andJoel Carter, the attorneys who lead the effort to
get the City of Edmond to drop seeACLU, page 10
¯ MCC-GT Passes Financial Review
: MCC-Gxeater Tulsa has provided TFN with a copy of a letter from
¯ South Central District treasurer of the Metropolitan Community
Church (MCC). Thomas Merrill has given MCC-Greater Tulsa a
positive review of its finanCial situation with only light admonishments
about betteL.r..~eco~d~ing. Financial discrepancies that had
-concerned membe~’~hd:~kediwithTFN (v2, #12, 11-12/95) have
been resolved and ~6church has beendeared of any serious charges.
Merrill noted thati:there was no evidence ofany misappropi’iation of
funds, and bailk deposits were in order as were disbursements. He
suggested that the appearance ofmissing funds resultedfromafailure
to balance the bookkeeping records with the financial reports. He
praised e.mrent treasurer, Norman Henley. for discovering that a loan
paymen~ of $1,500 and tithe payments of $2,500 simply had not been
reported in finanCial statements. This accounted for most of the
"missing" fnn,ds. Merrill particularly remarked on deposit records for
as little as $1 which had been dropped from an offering, saying this,
was "a testament to the honesty and integrity of your leadership...
Merrill added that the church has done an excellentjob of heeding
the recommendations of aworkshop that the district provided to the
church last March. MCC-GT continues its pastoral search to replace
the Rev. Alice Jones who ledthechurch successfully for many years.
C’ENTER
!EVENTS Dana Tiger Benef,t for
¯ HOPE, RBG Meeting,
¯ Colm mu .n.ity-wide
!Potluck, V deo. Night,
i BLGTA Formal Dance,
: Primetimers & Morel
Award winning artist,
Dana Tiger, will hold
an exhibit of her work
at the Pride Center on
Sunday, Dec. 8 from
1-7 pm. Tiger who.
hails from a family of
artists will donate a
percentage from sales
to benefit HOPE, HIV
Outreach, Prevention
& Education whose offices are in the Pride
Center. Tiger is a member of the Muscogee
Nation and is of Creek]Seminole and Cherokee
descent. Her best known work honors the
strength and determination Of Native Americanw,~
men. InTulsa, BrooksideJewelryshows
Dana S Work and helped to bring this noted
artist to the Center. Tiger was to have been
joined by her sister, Lisa Tiger, who is known
for her work as-an HIV educator. Lisa Tiger
will not be able to attend but will have a video
as well as a book of essays to which she’.s
contributed available.
RainbowBusiness Guild (RBG) will have a
pizza party at theCenter for its Nov. meeting.
It will be a week earlier than usual due to
Thanksgiving - on-Nov. I9th at 7pro. All are
welcome. Dinner dues will be $S/person.
Dec. 7th, TOHR/The Pride Center will host
with HOPE, RBG, TU’s BLTGA and other
see Center, page 10
¯ World AIDS Day March
: Red Ribbon Treefest +
¯" Walk + DayWithoutArt
¯ This year’s World AIDS Day Memorial
: March and Service will be on Sunday, Dec.
¯ 1st. The marchers, organized by Interfaith
¯ AIDS Ministries,will gatheratBartlettSquare
¯ in downtown Tulsa (Sth & Main) at 5pro. The
¯ March will begin at 5:30 andwill end atTrinity
¯ Episcopal, 501 So. Cincinnati for Evensong
¯ service at 6pro. Marchers are urged to bring
¯" bells to ring during the March and will be
¯ provided candles and matches..Organizations
¯¯ are invited to bring their banners. A reception
will follow after the service. For info: 438-
¯ 2437 or 800-284-2437.
¯ see World, page 11
¯ COMING SOON!
:Our House Auction ¯
seepage 5
INSIDE EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2-3
¯ NEWS P. 4
HEALTH P. 7
¯" HIV/AIDS & THE LAW P. 7
¯ CALENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW P, 12
¯ RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 1:3
CLASSIFIEDS P. 14
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Publisher +,Editor: Tom Neal
Entertainment Writer + Mac Guru:
James Chri~tjohn
Writers + contributors:
Phyl Boler-Schmidt, Barry Hensley
Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
Steven Scott, Gerald Miller,
Lance Brittain, Kerry Lewis
Issued on or before the 15th of each month,~the entire contents of this publication
are protected by US copyright 1~ by T~!lsa Family News and may not be
reproduced either in whole or inp~rt,i~]’fhout ~,ritten permission from the publisher.
Publication of a name or photo does not indicatethat person’s sexual orientation.
Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be
signed & becomesthe so!e property_of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence
should be sent to the address above, ldaeh reader is entitled to one free copy of each’
edition at distribution points. Additionalcopies are available by calling 583-1248."
Just a note of encouragementbn your articleon the HIVRC.
The concerns that have been brought up form the PLWA’s are
true and correct. Please use my name as a former landlord that
received funds from the HOPWA grant, as validation of these
clients’ concerns.
Many people know that I used my properties to house several
clients from the RC, so I do hold a lot of Credibility there. The
allegations ofmismanagement, poor perf0rmance and claims of
bias retaliation against clients are facts, These reasons played a
very large role in the decision David and I made to sell our
properties. TheRC burned a very important bridge in that arena.
We had 12 properties, 6 of which at the time Of the sdl were
housed by PLWA’s on the HOPWA program, and we would
probably most definitely still be in that arena had the RC been
more cooperative to us and more compassionate towards the
clients they represent....
You are to be commended for your article, and I support you
100%!!!! - Russell Langley-Stumpff, Tulsa
¯ October 28 1996
¯¯ In respouse to the article appearmg in theTulsa Family News,
Oct. 15, v. 3, no. 11, tiffed "PLWA’s Indict HIVRC, Care
: Organization May Bein Violation ofOK Statutes", the Board of
¯" Directors ofthe I-I!V Resource C0nsorfittm are deeplyconcerned
¯ and.distressed at the accusation.
: We are a Not for Profit Organization chartered by the-Olda-
: homaCorporationCommission. Weadhere to the articulation of
¯ the mission of our organization. We receive funding from the
¯ United :Way, the Federal Government which dispenses funds
: through the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the State
: Housing Authorityand private donations. Because we are. a
¯ recipient of federal monies through the competitive grant pro-
: cess, weare bound by the guidelines as articulated by each grant.
¯ Wemustreport to the granting sources on a regular basis. Weare
." subject to scheduled and non-scheduled on site inspection and
¯ audit ofour records to determine our adherence to all federal and ¯
state guidelines, see McDonald, page 8
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine 832-1269
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria 744-0896
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria 749-4511
*Ground Floor Cafe, 51st & Harvard 749-5678
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234
*Samson & Ddilah, 10 E. Fifth 585-2221
*Renegades/Rainbow Room¯ 1649 S. Main 585,3405
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial 660=0856
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med.& Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272
*Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15 592-1521
Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates
1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 13th 749-3620
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria 744-5556
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial -622-3636
¯ Kellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
¯ Fred Welch, Lcsw, Counsding 743-1733
¯ Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
¯ AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071, 74101-1071 579-9593 ¯
¯ Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 583-7314
*Bless The Lord... Christian Center, 2627b E. 11 628-0594
¯ *B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
¯ *Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
"- *CommunityofHopeUnitedMethodist, 1703 E. 2rid 585-1800
: Commmlity Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
: Dignity/Integrity-LesbianlGayCatholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
¯ *Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
: *Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777
." *Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location&info: 587-4669
: Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
¯ Friends in Unity Social Org. (African-American mens group)
¯" POB 8542, 74101, call c/o TOHR @ 742-2927
¯
Indian Health Care, Save the Nati6n 584-4983
: Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
¯ *MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N..Maplewood 838-1715
~ *H!V Resource Ctr., 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 749-4194
¯ NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
¯ *Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
¯ PFLAG ,POB 52800, 74152 749-4901
: *Planned Parenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 58%7674
¯ Prime=Timers, P.O_. Box 52118, 74152 583=1410
¯ *R.A I N, Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
¯ Raihbow ~3usiness’Guiid, POB 4106;74159
: I have been reading your paper since it
: first started. You have done a very good
: job presenting the news and expanding
¯ coverage. ITm glad to see your progress.
: After reading your last editorial per-
: taining to the HIV Resource Consortium
: (HIVRC), I wanted to letyonknow that
¯ you are doing a big service for PWA’s
: who have no where else to turn.
¯ Since Ihavehadalittle experience with
: both PWA’s and a Consortiumin’Kan.~as
:-City, MO, I feel’ this is important. For
: .theHIVRCtofunctionitneeds twothings:
:: clients andmoney. If they .don’t’have
¯ enough ofeither; they are out ofbusiness.
: Maybe the HIVRC needs to be dissolved
: and another organization set up that will
¯ not be "afraid" to let the public read the
: minutes. Also, maybe too much money is
being spent l~mning the HIVRC. If the
ConSortium has nothing to hide they
should be glad there is someone like you
who is interested enough to help the
PWA’s.
Keep up the good work. This organization
should be held accountable.
- Cheryl Lenhart, Tulsa
749-4195 .:
665-5174 :
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~Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 - - -
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c.E~ 31St
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51-P1
*Novel Idea Bookstore~ 51st &Harvard
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Puppy Pause II, llth & Mingo
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston
*Scribner’ s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
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~ " *Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173-S. Main
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¯Emerald Rainbow, 45 &1/2 Spring St.
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MCC of the living Spring
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Thanks for Printing the Truth
Thank you for printing the truth as you
heard it or observed it. I am speaking
about the HIVRC an the various complaints
leveled against them. I. am also
sorry to say that I will not reveal my name
and it is not because I am irresponsible in
what I say, but I recognize very clearly
who is in control of the AIDS Service an
thus, funding in Tulsa. I am concerned¯
about repercussions.
I would encourage you not to stop your
investigation. I think that the clients that
have the more need are often the ones at
the Resource Center that no one wants to
handle. As you know, clients are not always
physically attractive with good hygiene
and wonderful personalities, some
are drug abusers, some are dirty, some do
not have any social skills, and some live
on the street and some have serious mental
health problems. However, they are
still deserving ofhelp. Ifthe mental health
centers stopped seeing the mentally ill
because hey did notmake sense then what
would be the purpose of heir existence?
Therefore, the Resource Center needs to
be sensitive toe people who are really
downandoutandnot always easy to help.
The must stop intimidating their clients.
I was extremely bothered by the secretive
nature Of their finances. Anyone
knows who works in non-profit agencies
’that all Of those records should be readily
available to people.-There should be no
-reason to hide that information - unless,
they are hiding it because their_ costs are
extremely high and the hours of service,
units of ~ervice, or numbers Of clients are
solow that most people would question
Why.they have-arOund halfa million dollar
budget- and still are saying they d0n’t
:. have .enough money. They ha*e much
: more than most otherAIDS service orga-
: nizations and they control, pretty much,
¯ all oftheUnitedWayfunds,TCAPfunds,
¯ and state funds. Perhaps Saint McDonald
: lias something to do with that since she
¯ " als0 serves on the board of the Commu-
: nity Service Council, which is an arm of
the United Way. see HIVRC, page 13
5
by Tom Neal, publisher/editor :
A handful of people arerather upset :right now. Last -
month this newspaper published an-article relating the
complaints of some people living with AIDS (PLWA? s) "
against the I-IIV Resource Consortium (I-IIVRC) and ¯
added complaints of this newspaper about the agency’ s ¯
lack of cooperation, The article highlighted the concerns ¯
of some HIVRC clients,, the response the HIVRC’d]rec- H I V i: R: C . :
torand also noted that the Board of " " ::
agency appeared to bein viola-. ~o. ¯
don of a~ Oklahoma state law. l.)~reetors " . .: :
The latter is the requirement President:
that an agency supportedsub- Nane
stantially with public monies
abide by open meetingsand .~.teL)onam,~
open records statutes. Accord- Viee-presl"dents:
ing to TFN, attor.ney and. also t~_~"re-~ ~~aunaIer"s " mylayman sreadingofthelaw, o. r~ ¯ .
theagencyshouldprovidemin- 0~, L,,an -
utes of its meetings when re- Phnhet, MD
quested. To date, the HIVRC
has been asked for meeting
minutes repeatedly since the
latter part of July and has yet to
provide them now more than
three months later.
Wehave reproduced several
letters from the president ofthe
organization, her close friends
and associates, and the
HIVRC’ s attorney. Readers can
seefor themselves several strategies
for both excusing the
agency~ s failure to comply with
the law and for attempting to
shift "blame from the agency,
its staff and its boardof directors,
to this newspaper.
Most of it is just pure silliness
and irresponsibility. The
law appears to compel the
HIVRC to provide its minutes
SecretarT:
.Tommy Chesbro
Rib Helmerleb
Caroline Abbott
Geo r e Bdlke
Michael Esliek
Jeffry Johnson
Erie Ramlrez
Gene Reid
Steve Reynolds
Charles Se~.er
Suzy Stard~eld
MaybelleWallaee
Jack Welsh
Ned Zink
when requested. The law does not specify that the entity
requesting the minutes must speak to any specific person
in the agency’ s hierarchy: Internal communications are
usually the responsibility of the agency.
The following is what this newspaper did in requesting
minutes: Sharon Thoele is the primary legal representative
of the agency in conducting it~ day to day business.
Thoele signs checks, and TFN understands, hires and
fires staff, etc. For the purposes of state open records
requests, Thoele is clearly an appropriate legal representative
for the organization.
Thoele received several requests from TFN for copies
of the minutes. These requests weremade first directly to
Sharon’s administrative assistance, Susie Stanford, beginning
in late July/early August. The first request was
ignored for several weeks. The second request was answered
with a message (given by Stanford) that Thoele
said that TFN could not have the minutes, and that we.
should talk with Charles Seeger who was described as
their attorney. During that conversation, TFN requested
a list of the board of directors from Stanford which was
taxed to TFN. This is so far the only document delivered
as requested.
¯ Editors note: this letter was.sent to the H1VRC With
copies specifically designated to Sharon Thoele & TFN.
This is the first ofmany letters thatwehope will let you
know how we the clients are feeling; In hopes that things
get better at the Consortium for all involved...
There are anumberofus that see but donot say, and yet
there are those of us who do and get SH1T. We don’tneed
the stress ofhaviffg to run all over town to try and find the
help you are responsible for giving...You put yourself in
the position of wanting to help, so stop the fighting and
start the helping... I was broughtup that "ifyou do it right
thefirsttimeyoudon’ thaye to doit over... Oncein a while
we can understand but each and every month...If you
don’t want to help the[n] don’t hinder us!!!
, Youallneedto gettheacttogether see PWA, page !2
TFN talked witti attomey(andi~ehi~iSlSens, board mem- : McDonald-of an important request. It also seems less
bet) Charle~ Seege,r and requested copies Of the mi.’nutes. ¯ likely that attorney a~d board member Seeger would fail
Seeger saidhe di.dn.t think that there was anything to hide " to do so. And another board member said hedid raise the
in the minutes but thatsince they were a private non- " issue at a board meeting that took place prior to the
profit~ he di-d not feel that they wer9 compelled toprovid~ ¯ publication of our last issue.
them and thereforg, the ,HIVRC would not ,make the ¯ Regardless; the point is that now the agency has the
minutes available.- - : opportunitytoprovethatitdoesindeedhaveonlythebest
TFN informed Seeg~.that we_understood fr,om our : interests .of its .clients at. hea~.,It .el.aims ~at it.has had
attorney that the ag¢ne-y ~as subject fo Oklah0mii s o~en~ " g0odandltS and~eviews. That being thecase~theHWRC
recordsstatutesandevengavehim’the~s~.~tute~citati~ns,: .:. shouldha~;e.’nd pr0bidm:~ng’t~0g~’andits flnancial
Seeger failed to return at least two sub~equen! callsTr0m :" statements a.vailablefor public_ review along with all
TFN andfailed to respond to aletterfromTFN sattomey. ; other records that donotinvolve Strict client or employee
-: " Board president Nancy McDonald claims that.she Was ¯ confidentiality issues.
¯ completely unaware of these ~eq~u..e,sts. She also is at- ¯ Itcanprovethatitisreallythemodelvogramitdaims
temptingt0 excuse the agency Lg failure to comply with " to be by actively responding to the complaints of those
¯. the law by contending that 0nly a request made to her " clients bra~e enough to confront the agency..It Can begin
~ directly is valid, This is pa~t of.the attempt Of the agency ¯ to address its internal communications Issues which
to shift blame for its failures to this newspaper. ¯ .include allegations of breaches of client confidentiality.
¯ However, Seegernever saidtoTFNthatarequestmfst " ~ For example, I am aware ofone suCh]ncidentbecause
" be made tOboard president McDonald. TFN also called I br6tight it to Thoele’ sattention’ directly. I could have
¯ board member Tommy Chesbro and asked if he could written abom it but I chose to let them try to fix the
: help get the’ minutes: Chesbro was sympathetic, but "- problem instead. Hopefully, it is fixed, but the employee
¯
referred questions back to executive dir.ector Tlioele. " who was accused still works for the agency. Others
Our contention is that a request made to the executive " involvedin HIV care in Tulsa say that there are ongoing
; director, the primary day-to-day legal representative for problems of this sort. ¯
the HIVRC is more than adequate notice to.the agency. Other issues include allegations by other HIV service
¯ This newspaper went above and beyond duty to speak : providers that instead of working as a model of organizaalso
with board members Seeger and board secretary " donal cooperation, the HIVRC has become the bully in
¯ Chesbro. the service provider arena- better at sucking up HIV care
~ Again, it is not the responsibility of this newspaper to dollars and better at adding staff than at actually provid-
: fix the internal communications failures of the HIVRC- " ing care. Other agencies tell tales that imply that person-
" ifindeedthatistheproblem.Itwouldseemthatexecutive alities and political connections play more of a role in
¯ director, Sharon Thode, who’ s paid slightly more than how agencies interact and how dollars are awarded than
" $30,000 annually, should be capable of getting amessage " do the real needs of the clients.
¯ toherboardandpresidentaboutafaidyimportantmatter. And isn’t that who we all should really care about?
. Interestingly, several former HIVRC board members " Why is it that so little of the discussion seems to be
¯ told TFN since the HIVRC story was published that ¯ concerned with the clients? That’s where Tulsa Family
¯
during their tenure, the HIVRC had the following proce- " News beganmore than eightmonths ago- by listening to
¯ dures’. earlier boards had been told by.an attorney that " those to who claim the HIVRC mistreated them. Most of
¯ they werenot subject to the Oklahoma Open meedngs and " them say they tried to work with the agency and were not
: records acts, but nevertheless those boards had set a : only rebuffed, but some were treated’in ways that added
¯
policy of operating as though they were. For example, the " to their stress and may have worsened their health.
¯ organization posts its meeting times publicly in advance
¯ in accordance with the law. The question then becomes
¯ this: if the HIVRC’s standard, operating p01icy was to
¯ honor the law (even if they contend they weren’t subject
¯ to it), why did they not honor the open records act when
¯ .TFN asked for minutes?
¯" What we have argued is that if the agency has nothing
¯ to hide, then sharing the minutes shOuld never have been
~ a problem. For comparison, TFN talked with several
¯ executive directors Of other non-profits, some HIV re-
: lated and others not. Each of these Said that if .they were
¯ asked for minutes, they would provide.them promptly.
¯ One person in another city, who formerly ran an agency ¯
that is dosdy comparable to the HIVRC in mission and
: structure, said he would simply have photocopied the
¯ minutes and turned them over.
¯ Some observers of this situation have suggested that ¯
they find it tmlikely that McDonald was unaware of the
request but likely directed Tiioele and Seeger to "stonewall"
the request. This newspaper has no proof of such
contentious. However, given the seemingly dose working
relationship betweenMeDonald and ~noele, whom
McDonaldrecently helped to honorwith aSWANaward~
it seems rather surprising thatThoele wouldfail to inform
How can I convey my. disappointment in your article
questioning the HIV Resource Center [sic]? Professional
journalism covers both sides ofcontroversialissues. Why
were HIVRC client & staff responses not reported?Why
did not younot share with your readers any results ofyour
3.5 hour interview with director Sharon Thoele?
[editor’s note: the PLWA’s who spoke with us are
HIVRC clients, and last we checked, Sharon Thoele was
still on the HIVRC staff. TFN reported that part of
Thoele’s comments that were relevant to the original
complaints by PLWA’s.]
Was your article questioning one program, three programs
or the agency overall? The issues and considerations
behind all AIDS and non-AIDS social services are
ind.,e~l complex.. , .
One sources related what I hope isjust a rumor with no
merit. After TFN’ s interview with Thoele, she’ s alleged
to have expressed anger that I did not reveal who my
sources were. Let’ s hope that herintentwas good and that
that information would have been used to fix the problems.
However, the fear by some clients of retaliation
surely doesn’ t stem iust from paranoia.
The point of all this is not to besmirch the reputations
of the staff or the board of the HIVRC. I hope all involved
have only the best intentions and have done the best they
can with limited resources. And there is no doubt that
there are not adequate funds for the need..However, point
of public oversight is that the best possible management
and ~tre should be prox;ided within the res.trictions of
those limited resources. The questions are: is management
up to the task; is it possible that the agency has
.grown beyond the skills of those leading it; is itmaximizmg
the benefit to its clients; is the board willing to follow
both the spirit and~the letter of the law?
The answer to all these may well be yes. But those of
us whose tax dollars or United Way contributions substantially
fund this agency have the right to. expect the
HIVRC’ s full cooperation and disclostire.
It hash’ t happened Yetbut hopefully it will soon.
Concerning your lead story tiffed"PLWA’s Indict HIV
RC... once again I find an outright assault in print against
an organization that has served as a model nationwide in
the administration of HIV/AIDS care and resources.
While it is easy to understand that every agency cannot
please each client 100% of the time.I am concerned that
each client is treated with dignity and respect. In my
professional dealings with theHIV Resource Consortium
I have found a group of compassionate and caring individuals,
staff and volunteers dedicated to delivering service
efficiently and effectivdy for very little or no pay.
[editor’s note: director Thoele ispaidover $30k which
is more than many ordinary people make.]
While you stated in your artidethat you conducted a 3
see Phillips, page 8 " 1/2 hour interview see Gillean,page 11
St. Rights Group Forms-
BURLEY, Idaho (AP) - If gay rights come under fire
in the 1997 Idaho Legislature, Schuyler Enochs will
be there to stop it. Enochs, of!Caldwell, was jolted
into working for gay and lesbian rights after watching
his gay son Karl die of AIDS in 1994. Now he is cochairman
of Idaho for Basic Rights, which is forming
to block possible anti-gay rights legislatiofi from the
Heyburn-based Idaho Citizens Alliance.
The Idaho Citizens Alliance plans to file two bills
by the end of. November~ executive director Kelly
Johatmsen said. One would prohibit public schOols
from promoting the
ers couldnot counsd gay students, offer Some kinds
of diversity training or take classes on dealing with.
sexual Orientation. The other measure would prohibff
the use of tax dollars to promote the homosexuallifestyle.-
That means .students at¯ publicly funded
colleges ~ould not prod.uce plays favorable to gays
and lesbians, and libraries could not p~urehase mat.e.--
rials about gays and lesbians
"In our school we don’ t promote dr~gsJwe don~;.t
promote alcohoLase-..~?~It~s detrime~a.t~l~ .~o-th~ir
health;"qohannsen said?!Statistieally~ iT:theyengage ~
in the homosexual lifestyl~ they~ 11 die lOto. 15 years
younger than they would if they.were a smoker."
Enochs scoffed at the ideathat schools canpromote.
sexuality. "You can’. t teach it: You’re born thatway~’!.
he said.:"What’ s wrong with counseling people.that
are homosexual?. Their suicide rote is very high. They
need help. They need counseling. They need to understand
it isn’t.unnatural. It’~s natural, for them.’r
Enochs saidignorance is his group’ s biggest obstacle. -
"People just don’t understand that a certain percentage
ofyour population is gay or lesbian and they have
: turned custody of two young boys to their homo-
. sexual father on Tuesday, ruling there was no evi-
¯" deuce he exposed them to "improper influences" by
." living with a male lover. The NC Cohrt of Appeals
’ overturned a lower court _,..~.’~gthat had transferred
: the boys from Frederick S’~th to his former wife.
¯ Smith woncustody of the boys, ages 8 and 11, after
: heandhis wife divorced in Califomia in 1991. Under
¯ the lower court decision, however, they.have been
" living with their mother, Carol Ptiiliam, in Kansas._
: Pulliam’s attorney, Phillip Jackson~ said .the ruling
: wouldbe appealed to the state Supr.eme Court. Hedid
: noLknow if.the.children would, be retiimed from
¯ ~sas i~nme~liatelyl Smi~ alidhis sbns lived with
: his grandmother in H~nderson Cty. from i991-94.
¯ But in 1994, the grandmother moved Out and his
¯ Iover, Ti~Tipton, moved, i,n. Pulliam said the change
: in Smith s living, arrangements justified giving her
: exclusi,~e ,custody bflthe children,~
: A’ Henderson Cty, ~ .c6,Ui-t agT-eed,, finding ihat’,the.
:_ chil~en,were ~Xposed to ~’~t and imprbper ififlu-
¯ ences~’ that could’.xlamAge: them dmotionally and-
:. social!y~ ,.~a,t finding-was.’b~.d~0n nothi!zg more.
¯ ~ titan 0~ifii’0ii,.A~s~c~ Jfi~gd. Edward Greend
:" wrote for a~’-ji~dke~p~i’i~i
: this c~s~e, thee is no evidehee that-the’c.onduct huh or
: likdy WlUha~;e a ddeteri0us effec(0fi ~echild~n,"
¯ i Greene ~vrote2 Smith~.who coachedhis sons’ tee-ball
"~ andbaseball teams,,said h,~ hadhopedhis ease Would
i not get mUch attehtion.- Mo~t.p~op.!e’drn’ ~ r~lize
I’mgay,"hd sai~l.. "Emworried.. ~61 die,,reperdussiohs
for ~e kids.at school and me a.t work.. -
i CO school DebatesGay
¯ NewspapersStories
no choice, no choice at all," he~ said. Johannsen said :
her group already has lawmakers ready to support the : COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Nearly three:
1997 legislation. . : dozen gay rightsadvocates spoke out at a school
boardmeeting Wednesday night in support of a high
L,. i " i.date : school newspaper story about teen-age homosexual- euls,a.lv....-.n.. : ity: The:~article~ tided "Finding True Love," was
Calls for-Killing Gays: writtenby Mary Margaret NusSbaum, editor-in-’chief
of Palmer High Sel~ool’ S monthly newspaper The
PUYALLUP, Wash, (AP) =,A legislative candidate Le~;er. The O~t. 24 article describes the problems
who outraged many PuyallupHigh School students.
with his inflammatory remarks about gays and integration
may end up being a good lesson in the basics
of democracy and free speech.
Mark.Downey, a, PgpuliSt. Party candidate for.the
25th District ofstate House, Position 1:-, was invitedto
speak at the school-sponsored, forum but startled
students with his intolerant message. He used quotes
from the Bible to say homosexuals Shouldbe killed,
and he called multi-cul.tural integration a cancer.
"He Said something to the effect that Communists,
homosexualsand nonwhites should not be allowed to
hold public office," said Matthew Oren,,18. "It was a
shoeking thing." Downey contends he ~as contributing
to. the marketplace of ideas, Ben.Allison, 17; sM,d
that- as a blackp+rson he was offended by Downey s
remarks, but he wash’, t sure that Downey should ha~e
been banned fromthe forum, "I think he hadaright to
come because if he hadn’.t come, no one wouldknow
his views;" Allison said./’I was close to hitting him,
though."
Downey’.s fellow¯ candidates~ Democrat Luanne
Green and Republican JoyceMcDon~d, also were
surprised.by hi~ comments. Gre~n’sai;d ~he"thofight"
MeDonald might,grab,the microphone~away, from
Downey."’I said; ’Let it go. The-kids needto under~
stand that these people are out there,’ " Green said.
Vice Principal Barbara Pope agreed. "I really believe
that he should have been~there," Pope said. "To me,
the issue is what are we exposingour kids to. I think
we expose and then we talk before and afterwards
with them."
Oren, who was a student panelist for the debate,
described a sttmned silence in the auditorium for the
first 10 seconds ofDowney’ s closing statement. That
silence quickly turned to screaming and booing that
nearly drowned out the-candidate’s remarks. Students
and teachers talked about the free speech issues
in classes following the forum.
Gay Dad Can Keep Kids
RAT.F.TGH, N.C. (AP) - A state appeals court re-
: teens face in coming to terms with their homosexual-
¯ ity. An accompanying commentary by another stu-
: dent supported same=sex marriages.
¯ The articles brought a protest from ¯Will Perkins, chairman of ColrradO’frr Family Values, the ~roup
¯ thatatith0redCol0rhflo’s~anti-gayfightsAmeiidmcnt
~ 2/Which was struck d0wnin May bythe’U.S. ,Supreme
Court. Perkins did not attend the meeting. The
¯ controversy over.the a~ti~les led.District 11 school
board t6 add a discussion of its student publication
policy tO its tegular meeting Wednesday.
: About 35 people ~p0ke about the articles, with all
~ but one praising thenewspaper. Gerda Fletcher, .the
¯ mother of a gay son; snide"Freedom of speech must
never, ever "be suppressed." Sixteen-year-old Brad
: Balof saidhehopes the articles ~vill make otlierS.more
¯ accepting .of gay-teens. "I’might n6t’have as hard
~ time growmg up as I thoughtI wotlld," he said.
¯ Superintendent Kenneth Buruley i said the- district ¯
needs a deare~r,.publicafions policy that does not
: violate:the state S smdelit-.free-.pressd’aW~ one_of the
¯ most liberal in. the nadon. He said the district is "~ cons’ulfing an att_0me~y. :tb:mak~ ~,~ure’ any at,tqmptg to
;. defixie,:,~ ~611ey d~n’i g0.t06, ~:st~iel,aW S_a.YS ~it
. a student-Wtitteii firtidemugt-nb~t beobs~ie:~ libelous,
likely to caus~ a dis.t.drbatice]ffthe s6hool dayoi
: lack educationalmerit.
¯ Newspaperadviser Vince Puzick saidNussbaum’ ,S,
: article met those Criteria."’I encouraged her to do it,’
: he said ofNussbaum. ’T d do the same article again?’
Nussbaum also defended the article before the board.
¯ She SaidThe Lever tries to avoid filling a stereotypi:
: cal niche" by publishing stories on controversial
¯ topics such as gtmcontrol. School officials didnot set
: a date for deciding the student publications policy
: issue.
i CA Bar Urges Benefits ¯ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The State Baris urging ¯
Califomialaw firms to offer health benefits to same-
: sex couples and take other steps against discrimina-
¯ tionbasedonsexualorientation. ’Thisisthefirststate
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bar association that’s taken a step like this," Los
Angeles attorney Wayne Braveman, chairman of the
bar’ s Committee on Sexual Orientation Discrimination,
said Wednesday.
A state law that took 9~f,~..in 1993 prohibited
employmentdiscriminatioi] agaiJ~sthomosexuals. The
bar adopted a rule in March 1994 that subjected
lawyers and firms to potential disciplinary action for
discriminating on the base of mce,-sex, sexual orientation
or several other categories in hiring employees
or selecting clients.
