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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual & Trans Communities
Our Families of the Heart
UPCOMING EVENTS
HIV-ERC + Red Ribb,.o.n
Revue + Pride- Bene.flts
Pride Worship Service
Dallas Leader Cece Cox
Hope Candlelight Tour
Pride Prom + Pride Picnic
O.KC Parade +. ,.Follies
TULSA - The next several weeks offer an unprecedented
number of community events which either
benefit HIV/AIDS charities or celebrate Lesbian/Gay
Pride Month. On May 23rd, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue
promises a great show at the Tulsa Ice Arena to support
Our House, a day drop-in center for persons living with
HIV/AIDS. Later that evening, the Silver Star will host
a benefit &raffle for the HIV Education and Recreation
Center, a new organization headed by Bruce Begley,
Sandy Hill, Steve Wilson and others.
OnSaturday and Sunday,June 8-9th,the Hope Candlelight
Tour will feature the homes of Tina & Steven
David, Judy & Bill Fisher, P.S. Gordon & Duane Men
Ne, Mary McMahon, and Ouida & Robert Merrifield to
benefit St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities and
RAIN, the Regional Interfaith AIDS Network. Tickets
are $10 and are available at Charles Faudree, 1345 E.
15th, and at MA Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria. The
very distinguished organizing committee also has
planned a number of patron events - for more information,
call 747-9706.
Near the end of. the month, June 21 & 22, Follies
Revue, Inc. will present Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies
at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Place. It’s a dinner and
a show you won’t want to miss. The beneficiaries are
TOHR, HIV Resource Consortium, Interfaith AIDS
Ministries, Shanti, Visiting Nurses Assoc. RAIN and
St. Joseph’s Residence/Catholic Charities. For tickets,
call the PAC box office, Carson Attractions, and Tickets
by Phone.
For June, the traditional Lesbian/Gay Pride month
worldwide, Tulsa volunteers have planned a number of
events. The month will begin by the first ecumenical
Pride Worship Service. Hosted by St. Jerome at the
Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria at 6 pm on Saturday,
June 1, the service will include Family of’Faith MCC,
Agape Christian Fdlowship and other congregations:
On Tuesday, June 4, PFLAG, TOHR and the Rainbow
Business Guild (with assistance from the Bisexual,
Lesbian, Gay Trans Alliance, BLGTA) will present
Cece Cox, president of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian
Alliance (DGLA), one of the most dynamic activists in
the Southwest and a native of Bartlesville. She will be
talking about the Marriage Project of the DGLA as well
as her work as co-chair of GLAAD/Dallas. The dinner
will be held in the Chouteau Room of the Chapman
Student Center of the University of Tulsa at 6:30. The
dinner is $10 but the speech is free at about 7:45.
June 8th, TOHR and TU’s BLGTA will host a Pride
see Pride, page 3
MARRIAGE The attack begins at the national level led by
Oklahoma Rep. Steve Largent & Sen. Don Nickles.
WASHINGTON - Confronted with a flagging presidential
campaign and convinced they’ve found a one-sided
wedge issue that could embarrass President Clinton’s
campaign efforts, Republican lawmakers have introduced.
ameasure, titled the"Defense ofMamageAct" (DOMA),
that would define marriage as"only a legal union between
one man and one woman as husband and wife." The
proposed law Was introduced by Republican Reps. Bob
Barr of Georgia and by Steve Largent & by Sen. Don
Nickles of Oklahoma.
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, who all
but has the GOP’s presidential nomination sewn up,
became the first Senate co-sponsor of the measure. During
the Iowa primary caucuses, when Republican hopefuls
were asked to sign a pledge to fight any effort in Congress
to legalize same-sex marriages, Dole said the pledge
doesn’t go far enough" and added; "Government at all
levels must work to support and promote the institution of
marriage that unites husband and wife."
Just days before the proposed legislation was introduced
in Congress, Dole campaign officials told reporters that the
Republican presidential hopeful would be taking action to
make same-sex marriages a campaign wedge issue, using
Clinton’s outreach to gay and lesbian Americans in an effort
to make voters wary of the President’s re-election bid.
Clinton campaign officials have acknowledged that the
issue is potentially a political landmine during the campaign
and said the President "didn’t want to touch it."
Even so, when anti-gay activists asked Clinton to sign the
anti-marriage pledge, he refused and called it "outrageous."
The dicey political question is complicated even further by
reports in the current issue of the Advocate, the Los Angeles-
based magazine, that claims the Justice Department is
considering changing both the IRS tax code and federal
immigration regulations to give gay and lesbian couples~the
same benefits in these two areas as legally married couples.
However, \~qaite House spokeswoman Mary Ellen Glynn
told reporters that Clinton doesn’t personally support equal
marriage rights for gays and lesbians and that the Administration
had no plans to implement the changes reported in
the Advocate.
Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights
Campaign, called the proposed congressional bill the work
of "religiotts political extremists...using this issue as an
election year baseball bat to bash gay Americans and score
3"teve Largent Don Nickles
Gov. Keating Signs Anti-
Marriage Amendment/Bill
OKLAHOMA CITY - In a move that surprised Okla.
Capitol watchers and a number of state Senators, Senate
bill #73, the "Oklahoma Child Visitation Registry Act,"
passed with an amendment banning the recognition of
valid same-gender marriages performed in other states.
Only Senators Bernest Cain (D-OKC) and Penny Williams
(D-Tulsa) voted against the final bill (42-2).
According to Sen. Williams, Sen. Cain spbke with
such eloquence against the anti-Gay amendment, that
she was moved to vote no as well. Tulsa Sen. Maxine
Horuer told TFN that she was not in the Senate at the
time of the vote and that the amendment did not represent
her position.
Earlier, Senator Keith Leftwich, and staffers in Cain’s
and Sen. Bernice Shedrick’s offices had stated that they
did not think the anti-marriage amendment would remain
after the bill returned from conference committee.
Senate bill #73 had a correspondingbill that had passed
the OK House of Representatives.
Gov. Frank Keating promptly signed the bill. When
asked about what efforts he or his staff had made to
contact Oklahoma’s Lesbian and Gay. community about
this bill, the Governor’s press spokesperson, Dan
Mahoney stated that no effort was necessary since "it
would not have made any difference [to the Governor]."
Mnhoney released the following statement:
"~,Vhat people do in their private lives ~s none of my
business, that is a personal decision. But I don’t feel the
state of Oklahoma should bein the business of sanctionpolitical
points." Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.) was one of
the few lawmakers to criticize the measure, saying it was
meaningless political maneuvering because it would take an
amendment limiting the "full faith and credit clause" of the
U.S. Constitution to actually bar same-sex marriages at the
federal level. "This is nothing but just to stir the political
¯" waters and see how much hate you can unleash," she added.
Interfaith / -iDS Ministrie
¯ Seeks Missing Benefit $
~ Last October, a local bar, Barraccuda’s, contacted Inter-
,¯ faith AIDS Ministries (L~M) with an offer to do a benefit
honoring World AIDS Day in December and benefiting
¯ IAM. Months later, IAM has not seen a dime of the dollars
¯ raised at the event, despite efforts by director, Diane Zike.
¯ Several board members attended the fundraiser noting ¯
that the bar charged a $3 cover & had tip jars for donations.
At the end of the evemn~,, IAM s treasurer was told they’d
¯ raised $250.
Director Zike says that she’d called repeatedly for bar
ing same sex marriages. I supported SB 73, as did every
member of the t!ouse of Representatives and all but two
members of the State Senate."
TFN asked about remarks attributed to the Governor
that he had said the State Republican Party platform (see
below) represented "mainstream Oklahoma."
see Gov., page 3
Excerpts from the OK
Republican state Platform
Page 3, ADOPTION
Plank 4: We demand that children not be adopted by
homosexuals.
Page 6, HIV/AIDS
Plank 1: Since HIV is a virus that results in AIDS and
certain death, we call upon local, state, and federal
governments to deal with thedeadly disease of AIDS in
the same manner as other dangerous communicable
diseases, i.e. (a) expand universal testing and truth in
reporting, which includes full disclosure about the ori-
¯ owner, Sue, "known as Barraccuda. No calls had been
¯ returned by March 26 when IAM drafted a letter requesting
¯ a response. To date, IAM still has not received a response
¯¯ .from the bar. WhenTFN called, bar staffer, Sheila, referred
all questions back to Sue.
¯ Zike adds, "IAM actedingoodfaith, advertising the event
¯ and participating [in it]. How can we follow through with
: our commitments if those who offer to assist us...do not
¯ follow through themselves...it is not just Interfaith AIDS
¯ Ministries that is being hurt, but more importantly those
¯ living with HIV/AIDS that IAM serves."
see Platform, page 7
EDITORIAL/LETTERS/DIRECTORY P. 2
NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
HEALTH BRIEFS P. 6
CALENDAR P. 9
OUT + ABOUT WITH JD P. 9
EUREKA SPRINGS + P. 11
BOOK REVIEW/ENTERTAINMENT P. 12
RESTAURANT REVIEW P. 13
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74159-0140
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Publisher/Editor, Tom Neal
Assistant Editor, James Christjohn
Writers/contributors,
Phyl Boler-Schmidt
Barry Hensley
Jean-Pierre
Leanne Gross & Pat Morehead
Staff Photographer, JD Jamett
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are protected by US copyright 1996 by Tulsa Family News and may not be
reproduced either in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher.
Publication of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation.
Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be
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should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each
edition at distribution points Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
by Patricia Nell Warren ¯
A few days American with ahgeor, oownne aDrgiaunmeePntartkheart whoromteosetoxutahleityJoiug rnnaolt ~ feovoelnamloant aogfepteoopfoleo,l ionudru.ocwtinngmtohtehewrsi~shfFuolrtahitniikneer,s.wSeoemveenoffouosl
now ourselves. But it is still conformity. It is not change.
genetic. She believes that the "reformed homosexuals"
visible in certain videos, programs and organizations
is compelling proof that homosexuals can
really change. I am always amazed at the power
of wishful thinking m people like Parker. Their
whole position is based on a fierce belief in this
alleged capacity of homosexuals to "change."
The videos, nroorams, etc. represent a 2000-
vear effort by Chrislaamty to wish away the
~xistential fact of homosexuality, whatever its
root cause. The fact is: in repressive umes,
homosexuals do not change. They conform.
Gay people disagree about many things, but
this is one area where we agree -- because so
Aetlng strM~ht
when you know
you re gay
¯
¯ as not chang .
It as not a rnor~al act.
It {s not re[orm.
It {s not heal{n .
It ~s a ll~n~ death.
many of. us have lived face-to-face with our own "is-ness’"
through long decades of pretense. I, for one, did a terrific job of
conforming to the heterosexual canon, as a wife for 16 years. I
even tried both Protestantism and.,,_Catholicism in a desperate
effort to transmogrify my conformity into change. But it didn’t
work. The conformity goes so deep that it can masquerade
brilliantly as change. Unlike leopards, homosexu~is can make
their spots look like tiger stripes. The penalties for being fingered
as gay -- loss of family and job, assault and battery, long prison
sentences, incarceration in mental hospitals, to n~u,ne a few -
Acting straight when you know you’re gay is
not change. It is not a moral act. It is not reform.
It is not healing. It is a living death. In the Sixties,
a whole generation of youth rose up against all
kinds of forced conformity in American society,
and their protest embraced this deadly conformity
demanded of gay people. Yet today the
wishful thinkers among us are trying to engineer
the re-imposition of their wishes. They demand
it in the name of "saving marriage." What they
want, in many marriages, adds up to shapestfifting
Of the spookiest kind. It adds up to
acting performances that will never get an Os-
: car. Those who settle for our conformity get it at an appalling cost
to themselves. The wishful thinkers lose their power to see what
: is real. They canlook into the eyes of a homosexual who is living
~ in deep cover, and utterly fail to See that person’s true spirit. Even
¯ in the eyes of their own children, parents, closest friends, the
" wishful thinkers see only what they choose to see. Heaven help
¯ the American marriage if it is"saved" by people who can’ t tell the
¯ difference between conformity and change. ,,
Patricia Nell Warren is the author of"The Front Runner and
¯
other bestsellers about gay life.
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine
,Concessions,.33"40 s. Peoria
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
.Renegades, Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
832-1269
744-0896
749-1563
745-9998
834-4234
585-3405
660-0856
584-1308
585-3134
Tulsa Businesses, Services, &. Professionals
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620
*Assoc. in Med& Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506
*Barnes & Noble Booksdlers, 8620 E. 71
250-5034
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria
743-527-2
Creative Collection, 1521 E. 15
592-1521
Cherry Street Psychotherapy Associates
1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim Danid, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
D’Antiques, 1508 E. 15th
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 4423 S. Memorial
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
F~xpress Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation
Leanne M. Gross, Financial Planning
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*Imaginations, Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria
*Inte~afi0nfil T0ur~
JD Images, Photography
Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011,-74159
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15
Lean Ann Macomber, Realtor Associate
*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st
*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 PI
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S Boston
*Scribner’S" BOOkstore, 1942 Utica Square
Scott Robison’s Prescriptions, see ad for 3 locations
Southwest Viatical
592-5356
749-3620
665-6595
838-8503
743-9994
690-2974
744-0102
745-1111
584-4606
341-6866
621-5597
599-8070
747-5466
742-1992
671-2010
584-3112
663-5934
664-2951
74%-7672
838-7626
584-0337
749-6301
743-2351
747-3322
Thomas Chiropractic Clinic
4138 S. Harvard, Ste. C-1 742-8868
¯
(ellie J. Watts, attorney 493-1959
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
743-1733
Tulsa Organizations, Churches, &Universities
*Agape’ Christian Fellowship, 21st& Sheridan 599-7688 "
*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr.
2627B E. 11 628-0594
*BIL/G Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
¯
*Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa _ d "
*CommunityofHope United Methodist, 1703 E. 2n 585-1800
Dignity/Integrity "
(Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians) 298-4648
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo
622-1441
*Free SpiritWomens Center, call for location &info: 587-4669 .
Friend For A Friend~ POB 52344, 74152
747-6827 ..
:fiends in Unity Social Organization (African-Amer. ~e,n!,,,,~ ¯
POB 8542, 74101
Indian Health Care, Save the Nation
584-4983 .
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437,800-284-2437 ¯
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715 .
*HIV Resource Consortium
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 " 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S.Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
PFLAG , POB 52800 74152
749-4901
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118
74104
R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network
749-4195
~ Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159
665-5174
¯
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria,
646-7116
¯
*Shanti Hotline
749-7898
¯ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, (TOHR)
¯ POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.)
743-4297
¯ Technicians, 1338 E. 3rd
584-1308
¯
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
¯ *Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
i *University Center at Tulsa
~. Beaver Dam Store, 1/2 mi. N. of DamHwy. 187 501-253-6154
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main
501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St.
501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St.
501-253~5445
King’ s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway,Hwy. 62W 800-231-1442
*MCC of the Living Spring
501-253-9337
¯
zero in the war over equal marriage rights
¯ forsamegendercouples. Ourelected r p- ¯
resentatives" Steve Largent, Don Nickles
¯
and Jim Inhofe again shame our s~te with
¯ their attacks on their own constttuents,
specifically with the so-called Defense of
Marriage Act (DOMA). The motives for
¯
thesemen surely rangefrom genuineideo-
¯ logical positions to the basest political
.... maneuvering...There is little- doubt that
¯
each holds "Christian" beliefs which they
¯ feel justify discrimination.
~ We can only respond that it is .a betrayal
¯ of the most fundamental American con-
. stitutional values to abuse their position to
’" enforce private prejudices. That is, it is
¯ wrong to use the power of the government ¯
to promote or allow to continde system-
" atic bias against minority citizens, no
¯ matter if the majority despises that minor-
¯ ity mad no matter if the group is minority ¯
by birth (race or ethnicity) or by choice,
¯
(religion or political view) or by a combi-
¯ nation (as seems to be the case with sexual ¯
orientation). Many Americans havebeen,
¯
and are, racist and anti-Semitic, and yet
¯ politicians realize it is no longer accept-
" able to pander overtl.y to these views.
¯ However, election-year politics are
strongly implicated in this effort. DC insiders
suggest that DOMA is a much a
vehicle to divide and inflame the American
electorate, to weaken Bill Clinton and
to insure that Dole can nominate the next
20 years of Supreme Court judges.
