1 20 2 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/00a27df3ffb0f3bf81572025f75e03ba.jpg f4de08ca2fcf7d4eb1c09b6111f72661 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/cbf92171ba4351737aecd93fad05450b.pdf c5ac2469af2aa462772669014bb06fc5 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Hawaii Court Setback for Anti-Gay Lawmakers HONOLULU (AP) - The state Supreme Court says eight state lawmakers who oppose same-sex marriage won’t be able to intervene in the court matter.. Eight members of the state House of Representatives asked -the high court to let themjoin the court fight on the side of the same-sex opponents. . . " Circuit Court Judge Kevin Chang - who ruled the state to be in violation of the law for not allowing Gays to legally marry-ruled against allowing the lawmakers to join the case. The Supreme Court upheld the ruling ’Without comment on Friday. Chang’s decision in the same-sex marriage case is under appeal to the state Supreme Court. The high court ruled in 1993 that denying marriage licenses to samesex couples was unconstitutional. The court then sent the case back to Circuit Court to allow the state a final chance to defend its position. Changruled against the state last year, but delayed the Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations Local Gay Athelete Takes World Class Skating Honors by Tom Neal Tulsan Marc Goohs, 1997 Pairs Figure Roller Skating World Champion with partner, Gari Phillips & runners up in Finland. TULSA - You may have seenhim around Tulsa, perhaps at the Silver Star, or at a local restaurant where he works patl-time. You’d notice him since he’s a goodlooking man - but who’d q~eSs that this seemingly et, regular guy living in Tulsa is a world .champion skating tide holder? Marc Goohs, 28, with his skating partner oftwo years, Gari Phillips, 23, won top honors in the Pairs Figure Roller Skating competition of the International World Games Association in Lahti, Finland afew months ago. While not as widely known as the Olympic ice skating competitions, these events are affiliated with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). And the skating competitions share some aspects. Both are combinations of athletic skill and artistic style with the couple skating together as though they were dancing and involving overhead lifts. Goohs feels that ice skating is more like : ballet whileroller skating is more athletic. Goohs notes that while : roller skating does not have a great following in the US, it is very ¯ big in Latin America, and in Italy .where the sport is subsidized : by the government. He says the sport is dominated by the US, ¯ Italians, and Germans. _" Goohs, who’s originally from Cleveland, Ohio, has been ¯¯ skating for 20 years, 10 as apairs skater. He came toTulsa to train with a well respected coach who lived here. However, when that ", coach up and moved, Goohs stayed on in Tulsa, and for a while ¯’Exporting Hate: Largent "rakes Anti-Gay Messageto Wash. State ¯ WASHINGTON STATE - According to a Nov. ¯ 5th article by Kery Murakami, of the SeatfleTimes ¯ Olympiabureau, Oklahoma’s First District (largely ¯ TulsaCounty) Congressman Steve Largent lent his name and reputation to foes of a civil fights initia- : tive in Washington State. Initiative 677, which was overwhelmingly de- , feared statewide - except in two urban counties, ¯ would have added the term"sexual orientation" to : state civil-rights laws; which already bar work- ¯, place discrimination based on age, race, gender, and religion. Though some Washington State cit- ¯ ies, like Seattle, already have similar ordinances, ¯ Gays have nojob protection elsewhere in the state. ¯ The measure was intentionally focused narrowly ¯ on workplace discrimination. ¯ Congressman Largent, who lived in Washinglon : State while he played football for the Seattle ¯ Seahawks, claimed in the anti-initiative-677 ad- ¯ vertisement that sexual orientation, unlike age, ¯ race, gender, and religion, was a choice. He added ¯ giving civil-rights protections based on sexual ori¯ entation would be granting Gays "special fights." In the ad which looked like a letter to the voters, ¯ Largent said,"I-677 isn’t about fainiess, it’s about : special rights... 1-677 goes too far in trying to ¯ extend civil rights protections to behaviors and ¯ lifestyles that are controllable, and creates special ¯ rights for choices that some people have made in ¯ defining their sextml identity." ¯ In several Tulsa forums, Largent has made simi- ¯ lar statements that he opposes civil fights protecissuing of marriage licenses until the appeal to the ¯ dropped out of training with the attitude that maybe he should go ¯ tions based on sexual orientation becausehe feels stipreme Court is decided. A.ruling is expected some- : onwithhislifeandforgetskating. Butafter getting a call from the ¯ that sexual orientation is a choice as opposed to Li-ti~ in 1998. . - . , Games Committee saying . see Goohs, page 3 : race, gender or age. see Largent, page 3 ~,- .... . , ¯ , NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Adam is like most 2-year-olds ¯ First Performance Was at World AIDS Day Service " "1" HIV Program Di rector -quick, curious, scurrying here and there. Unlike most, " TULSA - They first came together forjust one performance and his adoptive parents are both men - whose successful ¯ still don’.t have a name of their own, but the Gay mens ensemble ¯ TULSA - The board of Tulsa Oklahomans for ¯ that performed at this last December’s World AIDS Day Candle- " light March.and Memorial Service at All Souls Unitarian Church : is continuing under the direction of musician Rick Former, Jr. Fortuer, who teaches voice at the University of Tulsa and is : music director at Hope Unitarian Church, gathered the initial ¯ group by "word of mouth". In about 8 weeks, the ensemble ¯ learned four songs which were received with great praise from ¯ those attending the service. The initial group included singers ¯ with considerable experience, some with Follies Revue perfor- ¯ mances, others with Theatre Tulsa, and still others with strong ¯ backgrounds in church music programs. ¯ The groupis planning to start rehearsals near the endofJannary with the goal of doing a benefit for TOHR’s HIV programs and : the Pride Center, hopefully in March. The group has been ¯ meelang onMonday evenings and will likely continue that time. ¯ It’s hoped that the ensemble can rehearse at the Pride Center but ¯ Women Win Case for Being ¯ Called Lesbian by Pastor ¯ TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Rev. Ernest G. Bass said.he told his ¯ congregation that theirmusic director was involved in a Lesbian ¯ ¯ affair to "extinguish rumors and let the healing process begin" and that as her minister he had the right to rebuke her. But a civil ¯ jury believed otherwise and awarded the two women$340,000 in : a slander lawsuit settled just before Christmas. Bass made the ¯ comments during an evening worship service in July 1994. ¯ The civil trial fordefendants Bass, the First United Pentecostal ¯ Church, the Oklahoma District of the United Pentecostal Church ¯ International andits superintendent, Robert D.Whalengotunder ¯ way three weeks ago, more than three years after the incident ¯ occtn-red. ¯ .: Rhonda J. Morrison andCynthia A. Gass each were awarded ¯ $20,000 for slander, $150,000 for invasion ofprivacy and $2 for intentional infliction of emotional distress. ¯ The defense maintained that what Bass said was the truth, and : therefore, could not be considered slander. The defense also said Bass’ announcement should receive, see Friends, page 14 : Human Rights, Inc. (TOHR), Oklahoma’s oldest : Lesbian and Gay non-religious commumty orgam- ¯ zation, has hired Kristi Frisbie as director of their ° HIV programs: TOHR/HOPE: HIV Outreach, Pre: ¯ vention & Education. The organization has also ¯ hired Greg Hisaw as HIV Testing Clinic Coordina- ¯ tor. ¯ - Frisbie has significant experience with HIV/ ¯ AIDS organizations having worked as a National : AIDS Fund Americorp member and team coordi- ¯ nator. She’s worked with Whitman Walker Center ¯ in Washington, DC andhelped with the DC Needle ¯ Exchange Program. She workedwith Visiting Nurse ¯ Association’s Wellness program immediately be- : fore joining TOHR’s programs. ¯ Greg Hisaw has been a see TOHR, page 3 ¯ Bowersv. Shahar: Rights ;Case May Be Critical : WASHINGTON (AP) - Robin Shahar believes ¯ that being a Lesbian is why she’s not working for ¯ Georgia’s attorney general, but the state’s lawyers ¯ say bias against homosexuals played no role. She : lost thejob, they say, only after deciding to"maID"’ ¯ another woman. The legal dispute, carried to the ¯ Supreme Court by Gay civil-rights groups, has ¯ historic potential. Andit already may have compli- ." cated the political aspirations of the man Shahar ¯ sued - would-be governor Mike Bowers. ¯ He was the state’s attorney general when, in ¯ 1991, he withdrew Shahar’s job offer to become a ¯ staff attorney in the Georgia Department of Law. ¯ ¯ Bowers said her impending marriage would affect public perception of his office’s dedication te en- ¯ forcing the state’s anti-sodomy law. ¯ Shahar and her partner were planning to cel- ; ebratealifelongcommitment seeBowers,page14 fight to keep their boy won the Gay movement a step toward equality with heterosexuals, activists said after a landmark court settlement. The struggle began soon afterJon Holden and Michael Galluccio began caring for Adam, then 3 months old. On Wednesday, they won a settlement that gives Gay and unmarried couples inNew Jersey the right tojointly adopt children, like married couples. It only affects children in state custody. Adam Holden Galluccio, blond-haired with rosy cheeks, scumedbefore the news cameras. "This is a victory about goodness and equality," Holdensaid. Conservatives, already fighting efforts to legalize same-sex marriages, were diametrically opposed. The setdement is "a victory for homosexual activism and a defeat for children already bruised in life and in need of an intact, committed husband-and-wife .family," said Robert Knight, director of cultural studies for the Family Research Council in Washington. "I think it’ s a sad commentary," said state Assemblywoman Marion Creeco, Republican sponsor of a bill banning same-sex mamage that has not yet made it to the Assembly floor. "I think every child deserves to grbw ,u,pwith a mother and father. It’s a very natural thing, she said. The agreement by New Jersey authorities came in a class-action lawsuit broughtin June by Gay and Lesbian families with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union. Holden and Galluccio won the right to adopt Adam on Oct. 22. see Adoption, page 14 DIRECTORY/LETTERS P. 2/3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT NOTES P. 8 COMMUNITY CALENDAR P, 9 BOOK REVIEW P. 10 RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 11 GAY STUDIES/ANTHROPOLOGY P. 12 CLASSIFIEDS P. 14 Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine *Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston *Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria *Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th *Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria *Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston *Jason’s Deli, 15th & Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *The Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *Samson & Ddilah Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. 