On another front, the state Judicial Council has
begun a study of treatment of gays and lesbians in the
court system, as lawyers, diehts, witnesses, employees
and jurors. Previous studies have focused on
women and racial minorities.
But the bar’ s Board of Governors decided in August
that further step,s were needed after getting a
reportfromBmveman s committee on the climate for
homosexuals in the legal l community. The report
relied heavily on a 1994 study by the LosAngeles
County Bar Association that found’inStanceS of dis--
erimination in hiring, workplace ea~ironment, as:
siguments, evaluation, pay and prom6ti0n. ¯
The Los Angeles study said 58percent ofgay male
lawyers and 68 percent oflesbians "surveyed reported
that they had experienced or seen dis~-rimination
against homosexual attorneys: Despite the 1993 ban
on’ emplo~mentdis~imination, one unnamed legal
employer was quoted in the LoS Angeles survey as
saying, "We are not interested in lawyers with this
type of disability." About 15 percent of all lawyers
questioned in therandom survey said their employers
discriminated in hiring, 15 percent said their clients
did notwantto workwith gay lawyers, and 66 percent
reported anti-gay comments or jokes .at work, the
report said.
In 1991, before passage of the state law and attorney
disciplinary rule, a State .Bar study of 14.300
randomly chosen Californialawyers found economic
disparities between homosexuals and heterosexuals.
For example, gays and lesbians with 10 years of law
practice were only two-thirds as likely to be partners
in their In’ms, or to make over $100,000 a year, as
heterosexuals.
The resolution passed this August by the bar’s
governing board calls on law firms to adopt, implement
and publicize anti-discrimination policies in
recruitment, hiring, assignments, pay and promotious.
Firms should also maintain a supportive atmosphere
rather than onein which gays felt compelled to
remain in the closet, the board said.
In addition, the board called on law firms to adopt
"benefit packages with the same sets of benefits for
all employees." Those would include insurance for
same-sex partners on the same basis as married
couples, in addition to parenting leave, sick leave
caretaking and bereavement leave and relocation
benefits. Firms were encouraged to invite same-sex
partners to social events when spouses were als0
invited. Earlier this year, the bar included domesticpartner
benefits in its health package available to
California attorneys.
Gay Unionsto be Blessed
PHILADELPHIA (AP) = A month after Pennsylv.ania
passed a law banning same sex mhrriages ,’ ~
state’ s Episcopal Diocese has voted to create ablessing
for gay and lesbian relationships.
At the diocesan convention Saturday, clergy delegates
voted 101-43 and lay delegates voted 75-53 to
develop "a rite or rites for the blessing of committed
relationships between persons of the same sex." The
PennsylvaniaDioceseplans tourge thenational churcl~
to do the same. The combined 176-96 vote "was a
surprise to me," said Bishop Allen Bartlett, who had
expected a closer margin.
The 65,000-member diocese, which has 163 parishes
and missions in Philadelphia and four surrounding
Counties, will submit the approved resolution to
the national governing convention in Philadelphia
next year. If the General~ Convention approves, the
church’s Standing Liturgical Commission will be
asked to devise an appropriaterite.
Such a blessing would have no legal standing
unless a state legislature chose to recognize it. That
¯ appears unlikely in Pennsylvania. In October, Gov.
¯¯ TomRidge signedlegislationbanning gaymarriages.
The Rev. Ruth L. Kirk, who co-submitted the
: resolution, said Christian moral codes cannot be
¯ devdoped purdy on the moral codes of the first
century. "As I said at the convention: Can God do a
: new thing? And can God use the church to do a new
¯ thing? For centtLdes we have condemned gays and
¯ lesbians. It is time to support committed, loving
: relationships."
¯ DenverWorkers.Benefits
i DENVER (AP) - City officials say only 48 city
: workers signed up their gay partners for health ben-
. efits by this week’s deadline, far fewer than oppo-
¯ nents ofthenew programpredicted. The City Council
: voted overwhelmingly in September to offer the
¯ benefits to partners of gay employees. Open enroll-
: ment for the program ended at 5 p.m. Thursday.. ’Tm
: a little surprised,"said Fred :rjmmerman, director of
: the city’s Career Service Authority. "I.thought it
¯ wonld be higher." " -, ¯ ¯
¯
Opponents of the benefits’extension had predicted
i themove wouldlead toa huge increase in health care
¯ costs’. With48 signing up, the city"s insurance premiums
for eligible workers, which total about $12
¯
million ayear, willincrease by $80,000. Timmerman
: said the actual number of .enrollees shows those
¯ predictions were overestimated. "We never had any
¯ fear about it,"he said. Timmerman said he expected ¯
at.least I percent of the 8,500 eligible employees to
: signupfor theprogram..The48 whodidrepresentless
¯ than 0.6 percent.
i Presbyterian Church
: Leader Urges Cease-Fire
: GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -The top elected official
¯ of the Presbyterian.Church (USA) says church lead-
! ers shonld declare a cease-fire in disputes overhomo-
: sexuality that he says threaten to divide the denomi-
¯ nation. "We do not agree at all about what the Bible
¯ means onthisissue," saidJolmBuchananofChicago,
¯ elected moderator of the 3 million-member denomi-
: nation this year. "The question becomes for me: ’Can
¯
we find some way to live with that diversity or must
¯ we resolve the issue in a way.., that divides us?’ "he
¯ said. Buchanan spoke Tuesday to members of the ¯
¯ Foothills Presbytery, which represents 21,000 merebers
in 65 Upstate churches.
¯" In the coming months, presbyteries nationwide
¯ will vote on whether to amend the church’ s constitu¯
tion to require thatministers be faithful in amarriage between a man and a woman or live in chastity if
single: The church already has a policy statement that
bars practicing gays from ordination, but its Book of
: Order does not include such a restriction. Buchanan
: said Presbyterians tradifonally interpret passages in
¯ context with the whole Bible and through debate
within the church. "Everybody knows that ff you are
: - willing to simply pick-things out of the text you can
." pretty much f’md justification for whatever position
¯ you want to take on any given issue," he said.
:
¯ RI .Police Welcome Gays
: PROVIDENCEi R.L (AP).- The Rhode Island State
: Police have been trumpeting a recruitment drive that
¯ seeks to diversify the 193-member force, which in-
: eludes 14 women, 12 blacks and one Hispanic. For
¯
thefirsttime, arecruitmentad appearedin this month’ s
¯ edition of Options, a newsletter for gays andlesbians
¯ published in Providence. It’ s bdieved to be a novel
¯ step for a state police force.
~ ’‘This is a first that I know of," said Boston Police
¯ Sgt. Norman Hill, president of the New England
¯ chapter of the. Gay Officers Action League. ’‘They ¯
deserve a pat on the back. They should definitely be
: acknowledged for their progressiveness." "Really?"
¯ replied San Francisco Police Officer Phil Fleck when
¯ told of the ad. "That’ s proactive for Rhode Island," ¯
¯ said Fleck, liaison to the department for the Golden
State Peace Officers Association, an organization of
¯ gay and lesbian officers. ’’That’s very positive for
them to do this thing."
Southwest - ca+l
WHAT IS VIATICATION?
Viatication is the process through which a person
living with an terminal illness canreceive a cashpayment
from the face value of their insurance policy.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE FORA
VIATICAL SETTLEMENT?
Generally, to be eligible for a viatical settlement you
must have a documentable terminal illness, and life
insurance coverage in either an individual term, ’./hole
life, or a group policy.
HOW MUCH IS MY
POLICY WORTH?
The value of your life insurance policy in a viatical
settlement is determined by the specifics of your policy
and your unique medical situation. Not every policy is
suitable for viatication, but settlement offers typically
range from 60% to 90% of a policy’s face value, depending
on the specifics of your policy and medical history.
HOW DOES A SETTLEMENT
WORK?
With your written permission, we gather medical and
insurance records with which to determine your policy’s
value. Then, a settlenmt offer is presented to you. You
may always decline the offer with no obligation whatsoever.
Should you accept the offer, payment is made
directly to you. Youpay nothing else on your policy, andyou
owe us nothing.
IS VIATICATING MY
POLICY THE RIGHT
CHOICE FOR ME?
Many factors influence whether viaticating your life
insurance is the best financial alternative available for
you. Southwest Viatical can discuss all ofthefactors with
you and your family in person, in detail and can recommend
an experienced Certified Financial Planner to assist
you in planning the best outcome from your unique
financial situation.
HOW IS SOUTHWEST
VIATICAL DIFFERENT?
Today, many companies offer viatical settlements,
doing business only by bulk advertising and 1-800 numbers.
They transfer your insurance and medical records
by mail, and do business from another state.
At Southwest Viatical, we believe you should be assured
of complete confidentiality and the best possible
service by working with us in person, face-to-face. We
are involved on a community level, and are responsible
directly to our local commtmity.
By working with you in person, but at the same time
having access to nationwide financial resources, we are
able to deliver the best value on your policy available
today. And because of our established resources, we. can
deliver a settlement in less than a third the time other
companies take by mail, typically in fewer than 30 days,
We’ll do what it takes
to find the best solution for you.
Kelly Kirby
Oklahoma Representative
4021 South Harvard, Suite 210
Tulsa, OK 74135
800-305-6384
918-747-3320
Free & Anonymous
Finger Stick Method
By &for, but not exclusive to the
Lesbian, Gay~ &Bisexual Communities.
Monday & Thursday evenings, 7-9 pm
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
H P E" HIV Outreach, Prevention & Education
formerly TOHR HIV Prevention Programs
742-2927
4158 South Harvard, Suite E-2
. 2 doors east of theHIV Resource Consortium
Look for our banner on testing nights.
SCOTT
ROBISON’S
PRESCRIPTIONS
Serving Tulsan’s
Since 194 7
Major credit cards
In-store charges or
Direct insurance billing
for your convenience!
3 locations to serve you:
Hillcrest
PhysiciaWs Building
1145 So. Utica
582-7144
Utica Square Area
1560 East 21st, Ste. 104
743-2351
The Plaza
8146-D South Lewis
299,1790
New Blood Safety
Product Developed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Scientists at
the Ol~lfil~tma MedicalResearch Foundation
have developed a patented new use
for a drug that should eliminate the threat
of AIDS in blood transfusions and might
be effective in treating HIV-infected patients.
The foundation received a U.S.
patent Tuesday for a process to introduce
Methylene Blue into bags used to collect
and store blood donations, Dr. William G.
Thurman, president of the private, nonprofit
foundation, said Wednesday.
"It is our hope that the drug will be as
useful in clinical disease as it is in preventing
the disease by putting it in the
bags used to collect blood," Thurman
said. The Daily Oklahoman reported
Thursday in a copyright story that the
insti~te deyeloped the use that canrender
die AIDS virus i]iaet~ve in human blood,
making it safe for use in transfusions.
Biochemist Dr. Robert A. Fioyd saidhe
also believes low doses of Methylene
Bluemightbe effectiVein destroyingHIV
or reducing the amount of virus in people
withAIDS orwhoareHIV~positive. Floyd
said OMRFhopes to conduct clinical tri=
als with Methylene Blue in the near future.
The medication-Methylene Blue also
has been used to treat bipolar:disorder, or
manic depression, and as an antidote to
carbon monoxide poisoning. Floyd said
various dosages of Methylene Blue have
been studied extensively in humans with
no side eff~ts or toxicity levels have been
found. Thurman said putting Methylene
Btueinbloodtrausfusions andbloodproducts
should not significantly add to their
cost.
NY Doctors Can’t
Discriminate
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Doctors-in private
practice ca~ be charged under state
humanrights laws withdiscfiminationfor
allegedly denying medical coverage to
people they suspect ofhavingAIDS, New
Estate Planning:
Revocable Trusts
Everyone, regardless of their HIV stares,
should take the time to plan their
estates to ensure that their wishes are
fulfilledregarding thedispositionofproperty,
financial management, and health
care decisions. Because of the possible
physical and mental incapacity, persons
with HIV are encouraged to take steps as
soon as possible to maintain as much
control as possible over their futures. One
of the options is a Revocable Trust.
ARevocableTrustis an estate planning
document created by a person (usually
called the "settlor") to transfer property
into a trust. The trustmay make the settlor
the sole beneficiary of the trust during
until the settlor dies. Atrustee is named to
manage the property while the setflor is
alive and who distributes the property
when the settlor dies. The setflor may
amend the trust at any time.
When the settlor dies, the property is
distributed according to the terms of the
trust, and any property in the trust will
avoid probate when the settlor dies. Be
aware, however, arevocable trust will not
save aay taxes since th~.trus~t l~’,qL~e..~..~ will
York’s highest court ruled today. The
¯ Court of Appeals decided 4-3 that denlists’
offices are"places ofpublic accom-
-" modation" and it reinstated discriminalionjudgments
against two dentists made
¯’ by the state Division of Human Rights.
: The three dissenting judges said their
-" four colleagues weremakingnew law and
¯ that the decision would saddle the Divi-
¯ sion of Human Rights with claims the
: Legislature did not intend it to have.
: The court ruling came in two similar
¯ cases stemmiug from what patients said
¯¯ was denial of treatment by Dr. Dennis
Cahill ofBay Shore and Dr. LloydLasser
" of Newburgh. In ruling in the patients’
favor, the Human Rights Division had
: said private dentist offices are "places of
: publicaccommodation" within themean-
" ing ofthelaw whichprohibits dlscrimina-
: lion on the basis of gender, race, religion,
medical condition or o.ther factors.
ThalidOmide for
AIDS Care
¯ WASHINGTON (AP) - Thalidomide,
¯ whichbecametheworld’smost infamous
¯" drug after causing thousands of horrific
¯ birth defects more than30 years ago,may
¯ soon be sold in the United States - per-
~ haps as early as next year.
¯ While the drug shows promise in fight-
¯" ing someAIDS-related disorders, leprosy
¯ and other devastating diseases, the Food
: and Drug Administralion already is taking
steps to protect women who could
bear children with no limbs or tiny flip-
" per-like arms and legs after taking just
¯ one pill in early pregnancy.
: .Thalidomide, once sold in 48 countries
¯ as a sleeping pill and morning sickness
¯
cure, was banned worldwidein 1962 after
¯ some 12,000 babies were born with miss-
¯. ing or malformed limbs, serious facial
deformities and defective o~gaus.
¯ It was never sold in the United States,
¯ because FDA scientist Frances Kelsey ¯
uncovered signs of toxicity that its manu-
: facturerhaddenied. Butlast week, Kelsey,
: now in her 80s and still at the FDA, heard
¯ see.Health, page 10
: beincludedinthe setflor’ s estatefor estate
¯ tax purposes.
¯ Arevocable trust is anespecially useful ¯
¯ document for a person who is presently
capable ofmanaging his.or her affairs but
¯ who anticipates becoming incapacitated
: in the future. A revocable trust can aid in
¯ planningforincapacitybyhelping toavoid
." the expense, embarrassment and diffi-
¯ culty in seeking a court appointment of a ¯
guardian or conservator in the event of
." incapacity. If all of the setflor’s assets are
¯ placed in the revocable trust, then upon
¯" the setflor’s incapacity, the trustee can
¯ take over management of the trust assets
¯ for the settlor’ s benefit.
¯ There are both advantages and disad-
: vantages to the revocable trust. A revocable
trust is more expensive and difficult
¯ to ere,ate and administer than a Last Will
: and Testament. However, its advantages
". include flexibility, avoidance of probate,
¯ continuity of management of assets. Be-
. cause it is unnecessary to publicly file the
: trust document in court, the trust arrange-
" mentremaius private. The property distri-
: bution may be more protected from chal-
¯ lenge than if by Will.
recoguizableboardmembers? Itis hardto
find good board members for any organization
and assaults like this make this task
even harder.
Devalued the work of employees, volunteers
and supporters of the Resource
Center. The HIV Resource Center is a
national model because of broad based
community support. Your incomplete articlemay
havejeopardized volunteer support,
f’mancial support and the level of
client services. (I hope this will not be
true.)
Is an example of behaviors you have
’written and spoken about working ag~nst
-- infighting in the commuility and using.
the press to present one ’side of.an zssue_-,
and to capriciously defame Others.
Showed divisiveness within the gay
community at a most inopportune time --
the opening of the pride center [sic], the
elections, the fall funding cycle during a
time of social service cutbacks; and the
appointment of Tulsan Nancy McDonald
as national president of PFLAG.
I have spent time, money and energy
building community within the gay community
and building bridges within our
larger community. I am joined in this by
manypeoplelocally andnationwide. Your
behavior ofprinting this incomplete, vituperative
article undermined the work we
do.
You owe an apology to your readers
and to the straight and gay community in
which you live. I suggest that TFN has a
responsibility to cover issues objectively,
thoroughly and to work with an editorial
board [editor’s note: emphasis added]
before going to press. Withyour visibility
comjes [sic] a high levd of accountability.
TFN has the ability to become a community-
building tool. Without an apology
and a logic~dly written contusion to
this article how will anyone in good conscience
trustTFN as this city’s gay paper
of record? - Rick Phillips
Editor’s response: First, a thank you to
Mr. Phillipsfor editing his letter to amore
conciseform. Secondly, Mr.Phillipsseems
to confuse ourwriting aboutallegedproblems
with the HIVResource Consortium
for being responsible for creating them.
He should know that the HIVRC’S staff,
and ultimately, its board members are
responsiblefor any actions thatmay dam-.
issue, our story on Nancy_. McDonald’s
selection asPFLAGnational boardpresident:
Howevbr, we dsahave;an obligait
~hen :we
local
restaurant owner, but he doesn’t seem to
like it when we run a story he deems
"embarrassing’" to his other friends.
Finally, we are amused at Mr. Phillips
suggestion that this newspaper work with
an editorial board. Thisdesirefor a board
of censors appears to originate several
yearsago withMcDonaldandTim Gillean
when Gillean was TOHR president. It
appears that they don ’t welcome an inde=
pendentpress which cannotbecompletely
controlled by those whofeel that theirs is
the "right vision and methods" for the
well-being ofTulsa’sLGBTcommunities.
As we’ve written before, consensus, and
the resulting unity, is built through open
and honest dialogue , not imposed.
Kelly Kirby rightly pointed out to the
would be censors that they had no plac~
telling TFNwhatto write. Ifthis newspaper
needs to have a board ~elling us what
not to write, then certainly there are those
in this city who see the need to closely
supervise Mr. Phillips, Mr. Gillean and
Mrs. McDonald as well.
We have had favorable inspections and
audits as to the compliance with each
grant reviewed. We also have a yearly
audit that is contracted to and conducted
with an outside audit firm: this firm is
accountable to the Board of Directors.
Our meeting notices are posted and
advertisedin theAIDS Coalitionnewsletterwhichis
distributedby theCommtmity
Service Council; this newsletter reaches
the communities most affected by the
services of the HIV Resource Consortium.
Notices are also posted at.the Resource
Center [sic]. The meetings of the
Board of Directors have been open and
will continue to be open to any persons
wanting to attend. The only occasions we
have closed theBoardmeetings havebeen
to act on personnel matters; this would
include annual evaluation of the Exec.
Director’s performance, and any grievance
by staff or by clients which require
Board investigation and action. [emphasis
added]
In reviewing, the meeting attendance
records which~nclude the M~mbers of the
Board as well as visitors, Ida not find
your name listed:as having ever attended
age the agency. ¯ ameeting of the Board of Directors.
Thirdly, since some board members : Aslunderstandit, yourequestedcopies
mayfeel that they were unfairly singled i of the minutes of the Board of Directors
out, "weare hap~y to clarify ofu!.~lO~ :: and weretoid!torequest them _fr,om the,~
gize. Those who were listdd doho~ hav~ ’ .:~ .Presiden~ of the Board. [editor.s note:l.
hny greater responsibility for any prob- : exec. director Thoele and administrative
lems that may exist at tl~e ’HIVR~. Ulti- . assistant Stanford directed TFN to speak
mately, responsibility falls on al..1 these ". withboardmember andattorney, Charles
people equally. We have published the ¯ Seger, which we did.] At no time have I
complete board list on page 3, so that " received arequest from you.for copies of
readers can know who’s responsible. . : the minutes either verbally or in written
Regarding community building, etc. no ¯ correspondence. [editor’s note: this is not
doubt, Mr. Phillips has done many good : true. Beside multiple requests via Thoele,
works as he proclaims, but he ishardly ". Seger, etc., on Sunday, Oct. 20 (well bedone
in these efforts This newsfiaper, ~ : fore this letter of 10/28) at a Tulsansfor
and many others, have done equal cam- . Equality event tn ~.ont of-two others,
munity building work - much’of it not ... McDonald directecl an acrimonious tipubliclyproclaimed.
.~. i radetowardthiseditorinwhichshemade
Mr.Phillips recently has been reported . it qu{t_e clear that she was well aware of
to savthatifherananbwstgal~er, hdwould ¯ TFN s request .for minutes. TFN made it
orin~ "oni~ositive" arti’cl~s: ~would ". clear that we still expected the HIVRC to
~ke for ~mat propaganda, but hardly ". make available the minutes. Also. this reperforms
the role ofnews reporang, We : quest has been ,m_ade to the H.IVI~.C’s
inour community~for example; in:or~rlast., ¯ not been r~ceivedd.see MeDonala~p, li
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Weekend and evening appointments are available.
SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 1 lth 583-7815
Community ofHope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30 pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston, 583-9780
¯ MONDAYS ¯
¯ HIV Testing Clinic -
¯ Fre~ & anonymous testing "
¯ using fingerstick method. "
¯ No appointment required. -
¯ Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm :
Results hours: 7-9 pm .
Info: 742-2927
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Mon. of month
6:30 pm, 4154 S. Harvard
Info: 7494901
OTHER GROUPS
The Technicians, Leather
org., Info c/o 621-5597
¯ T.U.L.S,4. Tulsa Uniform
¯ & Leather Seekers Assoc.
Info: 838-1222
Gay & Lesbian Sttutent
Association
TCC Southeast Campus,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TUESDAYS " WEDNESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group ¯ Bless The Lord At All
HIV Resource Consortium " Times Christian Center
1:30 pm " Prayer & Bible Study
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 : 7:30 pm 2627-B East llth
Info: Wanda @ 7494194
Shanti-2~ulsa, Inc.
. HIV/AIDS Support Group
& also,
Friends & Family
¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pro, call for location:
¯ 749-7898
Alternative Skating
8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282
$4, Sand Springs Skate
Grief Group
: Butler/Stumpff Funeral
: Home
¯ 2103 E. 3rd St.
" Call for time: 587-7~
Call 583-7815 for info,
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
TNAAPP
Tulsa Native American
AIDS Prevention Project
Support group
for Gay & Bi Native
American Men, 6 pm
at Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd
582-7225 or
584 4983
: THURSDAYS
Co-Dependency
Support Group
: 7:30, Family of Faith MCC
: 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
: HOPE
: HIV Outreach,
¯ Prevention, Education
: Anonymous HIV Testing
¯ Walkin testing: 7 ~ 8:30 pm
: Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
¯ Info: 742-2927
¯ Tulsa Family Chorale
¯ Weekly practi~e, 9~30 pm ¯
Lola’s 2630E. 15~
: PFLAG Family AIDS
¯ Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
¯ 4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
Alternatives
Weekly social events for
LGBT men & women, 7 pm
Info: 646-5503
Substance Abuse
Support Group
for persons with HIV/AIDS
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G
3-4:30 pm
Info: 7494194
¯ FRIDAYS
Safe Haven
¯ Young Adults Social Group
¯ 8pm, 1st Fri. of each mo.
¯ Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
: SATURDAYS
." Mixed Yolleyball for
: Fun & Competition
¯ Helmerich Park, 2 pm ¯
71st & Riverside
: Info: 587-6557
St. Jerome’s Church
: Mass, 6 pm, Garden Chapel
¯ 3841 S. Peoria
: Info: Father Rick, 742-6227
: Narcotics Anonymous
¯ Meets weeny at 11 pm
¯ Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
." Community of Hope
: 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
¯ NAMES Project
: AIDS Memorial Quilt
¯ Sewing Bees, 3rd Sat. of
¯ each month: 748-3111
¯ low:income people who have the virus
that causes AiDS that it,will sdect 75 of
¯ them to receive drngs to fight the disease.
doctors explainthalidomide’ suniqueabil2 i The health department will pick the 75 in
.FUNERALS JUST
ity to inl~bit a substance that can spur . alottery onNov.27,andawardcachupto
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jmrmme-related diseases like lupus, lep- " $10,000 for the costly medications. RIGHT FOR MY FAMILY=.
rosy and certain AIDS ailments. Thalido- ¯ Those eligible for-the lottery do not
midealso stops bloodvessel growth-o.ne : receive Medicaid assistance, do not have THE CREMATION
reason for the birth defects ~ making ~t a 1 privateimuranceoreamlessthan$14319 SOCIETY WAS CREATED
possible future treatment for cancer and ¯ ayear. Sdectious willbemade from each FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME.
the incurable macular-deg~eneration ..that’ : part of Missouri reader a formula.that
blinds the elderly. " takesinto account themorbidity ratefrom
Early next year, Andrulis Inc. of : AIDS in each area of the state. ~ ~
Beltsville, Maryland, will seek approval ¯ The drngswhenUsed separately arenot
for thalidomide to treat the excruciating " effective because the virus quickly builds
ulcers that afflict AIDS patients. Then, : up a resistance. Mixing the drugs may We enjoy being ourselves. A funeral seems .ostentatious
Cdgene also will seek I~rmission to sdl " change AIDS from a fatal illness to a and Can cost a lot of money. A simple, dignified . "
thalidomideto the 150,000 AIDS patients ¯ chronic illness like diabetes, some doesuffering
from wasting, orsevere Weight " tors say. But the medicine is expensive -
cremation just seems to fit our lifestyle. .. (;rematm"n" tety® B~rthdefects aren t the 0iil~’nsk..Tha- " js there are individuals ~ that. do not now. ~
lidomide a~so ,can severely’damage pa- ¯ ha4e,aecessto.thesemedications andthese ~.
tients’ nerve cells, causing a p~ul, in~ i medications need to be accessible,, sat Of Oklahoma .
curable condition called p~ripheral . John Hubbs, chief Of- the health
neuropathy.
-
~
¯ department’sHIV/AIDScare.ButHubbs .... 2103 East Third, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-1842
Still, AIDS patients are clamoring.f~r : said the state cannot afford tobuy the 918-599-7337 or toll-free, 800-994-7337
thalidomide. Take the AIDS-related ul- : medicine for everybody who needs it~ or visit us on the Internet at
eers, so painful that some patients starve : DarrenWethers,aphysicianinSt, Louis,
rather than swallow over the raw tissue. ¯ said the plan is unfair. Wethers, who rehttp://
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Please contact me. I would like to learn more about
patients to use it in research programs: : wouldlike to provide access t,o, al~l~of~_.em,
your special final expense program.
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GREENVILLE, N:C. (AP) ~- Doctorssay i
people affected withHIV in easternNorth ¯
City; St. &Zip:.
Carolina0ften haVe little choice bm to" ’~ Telephone:
live from medical emergency to emer- " community organizations, a comm.unit.~-
gency. That’s because thereare few doe- wide holiday potluck. Chose your hol~-
tors and dentists in rural areas who are day,beitChrisilnas,Hanukkah,KwaanTa _~......~ .......
willing to care for patients, who often " or Yule, but bring a side dish to this
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Carolina and Duke medical schools an- " will have its end of year Formal (actually
n°uncedM°ndaythattheywillw0rkt°::m°sdysemi~f°rmalbutfeelfreet°g°all gethertostre~mlinecareforHIV-infected out if you want to) from 9-2am. $2/per- Funera Home
Medicaid patients who live in rural east- : son. All wdcome. Alcohol &smoke-free.
ern North Carolina- The three schools " Prime Timers will start meeting at the
received a five-year, $2 million federal ¯ CenterbeginninginDecember.Thismeetgrant
to track patients in53 eastern coun- : ing will be Sunday, Dec. 8th from 4-6pro Cemetery - Funeral Home - Crematory
ties. The goal is provide one organization " (in Jan. the group will go back to firstSun.
that will follow all Medicaid-eligible, " of the mo.)~ Also Tulsa’s young adult
¯ HIV-infected adult patients to make sure ¯ see Center, page 12 At Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, you and your family
their needs are met. The researchers will " will be treated withdignity, compassion, andpride- Whether
begin enrolling about 600 Medicaid pa- ;
tients next fall. Eventually, researchers " it is your given or chosen family who needs our services,
expect to enroll about 1500 people in 53 .
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"~¢ith dii’ector Sharon Thoele, we the public
received only the benefit of one paragraph
containing five sentences. Once
agam we (your readers) were subjected to
the TFN editor’s personal vendetta
As you continued your attack, you said
that you had requested and been refuse~
theminutes from theboardmeetings. Any
person who works with nonprofit agencies
is aware that to receive minutes fron
an organization their request must be forwarded
to the president. I personally contacted
the president of the HIVRC board
only to learn that.the editor ofTFN nev~
requested the minutes._Why continue to
attack someone on unfounded reasons’
~ ¯
, [ ditor s note: as aperson with experience
with non-profit boards, as a chairperson,
a member and-an employee, this
notion that a request is only valid ifmade .
to McDonaldhas no basis in law or common
practice. Gillean ought to be condemning
Thoele, Stanford, orSeegerfor
failing to forward the request, ifindeed
they didfail to do so.]
As a grand finale to your tabloid piece
you suggested that perhaps board members
could be freed and evenjailed. Men-
. tioning only five of the total board members
sound like.some sort of personal
attack on your chosen five. What about
the other members of the board? What
kind ofjournalismis this? I cannot understand
what benefit it is to our community
to attack the very people who are giving
their precious time an [sic] energy as
volunteers to create a better community
for all ofus. Why should anongay person ".
be willing to give their time and money to
our community when they are attacked i
personally and threatened by your publi- ¯
cation? Why indeed should a gayperson ¯
volunteer and be subjected to this kind of "
attack? ¯
[Editor’s note: board members shouM i
understand When they acCeptpublicposi- ¯
tions that they will have to be accountable ".
for the agency which they supervise, i
Gillean might also read the OKstatutes.] .
I would like to say to the people who
were attacked by this article that I appre- i
eiate all you do. Please don’t stop now. To "
the individuals who feel they have been :
mistreated by the organization, there are ¯
much better ways than through the tab- "
loids. ¯
[Editor’s note: several oJ those who ¯
spoke to TFN did so only after repeated "
efforts to work with the HIVRC.] ".
The editor at TFN must issue an apol- :
ogy to the five board members attacked
and to the readers for not completing i
proper research before publishing your :
article. -Timothy E. Gillean ¯
Editor’s note: just after receiving this ".
letter byfax on Oct. 28th, IcalledGillean
to givehim theopportunity to clarify in his i
own words, his close ties to HIVRCboard
president McDonald. I left a message
with his assistant, Brian, asking Gillean
to call TFN. To date, he has not done so.
Readem may want to consider thefol- :
lowing~ Several years ago, Gillean proposed
a board ofcensor-sfor TFN. Later i
when TFN ran an editorial he and ¯
McDonald did not like, "Gillean used his ¯
position as TOHR president to retaliate ".
against TFN, to the detriment of TOHR. "
After his bid for a 2nd term as TOHR ".
presidentfaildd, hejoined thePFLAG & :
Community Service Council boards, or- ¯
ganizations with which McDonald is "
closely associated and allegedly at :
McDonald’s behest.