So what are our alternatives inTulsa
when our elected "representatives" don’t
even bother to go through the motions of
¯ consulting the communities that are
¯ harmed by their actions? ¯
The answer’s not glamorous or easy.
¯ Despite all odds, we must continue to
°. organize ourselves politically. We must
¯ put the same sorts of energies that we’ve
see Attack, page 3
Tulsa, Oklahoma sure feels like ground
What a great honor itis to be chosen as
the first Queen of the Month in the Out &
About column of your newspaper. What a
wonderful way to spotlight Tulsa’s diverse
and talented group of entertainers.
As a general rule, our society has a poor
] opinion of Drag Queens and it is my hope
that your column will help dispense these
thoughts.
For your readers that are not aware,
each of the entertainers that I regularly do
shows with are also involved in the many
benefits that occur around town. The beneficiaries
include such great causes as Our
~ House, A .Friend for a Friend, Shanti
¯ Coftdom Fund and public service posters
that are placed through out our community.
¯ In addition to being tons of fun (no pun
¯ intended to my size), Tulsa has a diverse
: group of entertainers that not only make
"- you smile, but further love and kindness
¯ within Our community. Thank you again.
¯ Much love, Kathryn Conover
PS, in my entire life, I can’t once remember
that I begged for anything. Could
JD have been thinking of someone else
and intended the very first Queen of the
Month to go to another Entertainer? Oh
dear, I certainly hope not.
In particular, TFN asked if the Governor
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really felt calling,fora quarantine ofpeople
living with AIDS, or preventing Lesbian
and Gay men from being teachers represented
the values of most Oklahomans.
Mahoney responded that he could not
speak for the Governor in the particulars
but that the Governor supported the platformin
general. WhenaskedifTFN could
ask the Governor aboUt specific platform
items, Mahoney said Keating would not
be available for any questions.
Prom (alcohol-free) also at the Chapman
Ctr. at 8 pm. The Picnic, themed Tulsa
United in Pride, will be held in Owen Park
on Sat. June 15, from 12 - 5 pm. Anumber
of community organizations, businesses
and individuals are working on this event.
As usual, refreshments are free and a
range of food will be available for a modest
donation. Owen Park has tennis courts
and a sand volleyball court, as well as
better parking and more shade than the
old Mohawk site.
On Sunday, June 23, Oklahomans from
all over the state will gather at Memorial
Park, NW 35th & Classen in Oklahoma
City about 1:30 for the statewide Pride
Rally. The Rally will feature Advocate
1992 Woman of the Year, Donna Red
Wing. The statewide Pride Parade kicks
off from the park and ends up at the NW
39th St. community business district.
put into fighting the scourge ofAIDS into
fighting political prejudice. Locally,
TOHR is doing a voter inform and registration
project, call 743-4297 and leave a
message for Tony. Oklahoma City folks
have created a political action committee,
Cimarron Alliance which has funneled
significant funds into OKC city council
races and to Democratic state senators.
Some in Tulsa are discussing similar efforts,
here. Also, just call Nickles (581-
7651, the local office can transfer you to
DC, fax 202-9~24-6008), Inhofe (748-5111,
202-224-4721, fax 202-228-0380) and
I_argent (749-0014, 202-225-2211, fax
202-225-9187). Even if you don’t want to
get married anytime soon, tell them you
support equal marriage rights, that you
oppose DOMA, and that you don’t appremate
the scapegoating of Oklahoma’s
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual citizens.
Dan DuVall / Owner
Anti-Marriage
¯ Efforts Around US
¯ AUGUSTA, Maine - With state legisla-
¯ tures around the country heading into
¯ recesses for the summer, the anti-mar-
: riage bandwagon did little more than
¯ bumble along. While Hawaii lawmakers
couldn’t muster enough votes to pass an
¯
anti-gay mamage ban there before the
¯ legislature recessed for the current ses-
¯ sion, an Alabama state Senate committee
: approved by an 8-1 vote a bill that would
¯
bar recognizing same-sex marriages in
¯ the state, dropping a $1,000 fine for clergy
¯. performing such unions that had been
¯ included in the original measure.
The Alaska legislature took a double
: swing at same-sex relationships, passing
¯ one measure that would limit domestic
¯" partnership benefits in the state educa-
¯ tional system and sending it to Gov. Tony
¯ Knowles. At the same time thelawmakers
¯ began debate on a ban on same-sex mar-
. riages in the state, a proposal that is ex-
¯ pected to easily pass. Kansas lawmakers,
¯ meanwhile, approved an anti-mamage bill
and sent it to the governor for his signa-
¯ ture.
¯ In Maine, the anti-gay group Concerned
Maine Families has filed papers with the
"¯ secretary of state’s office to get approval ¯
to collect signatures for a ballot measure -
¯ that would restrict marriages in the state
¯ to those between male-female couples
¯ only. If the signature~gathering is ap- ¯
proved, the group would have to collect
¯ some 51,000 valid signatures to put the
¯ measure before ~oters- either in 1997 or
¯ 1998.
¯
Georgia Gov. Zell Miller has si~ned a
¯ bill that bars same-sex mamages ~n the
¯¯ state, joining South Dakota, Utah and
Idaho as the 4th state to prohibit gay and
¯ lesbian marriages in anticipation that such
¯ weddings will become legal soon in Ha-
. waii. The South Carolinalegislature gave
~ its final.OK to a measure outlawing same-
." sex marriages in the state and sent the
¯ legislation to Gov. David Beaseley, who
has already indicated he supports the pro-
: hibition. The measure would prevent the
¯ state from recognizing any marriage be-
. tween people of the same sex that was
performed in another state. In Arizona,
Gov. Fife Symington signed the state
legislature’s 3rd attempt to enact aban on
same-sex marriages, making it the 6th
state so far to legally refuse recognition
for such unions, even if performed legally
elsewhere. At the same time, however, by
a 34-23 vote, the state House of Representatives
passed legislation authorizing
tougher sentences for criminals who victimize
people based on race, religion,
gender or sexual orientation. A similar
proposal last year died when Republican
legislative leaders objected to including
sexual orientation.
Meanwhile, a case strikingly similar to
the Hawaii lawsuit has gotten under way
in New Zealand, with 3 lesbian couples
suing for the right to get marriage licenses
that were denied them, according to a
report in the Queer News Aotearoa. The
women’s attorney is arguing that the
country’s civil rights laws protects all
citizens from being denied equal treatment.
The attorney general’s office, however,
has argued that marriage is mainly
for procreation and that therefore samesex
couples are not eligible to marry.
South Africa
Protects Gays
CAPE TOWN, South Africa -South
Africa’s Parliament has overwhdmingly
approved by a 421-2 vote the country’s
new 150-page Constitution after nearly 2-
years of complex negotiations and sometimes
acrimonious debate. The nation’s
new governing document includes, for
the first ti~ne in the world, equal rights
protections that include sexual orientation.
"United in diversity," begins the
preamble to the country’s newly approved
Constitution, although at least 2 of the
country’s right wing political parties said
they would challenge some of the provisions
of that diversity in court.
In fact, .nearly every major party in
South Africa expressed reservations about
parts of the new document. Even President
Nelson Mandela noted that there are
still concems among many ofthe country’s
minorities about the guarantees enshrined
in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. "The
fact that we have adopted this Constitution
does not mean that we are not going
to address those concerns," Mandela said.
"’We will continue searching for solutions
because we want everybody to feel that
he or she is part and parcel of our efforts
to resolve the problems of South Africa."
After a long history of white minority rule
and rigidly enforced apartheid, the new
Constitutions will bring majority rule to
the nation when the next g~neral election
in 1999 marks anend to the present transitional
government. The Bill of Rights
outlaws all discrimination in the country,
whether based on sexual orientation, race,
religion, gender,-political views, disability
and other categories.
In a cable to President Mandela about
the newly adopted Constitution, the Washington,
D.C.,based National Gay & Lesbian
Task Force, stated, "The South African
people have paved a new road of
equality and fairness by outlawing all
forms of discmnination in the constitution,
including for the first time anywhere
in the world, the discrimination against
people based on their sexual orientation.’"
Fewer than a dozen countries worldwide
have national laws outlawing bias based
on sexual orientation, and South Africa is
the first nation to enshrine such protections
in its Constitution.
Dutch Get Serious
About Marriage
TIlE HAGUE, Holland -The Dutch Parliament
has approved a measure by 81-60
that calls on the government to appoint a
commission to evaluate the legal implications,
both nationally and internationally,
of extending full mamage rights to gay
and lesbian couples in the country. The
move is several steps from a radical
change, of course, but Dutch gays and
lesbians, along with progressive politicians
in the country, are increasingly insisting
on full, equal rights in What is
probably Europe’s most liberal nation.
What is perhaps most significant about
the measure is that the commission is to
consider issues such as adoption,
parenting, inheritance, taxes, and spousal
citizenship of foreigners - an array of
questions that other European nations with
same-sex .couples registrations have so
far ducked or specifically added restrictions
to. But as a measure at least of how
serious Dutch politicians are about samesex
marriages now, public discussions
have even reached the level of Members
of Parliament debating .whether Queen
Beatrix will give her assent to full marital
rights for gays and lesbians in Holland.
Canada OKs
Anti-Bias Law
OTTAWA - Canada’s House of Commons
has approved by a 153-76 vote a
govenm~ent-backed measure that would
add sexual orientation to the country’s
Charter of Human Rights and legally outlaw
discrimination based on sexual orientation
in Canada’s regulated public sector
workforce, which makes up 10% to 15%
of the nation’s labor force. All of the
nation’s provinces except Newfoundland,
Prince Edward Island and Alberta already
have similar anti-bias laws, and the
Canadian government has been promising
to introduce federal legislation for 2
decades, so passage of the measure wasn’t
much in doubt.. Even so, the bill created
enormous political turmoil in the country.
When 2 MPs in the conservative Reform
Party spoke out against the measure by
saying it was acceptable for businesses to
discriminate against homosexuals and
other minorities, the party’s Parliament
leader, Preston Manning, expelled them
from the party caucus, saying "It is not all
right for employers to fire any employee
simply because an intolerant customer
complaints about their color or lifestyle."
Even the ruling Liberal Party showed
signs of the tension the measure had
brought to Canadian politics. And outside
the Parlimnent building, Justice Minister
Allan Rock, who formally introduced
the legislation in behalf of the government,
was greeted by p,rotesters who
called him "Alice Rock" and mocked
Prime Minister Jearl Chritien as "’Jeanne
:. Chritien." The legislation now goes to the
~ upper house of Parliament, the Senate,
¯ where it is also expected to pass by a
: comfortable margin. The measure also
requires the royal assent of Canada’ s governor-
general, which is litde more than a
political, formality. Only 6 nations- Norway,
Sweden, Holland, Slovenia, Israel
and South Africa -have enacted federal
legislation prohibiting discrimination
based on sexual orientation.
Bosnian War
Crimes Nightmare
TIlEHAGUE2 Almost ignored by mainstream
news media, the War Crimes Tribunal
at The Hague has received detailed
evidence of atrocities conunitted during
the 4-year-long Bosnian civil war cente.ring
on reports of male rape as a war tactic
and as a method of intilnidating and controlling
prisoners. According to doc~unents
supplied to the Tribunal by Dr. Mladen
Loncar of the Medical Center for Human
Rights in Zagreb, at least 4,000 Croatian
men were victims of these rapes and sexual
assaults - and Loncar says his figures are
conservative estimates of Croats alone.
At the height of the complex fighting in
the Balkans, there were an estimated
80,000 men in intenmmnt camps - Serbs,
Croats, Mnslims. Loncar’s medical facility
currently sees more than 200 such men
who coutinue to live in the general region.
Most, Loncar says, have fled to nearby
COUlltries as political’refugees - if they
survived the attacks at all. Of the patieuts
seen at Loncar~ s ~nedical center for severe
post-trannmtic distress disorders, most (70
percent) suffered repeated injuries to their
genitals. Many of the inert (25 percent)
were tortured I~y having objects forced up
their rectums. Man)’ prisoners (22 percent)
reported they had been forced, under
threats of death, to perform fellatio
mad other sexual acts with other male
prisoners, and about 11 percent had suffered
at least partial castration.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Upheld by Court
WASHINGTON - In the continuing war
over the constitutionality of the U.S.
nfilitary’s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy,
Lt. Paul Thomasson, a former naval ofricer
discharged for revealing that he is
gay, has lost an important battle in a
federal appeals court decision. The U.S.
4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia
upheld the policy bamting openly homosexual
women and men from serving in
the nation’s maned forces. The case has
national significance because it is the first
ruling involving the"don’ t ask, don’ t tell"
policy to reach the federal appeals level.
Alan Moore, Thomasson’s attorney, argued
that the military policy of excluding
gays and lesbians from the armed services
was both unconstitutiolml and unreasonable,
considering the young officer’s outstanding
record. Moore also took the unusual
step of adding First Amendment
free-speech claims on top of Fifth and
FourteenthAmendment"due process" and
"equal protection" arguments that have
been more widely used in batding the
Pentagon ban in the past.
But the appeals court would have none
of it and ruled that the president and
Congress retain the right to set military
policies, and that thejudicial branch should
defer to .them. "It was appropriate for
Congress to bdieve that a military force
should be as free as possible of sexual
attachments and pressures as it is prepared
to do battle," wrote Judge J. Harvie
Wilkonson III in the 9-to-4 majority opinion.
The court’s ruling is now applicable
throughout the 4th circuit, which includes
Vir_,2inia, Maryland West ¥irginia, North
CarOlina and South~arolina. Tllomasson
and his attorney are now deciding whether
to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme
Court.
MO St. GOP’s Antii
Marriage Campaign
: ST. LOUIS - In a highly controversial
¯¯ election cmnpalgn tactic that Republican
leaders around the country are watching
¯ closely; the head of the Missouri Repub-
¯ lican Party, John Cozad, has launched
attacks against Democrats running for
state office, accusing them of having financial
backing from supporters of samesex
marriages. But Republica!~s rumling
for office in the state, inclnding many who
are seeking election to the state legislature,
are grumbling because the attack
campaigns are being operated in their
races whether they want them or not. And
so far in two special election races, the
Republicans have lost both campaigns.
Not all Republicans running for office in
Missouri, however, agree with Cozad on
the campaign. Republican Bill Patrick,
who lost in the just-finished special decdon
in the state’s 6th legisIative district,
publicly apologized to his Democratic
opponent for thesame-sex marriage campaign
launched by the Republicans on his
behalf. He called the attack "pretty negative,
pretty bad." State GOP strategists in
Ohio,, Wisconsin, Oregon and elsewhere,
however, say they’re interested in seeing
how the same-sex marriage link works as
a campaign strategy in Missouri.
Helms Ads Attack
¯ Opponents & Gays
¯ RALEIGH, N.C. - Apparently impatient
¯ to get on with the election, Sen. Jesse ¯
Helms (R-NC) has launched a series of
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¯ prim.ary to find out which Democrat he
¯ will face in the November race, but de-
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for Sanders’ campaign called the TV
spots "typical Jesse Hdms distortive attack
ads." In a press statement, Gantt
blasted the Helms TV campaign as "lies
and distortions" and said he has never
even addressed the issue of health care
benefits for the partners of gays and lesbians.
British Transsexual
Wins Court Case
LUXEMBOURG - A Comwall College
tutor, identified only as "P" in court
records, whowas sackedafterasex-change
operation, has won a European Court of
Justice battle over the discharge. Thecourt
campus ROTC program. The faculty-ap-
¯ proved program would also reimburse
¯ students in ROTC if they shouldlose their
." military scholarships because of their
¯ sexual orientation.