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Listed businesses are not all Gay-owned but welcome Lesbian/Gay/Bi & Trans communities. Carbon Copy: The Tulsa World Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, Oklahoma’s oldest non-religious Gay & Lesbian organization wishes to applaud our Mayor (and the National Conference for its letter supporting her) for her courageous stand on the issue of religious displays on public buildings. As members of a community still denied basic civil rights and the right to live by the dictates of our faith traditions - usually, by those claiming to be "Christian", we recognize the.need.for the separation of church and state. Tul sa’s public : buildings should not display the symbols ¯ of a single faith - even if it is the faith of ¯ the majority of those who work within. ¯ Likewise, Tulsa’s government should not ¯ promote the religious views of our elected ¯ leaders, even if they claim that amajority ¯ of Tulsans support those views. ¯ This is not only constitutionally cot- ¯" feet; it is the epitome of "treating your neighbor as you would be treated" - a ¯ tenet at the heart of Christian belief. As : most ofour directors are indeed Christian, : we do not oppose the expressions of that :¯ .ifnaicthh,uwrcehseism, ipnlypsraivyakteeebputshinemessoenshiofmtheesy, ." choose and in your hearts, but respect : your neighbors whose beliefs are differ- . ent. - The Board ofDirectors, TOHR ACTION ALERT : : : : : : URGE LAWMAKERS TO GET TOUGH ON HATE CRIMES, COSPONSOR THE HATE CRIMES PREVENTION ACT ,, (S.1529/H.R. 3081) from the Human Rights Campaign 1101 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 emzil: sloan.wiesen@hrc.org WWW: http://www.hrc.org Call on Congress to pass important bipartisan crime measure to include Semad Orientation, Gender and Disability in existingfederal laws targeting biasmotivatedviolence. Your lawmakers need to hear your support for an important piece of crime legislation that was recently introduced in Congress. The Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA) would protect Americam from most violent hate crimes based on their real or perceived sexual orientation, gender and disability. The HCPA was introduced on Nov. 13 in the U.S. Senate by Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and in the House of Representatives by Reps. Bill McCollum, R-Fla., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. According to the FBI, hate crimes committed because of an individual’s sexual orientation arealready the thirdmostcommon type of bias crime - and they are on the rise. The National Coalition of Anti- Violence Programs see Hate, page 13 Letters Policy Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on issues which we’ve covered or on issues you think need to be considered. Youmay request that your name be withheld but letters must be signed&have phone numbers, or be hand delivered. 200 word letters are preferred. Letters to other publications will be printed as is appropriate. Pictured are the staff of Tulsa OklahOmans for Human .RightsHtV Programs: -Johnnie Eilerts and Jeremy S~mmOns who do Gay rnens and group and community outreach, Kristi Frisbie, thenew director oftheprograms which are called HOPE: H1V Outreach Prevention and Education, andGreg Hisaw, Testing Clinic Coordinator. However, when local activists have pointed out to Largent that religious views are also choices and yet citizens enjoy civil rights protections based on their religious status, Largent has just made statements to the effect of "that’s religion, that’s different." When Lesbian and Gay citizens challenged about his "special rights" rhetoric at a town hall meeting held at the Bixby Public Library, noting that protections based on "sexual orientation" would also protect heterosexuals, Largent failed to respond directly to that claim. A spokesperson for Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR), Oklahoma’s oltlest Lesbian and Gay non-rdigious community organization, expressed dismay at Largent’s’comments and that he got involved in the affairs of another state. ~"Apparently;_our Congressman is not satisfied attackin_ g his own Lesbian and Ga_y constituents but feels the need to export this hate~:to.his .former state. We believe Steve,kn.o.ws very well~ fliat hisb,omments about ’special fights a~efalsebuti.~t~h~ is deliberatelybearing ’false witness’ to promote his extreme Right-wing religious/ political, views - that hardly seems to be the conduct of someone who claims-to.be ’Christian’." Gay organizers of Initiative 677 also noted that a gun control initiative on the ballot probably hurt the civil rights measure. Again according to the Seattle Times, Lori Jinkins, board president of the Gaycivil-rights group Hands Off Washington, said umque political forces worked against the measure. She noted that the National Rifle Association spent more than $2 million against Initiative 676, the gun control measure. Gun-fights advocates according to a Seattle Times Washington Poll were overwhelmingly opposed to the Gay civil-rights measure. "Guns clearly brought out the ’no’ votes," Jinkins said. Jinkins also noted that many people believe that job discrimination is already barred. In the Times poll, a sizable number saidthey opposed the initiative because they thought Gays are already protected by civil,rights law. "Our early polling showed that 30 percent thought it was already illegal in the state, and our biggest challenge has been getting the word out that it i sn’t illegal," Jinkins said. Gay community organizers had hoped the_initiative would be the best opportunity to gain civil rights protections. Although a Newsweek po!l last y~ar’ f0und’that’ most people do not support Gays being allowed to live anywhere they please, two-thirds said their sexual onenmtiQn shguldn’t interfere_ with their ability to make a living. Therefore, Gay civil-rights advocates, tired 0f fighting off attacks from the Radical Right, and heartened by national polls showing support for. anti-discrimination laws for Gays when it comes to employment, went ahead with the $750,000 initiative campmgn. However, The SeattleTimes poll also found that a large number agreed with 1-677’s opponents’ argument that sexual orientation was different from race, age, gender or religion. Robert Larimer, spokesman for a coalition of conservative groups who opposed the initiative, said to the Times that the defeat of the initiative would fuel the passage in the Legislature next year of a law barfing Gay marriages. "When you see a margin this big, it’s sending ¯ Father Rick Hollingsworth, the Right Reverend Craig : Bettendorf, Presiding Bishop.of the Evangelical Angli- ¯ can Church in America, Father Jim Lehman of Holy ¯. Family Parish in Las Cruces, NM and Deacon Deb ¯ Starnes celebrated the Consecration and Dedication of the new building of the Parish Church ofSaint Jerome. a powerful message to the Legislature that they should continue to refuse bestowing special status for sexual behavior," Larimer said. "It should encourage the Legislature to once again pass ’defense of marriage’ legislation," he said. "Andit should send a couple of strong signs to our governor that he should not veto it." Gov. Gary Locke, a vocal supporter of 1-677, had angered conservatives earlier this year by vetoing a Gaymamage prohibition. The initiative’s defeat creates a stalemate over Gay civil-rights in the state. Initiative drives in 1994 and 1995 to restrict civil-rights protections for Gays, bar teaching about homosexuality in schools and prohibit Lesbian-and Gay couples from adopting children failed to garner enough signatures even to make the ballot. Steve Liggett ofLiving Arts of Tulsa is joined by Nancy McDonald; national prestden~ of’PFLAG, artist’Robert Hernandez, Ken Youngbloodand his morn’at the Love Makes A Family exhibit, sponsored by Eiving Arts, PFLAG and Rainbow Business Guild. December was dedicated to Lesbian & Gay art, artists and tssues, at Six Flags, and maybe makejust a little money. Unlike ice skaters who can retire wealthy, roller skaters often barely cover their costs. Andjust as much, Goohs andhis partner wouldn’t mind getting a little recognition here in Tulsaand nearby - after all how many World Champions do we have here? it needs to get a loan or donation ofa piano that’s in good ¯ shape in order to meet there. Otherwise the group will ¯ meet at Hope Unitarian Church. The group will have an organizational meeting on ¯ January 19 at 7 pm in the Neal-Padgett Hall of the Pride ¯ Center, 1307 East 38th Street, 2rid flotr. Formal audi- ¯" tions are not required but those interested should call ¯ Fortaer at 585-8595 for an informal interview prior to the 19th. reputations with their peers and feel that each will brin:g significant skills to the organization. And at the December meeting of the orgamzation, longtime volunteer Steve Horn was elected President of the Board. He is joined by Dennis Arnold, Tim Darnel., Robert Hill, Jonathan Stanley and Tom Neal. TOHR/HOPEprovides Tulsa with its principal anonymous HIV testing site at the HIV Resource Consortium. TOHR/HOPE staff members also do targeted outreach forHIV prevention in several programs. TOHR, a 501 (c)3 tax-exempt, non-political organization, also provides the Pride Center, Tulsa’s community center for Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Transgendered persons, our families and friends. The Pride Center is located at 1307 E. 38th Street, 2nd floor. For more information, call 712-1600, 9-5pm, .M-F, or 743-4297, 6-10pm, M-Sat. that Goohs and Phillips had qualified for a competition " based on an earlier performance in Mar del Plata, Argen- " tim in December 1996, Goohs and Phillips.were back in ¯ training. Goohs says they had no costumes, no music, no ¯ routine and he was out of shape but in a matter of weeks ¯ - a ftacti’on 6f the normal time required, they got thing~ :’ together, and "just for grins" skated a national competiuon in Florida where they got 3rd place for their short ¯ program, andwon first place much to their surprise for " their long program; ~ This is what qualified them to go to Finland to represent the US. He says that at 28, he’s getting to the end of