The minutes are available for review to
¯ anyone, attending-theBoard Meeting;and
: to anyone requesting copies through .the
: appropriate channels. If copies are re-
. quested-the individual must pay for the i co.p.ies as we attempt to be good stewards
ot the monies available tous.
: We .are deeply distressed by the article
: .aP.peanng in the Tulsa Family News and
mvzte you to attend our next Board meeti
ing, scheduled for Thurs. Nov. 21 atnoon
¯ at the HIV Resource Center [sic]. If you
: wishtorequestinformationfromtheBoard
: of Directors regarding minutes or other
: appropriate public information, I forward
_- to receiving your request. Thank you
¯ We are asking you as Editor of Tulsa
: Family News to print this letter in its
: -entirety next edition of your newspaper.
.,~ Nancy McDonald, President
toward Amedure.
However, ifJonathan Schmitz was able
to-form the intent to commit suicide, he
also would have been able to form the
intent to commit murder, a psychologist
testified Tuesday. Dr. Carol Holden was
called as a rebuttal witness by the prosecution.
Oakland County assistant prosecutor
Roman Kalytiak pointed out that
Schmltz never referred to suieide during
hiss911, call or during police questioning.
x ne jury fotmd that Schmitz, 26, acted
without premeditation and did notcommitfirst-
degreemurder. Hecouldgetanywhere
from eight years to life in prison
with the possibility of parole when he is
sentenced Dec. 4. First-degree murder
carries no hope of parole.
The segmentofthe "JennyJones Show"
was never aired but was played for the
jury. In it, Am~_ur_e,,outlined fantasies of
Sehraitz involving whipped cream and
~champagne~" Schmitz reacted withanembarrassed
smile butno apparent anger. He
turned away when Amedure put an arm
around him and tried to kiss him. "I’m
definitelyaheterosexual, Iguess youcould
say," Schmitz said.
The 1996 RedRibbonHoliday: Treefest
and Gallery Walk will showcase holiday
trees and other holiday items. These will
be sold at auction to raise funds for Interfaith
AIDS Ministries which provides
spiritual~ emotional, andpractical support
for those whose lives are touched by HIV
andAIDS.This year’s format will include
an "official opening," in the Brady Arts
Gallery District, Thursday, Nov. 21 from
6-9 pro. More viewing hours will be on
Nov. 22-23, and pick-up of trees will take
place on Nov. 24th.
PhilbrookMuseumwill shroudits Rodin
sculpture ofAdam on Dec. 1 in honor of
Ds..ema3ya" Wpriothfeosustz.Aonrat.ls"aCnoduanrttlseuspspaorrtitsetrss,hmavuedied..,
from AIDS. Wecan.only guess at
how many works of art will be denied to
us by this disease that respects neither
people nor creativity," noted Richard
Townsend, Hardman Curator of European
and American Art.
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley :
The id~ that the gay rights movement
is foreverjoined to "leftist" politics gets a :
thorough trashing in Brace Ba,w,er’s n.e.w ¯
compilation, "Beyond Queer.’ At this
point in history, some centrist, and fight
of center, authors are proposing a new ¯
approach to winning the battle for gay ¯
rights. Their perception is that, histori- "
cally, the movement has tried to claim
"victim" status, and that this will not be a
successful strategyfor winningfull equality
for gay and lesbian Americans.
Editor Bawer is well known, having
written eight books, including the provocative"
A Place at th~ Table." Here: he
has compiled forty essays by a variety of
authors, including former New Republic
editor Andrew Sullivan, San Francisco
Chronicle correspondent Carolyn
Lochhcad and heterosexual Chicago Tribune
columnist Stephen Chapman. Describing
the authors,Bawer states "though
many of us have been tagged in the gay
press as ’gay conservatives,’ few of us
wouldbe consideredconservativeby anyone-
who objectively examined our politics;
we variously call ourselves liberals,
moderates, libertarians and
communitarians- or we eschew such labels
Stogether as increasingly irrelevant
iff a post-ideological era."
Bawer’ s intent is to present an alternative
to what he sees as a radical, in-yourface
activism. Bawer initially cites "an
episode of ’The Charlie Rose Show’ devoted
to the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the Stonewall riots, (when) the radical
lesbian activist Donna Minkowitz told
me: ’We don’t want a place at the tablewe
want to turn the table over.’ That line
pretty well sums up the attitude of many
leftist gay activists toward both ’the system’
and gays who seek to work within
it."
In essay after essay, the authors explain
their positions with rifles like "Why Outsupport
group will be at the Center earlier
that afternoon.
Last but not least is video night at the
Center. The inaugural video will be
Wigstockto be shown on Sat. Dec. 14th at
9pro in the Renfro Room. Popcorn and
pop will be available. It’s free (though
donations are acceptedforthe Center) and
three of Tulsa’ s most fabulous drag divas
may appear: Christina, Dolly Love and
grand diva, Sensuous. January’s video
night should be the 2rid Sat. also. Call to
RSVP with Debbie at 712-1600:
On Nov. 2rid, the Pride Center held a
grand opening with about 70 people attending.
TOHR/Pride Center president
Deb Statues held a brief presentation of
certificates to recognize thosewhohelped
with the Center. More than 50 individuals
were honored, in particular, Kelly Kirby
and Tim Gillean, former TOHR presidents,
and now-closed Agape Christian
Fellowship for its donation of chairs and
tables. Statues also announced the decision
to name the rooms in the Center.
The lounge/library was named the
Pfimetimers Loungeinrecognilionoftheir
generous support of the Pride Center. The
largest single gift came from this group.
ing Doesn’t Work," "Sleeping with the
Enemy" and ’!Here Comes the Groom: A
(Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage."
In,"A Gay Right Agenda," author John
Berresford’ s conservative response to his
liberals friends’ stance is %..I amas much
in favor or basic civil rights for gays as
they are. Where we differ is in the need
for group-based remedies and in perceiving
ourselves as victims whose main recourse
shouldbe coercion by the government."
Berresford’s answer is to "come
out whenever it is reasonably safe. The
best way to explode the myths about us is
for.each of us to become known as .just
anotherhumanbeing with~esameneeds,
goals and drives as other human beings -
: except is a single respect that poses no
: threat to anyone else." He also believes
¯ that ’-’we should lobby for the right to
: marry. Domestic-partnershipslegislation
¯ makes us an officially sanctioned class of
¯ oddities and freaks."
: Thethreatof_be,,,ing seen simply as "oddi-
¯ des and freaks is the thought behind
: Bawer’ s rifle. Insteadofbeing"acclaimed
¯ by a minority of gay ,,p~.~ple as ,a,,suppos,~
edlyaffirmativelabel, theworo queer,
". to Bawer, is "not so much to be homo-
: sexual as it is to be a socially marginal
¯ rebel, defined primarily by his or her
: sexuality, who is perpetually andintdnsi-
: cally at odds with the political and cul-
: rural establishment."
¯ Can these ideas bring the gay right hnd
: left together toward acommon goal? Can
: Bawer’s "we’re just like you" approach
¯ alone actually win the hearts of straight
: Americans? What about the wide variety
: ofpeoplein the gay/lesbian/transgendered
: community whomaynotmeetthe squeaky
¯ clean image Bawer promotes, but who
: still s_eek equality under the law? COuld
: the answer, perhaps, lie somewhere be-
: tween Bruce Bawer and Queer Nation?
¯ Check with your local branch library
: for "Beyond Queer," or call the Readers
:- Services, Central Library at 596-7966.
The small conference room was named
the Stariott Conference Roomin honor of
Midge Elliott and Deb Statues. The me-
: dium size room was named the Renfro
¯ Room in honor of the late RF Renfro, a
: leader of FUSO, the Friends in Unity
: Social Organizationand anHIV educator
¯ who worked with TOHR/HOPE.
: The largest room was to be named in
¯ honor of two individuals who provided
:- signifi.cant "sweat equity’, in tearing out
: tffo plaster&lath walls .to make the room
¯ and in honor of one of those two who’s
¯ donatedmuch of the furniture that s in the
: Center. Thelatter manpreferred not to be
¯¯ recognized but asked that the room be
named in honor of Pat Padgett, a PFLAG
¯
activist. Therefore, that room is now the
¯ Neal-Padgett Hall in recognition of gifts
¯ that made the Pride Center possible.
¯ or let someone else run the show...You
: can care with out being cold, get things
: done right and.get on with it please!!!
¯ It seems to us that everyone is just out
: for themselves, but after seeing and hear-
" ing firsthandweknow why...It is the only
," way we have of getting your attention...
¯ Thank you for Your Time
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We all have that "special" friend visit- ¯ people at our table, and then an extra
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prissy queen who is the finicky Miss ¯ also be ordered in any ratio of crab to
Manners sort-whoneeds anintroduction ¯ shrimp to crawfish. Sometimes wewill
to thereal lifein Tulsa. And, we’vefound " also order sides of coleslaw or cornbread
just the perfect place, to’
Boilln~ .P.o~
sticks. A word of warntake
that friend. Caju~ ing. The combo is avail=
Ther6 is a special res- 19-01 So. Me~orlal able either mild or hot.
tanrantinTulsawhereone Hour.: The mild is quite warm.
can suck head and pinch The hot is fiery. And the
tail with abandon, where 11 - 10 Sun. -Thurs. crab boil permeates evone
can eat with one’s tll 11, Frl. and Sat. erything, even the potafingers,
and where one
Cuisine: ’toes and comon the cob.
can bejust as downhome So, keepplenty of iced
and comfortableas pos= Cajun se~ood tea on hand, or maybea
sible(~l wh~l,e f~iing .... .Dress:,"Very casual : - pitche~:ofbeer($4.75)~to
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a rather run-down and no e]aeel~s rant, and the staff makes
~derilict Strip mall. This is
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very laid back, genuine ~.: tion. Sometimes one has
white trash-cookin’ kind x’~on-smokin~
of place; full of atmo- seetlon, l~ut smoky
a warm and friendly
waiter or waitress, and
sphere mid bayou boys Alcohol: II.9-Z i~eer Sometimes one has the
and giftsfrom all walks of feeling that itis that waitlife.
Decoratedwithtaste- & wine cooler" only
tess’ time of the month:
ful tape-patched, red vi: Ratln~: A llst But, the staff is usually
nyl seating in each of the quite congenial and enformica:
topped booths, and with black " tertaining.
vei~et art alid posters adorning the classic ¯ The one main area needing improve-
1960’s panelling on the walls, the noise " ment here is the housekeeping. While the
and aroma of the kitchen greet patrons as ¯ grungey feel ofthe diningroommaybe an
they enter, and there is no doial~t in’one’s ¯ attempt to recreate the authentic dirt of a
minduponenteringtheestablishmentthat " backwater Cajun swamp dive, theycould
this is a seafood restaurant. ~ at least clean the restrooms and make sure
Menus are presented printed on paper ¯ that supplies are stocked and fixtures
placemats. Lots of fun things appear on . working. On ourlast visit, themechanical
the menu, like ’q’asty Fried Shark Bites" " towel was broken and filthy, and the toilet
for$1.50,CajunDogfor$3.95,jambalaya : was running constantly. The finger bowls
" for.S2.75, red beans and rice for $2.75, ¯ aren’tquiteenoughforthefastidiousdiner
blaCken~dchi~k’strlp,’a for $6.50, ablack- " to cle~tip~ so the trip tothe tinyrestrooms
ened fib-ey~ :s~ak ~0r $9.95, arid even "
alligator for $8.95 But, nobody ever gets ¯ For those so inclined, the Boiling Pot
those things. : features their house band on Saturday
People come to the Boiling Pot for the " nights, whichplays aloudmix of country,
Combo. The combo ($1~95) is a big pot ¯ bluegrass, andcountry rock, and packsin
of shrimp, crawfish, crab, sausage, new ¯ the crowds.
potatoes, quartered onions, and half ears : ~ The Cajun Boiling Potis where a group
of corn on the cob which is boiled in a " of:frie~ids caugo for a casual good time.
spicy crab boil and served~ Well, sort of
served. It’ sdumped onthe table.CMtop of ing roffd~. No, this isn t aft elegant place~’
a big sheet of butcher paper. As soon as: btit it’s n~t supposed to be. And, while it’
the ~ood co0!s~enough :to handle, one " doesn’tappearas cleanas we’dprefer, in
di~es in to shell the shl~mp, pinch the tails ¯ the dozens Of times we’ve eaten there,.
offthecrawfish, su~kthejuices Out of the : we’ve never gotten food poisoning cerheads,
d_nd squirt i~etchffp containers of " tain~noted Tulsa four diamond hotel rescocktail
sauce all 0~er ~e place: When " taurants): The important thing is that if
one’s hands get suffibienfly messy; a!arge one likes boiled shrimp, the foodis great.
’r611 of ii~pdr.’~tbw~l~:.6~ th~ thblesefV~ ~S : And; Wli~it’ ~ore can on~ ask from a
nhp.ki~ ~O;~ffe ~n&ifibn .thai ~e’y: don’i: dt~vilh:bm~~urant than t6 liitve great
use silverware. Until one has had the : food atinexpe~nsive i~rices?.
Boiling Pot experience, it is difficult to ¯ Go suck somehead and pinch some tail.
imagine how fun and how good the peel ."
and eat can be.
Theproprietors bringregular shipments
of seafoodup from the GulfofMexico, so i
the shrimp and crawfish are fresh and ."
firm. The crab, though, seems to have " McDonald get by with falsifying her rebeen
shipped on ice or frozen, since the ." sume when she worked for the Tulsa
shells lack the crispness of never-frozen ¯ Public Schools because she did so many
crab. The crawfish, of. course, is 0nly ; nice things and worked so hard. I guess it
available in season, which is December _" meansitisallri.’ghttobedishonestaslong
through June, but those little underwater as your cause is good. Is it really?
carrioneatershaveneverbeenhighonour ." People get hurt when they get in her
list of gourmet delicacies. We prefer the : way. That seems very unfair. Can the
shrimp, which is some of the best and : media [mainstream media] help you with
most economical shrimpin Tulsa, at only., these efforts? Thank you for being there
$8.95 a pound. ¯ for these clients!
On a typical Boiling Pot excursion, we : - name withheld by request
It is also interesting that they let Nancy
Politics ~om~,age 1
values" ofher district as well as atestimonial
from her church, a well~known con-.
servative Baptist congregation.
TFN wonders how Easley could not
have consideredGayissues whentheGaybaiting
of Penny Williams and Pat
Woodrum was front page news in The
TulsaWorld and Gay issues have figured
prominently in the national news formost
of this year? Easley may be one reminder
that OklahomaDemocrats are sometimes
not ,any more respectful ofthe rights Of
Oklah6maGay CitiZens thanRepublicans..
In state races in Hawaii, same-sex marriage
became a major issue leaving lawmakers
who favored gay marriage skirmishing
for support. Voters removed a
good number of those legislators from
office. This might mean that a constitutional
amendment which would overturn
a positive court decision for same-gender
marriage may get through the legislature,
In So. California, anti-Gay US Rep.
Bob Doman appeared to have lost to his
Democrat Loretta Sanchez. Doman attacked
Sanchez as "another Catholic for
abortion and sodomy rights." Throughout
his career, Dornan has attacked Gay
Americans, as well as people with AIDS.
¯ Finally, the fact that the next Supreme
Court appointments will be.made by
Clinton, rather than Dole should be of
some comfort to Lesbian & Gay citizens.
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AIDs Walk
AIDS/HIV
AIDS/HIV discrimination
AIDS/HIV drugs
AIDS/HIV research
AIDS/HIV treatment
American Civil Liberties Union
arts and entertainment
attorneys
Barry Hensley
Bars
Bruce Bawer
businesses
Cajun Boiling Pot
censorship
children
churches
civil rights
civil unions
custody
Dana Tigere
Dave Fleischer
Day Without Art
divorce
estate planning
gay bashing
gay police
gay politicians
healthcare
HIV Resource Consortium (HIVRC)
HIV/AIDS and the Law
homophobia
HOPE Testing
Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
Joe McDonald
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Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Murder
Nancy McDonald
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Read All About It
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Say No To Hate Coalition
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Tulsa Family News
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David Mixner
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Ohio Anti-Gay Case Wins
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court cleared
the way for the city to deny anti-discrimination protections
based on sexual orientation. The 6th U.S. Circuit
Court 6fAppeals affirmed an earlierruling that allowed
CincJnnati to implement a 1993 voter-approved amendment
to the city charter barring enactment or enforcement
of any law aimed at ending bias based on sexual
orientation. The U.S. Supreme Court had ordered the
appeals judges to restudy the matter in light of a high
court decision striking down a Colorado civil rights
measure last year. "It’s a big win for us," said attorney
Karl Kadon III, for Cincinnati assistant city solicitor.
"Flee whole case is about the right of people to decide
what their government can do," he said.
Patricia Logue, a Chicago attorney for the Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund, which advocates
for civil rights for Lesbians and Gay men, called the
ruling indefensible, the result of "very specious reasonidg."
’q’his is a renegade decision approving a done of
the Colorado ballotmeasure thrown outby the Supreme
Court," she said.
Gay civil rights advocates sued over the charter
amendment, contending that the.~measure.unlawfulty
thwarted their political participation. U.S. District Judge
S. Arthur Spiegel ruled in 1994 that the amendment was
unconstitutionally vague and violated the free-speech
and equal-protection rights of homosexuals.
The following year, a three-judge panel of the appeals
court reversed Spiegel’s decision, saying Gays were not
an identifiable group and could not be entitled to specific
legal protection. The court said that unlike skin
color, Gays generally are not identifiable unless they
choose to be "by conduct, such as public displays of
homosexual affection."
Col. Cammermeyer May
Run for US Congress
LANGLEY, Wash. (AP) - Retired Army Col.
Margarethe Cammermeyer, who once called hersdf
"one of the most famous Lesbians in the country," is
thinking about a run for Congress. The Democrat, who
drew national attention with her successful fight to stay
in the Washington National Guarddespite themilitary’s
policy of discharging homosexuals, says she is mulling
a challenge of two-term Republican Rep. Jack Metcalf.
The 2nd Districl includes western Washington from
Everett, north of Seattle, to the Canadian border.
Cammenneyer, 55, recently retired from the military
and lives with her partner, Diane Divelbess on Whidbey
Island.
The decorated Vietnam veteran was fired in 1992
after disclosing her sexual orientation in a 1989 interview
for a top-secret security clearance, see Col.p. 3
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgender l Tulsane, Our Familie + Friends
Tulse’s Largest Circulation CommunityPaperAvailable In More Than 65 City Locations ¯¯ Nationally N oted Lesbian
Lawyer to Speak in Tulsa
Ruth Harlow
¯ TULSA - Ruth Harlow will be the featured speaker at the Nov.
: 6th Tulsa Kick-off and reception for the Oklahoma Lesbian and
¯ Gay Lawyers Association (OLGLA) to’be
held at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel
¯ beginning at 6:15 pro. Harlow is a nation-
" ally respected attorney for Lambda Legal
¯ Defense and Education Fund, one of the
~ oldest Lesbian~and Gay advocacy organi-
: zations in the US. The reception is open to
~ all free of charge. Attorneys are encouraged
to join OLGLA for an annual mem-.
i bership fee of $50
~ Lambda is heavily involved in helping
." to litigate the Hawaii same gender mar-
- riage court cases and has been involved in most major US legal
’. battles involving Lesbian and Gay civil rights issues, ranging
: from parenting to military to employment and housing cases.
." Harlow has served as managing attorney on cases such as
¯ Shahar vs. Bowers in which a Lesbian attorney~sued the Georgia
." State attorney general, Michael Bowers. Bowers had offered
: Robin Shahar a job and then withdrew the offer after it became
.- publically known that she and her partner were to have a private,
: religious marriage ceremony.
¯ Atty. Gen. Bowers cited the ceremony as an indication that
". Shahar would break the Georgia sodorny law which he defended
¯ successfully at the US Supreme~.Later Bowers admitted to
¯" having had an adulterous affair which is also illegal under
," Georgia statutes.
~ Harlow was graduated from Stanford University in 1983 and
¯ from Yale Law School in 1986. She also was the author of an
-" amicus briefwhoseconceptthe Courts used to overturn Colorado’ s
~ Amendment 2 in Romer v. Evans. Prior to joining Lambda,
¯ Harlow was staff counsel and then Associate Director for the
~ American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian and Gay Rights and
¯" AIDS projects.
: OLGLA which began~ last summer in Oklahoma City, is
: begimting a membership drive in Tulsa with this event, and is
,- promoting continuing legal education programs (CLE) on issues
. Concerning Lesbian~ ~it] Gay men ~ see Harlow, phge 3
i "Friend of Bill" David Mixner
: Wows OKC’s Cimarron Alliance
by Tom Neal
OKLAHOMA CITY - You know that you’re in the presence of
someone who’s lived and breathed politics for many years when
you overhear him say that the last time he was in Oklahoma City
w~ with Bobby Kennedy. But that’s what David Mixner, former
semor advisor to Pres. Clinton said. Mind you, you have to think
that Mixner must have gotten involved in politics very, very
young because he doesn’t seem old enough to have been that
active in 1968. However, when you listen to what he has to say
you realize that he’s been at the table with most of the major
Democratic leaders of the US since the late 60’s. Mixner was
active in the campaigns of former Los Angeles Mayor Bradley,
Sen. Gary Hart, and of course, Bill Clinton.
Mixner was in Oklahoma City on Oct~ 18 to speak to the
Cimarron Alliance, a political action committee designed to
bring about equal rights for everyone- see Mixner, page 14
TFN Publisher to Run for
City Council District 4
by Josh Whetsell
TULSA - In 1974, the first two openly
Gay persons were elected to public office.
To date, Tulsa has yet to elect an openly
Gay candidate, butTom Neal says that it is
time for that to change.
Neal, 40-year-old publisher of Tulsa
Family News and civil fights activist, has
announced his interest in running for the
District Four seat on the Tulsa City Council.
The seat is currently held by Gary
Watts who has announced he is not running again.
"I am not running as a"Gay candidate", but as a candidate who
is Gay, just as I’m also a candidate who goes to a North Tulsa
church, and I’m a small business owner" Neal said. His own
experience facing discrimination, however, is what has made
him sensitive to issues of discrimination see Neal. oa~e 13
:Benefits for Federal
Employees Proposed
¯ WASHINGTON DC - At a Capitol Hill press
¯ conference on October 29, 1997, Representative
¯ Barney Frank (D-M.A), together with 14 other lead
¯ co-sponsors, introduced legislation to make do-
- mestic partnership benefits available to federal
¯ employees. Some sponsors of the bill are Con-
. gresswomen NitaLowey (D-MA), Elizabeth Furse
¯ (D-OR), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Bob
¯ Filner (D-CA).
¯ Under Representative Frank’ s proposal, the do-
" mestic partner of a federal employee would be
¯ eligible for benefits in the same manner and to the
¯ same extent as the spouse of a federal employee.
; The term"domesticpartner"is defined to mean"an
¯ adultperson living with, but not married to, another
: adult person in a committed, intimate relationship."
¯" This eligibility would extend to retirement beni
efits, health insurance, life insurance and compen-
¯ sation for work injuries. To be eligible, same or
~ opposite sex couples wonldfile an affidavit certifysee
Frank, page 13
i HIVRC Moving
: TULSA-TheHIV Resource Consortium (HIVRC)
: spent the last part of October moving across town
¯ to its new home at 3507 East Admiral, just east of
~ Harvard. According to executive director, Sharon
¯ Thoele, the HIVRC had been at its South Harvard
~ location for 5 or 6 years, having moved there from
"- a Skelly Drive temporary office near the Visiting
Nurse Association.
Thoele noted that the organization was faced
with a significant increase m rent if it were to stay
in the same location. After looking all across the
city, the former AFL-CIO building seemed the best
fit. However, the building, required some renovation
to bring it up to current see HIVRC, page 3
ii iHnlV CWenestet r OTpuelnsas
¯ WEST TULSA, OK - Bruce Begley is standing in
: his dream come true- a support center for persons
~ affected or infected with HIV and living with
¯ AIDS. The tiny looking storefront which houses
." the HIV Education and Recreation Center near
." Mark Twain School in West Tulsa (almost in Sand
¯ Springs) actually is larger than it appears. The
~ Center, which has been open now for two months,
~ has a lounge with pool table, tiny work-out area as
¯" well as office, kitchen, bathing and sleeping spaces.
¯ Begley notes that there is one bedroom available
: for those who need short-term emergency housing.
: Much of the renovation on the space which for-
." merly housed Neighbors Along the Line, another
west Tulsa social services agency, was done by
Begley, and other volunteers.
Volunteers have come forward to help with a
number of needs. Marlene who helps as a receptionist
is often joined by .her morn, Frances who is
identifying compassionate see HIVER, page 3
World A.IDS Da.y March
Memorial Serwceto Be i&n
Brookside, at All Souls
InterfaithAIDS Ministries (IAM) will hold the 8th
annual Candldight March & Memorial service on
Mon., Dec. 1st. Marchers will gather at 6pro at
Southminster Presbyterian Church Parking Lot
.(35th & Peoria) and will march at 6:30 to All Souls
Unitarian, 2952 So. Peoria, for the service at about
7pm. Marchers are encouraged to bring bells and
group banners. Candles will be provided. I_AM also
needs phone volunteers to provide telephone supportfor
those affected by HIV/AIDS and to support
the 24 info. line: 438-2437.
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants ~
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*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston
*Blue Room, 606 S. Elgin
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
*JJ’ S Country&Western Dance Club, 6328 S. Peoria
*Jason’s Dell, 15th & Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial
*Tool BOX, 1338 E. 3rd
*Umbertos Pizzeria, 21st west of Harvard
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*Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
*Gloria Jean’s GourmetCoffee, 17.58 E. 21st 742-1460
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*Peace of Mind BookStore, 1401E. 15 - 583-1090
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Richard’s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
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*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
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*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
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: *Free Spirit Women’s Center, Call forlocation &info: 587-4669
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¯ *HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194 ¯
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¯ HIV Testing Site, Mon/Thurs. eve. 7-9pm, call 834-8378
¯ TNAAPP(Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225
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¯ *MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N: Maplewood 838-1715
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indicates a distribution point. Listed businesses are not all Gay-owned
but welcome Lesbian/Gay/Bi & Trans communities.
by Kerry Lobel, executive director
¯ National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
¯ Recently, I traveled the middle of the
." country to discuss the state of violence
¯ directed against Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
: and Transgendered people in America.
¯ These town meetings took me to seven
¯ cities in three weeks for a series offorums
¯ on hate crimes.
¯ FromWichita andLawren~Kansas to
¯ Nashville, Tennessee to Oklahoma City
¯ and Tulsa,-Oklahoma to Little Rock, Ar-
¯ kansas an~ilto Detroit,. Michigan, dozens
ofGay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trausgenderedactivists
and our allies gathered to
¯ tell stories of hate crimes and stories of
: survival.
Every town shared similar themes. As
¯ Gay, :Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered
¯ and questioning youth come to visibility,
¯ their, school districts have been ill-
: equipped to counsel them or ensure their
¯ safety. As communities become more or-
, ganized and open, violence is still never
¯ far from our lives.
- In Oklahoma City, fourteen-year Eli
¯ told the story of daily harassment that had
¯ led him to drop out of school. Now in an
alternative school, his new principal told
¯ him that he’ll be fine as long as he acts
: "normal." His hope comes from his asso-
¯ ciation with a youth group that provides ¯
comfort and offers strategies for survival..
¯ - In Little Rock, Carolyn Wagner told
¯ the story ofher son’ s abuse at thehands of ¯
¯ schoolmates and an indifferent school
administration. Her son is now bein~
: schooled at home, but the school district
: just recently changed its policy to make
¯ more options available to young victims
: of hate.crimes.
: - Emporia State University and Univer-
¯ sity 0f Tulsa students have organized a ¯
campus organizati6n for Gay, Lesbian,
¯ Bisexual and Transgendered students.
¯ Safety zone stickers mark the offices of
, faculty, staff, and the student newspaper.
¯ In trouble? Offices that bear the stickers
: provide safe haven and counsel. Many
¯" Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgen-
¯ deredpeopledon’tfeel thatthey cancount ¯
on thepolice to investigate and report hate
¯ crimes or city prosecutors to charge the
¯ crime to the fullest extent allowed by law. ¯
Police and prosecutors are often under
¯
trained about hate crimes.
: - In Tulsa, two men were brutally vic-
: timized by three attackers. Their injuries
¯ required stitches and one man had facial
¯ bones broken. Whilethepolicewerequick
: to respond, city prosecutors filed the case
: as a simple misdemeanor. Local attorneys
¯ are attempting to intervene.
: - InLawrence, an egg was thrown at a
¯" woman standing in front of a gay club:
She was called a dyke by her attacker.
: Police on the scene recorded the incident,
but not as ahate crime because there was
"not enough evidence." The Police Chief
has asked for help getting training for his
department.
In every town, nearly every participant
had been either the victim of a hate crime
or knew someone that had. Yet the number
of documented hate crimes is woefully
low. see Heartland, page 3
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NAMES PRO~ECT vohbiiee~S’dwait the-clo~ing cer- " " Jonathan Stanley joins Kenneth Benton ofOKC’sFirst
emonyoftheOctobd~’sAiDSMemtrial (~filt:~hOwing at Unitarian Church after Benton spoke at Community
the Tulsa Fai~’~Grounds;, " ....... " " " Unitarian Universalist Church.
Stalwart dogs joined marchers.:braving th~ bhill,~dt~this:.
y,ear’~ AIDS Walk, Wal.k for IJfe:~DediaaibdJ~DOg
held hbr :own leash to me amiisementofrnany,~alk~:~
Thepowerful closing ceremonyfor The Quilt, although
lightly attended, featured native American drumming
and chanting as well as other singers and volunteers.
Frank Nowicki, Mid-Atlantic Leather ’93 mceed Oklahoma
Mr. Leather 1998 and is seen with two contestants.
Police and prosecutors are under trained and community "
members feel unsafe about reporting hate crimes to them. "
All too often, victims who spoke at these meetings
blamed themselves for the crime or felt that others in our
commtmity would judge them for being in the wrong "
place at the wrong time. Fortunately, community centers, ¯
anti-violence projects and other community orgamza- ¯
tions have stepped up to provide safety education as well "
as resources to victims of hate crimes. "
Hates crime laws provide some of our country’s best
hopes for coalition building across race, national origin, ¯
religion, gender and sexual orientation. Yet, each state on ¯
our tour lacked a hate crimes law altogether or one that ¯
includes sexual orientation. It is NGLTF’s hope that :
before the year 2000 every state will set publicpolicy that ¯
makes it dear that hate crimes will not be tolerated in any
city or any state.
Half-way: through.the trip~ I found myself~standing on. ".
the site of the Oklahoma City bombing. The city-blockis ¯
leveled now and surrounded by a tall chain link fence. :
The fence is lined with stuffed animals, poignant notes, "
and t-shirts and license plates bearing tributes from
around the country. It is amonument that pays respect to ."
lives lost as well as one that is filled with hope and "
courage. What touched me were the oaths, many from ¯
children, pledging to work for a better world.