¯ Station Drops Show
: That Attacked Gays
¯ AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Triangle
¯ has reported that officials at KIXL-AM, a
¯ Christian-oriented radio station in Austin,
have decided to pull the plug on Wyatt
¯ Roberts’ weekly talk show. Roberts, who
is affiliated with the American Family
Assn., had called for listeners to boycott
¯
any business that advertised in the gay
: newspaper, charging that the Triangle’s
ruled that the European Equal Treatment ¯ editorial cartoonist promoted pedophilia,
agreement of 1976 prohibits any discrimi- -" incest and bestiality. KIXLofficials would
nation based on sex and is not limitedjust
to bias based onan individual being ofone
gender or the other. The court ruled that
the anti-bias provision, which concerns
all members of the European Union,
should apply "to discrimination arising,
as in this case, from the gender reassignment
of the person concerned." The
ground-breaking decision incensed Euroskeptic
Tory MPs in Great Britain and
Tory MP Ann Winterton accused the European
Court of "meddling" in British
legal issues. Anothd~ Tory MP, Elizabeth
Peacock, also attacked the court decision.
"Ourrules aremadeby Parliament and are
sovereign," she said. "They should not be
overturned by a European court. Tli~ey
should mind their own business." British
government officials, said it was unclear if
UK law would have to be changed to
conform to the court ruling. Some political
leaders say the rnling is so sweeping
that it in fact may force the government to
drop its ban against homosexuals in the
nation’s armed forces.
MIT Moves on
ROTC Bias
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Faculty members
at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology
voted ovenvhdmingly by a voice
vote for the school to negotiate withROTC
officials for a "modified program" that
would allow students to enroll in the campus
military program regardless of their
sexual orientation. The move is an effort
to keep the ROTC program, which also
serves students from Harvard, Tufts and
Wellesley, at MIT - along with some $56
million in Pentagon funds - without violating
the school’s own anti-bias policies
that bar discrimination against gays and
lesbians. The proposal endorsed by the
faculty concedes that openly gay or lesbian
students in ROTC would not be eligible
for commissions as long as the Pentagon
maintains the ban on homosexuals
in the armed forces, but would allow gay
and lesbian students to participate in the
." only say that Roberts’ program was being
¯ cancded because of "scheduling conflicts,"
but Kay Longcope, the Triangle’s
¯ publisher said she believes the
; fundamentalist’s boycott campaign
: backfired on him and brought pressure on
¯ the station to yank the program. "I think it
-" [the decision to cancel the program] speaks
"_ very well for the people of Austin who
really do not believe that Christianity is
"- based on hate," Longcope said
¯¯ Dole Campaign Ad in DC Gay Paper
¯ WASHINGTON - Senate Majority
Leader Bob Dole’s capital campaign or-
: ganization has put an ad in the May3 issue
: of the WashingtonBladeurgingreaders to
¯ vote for a slate of committed Dole del-
¯ egates. An uncommitted slate, including
: seven openly gay Republicans is chal-
¯ lenging the Dole slate, and has already
¯ been endorsed by the District’s local Log
¯ Cabin Club. Many political observers
¯ believe the challenge from the uncommit-
." tedslate prompted theKansas Republican
¯ andpresurned presidentialnominee’s cam-
" paagn to put the ad in the paper. The Dole
¯ campaign ad came just days after news
," that Abner Mason, a gay Boston Republi-
." can activist and Log Cabin Club officer,
¯ would be one of Massachusetts’ GOP
¯" delegates to the Republican National Con-
." vention in San Diego later this year. Ma-
¯ son Is a committed Dole delegate. Dole
¯ has had an on-off record with gays during ¯
¯ his currentpresidential campaign. Earlier this year a $1,000 campaign contribution
¯ from Log Cabin was returned to the groups
¯ PAC organization. Dbleinitially defended
; the returned check, saying he didn’t want
." voters to think he was "buying into some
: special rights for any group." But later he
¯ said returning the check had been"a mis-
; take" and blamed his campaign staff for
; the blunder. Even so, Dole agreed during
the caucus campaign in Iowa to sign a
¯ Chi’istian.Coalitionpledge opposing samesex
mamages.
Is Drag
Constitutional?
FERNDALE, Mich. - The good folks of
Ferndale, just outside. Detroit, have become
embroiled in a debate over whether
some guys putting on dresses to perform
in a variety show is constitutionally protected
freedom of speech and expression,
or if it violates community standards and
can therefore be prohibited. The flap has
erupted almost a year after the fact, but
that liasn’t lowered the heat of the debate
over the LavenderMoonCafe’s drag show
after Gay Pride celebrations there last
year. City Councilman RobertPaczkowski
has been leading the opposition, and he
said recently that "’a lot of people don’t
want that kind of a display right in the
middle of our central business district."
Paczkowski says Lavender Moon’s entertainment
license includes restrictions
barfing topless dancing, lingerie shows,
and any entertainment that"violates community
standards," which he says includes
guys dressing up as gals.
Town OKs Partner
Registration
BOULDER, Colo. - About the only positive
news recently in the growing battle
over same-sex relationships came in the
purely symbolic form of a domestic partnership
re~stration program approved by
the Boulder city council. The registry
cames no legal benefits, but allows samesex
& opposite-sex couples to legally
register their relationship with the city
clerk’s office. Proponents said the program
could make it easier for registered
couples to provide proofof their relationships
in seeking work-related benefits.
Olympic Games:
Utah & Cobb Cty.
ATLANTA - The 1996 Summer Olympic
Games preliminaries are getting underway
with the Saturday, April 27, televised
start of the torch that starts in Los
Angeles and will be relayed across the
counto’ to Atlanta where it will light the
official Olympicflame for the games there
on July 19 - although not quite the way US
Olympic officials expected. Tobegin with,
officials at the Los Angeles Coliseum,
where the torch relay begins, have been
complai~ting that they’re had trouble find
fig [eaves big enough to cover up the
genitals on 2 statues of nude athletes outside
the stadium. The cover-up order came
from the Atlanta Committeefor the Olympic
Ganges, which said they were concerned
that some viewers of the nationally
televised ceremony might be offended by
the nudity. ButACOGalso has announced
that the torch relay would not go through
Cobb County outside Atlanta because
county commissioners have refused to
repeal a 1993 measure that condemns"the
homosexual lifestyle." That resolution was
also responsible for ACOG’s decision,
under pressure from acuvists and rights
advocates, to pull scheduled Olympicpreliminaries
from facilities in the county.
Olympic officials, however, said the passage
of a measure ~n Utah barring gay
dubs at public schools would not make
them reroute the torch around the state.
Utah Lawmakers
Ban Gay Clubs
SALT LAKE CITY - Called into special
session, the Utah state legislature spent a
nasty day enacting a measure that would
bar gay and lesbian student groups from
public schools in the state, a measure that
Gov. Mike Leavitt has already indicated
’he would sign into law and for which he
called the special session. The state’s
ACLU has already vowed that if the measure
is signed into law, as it’s sure to be, it
will sue to overturn it. "Not only does it
violate the rights of lesbian, gay and
straight students," said Carol Gnade of
the American Civil Liberties Union in
Utah, "but also everyone associated with
a Utah high school, including teachers,
administrators and volunteers." Under the
lawjust approved by the legislature, school
boards will have the authority to restrict
or bar any campus club, but in addition,
the measure also forces public school
officials to ban any that are centered around
bigotry, criminal activity or human sexuality.
Gov. Mike Leavitt and the measure’s
sponsor, Sen. Craig Taylor, insisted that
the new law takes back control of campus
clubs by allowing school boards to prohibit
specific dubs. The Utah attorney
general has already indicated that barfing
campus clubs that are "controversial" is
illegal under the 1984 federal Equal Access
Act.
Forget Nature-vs-
Nurture; It’s Bingo!
MILWAUKEE - A judge has tossed out
a civil lawsuit filed by 73-year-old Mary
Verdev against a local church, claiming
she began having spontaneous orgasms
and became sexually attracted to other
women after an electronic bingo board
fell on her 6 years ago. Verdev’s suit was
dismissed "’with prejudice" (meaning she
can’t refile the claim) because she refused
to be examine by psychologists. Verdev
said in her suit that she suffered nearly
$90,000 in injuries when the 300-pound
bingo board fell from a stage at the church
during a bingo night she was attending in
1990. Her suit claimed the accident led to
her unusual sexual responses.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate has approved
and sent to the White House a
measure thatincreases federal RyanWhite
CARE Act funds for local care and treatment
of people with HIViAIDS to $738
million. The measure passed unanimously
by a voice vote in the Senate after being
approved on a 402-4 vote in the House the
day before. The measure includes a controversial
provision, however, that calls
for mandatory HIV testing of all newborn
infants by the year 2000 if state voluntary
testing efforts do not reduce the motherinfant
infection rate by then. The issue of
mandatory testing of infants has been
problematic for many because it necessarily
amounts to a virtual inandatory
testing of the mother as well. Critics of the
provision say ~t may discourage pregnant
women from seeking prenatal care altogether.
President Clinton has indicated he
supports the bill and will sign it into law
quickly.
Early-Stage Hiding
PlaceOf HIV ?
NEW YORK - Reporting in tli’e’medical
journal Science, researchers say they be~
lieve the mucous’membranes in the throat
may be the locatirn where HIV replicates
in hiding after individuals are infected
with the virus but still show no out,yard
signs of the infection. The researchers, led
by Ralph Steirmaan of Rockefeller University,
said they made the discovery after
examining enlarged adenoids removed
from 13 patients and found large mnounts
of the virus replicating in the glands’
dendritic cells, the inm~une cells found in
the membranes. Eleven of the 13 i;ffected
people were una~vare at the time tb.at they
were l=IIV-positive.
New PCR Test for
HIV Is Less Reliable
CHICAGO - Stanford University researchers
report in the Annals oflnternal
Medicine that the new polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) AIDS test, which is based
on the presence of elements ofDNA from
HIV in the body, is less reliable than older
tests that rely on the presence of antibodies
to the virus. The researchers found that
even with the daborate precautions requiredin
PCR testing, the results return 5
umes as many false results as the more
widely used antibody testing methods.
PCR testing is also significantly more
expensive and costs between $150 and
$200, compared to standard antibody tests,
which range in price from $5 to $50. The
advantage of the PCR test is that it can be
administered earlier: to newborns because
other tests rely on the formation of antibodies
to the"virus, which often don’t
show up for 6 months following infection.
KS Virus May Be
Common in All Men
BOSTON - A report in the New England
Journal ofMedicine says the virus that is
believed responsible for Kaposi’s sarcoma,
a rare cancer that strikes many
AIDS patients, is found in the sexual
¯ organs ofmostmen. Researchers with the
¯¯ Institute of Microbiology at the University
of Ferrara in Italy report they found
¯ the KS-related virus, known as KSHV, in
30 of 33 semen samples of health Italian
¯" men - a 91% infection rate. The scientists
¯ also say they found the virusin the urinary
¯ tracts, in the prostates, and other areas of
¯ the genital organs of other health men as ¯
well. The scientists say they believe indi-
¯ viduals with healthy immune systems can
." live with the virus present in their bodies
¯ without any.apparent problems, but that ¯ when the immune system is weakened, as
¯ it is when infected with HIV, the KS virus
¯ appears to become active.
Drug Combo Looks
Effective
\VASHINGTON - A 73-week study by
drug manufacturer Hoffman-La Roche of
some 978 AIDS patients has shown that
Invirase, the brand name for the firm’s
version of the protease inhibitor
saquinavir, in combination with the drug
ddC, reduced the rate of deaths by more
than two-thirds compared to patients taking
ddC alone. Saqtunavir has been considered
the least impressive of the new
protease inhibitors, but the new findings,
which have not yet been published, have
prompted the drug manufacturer to ask
the Food & Drug Administration to allow
the new information to be added to the
drug’s label.
"HIV Cell Infection
i Agent- Isolated
WASHINGTON-Governmentscientists
report they ha~[.e discovered a chemical
¯ clue to why HIV is infectious. Reporting
¯ in the journal Science, researchers at the
Nadonal Institute of Allergy and Infections
Diseases say they have found a pro-
. tein, which they call "fusin," that must be
¯ present for HIV to infect white blood
cells,.the primary target of the virus. Edward
A. Berger, who headed the team that
made the discovery, said the discovery
gives scientists a "new handle on under-
; standing" how HIV invades cells. "Obvi-
] onsly this is a potential target for develop-
. mg new drugs to treat HIV infection,"
Berger said. "Potentially by coming up
¯ with a drug that blocks the receptor, you
: might block the .ability of HIV to repli-
¯ cate." The researchers cautioned, how-
" ever, that there were still~ many mysteries
¯ about the virfis that need to be answered.
¯ Among other things, they noted that HIV ¯
attaches itself to some types Of immune
¯ cells in the early stages of the infection
~ without using fusin. This means HIV
¯ comes in variations that connect to CD4
cells and some other molecular cofactor
¯ or cofactors on these cells. Berger said
¯ that potential, drugs that block, the fusin
receptor on cells could only do part of the
job in combating HIV.
Increase in HIV
After Tetanus Shots
¯ BOSTON - Researchers with the Na-
¯ tional Institute of Allergy & Infectious
¯ Diseases have reported in the New En-
~ gland Journal of Medicine that tetanus
¯ shots can cause a dramadc ~ncrease in the
reproduction of HIV in the body. After
¯ g~ving tetanus shots to people infected
; with HIV, the researchers found
they had a 2- to 36-fold increase in HIV
levels. The scientists also found that
~ blood samples from uninfected individu-
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Leah Hunt, MSW Judy Seymour,Taylor, CADC
Della Blackburn, CADC ¯
RichardReeder, MS
Serving a Diverse Community
KELLY
KIRBY
Certified
Public Accountant
Lesbians & Gays face many
special tax situations whether
single or as couples.
We are proud to serve our
communities with sensitive &
timely information.
747-5466
POB 14011, Tulsa 74159
Free & Anonymous
Finger Stick Method
By &for, but not exclusive
to the Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Communities..
Monday & Thursday evenings:
7-8:30 pm for testing, .7-9 pm for results.
Daytime testing, Mon-Thurs by appointment.
TOHR Tulsa Oklahomans
for Human Rights
742-2927
4158 South Harvard, Suite-E-2
2 doors east of the HIV Resource Consortium
Look for our banner on testing nights¯
als who had been given the same tetanus
shots more readily became infected with
HIV after the injections. Researchers said
the dramatic increase in HIV production
appears to only last about 6 weeks, so the
benefits of tetanus shots generally outweighs
the temporary surge in HIV levels
for most patients.
Blood Heat
Treatment Gets OK
LOS ANGELES - The Indiana-based
HemoCleanse Inc. has been given approval
by the Food & Drug Administration
to expand testing of its blood-heating
treatment of people infected with HIV.
The 2nd phase of the trials will include 2-
hour treatments at St. Elizabeth Hospital
in Lafayette, Ind., and the Harbor-UCLA
Research & Education Institute in Los
Angeles. HemoCleanse’s treatment, similar
to kidney dialysis, involves slowly
drawing all a patient’s blood from his
body in small quantifies and heating it to
108 degrees Fahrenheit before infusing it
back into his body. The idea behind the
treatment is that HIV is sensitive to even
small increases in temperature and would
be destroyed in massive quantities by the
treatment. Sixty patients will be divided
into 2 groups during the trials. One group
will receive 2 treatments each - the first
for 1 hour, and the 2nd fo~ 2 hours. The
other group will serve as a control group
and will not receive the heat treatment,
but will remain on standard HIV drug
therapy.
HIV & Gene Therapy
" Research
BOSTON" - Researchers report in the
journal Science that use of a genetically
benign version of HIV may be the key to
an importantbreakthrough in gene therapy
treatment, serving as the carrier system or
"vector" to deliver therapeutic genes to
target cells in the human body. Researchers
with the Salk Institute in San Diego
and the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge,
Mass., have reported that they successfully
used the HIV vector to inject therapeutic
genes in the cells of live rats in
laboratory experiments, ff the use of the
HIV vector proves as successful inhuman
gene therapy, the researchers say it could
be a potentially important treatment for
such genetic disorders as cystic fibrosis,
muscular dystrophy and Alzheimer’s dis-
Genetically Altered
AIDS Vaccine Fails
BE!’HESDA, Md. - Government officials
say a 5-year study of the genetically
engineered AIDS vaccine, gpl60, has
shown the prevention effort is not effective
in halting the progress of the disease
in people. The study, one of the first of its
kind, used the Microgenesys experimental
vaccine and was a joint venture between
the Walter Reed Army Institute of
Research and the National Institute of
Allergy & Infectious Disease in conjunction
with private medical facilities. With
some 600 military and civilian volunteers,
the study showed no improvement
in their ability to fend off the infection.
gin, transmission and statistics of infection
for each community, and (b) quarantine
those known to be infected and practicing
high-risk behavior.