a " career in competitive skating - as you get older, it’s just ] harder to keep in shape and to recover from injuries. He ¯ never dreamed though that he’d be ending his skating with a gold medal. ¯ When asked about being Gay in the sport, he smiles and says that there are many Gays in the sport but not so many - in the pairs skating that he does. He says that it’s pretty ¯ hard work and his observation is that the Gay guys want ¯ to do more glamorous stuff- not the physically demand- ¯ ing lifting of a partner. . Looking ahead, Goohs says he’d like to teach skating ° or do some theme show skating like at Disney World or ¯ ALBANY- Amid-level appealsCiSUrt denial amarrittge license to a gay couple from itli~iea, i’eCently, cifng technical flaws in their argument. -....... The state Appellate Division said Hxillip and Toshav Storrs erred in not including the state Department of Health, which has jurisdiction over marriage licenses, in their lawsuit. The Storrs had filedth~ff~elaim againstthe Ithaca city clerk, who said sh~ Was prohibited by state agency guidelines from issuing them a license. "In our view, (the Storrs) are essentially challenging the authority of (the Health Department) ’ to issue such directives, the validity of those directives and its author- ~ty over the issuance of marriage licenses," the fivememberjudicial panel wrote in a d~cision handed down Christmas Eve. "We therefore conclude that (the agency) was a necessary part of this action." The Storrs said they would consult with their attorney before deciding whether to appeMto a~kigher court, or bring suit against the health department: "We’re not surprised, and we certainly are not disappointed, because we haven’t heard no yet," said Toshav Storrs. Mariette Geldenhuys, who represented the city clerk’s office, said the ruling "affirmed the city~s position.""The city is constrained by the directives of the Health Department," Geldenhuys said. "This places the focus on the real issue, between the (Stprrs) and the Health Department." - - Same-sex marriage is a volatile issue that state courts only in Hawaii, Vermont and Alaska have wrangled with. Hawaii’s decision to recognize gay and lesbian marriages sparked debate in Congress as to whether other states have to recognize it as well. phillip, 38, and Toshav, 36 (who was formerly a Tulsa resident), applied to the Ithaca city clerk’s office for a marriage license two years ago. Toshav changed his last name from Greene after the couple went through a commitment ceremony in 1995~ Ithaca’s Common Council passed a resolution urging the state to allow same-sex marriages, but city attorneys ultimately determined Ithacahad no authority to issue the license. The Storrs then launched their lawsuit, asking for the right to marry or to allow the Ithaca city clerk’s office to evaluate the license application without taking into account the state directive. longtime volunteer with TOHR’s Testing Clinic and also did testing f0rthe Tulsa Count)’ Health DepL The_ board Colorado Commission Examing Couples Rights DENVER (AP) - A state commission looking at the rights and responsibilities of same-sex couples won’t meet a March 1 deadline to issue its findings. The Commission on Rights and Responsibilities of Same- Sex Relations has met twice since Gov Roy Romer appointed its 16 members in September. More meetings are set for January and February, but public hearings won’t be held until March 4. The commissionis charged with compiling areport comparing the-legal and economic fights, responsibilities and benefitS of same-sex couples and married couples. ’%Ve’re only just a little bit beyond the beginning org~zation in trying to identify tasks arid processes," said state Rep. Gloria Leyba,D=Denver, a committee member. The commission is headed by Bishop William J. Winterrowd of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. Othermembers include Catholic Archbishop Charles J. Chaput; Rabbi Steven Foster of Denver; Wade Buchanan, director of the CO Office of Energy Conservation; Shirley O. Harris, former state personnel director; and Paul Klinge of US West Media Groups. Sen. Ken ArnOld, R-Westminster, and state Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Fort Morgan, sponsored a bill earlier this year that sought to strengthen Colorado’s ban on same-sex ~marriages. The measure passed but was vetoed by Romer; who appointed the commission without naming Arnold or Musgrave. "You can dictate the outcome of a committee’s decision by the people youappointto the commit,t,ee, and it looks like that’s a predetermined outcome, Arnold said. "It’s an important commission," said Sue Anderson, executive director of Equality.Colorado, a Gay fights organization in Denver. "It’s the first time there’s been a formal government-sanctioned body looking at Gay issues at all. "The nature of families is changing," Andersonadded. "It’s important to examine what does that mean, for individuals in the relationships, the children, for property issues, inheritanee, survivorship fights." Leyba said the commission will look at "what barriers may be created by existing law" to same-sex partnerships. While the commismon is unlikely to propose a law for the legislative session that begins Jan. 7, she said, "If we determine there are statutory barriers, legislation could be something down the road." Expanded Anti-Bias Law CONCORD,.N:H. (AP) -A new law that grew out of years of contentious debate is expected to generate onlya trickle of action. Starting Jan. 1, New Hampshire’ s "civil fights law will protectGays injobs, housing and public places like restaurants and hotels. But the state Human Rights Commission, which will-handle complaints under the law, does not expect to be bombarded with calls. "I don’t expect there are going to be high number of complaints filed," commission Director Raymond Perry said. "It’s still going to be very difficult to be Gay in New Hampshire. It was clear from the hearings that many people remain prejudl.’~~" Perry predicts his office will handle three to five complaints in 1998 from people who believe they have been discfiminated againstonthebasis of sexual orientation. Tharis a drop in the bucket compared to the 250 to 300;complaints filed by people charging discrimination based on race, religion and other protected statuses. That doesn’t’mean the law. won’t, make-a ~difference: It will,but 16y. producing peace of.mind rather than complaintg, Sa~d Marcus ~Iurn, a law professor at Franklin Pierce Law School who is Gay. ’~It’s not so much that there is such agreat n.u~a.b.~r of landlords and bosseswho a~e 0na~witch hunt, it. s that any time you heara ~tory aboutthat you think, ’Next time it could be me,’ "he said. "Now, the law is clear, and we’ve got a pretty conservative but fair state organ~.- zation-theHumanRights Commission-thatconsctentiously does its job." The law will have a significant impact among public school teachers and state employees, be said. "It’s never been real clear in the past whether you were safe in your teacher tenure or state employee ¯ status if you were Gay or Lesbian," he said. "Now they can rest easy because it’s very plain in the law. A lot of worry hanging over people will lessen. I suspect that will be the biggest effect." Gov. Jeanne Shaheen signed the bill in June. Earlier attempts to include Gays in the civil rights law failed due to pressure from then-Gov. Steve Merrill, who said it wasn’t needed, and the Catholic Church. This lime, the Roman Catholic Diocese ofManchester helped shape the language, which includes a statement that "New Hampshire does not intend to ¯ promote or endorse any sexual lifestyle other than the ¯ traditional mamage-based family." Once the church ¯ endorsed the bill, "that started the ball rolling down ¯ hill at a pretty good clip," said Rep. Bill McCann, the ; bill;s main sponsor. ¯ .He said Bishop Leo O’Neil, who died last month, ¯¯ was concerned about the bill’s effect on schoolchildren. McCann, a Democrat from Dover, said he was ¯ abletopersuadeO’Neil that school boards wouldstill ¯ be able to discipline teachers who act inappropriately ¯ regardless of their sexual orientation. "ff you have a ¯ heterosexual teacher who is openly carrying on with ¯ two or three different people, that’s something a ¯ school board would look at. The same is true of Gay ¯ people," McCann said. ¯ Opponents say the law sanctions sin and asks ¯ people to embrace homosexuality as socially accept- ; able. "I don’t believe in adding a new classification ¯ outside of the realm of things you have no control ; over," said Rep.. Gary Daniels, R-Milford. "In cases ¯ of race, color or creed, you don’t have control over ¯ that, and those are constitutional. It wasn’t right inmy : mind to raise sexual orientation to a constitutional : level," : New Hampshire is among 11 states that have en- ¯ Acted similar laws. Maine voters will decide on Feb. : 10 whether to keep their civil fights law for Gay ¯ citizens. The law was enacted in June and signed by ~ the governor, but opponents collected signatures to ¯ force the referendum. i Canadian ProvinceAdds Civil Rights Protections : ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland (AP)- The legislature in the eastern province of Newfoundlandhas voted to ¯ include sexual orientation in its human rights code. ¯ The vote leaves Alberta and Prince Edward Island as : the only Canadian provinces that don’t extend protec- ¯ tion to Gays and Lesbians. i .The Newfoundland human rights code will now : prohibit discrimination against Gays in areas such as employment, housing and access to establishments ¯ and. services. Some pension plans are excluded from : the amendment in accordance with the federal In- . come Tax Act, which defines aspouse as someone of ¯ the opposite sex. NewfoundlandPremier BrianTobin ¯ had promised to amend the human rights code when ¯ he was elected in February 1996. i Salt Lake City Adds ¯ Employment Protections ¯ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The City Council has : voted 5-2 to approve an ordinance protecting Gay city employees from discrimination. Oneopponent, Coun¯ cilman Bryce Jolley, said the law will be repealed in January by’the new council. "If you choose to pass this, it will be for two weeks only," he said Tuesday. ’q’his vote will be symbolic. This ordinance will be ¯ Co"Uficil inembers’ Tom Godfrey, Mary Mark~ Lee ¯ Martinez, JoanneMilner and Deeda Seed voted for ¯ thenewlaw. Jolley~andCotthcilmanKeithChfist’elsen opposed the 0rdjnancei:~ottfrey, M~rk andlM~nez ¯ are lame ’ ducks. They ~vill be. repiaced by carl~ton ¯ Christensea, Tom Roganand Roger Thomps0"~; ¯ CarltonChristensen saidhewould support Jolley’s efforts to repeal the ordinance. Rogan supports the ¯ new law. Thompson would not say what he thinks ¯ abo~t the issue. ¯ Salt lake City is the first Utah municipality to ¯ adopt such an ordinance. Salt Lake County and the : University of Utah have similar policies. Many busi- ¯ nesses have similar protections. 