We’ve each seen the price our society has paid for "
hatred. And it’s time for each of us to commit ourselves "
to a world that values safety and respects difference. For ¯
those in states without any hate crimes laws or laws that
do not include sexual orientation, we must work to pass :
inclusive hate crimes laws. For those in states that have
hate crimes laws we must engage in the political process,
we must continue to work for change so that these laws ¯
remain meaningful.
Kerry Lobel ofthe National Gay &Lesbian Task Force ts
flanked at a reception at the Pride Center by Center
volunteer, Tony and Center president, Tom Neal.
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church has
welcomed the Rev. Sherry Hilliard asinterim pastor.
standards and to fit the needs of the HIVRC. Much of the
renovation work was done after hours by HIVRC staff
and volunteers.
In this building, unlike the old site, all parts of the HIV
RC are under one roof and are entered through one door.
For Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights HOPE HIV
Testing Clinic this means greater privacy for those being
tested, since the waiting room is no longer outside the
testing rooms. Also, individuals who have been tested
and who may be distraught will have the ability to leave
discreetly from a rear entrance.
The new building will also house the HIV RC Food
Pantry which is run by volunteer Claudette Peterson, as
well as offices for the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
care programs for HIV treatment drugs.
B.egleymakes apoint to statethat theHIVERCdoes not
receive any state or federal funds. It’s supported just by
private donations, his and his partner’s and others. He
hopes that others will come to see the project and will
both share and support his dream. The center is seeking
sponsors who will make monthly donations Of $15, 20 or
25 a month.
Begley who has been publically critical of other HIV
care programs in the past, adds that he and his volunteers
are working with other organizations like the HIV Resource
Consortiumand Shanti to share information and to
do referrals as is appropriate.
The HIV Education and Recreation Center typically is
openfrom 12:30 to 9pro or 10 depending on the night. For
more information on the programs, call 583-6611.
Gaycivil rights andAIDSactivist, JimmyFlowers, shows
offhis new marching sign at Walk for Life. Local band,
Jiffy Trip is seen performing prior to the Walk.
The NAMES PROJECT volunteers joined marchersfor
Walk for Life along Riverside Drive.
A federal judge later ordered her reinstatement and the
government did not appeal. Her battle resulted in a bestselling
book and a TV movie starring Glenn Close.
Cammermeyer is co-chair of the campaign for Initiative
677, the state ballot measure to ban employment
discrimination based on sexual orientation. She said she
¯¯ willmake no final decision on her congressional bid until
after next month’s election. If elected to Congress next
¯ year, Cammermeyer said she would not be a spokes-
" woman just for Gays.
¯ "If you look at what I have focused on the last seven ¯
years, it is not Gays and Lesbians-it is discrimination. It
¯ is civil rights for individuals," she said. "If peop_l~e make
¯ you an icon, it is their stuff.- it is not mine. I have never
¯" been caught up with organizations. I am a person con-
" cerned withissues... I wouldgo to Washington, D.C.,not
: to represent me,-but the 2rid District."
~ She said she anticipates some hostile encounters. "My
¯¯ .lob ~s not to change anyone s rehg~ous behefs or stands,
she said. "People have an absolute right to their convic-
¯ ti0ns. Bu.t when their beliefs infringe 0n..anotherper.son~s
¯ civil rights, I must challenge that. Civil rights are fundamental
to America."
and their families, and hopes to conduct a survey ofTulsa
and Oklahoma City law firms concerning their nondiscrimination
and employment practices, among other
goals. Its mission is to promote equality in and through
the legal profession and our society. For more information,
contact Kerry Lewis at 582-1173 orOLGLA at 405-
340-1957.
Dad Can See His Kids
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A circuit judge’s rulin~
prohibiting twoChildren fromvi~iting their-gay fathe~
if anyone with "homosexual tendencies" was present
was reversed.Wednesday by the Court of Special
Appeals. The order reversedby the appeals court also
had prohibited overnight visits and prohibited the
childrenfrom seeing their father in the presence ofhi s
lover.
Such restrictions on visitation in divorce eases can
be imposed only if there is evidence that visits would
be harmful to the children, the court said in an opinion
by Judge Arrie W. Davis. "The (circuit) court made
no finding of possible harm to the children ...."said
the unanimous opinion issued by a three-judge panel
of Maryland’s second highest court.
The appeals court ruling was hailed as a victory for
gay and lesbian parents by Beatrice Dohrn, legal
directorfor theLambdaLegal Defense and Educauon
Fund in New York.
She said the ruling is important because it applies
the same standards to gay and lesbian parents as to
heterosexual parents and says visitation can be limited
only if there is evidence ofharm to the children.
"What we are really seeking is a kind of sexual
orientation neutrality, and that’ s what we got in this
case," Ms. Dohrn said.
Cynthia Young, lawyer for the mother, said there
are a variety of options her client could follow,
including doing nothing, asking for a review by the
Court of Appeal.s and returning to circuit court to’seek
new restrictions. She said she does not know what her
client will do. ’qqae way I read it, it’ s just one more
step on the path toward determining what’ s in the best
interest of these children," Ms. Young said.
Dutch to Allow Adoption
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch society,
renowned for its tolerance of homosexuality, is pushing
for a federal law that would perrmt gays and
lesbians to adopt children. The legislation, which
would also sanction same-sex mamages, was approved
this week by a parliamentary panel. Believed
to have broad backing in Parliament and expected to
be enacted early next year, it also gives gay couples
the same pension, inheritance and social security
fights as married heterosexuals.
"The fights of children in homosexual relationships
must be better regulated," said Bas Kortmann,
chairman of the parliamentary panel. He called the
bill "an important symbolic step against the old idea
that homosexuality is heresy.’"
If the current version passes, the Netherlands would
become the first country to sanction homosexual
adoption at the federal level. In the United States,
matters of marriage and adoption are overseen by
states. Some U.S. states allow homosexual adoption
and a few forbid it.
There didn’ t appear to be any organized opposiUon
to the legislation. In fact, public opinion surveys have
shown that seven in 10 Dutch think gays can be good
parents. The Dutch Federation for the Integration of
Homosexuality hailed the new proposal, saying it
would stop gay couples from having to lie about their
sexuality in adoption papers. Dutch lawmakers had
planned to approve a similar bill this year but held off
because it didn’ t include adoption rights.
The committee, commissioned by State Justice
Secretary F_lizabeth Schmitz, said most of its members
concluded that "same-sex couples can only receive
equal treatment if they are permitted to enter
into civil marriage." Marriage "has always been a
flexible institution that has kept pace with social
change," the panel said in a report.
The Dutch panel conceded that legalizing gay
marriage and adoption in the Netherlands could lead
to "international complications" for Dutch gays and
lesbians who move with their adoptive children to
countries hostile to the idea.
ENDA Hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) - At the front of a crowded
Senate heating room, a confident young man from
Columbus, Ohio, talked authoritatively about antidiscrimination
policy at the 117-store chain he operates.
In the audience, a fragile-looking man from
Marion, Ohio, clutched an accordion file full of
medical affidavits and documehts frotu what he described
as years of harassment by co-workers. Both
made the trip Thursday to sulgp~Yi~ legislation outlawmg
sexual orientation as a basis for hiring, firing,
promotion or compensation. It would apply to businesses
with at least 15 employees, "and would not
apply to churches or any other tax-exempt organization.
Thomas Grote, chief operating officer of Donatos
Pizza, said he did not believe the bill would hurt his
business. "It is an unfortunate necessity that government
sometimes has to step in and set some of the
ground rules for business," he said.
As the son of the chain’s founders, Grote said
corporate retribution was never a concern but he still
was afraid of having problems with his employees
after revealing that he is gay. "I hhvejob security and
it was hard for me," he said "Unfortunately there are
many people who have to lie about who they are for
fear of losing their jobs."
Grote testified at a hearing unusual for its imbalance;
no opponent of the bill accepted Labor and
HumanResources CommitteeChairmanJimJeffords’
invitation to testify against it. Jeffords, the sponsor of
the bill, was the only Republican in attendance. The
othernineGOPcommitteemembers, including Ohio’ s
Mike DeWine, were no-shows.
Spokesman Charles Boese! said DeWine was at a
news conference promoting a national drunken driving
standard and then had another hearing to attend.
Staffers met with the bill’s supporters, and DeWine
previously met with a group lobbying for the bill,
Boesel said. DeWine voted against a different version
of the bill last year on the grounds ttmt it was "’an
increased mandate on business," the spokesman said.
Ohio’s other senator, Democrat John Glenn, voted
for the bill, which failed on a vote of 49-50.
Jeffords said he changed this year’ s bill to.meet the
concerns of senators who argued against it last year
on the groands that it could clog the nation’s courts
with new lawsuits or require preferential treatment.
He also released a study by the General Accounting
Office showing lawsuits have not increased signifi=
cantly in the 11 states that have passed their own gay
anti-discrimination laws.
The conservative organization Family Research
.Coma.cil distributed literature at the hearing explainlng
its v~ew that the legislation is a "homosexual
quota bill" granting special rights to gays. The Traditional
Values Coalition also issued a written statemerit
criticizing the hearing as "orchestrated care.-
fully to exclude this committee’s Republican majority
and those groups which are critical of preferential
treatment under law for homosexuality."
Gay Rabbi Welcomed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - When Temple Judea of
Tarzana installs Donald Goor as senior rabbi this
week, the 900-family Reform congregation will be
the largest mainstream synagogue to-have an openly
Gay man as its spiritual leader. "I’m a rabbi who
happens to be Gay," said Goor, 39, "but the congregation
and I have been able to build a relationship
where it isn’ t the primary issue." Although the liberal
Reform branch of Judaism allowed Gay and Lesbian
rabbis seven years ago, few have been chosen to fill
assistant or senior pulpit posts, rabbinical estimates
show.
Goor insists his sexuality is secondary to his position,
yet he does not dodge Gay issues. ’Tmcomfortable
discussing homosexuality. There’ s nothing that’ s
hidden," said Goor, who has lived with his companion
for 12 years.
Officials of the Tarzana congregation said Goor,
whose father is a rabbi in New York, was an easy
choice to replace outgoing Rabbi AkivaAnnes. "He’ s
exactly what clergy should be - sensitive to older
congregants andinvolved with the youth," said temple
President Michael Rudman. "He is not a one-dimensional
rabbi."
More than a year-before Annes retired, Goor had
been chosen as the future senior rabbi by aunanimous
voice vote of the congregation. "TempleJudea should
be commended for looking beyond prejudice and
stereotypes to keeping an outstanding rabbi," said
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Judaism’s Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
"He’s a very, very,_~4fted rabbi with strong
social-justice concerns and Torah knowledge who
happens to be Gay."
And when Reform rabbis hold their national convention
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colleagues to approve same-sex, wedding-like ceremonies
for Jewish Gay and Lesbian couples. The
issue was controversial at last year’ s meeting. Orthodox
and other traditional Jewish leaders say homosexuality
violates Jewish law, and thus cannot be
integrated into the synagogue. Some moderate conservatives,
however, have pushed for a more sympathetic
view of homosexual Jews. At the Valley Beth
Shalom in Encino, for instance, a support group was
formed five yea~s ago for families of Gays and
Lesbians.
Billy Graham:
Gays Welcome
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Rev. Billy Graham -
who has Parkinson’s disease and prostate cancer -
appears to be in faihng health again. Graham, who
concluded his three-day San Francisco crusade Saturday
night, has been so weak that he skipped a VIP
reception before Thursday’ s crusade.
He alsohas walked onto the stageat SanFrancisco’ s
COW Palace with obvious pain and difficulty. "’They
have me staying in bed much of the day. Mostly, I’m
just old," the 78-year-old evangelist told the San
Francisco Chronicle. He has, however, been able to
make it to the pulpit and has addressed the most hotly
contested issue of his trip to the San Francisco Bay
area: homosexuality.
"Whatever yourbackground, whatever your sexual
orientation, we welcome you tonight," he has told
crusade crowds in San Francisco. Responding to a
quesuon at the press conference, Graham said the
Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin, but quickly
added, "There are other sins. Why do wejump on that
sin as though it’ s the greatest sin?"
UK Labor Govt, Relaxes
Immigration Law
LONDON(AP) - The Labor government said Saturday
it is making immigration laws fairer by giving
foreign partners of Gay Britons residence rights after
a four-year relationship instead of the current 15
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’q’his is a relatively minor change affecting about
100 people a year," Immigration Minister Mike
O’Brien said in a BBC radio interview. "Marriage
will retain its special position and people should
marry if they can... (but) Some people, such as Gays
and some common law couples are actually prohibited
from marrying by law. I think it’ s unfair to
destroy their relationships," he added.
Rank-and-file lawmakers from the opposition
Conservative Party criticized the move as undermining
marriage. They objected despite Conse,~ative
leader William Hague adv0catiiiga( the part~ S~annual
conference this week a indite liberal attitude
toward Gays and single motherS. - --
Hague made no immediate comment. A:n aide,
speaking on condition of anonymity, described the
government move as a "’political stunt." "It undermines
marriage and it undermines imtmgration control,"
said Tory lawmaker Ann Widdecombe. She
was a minister in the Home Office, whose responsibilities
includeimmigration, in the Conservativegoverument
which lost power in May 1 elections. Said
O’Brien: "They really did fltmk their first test for
becoming a compassionate party." He said common
law spouses not able to marry included some from
Catholic countries where divorce was difficult.
Stonewall, a national Gay rights movement, gave
higher estimates than the government of potential
applicants- notincluding hetrosexual couples. Stonewall
spokesman Mike Watson estimated 200 Gay
couples would apply immediately, with another 200
applications each year.
Lesbian Teacher Sues for
1st Amendment Rights
SALT LAKECITY (AP) - Gay civilrights advocates
weren’t surprised when high school officials fired
Wendy Weaverfrom herjob as volleyball coach after
she divorced her husband andmovedin with awoman.
But when Weaver received a written order not to
discuss her "homosexual lifestyle" with parents, students
or staff members at Spanish Fork High School°
gay-rights groups and the American Civil Liberties
Union got involved.
The ACLU on Tuesday filed a federal civil rights
lmvsuit on Weaver’ s behalf against Principal Robert
Wadley, Nebo School District and three of its officers.
The suit contends Weaver was illegally fired as
coach for being alesbian and that eventhoughshe still
has her teaching job, the district’ s gag order violates
her right to freedom of expression.
Gay teachers around the country deal with similar
treatment, gay rights advocates said. "But the school
authorities in Spanish Fork, Utah, had the temerity to
put these rules in writing and demand that Wendy
sign away her constitutional rights if she wished to
keep her job," said Kevin Jennings, executive director
of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
in New York.
"For 18 years, I’ve been a good coach and a good
teacher. I’ve never done anything that has infringed
on anybody," Weaver said. "Then, all of the sudden,
I was not living the lifestyle they wanted me to live or
being the role model I had always been." Wadley
fired Weaver this summer, saying his "perception" of
her had changed.
The 40-year-old mother of two was given a written
gag order from the Nebo School District, which has
more than 18,000 students, saying she would be fired
if she talked about her sexual orientauon with students,
parents or staffmembers. Weaver turned to the
ACLU when she was unable to find an attorney in the
conservauve, predominantly Mormon community.
Doug Bates, the attorney for the state Office of
Education, said speech may be protected, but ajob is
not. "If you engage in speech activities that undermine
the confidence of the public in your ability to
perform thejob, then the goveminent does not have to
retain you," he said.
Weaver is considered by many to be a role model
on the volleyball court and as a teacher. "Wendy has
never done anything that anyone could say was even
remotely shady," said Kayleen Kidman, whose two
daughters played for Weaver.
New Vaccine Effort
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - ScieNtists at St.
Jude Children’s Research Hoslbital have
federal permission for an AIDS study
they say approaches the search for a vaccine
in a new way. The vaccine, developed
at St. Jude, is designed to show the
human body’s immune system how to
recognize diverse strains of HIV, the vires
that causes AIDS.
Most other studies on AIDS vaccines
have not had such a broad approach,
thought.the HIV. virus has many strains;
said Mark Grabowsky of"the National
Institum of Allergy and Infectious Disease:
’% lot of people have tried to solve
the variation of HIV problem by making
one vaccine that’ s broadly reactive against
all types. They’ re taken the unique approach
of saying, ’Let’s take as many
different types as we can and put it all in
the same vial,’" Grabowsky saidWednesday
from his office in Maryland.
The St. Jude vaccine was designed by
faculty researchers Julia Hurwitz a~d
Karen Slobod. Basically, it is similar to
test vaccines developed by other scientists
in that it carries proteins from the
outer shell or envelope of the HIV virus.
But Hurwitz said the St. Jude vaccine
carries 23 different HIV envelopes rather
than just one or two, as is common for
most vaccines now under study.
The DNA sequences of HIV envelopes
vary widely, meaning a vaccine thatwould
protect against one strain of the virus
might not do the same for another, she
said. "You’ve got to attack the diversity.
You’ ve got to acknowledge that you ha~;e
to attack it and use the strength of the
immune system to do that," Hurwitz said.
St. Jude got approval last month from
the Food and Drug Administration to begin
human safety trials, and the researchers
are looking for up to 18 volnnteers to
take the vaccine. It could be five to 10
years before it’s known the Vaccine acreally
works, but the researchers said early
animal tests have been encouraging. "Various
studies in the laboratory have shown
that it does elicit an immune response,’"
Slobod said.
Since its founding in 1962, St. Jude has
made an international name for itself in
research and treatment for leukemia and
other childhood cancers. The hospital
began an AIDS treatment program in the
late 1980s. Four years ago, the St. Jude
staffbegan working on the AIDS vaccine.
So far, the hospital has financed that research.
"They’ ve been able to accomplish
on their own what many of the largest
vaccine companies have not been able to
do, that is bring a vaccine to human clinical
trials," Grabowsky said.
Much oftheAIDS vaccine work aroundthe
country is financed by private industry,
and Grabowsky said St. Jude will
likely look for a partner as the Stud),
progres’se~. "At some point theywill do
the same thing that almost every developer
does, that is try to interest a company
to put it in a vial and market it," he said.
AIDS Book Helps :
Even withrecentmedical advances, AIDS
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AIDS, is a virtual death sentence. Not
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associated with drug use and homosexuality,
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see their fellow patients die one by one as
their own health deteriorates. How do
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and his psychiatric training, lets 38 HIVpositive
patients pour their hearts out in
"Being Positive: The Lives of Men and
Women With HIV" (Ivan R. Dee, $26).
They tell their stories with intelligence,
sensitivity and frankness, painting a remarkable
group portrait of people facing
death.
Klitzman, assistant professor of clinical
psychiatry at Columbia University,
has found that there are six main ways in
which patients handle the stress of HIV:
Finding camaraderie in the HIV community;
finding solace in religion; finding
meamng in work or volunteering; forging
closer bonds with family; denying the
seriousness of their eondition; and seeking
temporary relief in sex and substance
abuse.
No matter which course they follow,
theirnarratives offermuch foodfor thought
to everyone because, as Klitzman notes,
"One day we will face our own death."
The strength of this book lies in the fact
that Klitzman chose to study individuals,
not just psychiatric symptoms, allowing
them tell their stories from theii: own
perspective. The author’s experience researching
the medical epidemiology and
medi.cal anthropology of kuru, a viral disease
an Papua New Guinea, obviously
enabled him to take this refreshing approach
to his research. Theresultis a book
that contains a wealth of material for
psychiatrists, social scientists, novelists
and the general reader. It is an outstanding
work.
Molecule May Work
for HIV Therapy
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a basic discovery
that eventually could lead to powerful
new types of AIDS drugs or even a
vaccine, researchers have identified in the
laboratory a natural molecule that prevents
the AIDS virus from infecting cells.
The molecule was discoveredby a team
led by fumed AIDS researcher Robert
Gallo. A report today inthe journal Science
said the molecule works against HIV
by physically blocking the portal used by
the virus to invade lymphocytes and other
types ’of blood cells.
Three similar molecules, all called
chemokines, werefound earlierby Gallo’ s
team at the Institute ofHuman Virology at
the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
But Gallo said the new molecule is much
more effective because it protects all the
cell types attacked by HIV.
Periodic injections ofthese chemokines
could create a barrier between HIV and its
target cells, and prevent the virus from
spreading its deadly infection, Gallo said.
"Its .breadth of activity and its potency
will make it more important than any of
the other chemokines found so far," he
said in an interview.
He emphasized, however, that before
chemokines can-be tried against HIV in
humans, the molecules must be exten,
sively tested in monkeys against a related
virus called SIV, or simian immunodeficiency
virus, the monkey equivalent of
HIV, human immnnodeficiency virus.
Such testing could take several years.
Discovery ofthenew chemokinecomes
just as doctors report that some AIDS
virus is developing a resistance to the
three-drug combination that has successfully
suppressed HIV in thousands of patients.
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AIDS in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BritishColumbia (AP) -
In Canada’s trendiest city, a short stroll
from chic harborside hotels and bistros, a
pocket of skid-row poverty is reeling
from one of the worst AIDS epidemics of
any wealthy nation.
The 15 blocks known as Downtown
Eastside form the poorest urban neighborhood
in Canada. The Eastside’s ~drug
addicts are contracting theAIDS~.ansing
HIV virus at such a rapid pace that health
officials havejust declared the Fwstmedical
emergency in Vancouver’s history.
Experts estimate more than 6,000 addicts
frequent the area, perhaps half of them
inf~ted with HIT because of pervasive
sharing of contaminated needles.
Dr. Martin Schechter, a University of
BritishColumbiaepidemiologist, saidthe
infection rote among Eastside drag users
is the highest in North America at nearly
20 percent annually. In other words, out
of every 100 addicts who were were free
ofHIV at the start of the year, 20would be
HIV-positive by year’s end.
The problem has been building forseveral
years, but came into the spotlight this
month when Bud Osborne, a community
activist and former addict, convinced fellow
members ofVancouver’ s healthboard
to declare a medical emergency. ’This
epidemic is kind of like the plague,’"
Osborne said in an interview, "It’s going
to spread."
Under the emergency, the province has
allocated dlrs 3 million (dlrs 2.2 million
U.S.) to combat the epidemic~, and pressure
is mounting for the federal government
to help. Vancouver’s coroner and
deputy police chief have joined AIDS
specialists in urging the government to
decriminalizepossessionof Smallamounts
ofillegal drugs forpersonal use. "It’ s time
to recognize that we have a public health
crisis and, take it out of a criminal context,"
Scheehter said.
The epidemic is raging.: despite
Vancouver’ s ambitious ne~lleT-exchange
program, which started in 1988. More
than 2.5 million clean needles are distributed
annually, but many addicts don’t
bother to participate and instead share
used needles. Schechter said HIT-infections
in the Eastside began multiplying.
about four ,years ago when many addicts
changed habits - switching to a dozen or
more injections a day of cheap cocaine
rather than two or three injections of
heroin. ’~Fhenumberofinjections per day
goes up - the ability to take precautions
goes way down," he said. "That’s how
you get this explosion."
The health board has asked its staff to
develop a comprehensive action plan by
the end of October. It will likely ~nclude
expanded needle--exchange and addiction-
treatmentprograms, andrecommendations
to improve living conditions in
the Eastside.
Real estate prices in many Vancouver
neighborhoods are among the highest in
Canada, and very tittle new low-income
honsing is being built. Osborne saidowners
of the Eastside’s cheap hotels are
content to let them deteriorate, hoping
gentrification will sweep into the area in a
few years and boost property values.
"If you don’t have a decent place to
¯ sleep, all the health care in the world isn’ t
: going to make a difference," said
: Vancouver’s chief medical officer, Dr.
¯ John Blatherwick.law would have pre-
: vented the activities of which Williams is
¯ accused, however. "It is like the death
¯ penalty and murders," he said Monday.
: "Maybe this will save one life, or five
: lives. It’s not going to turn everybody
¯ around."
¯ HIV Experts Resign
Over Editorial
BOSTON (AP), Two !0P AIDS experts
: haveresignedfromtheNewEnglandJour-
¯ hal of Medicine’s board to protest an
: editorial that likened AIDS studies in the
: Third World to the notorious Tuskegee
¯ experiment.
¯¯ Dr. David Ho, head of the Aaron DiamondAIDS
Research CenterinNewYork
: City, and Dr. Catherine M. Wilfert, a
: pediatric AIDS expert at Duke Univer-
¯ sity, said as board members they should
: have been consulted about the editorial
: before it was published last month.
¯ The editorial criticized several studies,
: mostly in Africa, that are intended to see
: if brief, inexpensive doses of the drug
: AZTwillkeepHIV-infectedmothcrsfrom
: passing the virus to their babies. Some of
¯ the women are receiving,dummy pills
¯ instead of AZT.
." Dr. MarciaAngell, thejournal’ s execu-
¯ five editor, said in the editorial that the
¯ studies are unethical. She likened them to
: the Tuskegee study in which poor black
: men in the South with syphilis were left
¯ untreated even after penicillin became ¯
available.
¯ The editorial upset many AIDS re-
: searchers,including Ho and Wilfert, who
¯ believe the African studies are the only ¯
practical way to prove that a simple ap-
¯ proach works better than nothing at all.
¯ Wilfert and others worried that the influ-
¯ ential journal’s criticism could bring the
¯
studies to a halt.
¯ In an opinion piece in the Sept. 29 issue
: ofTimemagazine,Hocalled theTuskegee
¯ comparison "inflammatory and unfair."
: He said it"could make a desperate situa-
¯ tion even worse."
¯ Dr. Jerome P. Kassirer, the journal’s
: editorinehief, fired off an angry e-mail to
." Ho, criticizing him for not talking to the
." journal before writing in Time, Kassirer
¯ saidWednesday thatHowrotebackoffer-
." ing to resign. "zI sat on it for a couple of
." days and then decided to accept his resig-
¯ nation," Kassirer said.
¯ Wilfert said she submitted her resigna-
: tiontotakeeffectaftertheeditorialboard’s
: next once-a-year meeting in December.
¯ There she said she hopes for "a very cool ¯
discussion about the role of the editorial
She said thejournal’ s decisionto present
: just one side of the controversy was a
¯ policy issue thatshouldhavebeen brought
: to the 25-member board. "I resigned be-
¯ cause ofthe way in whichit was handled,"
¯¯ Wilfert said.
Kassirer saidtheboardmem.bers, among i some of themost prominentphysicians in
~ research, are asked for advice on such
¯ policy questions as conflict ofinterest and
: Internet publishing but never on the
: journal’ s content.
: "I regret this happened," Kassirer said.
¯ "On the other hand, we can’t be ham-
: strung by trying to have decisions made
: y conmnttee. Dr. Richard P. Wenzel of
the Medical College of Virginia, another
i AIDS expert on the editorial board, has
¯ not resigned.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and
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produce, launch, and promote a new series
of high-quality original soundtracks,
many of which will be released on compact
disc for the first time, ’The Deluxe
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previously unavailable orlong-out-of print
soundtracks from the legendary library of
United Artists Pictures, a subsidiary of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
In addition to pristine remastered recordings,
each compact disc is enhanced
with extras, including extensive liner
notes, exclusive photographs, and CDROM
capabilities featuring film clips and
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Select rifles also will be released in
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CD, and where available, the home-video
release, and will include original onesheets
and lobby cards, filmographies of
casts and composers, and alternate
takes from the recording Sp~l~ng
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The "Deluxe MGM
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the recordings of many landmark
United Artists films, including
200 Motels, Chitty
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coined the word ’$antasmagorical" especially
for this movie. CHITTY CH1TIN
BANG BANGis making its compact disc
debut with this release and will also be
available on cassette.
It’s my favorite childhood movie, and I
wore out the LP copy I had (still have)
long ago. You can almost make out the
musicunder thewear&scratches - barelv.
It still has the scrawl of my name froha
when I took it to school for show & tell.
Myother childhoodfavs, Willie Wonka
and Dr. Doolitflehadbeenreleased onCD
(I’m still waiting for "Pufnstut" & ’The
Little Prince"), so I had long
otr Peter hopedfor this. I cannot tell you
Pan... Disney is
releasing the video
in March ’98. Relive
that tlme when
all yo~ needd for
¯ome marie is a bit
of fairy dust. We
got it in spades,
didn’t we?
how great it is tohear the music
without .scratches and noise
from a worn LP. It’s amazing
they can make a 1969
.soundtrack soundgoodas new,
but such is the technology of
today. Rykodisc has done an
incredible job.
The disc contains all
the music from the original aldries,
andmany more, include some of the
biggest names in the recording industry
today. All deluxe rifles include the following
features wherever possible:
The complete original soundtrack recording,
remastered for the best-possible
audio reproduction; Extensive liner notes
covering the film, the score, and the composers/
vocalists; Captivatingphotographs
from theMGM archives, including some
never-before-seen images and candid behind-
the-scenes stills; CD,Rom features,
including theatrical trailers and/or film
clips in both Quicklime and MPEG formats,
a Web rink, and more; additional
tracks that feature key dialogue from the
films;areproductionoftheoriginalmovie
poster and original LP cover art.
Superlative Editions will include the
following additional features: Videocas-
° sette of-film; Alternate takes from the
¯ bum, remastered for CD and a CD-rom
¯ track that shows the original trailer on
: your computer. The trailer is, well, laugh-
" able. The announcer is the same guy that
"¯ did narration on the ’60’s Barman TV ¯
series, and over-emphasizes the "r’s in
." "Chitty". And at one point, he says: "Re-
. member the name of this film: It’s not
¯" Chitty Chitty Boing Boing, but..." They
." musthavebeen behind schedule, because
: I wouldhave fired that ad agency then and
¯ there. ¯
The film itself is fun, but disjointed. I
: just found out that Roald Dahl, the
¯ children’s book author ("James & The
"¯¯ Giant Peach", ’L’-’harlie and theChocolate
Factory" - also known as "Willie Wonka
¯ and...", "Matilda", ’The Witches", etc.)
o was towritethe screenplay,butgotmiffed ¯
whea they decided to restructure the f’flm.
: see Chitty, page 13
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I~ SUNDAYS
Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pro, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - l lain, 1703 E. 2nd, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service - llam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-1314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service, 5pro, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
University of Tulsa Bisexual/Lesbian/Gayfrransgendered Alliance
Sundays at 6:30 pro, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
l~= MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-gpm, Info: 834-TEST (8378)
aIV Rap Sessions at Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
7:30pro, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
PFLAG, Parents, Families &.Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2nd Mor~ieach too. 6:30pm, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group, Borders Bookstore
1st MonJea. too., 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pm, Helmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 587-6557
Monday Night Football, 8 pro, Pride Center, Renfro Room, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~TUESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group, HIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm
3507 E. Admiral (east of Harvard), Info: Wanda @ 834-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIV!AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locations, call: 749-7898
Rainbow Business Guild
Business & professional networking group, call for info: 665-5174 -
PrimeTimers, mens group, 11/18, 7:30 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
Coming Out Support Group (TOHR/HOPE)
Alternating Tuesdays, 6 pm, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, in~o: 743-4297
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family Of Faith MCC Praise/Prayer-6:30pm, 5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
Tulsa Native American Meus Support Group
For more information, call 582-7225, John at ext. 218, or Tommy at ext. 208
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for info: 595-7632.