Page 7-8, SEXUAL PERVERSION
Plank 1-3~ Homosexuality is not an
alternate lifestyle, a genetic abnormality
or a civil rights matter, but is instead a
consciou~ individual choice of an
abominal sin practice. Such behavior has
been a major factor in the demise of societies
from Sodom and Gomorra to the
Empires of Ottoman, Greece and Rome.
Homosexlaal behavior is the principle
cause of the spread of AIDS in America.
We, therefore, condemn not the person
but the practice of homosexual behavior,
and oppose the ominous political powers
being given homosexuals in the United
States. We believe that the practice of
homosexuality is an abomination before
God and a perversion of the natural law
and is indicative of severe diseases. We
believe that legislation condoning homosexuality
would confer public acceptability
of this activity and would lead inexorably
to the destruction of our nation.
Plank 4-6: We believe that homosexuals,
sodomites, and other sexually perverse
people shonl~i not be entitled to
special or extraordinarY rights. We affirm
that homosexual behavior is not a constitutionally
protected right and that homosexuals
area behavi~al group not deserving
of special protection under the law.
Because homosexuals are not deserving
of minority status, we oppose all "’Gay
Rights" legislation. We urge that federal
and state funding we withheld from all
states and or municipalities that enact
homosexual "fights" legislation.
Plank 8+9: We support the retention
and enforcement ofsodomy laws in Oklahoma.
We urge vigorous arrest and pros-
.ecufion of all those violating laws regardxng
the promotion of homosexual behavior.
Plank 17+18: Toprotect family values,
we urge that those promotiug an alternative
lifestyle by restricted from positions
of influence of minor children. \Ve do not
recognize homosexuality as a normal
lifestyle, therefore we oppose any mandated
education curriculum or special
rights based on affirmative action for ho~
mosexuals.
Plank 20+21: We strongly oppose permitring
homosexuals to teach in the public
school systems. We oppose the hiring
of homosexual teachers, administrators,
or counselors.
Hank 22-24: We oppose the establishment
of homosexual dubs in schools. We
hold that portraying the homosexual
lifestyle in any positive manner in our
schools is heresy. Weoppose the National
Education Association’s efforts to promote
the homosexual agenda in our
nation’s schools.
Plank 27-29: We submit that legally
recognized marriages to be limited to a
traditional monogamous heterosexual relationship,
with only these mamages allowed
current tax and legal benefits. We
oppose same-sex marriages. We support
federal and state legislation prohibiting
legal recognition ofsame sex "marriages"
in the event such unions are made legal by
another state.
Hank- 30: We believe that the federal
government should alterappointments and
employment practices that would place
homosexuals in sensitive and responsible
positions.
benefiting Tulsa Area AIDSAgencies
June 21&221996 Warren Place Doubletree Hotel
Dinner, Cash Bar and Performance
TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL CARSON ATTRACTIONS OUTLETS
OR BY PHONE: 584-2000
550 N. Memorial
Kacie Gordon
pager: 672-8905
Joni Ledbetter
pager 670-5664
Any Sale - 2% over
invoice with ad.
Sunday Services 11:00 am ¯ Wednesday Services 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm
Choir Practice ¯ Thurs. 7:30 pm Codependency Support Group
I To do justice, love mercy & to walk humbly zoith our God... Micah 6:8
5451-E South Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441
’96 Pride Picnic
JUNE 15
Noon - 5:00 prn
Opening Ceremony, lpm
¯¯ Blessing by the Rev. Leslie Penrose
¯ Welcome by TOHR president Debbie Starnes
¯ Performances by local entertainers, including Miss Gay Tulsa &
Miss Tulsa USofA, and Tulsa Family Chorale!
Throughout the afternoon,
¯ DJ will provide music throughout the day
¯ Booths with vendors, community organization info., crafts, etc.
¯ Food for modest cost
¯ Free beverage.s
¯ Volleyball & tennis court available
¯ Kids’ playground
¯ Security provided all day
¯ Closing ceremony, with benediction by RF Renfro &
Freedom Balloon Extravaganza!
If you want to have a "booth," call Tom at 583-1248 before June 1st.
Be a part of the Pride Picnic! - To volunteer, call 743-4297.
Edison St.
~ To Sand Springs, 1-412
Directions: From Tulsa, take
Keystone Expressway West
towards Sand Springs. Exit
Gilcrease Rd. turn right (North)
on Gilcrease Road to Edison St.
and turn right (East) on Edison,
go about 1/2 mile. Owen Park is
on the right. Parking is on the
Southeast corner of the park,
near Roosevelt School.
1-244
(DowTunlstoawn)
7 LSA FAMI.LY NEWS COMMUNITY CALE R
SUNDAYS
Agape’ Christian
Fellowship
Service, 10:30 am & 7 pm
Sheridan Center, Suite H
21st & Sheridan, 747-2482
Bless the Lord At All
.Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
262To East 1 lth 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Worship Service, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
545 I-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
Metro. Comm. Church
of Greater Tulsa
Worship Service, 10:45am
1623 N. Maplewood
Info: 838-1715
Bisexual/Lesbian/Gay
Alliance - Univ. of Tulsa
6:30 pm at Canterbury
5th & Evanston, 583-9780
MONDAYS TUESDAYS
HIV Testing HIV+ Support Group
TOHR Clinic ¯ HIV Resource Consortium
Free & anonymous testing " 1:30 pm
using fingerstick method. ¯ 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
No appointment required. " Info~ Wanda @ 749-4194
Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm :
Results hours: 7-9 pm ¯ Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
Info: 742-2927
Lambda Bowling League
Sheridan Lanes
8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2nd Monday of month,
6:30 pm
4154 S, Harvard
Info: 749-4901
OTHER GROUPS
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8-10 pm
For info. or to volunteer:
743:GAYS
The Technicians, Leather
org., Info c/o 621-5597
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform
& Leather Seekers Assoc.
Info: 838-1222
¯ HIV/AIDS:Support Group &
¯ Friends & Family
¯¯ HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pro, call for location:
749-7898
Grief Group
Butler/Stumpff
¯ Funeral Home
2103 E. 3rd St.
Call for time: 587-7000
Alternative Skating
8:30 - 11 pm, 241-2282
$4, Sand Springs Skate
¯ WEDNESDAYS
¯ Agape’ Christian
: Fellowship
¯ Service, 7 pm ¯
Sheridan Center, Suite H
¯ 21st & Sheridan, 747-2482
Bless The Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Prayer & Bible Study
7:30 pm 2627-B East 1 lth
Call 583-7815 for info.
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
5451-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info.
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Service for Peace, 6:30 pm
Bible Study, 7 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
TNAAPP
Tulsa Native American
AIDS Prevention ProJect
Support group
for Gay & Bi Native
Ameri&m Men, 6 pm
at Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd
582-7225 or 584-4983
¯ THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
: Community of Hope
¯ 1703 E.2nd, Info: 585-1800
" Co-Dependency
¯ Support Group
: 7;30; Family of Faith MCC
: 5451-ES. Mingo, 622-1441
HIVTestingTOHRClinic i
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm.
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice, 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
Ist & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
Alternatives
Weekly social events for
LGBT men & women, 7 pm
Info: 646-5503
¯ Substance Abuse
Support Group
for persons with HIViAIDS
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. G
3-4:30 pm, hffo: 749-4194
¯ SATURDAYS
¯¯ St. Jerome’s Ecumenical
Catholic Church
¯" Mass, 6 pm
Garden Chapel
¯ 3841 S. Peoria
¯ Info: Father Rick
¯ at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at 11 pm
Confidential support for
recovering addicts.
Community of Hope
1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
NAMES Project
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Sewing Bees
3rd Sat. of each month
Info: 748-3111
OTHER GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian Student
Association
TJC Southeast Campus,
Info:-631-7632
SWAN-Sip~gle Women’s
Activ@ Network
Call 832-2121
MAY 17-19
Herland Sister Resources Retreat
Roman Nose State Park
Registration deadline: 5/15
Info: 2312 NW 39th, OKC 73112
HIVIAIDS & SpiritualitylWholeness
Retreatfor Women, Info: 488-9215
SATURDAY, MAY 18
Pride Picnic Benefit, Lola’s
2630 E. 15th, 749-1563
SUNDAY, MAY 19
Interfaith AIDS Minitries
13th InternationalAIDS Candlelight
Memorial & Mobilization
3 pro, St. Peter’s Episcopal, 9100 E. 21St
Info: 438-2437
SATURDAY, JUNE 1
Ecumenical Pride Worship Service
6 pm, St. Jerome’s hosting at The
Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick, page 646-7116
SUNDAY, JUNE 2
Pride Picnic Benefit - The Tool Box
1338 E. 3rd, 584-1308
TUESDAY, JUNE 4
TOHR, PFLAG & Rainbow Business
Guild present Cece Cox, pres. ofthe
Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance
7 pm, Chouteau Ran, Chapman Ctr, TU,
Dinner: $10, Speech: free,Info: 743-4297
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
Safe Haven Lake Cookout.
Social gatheringfor young adults, 18-30
8 pm, Family of Faith MCC
5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
Pride Picnic Benefit - The Silver Star
1565 S. Sheridan, 834-4234
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
TOHR Citywide Pride Prom
All ages, alcohol-free dance
8 pm, Alan Chapman Activity Cti. TU,
Dignity/Integrity Meeting
Lesbian/Gay Catholics & Episcopalians
5 pm, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church
5635 E. 71st, Info: POB 701044, 74170
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
Pride Picnic Benefit, Concession~
3340 S. Peoria, 744-0896
MONDAY, JUNE 10
PFLAG
Family AIDS Support Group, 6:30 pm
Social and Refreshments. 7 pm
General Meeting, 7:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Info: 749-4901
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
Tulsa Pride Picnic
Noon - 5pm. Owen Park
560 No. Maybelle, Info: 583-1248
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
Family ofFaithMCCFather’s Day Service
With Father Rick Hollingsworth
11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
JUNE 21 a 22
Follies Revue, Inc.
Follies ’96 Salutes the Movies!
6 pm, Doubletree Hotel, Warren PlaCe
$125 & $40, Info: 437-0201
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
Statewide Pride Rally & Parade
Speaker: Donna Red Wing
’92 Advocate Woman ofthe Year
1:30 pro, Memorial Park, NW 35th &
Classen Blvd. Oklahoma City
Info: 743-4297 or 405-791-0202
OUT + ABOUT
by J.D. Jamett
What can I say, this last month truly did
have its showers and flowers. The turnabout
show at the Silver Star was a rose.
that never smelled more sweeter, & the
staff truly did surprise themselves when
they let their less masculine sides show.
On the other hand, the Miss Gay Tulsa
America at the Performing
Arts Center
got rained on- no fault
of the orgamzers or
performers. The technical
staff at the P.A.C.
constantly missed
lighting and sound
cues - whathappened?
Our sympathies to the
entertainers and organizers.
This next month
holds alot offun things
todo starting with Renegades"
annual
GayFest (May 17- 19)
which features Dark
Shadows (drag in
broad daylight!) and
other fun things tO do
all outside. That same
weekend, you may
venture back inside on
May 17 for a live performance by Abigail
at Concessions that should very entertaining
then
May 23, the Red Ribbon Ice Revue call
254-7272 for more details. In June, don’t
forget Miss Northeastern Oklahoma
USofA at The Silver Star (June 23).
Pride Picnic Update
Show your pride in the community and
help make this year’s Pride Picnic the best
Kelly Green, Miss Gay Tulsa America
runners-up, JJ Gentry & Sugarbaker
ever by seeing any or all of the following
benefit shows: Lola’s on May 18th, the
Toolbox hosted by Sensuous on May26th
and the Silver Star on June 7th.
This month I’m proud to feature, not an
establishment, but a community within
our .community, Community of Hope. It’s
not just a church, but a place where you
feel like a person, notjust a number.Leslie
Penrose is the pastor.She’is one of these
rare people you are truly proud to call a
friend. This church has
a lot tO offer, for ex,
ample, chances to
work in the commu-
.nity through programs
like their RAIN team
training, feeding the
homeless, meals on
.wheels, small symposiums
on a variety of
different subjects, and
social events such as
small dinner groups
and movie nights. I’ll
say it a again- it’s not
justachurch butacommunity!
Services are
very convenient on
Sunday evening at
6pm at 1703 East 2nd
Street. Giveit achance,
Monique Foster, the new Miss Silver Star you may just like it.
& Bobbi Sue Summers OK, OK, boy, did I
¯ open up a big make-up
¯ case with the Queen of the Month (see ¯
letter to the editor). Sorry Katherine, but
: licking may face does constitute begging.
¯ Well, this month’s Queen of the Month is ¯
constandyhelpingpeople- doingbenefits
¯ &helping as aresearchnurse on HIV drug
: studies.That’s right, Danny (TeraTaneal),
¯ youareMay’sQueenoftheMonth.Thanks
: for all your hard work! Till then, see ya
out + about.
Fina y....Unity Gardens
A final resting place in peace, unity and pride...
located in Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery
4300 E. 91st Street South
On 91st Street between Yale & Harvard.
Unity Gardens has been designed for
the Gay and Lesbian Community,
and those who support our unity.
Did you know that there is no cemetery in Tulsa
that will allow companions to be buried together
recognizing them as a couple,
or~’recognizing your sexual orientation as an individual?
Actually there is no place in the United-States who will,
UNTIL NOW~
We are the first celnetery in the United States
to offer a special section of our cemetery just for
Gays & Lesbians, and their family and friends.
We offer burial spaces, columbarium for cremated remains,
and scattering gardens with a memorial wall,
in this new-ly expanded and renovated-section of
Washington Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
The Pride flag will proudly fly in the center of Unity Gardens
to always remind us of our struggle in life for unity and pride.
If you have purchased a plot elsewhere,
you may be able to transfer or trade your burial plots.
For more information, please call Russell Langley-Stumpff at 918-587-7000.
***Owned and operated by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home***
A Friendly Place to Stay
KING’S HI-WAY
INN
"96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62 W
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
(501) 253-7311
1-800-231-1442
Jerry A. Wilson, owner
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Rev. Kermie Wohlenhaus
Pastor
We welcome you to attend!
Services held
Sunday evenings at 7 o’clock
17 Elk Street
(at the Unitarian Church)
Eureka Springs, AR 72632
501-253-9337
Raven/Redhawk Enterprises
Phyl Boler-Schmidt
Systems &
Software Specialist
POB 429, Eureka Springs 72632
501,253.2776
Books, Incense,
Candles and Rainbows/
Plus lots morel
(501) 25315445
45&1/2 Spring Street
Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632
emrain@rog.ar.ispnet.com
AUTHENTIC FRESH
ITALIAN RAINBOW
CUSINE TROUT
ofEureka Springs
Recommended by -
The New York Times
(501) 253-6807, Closed Wednesday
5Center Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632
Jim & .Brent’s Bistro Calendar ofEvents
Friday, May 24 &-Thursday, May 25 --
Richard Johnson, acoustic guitar
Thurs. May 30th & Fri. May 31st
Music on the deck, Lunch, 11:30-2:30, Dinner 5-11 pm.
Bistro Beat Etc.
May 30th through June 2nd
Eureka Springs.Blues Festival
Stop by our house for a taste of local flavor.
Dine outside on the patio & porch or in
our three beautiful dining rooms.
Fine food at an affordable price.
Gay.owned, Operated & Rainbow Proud
By Allan Beard, Baltimore GayPaper
Like most other gay resort areas,
Provincetown shares the three traits all
held in common - sun, sand and surf. And
like its southern sister city Key West, it is
a remote village located on a narrow strip
of landjutting out into the Adantic Ocean,
accessible only to those who seek it out.
One does not pass through Key West or
Provincetown; one goes there to be there.
Andwhile Provincetown’ s waters are significandy
cooler than those of Florida’s
southern most city, it is not the water that
attracts tens of thousands of lesbians and
gay men to this Massachusetts Cape Cod
village each year - it’s the lesbians and
gay men that is the attraction.