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Peoria 744-5556 Two hours ofvitriolicpublic debatepreceded the council’s vote, More than 30 residents argued for andagainst thenew law~ Gay city residents pleaded with council members to approve the ordinance that protects city employees from job discrimination based on their race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation or disability. They say it’s a matter of fairness and equity. University of Utah Law School professor Terry Kogan said he is grateful the university has a similar nondiscrimination policy that protects him fromjob discrimination. "My life would be miserable if I hg.d hanging over my head the worry that my superiors could fire me based solely on my sexual orientation, something totally unrelated to my job performance," Kogan said. Employment attorney Erik Stringberg urged adoption of the taw and cited the case of two Utah Lesbians dismissed from their jobs when their sexual orientation was discovered. "Employees are repeatedly and regularly fh’ed from their jobs becauseofsexual orientation"," Stn’nqgbe’rghsai"id.s" proposed ordinance would not give any special rights to Gay employees. It would merely ensure that employees are given a fair chance and are not discriminated against based on something that has nothing to do with their job performance." Others at the meeting disagreed. Some claimed a parental right to know if Gay city employees might have contact with their children. Some argued the law was giving Gay city employees special protections not afforded other workers. A few attorneys contended the city ordinance was too vague. Some said the law could be extended to include all businesses in the city. Other speakers raised religious arguments against the ordinance. "Homosexuality is a perversion," said U. instructor Brian Fetzer. "It "always will be an abomination before God." i Ex-Scout Still Appealing ¯ HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) - Kicking James Dale ¯ out of the Boy Scouts because heis Gay violates the : state’s anti-discriminationlaw, attorneys saidinan ¯ appeal to reinstate the former assistant scoutmas- ¯ ter. "We want an end to this discriminatory policy," : attorney Evan Wolfson said of the Boy Scouts of ." America’s 80-year-old practice of barring homo- . sexuals. Wolfson argued Dale’s case beforea three- ¯ judge state Appellate Division panel of Superior : Courtjudges. Thejudges didnotimmediately rule. : Dale earned30 merit badges, seven achievement ¯ honors and other awards, and was an Eagle Scout ¯ during his 12 years as a Scout. He was expelled in : 1990 alter the Boy Scouts learnedhe was Gay from : a newspaper article. He sued the organization in a : 1992 and a Monmouth County judge ruled in the ¯ Scouts’ favor in 1995, calling homosexuality "a : serious moral wrong." ¯ Dale’s attorneys claim the Boy Scouts policy ¯ violates New Jersey’s anti-discrimination law, "- which was expanded in 1992 to prohibit most ¯ organizations from discriminating on the basis of : sexual, orientation. In his argument, Wolfson noted : that the Scouts’ commitment to being "morally ¯ straight"-never mentions sexual 0iientation. The ¯ Scouts, he says, stand for "teaching boys, team- . work, se!f-reliance, courage, torespect the rights of ¯ all people." . ." A national spokesmzn for thail~ Scouts says ¯ the organization’s stand on homosexuality is crucial to its mission. ’q’his is a ~0,~aional policy that’s ¯ the proposal in August the legislature intended to protect women and childrenfrom abuse and protect a traditional family unit. Philpot said he is open to .. the possibility of providing protection to homo- . sexual victims of domestic violence if Gays prove ¯ there is a problem. Gau l~.t~Hn|l~Q [~l~lt .P.~ : ve~simple,"~dGreggS~e~ds.¢,~eBoyS~uts "3 ~~’~ "~"~$~ : of ~efi~ have long mught’~’~ues held by ~ ¯ " . .- " ¯ , " ~ ........... s~fing f~es.. ~’A ~r~0~’.who.~en a es i " _ " - ¯ .nomos~x~ nzesty~e ~N~OR~T, Ky.-(Ap) - A CO~ ofApes : Values." ~g ~at says dom~fic viol~ orders may be Dfle, now 27 ~d worMng at ob~n~by one mem~r of a s~e-sex ~uple who " public relafiom fi~, w~ts to~reinsure. "~scrimination goes against everything I learnedinmy ; 1,2 years of Scouting," Dale said in..a press release ." issued by his attorneys. "I want the Boy Scouts of ¯ America to give back what I earned and allow me .- to continue to serve." Despite the national policy, ¯ the Boy Scouts’ San Francisco-area chapter last ; year adopted a more lenient "don’t ask, don’t tell" ¯ policy toward Gays. ¯ Ellen Honored byACLU ¯ BEVERLY HILLS,Calif. (AP)- Ellen DeGeneres ¯ never wanted to be a spokeswoman for Gay rights, ~ but that’s exactly what happened after she publicly disclosed her sexual orientation. "I just got to the ." place where I didn’t want to live my life feeling ¯ ashamed, and thankGodthat I don’t have to do that ." anymore," she said Sunday at a dinner where she ¯ was honoredbytheAmericanCivil Liberties Union of Southern California. : "From the beginning, I said that I didn’t want to .. become a spokesman for Gay rights. But here I ¯ am," she said. DeGeneres said her ABC sitcom ¯ "Ellen" serves an important function in trying to ." remove the stigma attached to Gays and Lesbians. ¯ "But there’s still a lot more to do," she said. ¯ ’q’here’s a warning label on my show sending a ¯ message that there is something wrong with me." ". DeGeneres has beenfighting withABC executives ¯ in an effort to.,~emove the parental guidance warn- " hlgs at the beginning of her show. : TheACLU gave her its Bill of Rights Award for : advancing" the cause of Gay rights 100-fold" by ¯ announcing her sexual orientation on the April 14 ¯ issue of Time magazine and later appeared on the : groundbreaking "Ellen" episode. The ACLU Bill ¯ of Rights Award commemorates the ratification of : the Bill of Rights in December 1791. Funds raised ¯ at the annual dinner support the ACLU’s legal ¯ battles, advocacy and public education programs. faces abuse from the other could inflame legislative debate on the topic. One state’ ~enator has already proposed a change in thelaw to prohibit the issuance of domestic violence orders to members of a same-sex couple. The appellate decision reversed a Fayette Circuit Court ruling, which had taken the position that the law applies only to a married couple or a heterosexual couple. Judge David Buckingham of Murray, who wrote the majority decision, said the statute applies to couples engaged in an intimate relationship and would not apply to roommates. ’q’he language of the statute is unambiguous, even though it is gender- neutral and does not specifically include or specifically exclude same-sex couples from its scope," Buckingham wrote. ’€I’he General Assembly has not given preferential treatment to samesex couples or homosexuals; rather it has provided for equal treatment under the law for same-sex or homosexual victims of domestic violence." .Judge Joseph Huddleston of Bowling Green joined Buckingham’s opinion. Judge Rick Johnson of Mayfield dissented. He said the legislature intendedto allow domestic violence orders forcouples that are composedof members of the opposite sex. The statute now allows "any family member or member ofan unmarried couple" to petition a court for a domestic violence order to refrain from any contact with the partner. It has generally been applied to nnmarried couples who live together, formerly lived together or havea child in common. It also covers spouses and some other relatives. According to the court case, John W. Ireland and Blake Allen Davis were homosexual males living together in an intimate relationship. Ireland sought a protective order, alleging he had been abused by Davis. Sen. Tim Philpot, R-Lexington, has proposed a revision that would add to the definition of an unmarried couple, limiting that category to people "of opposite sex." philpot said prior to a heating on Denver Needle Exchange Program DENVER (AP)-Hopingto slow Denver’ s growing number of HIV and A{DS cases, the City Council has approved a.controversial needle-exchange program that would allow drug users to trade used syringes for new ones. The exchange program, which was approved Monday on an 8-3 vote, cannot go into effectwithout the authorization ofthe state legislature. Lawmakerslast session killed a bill to ~nodify .Colorado’s drug paraphernalia lacy. Despite the uphill battle; progr,a,in proponent~ saidiris a.neces~ary step’to preventing spreaff of-HIV and AIDS: An. estimated 10.5percent of Denver’s AIDS cases in 1996 were attributed to intravenous drug use. ’Tnis is a public health issue," councilwoman Happy Hayes said. "The goal is tO decrease the spread of infectious and deadly diseases. I see no evidence that it will increase drug use." Councilman ~Ed,~Thomas, a former Denver police offi~ jofixed~ Susan Bames- Gelt andTed Hackworthas the dissenting voters. "We’re taking a giant lehp of faith with people invo{~ed in heroin and injection devices, T,homas stud. There s not absolute proof that a needle-exchange program ... is successful." Mayor Wellin~gt0ii Webb, who initially opposed the needle program, changed his position out of concern for the gro,,wing number of children infected with HIV throughtbeirmothers. UnderWebb’ s proposal, the city’s department of environmental health would register, inspect and monitor any needle-exchange program. Denver would join "75 other U.S. cities ,with such a program. Boulder has a personal needle-exch~ mge program in which individtmls receive dean needles for used ones, but it is not recognized by authorities and is generally .regarded as illegal. "It just doesn’t make sense," Denver police officer Kirk Miller said ofneedle-exchange programs. "Let’s do some outreach and education first before we give a drug user the equipment to commit a felony." Call For HIV Case Reporting by Name SEATTLE (AP) - The first U.S. decline in new AIDS eases is increasing support for a proposal that was once almost too controversial to discuss: identifying and monitonng everyone who tests positive for the virus that causes the disease. Such a shift, now gaining momentum at the state and federal level, would mark a turnaround in public health policy. In Washington state, public health officials now track only full-blown AIDS cases. Underthenew proposal, they would monitor, by name, everyone who tests positive forHIV, thehumanimmunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS, and try to notify their sexual or needle-sharing partners that they have been exposed and may be infected. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking all states to consider the policy change. Now thatnew AIDS:drugs are keeping people with .HIV healthier longer, thereby leading to a atop in full-blownAIDS cases, such a change would enable authorities to get more HIV-positive people on the drugs sooner. "We need to keep our policies in line withthenew scientific evidence that early notification saves lives," said Dr. Alonzo Plough, director of the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. "Names reporting is the best way for us to keep track of the epidemic and to make sure individuals andinfected partners have this information," he said. The change would also mean that epidemiologists could for the first time enlist traditional .public-health strategies in the battle against AIDS. For years, the stigma of a disease that primarily infected gay men and injected-drug abusers was so great that officials, at the insistence of the gay community, relied on nontraditional methods such as anonymous testing and treatment. Thirty states already record the names of people who have tested positive for HIV. InWashington state, for example, reporting by name begins when the patient has clinically defined AIDS - an AIDS-related infection or other symptom, or an immune system weakened to below a certain level. Names reporting has long been used to helpcontain and combat other dangerous infectious diseases. The state monitors 54 such ailments including measles; tuberculosis, whooping cough, certain types of hepatitis and several sexually transmitted diseases, Now some health authorities say it’s time to add HIV to the list. They want the freedom to attack AIDS with the traditional tools of public health: routine testing of large segments of the population, names reporting of those who test HIV positive, and notification of people who may have been infected so that they can get tested for HIV and seek treatment if necessary. .The CDC considers names reporting of HIV the only accurate way to "track the front end of the epidemic," said Judith Billings, Washington state’s former top school offici’,d and a member of the President’s Advisory Council on HIVAIDS. Billings, who stepped down from her stat~ post after disclosing her own AIDS diagnosis last year, also leads a subcommittee of the Governor’s Advisory Council on HIV-AIDS. The group has held five public hearings on HIV names reporting and will report its findings to Gov. Gary Locke next month. Early intervention allows health authorities te stretch limited AIDS-prevention resources, Billings said. But, as a person with AIDS, she said she understands concerns that it could lead to discrimination in housing, employment and medical care. "There are plenty of people who went through 10, 12, 15 years of discrimination who are very concerned," Billings said. "And we all know too well that there are somepretty innovative (computer) hackers." Citing such concerns, the Seattle-based Northwest AIDS Foundation is opposing the proposed change in policy. "We think HIV surveillance is important, but we think there needs to be an alternative to a name-based system," said Steven Johnson, the foundation’s public policy director and a member of the governor’s advisory council. The alternative could be some sort of unique identifier or code numbers that enable officials to track the epidemic without raising patient fears of disclosure, Johnson sai& "The CDC hasn’t come down with a definitive position on what they want from the states," he said. 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Combination-drug therapies - especially a new class of drugs known as i’pr.otease inhibitors"-have shownprom- 1se m many patients. In September, the CDC reported the first U.S. drop in new AIDS cases. In 1996, 56,730 Americans were diagnosed with AIDS, down 6 percent from the 60,620 new cases reported in 1995. At the same time, AIDS deaths declined 23 percent, from 50,140 to 38,780. The new anti-AIDS drugs are expensive and don’t work for everyone, but supporters of names reporting say .the latest developments are encouraging enough to warrant re-examining public policy. "We can?t tell you what proportion of people who have HIV infection are on effective drugs - or what proportion of those people are even in care systems - because we have no idea who they are," said Dr. BobWood, AIDS-control officer for the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health. ’qf you want to answer those very important questions, we need to have the data," he said. To Wood and others in the field, public health officials are negligent if they do anything less than seek out the disease and eradicate it. For them, that means notifying an HIV-positive person’s sexual partners, because "if you leave it to the person, it doesn’t happen," Wood said. HIV Warning For UK Soldiers : Sustiva, a trademark name of DuPont : Merck, is expected to be filed with the : Food and Drug Administration next year. : The access program allows companies ¯ to get the drug to patients in need who : have few other choices while it is being considered by the FDA. Once the drug is : licensed and marketed, the free access : program would end. In the program, : Sustiva must be used in combination with ¯ and initiated at the same time asat least one other marketed or investigational ¯ antiretroviral drug which the patient :has : not taken previously. Patients would only : be eligible if their, current ~regimen’ and ¯ drug cocktaiIs are not effective. ¯ Preliminary data indicates that Sustiva ¯. can significantly reduce viral loads and improve healthy cell counts when used : with other drugs, the company said. Pa- : tients andphysicians may call 1-800-998- : 6854 for more information on the pro- : gram. ! Chinese Hood : Bettor AIDSlnfo, ! BEIJING (AP) - Many doctors in China : need a crash course in treating AIDS, a : survey shows. It found that nearly 60 ¯ percent of doctors in eight Chinese cities : mistakenly believed that AIDS could be : transmitted by sharing bowls and chop- : sticks, the Beijing Youth Daily newspaperreportedWednesday. Thesurveyfound : that more than 70 percent of ordinary ¯" people held the same view. It also found : that one in three people surveyed and one ¯ in six doctors-mistakenly thought AIDS LONDON (AP) - Commanders at : conldbetransmittedthroughahandshake. Britain’s largest military base have ad- : The survey was conducted in Beijing, Shanghai-and-six..other..cities~by~tl~7~C~h~.~~ least two HIV-positive women had a se- nese Academy for Preventive Medicine, ties of sexual affairs with soldiers. The two women had been having sex with soldiers based at Catterick gamson in Yorkshire, 210 miles north of London, Col. Nell Donaldson said in a special order. The women "are believed to be liberal with their affections, particularly to soldiers, and are not averse to indulging in casual sex, often unprotected," Donaldson said in the statement issued Tuesday. The Sun tabloid newspaper said that more than 100 men had asked for AIDS tests after the announcement and speculated that the women may have been deliberately trying to infect soldiers. The Ministry of Defense did not say whether any of the soldiers tested had the HIV virus. Sustiva Drug Program Expands WILMINGTON, Del. (AP)-The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. is making the drug Sustiva available to more HIV-infected patients. Under the broader Sustiva Expanded Access Program, patients who have had less than 400 CD4 cells per millimeter will qualify for free doses of the drug, which must be taken with other protease inhibitors. The old access program was designed for patients with less than 50 CD~ cells per millimeter - meaning the patient’s condition was much more severe, said Sandra Kingsberry, a spokeswoman for the company. DuPontMerck, ajoint venturebetween Merck &Co. and DuPont Co., expanded its access program one month ahead of schedule because of an increased supply of the drug. A new drug application for the newspaper reported. It did not give details about how the survey was conducted or any percen~ge of error. AIDS is spread through intravenous drug use, sexual contact, blood and breast milk.. China has 7,253 official cases of HIV infection, but experts say the real figure could be as high as 200,000. Fighting AIDS in Black Communities LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP)-Two statewide groups are joining together in an effort to slow the rapidly increasing surge ofAIDS and HIV infection in Kentucky’s black communities. Representatives from the NAACPand the Kentucky Department of Public Health said at a news conference Friday that they’re planning a series of workshops, health fairs and other events around the state next year to provide information about AIDS and alert blacks to the growing threat. "If we don’t address this issue now, there will be no .tomorrow," said Anna Davis-Nail, representing the WIN (Women in the NAACP) Auxiliary of the Kentucky Conference of NAACP Branches. "We must take a stand to make a change in our own community." Davis-Nail said that, as a part of the plan, organizers want to create a core group of at least 150 blacks fromdifferent backgrounds who would spread the word aboutAIDS in black comm~lnities around the state. The group would consist of 50 young people, 25 ministers, 25 people with AIDS and 50 commtmity .leaders, she said. Blacks make up about 7 percent of Kentucky’s population, but they count for about 30 percent of new HIV infections in the state. by James Christjohn, TFN bon vivant Well ,jokers, chokers, and smokers, it’s timeforyet another wonder-columnfilled with wit, intelligence, and bad jokes aplenty. Before I forget: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Worth a trip to Dallas (from which environs I’ve just returned), Cirque De Soleil’s production of Quidam arrives there on Feb 11. If you have never seen orheard ofthis troupe from Canada, run to Blockbuster and rent their videos. The acro-aerobatits are incredible, the hunks amazingly beautiful, the womendivine, and the music (performed live at the shows, and available on CD at Best Buy) simply breathtaking. I’ve been a good boy, Santa, can I have next year’.s present just a tad early...? This troupe, particularly m the Salt~mabanco video, puts on a very homoerotic display of two women on trapeze and twomenin gymnastic feats that have to been seen to really be appreciated. The whole thing’s a circus of surreality. IfyoumissedTU’s production of Falsettos, you missed the best production I have seen since, arrivinginTulsa4years ago. The acting, singing, and choreography were as near to perfect as you can get and still be off-Broadway (-way off Broadway). The cast put on a professional show, and I was utterly absorbed into the action onstage. The cast had obviously workedhard on this show, and I know this is a show they’ve been wanting to do since 1995. Andsuch voices! Falsettos is difficult musically, and these folks made it look so easy! Falsettos tells the story of Marvin (Gabriel Washam) who, in the first act, has come out to and left his family - his exwife, Trina (Ashleigh Siegfried), their son Jason (Simon Plohocky), and also tells of relationship with his lover, Whizzer (Joel Sutliffe). The dynamics of all these relationships are For those who ~,ike their art visual, Philbrook Museum will be exhlbltln~ the -work of J,M.W. Turner, "the ~reatest of landscape palnter~" from London, February 8- Ap~l 1~. Thls exhibit ~ll be the sole world,de venue - imagine, here in little old Tulsd ~ More seriously, Turner is eonsldered the ~r~test British ~inter of the 19th e~nt~r~ ~n~ one of the monum~tal fi~ures of ~estern ~intln~. This ~ pleee exhibit draws on the holdln~s of three ~r~t Bdtlsh eolleetlons, the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Unlve~ity of London’s Courtauld Institute Gallery." The curator is Richard To--send of Philbr~k who ls also the author of the exhibit ~talo~ue that ~ll f~ture es~ys by To--send, and dlstln~ulshed Turner spedallsts. played out with help from Marvin’s psychiatrist, Mendel (Jonathan Scott Chin) who has a few-disorders of his own to explore. In short, Marvin wants it all - he wants to keep his relationship with his family and his lover. 