Lambda A-A, 7 pm, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
Ellen Watch Party, 8:30pro, Pride Center, Renfro Room, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
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HOPE, I’HV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing, Testing: 7 - 8:30pro, Results: 7 - 9pm, Info: 834-8378
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pro, L01a’s, 2630 E. 15th
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each too. Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS 3507 E. Admiral
(east of Harvard), Info: 834-4194
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SafeHaven, Yoang Adults Social Group, I st Fd/eachmo. 8pro, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
Community Coffee House, varying dates, 7 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th, info:
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Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pro, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
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T.U.L.S.A~ Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, into: 838-1222
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OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organizatio~L Long and short rides. All
rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center, 3903 W. 4th St. Members of the Spoke
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
by Barry Hensley, Tulsa City-County Library
For information regarding HIV/AIDS topics, the Tulsa City-County Library is an
excellentresource. Thereare books, videos, audio cassettes, government documents and
periodical articles full of updated information. Many branch libraries have books and
other materials, although the Central Library, at 4th and Denverin downtown Tulsa, has
more detailed information. Here are some of the current items available through Central
Library departments:
BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
4th floor, phone: 596-7988 (Dewey area 616.9792)
AIDS and HIV in Perspective (by Barry Schoub)
Immune,Power: The Comprehensive Healing Program for HIV (by John Kaiser)
Dictionary of AIDS Related Terminology (by Jeffrey Huber)
Rethinking AIDS (by Robert Root-Bermtein)
Everything You Need to Know When a Parent Has AIDS (by Barbara Draimin)
AIDS and the Law of Workplace Discrimination (by Jeffrey Mello) (344.7301)
READERS SERVICES
2nd floor~ phone: 596-7966 (Dewey area 362.1969)
People, Sex, HIV and AIDS (by Pierre Andre)
Everything You Need to Know About Being HIV Positive (by Amy Shire)
D_I Not Go Quietly (by Mary Fisher)
We Are All Living With AIDS (by Earl Pike)
Women’s HIV Sourcebook (by Patricia Klosser)
Search for an AIDS Vaccine (by Christine Grady) ( 174.2 G)
Recovering From the Loss of a Loved One to AIDS (by K. Donnelly) (155.937)
Diary of a Lost Boy (by Harry Kondoleon) (fiction)
Labour of Love (by Doug Wilson) (fiction)
Such Times (by Christopher Coe) (fiction)
Promise of Rest (by ReYnolds Price) (fiction)
CHILDREN’S
2rid floor, phone: 596-7971
Magic Johnson (by Martin Schwabacher)
AIDS: How it Works in the Body (by Loma Greenberg)
Daddy and Me (by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe)
David Has AIDS (by Doris Sanford)
Know About AIDS (by Margaret Hyde)
MEDIA CENTER
1st floor, phone: 596-7933
Living Proof: HIV and the Pursuit of Happiness (video)
Heart of the Matter (video, HIV+ women)
HIV Test: Who Should Take It? What Does it Show? (video)
AIDS: Why We Won’t Look (audio cassette)
Let’s Talk: C. Everett Koop (audio cassette)
AIDS QuiR Songbook (compact disc)
There are also various Government Documents available in both the Reference
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November, with its frosts and freezes,
brings an end to garden work. For the
gardener, however, there is still plenty to
do at this time.
Fall brings anendto mostlawnmowing
but brings down many leaves! Many
people bag those leaves but a thrifty gardener
can mm those leaves into soil-enriching
compost with little effort. Acircle
of wire fencing is enough to corral leaves
which will slowly break down with little
more work than being wet down regularly.
It does help if you use a blower/
vacunm to vacuum up the leaves since
shredding the leaves helps them breakdown
faster.
Moreelaborate eomposting systems are
commercially available as are plans for
handy-person versions in many garden
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¯ some gardeners use their compost piles to
¯¯ recycle quite a bit of their green clippings
(like from the lawn) and wind up with
: moresoil-enriching material. Manyhouse-
¯ hold scraps can go in also though it’s not
¯ recommended that dairy or meat or weed
¯ seeds go into compost for sanitary rea-
¯ sons and to avoid reseeding if the tern-
¯ peratureinacompostpiledoesn tgethigh
; enough to kill the seeds.
¯ And for the thrifty gardener, fall can be
: a great time to get bargains! Especially at
: the large discount chains, perennials are
¯ usually siguificanfly discounted now. At
¯ one super center, butterfly bush, scabiosa
: (lovely flowers with an ugly name) and
: more were selling for 1/4 of their summer
¯ price. If you get them into the ground and
¯ mulch them well, these plants, true to
: their names, will return next spring.
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by Jean-Pierre La Grandbouche
TFN Food Critic
Aficionados of Mexican food in the
Tulsa area have long been familiar with
the small Alfredo’s franchise here in town
and in other Green Country cities~ and
may have visited the store at the comer of
30th and Harvard. Last spring, the owner
of that store wentprivate, and changed his
restaurant’s name to Sefior Perez
Restaurante Mexican0.
Thedecorremains much the
same, and situates diners in a
pleasant fiesta setting reminiscent
of a small Mexican
plaza.
Menus remain much the
same as when Sefior Perez’
was Alfredo’s, the major difference
being that the cute,
but.meaningless,names for the
various plate dinners have
changed. Theyhavealso added
several new "huevo," or egg,
dishes to the menu, including
huevos ranchero, which is two
fried eggs presented on a fried
tortilla and topped with a
Mexican style saucefor $4.50, machacado
con huevo and chorizo con huevos, consisting
of scrambled eggs mixed with
shredded beef or with ground Mexican
sausage, respectively, both $5.50, and a
torta de huevo, which is the Mexican
name for a Spanish omelette, for $4.50.
Entrees here are very inexpensive, as
seen from the eggs entrees. Most of the
simple dinners are $4.95, and the larger
plate, dinners are in the $6 range. Only
four Mexican items are more than $7.45.
The tacos al carbon, ribeye steak soft
tacos, are $8.95, came asada, strips of
beef steak, is $10.95, a ribeye steak Ranchero,
topped with ranchero sauce and
melted cheese, is $12.95, and the
Alambres, a Mexican-flavored steak ka:
bob, is $11.95.
One thing about themenu that struck us
as oddis theheavy dependenceuponbeef,
with only the random chicken dish. No
pork is on the menu, and with the-exception
of the non-Mexican shrimp scampi
and orange roughy, seafood didn,t make
the cut, either. Interesting, considering
how much of Mexico has a seashore.
On our recent visit to Sefior Perez, we
were greeted at the door by a friendly
hostess and immediately shown to our
window-side booth. Almost magically,
another staff member appeared beating a
complimentary basketofhottortillachips,
and a bowl of excellent salsa. The fresh
salsa was a thick paste, with a hint of
garlic and cilantro, and a slightly sweet
taste.
We began our meal with the very tasty
queso flatneado, or "flaming cheese"
($3.95). A sprinkling OfMexican chorizo,
or ground sausage, on the bottom of an au
gratin dishwas covered in a thick layer of
melted Monterey Jack cheese, and served
with several warm, but commercially prepared,
flour tortillas. We were a bit disappoimed,
though, since when we’ve had
this dish south of the river (the Red River,
thatis), the cheese has always been doused
with liquor and presented tableside in
flames -hencethe name, quesoflameado.
Ourcompaniontried theMexicanpizza,
$4.95. A major disappointment that we
didn’t completely eat, the "pizza" was a
flour tortillatoppedwith amild chili sauce,
aratherblandranchera sauce, somemelted
Jack cheese, and slices of jalapefio pep-
¯ per. Other appetizer choices included sev:
¯ eral varieties of nachos, stuffed fried
¯ jalapefio peppers, guacamole salad, and
¯ quesadillas.
¯ For our entrees, our companion opted
¯ for the chile relleno dilmer, $6.75. Achile
relleno is a large, long, greenish-yellow
¯ Mexican pepper that is stuffed with a ¯
¯ meat tilling (in-thi~~case~ ’beef), then
breaded and deepfried. The stuffed pepper
itself seem~i’ (~,t~"fl~off,~, but it
Senor Perez
Restaurante
Mexleano
3023 So. Harvard
11 am -.10 pm daily
Prlees: Moderate
All major plastic;
no eheek~
Smoking:
Serrate s~tlons -
poorly diffe~tlat~
Alcohol: F~I ~r
Ambi~ee: Casnal
Rating: C lls*
was topped ~ith ;that bland
ranchera sauce and melted
Jackcheese, whichgotscraped
off and not eaten. The dinner
was accompanied by frijoles
refritos (vegetarians, beware:
the beans were very tasty, and
we would almost bet that they
were seasoned with the traditional
lard), a rather too-moist
and tomatoey Spanishrice, and
a mound of shredded Iceberg
lettuce.
One of the great tests of.the
Mexican kitchen is the artful
preparation ofso simple acomfort
food as a light, fluffy,
¯ steamed tamale. SO, we put the place to
¯ the test, and ordered the five tamale plate,
~ $3.95. Let us assure you that that was five
~ tamales too many. They should never
have been allowed to leave the kitchen. In
¯ fact, when they arrived, wethought atfirst
: that they were tive enchiladas, made with
¯ corn tortillas, instead of the hand formed ¯
masa cornmeal dough that makes up the
¯ tamale. The masa coating was thin to
¯ begin with, but they very obviously had
been allowed to stan~lin thekitchen warm-
; ing table and desiccate for far too long.
¯ Even the splash of mediocre chili could
¯
not resurrect these tamales. Now, in de-
" fense of the kitchen, it was late on a slow
¯ night when we dined- about 8:30 -but,
¯ given the Mexican tradition of dining at ¯ 10 or 11 at night, this can be no real
¯ excuse. We decided to forgo the limited
¯ choices for dessert. ¯
Now that Sefior Perez has decided to go
"- his own way, independently of the fran-
¯ chise, the very survival ofhis restaurantis
¯ going to dependupon the improvement of ¯
his kitchen product and him finding his
¯ "niche" amongst Mexican eateries in the
: Tulsaarea. Theblandness ofthefranchise
¯ product just won’t work in an indepen-
¯ dent restaurant in Tulsa. We Oklahomans
¯ have grown up. with Mexican friends, not
¯ to mention their mother’s fantastic and
¯ piquant cooking. We’ve far too many
good "morn and pop" restaurants, not to
¯ mention the ubiquitous, but consistently
¯ hig.h quality, local Chimi’s chain and the
¯ various national franchises with lots of ¯
marketing dollars, to have.to,patronize
¯ mediocrity.
~ Right now, the Perez menu reflects the
¯ Mexican "theme food" of the appeal-to-
" all-Americans-franchise. There is no re-
." gional character or personal flare to the
¯ food. Wecould find such nondescript fare
¯ at a Yankee restaurant up north. Here, so
¯ near Mexico and Baja Oklahoma (Tejas),
¯ we demand more authenticity and more ¯
¯ flavor. But, fortunately for Sefior Perez,
Mexican ties of familia are strong, so
~ when he puts out the distress .call to his
." grandmothers, aunts and sisters, we have
¯ every confidence that they will come for-
: ward with the old family recipes, and he
: thencanpresentadislinctiveandculinarily
: interesting product that will pack in the
¯ crowds to the Perez family restaurante.
by Lamont Lindstrom ." After two weeks I went into a place
Kagoshima, like all Japanese cities, is named, I hoped propitiously, The Down
both ugly and beautiful at the same time. " Under. It turned out that this specialized
It lies along the eastem shores of a superb " in Australian beers, the proprietor having
harbor in the far south of the southern " livedseveralyearsinQueensland. Hewas
island Kyushu. Sakurajima (’Cherry Is- ¯ there tending bar. After the usual small
land’) squats down just offshore in the talk about why I was in Kagoshima, I
center of the bay. This is a massive, hulk- nervously asked the question: "Uh, are
ing volcano; 3500 feet tall, that erupts " there any Gay bars in town?" "Why of
continuously sending course," he replied quickly
plumes of ash skywards into 1Mly flrst two grabbing a napkin to sketch
the stratosphere. With every weel~s in town~ a map that would lead me
west wind, a sprinkling of
nearly every night through the unnamed streets
black, crystalline volcanic
I went bar-hopof
the city.
ash covers everything in ’%Vell, that was easy," I
town. Whenever I was de- Pi~g.¯ Herewasmy thought. I managed to find
pressed, I could always look challenge: could I thebuilding indicated onthe
up at Sakurajima and imag- {in(l a qay bar.~ In map, locating the bar up on
ine the city laid ruin, smoka
eltlr ot 500,000~ the 4th floor by comparing
ingundertwentyfeetofburnso
I l:igured, there
signs with the kanji characing,
creeping lava.
In 1995, I went to live in had to be one or
ters he had drawn on my
napkin. I opened the door
Kagoshima for seven two.Ihardlyspol~e and edged inside. Theplace
months.Imovedintoagaijin any Japanese... wasemptyexceptforagroup
shukusha (foreign-style Wors% my hnowl- of guys dressed as waiters
lodging) built on the rim of
edge of tke tkree
lounging at a table. They.all
the old caldera. Kagoshima,"
orthograph,es
jumped up and one, who
as is typical of Japanese cit- spoke some English, came
ies, has a concentrated enter- that Japanese use over to me. "Did I "know
tainment district. Ten- was rill so I where I was?" he asked.
monkan is about 10 square couldn’t read any "Yes," I said, "Isn’t this a blocks of hundreds of tiny d the tho.sands Gay bar?" I showedrm my
bars, clubs, movie theaters,
of neon signs that map.’"vVell,yes,"hereplied,
restaurants, food stands, and ’"out did I really want a Gay
pachinko (Japanese pinball) llt the night bar?Whatexactly didllike?
parlors. Men, or men dressed as
TheAmericans bombed Kagoshimaflat woman?"
duringthePacificWarandmostbuildings It dawned on me that a ge ba (’Gay
in town are ugly cement mid-rises thrown bar’), atleast in Kagoshima, is a bar where
up in the 1950s. Drinking establishments straight businessmen, the hip, and the
of all sorts squeeze into every corner of adventurous come to be entertained by
these five and six story buildings, guys in drag- mostly dressedin exquisite
My first two weeks in town, nearly kimono.Tablesbeginatabout$100which
everynight I went bar-hopping. Here was buys part of a botde of whiskey and a
my challenge: Could I find a Gay bar? In beautiful boy-girlin silkkimono and clasa
city of 500,000, so I figured, there had to sical wig who fills your glass with ice and
be one or two. I hardly spoke any Japa- tops it off with whiskey after every sip.
nese, although I had diligently practiced I should have been asking for homo ba
some useful words and sentence struc- (homo bar) since this is where the guys
tures. Worse, my knowledge of the three ~hang out. The waiter, who admitted to
orthographiesthatJapaneseusewaslfilso being a student at the university I was
I couldn’t read any of the thousands of visiting, kindly took me by the ann and
neon signs that lit the night. Japanese led me around the block to where three
urban streetscape is a confusing riot of poky homo ba were located, stacked one
color and sound. And, although all Japa- above the other in a tall, narrow building.
nese take at least six years of Falglish in There are five homo ba in Kagoshima,
school, hardly anyone - in Kagoshima at all of which are similar. All are snaku -
least- would admit to knowing any Eigo. the sort of establishment whose standard
And I was a bit hesitant to ask. Who cover charge ($10-$15) includes a small
might I shock or insult by inquiring, ’Mh, plate of snacks that accompanies one’s
do you know any Gay bars?" And I’m drinks. ~Each boasts powerful karaoke
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enough of an American to have absorbed machines and clienteles of eager but very
our masculine cultural imperative: indifferent singers.
NEVER ASK DIRECTIONS. T’nese homo ba do not sort thematically
So I walked around. I checked out the in the American way. Rather, locals claim
environs of the train and bus stations. I only that they are age-graded: one is for
consulted the Spartacus guide (no the younger crowd, one is "mixed," and
Kagoshima). I telephoned a bar listed one toshi yuri - older gentlemen only.
therein in the larger city, Fukuoka, across They all looked mixed to me. I felt sorry
the island and had an unhappy conversa- for I~agoshima’s Lesbians. If they want to
tion in pidgin Japanese. I followed (sur- drink, they probably have to go to Tokyo.
reptitiously, I hoped) guys around who Until I left Kagoshima, I watched everylooked
Gay. But could I tell? what was day at the university for that studentthe
Gay-look in Japan anyway?. Still, I waiter who led me to the city’s hidden
hoped they w6uld lead me somewhere. I homoba.Iwantedtothankhimbutlnever
.gave up. met him again.
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The film itself is fun, but disjointed. I
just found out that Roald Dahl, the
children’s book author ("James & The
Giant Peach", "Charlie and’the Chocolate
Factory" - also known as "Willie Wonka
and...", "Matilda", "The Witches", etc.)
was to write the screenplay, but gotmiffed ’
when they decided to restructure the film.
He refused to write any more, and the
director, Ken Hughes, ended up writing
the script the day of shooting. Trivial
Pursuit, anyone?
I recall arguing with a classmate over
how they got the car in the air and water.
Myposition was that Chitty was indeed a
real car. His theory was that the filmmakers
used invisible piano wires to make the
car fly. I just thought that was utterly
ridiculous. And, as it turns out research
proves me right - sort of. There were
several cars blfilt: One that actually was a
working car - it’ s in England, and for the
right price, available for rental. (Tom has
long taunted me with the promise of a trip
to England upon my graduation from TU
I told him, after finding the previous info,
that if he REALLY wanted credit for
making a dream come true...) There was a
"car" built on pontoons - so that it was
basically a boat with a car body. Chitty
was indeed a floating car! There was
another car for flying. OK, it didn’ t really,
but the propellers worked! With the help
of a hydraulic lift, and a crane, it did get
into the air. One of those is in an auto
museum in Ohio, I believe. But"invisible
piano wire.s", really! How childish!
I’ve even found other Chittyfans here in
Tulsa, amazingly enough. (Hi Peter &
Robert! ) Yes, it’s silly, but childhood treasures
take me back to that feeling of
innocence that I once had as a child - even
if for a moment. Once lost, innocence is
impossible to regain, but every so often
something might trigger thatfeeling again.
Those "someflfings" are life’s treasures.
For.me, it’s music & fill: Chitty, Willie,
Oz, Peter Pan, Doolittle & Pufnstuf. And
Petula Clark’s "Downtown". I guess they
remy escape from the mundane, mto
the realm of hope and dream. Symbols of
the possible. What are yours?
Speaking of Peter Pan, (My first Crush
was on the Disney cartoon character. I
wanted to be a lost boy so bad.) Disney is
re-releasing the video in March ’98, with
a remastered soundtrack, (first time on
CD). Re-live that timewhenall youneeded
for some marc is a bit of.fairy dnsL We
got itin spades, didn’t we? Magic tends to
get more complicated as we get older.
(It’s why I’ve always hung on to mine, no
matter what. Onecanneverhave too much
magic - unless you’re the sorcerer’s apprentice.
(Just Checking to see how many
will "get" that reference.)
¯Andfmally, for those dealing with Pride
and Prejudice (I deal with it daily myself,
in theformofa certainLeo I’macquainted
with), authors Ted and Marylin Bader
will appear at Border’s Books November
6th from 12 - 1:30 pm in period costume
for a discussion of their book, "A Sequel
to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice". A
.19th century style "tea" will be held, during
which the Baders will prevail in a
discussion of the literature of"their day".
At 1:30, Darth Bader will appear and zap
them into the present. (Joke! It’s a joke!)
Oh, I missed my calling. I should have
been a comedy writer. Or not.
ing, among otherfacts, that they are living
together in a committed, intimate rela- ¯
tionship, thattheyareresponsibleforeach -"
other’s welfare and financial obligations :
and that they are not related in a way that :
would prohibit legal marriage in the state ¯
in which they reside. The proposed bill "
sets forth the process of eligibility for :
domestic partnership benefits and for the
estimated that up to 40% of a worker’s
remunerationcomes in theform of"fringe"
benefits. Clearly, some federal employees
are getting paid more than others
whenfringebenefitpayments areincluded.
It is time to stop this discrimination in
how we treat similarly situated federal
employees. The proposal by Representative
Frank would, for the first time, provide
equity in pay, including benefits
received, for all eligible federal employees.
NGLTFlauds Representative Frank’ s
cutoff of such benefits if a partnership is " introductionofthislegislation, whichrepdissolved,
resents another step forward in the fight
"The National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force (NGLTF) applauds Representative
Barney Frank and the other 14 lead co-
.sponsors of this legislation which could
just as easily be entitled ’The Workplace
Equality Act.’ " responded Helen
Grn~ales, Public Policy Director of
NGLTF.
’"Pne proposal introduced today gives
recognition to the diversity of families in
our country. According to a 1991 U.S.
Census Bureau report, fewer than 30% of
American families fit the traditional defiuition
of family- that is, two heterosexual
parents living with children under-18.
Yet, it is this definition of family which is
the key factor in determining the type and
amount of benefits a federal worker and
his or her family receives.
"A married heterosexual federal employce
with a spouse and child can be
eligible for a host of benefits, including
health insurance, life insurance, and participation
in a federal employees’ retirementprogram.
Yet, anotherfederal worker
with a partner and a child who does
exactly the samejob wouldnot qualify f6i:
the same benefits. That’s the same as
advertising a job m a newspaper saying
"salespeople wanted: salary for married
heterosexuals, $12 an hour, salary for
unmarried heterosexuals and gays, lesbians,
bisexual and transgendered persons,
$7.20 per hour. We would all recognize
that as unfair, illegal and discriminatory.
"The U.S Chamber of Commerce has
for equality for all.
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
echoed the words of NGLTF. HRC Executive
Director Elizabeth Birch stated,
"As a former executive of a Fortune 100
company, I have seen firsthand the effects
of equitable treatment of gay and lesbian
employees in the workplace. . Put simply,
it not only promotes fairness and
great values, it is good business."
Birch pointed out that an increasing
number of the most successful and fastest-
growing U.S. corporations haveimplementeddomesticpartner
coveragefor their
gay employees, including such household
names as IBM, American Express,
Eastman Kodak and Nike.
"They took this stepnot only because it
ensures the ability to attract the best talent
from the broadest pool, or because the
commitment and loyalty of every emp!
oyeeis enhanced, but because suchpolioes
honor and celebrate the values of
fairness and equality on which tiff s nation
was founded," she said.
She also noted that no company thathas
ever instituted such.:benefits has withdrawn
them, that there has never been a
documented case of fraud surrounding
such policies and that the cost of extending
domestic partner benefits is minimal.
Among the benefits extended under this
legislation: Participation in the civil service
or federal employees’ retirementpr0-
gram; life insurance; health insurance;
and workers’ compensation.
The Many Marches of Aida
Aida is one of thOse operas people usually
see more than once, and there is good
reason for that. The grandest ofall Verdii~
operas,itis at once heroic, seductive, tragic
and an epic of huge proportions. It was
composed to commemorate the btfil~ng
and opening of the Suez Canal. And of
course thereis the gut-rending music.
Since the 1920’s, the opera has proved to
be a favorite with Tulsa audiences.
Yet when Tulsa Opera opens its 50th
Anniversary season November 8, 13 and
15, this Aida will boast more artists, chorus
and supers in front of a smashing set
fromL’Opera de Montreal, with animals
- boa constrictors specifically, from
Safafiis Exotic Wildlife Sanctuary ofBroken
Arrow.
The story of Aidais a deliciously complicated
struggle between at least three
major factions - the Egyptians and the
Ethiopians, the priests and the royalty,
and the romantic triangle between the
Egyptian princess Amneris and the General
Radames and the princessi Ethiopian
slave, Aida.
Although the story remains constant,
every Aida that has been performed in
Tulsa has some distinctive element.
The Chicago Civic Opera first brought
Aida to the Tulsa Convention Hall (the
old Lady on Brady) in the 1920s.
As many opera companies were curtailing
activities or ceasing to exist when the
¯ Great Depression hit the nation, opera
" continued in Tulsa. The next production
¯ of Aida, noted for its mammoth propor-
¯¯ tions, came July 13 and 15,1933,at Skelly
Stadium. About six thousand people at-
" tended the first performance, making it to
¯ date the largest single Tulsa audience for
¯ opera.
~ On November 1 and 3, 1956, Tulsa
¯ Opera Inc. presented its first production ¯
of Aida with Gerald Whitney as Conduc-
¯ torandChorus Master, AnthonyStivanello
¯ as Stage Director and Marguerite Bailey
¯ as Choreographer. The stage band was
¯ from Central High School and the extra
¯ trumpeteers were from Will Rogers High
School. On November 6 and 8, 1964,
¯ Aida was again performed at the Old
¯ Lady. Jauice Yoes made her opera debut
_" as the High Priestess in this production.
¯ When Tulsa Opera staged first its pro-
" duction at the new Tulsa Performing Arts
¯ Center in 1977 it was - you guessed it -
¯¯ Aida. Next in 1985 - The Nile Goes
Neon. Tulsa Operais fifth production of
¯
Verdiis renownedmusical dramabrought
~ thestellarvoiceofsopranoLeonaMitchell
¯ back to the Tulsa stage in the tire role. ¯
¯ Now, more than a decade later, Aida -
in the largest production yet, starring
¯ Priscilla Baskerville as Aida, Tichina
¯ Vaugllas Amneris and John Keyes as
Radames. For tickets and more informa-
¯ tion, call the Tulsa Opera Ticket Office at
¯ 587-4811.
particularly focusing on ending discrimination
based on sexual orientation
through elections, legislation,
public awareness and education. The
event was presented with the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Fund which works
to elect openly Lesbian and Gay public
officials.
Mixner’s speech was both funny
and
whenhe
AIDS,
in
values inspire his courage.
And he cited the example of a lady,
Fannie Lou Hamer, who suffered
.multiple beatings, to the point of bemg
o’ippled; until she finally was.
allowed to register to-vote. She told
Mixner she dfditso that one day, her
grandschild could hold office and
today, one grandson is a county supervisor.
Mixner exhorted his listeners
to workfor thosewhoareyounger,
to make it better for them. The crowd
of 150 were in the palm of his hand.
Cimarron Alliance will holdaTulsa
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organization not-for-profit 501(c)3
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Candlelight March & Memorial Service
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6 pm Gather at Southminster Presbyterian
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6:30* March begins.
7 pm* Memorial Service at
All Souls Uttitarian Church.
Reception to follow in
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1997
Adam West
adoption
AIDS/HIV
AIDS/HIV drugs
AIDS/HIV education
AIDS/HIV research
arts and entertainment
attorneys
Barney Frank
Barry Hensley
Bars
Billy Graham
businesses
Candlelight March and Memorial
churches
Cimarron Alliance
custody
Dave Fleischer
David Mixner
discrimination
Do-It-Yourself Dyke
Dyke Psyche
employment non-discrimination act (ENDA)
Entertainment Notes
Esther Rothblum
First Amendment
gardening
gay clergy
Gay Studies
Greetings from the Garden
HIV Resource Consortium (HIVRC)
homophobia
immigration
James Christjohn
Jean-Pierre La Grandbouche
Lamont Lindstrom
Mary Schepers
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Native Americans
Oklahoma Lesbian and Gay Law Association
Partner Benefits
performing arts
Read All About It
restaurants
Ruth Harlow
Tom Neal
Tulsa Family News
Tulsa Two-Spirited Indian Men's Support Group
visitation
World AIDS day
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Noted Attorney to Speak
to Oklahoma Gay Lawyers
TULSA - Local organizer for the Oklahoma Lesbian
andGayLawyersAssociation (OLGLA),attorney Kerry
Lewis has announcedthatOLGLA will present a speech
by Ruth Harlow, a nationally respected attorney for
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, one of the
oldest Lesbian and Gay advocacy organizations in the
US. Harlow is scheduled to speak on Nov. 6 in Tulsa,
either at the annual convention of the Oklahoma Bar
Association or at an independent event held in conjunction
with the convention.
Lambda is heavily involved in helping to litigate the
Hawaii same gender marriage court cases and has been
involved in most major US legal batdes involving
Lesbian and Gay civil rights issues, ranging from
parenting to military to employment and housing cases.
OLGLA which began this summerinOklahoma City,
is beginning a membership drive in Tulsa scheduled to
start in September, and is promoting continuing legal
~ducatton programs (CLE) on issues concerning Lesbians
and Gay men and their families, and hopes to
conduct.a survey ofTulsa and Oklahoma City law firms
concermng their non-discrimination and employment
practices, among other goals..Its mission i~ Iopr_o.mo.te
equality in and through the legal p~of~s]on and ~ur
society. For more information, contact Kerry Lewis at
~RT-1 17X or C)l ~r .A at ~-TffD-| 9157
Tulsa Centennial Invites
Notorious Anti-Gay Bigot
TULSA-TulsaOklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR)
formally protested to Tulsa Centennial orgamzers the
inclusion of Anita Bryant in Tulsa’s Centennial entertainment
Ms. Bryant, a former Tulsan, became notorious
world-wide for her successful campaign against a
Florida civil rights protection ordinance. TOHR expressed
in a letter to Centennial coordinator, Paula
Hale, the offensiveness of Ms. Bryant’s selection to
TOHR’s Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgendered constituency.
A TOHR spokesperson suggested that inviting
Bryant. was offensive in the same manner that inviting
David Duke (born in Tulsa) to participate would have
been particularly offensive to Tulsa’s African-Amencan
and Jewish communities. TOHR did not~k for the
cancellation of the Bryant concert but merely .for an
acknowledgment of the organization’s concerns.
And in a letter of 8/19 , Centennial chairperson,
Sharon King Davis, and Hale state, "it was ne~ter the
intention of the planners of this Homecoming ~vent to
to anything that would be disrespectful. Indeeditis one
of the goals.., to involve all segments of our commamty...
Please accept this letter in the spirit in which it
is offered. We hope to makeamends and to fostera
continuing good relationship with TOHR."
TOHR’s spokesperson expressed the thanksto the
Centennial Committeeforrecognizing the organization’s
conceras, andnoted thatTOHRintened to participate in
the Homecoming Parade on Sept. 20.
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~RECTORY~E~E~ P. 2 ~ EDITORIALS P. 3
US,& WORLD NEWS P. 4
mm H~LTH NE~ P. 6
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ENTE~AINMENT NOTES P. 8
COMMUNIW CALENDAR P. 9
BOOK REVIEW & GARDEN COLUMN P. 10
1 CLA~FIEDS P. 14
¯ Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
¯¯" ~ Tulsa’s. Laroest Circulation Community Pa_nerAvailable In More Than 60 City !_ocatio(~.--
PFLAG Regional Directors Call for Executive
Director to Resi ln; Some Also Seek Pres.
¯ McDonald’s Res,gnation; Deficit Also Cited
¯ by Kai Wright directors (there are two open seats on the council).
¯ reprinted with permissionfrom The Washington Blade An attachment to the grievance, signed by only
¯ WASHINGTON, D.C. - A recent study of the "organizational three of the 13 regional directors, called for the
climate" at the national level removal of Board ¯ of the Parents, Family and
¯ Friends ofLesbians andGays
found the organization to be
¯
"in a state of crisis?’ The in-
" dependent study was com-
. missioned by PFLAG’s
Board of Directors and presentedatlastweekend’
s board
meeting inWashington, D.C.