Just who first walked the sandy beaches
that surround Provincetown is in little
doubt. And while Native Americans can
lay claim to the cape, it was the white
European immigrants who built the fishmg
village that was to become
Provincetown. Pilgrims from the May
flower first walked ashore in 1620; a
monument commemorating that event
stands’ atop High Pole Hill overlooking
the town an harbor.
For the most part, Provincetown grew
up over three centuries as a fishing village.
Filled with the homes and shops of a
18thcentury fishing village, Provincetown
is rich in period architecture with an impressive
harbor and quaint atmosphere
one comes to expect from a New England
port town. It is surrounded by beaches,
dunes and the Atlantic. Isolated at the end
of Cape Cod, Provincetown has long attracted
artists,individualists and free spirits.
Very much like Key West, the 3,700
year-round residents have a live-and-let-
¯ live attitude, which clearly appeals to the
¯ many thOUsands of lesbians and gay men
that flock there every, summer.
¯ The village has two main streets, Com-
" mercial Street and Bradford Street, which
¯ run parallel for nearly three miles. They
are intersected bynumerous smaller streets
¯ beginning at the harbor and continuing
¯ back to the dunes. It is a town filled with
guest houses, restaurants, galleries, bou-
: tiques and shops. It also has its share of
¯ typical beach community tourist busi-
¯ .nesses, but in Provincetown they don’t
¯ seem to intrude on the town’s quiet character.
¯ The Provincetown Business Guild rep-
¯ resents more than 200 businesses that
welcomelesbian and gay tourists. Founded
¯
in 1978 the guild is dedicated to enhanc-
¯ ing the vacation experience of gay people
¯ , visiting the cape. Lesbian and gay life is
readily visible to anyone visiting the town.
Couples stroll the shop lined streets ann
~n arm with barely notice given them. On
the beach thousands of hard bodied men
and buffed lesbians swim, play and sun
themselves in the confidence of a shared
appreciation of their diversity. At night a
not-so subtle sexual energy takes over the
town’s main streets as hundreds head to
nightclubs and restaurants to party with
old acquaintances and new-found friends.
It is an atmosphere suited perfectly to the
friendly, open lifestyle of this .country’s
many lesbian and gay communities.
To increase gay visibility and promote
gay pride, the ProvincetOwn Business
Guild plans special events year-round.
For information on these events and to
make travel arrangement~,call Vanessa at
International Tours at - 341-6866.
OK, so maybe you don’t have the time
or money to go as far as Provincetown but
you still need a get-away and it’s got to be
a Gay-friendly place, and affordable!
For all that, you can’t beat Eureka
Springs. This Victorian jewel has got to
have one of the highest per capita Lesbian/
Gay/Bi populatious in the country.
And therefore, you can count on finding a
friendlyfamily welcome.
In fact, it’s possible to spend most of
your resting and dining time in Gay or
very Gay friendly establishments. This
writer canpersonallyrecommendthe food
at DeVito’s and dined withJim &Brent at
the restaurant the guys had before they
opened the well-regarded Bistro. While
we haven"t tried Autumn Breeze, we hear
it’s excellent also.
Lod~ng can vary from the very convenient
Kings Hi-Way Inn overlooking a
¯
lovely valley to the unique bed & break-
¯ fast experience of the Woods or Rock
¯ Cottage Gardens or the views of Pond
MountainLodge. For very reasonable and
¯ historic rooms, check out the Park Basin
Hotel.
, In between earing and sleeping, there
¯ are many shops to checkout. They range
from tourist tacky to worksof art. One of
the most interesting selections is at Crazy
¯ Bone. And be sure to stop in ’to see MC
¯ andLinda, the new ownersoftheEmerald
¯ Rainbow, providing locals, and visitors with Pride stuff and mo~e..:
¯ NoW if you need more.detailed infor-
¯ marion about all your Options in Eureka ¯
Springs, track down Jan & Kim with
¯ P.I.M.P.S. who kiaow what’s available.
¯ And if like many others, you decide to ¯
check out local properties, stop by
McClung Realty - they can help.
Adult Accommodations
In Eureka Springs, Arl~nsas
Craftsman-style cottages with beautiful views
of the woods and wildlife -.Tucked on top of the
Ozark Mountains. just a few rmnutes walk to the
Historic Village of Eureka Springs.
501/253-8281
Frank Gr~.en Jr., Host - 50 Wall Street - Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632
READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
OK, all of you budding Laurence
Oliviers, take notice! ff acting is your
profession 9rjust a fun hobby, and you’re
having trouble finding quality plays that
speak to gays and lesbians, here is the
book for you. "The Actor’s Book of Gay
and Lesbian Plays" pulls together seventeen
plays, chosen by
editors (and playwrights),
EricLane and
Nina Shengold.
The criteria for a
play’s inclusion in this
anthologyis thatitmust
have gay or lesbian
characters, queer
themes or be ofinterest
to the gayand lesbian
community,regardless
of the playwright’s
ownsexual orientation.
The plays vary widely,
from one-acts to full
length, comic and dramatic,
some interesting while others less
so, and a range o_f styles and cast sizes.
One of the most interesting aspects of
these plays is that not all of them premieredin
New York or Los Angeles. One
had its .first performance in
Shepherdstown, West Virginia~ and another
was first heard over the air as a radio
play.
AIDS, of course, is a topic of a few of
these plays. Victor .Bumbalo’s "What
Are Tuesdays LaKe. takes place in a
hospital waiting room. "The Baltimore
Waltz," by Paula Vogel and "Lonely
Planet," by Steven Dietz deal with AIDS
in more intangible ways.
Another interesting entry, "It’s Our
Town, Too," by Susan Miller, is just what
you might think: a bare stage, queer ver-
...One d the-most
interesting aspects of
these plays is that not
all of them premiered
in New York or Los
A~ngeles. One hasd.lts
first performance m
Shepherdstown,
West Virginia...
sion . of Thornton
Wilder’s "Our Town."
"Cater,Waiter,"by Eric
Lane, is a funny, ironic,
ten-minute piece about
"eighty-seven gay men
and three lesbians serving
dinner tO a buncha
Reagan cronies" at a.
Republican fundraiser.
With the current
boom of successful
queer-themed films,
like "Jeffrey" and "The
Bird~ge," it shouldn’t,
be long until more gay
and lesbian friendly
" plays start showing.up onstage in mid-
: America. When they do, "The Actor’s
¯ Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays" will be
; an excellent resource.
¯ Check for this book, and others on
¯ similar subjects, at your local branch li-
¯ brary or call the Readers Services depart-
’ ment at the CentrallLibrary, 596-7966.
byJames Christjohn, EntertainmentNotes
While it might seem so at times, this
column is not just about me being peevish.
It is about a much wider concern of
mine.
To those in the gay & lesbian community
whom I have heard complaining that
thereisn’t enough gay theatre, that there is
an audience for these shows, that no theatre
in town is brave enou,,h to do these
kinds of shows; I have only one thing to
say. Where were you?
Several shows during
the TU weekend of
One-acts touched on
gay issues, mine and
Gabriel Washam’s
"’Diaries" blatandy so.
I had incredible support
from Professor Cook (
Thank you!), who feels
these plays are important
to have done, an
incredible cast, & itwas
free, for heaven’ s sake!
You missed a great set
of shows.
You had the chance
to say, with your pres-
To those...
corn lainln that
t"
P" ’ ~
here lsn t enough
Gay theatre,
that there is
an audlenee ~or
these shows...
I have only one
thln¢ to say.
Where were you?
ence, that there is an audience for these
shows, that these shows will draw folks
in, that there is a reason to see these shows
produced.
As Gerald Miller said, "Ain’t gonna
happen". He and I spoke of Gay theatre in
Tulsa when he was managing Theatre
Tulsa. His take was that there wasn’t an
audience. Tom and I argued the point, and
I now feel his comments were, sadly,
justified.
¯ To all of you who expressed interest, &
¯ didn’t put your body where your mouth is
¯ in terms of your presence in the theatre
" seat, you’ve helped to kill gay theatre.
¯ If there is no gay theatre in Tulsa, it’s
¯ not that the shows aren’t produced or
¯ people aren’t interested in doing them;
it’s because you weren’t there when the
¯ shows were produced. Even when, as in
.. this case, the productions are free to the
¯ public! You have no one to blame but
yourselves. So don’tlet
me hear anyone in the
community bemoaning
"the lack of gay plays
here, because it’s your
own fault they aren’t
being done.
BACP produced an
excellent production of
Harvey Fierstein’s"On
Tidy Endings" some
months back_. Thenight
Tom &I attended, only
1/4 of the house was
filled. And I know
there’s enough queens
in this town to have
filled the theatre.
" Sad thing is, many students & faculty.
¯ were talking about doing a production of ¯
"Falsettoland" at TU. Thehigher ups were
." concerned that people wouldn’t come.
¯ One ofmy goals with HIVariations, I’d
¯ hoped, was to prove that there was an ¯
audience. With the lack of community
¯ support of HIVariations, indeed all the
¯ shows that weekend, it seems unlikely ¯
¯ that this Falsetto, or other shows like it,
will be produced. How sad.
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Regional Gay Rodeo in Oklahoma City
Memorial Day weekend will be pleased to
know that lots of decent restaurants exist
in our Capital Cowtown at which they can
cozy up to the chuckwagon.
Just like Tulsa, most of the national
franchises and chain restaurants have
stores in Oklahoma City which are concentrated
in the Quail Springs Mall area
¯ on Memorial between May and Pennsyl~
vania; near Baptist Hospital at Northwest
Expressway and Lake Hefner Parkway;
in"oiltown" at Interstate
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and down on the
south side along Interstate
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Western and May
Avenues. But why
eat at some place you
can visit at home?
After all, half of the
tim of traveling to
exotic locations is
discovering the local
cuisine.And, surprisingly,
Oklahoma
City probably has a
lot more decent nonchain
restaurants than Tulsa.
First, a few words of warning: Many
rodeoers will be staying at the Northwest
Hilton or at the ever popular Habana Inn
both of which have in house dining facilities.
Let’s just say that you’ll want to eat
off the premises. And don’t even think
about room service.
\¥qaen you are in downtown OKC, be
advised that. there is no place wonderful,
and the Myriad Convention Center food is
deadly. Nearby though are LaRoea Mexican
Restaurant a couple.of blocks west
of the Myriad on Rent and there are
always the various trendy (translate: long
lines, small servings, big prices) establishments
and the onmipresent Spaghetti
Warehouse in Bricktown several blocks
east o.f the Myriad. The Bricktown Brewery
is, in our opinion, the Oklahoma
microbrewery serving up the best beer
made in Oklahoma (but don’t get your
hopes up about the food)¯ Wejust wish the
Oklahoma legislature didn’t make the
microbreweries water the beer to 3.2.
Several formerly popular northwest
spots are now closed, such as Doc’s at
63rd and Western, Rita’s del Rio on May
across from the Northwest Hilton,Pump’s
at Grand and \Vestem, Interurban in
Fifty Penn Place, and Magnolia Cafe at
66th and Western: We’re also sad to report
that due to the new conservative
Christian ownership of United Founder’s
Tower, the Eagle’s Nest, with its 360
degree revolVing view of Lake Hefner
and northwest Oklahoma City, has closed
its doors. Never fear, though, there are
still lots of fun places to dine and frolic.
While on Oklahoma City’s infamous
39th Street Strip, many readers may remember
the gastronomically challenging
Family Diner, a classic greasy spoon.
But better days have come to that location,
and completely new proprietors have
established the gay owned and operated
Pifion Care (moderate cost), which features
lots of Southwestern style entrees,
heavy on thepasta and chicken, and, while
notan all-night establishment, does stay
open until 2 a.m., and 3 a.m. on weekends.
: The beautiful people and yuppies of
¯¯ OklahomaCity spendmost of their dining
¯ dollars on the strip alongWestern Avenue north of Interstate 44. There is quite a
¯ variety of interesting and worthwhile
¯ places in this area. Anchoring the comer
¯ spot on i-44 is Portobello (expensive),
¯ featuring Tuscan style Italian food and
: Italian language tapes in the restrooms.
¯ Another long time Italian spot is Flip’s
¯ -Wine Bar and Trattoria (moderately
¯ expensi.ve), at Grand Boulevard, with a
¯ great selection of by-the-glass wines and
¯ decent food--be sure to check out the
After all,
half of the fun of
traveling_is discovering
the local euMne.
And, surprisingly,
Oklahoma City
probably has a lot
more decent non-chain
restaurants than Tulsa.
daily specials. At
64th Street, you will
. find the excellent
Metro Wine Bar
and Bistro (expensive,
reservations
advised), serving re-
,trial French cuisine,
nightly meat
and fish specials, and
creamy, chilled
vichyssoise to die
for. Across the street
in: Nichols Hills
Plhza is the single
best restaurant in the
st~ite of Oklahoma,
¯ the.Coach House (veryexpensive, reser- ¯
vataons required, dres~ code), featuring
¯
e}quisitely prepared Atnerican haute cui-
¯ sine and impeccable ~ervice. Everyone ¯
should experience the artistry of Chef
~ Kurt Fleishfresser and the elegance of the
: Coach House at least once in their life-
¯. time. Crawling back toWestern, at 67th’is
the Iguana Lounge (moderate) which is
¯ billed as Acapulco cuisine but we have to
¯ call it avant garde Mexican, and their new
.: patio should be open by rodeo time. An
¯
excellent sushi bar is Tokyo Japanese
¯ Restaurant (expensive), just south of
¯ Wilshire, which serves Sapporo beer and ¯
¯ sushi as good as any Japanese restaurant
we’ve visited in the United States. Way
: up north at 80th is Let’s Barbecue (inex-
¯ pensive), with basic down home smoked ¯
meats and occasionally fried catfish (if
¯ you remember Let’s at 66th Street, that
¯ location, now closed, went to Let’s ex-
¯ wife in the divorce, andLeomoved north). ¯
Acouple ofother spots popular with the
¯ capital city gay crowdinclude the Painted
: Desert (inexpensive) at 36th and Shartel,
¯ whichis your basicburger bar, Pepperoni ¯
G~ill (moderately expensive) in Penn
¯ Square Mall by Dillard’s with eclectic
¯" Italian food, and Bellini’s (expensive) at
63rd and Pennsylvania, which serves up
¯ northern Italian themed food and dell-
: cious bellini’s (a peach and champagne
¯ cocktail) with a view of the swan pond ¯
and outdoor seating-- enterfrom the park-
" ing garage_ under the Waterford office
¯ building.
¯ Those looking for Oriental foods will ¯
¯ be excited to spend time in Oklahoma City s Little Saigonareacentered at North-
," west 23rd and Classen. We particularly
recommend Lido (moderate) at 24th and
: Military (just off Classen near the milk
¯ bottlebuilding), whichhas excellent Viet-
: namese food in an elegant setting, and is
¯ popular with many of the state’s power-
" ful--we’ve run into Governor Waiters
¯ and several Supreme Court justices here.
¯ Check out the dim sum at Grand House
: (moderate),just across the street from the
see Food, page 14
n Communicolions does not
milk bottle. One of our favorite Chinese
restaurants is Dumpling House (moderate)
on 23rd just east of Classen, which is
patronized by many Chinese and Vietnamese
youth (be sure to ask for the
English menu). Another excellent Vietnamese
and Chinese place is Mirawa
(moderate), a bit farther east on 23rd. For
Korean food, try Sharon Gardens (inexpensive)
on 23rd west of Classen, and for
Thai, go to Sala Thai (inexpensive) just a
couple of blocks farther west.
If seeing all those cowboys wrangle
beef on the hoof has you hankering for a
big juicy steak, you can’t go wrong with
Cattleman’s Care (moderately expensive)
in Stockyards City, Exchange Street
south of 1-40 (ask for directions). In the
Remington Park area at Northeast 50th
and Kelly is one of our favorites, Sleepy
Hollow (expensive), whichhas nomenus,
but serves up big delicious bowls of
mashed potatoes, ~avy, and peas family
style and huge, wonderful steaks to its
horseman and jockey clientele. You can
get decent barbecued ribs and an all you
can eat special at Oklahoma County
Line (moderately expensive) on Northeast
63rd between Kelly and Eastern. And,
when the budget gets a little thin, you can
find an excellent chicken fried steak sandwich
at Chuck House (inexpensive) at
Northwest Tenth and Meridian.