1"hus is the scene set for some really hilarious and poignant songs, and of course, points about acceptance and what constitutes a family nowadays. The first act ends with Whizzer leaving Marvin, and Trina deciding that she, too, needs tofindherownwayinlife. Sheends up with the psychiatrist. The second act begins a couple of years later - it’s time for Jason’s Bar Mitzvah, and Trina and Marvin are having a terrible time planning it. They are at odds over everything. Jasonjust wants to disappear, and Mendel ends up trying .all of the psychology heknows tokeep ruffled feathers from flying. Or is it fur? Anyway, Whizzerappears onthe scene at Jason’s invitation just in time to provide some more complications. And, as such things do happen, Whizzer and Marvin rekindle the flames. This come just as the Lesbians next door, Doctor Charlotte (Elizabeth Haley) and her spouse, caterer Cordelia (Jeni Martin) arereading about a strange new disease affecting Gay men. Thus the scene is set for Whizzer’s future. He -has AIDs. As the Bar Mitzvah draws nigh, he weakens and becomes sickerand sicker. The day of the Bar Mitzvah, he is in hospital, and Jason, disgusted with the arguing adults around him,. decides to have the Bar Ivlitzvah in the hospital room so Whizzer can be there. The show was profoundly moving, and I was gratified to seemany members of the community in the audience - a large one, considering it was the final performance, and a matinee. Tom had seen the original off-Broadway production of Falsettoland (which comprised the second act of Falsettos) and proclaimed this TU production as good. I feel safe in saying there wasn’t a dry eye in the house - literally. The actors in this production were excellent- Gabriel Washamhadjust the right amount of neuroses and pathos in Marvin to keep the character real. Joel Sutliffe was absolutely perfect (and handsome) as Whizzer - again, not too bitchy, but enough edge to make the relationship between Whizzer and ¯ Marvinreal withoutbeing utterly depress- 2 ing. I received many an elbow jab to the ¯ ribs by Tom after his character made a ¯ bitchy remark - I don’t know why. ¯¯ Eleven year-old Simon Plohocky can- nothaveenoughgoodthings written about ¯ him. He displayed an amazing depth with ¯ Jason that is a hard thing to achieve, ¯ especially with very young actors. This is no fluff musical, and Jason is a pivotal ¯ character. The original Broadway cast of ¯ March of the Falsettos (the first act) lea- ¯ tured seeFalsettos,page 10 FEBRUARY 8 T PHILBROOK Your window on the world Tickets on sale now at Carson Attractions, 58t-2000 Kelly Kirby CPA, PC Certified Public Accountant a professional corporation Lesbians and Gay menface many special tax situations whether single or as couples. Start thinking about getting 1997 returns done. Call us to see how we can help. Electronicfiling is available forfaster refunds. 747-5466 4021 S. Harvard, Suite 210, Tulsa 74135 VoiceMail Caller ID Free First Incoming Minute Message Alert/ Pager Oklahoma and Kansas Toll Free Detailed Billing Call Hold/ Call Waiting The Plaza 8112 S Lewis 298-2747 Promonade Mall 4107 SYale 663-5404 Woodland. Hills Mall 7021 S Memorial 252-5850 Corporate Sales 523-8600 Get more from life~ Call 918-742-1971 or Toll Free 1-8OO-559-1558 Tulsa & Nationwide Relocat~oa Real Estate Service~ JOHN RACAN-C~,C~, LICENSED REALTOR® ANOn. 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Yet, that bistro has been the Site of a lot of excitement in the local culinary world since they reopened in November after extensive redecorating and remodeling; .... - , - Cardigan s, An American Bistro, at 5800 South Lewis, now boasts a revised menu and a fresh, new look, while still retaining a clubby, comfortable feel. Diners who haven’t been to Cardigan’s in the past couple of months won’t recognize the place, which now features tall wainscotting in a deep, mahogany. color, surmounted with crisply painted walls in a soothing, basil green shade. Dramatic, large Italian and New York deco-era posters decorate the walls. The designers have been successful in updating the look, while still giving the rooms a cozy, lived-in feel that looks as if it has been there for years. Waiters wear solidblack wing-collar shirts with blue jeans and waist-to-floor white aprons, while busboys wear black polo-style shirts with their jeans. . .... During our"~¢~riV 9isW~~ Cardigan’ s for this review, we were somewhat disconcerted at the wait to be greeted at the door by anyone connected with the staff. However, once the maitre d’ materialized, we were warmly greeted and promptly escorted to a prime table. During tiffs dinner, we were privileged to be the guest of the doyen of Tulsa’s artistic musical community, who is a frequent diner at Cardigan’s, so our" reception was more probably a result of his patronage and renown than a usual reaction to dinner guests. The new menus are quite adventuresome. While making a more than adequate bow to the standard cliche foods of the typical Oklahoma-Texas popular eatery, the Cardigan concept includes its own flair with items like the cheeseburger with Gouda cheese and caramelized onions and the ten5ne incorporating fetaand cream cheeses with the ubiquitous sundried tomatoes. Items from the Mexican, Italian, and Chinese repertoire are included, plus a few things from Santa Fe, New Orleans, and the New York delicatessen, making categorization of this eclectic smorgasbord difficult. But, with such a broad variety, practically everyone can find at least Onefavorite item on themenu, and in all price ranges from pricey entrees to economical pizzas and sandwiches. Avariety of salads are available both as side salads and as main course salads, including a classic Caesar, hot dressed spinach, Greek, and Cobb, with prices from $2.25 to $6.50. French onion soup in a daily standard, and, on the night of our visit, the soup of the day was New gland style clam chowder (cup. $1.95, Cardlgan’s An American Bistro 5800 S. Lewis Amblanee: Dressy casual Prices: Expensive Payment: All major plastle accepted Non-smoking seetlon: Yes ............Alcohol: ,- Full bar and wine llst Rating: A llst ¯ bowl $2.95). Weopted for the clam chow- : der, and, while it was a tasty soup, it was ¯ rather more of a clam-flavored potato ¯ soup than a seafood chowder. While our waiter, rather ineptly, was ¯ uneducated as to the evening’s specials and their preparations, we, nonetheless, ¯ opted to order the chef’s fish of,the day, ¯ whichwas apecan~encrustedfiletofChilcan blue-nosed sea bass ($17.95). Sea,bass i~. a large, flak~, White fish, an66u~!~rge~ thick slab Was very"tiicely cookedthroughout, th6ughwe found the ground pecan crust to have an ever-so7s!ighfly scorched taste. The pecan-encrusting conceptis ago&tone, though, and would probably beperfectona thinnerpiece of fish. The one thing we didn’t like about the fiSh ~,~ ’the very sweet blueberry sauce that was ladled over th~ Serving-- we would .mUch. rather have preferred the sauce on the side. Our host chose the medallions of beef tenderloin ($14.50). Several-medallions were presented, cooked correctly to the requested degree of doneness, and were covered in a marsala sauce, which our companion termed, "ten5- bly ordinary." Both entrees were accompanied by mashed potatoes and a winter vegetable saute. 7~e did. notice that everything -~e elam chowder, the medallions, the mashed potatoes - were garnished the same way, with a rather unimaginative scattering of chopped parsley. After our waiter convinced us to try the lemon custard meringue pie ($3.25) for des- " sert, he later had to come back to report ¯ that the kitchen was out of lemon pie. We ¯ were not amused. In lieu of the pie, we ¯ decided upon the fresh vanilla bean flan ($3.50). Flan, of course, is h delicate egg ¯ custard, and in this case, we were very ¯ pleasandy surprised and interested to be ¯ served a thick, almost cheesy, custard that ¯ was quite good. ¯ Our dinner companion had the black Russian cake ($3.25). Wewere expecting ¯ something perhaps Kahlua-flavored, re- " calling the black Russian cocktail made : with vodka and Kahlua, a coffee liqueur. ¯ Instead, a several slices of afudgey choco- ¯ late tube cake with chocolate icing served on a bed of decorated whipped cream and ¯ cocoa arrived, and neither we nor the waiter (ourhero, who was moving quickly ¯ toward an e~ght percent tip) could explain ¯ why the cake bore the "black Russian" ¯ moniker. ¯ Now, whileweare being abit cridcal on ¯ the finer points of execution of our re- " view-night meal, wedon’t want to give an : overall negativeimpression ofCardigan’s. ¯ Yes, the kitchen could use abitmore flare ¯ in their saucings and presentations, but ." the basic food underneath is generally ¯ good and a fair value for themoney,when ¯ comparedto similar establishments in this : region. And, while our waiter was inex- : cusably inept and insuffieiendy ~rained, ¯ he was friendly and didn’t actually give : badservice, seeCardigan’s,page 12 Gays & Religion by Lamont Lindstrom I lived for a couple of years in a village on an isolated island in what today is the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. I was at one time the only American on this island until a Catholic priest arrived from the U.S. He had been assigned to a mission station about three miles walk away from mcoea,sffdmoew. TniffaslownagsPa~rreoBcokby. (Up until then, all priests serving the Catholic mission had been French-speaking l~res.) P~re Bob was hospitable and engaging; he was also vigilantly taken care of by a gaggle of Italian nuns, and he had laid in a fine supply ofwine and