¯ Along with that study, the ¯
board discussed an official
¯ grievance from the group’s
¯ Regional Directors Council
¯ (RDC) - a 15-member body
which oversees the develop-
" ment of local affiliates and
¯ acts as aliaisonbetween those
¯ affiliates and the national of-
" rice. That complaint charged
." the national-office with fi-
¯ nancialmismanagement, vio- ¯
lation of organizational by-
Lowenthal [former board member]
said McDonald and Gillis have
reacted to the eomplalnts with
intransigence and have sought to
hide the loeal-level dlseontent from
both those outside the organization
and board members¯ She charges
that they have done so by attempting
to intimidate board members who
speak out ... McDonald and Gillis
barred a Blade reporter from cover
ing... [the board] meeting¯
laws, and failure to provide support for the organization’s local " board president.
President Nancy
McDonald.
In addition, a number
of former board
members and regional
directors, cur,
rent chapter presi-:
dents, and donors
lodged individual
complaints at the twoday
meeting. Those
complaints also criticized
the national ofrice
for not offering
adequate support to
the local affiliates and
questioned its financial
priorities. Several
of those complaints
also called for the removal
of the executive
director and
affiliates. It also called for the removal of executive director ¯ But after two days of debate on the issues raised
Sandra Gillis. And it was signed by all 13 active regional " in these complaints see PFLAG, page12
¯ choices in their lives and we’re trying to
give them choice and control’ says
" Oaudette:Pet(tson ’ofthe philosophybf
¯ the newly opened Food Pantry of the
HIV Resource Consortium. Peterson
: who’s "known to many in Tulsa for her
¯ work as former director of prevention
¯ programs for Tulsa Oklahomans for
¯ Human Rights,is Pantry Coordinator- a
¯ role Peterson is performing for no pay.
¯
In fact, the budget for the project is
¯ limited withinitial funding coming from
a grant from the TulsaArea United Way.
i
Accordingly, atleast initially, the Pantry
¯ will probably serve only al;out 30 indi-
." viduals. Peterson. notes that to ~nsure
: fairest possible access to this resource, clients will be chosen
.. through alottery system that draws from the eligible clients from
o the HIV RC and from other agencies that serve PLWA’s, such as
¯ Shanti, Our House, etc.
¯ The Tulsa HIViAIDS communities have been served for a
HIV Resource Consortium Opens Food Pantry
TULSA - "People with HIV lose a lot of
i Library Drops.Distribution of
Free Commun,ty Newspapers
Dueto Space Limitations or to Anti-Gay Bias?
¯ TULSA - After almost four years of conflict over allowing a
multiple copies of Lesbian and Gay newspaper to be distributed
: at Tulsa City-County Library System (TCCLS) locations, the
: Library Commission has resolved the matter by banning the
¯ distribution of all community newspapers and magazines.
The dispute began when Tulsa Family News (TFN) publisher,
¯ Tom Neal, approachedTCCLS on behalf of a Kansas Gay paper.
¯: The Commission promptly changed the rules to ban non-local
¯ papers. TFN was allowed distribution briefly but then was told
TFNdidnotfitthethenfles.Overseveral years,TFNdocumented
: regularandsystematicdifferentialtreatmentofnon_Gaypublica_ ¯ tions and TFN in the application of those rules. TFN attorneys ¯
determined that there were likely repeated First Amendment
¯
¯ violatious involved inTCCLS,s actions. In respouse to threats of a lawsuit, one Commissioner said that the result would likely be
¯ the removal of all publications. And this June, the commission
voted toremove all publications, claiminglack of space. Interestingl,
y, a visual inspection ofcentral and regional libraries appears
to snow aaequate space for many publications.
Scott Reno, Janice Nicklas, Sharon Thoele,
Claudette Peterson, and Gina Germany celebrate
the opening ofthe. HIVC’s Food Pantry.
~ Food for the service comes in part from the Tulsa
~ Community.Food Bank (TCFB) which works with
: a national program, Second Harvest, to make all
¯ manner of surplus foodstuffs available to people in
¯ . need. see Pantry, ~a~e .?
¯ Com!ng Soon Drag D,vas’ Carwash
¯- PFLAG - Tulsa lOy. Anniv.
¯ TOHR/HOPE/Pride. Ctr.
i Community of. Hope
Tahlequah HIV.Tesbng Ctr.
Lambda Bowl,rig League
: Concessions and the Brookside Divas are hold-
: ing a first ever Drag Car Wash on Saturday, Sep-
¯ tember 13thfrom 11 am to 3 pro. The car wash~vill
¯¯ be held in the parkinglot befiind the club (3340 S.
Peoria). All proceeds will benefit area Aids Charii
ties: TOHR/HOPE and OUR HOUSE.
¯ The Concessions Drag Queens along with some
¯ ~omother.,c,l,ubs,a~fl a f~ew surpriseCelebrity Drag
¯ tdueens wm oe doing the washing of the cars. Those scheduled to wash are:
.see Soon, page 3
number of years by a food
pantry run by Shanti and
Pet~rson ~tates that this
service ~s not intended toreplace
but to work with
other groups. In fact, one
ofherkey vohmteersl Scott
Rent,had worked with the
Shanti Storehouse extensively.
Whensetting up the
procedures for the Food
Pantry, this experience was
supplementedby feedback
from aPLWAfocus group
of about 20 persons in order
how best to serve the
clients.
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E..Pine 832-1269 ¯
*Blue Room, 606 S. Elgin 592-2583
*City Bites, 3348 S. Peoria 748-9600 "
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria 744-0896 ",
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria 749-4511
*JJ’s Country & Western Dance Club, 6328 S. Peoria 712-2119 "
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563 "
*The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st 745-9899 ",
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 ¯
*Samson & Delilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth 585-2221 "
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main 585-3405
*TNT’s, 2114 S..Memorial 660-0856 - -"
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508
*Affinity News, 8120 E. 21 610-8510
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med.& Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
.Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034
Body Piercing by Nicole; 2722 E. 15 712=1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 712-9955
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746~0313
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S: Memorial 622-3636
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 461h & Memorial 665-6595
CherrySt:Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902,743-4117
Communitycleaning,:Kerby Baker 622-0700
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
*Deco tO Disco,:3212E. 15th 749-3620
*Devena’S Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311. S. Peoria 744-5556
*Elite Books &Videos, 821 S..,Sheridan 838~8503
*Ros.s Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston 584-0337
Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria 744-9595
Leanne M. Gross, Southwest Financial Planning 459-9349
Mark T. Hamby, Attorney 744-7440
*SandraL Hill,MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-.,1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox .Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 712-2750
David Kauskey; Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599~8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159 747-5466
Langley Agency, 1104 S. Victor 592-1800
Laredo Crossing, !519 E. 15 585-1555
Susan McBay, MSW: Earth-Centered Counseling "592-1260
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3 584~3112
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 .663:5934
*M~hawk ~usic, 6157 E 51Place .664-2951
*Novelldea Bookstore, 51st& Harvard 747~6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672
ZiRita Parish, Indoor/Outdoor Co. Home Remodel’g 587=6717
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, .1401 E. 15 583-1090
Pet Pride, Dog&Cat Grooming 584-7554
The Pride Storei 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II; 1 lth & Mingo 838-7626
Richard’ s Carpet Cleaning 834-0617
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations, 743-2351
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christoph,er Spradling, attorney, 616 ~S. Main, #308
582-7748
*Scribner s Bookstore, 1942 Utica ~quare 749-6301
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard 481-0201
*Sophronia’s Antiques, 1515 E. 15 592-2887
*Tickled Pink, 3340 S. Peoria 697-0017
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S Delaware 743-7687
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria 742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis 481-0558
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counsding 743-1733
*Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis 592-0767
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB 1071,74101-1071 579-9593
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314
Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207 E. 6 583-7815
*B/L/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chamber of Commerce, 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chaoman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th PI. & Florence
*Con~mlmity ofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
*Commumty Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Church of the Restoration, 1314 N.Greenwood 587-1314
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
.Dignity/integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopal. 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615, POB 4140, Tulsa, OK 74159
e-maih TulsaNews@earthlinlc net
website: http://users.aol.comlTulsaNewsl
Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal
Entertain ment Writer + Mac Guru: James Chdstjohn
Writers + contributors: Dr. Mike Gorman, Leanne Gross, Barry
Hensley & Jean-Pierre Legrandbouche
Member of The Associated Press
Issued on or before the 1st of each month, the entire contents of
this publication are protected by US copyright 1997 by
T~ {:~.’. N~and may not be reprrduced either in whole
or in part witliout written permission from the 15ublisher.
Publication of a name or phbto does not indicate a person’s
sexual orientation, t.;orrespondence is assumed to be for
publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & becomes
the sole property of Td~u~/:...~9~ Nt.J¢. Each reader is. e,n.~tled
to four free copies of each edition at distribution points. AOO~-
ti0nal copies are available by calling 583-1248.
FBI Liason Needed to
¯ Lesbian& Gay Community
¯¯ I have come to believe that often times
there is opportunity in many of the crises
¯ in our lives. Crises can motivate us,to
¯ change the way we view our world, or
¯ evenmore, to change the world. Recenfl.y ¯
the gay and lesbian community expert-
¯ enced a crisis, as Andrew Cunanan be-
-¯ . came one of the most"wanted people in
America. I thinkwehandled this situation
¯ fairly well, but many, including the FBI,
have stated that the FBI could.have done
more during its investigation to reach out
! to our community. Such a public admis-
¯
sion by the FBI is unusual, and perhaps
¯ indicative of the changes in the FBI and in
¯ their relationship with:us. ¯
As a gay manand career FBI agent, I
¯ can attest to recent changes in the FBI
¯ regarding the gays and!esbians. The FBI
; now has .a number, ofopenly gay and
; lesbian ~gents and support .personnel
¯ Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437,’800:284-2437
¯ ’ *MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 :
¯" *HIV Resource Ctr.~4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194 ;
¯ NAMES P,R,OJECT; 4.154’S; Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748~311.1 ¯
~ NOW, Nat 1Org forW0men, POB 14068,74159 365-5658 -"
: OK S~okes CI~ (l~icycling), POB 9165, 74157 "
¯
*Our House, 1114 S. Quakrr 584-7960 "
PFLAG , POB 52800, 74152
*Planned Parenthood; 1007 S. Peoria
*The Pride Center, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor, 74105
Prime-Timers, P.O. BOX 52118, 74152
*R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
*Red Rock Mental-Center, 1724 E. 8
O’RYAN, support groupfor 18-24 LGBT young adults
749-4195
665-5174
584-2325
749-4901 ¯
587-7674
743-4297 "
:.
~ght hdp all of us in the future.
~his is an opportunity for us to take the
initiative.and reach out to the FBI with our
ideas, recommendations, or complaints.
Request that the agent in charge of your
city!s FBI office appoint a permanent liaison
to our community. Contact FBI Director
Louis J. Freeh at FBI Headquarters
in Washington, D.C., and request that he
adopt thisliaison program nationwideand
undertake other measures to improve the
.FBI’s relationship with us. This moment
in time affords us an excellent opportunity
totake thelead and create positive
changes. Our commumty, the FBI, and
¯ O’RYAN, Jr. sunnort-grout~ for 14-17 LGBT. youth ", . . , ¯ ¯ -
: St. Aidan’s,Episcol~l Ch~ch: 4045 N. Cincinnati 4_~_5-~_8~2_ ¯ ~c~.oennstt.re_co~uW))~n~?~fe°gn~ ~u~
~ St Jerome s Parish Church 3841 S Peoria 742-022v ~ :.. _-~o .....
! *~hanti Hotline &HIV/AII~S Servic~ 749-78981 : ]:led ;Rock re" O’RYAN Article
¯ Trini EoiscooalChu~ch,~01 S. Cincinnati 582-4128 ; ’~,, . ~-’~ ; . .--
: Tuls~tYco~mty ~Iealtfi Department, 4616 E. 15 " .595~4i05 :¯.- i07t~e~~er~ge°CthKa~r~t~Pa~P.~c!~ Y ~
i ’ Confidential HIV TeSting - by appt. on Thursdays only " has givea :to our services. However, the
." Tulsa:Okla. for HumanRights, c/oThe Pride Center 743-4297 . article in the "AuguSt edition about
: T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222 , O’RYAN,aRedRocksupportandeduca-
,¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule " tional group, did ratse one concern. AI-
*Tulsa Community College Campuses " though we recently did move out of the ¯ *Rogers University (formerly UCT) ~ Youth Services of Tulsa building, this
: BARTLESVILLE ." was not done because of any conflict that
: *Barflesville Public Library, 600 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353 ¯ we have had with the organization, but
¯ NORMAN ." instead it was to allow us more¯ room for ¯
*Borders Books & Music, 300 Norman Center 405-573,4907 ¯ expansion. In fact, Red Rock’s outreach
¯ OKLAHOMA CITY program would not exist today if it were
¯ *BordersBooks&Music, 3209NWExpressway 405-848-2667 "¯ not for the pioneering efforts of YST. ¯ WhileRedRockandYST’s programs are TAHLEQUAH : umqudydifferent,bothhaveworkedcon-
¯ *Stonewall League, call for information: 918-456-7900 " jtmctively to better serve the community.
¯ *Tahlequah Unltarian-UnlversalistChurch 918-456-7900 ¯ We completely support and value YST’s
¯ *Green Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 918-458-0467 services as they have been supportive of ¯
NSU School of Optometry, 1001 N. Grand ¯ our services.
HIVevery other Tues. 5:30-8:30, call for date : Again, we wish to thank Tulsa Family
: EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ." News forits publicizing of our programs,
¯Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457 , as well as its dealing with important com-
" DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807 ¯ munity issues, cc: YouthServices ofTulsa
¯
*Emerald Rainbow, 45 All2 Spring St. 501-253-5445 : - Allyn S. Friedman, Exec: Director
: MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337 ; - Betsy Murphy, Tulsa Prog.Co-ordin~
¯ Geekto Go!, PC Specialist, POB 429 501-253-2776 ¯
¯ Kings Hi-Way Inn, 62 Kings Hi-way 800-231-1442 ." Letters policy: TFN welcomes letters
¯
Positive Idea Marketing Plans 501-624-6646 " on issues which we’ve covered or on is-
" Sparky’s; Hwy. 62 East 501-253.-6001 ¯ sues you think,need to be considered. You
"¯ " may request that your name be withheld
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS ¯ but letters must be signed & have phone
¯ *Edna’s, 9 S. School Ave. 501-442-2845 , no.s, or be hand delivered. 200 wordlet-
¯Ron’s Place, 523 W. Poplar 501-442~3052 : ters are preferred. Letters to other p.ubli-
; * indicates a distribution point. Listed businesses are not all Gay-owned ; cations will be printed as is appropriate. ¯ but welcome Lesbian/Gay/Bi & Trans conununities.
TFN Community Leaders
Kathy Dales recently became staffcoordinatorfor Tulsa
Oklahomans for Human Rights’HOPE: HIV Outreach,
Prevention & Education programs. Kathy whoformerly
served on the TOHR board, also volunteers as Volunteer
Co-ordinatorfor The Pride Center.
Courtney Farrell - Concessions Show Director;
Veronica Devore - Miss Gay Oklahoma USofA;
Katia Lee Love - Miss Gay Oklahoma America;
Porsha Lynn - Miss Gay Oklahoma US0fA at Large;
Mr. Kenny phillips - Miss Gay NE Oklahoma;
Kris Kohl; Paris Gray; and others.
Come out and support these charities and you never
-know what Tulsan you might find washing your car in
drag.
Tulsa Oklahoma.as for Human Rights (TOHR) is
seeking volunteers for several of its programs: HOPE:
HIV Outreach, Prevention and Education and for The
Pride Center.
TOHR/I-IOPE is seeking volunteers to assist at its
HIV Testing Clinic. The opportunities ~ndude answering
.phones, assisting with paperwork, sorting condoms, greetlng
clients and even testing and counseling after receiving
training by the Oklahoma State Dept. of Health.
Clinic volunteers are needed during weekdays and during
walk-in clinic hours on Mon. andThurs, evemngs..
Pride Center volunteers are needed to answer phones,
and to staff the Center during weekday evenings 6-10 pm
and on weekends. For information about volunteering for
the clinic, call 742-2927 aud for The Pride Center, call
712-1600 from 9-5 pm.
PFLAG - Tulsa is expanding its PFLAG 101 support
group to include a second meeting each month on the 4th
Monday. The group will meet at Fellowship Congregational
Church from 6:30 - 8:30.
Also,PFLAG - Tulsa wilt celebrate its 10 Anniversary
on September 7th from 5-7 pm. This private event will be
held at the home of Steve Wright. Kudos to founders Joe
& Nancy McDonald and current co-presidents Kathy &
Bill Hinkle and their board of directors!
Also, TOI-IR is continuing to take reports of anti-GaU
Lesbian/Bi or Trans discrimina~,on or of hate-crimes.
Reports may be made anonymousl~ or not and volunteers
may be able to refer victims to agencies or people who can
help. Help them try to help you. Call 743-4297 and leave
a message or call from 6-10pm. The TOHR Helpline is
usually staffed by volunteers seven nights a week.
Community of Hope is full of activmes as summer
ends and fall begins. From Sept. 3 - Oct. 22 from 6-8 pm,
a professional family therapist will lead a parenting skills
class that has been designed for the "multicultural and
diverse family situations" that are found at Coll.
Phillips Seminary professor Brandon Scott will lead a
study group on the Hebrew Scriptures on Sept. 18 & 25,
Oct. 2 & 9 from7-8:30 pm. Local therapistTed Campbell
is organizing a skills-building group, Healthy Gay Relationships,
Sept.23-Nov. 11,6-8 pm. The group is singles,
couples or one party of a couple with a focus on the
special challenges of Gay relationships in a non-supportive
culture.
Laterin thefall, Coil will offer a griefsupport group for
those dealing with loss during the holidays. For more
information about any of these programs, call 585-1800.
Over in Tahleqtmh, the Green Country AIDS Coalition
will provides confidential HIV testing on alternating
Tuesday evenings from 5:30 - 8:30 at 1001 No. Grand
Avenue (please use the Clinic entrance), in the Northeastem
State University College of Optometry. The dates are
9/2,16,&30,10/14 &28, 11/11 &25,and 12/9 &23. For
information, call Sara at 458-0467 or Ron at 458-9173.
Afew years ago, Shortly aft~r~I ~iurned to Tulsa, I had
a conversation with an acquaintance about The Tulsa
World. This individua!, a top level executive at The
Dallas Morning News said of The World, "’you know, it’s
just not a very good paper..." And frankly,, it is at times
parochial and unprofessional in its coverage. It’s just that
with the only other major daily paper in the state being the
neo-fascist Daily Oklahoman,
anything winds
up looking better.
Granted there is hope
with its newer management,
and some days, its
editorial board surprises
me. Some of its writers’
work I admire greatly
(like the witty and distinctly
family-friendly
youngThomas Connerwhosemusicreviews
are
worthreading regardless
of whether you have any
: the truth when the incident occurred. However since that
time The Worm has attempted to re-write Hemdon’s
~ history by publishing the 8/26 brief and several similar
: stories that portray Herudon’s problems as just being
¯ drug rdated- with no mention of his same gender sexual
¯ conduct.
: It appears that The Tulsa World’s entertainment editors
¯ . . a top level exeeutlve at
The Dallas Morrdn News said of
The World, "you know, it’s just not a
very goodpaper..."... It’s jiast that with
the only other major daffy paper in the
state being the neo-fJ,selst Da;ly
Ohlahoman, anything winds up
looking better...
think that it’s better for
Hemdon .to be. a~ drug
addict than. to have
sought sex with another
man, or possibly even to
be bisexual!I mean; even
under the influence of
"speed," how likdy is it
that Herndon would just
accidentally and unknowingly
be in aknown
"cruise" park in the
bushes with his genitalia
poking out of his pants
fly? I’m hardly an expert
interest in the CD’s or bands).
However, every so often The WorMforgetsjoun.~a!.istic
standards and slips into propaganda mode. Much of its
coverage of The Tulsa Project qualifies. While generally
I support community reinvestment in our city center, it
would be nice if The WorM’s news coverage at least
pretended to be balanced. But the stories thus far have
been shamelessly promotional which is not surprising
considering one of The Tulsa Project chief promoters is
a member of th~ Lorton family - the owners of The Tulsa
World.
And in a great example of telling a lie over and over
again, on August 26, The World’s propaganda machinery
was working overtime. Back in June of 1995, country
singer Ty Herndon was arrested in a Fort Worth park for
waving his penis at another man. That other man just
happened to be an undercover cop. Herudon was arrested
and taken to jail where he was then found to be in
possession of methamphetamine.
However, after Herndon’s celebrity status became
known (he in fact was scheduled to perform later that
same day at a convention of sheriffs and peace officers),
he was conveniently not charged with lewd conduct or
so¯ licitation, but with drug possession.
The Tulsa World ran Associated Press articles that told
Last but not least, the Lambda Bowling League has
begun the first of its 18 week seasons. The League meets
each Monday at 8:45 pm at Sheridan Lanes, 3121 So.
Sheridan. At current time there are about 14 teams and
there are opporttmities for individuals to fill in for teams
that are Still short amemberor whojust have someoneout
sick that evening. It’s more guys than gals but notso much
as to be uncomfortable. The fee is $9/night. Call Brenda
at 627-2728 for more information.
The Food Pantry has to pay overhead and shipping for
TCFB goods but is able to provide the food for much less
than if would cost if clients had to go purchase the items.
However, the Pantry does look like a mini-store and is
designed so that clients can browse and select the items
that suit their dietary needs best and often in large, or
smaller quantities as needed. NO money changes hands
but regular clients (at this point one of the 30) do receive
$50/month credit.
The Pantry also stocks cleaning items, paper goods and
personal hygiene items. Peterson notes that these can be
especially important since many clients may also be on
food stamps which can only be used for edible items.
However, the Pantry will not stock vitamin supplements
though these are often recommended because of
possible complications or conflicts with other medicines
that clients may be taking. A notice posted suggests that
such supplements should be taken only under strict physician
supervision.
This Pantry also is designed to serve as an emergency,
supplemental resource for persons living with HIV &
AIDS who may not have been selected in the lottery but
who have an emergency need. That access is available up
to three times a year.
" in illicit drug use but I think it’s highly unlikely that
. Herndon was using his penis ~to..ingest methamphet¯
amine!
In the general scheme of things, this, of course, is not
: that important an issue. But it is galling to see The World
contradict its own coverage and in the service of obvious
¯ homophobia/heterosexism.
" It is also particularly shameful when The Tulsa World
still continues the practice of printing the names of Tulsa
" men who have been arrested for doing the same thing that
Hemdon did. The Worlddoesn’t hesitate to ruin the lives
." of ordinary men, even prior to being tried and convicted,
but goes out ofits way to rewrite the troth for the celebrity
Herndon. !t’s shameful hypocrisy and terrible journal-
" ism. But it is in keeping with the owners bias of which
¯ their anti-Gay advertising policies giv,e proof.
¯ Let’s hope that with time 7he World.will get better and
hey, maybe even Herudon will cofiae out. We’d just
advise him that his dating opportunities would be better
- and safer, if he’d try to pick up men at The Silver Star
¯ or at Concessions instead of in a park - and the rubbers
there are free, too. - Tom Neal, editor/publisher
¯ Editor’s note: The Tulsa World’s Entertainment Edi-
¯ - tor Rusty Lang was invited to comment on this matter but
¯ did not return TFN calls.
. Peterson hopes that people in the community will
¯ volunteer to help with the Food Pantry. Tasks vary from
helping "shop" - which usually involves lifting at the
¯ TCFB or a local market, to assisting clients who are
selecting their items. Some clients want to make their
own selections but some, depending on their health, may
~ want help carrying the small shopping baskets. Peterson
: also hopes community orgamzations like churches or
¯ care teams, etc. may adopt a client by donating $50/ ¯
month (or less - any amount is welcome). $50/month
¯ would allow another client to move in from the waiting
list via the lottery. Peterson notes that the client mix is
" fairly diverse with women as well as men, individuals
¯
and families, both from Tulsa and from outlying areas.
; For more information about how you might help or to
¯ determine eligibility to access Food Pantry services, call ¯
712-7425. The Pantry is open at this time from 9-5, M-F.
" Later hours for Tuesday are being considered.
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Chicago Honors Gay
Neighborhood
CHICAGO (AP) - The renovation of a street in a
neighborhood that is home to a large gay and lesbian
community will include two gateways to mark the
area as friendly to gays. The gateways, along with 22
steel pylons along Halsted Street on Chicago’ s North
Side, will include a rainbow ring of lights, reflecting
the colors in the gay pride flag. The project, costing
$3.2 million, includes planting 180 trees and widening
sidewalks.
It is the city’ s second majorinitiativeinfivemonths
to recognize its gay community. In March, the City
Council extended health insurance benefits to the
live-in partners of gay and lesbian city employees.
The gateways will be located nearly a mile apart on
Halsted Street, giving a dear message that it is a
special area for gays. "If I were coming from out of
town, (as a lesbian) I would identify this as a neighborhood
that is friendly to gays," said Mary Morten,
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s .liaison to the gay
and. lesbian community. "The overarching theme is
that this is adlverse community. It’ S not aboutitbeing
only a gay hub."
City government designating a neighborhood as
gay-friendly is unprecedented. "Chicago is definitely
a first," said Mark Johnson, spokesman for the National
Gay & Lesbian Task Force. "But I don’t think
it will be the last time you’ll see it. It’ll be trendsetting
for other areas as well."
The city wanted to acknowledge the contributions
of the gay and lesbian community, said Greg Harris,
a community activist involved in the plan. Business
owners along the street have not objected to the effort.
"It’ s always been a liberal street, ahead of its time,"
said-Marshall Homick, ownerofChicago Diner. "It’ s
half gay, half straight. Who cares.’?"
APA: Gays Don’t Need
’Reparative’ Therapy
CHICAGO (AP) - Homosextmlity is not a mental
disorder and doesn’t need treatment, the nation’s
largest group of psychologists has declared in an
attempt to quell controversy over so-called reparative
therapy. The American Psychological Ass0ciati0fi,
by a vote of its major policy-setting board Thursday;
also called on mental health professionals to "take the
lead in removing the stigma of mental illness that has
long been associated with homosexual orientation."
The association first declared in 1975 that homosexuality
isn’t a mental disorder, saying it supported
the American Psychiatric Association in removing it
from the official list of mental and emotional disorders.
The newest resolution said lack of information,
ignorance and prejudice puts some "gay, les,,bian,
bisexual and questioning indlvidtmls at risk for
seeking "conversion" or "reparative" therapy, which
is aimed at reducing or eliminating homosexuality.
There have been no well-designed scientific studies
to test guch therapy, the association said in a
statement. But it hasn’t been conclusively shown to
be harmful, "extensive clinical experience suggests
that such therapy feeds upon society’ s anti-gay prejudices
and is likely to exacerbate the client’s issues of
poor self-esteem," the association’s office said.
Kim Mills, a representative of the Human Rights
Campaign, a lesbian and gay political group, said the
resolution "reaffirms the fact that since there is nothing
wrong with homosexuality, there is no reason that
gay, lesbian or bisexual people should try to change.’"
Robert H. Knight, director of cultural studies for
the conservative Family Research Council, said ’~omosexual
behavior entails inevitable physic~ and
psychologicalrisks" and maintained that homosexuals
have been successfully treated for for decades.
"Homosexuals can change," he said.
US West to Give
Partners’ Benefits
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - US West on Friday
became the latest company to extend health benefits
to the same-sex partners of its employees. The new
health plan also will cover dependents of same-sex
Couples, but does not extend to unmarried oppositesex
partners "since they have the option of becoming
eligible through legal marriage.’"
The company’ s 1,664 emplyees of US -West Communications
in New Mexico...~ge,also eligible for the
coverage.
Toni Ozeroff, US West vice president for human
resources, said the change will help the company
attract and keep qualified employees. "Having a
diverse workforce is one of the keys to building
customer loyalty and successfully serving a diverse
marketplace," she said.
Thecosts, Ozeroffadded, are insignificant. "We’ ve
looked at other companies’ experiences and confirmed
that the costs of providing domestic partner
health-benefits, and the additional effort required to
administer those benefits, are both minimal," said
Withits announcement, US Westjoins anumber of
major companies includingAmericanExpress, Coors
Brewing, Disney and MicroSoft, that extend health
benefits to same-sex couples.... :.f~.=
"As competition forthebestqualifiedpeopleinten5 ::
Sifies, more and more empldyers.are:exi~an~ng their-:~-.
benefits to include same-sex partner~Y-, said A~drew ¯
Sherman, vice president of the Segal Co., anational!y
recognized human resources and empl.oyee~ben-efits --
consulting firm. -~ .~ .
The change at US West applies to,all empltyees,.
including those at US West Communicationsand US
West Media Group. Medical, dental and visioncare
options ar included in an enrollment packagethatwill
be mailed to employees beginning in September. The
coverage will take effect in January.
US West employees who want to take advantage of
same-sex partner benefits must complete an affidavit
confirming that their relationship is long-term -:essentially
the equivalent of marriage.
Gay Book Held .Hostage.
BELMONT, Calif. (AP) - A library patron has refused
to return a book on gay sex which she says
"doesn’ t meet the standards set forth by society."
Linda ~lcGeogh, who requested "The Ne~v Joy of
Gay Sex’ be banned from the Belmont Library, had
a friend check out the book and put it in a storage
locker after waiting for the library to.act. "’We’ re not
going to bring it back," ’said McGeogh, 38, who
contends the book’s gay content has nothing to do
with her request. "It’s something that should be kept
in a bedside table;not in a public library."
But librarians andbook lovers say abanviolates the
First Amendment by limiting the public’s access.
’~re believe very firmly that everybody should have
acces s to what the library has and nobody should have
to ask for it," said San Mateo County librarian Nancy
Lewis. "For us, it’s a First Amendment issue."
McGeoghasked the library to dump their only copy
of thebook after she came across iton aJune visit with
her 8-year-old daughter, 7-year-old son and a friend.
"I went through it and was absolutely shocked,"
McGeogh said.
Lewis said she will appoint a panel to make a
recommendation. But she has final say in the matter.
The book has been overdue since June 11. McGeogh
will be billed for a $6 overdue fine and the cost for a
replacement copy if she doesn’t return the original,
library officials said.
Ultra Right Group
Co-Founder Apologizes
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A man who
calls himself a co-founder of Focus on the Family
publicly apologized to women, ethnic minorities,
gays and lesbians, religious groups and the media
during a blitz Friday to promote his book. Gil
Alexander-Moegefle claims he was one of seven
people who co-founded Focus on the Family, a $100
million-a-year Christian organization that counsels
people seeking adviceindealing withfamily struggles.
In his book "James Dobson’s War on America,"
Alexander-Moegerle criticizes the group’s wellknown
leader and his followers, accusing them:of
veering from their original mission of helping peopl9.
raise their children and preserve their~a~s.
author believes Focus has become too pofificaiand ~
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said Dobson has made "a harmful foray into big-time
politics."