This should be a big enough list of the
better places in Oklahoma City to keep
rodeo-goers well fed for one weekend.
Just remember, we have McDonald’s in
Tulsa. Bon appetit, cowboy.
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay
Fight to Ban.
ROTC Re-Heats i
WASHINGTON - Little noticed in Feb- :
ruary was congressional passage of a bill, :
now signed into law by PresidentCfiiiion ¯
the "Campus Access Act" that prohibits :
all Defense Department funds to colleges :
and .um’versities which the ,,Secretary of ¯
DefenSe :judges., have, an,.~ anti~ROTC :
poii~y?’ "~lae legi~latiisn b,bfild have the ."
impact of barring Defense Department ¯
funds from going to any campus where :
anti-discrimination policies barfing bias :
based on sexual orientation limit or re- ¯
strict Reserve OfficerTraining Corps programs.
No exact figures are available on
the amount ofmoney the Defense Department
spends annually at U.S. colleges,
but at larger schools, such as Stanford, the
University of Pennsylvania, or the University
of California at Los Angeles, it
might easily amount to tens ofmillions of
dollars each year. The term "anti-ROTC
policy" is defined in the Act as prohibiting
either the Defense Department from
see ROTC, page 3
High School Gays.
Win & Lose Some
Dallas Bd. Includes Protections
DALLAS - Under pressure from local
rights activists, the Dallas school board
decided at theIastminute toinclude sexual
orientation in the anti-harassment policy
it adopted at its March 28 meeting. The
policy, which had not initially included
sexual orientationas a category, wasadded
after members of the Dallas Gay & Lesbian
Allianceand other communitymembers
complained that not including sexual
orientation in the newpolicy could actually
encourage anti-gay and -lesbian harassment
in the city’s schools. The new
policy bars "oral, written, psychological,
physical and other demonstrative actions
see School, page 3
.Marriage, Update
Colorado Gov. Roy Romer has vetoed
a measure :that would have explicitly
banned recognizing same-sex marriages
in the state, even if they were legally
performedinother states, however, Romer
said he would sign a bill that declared
opposite-sex mamages as the "strong
public policy of the state" while at the
same time authorizing a study of possible
ways same-sex couples could be given
legal recognition of their relationships
without violating that policy. He called
the legislation he vetoed, a "mean-spirited
and unnecessary" attack.
Idaho became the 3rdstate in the U.S.,
joining Utah and South Dakota, to bar
recognizing same-gender marriageS. The
Kentucky state Senate is now considering
a measure banning same,sex mamages
and activists believe the anti-gay bill has
a good chance of passing there. Illinois
has also now received a similar ban,
spurred on by leaders of the state’s antigay
Christian Coalitiou and Christian
Action Network. In Kansas, a bill that was
already on the floor of the state tlouse of
see Marriage, page 3
& Bisexual Communities-,Our Families of the Heart
¯ The Reverend Leslie Penrose, AIDS ac-
: tivist Mary Fisher and a youngfriend at
¯ Community ofHope United~thodist.
i Wo-men &AIDS
i 400.÷HearActivist
i Mom,,Mary Fisher
¯" When Janice Nicklas and her co-orga-
¯ nizerbegan planning for the first regional
." conference on Women and AIDS, they
." hoped tohave about 100 or so attend. On
¯ April 2, more than 400 people were registered
for the one day conference of work-
: shops at the-University of Tulsa’s
¯ Chapman Center.
: The workshops ranged from AIDS 101
¯ to HIV and Incarcerated Women or HIV
¯ tators were both local educators and ex-
¯ perts & those from around the US. The
¯" conference l~gan with a panel of those
: infected or affected by HIV.
! The keynote address was ~ven at lunch
byAIDS activist, Mary. Fisher, founder of
: the Family AIDS Network, Inc. which
: works to heighten commumty and ha-
¯ tional awareness and compassion in the
: fight against HIV/AIDS. Ms. Fisher, a
~ person/iving with HIViAIDS, came to
¯ national attention when she spoke about
~ AIDS to, the:Republican-National Con-
; vention’in.Houston in-1992..
~ Fisher’s Tulsa speech was a call to
: political arms. She began with quote from
¯ a US Senate chaplin who, when asked if
"- he prayed for the Senate;~said, no, after
i looking at the Senate, he prayed for the
¯ people. FishersaidthatwithWashington’s
¯ and America’s response to AIDS, prayer
: probably was_a good’idea. ~ ...................
¯ Fisher stated that-America.iacks -the. 3
; basicingredients to wina fight withAIDS:
¯ no national plan for researeh~ .car~e or pre-
: vention, nor visible, competent, or trusted
." leadership, nor sufficient funding.
¯ Fisher said we also must look for leadership
from the uninfected, ,We. are like
; .’ .ca fl nghtsmovement whose leaders die
; ev~t~"year.
: Inaninterviewwith.TFN, Fishernoted
¯ that she would have said we’re making
¯ progress in the AIDS fight prior to the
¯" 1994 Republican sweep. But now she
¯ says we haven’t followed who’s coming
: up in that party and we must hold our
~ leaders feet to the fire. "We must commu-
¯ nicate that tiffs fightis about human rights,
¯¯ not about moraljudgements....women,
especially, need to say I matter.’"
PFLAG at Central-Library
Editorial: Kudos to Tulsa Org.
Themembers&officers ofTnlsaChapter
of Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians
&Gays deserve high praise for their
exhibit currentlyat theTulsaCity,County
Library, as does the libraD’ staff. The
exhibit is good but you will appreciate it
even more when you know that PFLAG
had only a little more than a week to
prepare it. The exhibit, up-through April is
a snapshot of what PFL~G’s about & of
Lesbian & Gay life. Tulsa Family News
strongly encourages you to see the’exhibit
before it doses.
LESBITERIAN &
¯ StillwaterandendinginTulsaon Sunday,
May 19 at College Hill Presbyterian, 712
! S. Columbia. College"Hill will host a
: dinner and dialogue at 5pro, followed by
." worshipat 7pro. Her visit is sponsored by
¯ College Hill and Presbyterians for Les-
." bian,’Gay Concerns.
: Spahr is an evangelist with the special
¯ ministry ’q’hat .MI May Freely Sen’e’" of
: the Downtown United Presbyterian
-" Church (DUPC) ofRochester,NeW York,
: in parmership with Westminster Presby-
¯ terianofTiburon, CA.In 1991,Spahrwas
: by DUPC to serve as Co-pastor but was
¯ denied that position in an unprecedented i move by the ruling body of the-pre~bvterian
Church (USA), the.General Ass~m-
¯ see Spahr, page 10
G reatPlains Rodeo
"In OKC, May 24.26
: The Oklahoma Gay Rodeo Association
¯ (OGRA) will hold its tt.th-annual rodeo
: on Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-26.
: It features 2 days of rodeo at the OKC
¯ State Fairgrounds and 3 nights of parties
: and exhibits at the Hilton Inn. N\V~
: OGRA beganin 1984. TheGreat Plaius
: Regional Rodeo was formed through the
¯ efforts of Kansas, Missouri and Okla-
: homa and held its first rodeo in 1986 In
: 1993, Arkansas formed theDiamond State
: Rodeo Association and joined the Great
~ Hains organization. OG1L~t’s volunteers
¯ are dedicated providing rodeo ~vents for
_" Lesbians and Ga)’~menand als0 to sup-
" porting AIDS charities. Membership is
¯ noflimited to rodeo .compet.it0fs Formore
¯ info. "call 405-842-0849.
April 15 - May 14, 1996, Volume 3, Issue 5
¯ Run for YourLives, Part3
i LegislativeUpdate
¯ Anti-Gay Amendments Die ¯
OK Senate staff confirm that. HB 2554
¯ is "dead" for this session. HB 2554 ad-
¯ dressed divorce law changes but was
~ amended to ban same-gender marriage
_" even if those were legal elsewhere.
¯ ~ Anamendment to the"Ryan Luke" bill,
¯ HB 2053, would ban child custody by a
: "known homosexual,lesbian or bisexual."
." Rep. Laura Boyd, author ofHB 2053, told
¯ TFN that the anti-Gay amendment was
." "out for good." It appears that this session
~ will draw to a close in May without thc
." passage of any anti-Gay bibs or amend-.
ments, only the anti-Gay but merely svm.
! bolic resolution #1045. "
i Coming Soon!
: On May 23, the Tulsa Ice Arena will
." host at 7:30pro the first Red Ribbon lc~
." Revue. ’l’he evening will feature profes.
¯ sional skaters from Kansas City, OK("
: andTulsa All tickel proceeds will benefit
: Our House which provides support for
¯ those challenged by HI\," AIDS. Tickets
¯ are $8, balcon.v seats and S12.50 for on- ¯
ice seats at the .Arena at 71st & .~.hugo
¯ (behind the 1 2 Price Store). For~more
¯ info. ".call Shane Douglas at 254--7272. ¯
¯ Follies Revue, Inc. have announced tha! this \ear’s eveut. Follies Salute the .\hn’.
ies, Will be on Juue 21 & 22at the \Varrcn
¯ Place Doubletree Hotel. The Follies will
: showcase suchartists as Alexandr"Sacha’"
¯ Luiiev of the Tulsa Ballet Theatre, singers
¯ Deb Roberts and Steve Wright: For more ¯
info. call 437-0201. -
: Local HI\" AIDS support org~iniza~ion,
¯ ILMN, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Net-
" work is holding its volunteer training on
: April 27 and May 4 at Community of
, Hope from 10-Spin. And Debbie Waters,
: MSW announces a support group, Phoe-
¯ nix Group, for families & friends living
: with AIDS. The group meets on the Ist &
: 3rd Thurs. each month: Call 584-6460.
ilnterfaith AIDS
Ministries Hits 10
: This May, Interfaith AIDS Ministries
¯ (IAM) will celebrate its lOth-auniversarv
! of:providing education about HIV;AIDg
¯ and ofproviding support to persons living ¯
with HIV,,AIDS (PLWA’~s)~ S_t,.Peter’s
". Episcopal Church at 9100 East 21 st Street
¯ Will host a sen’ice commemorating !0
" years of work on Sunday, May 19 at 3pm.
," !AM will also be featured at the May 14th
meeting of the AIDS Coalition.
The oriDns of the organization were in
the 1986 Task Force on AIDS ol the
see I~-1, page 10
Ii. N S n. El EDITORIAL/LETrERS/DIRECTORY p. 2
: NEWS BRIEFS .......... P. 4
: HEALTH BRIEFS . P. 6
¯ CALENDAR P. 9 ¯
EUREKA SPRINGS .,~ " ~ "P. 11
; READ ALL ABOUT IT P. 12
: RESTAURANT/ENTERTAINMENT- p. 13
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
Newly ordatned deacon oJ St. Jerome Gaylapalooza brought these FUSO’s Derrick Davis with
Ecun’wnical Catholic Church, the Rev. four,fabulouscomics to Tulsa’s Mark Knight, Chip Haines of
Deborah Starnes with her Archbishop. Performing Arts Center,for a OKC & FUSO’s RF Renfro at
Bishop. community clergy and other ~how benefitting Black& White the Nat’l. Black Gay & Lesbian
./rtends. [’hoto: T. Neal Charities. Photo: T. Neal Leadership Forun~ in Dallas.
by lom Neal. publisher/editor
Reccntl v. I received a message on my machine
that said. =tli Tom, t~s is Keit~ S~ from the
A(’I ,V offi~ in OMahoma City....’" Smith. who’s a
rc~dtor and ad s~esm~ for OKC paper The Perspec’t~
ve, was m~appy about ~ ~ficle that we
wrote. The article stated that he’d helped OMa.
I louse M~0ont~ Leader Benson rewrite Benson’s
vcrx ant~-Gav resolution. #1~5. Sxmth clmms he
heisted chm~e the anti-gay lang~ge of the ongin~
version to l~guage that ~ght be ~i~- slightly
less ami:Gay. We ~so wrote that some OKC folks
had accused Smith of passing ~mselfoff~ spokesperson
for the OM~oma LGBT ~umties. I
promised Smith that I’d address ~s c0n~ms.
At one meeting with Benson, S~th says he was
with Jo Ann Bell of the ACLU. Ms. Bell swe~s that
Smith only represented ~mself. Smi~ says that at
a later meeting (where Bell w~ not present), he
helped Beuson m~e specific ch~ges in l~g~ge
of # 1 045: but that he told Benson &at he nevertheless
opposed the fin~ drMt (which hehelped write).
Seem confusing?
Smith appears to have b~n view~ by Benson,
by Rcp. I ~ura Boyd. by other legislators, and by
State l)emocratic P~tv Ex~ufive ~r~tor Pat
Ihdl. as an anthofized ~pokesperson for Gay ~d
I ~sbian counnunitv. As a result, some le~slators
votedagainst us, thinking ~at they had our blessrag.
Through mepmess or nmvete on ~s p~t ~d
possibly opportmfism on the p~t of some le~slators,
what hc clmms w~ ~ effort to m~e 100%
bad rcsolution into one that would~ ody~%bad
wound up being used against him and us.
And while Smith may feel he’s been beat up,
actually there’s enough blame to spread around.
Tulsan~ should strongly object to the failure of
OKC groups, who were having meeungs about
#1045, to commumeate regularly with any Tulsa
activists or groups. If it wasn’t Smith singlehandedly
representxng the entire state, it was the
OKC organizations acting as though they did. The
ACLU. which is a statewide organization, made no
effort to communicate, even with its Tulsa board
members. OGLPC’s Paul Thompson did commumcate
with TOHR when #1045 was first introduced,
but apparently not when this meeting was
.happening. Tulsa groups who were working on this
~ssue might also have called OKC groups. However.
it seems that the greater obligation falls on
those who have the advantage of proximity to the
Capitol and know better when action’s happening.
After stories like this, I sometimes think we are
our own worst enemy.-Smith has substantial experience
with the legislature, and we’d be foolish not
to take advantage of it. But it also appears that we
need to make sure that those who represent us at the
Capitol really represent all of us - in Tulsa, and
wherever else there’s an organized community in
the state, as well as in Oklahoma City.
Just one last thing about representation: Smith is
neither an officer nor an employee of the ACLU.
He volunteers but according to ACLU board president,
Mark Hendricksen, Smith should not identify
himself as though he’s staff or an officer.
Does make you kind-of wonder, doesn’t it.’?
Ilello, you don’t know me, but I certainly know
you. I live with you. I work with you. I may even be
involved with you. And yes, I’ve often masqueraded
,as v0u. I’ve had to: I’m practically invisible,
you see.’Or maybe you don’t....
I am a transsexual. But being a transie i~ this
town doesn’t add up to a great deal of visibility.
That’s funny, considering that scarcely a day goes
by when I DON’T hear somebody whispering
b~hindmy back,"Is that a boy or a girl ! Noit’s gotta
be a faggot! Well...maybe it’s a Dyke after all..."
Manya ume, I, and other transsexuals/transgender
persons, have taken the homophobic backlash for
our gay ,and lesbian brothers and sisters, stmply
because we are usually more visible than most.
Nobody loves a hermaphrodite. Androgyny makes
: most people really edgy. But I expect that from
most people (sadly enough). What hurts though, is
how Gays and Lesbians have taken little notice of
: us, in their silence, colluding to collapse our distinct
identities into theirs.