whiskey. P~re Bob was interested in island culture and language and he often joined localmenandboys whogathered at dark village clearings each evening to prepare and drink kava, the Pacific’s traditional drug substance. Kava ordinarily has light depressant, mood-levding effects, something like valium. It wasn’t long before teen-aged boys were whispering to me that P~re Bob, everyone zoned out on kava, would sometimes feel them up. The boys ~weren’.t upset about this; they just giggled at the p&e’s sexual eccentrictty. It came to me then that the connections between religion and sexuality a~e .long and twisted in human history. Whaf~v_er one believes about the supernatural, the problem in all religions is one of access and commlmication. Who controis the flow of messages back and forth between humans and the gods? Specialist mediators, operate in most religions as supernatural guides, as did Pdre Bob, in his own way, onmyisland. Many cultures presume Gays and Lesbians to bridge fundamental gender categories. Religious systems have often built, metaphorically, on this positional intermediacy of Gays and Lesbians. Homosexuals (however culturally conceived),who themselves are in between gender categories are effective religious mediators linking humans and the gods. Mohave Indian cross-dressers, for example, traditionally, often were powerful shaman; they cured sickness by contacting the world of the spirits. Crossdressers in India, the hijras, similarly possess powerful abilities to bless and to curse based on their dose links to the Mother Goddess. (Anyone interested in hijras, afew ofwhomare hermaphrodites and some of whom ritually emasculate themselves, mighthavealookatmyfriend Serena Nanda’s book Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras ofIndia (1990).) Anthropologist Weston La Barre once suggested that original human religion everywhere was shamanistic and therefore relatively egalitarian. Although people might turn to part-time specialist shamans to diagnose and cure disease and for other sorts of assistance with the supernatural, everyone had the capacity and the right to contact his or her own ancestors or other family spirits. With the development of agriculture, though, religion and social life in general became much more hierarchical. When the great religions - the religions of the book - : appeared in human history, they quickly ¯ acquired an official monopoly on spiri- : tual mediation. Priesthoods, notably, ¯ emerged and gained control of tallking to ¯ the gods. ¯ Organized priesthoods may have se- ¯ cured the function of mediating with spit- ¯ its but they have not escaped issues of : sexuality and religious function. The Ro- ¯ man Catholic Church, for example, particularly since the 12th century has symbolically remarked the powers of its priestly mediatorsthrough an elaboration of celibacy. But some of the same sorts of people whose intermediate sexuality once would have led them to take up the spiritual quests of the shaman nowadays become clergy within religton organizations that are hostile to homosexuality. Nonetheless, some of the best priests and pastors, at least in my experience, are Lesbian or Gay. In this, they maintain a wide-spread; cross-cultural tradition of great antiquity. My friend William now studies in a semanary in the eastern United States. He is a monk on his way to the priesthood. He loves men and, I should also tell you, he is super cute: I worry about William. Sometimes I suspect h’e has thrown himself into a celi~ ¯ bate church as a means to control a per- " sonal sexuality thatdiscomforts and vexes -" him. Marriage~t0~tbe chu~ehmean~ never having to go on a date. "This is dangerous ¯ overkill," I pleadwith him: "Can’t you ," become a priest after you are old and ¯ ugly?" But part of me knows he is realizing a ¯ primal humancultural pattern. Those who ¯ find themselves in between male and fe- : male also move easily between earth and ¯ heaven. William’s retreat to the monastery might be a loss to the Gay bars - that mundane world of the flesh - but it is a gain for the realm of the spirit. I am glad that the messenger .who helps carry my prayers up to the .gods is so beautiful. Lamont Linstrom teaches anthropology at the Uttiversity of Tulsa. I worry about . William. Sometimes I snspect he has thrown himself into a eellbate ehnreh as a means to control a personal sexuality that dlseomforts and vexes him. Marriage to the church means never having to "go on a date. However, at Cardigan’s prices,~we have to demand at least better training of the wait staff. The place is fun, though. And, a broad rangeofgenerations patronize Cardigan’ s for dinner, possibly skewed a bit toward the more mature parties, though that may be more a factor of economics and neighborhood. A whole other crowd frequents the bar, where watching televised sports and smoking cigars seems to be a highlight. Cardigan’s bears careful watching. Already, a very popular and most adequate place to eat, with just a little effort and polish, they could become one of the top dinner destinations in Tulsa. Will they make it? We hope so. Editor’s note: sometimes tart, other times saucy, M. LaGrandboucheprovides Tulsa with its most honest restaurant reviews. Ergo, his column has attracted a following among Tulsa ’finest chefs. St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant & Club Featuring . Steaks, Seafood, Chicken, Pasta, Soups,~ Espresso, and Chalkboard Speciaties Monday- Thursday 11am- 10pm. Friday- Saturday llarn- 11pm 3324-L East 31st Northeast side of Ranch Acres 745-9998 Established 1960 I Saint Aidan’s 4045 NO. 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When Americans are assaulted merely because of their orientation, gender or disability, the law should be as tough on their assailants as it currently is tough on criminals who attack based on racial or religious bias. The HCPA has the support of President Clinton, the Department of Justice and a bipartisan group of lead sponsors in Congress - but it needs your support ff it is to become the law of the land. Act Now Urge your U.S. senators and representative to cosponsor the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which would include hate crimes based on sexual orientation, gender and disability among the bias crimes that the federal government can investigate and prosecute. Explain that when Americans are targeted for hate violence becauseoftheiractual orperceived sexual orientation, gender or disability, they should be included in the basic protection of existing federal laws that are tough on ; Clergy Candidate Gaining Tolerance ¯¯ KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -When gay divinity school student Thomas Brown ¯ was ordained a deacon during a ceremony ¯ last June, two Episcopal priests rose to ¯ object. But Brown was undaunted. The ¯ 27-year-old recently graduated from di- ¯ vinity school and plans to return to Epis- ¯ copal Church of Christ the King in Janu- : ary to be ordained asa priest. ¯ Brown, formerly of Kalamazoo, says ¯ people in his hometown parish have been : les~ openly critical of hima~ tim~ has : passed.BrOwnnowlivesinCalifomiabut ¯ frequently returns to the Kalamazoo area. ¯ "Of course, in the wake of my ordina- ¯ tion, people knew who I was. If they ¯ didn’t already know me, they were able to ¯ figure out, ’That is the homosexual’," ¯ Brown told the Kalamazoo Gazette in a ¯ recent story. ¯ "But I was touched by how welcoming ¯ many people were.... I think that’s a ¯ tribute to the Episcopal Church in West- " ern Michigan and Bishop Edward Lee for " helping us maintain that type of unity." ¯ AfterBrownis ordainedapriest, he will ¯ be eligible to lead a parish of his own. ¯ Rightnow,heis the directorofalumni and ¯ church relations at the Church Divinity ¯ ¯ Sehool of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif., and a part-rime clergy associate at the : Church of St. John the Evangelist in San : Francisco. ¯ "I feel called to my work at the semi- " nary and my work at St. John the Evange- ¯ list," Brown said. "I aspire to serve a : parish full-time in the next one to two hate crimes. Refer to the HCPA by its full ." years." name -and bill m bet" S 1529 in the " Still, there are some in the church who In Tulsa, call Steve Largent, Don NicHes and Jim Inhofe. Even better would be a letter faxed up.to DC. US Representative Steve Largent v: 749-0014, f: 749-0781, DC v:202-225-2211, DCf: 202-225-9178 The local office just refersyou up to DC for any real discussion. Amy is the staffer for this issue. She said a letter would be even better than just the call. Senator Don Nickles v: 581-7651, (the local office can transfer youup to DC withno long distance cost to you), f: 581-7195, DC f: 202-224-6008 Staff contact: Ryan Leonard Senator Jim Inhofe, v: 748-5111 Call Congress through the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. Ifyouare not sure who your senators and representative are, just ask the switchboard operator. You can:also send electronic messages to Congress through HRC’s Website at http://www.hrc.org. Write to Congress through the U.S. mail as well. Include your name and address, and s~nd your politely worded letter to: The Honorable U:S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Human Rights Campaign i~ the largest national lesbian and gay political organization, with members all over the United States. Tojoin, call 800-777-4723. ¯ Raymond Bierlin, one of two priests who ¯ stood to object When Brown became a : deacon in June, said he plans toaitend ¯" Brown’s ordination into the priesthood. ¯ ’q~ere will be an objection to his ordina- ¯ tion," Bierlin said. : Brown said he feels people like Bierlin : are the exception. "I feel like I have been ¯ received really well," he said. ¯ Brown grew up in the Upper Peninsula and graduated from Western Michigan ." University in 1992. After his graduation, ¯ he worked in the Kalamazoo area for two ," years as a teacher atPlainwell High School ." and as an educator and trainer for Planned : Parenthood of South Central Michigan. ¯ The Episcopal Church of Christ the ¯ King sponsored Brown when he entered the Church Divinity School of the Pacific ¯ in 1994. : Dist. 4 City Council ¯ Race Update : TULSA- CandidateforTulsaCityCoun- ¯ cil District4and Tulsa Family News publisher, Tom Neal, has announced the for- .’ marion of a campaign organization. ¯ Peter W. Athens has agreed to serve as ,,: campaign treasurer, and a campaign ac- ¯ count has been.0pened. A number of do- : nationshave~been received from b0C,h ¯ Lesbian and Gay supporters and non-Gay ¯ ones as well. Individuals who Wish to ¯ contribute may send any donations to ! Friends of Tom’Neal, attn~ PeterW. Atli~ ." ens, POB 4140, Tulsa, OK74159. To get ¯ involved in the campaign, call 583-4615. ¯ Two other Democratic candidates have : declared their intention to run at press ¯ time. Dennis Dowell, a Native American ¯ and neighborhood activist, and Gary ¯ Boyle, an attorney with the Williams Cos. 1; lllllll II I I i 1!11 It lilR In,about half the states, including New Jersey, each individual in aGay or unmarried relationship could adopt a child, but the "second-parent" adoption required an additional petition, taking more time and money. Florida and New Hampshire bar adoptions by Gay and Lesbians. The rest allow individual adoption by Gays and have not been tested for second-parent adoptions by a Gay partner, said Micha,el .A~S~ a.,~:.t~.f att0i-h~y with the ACLU s _ Lesbi~/afid.Ga~)iRiglitS Project; ":Ui~der’the setflem~n(~New J~sey must scrap its policy barring joint adoption of its wards by Gay or unmarried couples. "The settlementguarantees that all couples seeking adoptions will be judged only by their ability to love and support a child," said Lenora M. Lapidus, legal director of the state ACLU. The .state may deny consent only by appl)iing the same standards it applies to married couples, including "consideratlons such as the stability of the prospective adoptive couple’s relationship," the settlement Said. In addition, it allows any Gay or unmarried couple who believe they are denied joint adoption based on marital status or sexual orientation to ask a state judge to enforce the decree and award them legal tees. ActiViSfssaid the settlement will put more f0hter children in permanent homes. Wendi Patella, a spokeswoman for the state Division of Youth and Family Services,. said.the agency now has custody of. about 100 ~htldren who are eligible for adopt&on. In_1996, 687 children in the agency’~ care were adopted, she said. The agencY.said there are currently 15 unmarried couples seeking to adopt children in state custody.. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Franei’~co.;estimated there are 8 million to 13 millionchildren being raised by Gay or Lesbian parents in the United States. "ecclesiastical immunity" under the First Amer~dment of the U.S. Constitution. Accorcling to testimony,Ms. Morrison’s husband, Steve Martens, went to talk with Bass _about sexual problems within the marriage..Bass reportedly quizzed Martens about whether his wife was a Lesbian. Martens, who was also a licensed minister, went back to Bass to ask for permissitn from the Church to get a divorce- because he thought his wife was having an affair with another woman, according to testimony. B~s reportedly told Martens that he had t6 get proof about the affair before a divorce could be sanctioned by the church. Otherwise, Martens’ minister’s license could be in jeopardy. Martens hired a private detective to tap phones and use video surveillance and later confronted his wife, who reportedly confessed to a Lesbian affair. But on the witness stand, Ms. Morrison said she has never confessed to a Lesbian affair. Both women have said they are only platonic friends and that they believe homosexuality is wrong. A number of defendants, including Martens and other church members who spread the allegations, settled out of court before the case went to trial. to each other xn,a religions ceremony, even though Shahar, who later got work as alawyer for the city of Atlanta, says she knew the ceremony carried no legal significance. Her lawsuit said Bowers violated her constitutional rights of association and equal protection. Bowers’ name already is attached to the Supreme Court’s most important Gayrights ruling, a 1986 decision called Bowers vs. Hardwick in which he successfully defended Georgia’s anti-sodomy law. Consenting adults have no constitutional right to engage in homosexual conduct, the nation’s highest court ruled by a 5-4 vote then. Bowers, who this year resigned to pursue the Republican nomination for governor in 1998, has since had to admit he was involved in an extramarital affair that lasted more than a decade. Adultery, like sodomy, is a crime in Georgia. Asked if he had been hypocritical in Shahar’s case, Bowers said, "In a moral sense, yes. But legally, I do not believe there was any choice with the Shahar case but to do that. Did that make me a moral hypocrite? Yes." Nevertheless, Bowers’ decision to withdraw Shahar’s job offer has been upheld in court. A federal trial judge ruled that Shahar’s rdationship with herparmer was a "constitutionally protected intimate association" but concluded that Bowers had not acted unlawfully. The entire 1 lth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed last May, voting 8-4 that Bowers had not violatedany of Shahar’s rights. The appeals court judged Bowers’ action after assuming - only for the sake of argument - that Sl~iflaar had some constitutional right to be intimately assooated with another woman. The appeals court went:on to say, however, it was reasOfiable tobelieve that Lesbians who .............................. in illegal homosexual rdations. Its decision added: "We cannot say that Georgia’ s attorney general is dearly wrong to worry that reasonable people - inside and outside,,~,e Law Department - in Georgia could think along these same lines." Suchassumptions, the appeals court said, could affect public confidence in the attomey general’s office. But three dissenting judges said that should not matter. "It is important to note that catering to private prejudice is not a legitimate governmentinterest," they said. In her Supreme Court appeal, Shahar’s lawyers contendthat Bowers’ action "rests on irrational prejudice toward Gay people." But Georgia’s lawyers say his action was based on Shahar’s "holding herself out as married to another woman, and was not precipitated by some generalized animus against homosexuals." If the Supreme. Court agrees to study Shahar’s appeal, it will decide who’s fight. .FUSO - Friends in Unity Social Organization, Inc. FUSO is a community based organization not-for-profit 501 (c)3 agency providing services to African- American males + females who are infected with HIV/AIDS in the Tulsa community. FUSO also hel~s individuals find other agencies that provide HIV/AIDS services. 582-0438 POB 8542, Tulsa, OK 74101 but he has been the one to take the heat for coming out and breaking the silence. Yes, he is scheduled to appear. Tix available at Carson Attractions locations and you can charge by phone at 584-2000, or online at: WWVC.CARSONTIX.COM. And should we all organize (giggle) a group (guffaw) of 20 or more, discounts are available at 254-1069. Of course, I’ve watched people try to organize a ~,oupof 5 people with little success, so that s wh~: the notion provokes some amusement. And if you’re in the mood for some jazz, Manhattan Transfer will be with the TulsaPhilharmonic at the PAC, January 9 & 10. For tix, call 747-7445. For those who like their art visual, The Philbrook Museum will be exhibiting the work ofJ.M.W. Turner, "the greatest of landscape painters" with watercolors From LondonMuseums February 8- April 12. This exhibit will be the sole wordwide venue - imagine, here in little old Tulsa! More seriously, Turner xs considered the greatest British painter of the 19th century, and one of the monumental figures of Western painting. This 42 piece exhibit draws on the holdings of three great British collections, the Tate Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Umversity of London’s Courtauld Institute Gallery. The curator is Richard Townsend of Philbrook who is also the author of the exhibit catalogue that will feature essays by Townsend, and distinguished Turner specialists. This exhibit is the kick-off event of Philbrook’s Year of Europe to be followed by exhibits from the National Mu- ~" scum of Art of Romania and the Hillwood Museum. This extravaganza is subsidized by generous contributions from Tulsa corporations, family foundations and individuals. Tulsa Family News is proud to be one of The Year of Europe mediapartners, along with KJRH, Oasis 92.1, The Oklahoma Eagle, NPR@89.5, KMOD, Oklahoma Family and others. A Thomas Moran exhibition will also beheld February 8 - May 10 at Gilcrease Museum. Moran was highly influenced by J.M.W. Turner, and this exhibit is the first retrospecfiye of the late 19th century artist. The National Gallery organized the exhibit with assistance from Gilcrease Museum which has the largest single collection ofMoran works, some 2500pieces. Moran, British born but raised in Philadelphia became perhaps best known for his paintings of Yellowstone. It was his sketches which helped influence members of Congress to enact legislation making Yellowstone the first national park. Heller Theatre presents Jitterbug Waltz, a fihn-noire style play about a nightclub owner and her relationship with her father, rnnnmg Jan 22-31. Call 746- 5065 for info. And if you’re in the mood for improvisational comedy, attend Laughing MatterImprovat HellerJanuary9. Viva Flamenco! dances its way into the PAC Jan 17. 596-7111. Well, folks, it looks like that is what the new year’s first month is offering up for fun. If anyone knows of events that need to be noted here, please let me know by faxing or calling 583-4615. Have a safe New Year’s celebration and a great year! How To Do It: First 30 words are $10. Each additional word is 25 cents. 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This Gay.., White ~a]e, 34, 5’6, wi~ C~ive skin, ~rk hair card Tulsa) e$14S To record your FREE Personal ad Call: 1-800-546-MENN (We’ll print it here) record, listen & respond to ads FREE! Simple and direct. Find the man you need by listening to hot ads. Tulsa 918-592-5959 Oklahoma City use access code.. 2105 www.confidentialconnection.com Just $2.49 per minute for certain optional features. 18+. Movo Media, Inc. do~s not prescreen callers and takes no responsibility for personal meetings. 800-825-1598 © 1997 Movo Media, Inc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1998] Tulsa Family News, January 1998; Volume 5, Issue 1 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. 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Title A name given to the resource [2009] Hate Crimes Prevention Act Victory Celebration Subject The topic of the resource Victory Celebration to Commemorate the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, October 28, 2009 Description An account of the resource A photocopy of a Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) brochure for an event celebrating the signing of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act on October 28, 2009, 2 pages. Guest speakers include Nancy McDonald, representatives from United Church of Christ, Families United Against Hate, and the Tulsa City Council. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Oklahomans for Equality (OKEQ) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 28, 2009 2009 brochure Community of Hope Dennis R. 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