"I am ashamed of my former colleagues for their
attacks on you and for their pattern of slamming the
doors of reasonable access in your face," Alexander-
Moegerle said in a written statement. "I encourage
you to bang those doors down, to investigate and to
report the truth about the threat James Dobson and
other religious extremists pose to the American tradition
of tolerance, indusivity and the separation of
church and state," he added.
Alexander-Moegefle, who lives in Los .Angeles,
made the comments in a news release prior to his
appearance at the Colorado springs offices .of the gay
and lesbian activist group Ground Zero. He said his
bookis thefirst insider critique of"the character, s tyle
and political agenda" of James Dobson, who cofounded
Focus on the Family in Arcadia, CA, in
1977.
Paul Hetrick, a Focus on the Family spokesman,
denied Alexander-Moegerle hdped found the nonprofit
organization, saying the author worked for a
Chicago advertising agency and served only as a
consultant before becoming an employee in 1980.
Hetrick speculated that Alexander-Moege_rle was
still angry over a lawsuit he lost in Pomona" (Calif.)
Superior Court in which he sued Focus on the Family
for allegedly firing him inappropriately after seven
years. Hetrick said Alexander-Moegerle voluntarily
resigned from the organization after divorcing his
wife and marrying his secretary. Hetrick said
Alexander-Moegerle accused Dobson of interfering
with his personal life after Dobson suggested he and
his first wife avoid divorce by getting counseling.
"We just disagree on these matters. But that’s not
fueling Gil’ s fury. What’ s fueling his fury is that he
failed to achieve what he wanted ... which was to be
able to divorce his wife, marry his secretary and
continue to be employed at Focus," Hetrick said.
The spokesman also denied any allegations that
Focus on the Family is a sexist, racist and homophobic
organization or has changed its focus on preservxng
families since its inception: "That’ s utter nonsense,"
Hetrick said. "This group has not changedits mission,
xts purpose or its emphasis since it was founded."
An estimated 5 million Americans tm]e in to
Dobson’s weekly radio pro~am "Family News in
Focus," which is broadcast bv more than 2,500 stations
arotmd the world. Abou~ 8,000 letters pour into
the Colorado Springs Focus on the Family offices
daily Hundreds of employees field 3,400 telephone
calls a day. Many people seek advice, comfort and
prayer in dealing with family straggles like alcohol
abuse, sexual problems and marital difficulties.
Anti-Gay Effort May Fail
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) With less than a month
left, organizers of a petition drive to stop a gay-rights
bill from becoming law in Maine have gathered only
a fraction of the signatures they need. Leaders of the
drive to force a statewide election on the bill said
Supporters of the gay rights bill didn’ t give Heath
much of chance. "I mean, they’ve had quite a bit of
time to do it, not a lot. But when you’re not even 20
percent there at this point, I would say it’s an uphill
battle," said state Sen. Jot Abromson, R-Portland,
the bill’ s prime sponsor.
Just slightly more than half the people who promised
to circulate petitions have followed through,
Heath said. Besides a 60-second radio commercial
produced by Focus on the Family and some advice,
national organizations have given little support, he
said. " ........ " "
Signature gatherers- who are all Volunteers =-have
had to. contiont several .obstacles; ineluding~nearperfect
summer, weather; nd dections where they
could gather signatures at polls and the lack of a vocal
oppositionto keep the issuein the news. "Frankly, our
goal was not to provide Mr. Heath with free publicity,"
said Patricia Peard, chair of the executive committee
of Maine Won’ t Discriminate.
Heath, insisting "thousands of signatures are on
their way to our office," remained undeterred. "Hundreds
of people have made tremendous sacrifices
over the summer to get us to where we are," he said.
Provincetown Schools
Attack All Prejudices
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) - A proposed antibias
curriculum in the Provincetown schools has
sparked national controversy fro.m critics who say it
promotes homosexuality. But school officials say the
curriculum is merely an attempt..t9 stan~p out prejudice.
"We’ve d,e,cided we’re going ~take the ~ainbow
perspective~ Provincetown SchOol Superintendent
Susan N Fleming told the Boston Herald. "We’re
going to look at color, we’re going to look at race,
we’re going to look at gender and Sexual orientation
is one of those things."
The school committee voted to review the curriculum
from kindergarten through grade 12 to eliminate
bias, and to encourage teachers to be open to all
lifestyles in classroom discussions.
Provincetown has a large gay community, and
signs of affection between same-sex couples are a
- common sight. Town Manager Keith Bergman was
among those who pushed for the changes: He. said the
change was needed because Provincetown is more
diverse than most towns in Massachusetts.
"Not all of our students are white, not all of our
students are straight," said Bergman, who is married
and has two daughters in the public schools. "In this
commtmity it’ s not going to come as a revelation that
we have gay and lesbian parents."
Bergman said there have been many,inquiries from
the media since an article appeared in theWashington
Times. "Unfortunately the media has zeroed m on
issues dealing with sexual orientation, when the antibias
program is about equipping the community with
tools to fight racism, sexism, classism, bias against
Friday they areff t giving UP and will continue work- people with disabilities and homophobia," he told
ing until the Sept. 18 deadline set by the secretary of
The Boston Globe. The school committee will hold a
state s office. The petition tilers were given 90 days public hearing Wednesday so residents can discuss
to gather a minimum of 51,131 signatures.
,
the proposed changes.
"We’re concerned,,anybody would be, but we ve
gotthreeweekstogo,’ said Michael Heath, execufij9 . Lesbian Adoption Case director of th~ Christi&n Civic League 6f Maine. A
lot can happen in three weeks." LEDYARD, Conn. (AP) - A trial referee~ s decision
The bill, approved last spring by the Legislature
and signed by Gov. Angus King, prohibits discrimination
against homosexuals and lesbians in housing,
public accommodations, credh and employment. The
league had establisheditS :oWn first deadline of Aug.
22f0r turning in petitions. On Friday, Heath said his
0fficSe"had petitions with abo~at 12,000 to 13,000
signatures certified by town clerks, and he estimated
at least that many signatures Were still to be delivered.
Heath said organizers had hoped for a stronger
showingby Friday, buthe emphasized "the reason we
set "the Aug. 22 deadline was so we could deal with
this if it came to this." The league and its partner, the
Christian Coalition of Maine, are now going to work
on getting more staff into the field to organize and
motivate petition collectors. Heath said.
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in the Connecticut Law Journal, but was actually
issued over ayear ago._Superior Court,RefereeHadley
W. Austin ruled that ,the state,Adoption Re¢iew~
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Laser Can Find
HIV in Blood
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A new handheld
laser that can quickly reveal bloodborne
disorders and diseases such as the
AIDS virus has been patented by scientists
at SandiaNational Laboratories. "It’s
possible to take a blood sample containing
millions of cells and extract information
about each cell in a few minutes,"
said Paul Gourley, project manager at
Sandia. "The results are quantifiable."
The lab said Friday the device uses
millions of tiny lasers to detect blood
problems. Gourley said the laser has important
applications in detecting cancerous
cells. "ff no cell is cancerous, we get
a.standard light signal. A cancerous cell
gaves a bright flash at different wavelengths,"
he said.
The laser was developed by Sandia
technician Anthony McDonald, Gourley
and his brother, Dr. Mark Gourley, who
works at the Washington HospitalCenter
and National Institute of Health, both located
in Washington, D.C. The Gourleys
collaborated onthe project working crosscountry.
The patent is on a prototype laser scanner
that could be used economically in the
field as well as in hospitals and clinics, the
laboratory said. The patent is jointly held
by the National Institutes ofHealth, which
helped Sandia develop it.
Companies that analyze blood and cells
have expressed interest in the laser, Paul
Gourley said. The work on the laser began
as part of a U.S. Department of Energy
plan to deal with the threat of terrorists.
The DOE funded the work and Sandia
developed the technology to help militaD.-
and civilian victims of terrorist biolo~cal
or chemical attack because of the rapid
ability of the laser to help make a definitive
blood diagnosis.
"The transportable m-fit is expected to
greatly reduce the time needed to analyze
dangerous materials invading the bloodstream,"
Paul Gourley said. "Diagnosis
could be made on the spot, thus facilitating
treatment when speed is crucial.’"
For the same reason, the device could
dramatically speed up ordinary, blood
analysis for hospitalized patients, especially
in emergency-room situations. Lab
officials said it also could reduce medical
diagnostic costs.
Paul Gourley estimated that a portable
field version of the unit linked to a !aptop
computer wouldcost between $5,000 and
$15,000 and a comprehensive unit for a
hospital laboratory would run $70,000.
Arkansas Resource
Center to Close
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - People
suffering from AIDS in Washington
County soon won’t be able to go to the
AIDS Resource Center here for help. But
people living with AIDS won’t be left
without assistance, as other agencies now
offer AIDS services. That’s a big change
from when the resource center -7 formerly
known as the Washington County AIDS
Task Force - opened up in 1987.
"When we started, we were the only
show in town," said Judie Frick of
Fayetteville, secretary of the resource
center’s board. "Now, a lot of what we
were .doing has been taken over by other
agencles."
The center’s board voted earlier this
month to shutdownthe center on Aug. 31.
Ms. Frick" cited financial considerations
and the overlap 6f servlces, with other
agencies as big factors in the decision.
The center, she said, was "having a ha~d~ .....
time generating money to support the
whole thing."
Laura Patterson, director of the AIDS
Resource Center, said she and an assistant
hoped to get on with another non-profit
.organization so they can continue to work
m the area to provide emergency housing
assistance for HIV-positive patients.
Ms. Patterson said she was surprised to
learnthe center would close. "We’d just
gotten this big grant," she said. "We
thought things were looking up." The
grant to which she referred, from the federal
Housing and Urban Development
Department, was furmeled through another
agency.
The AIDS Resource Center currently
pays for housing and some utilities for 45
homeless HIV-positive patients. Ms
Patterson said a decision would be made
in the upcoming week about whether she
will be taken on by another agency.
NY Businessman
Donates $1M for
Needle Exchange
NEW YORK (AP) - Financier George
Sorts said he will donate $1 million to
buy clean hypodermic needles for drug
addicts nationwide who risk contracting
AIDS.
Sorts challenged government leaders
to "respect the scientific evidence" that
needle exchange programs curb the spread
of HIV, the virus that canses AIDS. Critics
say the programs encourage drug use.
"’Needle exchange programs are scientifically
proven to save lives, do not encourage
drug use, and are supported by a
majority of the American public," Sorts
said in a statement Sunday.
The federal Centers for Disease Control
estimated last year that intravenous
drug users, their children and sex partners
accounted for over one-third of the new
cases of HIV infection.
Sorts told The New York Times in an
interview published Sunday that he does
not support legalizing drugs. But he said
they were practically impossible to outlaw,
so he proposed trying to reduce the
harm that drug users cause themselves.,
Sorts, whose philanthropy has supported
democratic movements in Eastern
Europe and Asia, also funded ballot ini:
tiatives last year that let California and
Arizona voters approve the medicinal use
of marijuana. Sorts said he has spent
more than $15 million in the past few
years trying to foster a public dialogue on
drug policy.
Opponents of needle exchange programs
said Sorts’ message is wrongheaded.
"I think he needs to be very careful
about promoting drug use, which is
what he’s doing," Robert L. Maginnis of
the Family Research Council told the
Times~
sorts said he will give his new gift to
the Tides Foundation, a San Franciscobased
grants program that will distribute
the money to needle exchange programs
around the country.
AIDS Prevention
Program for Youth
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Outreach
worker Jim Radford has a tough time
convincing teens they should get tested
forAIDS. Some say they don’t trust adults
Free & Anonymous
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Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Communities.
Monday & Thursday evenings, 7-9 pm
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
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formerly TOHR HIV Prevention Programs
742-2927
4158 South Harvard, Suite E-2
2 doors east of the HIV Resource Consortium
Look for our banner on testing nights.
Jeffrey A. Beal, MD
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Fed Campbell, LCSW
Specialized in
HIV Care
Providing
Comprehensive
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and Psychotherapeutic
Services
We are currently enrolling
participants in HIV/AIDS
investigational drug trials.
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9:30-4:30 pm, 743-1000
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to ke~p test results co,~dential. Others
feel hopeless and don t want to bother.
Still others believeAIDS can’taffect them.
As a result, young adults infected with
the AIDS virus often don’t seek help until
the advanced stages of the disease. A
Providence commuaity group and area
hospitals havelaunchedaprogram to bring
teens into treatment sooner.
Miriam and Hasbro Children’s Hospitals
and the AIDS group F.A.C.T.S. have
opened theADAMS Clinic to offer young
people confidential testing and find them
appropriate treatment. "I think there has
been this attitude that adolescents can fit
into an adult program," P~dfOrd said.
i’You’re bringing up so many different
issues - sexuality, homosexuality. They
need a special program."
Like adults,mostteens becomeinfected
through sexual contact or drug use. But
the number of Rhode Islanders ages 15 to
19 diagnosed with the disease is lowbecause
so few get tested, Radford said.
"I’ve been to clinics where they told me
they asked adolescents if they wanted to
be testedand they refused. I’ve done some
street outreach where some of the kids
don’t care. Outside of Providence, they
say ’It can’t happen here,’ "Radford said.
Dr. Tim Hanagan, a Miriam Hospital
physician and AIDS researcher, said misinformed
teens often believe there is kno
hope for those infected with HIV. "Our
treatments really work," Flanagan said.
"Now, most young adults, most adolescents,
don’t know it.’"
~lqae clinic will be open Mondays at
Miriam and F.A.C.T.S. will offer testing
at another Providence site separately,
Radford said. The program has received a
$364,000 feder~ grant, U.S. Sen. Jack
Reed, D-R.I., announced.
"Unfortunately, most treatment centers
do not address the unique physical and
psychological needs of these young adults
with AIDS-or the HIV virus," Reed said.
"The ADAMS Clirac was designed to
provideamoreyouth-friendly almosphere
where teens and yotmg adults can talk
freely about testing and treatment."
Denver is Test Site
for AIDS Vaccine
DENVER (AP) -- Denver is one of 14
national public health sites testing the
safety and effectiveness of two new experimental
vaccines against the AIDScausing
virus HIV. "We’re beginning to
get back on track" in the search for vaccines
againstAIDS, said Dr. FrankJudson,
director of Denver Public Health. The
new study is sponsored by the National
Institutes of Health.
The Denver trial will last 18 months
and include 30 gay or bi-sexual men who
tested negative for HIV. All the Denver
participants are considered healthy but
high-risk males. Nationally, there are 420
people in the trial. Denver was chosen
because of its previous work reaching out
to people at high risk for AIDS and previous
studies on the spread of Hepatitis-B
and other diseases. The thrust of this new
study is combining two new vaccines.
One of the vaccines encourages the
body to develop more antibodies to fight
HIV if it is introduced into the body, but
not yet into the cells. Judson said the
antibodies help stop the virus before it
gets established and acts to neutralize it.
The second vaccine works to stimulate
the body’s own immune system to kill the
HIV that has made its way past the first
¯ line of defense and into the cells. Re-
: searchers say that neither of the vaccines
¯¯ in the study can infect someone with the
AIDS virus. After the study is completed,
." a larger national test of 3,000 to 5,000
¯ people is planned.
2nd Gene Hinders
HIV Infection
: WASHINGTON (AP) - A second gene
¯ mutation that slows the progression of
¯ HIV, the virus that causesAIDS,has been ¯
found by researchers who studied s_peci-
¯ mens from 3,000 people,~ according to a
¯ study published recently. Scientists at the
National Canc~ Institute said the altered
: gene or a similar one discovered earlier
¯ are present in about 30 percent of the
¯ long-term survivors ofHIVinfection. The
¯ researchers said still other gene mutations
: thatprotect against HIV may yet befound.
: The study on discovery of the gene muta-
~ tion was published in thejournal Science.
¯ The mutation, in a gene called CCR2,
¯ tends to protect people infected with HIV
¯ frora rapid deterioration into AIDS. An
earlier study identified a protective muta-
¯ tion in a gene called CCRS. "These gene
: alterations tell us that nature already has
: devised a therapy that works without sig-
¯ nificant side effects," said Stephen
¯
O’Bden, a doctoral researcher at the can-
. cerinstitute and~Senior author ofthe study.
~ "If we can piiipoint how these altered
¯ genes contain HIV, it may be possible to
¯ use this knowledge to develop treatments
¯ that help people delay the onset ofAIDS."
¯ Both CCR2 and CCR5 are genes that
¯ produce chemolOne receptors, a group of
¯ proteins found On the surface of immune-
" systera blood cells. Studies last year
¯ showed that people lacking both normal
¯ copies of the CCR5 gene do not become
¯ infected with HIV despite repeated exposure:-
Those with one missing copy of the
¯ CCR5 gene can become infected but take
years longer to develop AIDS.
_" Earlierlaboratory studies suggested that
¯ a CCR2 mutation also retarded HIV in-
¯ fection, but the new study is the first to
¯
confirm this in actual clinical studies. The
: study shows that patients with the CCR2
: mutation develop AIDS up to four years
¯ later than patients who have the normal
: CCR2 gene. The researchers said the
: CCR2 mutation apparently is present in
: 20 percent to 25 percent of Americans, in
¯ about the same proportion in all races.
¯
Scientists said they are still searching
¯ for other mutations to hobble the HIV
¯ infection. "There’ s bound tobeothergene
¯ alterations present in thehuman genepool that influence HIV’s ability to infect immune
cells andcauseAIDS," sat" dMi¯chael
Smith, also a researcher at NCI and the
study’s lead author. "Wejust have to find
them."
Founder of NYC
Gay Center Dies
¯ NEW YORK (AP) - Irving Cooperberg,
¯ who founded NYC’s Lesbian and Gay
¯
Community Services Center and later
: served as its president, has died at age 65.
¯ Cooperberg died of AIDS-rela,ted cancer
said Richard Bums, the center s director.
: He helped found the center in the early
: 1980s, andit soonbecame ahub oflesbian
¯ and gay life in the city, holding meetings,
¯ counseling sessions, conferences, dances
¯ and performances. He also was active in
.Congregation Beth Simchat Torah, serv-
,ng on ~ts board of,directors.
Well , folks, it’softicial:FleetwoodMac " wayhistorycapturesthehopesanddreams
plays Dallas on 11/4, and tickets go on : of a group of young dancers with one
sale through Ticketmaster on 9/6. They ¯ singular sensation after another: "’I Can
are back and sound great! ’q’he Dance" is Do That," "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three,"
available in abbreviated "One" and "What I Did For
form on CD and in full Among the paint- Love."I find it ironic that
length format on VHS tape. the addlepated and not very
The DVD & Laserdisc of in~s, you w~ll ~ncl Gay-friendly Celebrity Attheir
MTV "Unplugged "
concert will be available in the art of Andy tractions (and this manis in
show business.’? Is there
October. Warhol and Geor- something wrong with this
For those who like their picture?Notthebusiness to
art to remain stationary, ~ia O’Keefe, to go into if you’re homophocheck
out the exhibit,
few of the bit.) is bringing in a show
"American Still Life and lla~tlle a
with a major gay character
Interiors, 1915-1994: from n a m e - b r a n d and subplot in it. Can you
Metropolitan Museum of say "contradiction"?Not to
:Art," at the Philbrook Mu- (sorry, ]~ut with mention that the company
seumofArtfromg/14/97to
with ~’arhol, it will-°most likely visit The
11/9/97. Among the paint- SilverStarorordoanAIDs
ings, you will find the art of wa~ a plan too ]lad benefit thing. Or, as in the
Andy Warhol and Georgia
O’Keefe, to name a few of to~up) artists
case of the ever familyfriendly
Carol Channing
the name-brand (sorry, but ... On Oeto]~er 9, during Hello Dolly, have
with with Warhol, it was a
pun too bad to pass up) art- at 5:30 pro, Tulsa
the actors collect donations
¯ forBroadway Cares/Equity
lsts whose work is on dis- easily most ae- Fights AIDs. Not to menplay.
Youcan cal1748-5316 don the fact that the best
for more info. On October elalmed artist and audience for musicals are -
9, at 5:30 p.m., Tulsa easily
community arts
gasp - Gay folk! OK, I’m
most acclaimed artist and off my rantbox.
community arts supporter, supporter, P.S. CarolandFriends:Cel-
P.S. Gordon, will share his
Gordon, will share
ebrating Great Moments in
perspective on the fall ex- Grand Opera plays Tueshibit
as an acknowledged
m~ster of the contemporary
his perspective on day, September 9, S p.m. , at
the Chapman Music Hall.
still life genre, the fall exhibit as Friends old and new join
And in the performing aeknowledSed Artistic Director Carol I.
arts, it’s just a season to die an
Crawford for an evening of
for. More culture than we master of the magnificent voices percould
ever hope to see will
be occurring, from high- eontemporarystill forming grand opera arias
and ensembles with special
brow to lowdown. Anita
life Senre. guest, the Metropolitan
Bryant is about as low as Opera’s incomparable
you can go, folks, mezzo-soprano, Marilyn Horne. Ms.
Getoutthosepies, becauseAnitaBryant ¯ Crawford and Ms. Home will host a senwill
be in town for the Tulsa Centennial " sational line-up of opera singers, many of
celebration, performing a concert. For " whom are returning to the Tulsa stage
those too young to know (I, of course, ¯ after previously performing in popular
only heard about this secondhand my- ¯ Tulsa Opera productions.
self), Miss not-so-’Nita was on her anti- " The musical program for the evening
Gay tear and hawking orange jmce in ¯ includes arias and ensembles from grand
Florida when a family member, armed ~ opera: Donizett’s Luciadi Lammermoor,
with a pie, let fly. Start practicing - we ¯ Bellini’s Norma, Verdi’s I1Trovatoreand
have a reputation to live up to! We could ¯ Massenet’s Manon, Bernstein’s Candide,
makeannualtripstohertheaterinBranson. Wagner’s Tristan und lsolde and
I hear they have pie throwing contests ¯ Tannhauser, plus many more.
instead of pie eating contests there. Rasp- ; Gala packages include dinner at the
berry pie, anyone? ¯ Summit Tower at 6:30 p.m., the gala con-
Here are some of the things coming up: " cert, and a champagne reception with
Sept. 4, Linda Roark-Strummer & Pe- ¯ Marilyn Home, gala artists and Tulsa
ter Strummer perform a vocal duo recital ¯ Opera’s former General Director, Edward
at Sharp Chapel - University of Tulsa. " C. Purrington, currently the Washington
918/631-2262 " Opera’s Artistic Administrator. Recep-
Sept. 5, Laughing Matter Improv - in- ° tion occurs immediately following the
teractive comedy with audience partici- ¯ performance. Individual tickets for the
pation at Heller Theatre. 918/746-5065.. concert range from $25 to $100.
Watch the actors sweat to create a scene! " The Philharmonic opens its Pops series
Nothing like stress on the run, watching ° with Bravo Broadway Friday, September
folks try to create lines while speaking ° 26, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 27, 8
them at the same time! Seriously, there is . p.m. in the Chapman Music Hall. Bravo
nothing better than an improvisation well " Broad.way is comprised of three awarddone,
and nothing more entertaining than ¯ wmmng Broadw ay stars. Keith
watching the creative process at work. " Bute.rba.ugh, who sang with the Philhar-
Support your local actors or at least buy : momc m October, played the Phantom
them dinner. ° and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera.
A Chorus Line runs Tuesday, Septem- ¯ Jan Horvath starred as Christine and
ber 2, 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, 8 " Carlotta in the original Broadway cast of
p.m. Thursday, September 4, 8 p.m. Fri- " The Phantom of the Opera, and Michael
day, September 5, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sep- : MagnireisaTony award-winnerfromthe
tember 6, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday, :. originalBroadwaycastofLesMiserables.
September 7, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the They will perform the music of Andrew
Chapman Music Hall. " Lloyd Webber and Rodgers &
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with support by the Nationa~ Patrons 0f the AFA.
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Sept. 26 & 27, 8 pm
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Call 747-PHIL (7445)
A Tribute to the Music of
Andrew Lloyd Webber and
Rodgers & Hammerstein
A symphony of Broadway
favorites sung by original
cast members. Songs from
The Phantom of the Opera,
Cats, Oklahoma, Evita, The
King & I, Carousel, Sunset
Boulevard and South Pacific.
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Spiritual love.
Physical attraction.
~me m experience timeless love once again. The Oklahoma premiere of
Michael Smuin’s Emmy award-winning Romeo & Juliet is the centerpiece
for Tulsa~ centennial homecom*ng-weekend celebration. Magnificent costumes
and choreography. Live, razor-sharp blades during the spectacular sword fights.
Plus a story that never grows old, never told with more empathy.
Romeo & Juliet, Friday & Saturday, September 19 & 20, 8pm
Sunday, September 21, 3pro
or Me PAC: 1-800-364-7111, 596-7111; Carson Attractions: 584-2000
All.shows at ~e Pe~f~ming Arts Center,
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._C_omlng A~tt~ctlons~ call for tlck~lus fl~st ~ol~e dates and seats:
Tm~ Q~e, Concerto Barocco, Prawn Watching: October 17-19
The Nut~-aeke~, December 19-28
©armlna Eurana~ Tarantella: February 13-15
The T~ee Musketeers, April 3-5
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Bless the Lord At All Times Christian Center
Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 11 am, 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Community of Hope (United Methodist), Service - 6pm, 1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation
Service - 1 lam, 1703 E. 2nd, 749-0595
Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
Service- Ilam, 1314 No. Greenwood, 587-I314
Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church
Service, 11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
Metropolitan Community Church of GreaterlTulsa .
Service, 10:45am, 1623 North Maplewood, Info: 838-1715
University of Tulsa BisexuaULesbian/Gayfrransgendered Alliance
Sundays at 6:30 pro, Meets at the Canterbury Ctr., 5th & Evanston, 583-9780
I~" MONDAYS
HIV Testing Clinic, Free & anonymous testing. No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30pm Results: 7-gpm, Info: 742-2927
PFLAG, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
2rid Mon/each too. 6:30pro, Fellowship Congregational Church, 2900 S. Harvard
Gay & Lesbian Book Discussion Group~ Borders Bookstore
1st Mon/ea. too., 7:30pro, 2740 E. 21st, 712-9955
Sept: Gm’y Reed’s Pryor Rendering, October to be announced
Mixed Volleyball, 6:30pm, ttelmerich Park, 71st & Riverside, 587-6557
Unity Lambda Al-anon, 7:30pro, 1307 E. 38th, 2nd ft.
~" TUESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group, ttIV Resource Consortium 1:30 pm ~...
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-l, Info: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc. HIV/AIDS Support Group, and Friends & Family HIV/AIDS
Support Group - 7 pm, Locations, call: 749-7898
Rainbow Business Guild
Business & professional networking group, 9/23, 7 pro, Blue Moon:Care, Cherry St.
PrimeTimers
Social group for men, last Tuesieaeh mo. 7:30 pro, Pride Center~ 1307 E. 38th
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights
Gay Youth Speak Out - members of local youth organizations share their views!
9/30, 7 pro, Pride Center, 1307 E. 38th
~ WEDNESDAYS
Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study, 7:30 pm 2207 E. 6th, 583-7815
Family OfFaithMCCPraise/Prayer-6:30pm, Choir-7:30,5451-E S. Mingo. 622-1441
Tulsa Native American Mens Support Group
For more information, call 582-7225, John at ext. 218, or Tommy at ext. 208
TCC Gay & Lesbian Association of Students (GLAS), Call for scheduled events
Info: 631-7632 or Jeremy at 712-1600
~" THURSDAYS
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education
Anonymous HIV Testing,.Testing: 7 - 8:30pro, Results: 7 - 9pro, Info: 742-2927
Oklahoma Rainbow Young Adult Network (O’RYAN)
Support/social group for 18-24’s, call Red Rock Mental Health at 584-2325
Tulsa Family Chorale, Weekly practice - 9:30pm, Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
From Our Hearts to Our House, 1 lpm, 3rd Thurs/each too. Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
Substance Abuse Support Group for persons with HIV/AIDS 4154 S. Harvard,
Ste. G, 3-4:30pm, Info: 749-4194
~" FRIDAYS
SafeHaven, Young Adults Social Group, 1st Fri/each too. 8pm, Pride Ctr., 1307 E. 38th
I~" SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Church, Mass - 6 pm Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria, Info: 742-6227
Narcotics Anonymous, 11 pm, Community of Hope,1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
SENSES, Society for Exploring New Sensations, Educating & Socializing
July 19, 6-8pm, Info, call Kathy at 743-4297
~OTHER GROUPS
T.U.LS.A. Tulsa Uniform & Leather Seekers Association, info: 838-1222
Womens Supper Club, Call for info: 584-2978
OK Spoke Club, Gay & Lesbian Bike Organization. Long and short rides.
Info: POB 9165, Tulsa 74157 All rides start at Ziegler Park Recreation Center
3903 W. 4th St. Long and short rides are organized
Ifyour event or organization is not listed, please let us know.
Call 583-1248 orfax 583-4615.
Read All About It
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
Another in the constantly expanding
areaof gay heroes,Rudy Galindo emerged
from his poor, Mexican-American roots
to hit the top of the professional ice skating
world. In 1996, he won the U.S. Figure
Skating Championship, against the
odds. How he rose to this position
makes a most interestingjoumey
in his new autobiography,
Icebreaker.
Born in 1969 and growing
up in a trailer park on the blue
collar side of San Jose, California,
Galindo was surrounded
by gangs and drugs.
When he was two, his mother
had a nervous breakdown and
was later diagnosed with
manic depression. Galindo’s
father sent Rudy and his siblings
away to live with an aunt.
Growing up in anything but a
stable environment, he would
also have to endure the ,death
of his older brother from
AIDS.
At the age;of six, Galindo~
was influenced by watching
his sister ice, skate. His dad, a
rugged cowboy, was initially
embarrassed when young
Rudy would-go to the skate
rental counter, only to be mistaken
for a girl and given"girl
shoes." Rudy states that "It’s
not that I tried to be feminine.
That’s just how I was." His
father’s attitude slowly began
to change, however, once Rudy began
winning competitions.
By junior high school, he was learning
to turn his aggressive nature into positive
energy, and he soon met and started skating
with a new friend, Kristi Yamaguchi.
Born in 1969 and
growing up in a
trailer park on the
blue collar side of
San Jose, California,
Galindo was
surrounded by
gangs and drugs.
When he was two,
his mother had a
nervous breakdown
and was later diagnosed
with manic
depression... Growing
up in anything
but a stable envlronment;
he would
also have to endure
the death ofhls older
brother from AIDS.
’Sometime in September, we will have :
that firstcool spell. Theone that definitely .
has the feel and even
the smell of autumn.
You are thinking
about it right now,
aren’t you? That will
be agoodtime to sow
your grass seed. The
.ground temperature
is very warm but the
worst of the hot
weather is gone for
this year. Rough up
the ground, sow the
seed, then go bank in
and lightly rake the seed into the top of the
soil. Water lightly twice aday till the seed
germinates. Once you have a good germination,
you can pull back to once a day for
a week to ten days. The stage right after
germinationis very critical. Don’tneglect
that little green hair, it is very sensitive.
When the blades of grass get broader, you
.can go back to your old hap-hazard ways.
You can put a well balanced fertilizer on
the ground right before you sow the seed
and water both.