: Let’ s face it... how many of you gays andlesbians
¯ out there, in yourpersonal and political lives, focus
¯ on gender issues just as much as you focus on sex
and sexuality? In this society, gender is taken for
: granted. Gender deviance ~s taken as a personal
insult, see Letters, page 13
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*B,’unboo Lounge, 7204 E. Piue
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria
*Ground Zero, 311 E. 7th
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th
*St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan
*Reuegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main
*TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd
*Intenu’ban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston
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Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals
Derails C. Arnold, Realtor 746-46~0
*Assoc. in Medical & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000
Kent Batch & 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 St. Psychotherapy Assoc. 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117
Tim D,’miel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468
D’Antiques, 1508 E. 15th
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 4423 S. Memorial
*Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan
Express Pools & Spas, 6310 S. Peoria
Foxlinx, Computer Consultation
Demme M. Gross, Financial Planning
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly
*Imaginations. Lincoln Plaza, 15th & Peoria
*Iuternational Tours
JD hnages, Photography
Ken’s Flowers. 1635 E. 15
Kelly Kirby, CPA, POB 14011, 74159
Loup-Garou, 2747 E. 15
Lean Ann Macomber. Realtor Associate
*Midtown Theater. 319 E. 3
Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31st
*Mohawk Music. 6157 E 51 PI
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633
Puppy Pause II, 1 lth & Mingo
*Ross Edward Salon, 1438 S. Boston
*Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square
Scott Robison’s Presc~ptions, see ad for 3 locations
Southwest Viatical. 4146 S. Harvard, Ste. F-5
Thomas Chiropractic Clinic, 4138 S. Harvard, Ste. C-1
Kellie J. Watts, attorney
Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling
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Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
*Agape’ Christian Fellowship, 2 l st& Sheridan 599-7688
*Bless The Lord At All Times Christian Ctr. 2627B E. I 1 628-0594
*B/LiG Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780
*Chapman Student Center, University of Tulsa
*Community of Hope (United Methodist), 1703 E. 2nd 585-1800
Dignity/Integrity (Lesbian/Gay Catholics &Episcopalians) 298-4648
*Fanfily of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. Mingo 622-1441
*l~ree Spirit Lesbian Center call for location &info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity (African-Amer. men), POB 8542, 74101 425-4905
Indian Health Care. Save the Nation 584-4983
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewood 838-1715
*HIV Resource Consortium, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 749-4194
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1 748-3111
PFLAG , POB 52800 74152 749-4901
Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118 74104
R.ATN.. Regional AIDS Interfaith Network 749-4195
Rainbow Business Guild, POB 4106, 74159 665-5174
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 3841 S. Peoria~ 646-7116
*ShanfiHotline 749-7898
Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, (TOHR) POB 52729 74152
TOHR Gay HelpLine (Info.) 743-4297
Technicians, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308
T.U.L.S.A Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 838-1222
*Tulsa City Hall, Cafeteria Vestibule, Ground Floor
*University Center at Tulsa
Beaver Dam Store, 112 mi. N. of Dam on Hwy. 1’87 501-253-6154
*Jim & Brent’s Bistro, 173 S. Main 501-253-7457
DeVito’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. 501-253-6807
*Emerald Rainbow, 45&1/2 Spring St. 501-253-544.5
King’s Hi-Way, 96 Kings Highway, Hwy. 62W 800-231-1442
*MCC of the Living Spring 501-253-9337
McClung Realtors 501-253-%82
Rock Cottage Gardens 501-253-8659 800-624-6646
Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East 501-253-6001
The Woods, 50 Wall St. 501-253-8281
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with regard to race, creed, etl’afic origin,
religious preference or sexual orientation"
that is harassing.
Utah Gov. Vetoes Anti-Gay Bill
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Gov. Mike
Leavitt has vetoed a measure, SB246, that
would have barred teachers 111 public
sdaools from encouragtng or condoning
any act that is illegal under state law. The
measure-wasspecifiCallyaimed at~pre~
venting teachers from serving as sponsors
fo~gay and lesbian clubs in public schools,
anassue that exploded earlier this year in
the state.: Even though Lea~iRt vet0ed;the
measure, he nevertheless said, "I support
the statement that was made in SB246, but
we cannot infringe on free speech." The
Utah Education Assn. had opposed the
measure and said the governor "absolutely
did the right tiring."
Calif. Trustees Wiggle Around
Outright Gay Club Ban
GLENDALE, Calif. - Trustees for the
Glendale, Calif., school district have decided
under pressure from civil rights
groups not to adopt a policy that would
require students to get parental perufission
in order tojotn gay and lesbian school
clubs specifically, and instead modified
the policy to make it apply to any "’controversial"
non-curricular clubs at the city’s
public schools. The school board had initially
intended to make the policy apply.,,.’
only to the gay and lesbian club that
students at Hoover High School had asked
to form, but decided to make the policy
apply generally to any "’controversial"
dubs so it wouldn’t appear to be discriminatory.
Civil fights advocates were not
satisfied with the broader parental permission
requirement and argue that the
adopted policy simply covers up the original
intention of the board to make it nearly
impossible for gay and lesbian students to
join the proposed club. Marc Elovitz, s taff
attorney for the ACLU’s Lesbian mad Gay
Rights Project, said the policy "’was a
thinly-veiled attempt ,:o silence gay
youths." "’Rather than making it more
difficult for iesbi,an and gay teenagers to
come out. the school board should be
meeting to discuss ways to create a friendlier
environment for gay youths," Elovitz
said.
School Board Facing Backlash
ROCKVILLE, Md. - The Montgomery
County (Md.) school board’s decision to
include sexual~_orientation in its list of
an~i-bias~prOtections passed by a 6-0 vote
on Mar. 25, but it has also sparked a threat
by an ad-hoc group of Hispanic parents to
remove their children from the district’s
p’~blic sctiools: Som~’400 pa~eh~s qUidld~,
formed the ’Hispanic Paren~ of M~mgomery
Coamty in an effort to convince
the trustees to change their minds about
ELVI
Seen to
with the umversiw’s, own anti-bias poll
~ ,:;ies. The }ssue of ROTC at colle2es and
~mversiues tth~oughout the conntrv has
t:.cen more or less on the back buruer fin
the past few years, following President
(i!inton’s initial promise to end the ban.
But with the so-called "don’t ask, don’t
tell" policy increasingly seen by manv
rights activists as no improvement over
the previous policy, ROTC programs are
again coming under fire.~
MIT Not Im pressed With-ROTC
CAMBRIDGE. M~ss: ’- ~’At the M’assachusetts
Institute of Technology, the final
report presented of a speciMtask force
study group on Reserve Office Training
:i ~ Cbi~s uifit~ ai ~e!s’d~601~t with a Chilly
: reception byMIT faculty Wh6 in April
¯ will decide what to do about the
¯ reawakened controversy. Several faculty
the newly adopted policy. Many of the ~ leaders complained thal the report was
tittle more than a compromise that resolved
nothing, while others said the report
recommendations, if adopted, would
themselves amount to a violation of M1T’s
anti-bias protections.
parents expressed concerns the new policy
would actually lead to homosexual activities
in the schools and expose their children
to HIV. But so far school officials are
not backing away from the policy, which
is simply a parallel to one already on the
books for the entire county, and Paul
Vance, the county’s superintendent of
schools, said the new policy doesn’t "promote,
encourage or approve of sexual
activity of any kind."
setting up or keeping an ROTC unit at the
school, or preventing any student from
enrolling in an ROTC program.
Univ. of Penn. Drops ROTC
PHILADELPHIA - Univ. of Penn. Provost
Stanley Chodorow has announced
that the school is dropping its Armv and"
Naval Reserve Officer Training ~orps
programs on campus because of the Defense
Department" s continued ban against
Gavs and Lesbians in the I’.S. military
The decision ends a 5-year conflict between
the military and the school over the
anti-gay protfibit]on, wtuch is in conflict
LYN
Philbrook
Representatives was amended without
notice or hearings to protfibit same-sex
marriages and passed by a4-to- 1 margin.
By a 16-3 vote. the Alaska state Senate
has also approved a bill that would restrict
man’iage in the state to male-female.
The Central Conference of American
Rabbis, representing rabbis in the Reform
movement, has voted to support the fight
of gays and lesbians to civil marriages in
the U.S. The resolution, which cites "’our
Jewish commitment to the fundamental
pnnciple that we are all created in the
divine image," endorses "’the fight of gay
and lesbian couples to share fullx and
equally in the fights of civil marriage,"
and opposes "’govermnental efforts to ban
gay and lesbian marriage."
Don Thornton F~rd, 83~-7.101
{f you take an honest look ai ga
lesbian attitudes towardsgcndet-bending
queers in the commuiuty youwill find a
good deal of resentment. The drag queens,
the fem-fairy boys, the bulld~’kes are routinelv
scorned (just take a look at
queer personals ad). Gays mad, Dzsbians
also are at great pmns to accept bisexuals.
who "fide the fence," unable to linut their
partners,.to asingle gender. And transies?
-:;" T~hh~eyy.’l’rl eaklwiddaiyn,sg’r, ethaelmlys"elbv~es,wtohoat,ebveecrausesxe
they were born & nothing more.
It’~s this disregard for gender isshes that
worries me the most. As queers we-all
experience gender-based discrimination
Yet, for all the similarities we share, there
is a great deal of ignorance and apath3
about the differences, & that’s dangerous.
I’m talking about the kind of ~gnorance
that separates transpersons from the res~
of the crowd, threatens us, distorts us, and
claims our accomplishments and experiences.
It’s about reading the "Crying
Game" as a gay flick rather than a film
about a transgendered person. It’s abou!
claiming Joan of.Arc solely as an histonc
Lesbian, not a transgend~r pioneer. It’s
about the Murder of Mr. Brandon Teena
and his girlfriend, for being "’lesbians,"
reducing Teena’s life and commitment to
living as a man. to a "lesbian’s" pathetic
attempt to "’pass" for a straight matt.
Well. I’m here to try and shed a little
light on the differences and similarities
among the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and
trans colnmunities. M\ (trans)mission
clear. I have to let you "know I’m here. And
I’m listening .... Are you? - June Polk
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Attacks Drop Slightly significant increases included: " thestateSupremeCourthasagain . serviccsifhersexualorientation of energy for the day, mid you
but More Violent
SAN FRANCISCO - Attacks
against gays and lesbians in 11
of the country’s larger cities
decreased slightly overall last
year according to a report
compiled by the National
Coalition of Anti-Violence
Programs. But while some cities
showeddramatic declines in antigay
violence, ,an equal number
0fcities she.wed equally dramatic
increases m attacks aimed at
lesbians and gay men, according
to the report’s statistics.
More disturbing, anti-violence
activists say, even with the small
overall decline in attacks, the
offenses themselves are
becoming increamngly more
savage. Even though the total
number of all incidents reported
in the 11 cities dropped to 2212
las! year from the 1994 total of
240 [, about a quarter of those
incidents were assaults mid more
than a third of all the victilns of
these attacks suffered serious
iujnrics or died as a result of the
attacks
in Portland. Ore.. reported
anu-gay incidents dropped 56
percent last 3"ear frotn 106 in
1994 to just 47 in 1995 - the
largest decrease logged
nauonal report. Clficago wasn’t
much behind and showed a
decrease of 53 percent last year
with reported incidents falling
Item 177 to 83. Boston and Los
:\ngeles both showed comparable
decreases ~n reported
attacks last year (26 percent and
23 percent respectively). Most
of these decreases were offset by
cities that reported dramatl~
increases in anti-gay attacks. E1
P.aso. Texas. reported the largest
nsc with a42 percent increase in
mm-ga3 attacks, ajump from 92
incidents in 1994to 131 last year.
Other cities that showed
Phoenix, a 22 % increase;
Columbus, Ohio, with a 21%
rise in reported incidents; and
Minneapolis/St. Paul, up by 15
% last year.
Hate Crimes Data
Measure Before Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Senate has begun its first round
of hearings on reauthorizing the
federal Hate Crimes Statistics
Act, the 1990 le~slation that
requires the Justice Department
to compile and analyze hatebased
crimes, including an tigay
attacks. Activists have
expressed some concerns the
measure may have more trouble
in Congress than it did 6 )’ears
ago because of the increasingly
conservative make-up of both
houses.
Anti-Violence March at
Kentucky School
MOREH~D, Ky. -Nearly 200
students, faculty and staff
members marched through the
Morehead State Umverszty
campus ~n a "Take Back the
Night" campaign aimed atraising
awareness of anti-gay and -
lesbian violence at the school.
The march, the first of its kind at
the school, was sparked by the
Feb. 5 attack of Carrie O’Cohnor,
a lesbian enrolled at MSU.
According to MSU campus
police, 3 masked men grabbed
O’Connor as she was walking
back to her dormitory and
repeated ly punched and ~.icked
her. Officials say they still have
no suspects in that attack, but it
was reported to state police as an
anti-gay hate crime - the first
such official report filed by the
school.
Georgia Sodomy Law
ATLANTA-In a legal challenge
to Georgia’s anti-sodomy law
- broughtby L. Chris Chrisuansen,
ruled that the statute does not
violate the Georgia constitution’s
privacy protections. Instead, the
court ruling says the law furthers
"’the moral welfare of the public."
Christiansen was convicted on
misdemeanor charges of
violating the sodomy law after
he propositioned an undercover
sheriff’s deputy.
Montana’s Sodomy Law
HELENA, Mont. - Montana
Attorney General Joe Mazurek
has appealed a state court ruling
that declared the state’s anti-gay
sodomy law unconstitutional as
a violation of privacy. The case
automatically goes.to the ~state
supreme court. Mazurek" s office
said he had decided to appeal the
Feb. 16 ruling because courts,
especially lower courts, should
be Vex3, cautious about striking
down laws made by the state
legislature. Gay rights activists
in Montana said they weren’t
surprised by the appeal and
expected the case to go before
the state supreme court.
Lesbian Tells Parliament
of Rape in Royal Navy
LONDON" - Parliament heard a
stunning admission from Karen
Greig, who described to a select
conmaittee on the armed forces
how she was raped by a male
sailor she served with in the
Royal Navy who threatened to
reveal her lesbianism to naval
officers ifshe protested. Greig,
33, said she arranged to be
transferred to a naval station in
Scotland to escape the man’s
sexual attacks, but that he later
tracked her down and raped her
with another male sailor. She
told the select committee
members that she had not
reported the attacks for years
because she was worried she
would be discharged from the
¯ crone to light. Greig said tlmt
¯ wheu she finally reported die
¯
attacks, a superior officer
¯ suggested that perhaps the reason
she wasu’t dealing with the
¯ situation very ~vell ~vas"because
¯ you’re a lcsrian." She ",also said
¯
~hat as soon as she reported the
¯
attacks she was se nt to a
¯ psyclfiatric hospital for 3 days
¯ and that the mcu she says raped
¯ her were uever puuished.
¯ Brit Defense Minister
¯ Vows to Keep Ban
¯ LONDON - Nicholas Soames,
Britain’s defense minister, told
Parli,’uneut during a question-
" m~swer period that 309 service
¯
members had been discharged
¯ between 1990and 1994because
they were homosexual. Somnes
¯
was answering questions about
¯ a miuistry report that showed
¯¯ members of the uation’s armed
forces are strongly opposed to
¯
ending the ban on gay midlesbian
¯ soldiers, sailors ~md marines.
So,’unes said lie was p~epared to
¯ "’fight every inch of the way:" to
¯ keep the anti-gay ban in place. ¯ Golf Champ Comes Out
¯
NEW YORK- Muffin Spencer-
" Devlin, an 18-yearveteranofthe
LPGA Tour, has told Sports
Illustrated in an exclusive
¯ interview that she is a lesbian.
¯ "Confiug outis like an incredibly
huge ~veight being lifted from
my shoulders," Spencer-Devlin
told the magazine. "’No more
¯ living iu the shadows. No more
lies.’" The 42-year-old pro golfer
has won 3 tournament titles mad
¯ last year had 3 fiuishes in the
¯ top-10, winning more than
$100,000 from tournament play.
"I truly believe that keeping a
secret is an energy-consurmng
¯ act," Speficer-Devlin says in the
iuterview. "If every day when
¯
you wake up you have 100 units
have secrets, they nfight take up
10 milts of that energy. After a
time you ufightnot even be aware
of it anymore, but you have that
much less cuergy to apply in
your life. And that’ suuliealthy."
Vickie Fergon, LPGA president,
mid Jim Ritts, the conunissioner,
both told Sports Illustrated they
support Spencer-Devlin’s
decision to come out. "’I applaud
Muffin," Said Fergon. ’Tm not
saying every player will be
thrilled about it, but we’re a
family and we respect each
other." Ritts is quoted as saying,
"I know there are still individuals
who have problems with diversity,
but we’ve come so far as a
society that I don’t see this as a
topic that really moves people."