You will be s.eeing fall bulbs all over
¯¯ They went on to be a tremendously suc- cessful team until she decided to strikeout
: as a solo skater in 1990, leaving Rudy
¯ heartbroken and unsure if he wanted to ¯
continue on his own. Soon, Rudy’s be-
" loved coach was also struck withAIDS,
¯ Then his father had a stroke, and then a
¯ fatal heart attack. Can this get any worse.’?
: You bet! In 1993, Galindo became involved
with aguy whohooked
him on speed, which almost
mined every part of his life.
Unwilling to live athome with
his dysfunctional family, Rudy
movedinwithfriends, a stable,
older, gay couple. Refusing to
allow Rudy to destroy himself,
the couple took charge of
his life and convincedhim that
his career was on the road to
rain, and that the druggie boyfriend
had to go. From there,
Galindo’s careerfinally soared
and he ended up winning the
coveted Championship in
1996, in a dramatic performance
in front ofahome town
crowd in San Jose.
Galindo is refreshingly matter-
of-fact about his gayness.
He insists that he is a skater
who happens to be gay and
only realized the importance
of his position as a gay role
model after reading Greg
Louganis’ autobiography.
Galindo’s book is sanitized,
light reading, There is no sex
and scarcely anything that
would offend prim sensibilities.
It’s hard to believe that.
given Galindo’s background, there are
hardly even any four letter words! However,
it is still an interesting and impressive
story and by the timethe theatrical
ending finally hits, you’ll be cheering for
Rudy along with the home town crowd.
Per.sonafly, I ] iek
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set an appointment with
myselfio plant bulbs.
Also, don’t store these
bulbs in pl tie bags,
or they 11 rot.
Paper is just the ticket.
town very soon. Y0u ~an get a great selec:
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until atleastNovem:
ber. I you plant them
too soon in Oklahoma
when it is still
warm, the poor little
bulbs think that it is
spring and they
sprout and then the
cold kills them. You
want to plant them
when you know for
sure they will stay
asleep. Now, here is
the problem about
that, you might forget about them and end
up not planting them at all. Personally, I
pick a date in December and set an appointment
with myself to plant bulbs.
Also, don’t store these bulbs in plastic
bags, or th.e,y’ll rot. Paper is just the ticket.
I know it s alittle early for this stuff, but
I’m bored with summer now, and I don’t
want to talk about it anymore! Go ye forth
and sow!
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TheatreTulsapresents TheOdd Couple
by Neil Simon, September 19 - 27 at the
John H. Williams Theatre, PAC. When a
neat and meticulous divorcee and a slob
bachelor room together, the results are
non-stop hilarity! Neil Simon’s greatest
hit returns (and returns and returns and
returns...) to the stage, delighting
audiences in only the way
Simon can. Ah yes, Theatre
Tulsa goes out on a limb with
this daring innovative show.
Personally, I think the neat
and meticulous divorcee
shouid finally stop shuffling
around the items in the closet
and come out to the slob bachelor
who’s been wanting him
for lo these many years. We
could update it by giving Oscar
and Felix the relationship
we all suspected they really
had or wanted all along and
making the Pigeon sisters the
lesbians from next door. And
the pokergamecould be turned
into a rousing roundof"Name
that Show tune", which would
allow a few musical numbers
and drag queens to occur. Ya
know spice it up, just a little.
Seeifthebluehairs notice anything
different.
Ready for romance? The
Tulsa Ballet is presenting
"Romeo &Juliet". Personally,
I always thought the real romance
was with Romeo &
Mercutio, but no one asks tne
Theatre Tulsa
presents
The Odd Couple
¯ . . When a neat
and metlenlous
divorcee and a
slob l=chelor
room together,
the results are
non-stop hilarity!
Nell Simon’s
greatest hit
returns
(and returns and
returns and
returns...)
to the stage,
del~ghtlng audiences
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way Simon can.
Ah yes~ Theatre
Tulsa goes out
on a llmb with
this daring,
innovative show.
my opinion, so I keep it to myself. Actually,
it would make the rivalD, with Tybalt
much more interesting. Ah, if only
Shakespeare were here to rewrite! Personally,
an all male version ("Romeo &
Julien"?) should rotate with an all female
version. Then everybody’s happy. Anyway,
the Tulsa Ballet-is presenting the
EmmyAwardwinning premier ofMichael
Smuin’s version. The sets and costumes
arefrom the SanFrancisco Ballet. Hmmm.
Do I detect a theme here? And, they are
using real swords to get their point across
in the battle scenes. Tybalt spearing
Mercutio, impaling him on his long thin
sword? Hmmm I’d better stop before I
am unable to continue writing this column.
Which would make my rather short
tempered editor wish hehad something to
impale me with. Did I write that? I can’t
believe I wrote that! The spirit of Bette
Midler (The previous version, not the
new, improved, tasteful version) must be
possessingme! Anyway, back to Romeo...
Wherefore art thou? Hewill be at thePAC
Friday September 19 through Sunday, the
21st. Which, is also the fall equinox, for
those running on the Pagan calendar.
Sept. 18-20, 25-27,"Five Tellers Dancing
in the Rain" by Mark Dunn. Comedy
ofbank tellers in Mississippi. Heller Theatre.
918/746-5065Hmm. Not much to go
on, there. Could be interesting.
And the ballet I can’t wait to see is
"Troy Game," comtng in October. A
tongue in cheek look at male hyper-masculinity
in times of conflict, the advert
features a nearly naked rather beautiful
man with several more of the same in the
background. Andjusthow farin the cheek
is that tongue? Oh, I didn’t mean it that
way Get yourminds upabove the level of
you belt! And they have an all girl thing,
" too, called "Concerto Barocco." Maybe
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If you’re in a trancy dancy mood, I
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not something I’m suffering from. Anyway,
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to be hip, enough melody to appeal to folk
like me, and is perfect background for
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The new CD is Karma,
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vocalists. Ijust picked up their
first CD, and haven’t gotten to
listen yet, but am looking forward
to it.
Theatre North presents
"Two Trains Running," Friday,
October 3 Saturday, October
4 at the PAC. This is the
1960’s chapter of the Pulitzer
Prize winning author August
Wilson’s decade by decade
saga of the lives of ordinary
African Americans in the turbulent
century. The play takes
place in Memphis Lee’s coffee
shop located in Pittsburgh.
The neighborhood is on the
brink of economic development,
probably at the expense
of its current inhabitants. This
brilliant and funny play will
feature actors from Dallas.
Other events around town:
"Moon Over Buffalo," October 24 - November
1, at John H. Williams Theatre,
PAC. From the author of Crazy For You
aqd Lend Me a Tenor comes a new farcical
comedy, MoonOverBuffalo. It’s 1953
and television has captivated the nation.
The husband-and-wife team of George
and Charlotte Hay realize that their careers
in theater will be adversely affected
by the new popular, medium. As the curtain
rises, George has disappeared and
¯ Frank Caprais onhis way to audition the
¯ couple to replace Ronald Coleman and
: Greer Garson in his next film. The result-
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¯ series of one acts that supported Gay
: themes last year, I wanted youtomarkthis
¯ on your calendars: TU Theatre: "Falset-
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¯ pm on Dec. 4-6 and 2 pm on Dec. 6-7.
¯ The kids in the theater department have
¯ lobbied long and hard - since 1995 and
¯¯ before - to get this show produced here.
The faculty apparently got fired of the
¯
whining, and so TU is taking a progres-
: s~ve step towards producing an award¯
winning play about a Gay man, his lover,
his wife, and his child. Yes, it covers
¯ everything, with somethingforeverybody.
¯ GO SEE IT! Show them we are here and
¯ appreciate and support gay theater! It’s
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andin the organizational survey,PFLAG’s
board voted Sunday to renew its contract
with executive director Sandra Gillis.
A Blade reporter was not allowed into
the meeting, and Board President
McDonald declined to discuss details of
the vote or the discussion.
An e-mail message from Gillis, sent at
4:15 p.m. Monday to 17 board members
with e-mall addresses, provided them with
"the statement, ~S refined, that you can
use i~ questioned by reporters: about the
Boardmeeting." Concerningissues raised
by the study, the Regional Directors, and
others, the statement said: "The Board is
unanimous in its expression of full confidence
in its President Nancy McDonald,
Executive Director Sandra Gillis, and its
volunteer leadership and staff." At 4:33
that afternoon, Gillis sent another e-mail
to the .same list, noting that, since two
members weren’t at the meeting, the statement
could say only that "The Board
expressed its confidence in..."
But board, member Carolyn Golojuch
said there was more to the vote Sunday [8/
17] than this statement implies. Golojuch
said she abstained from the vote, making
her the only board member present at the
meeting not to approve the action. Of the
21 board member.s, the two who were
absent during the,vote were: RDC Chair
Sally Morse, who said she left in fi-ustration
before Sunday’s vote, and Nancy
-Otto, who did not. attend the weekend
meeting.
Golojuch said that, in conjunction with
the renewal, of Gilffs s contract, the board
ruled that Gillis mnst receive training in
areas related to interpersonal communication
and management. The board did
not decide on the details of that training,
she said.
Golojuch and other boardmembers also
confirmed that the board implemented a
committee to monitor the development of
the national office’s relationship with local
affiliates.
"I hope that the membership sees that
this was not a clear endorsement of her
contract. That there are stlpulalaons, commented
Golojuch, who is president of the
Hawaii PFLAG chapter. Golojuch, in
speaking with the Blade, said she was
doing so as an individual and not as a
representative of the board.
"The battle’s not over," said Golojuch.
"If the problem persists, it has to be resurrected
all over again. And having these
stipulations in her contract, now we have
some sort of vehicle through which we
can evaluate."
Seven of the 13 regional directors who
signed theRDCgrievance sit on theboard
and, except for RDC Chair Morse, apparendy
votedfor the contractrenewal. Asked
if those votes m support of Gillis’s contract
indicate that the concerns ofthose six
RDC members were addressed, regional
director and board member Carolyn Griffin
said it me,arts they will have to wait and
see. Griffin,~. Who said she did vote to
renew Gillis’s contracL said sheiswilhng
to wait and see because she did not want
to,s,~ au.0rganization:~heloves destroyed.
ohe ~f the;concerlis I. have is. that
there’s a lot of parents out there and a lot
ofGays and Lesbians having trouble with
their parents that need us. And that need is
being met extremely well by the chapters,"
said Griffin. She said she worries
that too much internal struggle at the
natmnaHevel couldjeopardize those chapters’
work.
"I don’t want to lose that," said Griffin.
"I don’t want the situation at the national
level to interfere with that."
Griffin’ s comments typify abelieffound
in all the complaints which appears to be
at the heart of increasing tension between
the local and national levels of the organization.
That belief is that PFLAG’s national
office has moved away from the
organization’s mission of providing direct
support to parents and families of
Gays toward one of more political advocacy.
But this was not the only tension
facing board members meeting last weekend.
There was also.tension over the
organization’ s budget and how it is being
spent.
Deficit Lingers
The weekend’s board vote came at a
time when the national office is working
to overcome financial problems. According
to PFLAG’s audit for FY 96 (Oct. 1,
1995 through Sept. 30, 1996), the group
had a "net operating loss" oi~ $345,192.
The audit showed the organization took in
$1,734,539 during FY 96 and spent
$2,079,737.
In her e-mail message to board members
Monday, Gillis advised that members
telling the press about the budget say
only: "The national organization’s budget
was funded at more than S 1.7 million
dollars this year."
Board Treasurer Kelly Kirby said the
financial problems have not been as grave
as they may seem. He said the operating
loss in FY 96 was exaggerated by a 1994
change in Financial Accounting Standards
Board (FASB) guidelines. (The FASB is
a private, independent body which establishes
accounting guidelines for the private
sector.) The new guidelines changed
the accounting procedures for listing income
taken in during one year that is
earmarked for spending in an upcoming
fiscal year. The FASB said non-profits
should begin reporting such income in the
year in which it is received rather than in
the year in which it is spent. Kirby said
this change accounts for $258.332 of the
$345,192 deficit on theFY 96 audit. Thus,
he said, the actual operating loss forFY 96
was $86,860.
Kirby added that those numbers have
improved during the current fiscal year.
The income for FY 97 to date, said Kirby,
referring to unaudited numbers, has been
$1,530,617 and expenditures have been
$1;457,792. But, he acknowledged that
theincomereflects a $1013,000 loan which
has to be paid back. Therefore, the true
income thus far for FY 97 is $1,430,617-
still leaving a $27,175 deficit.
Kirby said FY 96’s S86,860 deficit is a
result of the organization’s decision to
expand ProjectOpen Mind into thrccmore
cities than originally planned.
Board President McDonald and F~ecutive
Director Gillis said they do not regret
extending the organization’s resources on
the expansion of this project. They argue
that such advocacy campaxgns are key to
achieving PFLAG’s mission and defend
against critics inside the organization who
say it represents a departure from the
grassroots activities of local affiliates.
"Before, PFLAG was getting parents
who found out their kid was Gay. az~..d
didn’tknow what to do," explained Gillis,
saying high-profile Gay-bashingby rightwing
figures after the 1992 presidential
campaign changed the political landscape.
"PFLAG shifted to getting people that
said ’I’m over it and I want to do something.
I want to take action.’ So the people
who needed support felt like they weren’t
at the center of attention any longer." She
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said that shift expanded the focus of the
organization, which was founded in 1981.
"The perception might have been that
the organization shifted away from support,
but that’s not the reality," said Gillis.
"PFLAG support takes a lot of different
forms."
Local Clamor
But local chapters apparently feel that
the national office of PFLAG does not
provide the support the chapters need.
’ . RDC Char Morse said she. decided to
support the RDC’s grievance document
after.receiving hundreds of unsolicited
complaints frown affiliates aroundthe coun-
¯ try. (Morse,~too, saidshe was speaking to
the Blade as.anindividUal, not as a representative
6f file RDC~0r. the board.)She
has been:!Savirig those complaints since
December 1996 and has compiled a fourinch:
thick binder.
"l Morse said the complaints chronicle
incidents in which the national office has
continually ignored the concerns of the
field affiliaies,’refusing t0 offer resources
and money. A typical complaint involves
thenationhl offiCiO s refusal to helppay for
educational materials. She said the affiliates,
many of which prefer to distribute
such materials to parents for free, can’t
afford to buy them from the national ofrice.
But the national office insists that-the
local affiliates charge for educational
materials to shoulder the costs.
Asked about this complaint, McDonald
responded, "Wouldn’t it be wonderful if
we could give all of our materials away?
But there’s a cost to that. This isa business.
McDonald said the office has decided
to make advocacy campaigns a prionty.
"[The educational materials] are very valuable.
But Project Open Mind was also a
success because it enabled us to develop.
additional strategies and materials. But
there’s a cost to that, for all of us."
But Morse and other critics say that cost
is too high.
"The field doesn’t get attention," said
Morse. "What gets attention are the big
events that they do. It’s not talking to your
mother. It’s not talking to your father.’"
Board members Morse, Golojuch, and
Griffin also noted that more than 50 percent
of PFLAG’s 405 affiliates have
stopped paying national dues.
The RDC grievance document, dated
July 27~ refers to a 59 percent turnover
rate for national staff since January 1997,
stating, "It is clear that something other
than what might be considered normal
events is causing this condition."
In January, the national office had 16
employees, according to national PFLAG
spokesperson Janice Hughes. Since then,
nine (56 percent) have left for various
reasons. Currently, said Hughes, the national
office has a staff of 17.
The RDC grievance also voiced concern
about the financial priorities of the
national office. The document: charges
the national office with failure to pay
vendors and reimburse expenditures by
volunteer regional directors, notes "high
fees associated with the annual conference"
that prevent members frotu
attending, . objects to the organization’s
acceptance of a $100,000 loan and,
objects to the lack of a "deafly defined
. ibudget" for a Field Services~Office of~thenational
office. " -
¯ raised in the RDC grievance. But she
" declined to comment in detail about the
¯ complaint,~.
’.’That document was very helpful in
¯" "~it enables us to have information. I believe that all ofus valued that, respected
¯ that, and took it very seriously," said ¯
McDonald. "It enabled us to look at the
: operation, to fine-tune it if we needed to."
She said thenumberofemployees dedi-
¯ cated to Field Services was expanded in
¯ May from one to four staff members to
better serve the needs of the local affili-
¯ ates. --
¯ The "Organizational Climate Survey"
¯ results which were presented to the board
: this weekend added to the picture of dis-
" content withthenationaloffice. This document
was also obtained by the Blade. To
conduct the survey, questionnaires were
~ sent.to 62 pas.t and present board members;
r~gi0hai directors, mid employees;
42 of those ~olicited sent backaresponse.
The survey.results concluded,
"There is a lack of confidence in
the Natlonal Offlee Management
~roup at all levels of the
or~anlzatlon." It identified four
"major issues" eon~rontln~ the
orSanizatlon. They ~¢ere:
¯ Poor supervisory and
management praetiees,
¯ Operational procedures that
donot support effeetive
management,
¯ An abusive environment with
disruptive and dysfunetlonal
relationships, and
¯ The lack of 4onelse operational
$oals that promote
unified support ofPFLAG’s
mission.
The survey results concluded,"There is
alack ofconfidence in the National Office
Management group at all levels of the
organization." It identified four "major
issues"confronting the organization. They
were: "Poor supervisory andmanagement
practices." "Operational procedures that
do not support effective management."
"An abusive environment with disruptive
and dysfunctional relationships." And,
"The lack of concise operational goals
that promote unified support ofPFLAG’s
mission."
Discontent Was Growing
This weekend’s complaints were not
the first official grievances brought to the
board:s attention. In September 1995,
.Robert Berustein, a nationally known and
well-respectedPFLAGmember,resigned
from the board after having served on the
selection committee which nominated
Gillis in 1993: Beforeresignmg, Bernstein
submitted a petition expressing "serious
and urgent concern about what we perceive
to be a threat to the fulfillment of
PFLAG’s mission at the national level."
That petition charged that the national
office staff did not ’;reflect the nature of
either PFLAG’s organi~tional constituency
orits mainstream target audience" in
that staffmembers were~t family mem-
.’- bers of Gays and Lesbi.a!ts. It went onto
: state that the signers felt~SI~s~ep~cv *
Me,Donald said the "board~ in-renewing : prevented: the nataonal ~,ce staff frolh ’°
Gillis s contract, considered.the-issues ~ understanding the con~s .of-that con-
¯
stituency.
¯ McDonald declined to comment on the
peUtlon because it deals with personnel.
¯ The petition contained 150 signatures
of current and former PFLAG leaders,
¯ including: all prior PFLAG presidents. 22
¯ former board members, seven PFLAG ¯
founders, and several affiliate founders,
: presidents, andboard members. Berustein
¯ said thatGillis assured him at the time that
¯ theproblems would be addressed. He told ¯
the board last weekend that he felt they
¯ had not done so and that"those problems
¯" have grown considerably .worse."
"[The chapters] are just.fired of trying
to (york with na-tiona~, arid get support
¯ from national," lamented Bernstein, au-.
¯ thor of Straight Pai:ents,:Gay Children.
¯ "The chapters~ are doinff:the work of
PFLAG and doing a-maiwelon~s job, but
¯ they’re-not doing i’t ~ith the help of the
¯ nafionaloffice."-~:-... "
¯ JanetLowenthal,. another former board ¯
member who.signed Bernstein’s petition,
." agreed, saying-the reapproval of Gfllis’s
¯ contract represents a further rejection of
¯ the affiliates’ concerns, Lowenthal said
¯ she resigned ft0mthe board in fru~tratibn
¯ in 1995 after having served on the planning
committee for ProjectOpen
Lowenthal said McDonal4 and Gillis
¯ have reacted to the complaints with in-
, transigence and have .sought to hide the
¯ local-level discontent from both those ¯
outside the organization and board mere-
¯ bers. She charges that they have done so
¯ by attempting to intimidate board members
who speak out.
," "There is a very conscious and deliber-
," ate effort to obfuscate or otherwise shroud
facts that would hurt Gfllis s case - that
would make her appear incompetent,"
charged Lowenthal. "She doesn’t want to
do thekinds of things PFLAG is supposed
to do. She wants to build as large of a
Washington office as possible for its own
sake."
McDonald and Gillis barred a Blade
reporter from covering last weekend’s
meeting. According tO board member
Golojuch, the board later voted, 10 tO 9, to
keep the meeting closed tothe press.
When several board members were
asked for comment during breaks and
after the meeting, they said board president
McDonald made it dear they could
not speak with the press.
McDonald characterized the ongoing
debate at the meeting as "healthy," explaining,"
PFLAG’ s boardis a Very handson
board of directors. Very engaged. I
; think the reason that is the way it is is
," because the organization, in developing
," and mobilizing the grassroots, recognized
¯ the incredible value Of having members
¯ involved."
¯ Golojuch agrees that the debate is
¯ .healthy, but she said that it has happened
¯ ~n spite of the national office leadership.
¯ And she said that, while the weekendbore
: some frni.t, the issue is not closed.
¯ "Part of me says we did a lot. But we ¯
didn’t do enougl~ for the membership,"
: saidGolojuch."Be’mgelected tothatboard
: is important to me, because Fm supposed
¯ .~ represent the ~. I will not
," ~i.o~me a decide to ¯ I will go with
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Lesbian Housemate wanted to share
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COOL CAT IN CATOOSA I seek
friendship, or more, with other young,
Gay, White males in the area. I’m a 19
year old, Gay, White male, 5’6, 1451bs,
with very short Black hair, Green eyes,
and a medium build. Be 18 to 25, and
don’t use drugs. (Catoosa) =! 135
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I CARE MORE IN CLAREMORE I’d
like to meet other Gay males for fun,
Friendship and maybe mare. I’m an
attractive, Gay, White male, 26; 6’2,
1801bs, with light Brown hair and Blue
eyes. I’m lonely sometimes and looking
very forward to your call. (Claremore)
=2209
KEEP IT HONEST I’m lookingfor a nice
guy, and able communicator, with whom I
can spend time and build something
special. I’m a 32 year old, Gay, White
male, interested in romance and quiet
times with my partner. I like long walks,
biking, and honest communication.
(Henrietta) =32520
ANXIOUS FOR GORGEOUS This 27
year old, Bi male is a sexy Transvestite. I’m
5’9, with Brown hair and Blue eyes. I’m
searching for a gorgeous Gay or Bi male,
27 to 30, who is good, kind, and friendly.
Hurry! (Kiowa) =1471
ROLUNG ON THE RIVER I’m looking
for o partner who, like me, enjoys being
on the river, canoeing, camping,
horseback riding, and enjoying the nature
of it. rm a White male, 6’3, 1901bs. I also
like folk and blues music, quiet, candlelit,
evenings at home, and gelting to know
you. Let’s enjoy the river together. (Miami)
=2470
TULSA TItJdNEE Very inexperienced,
White male, 5’9, 1601bs, with Blond hair
and.Blue eyes, seeks a Bi male, or a
couple with a Bi male, to show me how iYs
done. I’m most interested in the basic stuff
right now but may want to expand my
horizons later. Please call. (Tulsal
=4795
NEW’ TOOL IN TULSA This very sexy,
good looking, Italian male, new to the
area, has heard that cowboys can be
very hot. If you shaw me how hot you
are, I~11 give you access to my ice
chest.You’ll love it. (Tulsa) =4571
FRIENDLY ROUNDUP Outgoing,
Friendly, White male, 35, 5’10, with
Brown hair and eyes, seeks other nice
g~iilor friendship and fun. (Tulsa)
SM~OTHAND HAIRY Nice
looking, White male, 40, 6fl, with
Blond:hair, Blue eyes, and a smooth,
muscular, swimmer’s build, seeks a
hairy man for good times, laughs,
andS1 hope, along term relationship.
en oy camping, swimming, dancing,
cooking, playing cards with friends,
and a whole lot more. (Tulsa)
=4309
HIGHER LEARNING Drug free and
sm0kefree, 21 year old, White male,
5’10, 1401bs, with Brown hair and eyes,
seeksa similar guy, who takes good care
of his body, for good 5mes and friendship.
I’minterested in guys who are college
educated or are in college now. I like
travel, music, concerts and more. I like the
clubs now and then but don’t want to meet
someone who hangs out there. (Tulsa)
=4010
NATIVE NEEDS Good looking, Native
Amb~ican, 23, seeks a man, 18 to 30. I’m
open to good times, friendship, or a
relationship. I’m particularly interested in a
biracial guyl (Tulsa) =3883
HOW DO YA HANDLE A HUNGRY
MAN? Hungry-man, 21,5’11, 1701bs,
with’Blond hair and Blue eyes, seeks hot,
strong men for good times. (Tulsa)
_=2549
QUALITY FRIENDSHIP Masculine,
good looking, discreet, White male, 6’2,
1751bs, with a sexy, deep voice, seeks fun
loving men for great times. I’m a dark
haired, Blue eyed, hairy, well defined,
man, hungry for action. Call for a quality
friendship. (Tulsa) =2776
WILD MAN I wanna get wild and crazy
with a young, smooth, muscular, White
male. I’m a buffed, 39 year old, Bi, White
male, 6fl, 1671bs, with Brown hair, Blue
eyes, and a hairy body. Call soon.(Tulsa)
=2594
BANANARAMA Fm good looking, 6’1,
1751bs, with Blond hair, Green eyes, a
great tan, hairy build,
Call now. (Tulsa) =2640
THiS STOCK WlII RISE I’m a friendly,
19 year old, White male, 5’10, 1351bs,
with Brown hair and Hazel eyes. Right
now I’m just looking for friends but who
knows what the future might bring? Call
me. (Tulsa) =!975
QUICK DRAW I’d like to get to know
some other guys who like to have fun. I’m
a well built, White male, 6’2, 1901bs. I
enjoy drawing and music, especially
alternative and industrial music. If you’d
like to make a new. friend, give me a call.
(Tulsa) =2038
NO SUBSTANCES, JUST US This drug
free, smoke free, alcohol free, Gay, White
male, 25, 5!8, with Brown hair and Hazel
eyes, seeks a similar man, 21 to 30, for a
life together. I’m a nice, caring person with
a good sense of humor. I enjoy all music,
movies, dancing~ and quiet nights at
home. (Tulsa) =!896
TEDDY BEAR NIGHTS This 39 year
old, White male, 5’9, 1401bs, is looking
for a sentimental guy, over 25, with whom
to share romantic evenings, cooking,
family, music, and more. (Tulsa) =!350
COUNTRY LOVE I was brought up on a
farm south of Dallas so I love country life.
I’m a good looking, 31 year old, White
male, 6’3, with Brown hair and eyes. I’m
easy going, caring, and loving and I’m
looking for the love of my life. I like young
cowboys, 18 to 25. I’m into rodeo, and
most music. (Tulsa) =! 716
TWO FOR ONE IN TULSA We’re o
sexy, Gay, White couple, 25 and 26.
We’re looking for steamy sessions with
other masculine guys. Call right away.
(Tulsa) =33378
I DESERVE IT I’ve decided that I
deserve to meet the man of my dreams.
I’m an honest, professional, Gay, White
male, 38, 5’9, 1551bs, with Brown hair,
Blue eyes, a beard, and hairy body. I’m
very energetic, and get pleasure from
road trips, movies, dining out, and home
life. (Tulsa) =33882
FRIENDS FOR FUN STUFF I wanna
go out and do fun stuff with some new
friends, i~m a good looking, Gay,
Cherokee Indian male, 5’8, 1451bs, with
Black hair and Brown eyes. I’m into all
kinds of things. I like to swim, work out,
play basketball and tennis, and enjoy
the company of my friends. I’m most
attracted toBIond haired, Blue eyed,
guys hYt ~ould like to meet all. (Tulsa)
=33664
FALCON VIDEO STAR I’m the star of
se.veral l~0t videos by Falcon and other
~tudi0~ii’i~mvisiting relatives and am
bored stiff. The natives want me to go
fishing but I’ve got other things on my
mind. I’m 29, 6’1, 1901bs, with dirty
Blond hair, Green eyes, and savage tan.
I’m ingreat Shape and have a huge
personality: Got any ideas on how I
should~Pend my time? (Tulsa)
=33690
BRONCO RIDER I’m a 21 year old,
masculine, cowboy, seeking a soulmate.
I’m 5’11, 1451bs, with short Brown hair,
Blue eyes, and a fit body. I love rodeos,
hunting, fishing, sports, country music,
and the0utdoors. (Tulsa) =32884
NEWFACES :I’m a good looking,
horny, White male, 6ft, 1701bs, with
Brown hair.and eyes. I go to school
during the day and wonder what’s going
on at ~igFit..~how me. (Tulsa) =32.0_79
IN TRANSITION I want to build a
relation*ship with another good looking,
Gay, M~le Transvestite.i’m 26, 5’9. with
Brown hoirandBlue eyes. You should be
cleon, nice, and fun. I hope we can have
a long term relationship. (Tulsa)
=30728
FRIEND INDEED This very attractive,
21 year old, 8lack male, 5’11, 1801bs,
with light Brown eyes, seeks other Black
men to hang out with. I’m new to the
scene and want to make some good
friends. (Tulsa) =30941
A WOMAN’S TOUCH Do you need a
woman’s touch? I’m a 40 year old,
Transgender, h~ping to someday
become a complete woman. I love to
play the feminine role and give pleasure
to men, over 40, in every way. Race is
unimportant. (Tulsa) =10195
GET CLOSER Togetherness with another
womvn is what I’m afler. This Gay., White
female, 34, 5’6, ~ith Olive skin, ~lark hair
and eyes loves reading, watch!ng softball,
ong wa ks, and having fen:(Tulsa-) =3145
BACK TO SCHOOL ~’m into s.~.rts,
movies, and the outdoors and.l’~] like to meet
", similar worn~.. I’m a White female, 25
5’6, 1701bs, with sho?t Brown hair and
~rown eyes. I have a college degree but am
about to .qo back to scha6rto .q~t another.
You shourd be between 25 an(3 35, and fun
loving. (Tulsa) =1456
I1JLSA TEMPTRESS This 26 year old,
Vhite female, seeks an outg#ing,~
~inded, Single, Bi female, ~I to 38, for a
ossible live in relationship, i’m especial.iy
~terested in a w.omyn with Red hair and Blue
eyes. I love to play. i~l., dance, bowl, go to.
movies, malls, and parks: (!"~lso) =34531
SPARE TIME I’m a Married, Bi femab. My
husband is an execuSve so be is out o~ town
most of the time. I want to meet a womynto
have fun with. I en oy .qoing out ~kmcing,
dining, and traveling. (’Tulsa) =31086
SEXY SWEETHEART Hey, you sexy sweethearts,
I want to meet a ver/s.E~:,ciaJ lady
wha’dlike to hove a wonc~rf~l time. I% a Bi
female with a lot to give. (Tulsa) =30318
IIJLSA TWOSOME This 35 year old sporl
enthusiast, is interested in meeting other
w.o~nyn who en oy the outdoors, movies, an(
embracing, life. Let’s .qet to know one
another. (Tulso) =2~624
FRIENDS FIRST I need a wornyn’s touch.
This 35 year old Lesbian, en oys the
outdoors, sporls, and movies. I’d like to share
them with another Lesbian that is relationship
oriented. (Tulsa) =27469
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[1997] Tulsa Family News, September 1997; Volume 4, Issue 10
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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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