Gay Clubs in Russia
ST. PEI’ERSBURG, Russia -
The Tchaikovsky Fuud, one of
the few gay rights organizations
in Russia, has brokennew ground
with the opeuing late last year of
a new club, know as "’Victor i
Ya" ("Victor and I"), in the
former czarist .capital. Yuri
Yereyev, who heads the
Tchaikovsky Fun& said the club
offers not only social facilities,
like a cafe mid place where people
can dance, but also will be
holding seminars to educate the
Russian people about gays and
lesbians. Another major feature
of the club, Yereyev says, is an
extensive AIDS education and
prevention prograni. The club
hands out free HIV literature as
well as condoms, both of Milch
are in short supply in Russia.
Yereyev also said another barrier
was broken in February when a
lesbian club, "Safe" ("Sappho")
officially opened in St.
Petersburg as well, not far from
the "Victor i Ya."
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Canadian human rights commissioner
has sharply criticized
the Liberal government of Prime
MinisterJean Chretienin a report
for not protecting the rights of
gays. In a parting shot, after 9
years heading the commission,
Max Yalden said the failure to
bar discrimination based on
sexual orientation in the country
is "little better than acquiescence
in intolerance." Yalden’ s annual
reportcalledit"afailureinmoral
logic and a near-public
repudiatioff’ of the rightsoflawabiding
citizens mad sl~mmed
the Chretien government for
failing to amend the Canadian
Human Rights Act during the
past 2 years it has been in power
despite promises to extend full
civil rights to Canadian gays and
lesbians. The report generated
an immediate political storm in
the country and Chretien told
Parliament the government had
already enacted legislation
increasing legal penalties for
anti-gay attacks and other hate
crimes. He also promised that a
bill anending the federal human
rights laws "will be presented
before this House before we
move to an election." But Allan
Rock, thejustice minister, said it
would be "politically difficult"
to enact such an anendment
before the election because of
disagreements within the Liberal
Party. Liberal MP Grit Dan
McTeague of Ontario called
Yalden a "nut bar," and sever al
Conservative and Reform Party
members also attacked the
proposal to include gays and
lesbians under federal human
rights protections.
Canadian Commons
Gives Partners Benefits
OTFAWA - .Canada’s highlysecretive
Commons Board of
Internal Economy, which
oversees internal spending for
the House of Commons itself,
has approved limited benefits for
same-sex partners of Commons
¯
employees. The board agreed to
extend bereavement and familyrelated
leave to the same-sex
partners of Commons employees.
The decision followed a
move by the country’s Treasury
¯
Board last year to extend the
¯ same benefits to same-sex
¯ partners of employees in all fe
¯
deral government departments.
¯ That measure followed a court
¯ ro!ing that. same-sex, partners
h’a~,E a righi :to ihose benefits. ¯
Gay Retires from Navy
¯
SAN DIEGO, Calif, - In ,an
¯ exclusive interview in the Gay +
Lesbian Times, Keith Meinhold,
the openly gay sailor who
¯ successfully battled with the
¯ Na~vy’s attempt to discharge him
¯ after he came out on a national
¯¯ TV news broadcast, announced
he is retiring from the military.
Meinhold, 33, w,as stationed at
the Moffett Field Naval Air Sta-
¯ tion where he was a well-liked
: sonar instructor when he told
: Ted Koppel of ABC News in
¯ 1992 that he was gay. After he
fought discharge attempts for 2
¯ years, the 9th Circuit Court of
¯ Appe~.s finally ordered the Navy
not to discharge the 15-year
veteran.
1st Annual Pride
¯ Paradein CapeTown
¯ CAPE TOWN, South Africa -
An estimated 1,000 gays and
¯
lesbians turned out Saturday
night, March 24, to march in the
¯ first annual Gay & Lesbian
Festival parade. Two lone and-.
gay protesters showed up along
: the parade route, holding si~s
with biblical quotations
¯
denouncing sodomy, but they
¯ were hardly noticed among the
thousands who lined the streets
to watch the landmark event.
San Francisco Library’s
Gay & Lesbian Wing
SAN FRANCISCO - A new
wing ofthe yet-to-be opened San
Francisco Main Library is being
called one of a kind. On March
23, hundreds of city officials,
community leaders and residents
gathered to preview the James
C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Cen-
: ter inside the newly constructed
library. The Hormel Center will
serve as a research center for gay
and lesbian literature, culture,
- hisidry hnd’ ~r:~search. The
research ~center is the first of its
kind in a public institution
anywhere in the country.
"It’s principal benefactor,
James Hormel, said the center
will change the way everyone -
gay and straight- looks athistory.
"’It is time for us to receive the
recognition we deserve and to
take our place as equal members
of the community at large,"
Anti-Bias Albany
ALBANY, N.Y. - Lawmakers
have adopted an anti-bias
ordinance prohibiting discrimination
in employment, housing
and public accommodations
based on race, religion, national
origin, sex, age, disability and
marital status, as well as sexual
orientation. The countywide
measure was approved 24-13.
Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings
has signed a measure setting up
a city domestic partners registration
that will allow unmarried
same-sex and opposite-sex
couples to register their
relationship with city hall. The
measure, approved by the city’s
commoncouncil earlier the same
week, extends no specific
benefits, but does extend official
recognition to the domestic
partnership.
Gay Cops Sue NYPD
NE\V YORK - The Gay
Officers’ Action League
(GOAL) has filed a lawsuit in
Federal District Court charging
that the New York Police Dept¯
denies the gay and lesbian police
officers orgamzation rights and
privileges that it routinely extend
s to other police fraternal groups.
Although GOAL is officially
recognized by the NYP1) as a
fratcr,nal o~ganization, the suit
charges that it has been refused
permission to set up displays at
police headquarters COlnmemorating
gay and lesbian cops, has
not beenallowed to use NYPD
vehicles ~n the city" s annual Gay
Pride Parade, and has been
denied permission to have the
force’s marching band participate
in the giant parade as well
The suit charges that Black, Irish
and Hispamc officers" fraternal
groups are routinely extended
such privileges while the
department continues to refuse
such requests by GOAL, which
has about 500 NYPD members.
NYPD officials declined to
coimnent on the lawsuit.
Notre.Dame’s Gay Org.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Responding
to recommendations by
an ad hoc Committee on Gay &
Lesbian Student Needs, Patricia
O’Hara, Notre Dame’s vice
president for student affairs, has
announced that the Catholic
aniversity will allow Notre Dame
Gay & Lesbian Students official
recognition at the school,
although it will be set up
differently from other student
groups on campus. The school
will not, however, recognize an
already existing gay and lesbian
group that it rejected last .’,ear.
According to O’Hara’s office,
NDGLS ~vill "stand in special
relationship to the Office of
Student Affairs (to) assist gay
and lesbian students in coufing
together to lind muttml support
and in exploring connnon issues
within the context of this
commumty and the teachmgs of
the Catholic Church." NI)GI ^S" s
advisors will also bc appointed
by O’ ttara, uulikc other stndcnl
groups on c~m~pns ~vhich sclccl
their own advi.sors. The
univcrsit~ will contlnnc.
however, to refuse to recognize
a~ unofficial student gronp, (]a\s
& Lesbians of Notre l)anc and
St. Mary’s College which ~vas
kicked off cmnpus last year even
though ~t continues to fraction
as a non-canpus orgali/21tlon
More Amer!eans
Approve of Gays
ATLANTA - Accordiug to a
CNN:’[’SA Today poll conducted
by the G~llnp organization,
44"% of those interviewed
said they thought homoscxualit.~
acceptable, a dranatic incrcasc
over a similar Gallup poll done
in 1982 which fom~d only 34%
said they thought being gay was
OK. This year’s poll also fotmd
that on13 27% said saint-sex
mamages should be legal, while
68% said gay and lesbian
maniages should not be legalized
in this country. Earlier polls had
not included questions abont
legalizing sane-sex marfiagcs.
Holocaust Museum’s
Gay & Lesbian Campaign
SAN FIL’-kNCISCO -A stellar
showing on the eve of a revival
production of Leonard Bemstein’s
"On theTown" here raised
some S150,000 for the [’.S.
Holocaust Memorial Muscum" s
Gay & Lesbian Canpaign. The
S 1,500-a-head event drew such
luminaries as conductor Michael
Tilson Thonms, librettists Betty
Comden and Adolph Grcf~{,
soprano Frederica yon Stadc,
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Poll: Teach Kids About AIDS
WASHINGTON - The Kaiser Family
Foundation hasjust released a major public
opinion survey that indicates the
overwhelming majority of Americans -
95% in fact - think public schools should
teach kids about HIV and AIDS, and that
nearly two-thirds think students should
start learning about the disease by the
time they are 12 years old. The survey also
found tl{at some 66% of the 1,500 adults
polled think IV drug users should be given
clean needles to help prevent the spread of
HIV and that some 70% think television
networks should air condom ads.
Mollyann Brodie, who conducted the
survey, said Americans are actually faidy
wall informed about the epidemic, but
also noted that there are still some .
significant misconceptions. About half
those surveyed said people can get HIV
by donating blood, which, they cannot.
About half those polled also said people
who become infected begin to show
symptoms within 5 3"ears, although it is
usually more than 5 years before s3anptoms
become apparent. About 18% also said
they believed there was "’some truth" in
the idea that the virus was originally
produced as part of a govethment germwarfare
expemnent, while 12% said they
thought-. AIDS was "’God’s punishinent’"
of homosexuals.
AIDS Rate High in U.S. Prisons
ATLANTA - According to a report iu
Baltimore Sun. the federal Ceuters for
Disease Control & Prevention reports that
~inmates in the country’s largest
correctional institutions are nearlv 6 times
as likely as the general populatio~ to have
AIDS. The paper reports that according to
the CDC, the U.S. prison population has
an infection rate of 5.2 cases per 1,000
prisoners, while the general U.S.
population has less than 1 case (0.9) case
per 1,000. CDCofficials said most inmates
are already infected with HIV when they.
enter the prison system, but that ,they also
spread the virus ~ough shared IX, n~edles
and sexual acti~;’~ties 0rice behind bars).....
Calif. Medical Assn. Drops HI~
Reporting Recommendation ~i!
ANAHEIM, Calif. ~ The, Chli.forn~
Medical Associatiort ~M~lhag-cl~angffd
its mind about a policy it adopted ouly last
who are treated by doctors with a great
deal of experience with the disease
generally live significantly longer than
those who go to physicians with less
experience treating AIDS. AIDS experts
agree that keeping up with current
treatment modes is difficult for health
care professionals who don’t regularly
treat AIDS patients.
Study:i!iFederal AIDS Funding
i~ !! n~ppro~iately’ Spent
~¥~IN~T.~~L Tens of millions of
dollars allr~’~d by Confess for AIDS
research ..... i.n 1994 was spent
"’inappr0priatdt~"’ - either on stndies that
have ~ittl~ rele...~’ance to the disease or on
adm~ist~tH~~ costs that are almost
impossible to pin down - according to a
vear~Lhat enOor.sed mandatory reporting .~ -~el~drt~o~ssion.,~~ by the \Vhite House
~f individual:s who test positive for H,I~’ io ~.. ~ffied~fA~S. Thdrepo~headed bv Dr.
local health: officials. In March 1995 the ? ~krnold Le¢~ne of Yale}’iJniversity," was
CMA adopted a resolution that called for put together by some 114 scientists,
the state legislature to enact measures that
would require health-care workers in
California to report anyone testang positive
for the virus "for the purpose of partner
notification and disease control:only."
Last year" s decision drew stron~ criticism
from AIDS activists and many health care
professionals. Now the CMA says it was
wrong and that the possibility of people at
high risk for infection not getting tested
out of fears they will be reported to health
authorities outweighs other tracking and
notification considerations. Some 24states
in the U.S. require reporting of people
infected with HIV
Better Doctors = Better Patients
BOSTON" - To the surprise of almost no
one. researchers from the University of
Washington report Ul the New England
Journal @.ledicine that people with AIDS
scholars, activists, conmaumty leaders and
drug industry officials. Thereport is critical
of the National Institutes of Health’s $1.3
billion budget, and says some of the money
was used administratively to help keep
the individual health ~nstitutes,,,under the
NIH umbrella going, and some was used
to cover basic research that was related to
fighting AIDS. While the report focuses
on the 1994 budget, the most recent
available, many AIDS activists agree that
it reflects tren~ls that have been ongoing
for years. Derek Link of the Manhattanbased
Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the
nation’s largest AIDS advocacy group,
said he believes that funds for .-’kIDS
research, which have steadily increased
since the epidemic began, h~ve become
"the NCI’s cash cow. ....There’s all this
money that i s completely untracked3 smd
Link, who authored a little-noticed report
last year that was also highly critical of
federal AIDS research spending. The
report says, among other things, that the
accounting methods nsed by federal health
agencies connected to NIH are vague and
archaic, making it difficult or impossible
to also tell precisely what funds are actually
being spent on. "The different [committee]
panels and the working group were
unanimous that the NCI [National Cancer
Institute], and other institutes as well ...
presently support research classified as
AIDS-related that is not appropriately
classified This problem potentially
an~ounts to a very large level of funding,"
the report says.
Nat’l AIDS Update Conference
SAN FRANCISCO - The 8th annual
National AIDS Update Conference, the
largest in the country, opened with a
warmng by Republican AIDS activist
Mary Fisher that HMO-type managed care
is consigning millions of people infected
with HIV "to the least possible care, at the
least possible cost." Fisher electrified the
nation during a speech at the 1990 Republican
convention in Houston about how
she contracted the virus from her former
husband. "I ampampered bymyinsurance
company because I made a 13-minute
speech to a bunch of politicians in
Houston," Fisher told the opening session
here. "But there are nearly a million ofmy
brothers and sisters who are not so
pampered, who are consigned to the least
possible care, at the least possible cost."
HMOs and similar managed health-care
facilities that have swept the country in
the past decade have become "a fact of
life," Fisher and others agreed, and are
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one reasonable way of trying to address a
health-care system that "has gotten
financially outbf control." But Fisher and
others urged activists and public policy
officials to find ways to work with
managed-care facilities in responding to
treating people with HW and ,AIDS.
Others addres sing the conference include
Dr. Sandra Hernandez, director of the San
Francisco Health Department: Patsy
Fleming, director of the White House
Office of National AIDS Policy, and
researcher Dr. Max Essex. chmrman of
the Harvard AIDS Institute.
D~g Distribution Comroversy
LOS ANGELES - A battle is erupting
ove_r the distribntion of Crixlvan, the
protease ialtibitor deve!oped by Merck &
Co. ihat nlmlx consider the n:ost promising
therapy’ in fighdng tim infection to date.
Because large-scale production of the drag
isnh expected to get going nnti! late this
year. Merck says it decided to distribute
~rixivan exciusiveix through the
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based mail-order
Stadtlm~der’s Pharmac~ Merck says n
?bled for the initiai single-source
4isvibvt~.o;7 because the d~m must bc
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supplier. Ed Bubar, who runs FAdie’s
Pharmacy in West Hollywood and a
staunch opponen! of Merck’s decision,
called the move "’totally unfair" to
independent pharmacists in the country.
"’Everybody wants to get their hands on
tiffs drug,"’ he said. "If between now mad
October half of nay patients are slfifted to
mail-order for Crixivan, I can end tip
losing half of my patient base." Merck
says that when supplies of the dm~o increase
it will broaden its distribution to include
independent m~d chain pharmacies as well.
SOt. Perry Watkins Dies
TACOMA, Wash. - Sgt. Perry’ Watkins,
who entered the U.S. Army as an openly
gay mm: and remained despite tfi s sexual
onemauon, has died of AIDS. Wmkins
was 47. I :nlike other gay service members.
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y and was enrolled in the Ann,,
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homosexuals did the Army begin
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[] Gay & Lesbian Cinema :
¯¯ Friday, April 19
[] ¯
[]~ Gav & Lesbian History [][]
[] The Homosexuals. 7 pm
[] Before Stonewalh The Making of a Gay and
¯ Lesbian Comtnunirv, 8pm ¯
¯ Last Call at Maud’s, 9:30 pm []
¯ Saturday,., April 20
[] American Gay & Lesbian Experience ¯"
¯ [] [] Postcards From America, lpm
¯ A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts, 2:30pm ¯
¯ Homoteens, 3pm ,
¯ The Blankpoint: What is Transexualism, 4pm
¯ ¯ ¯ Break for Dinner ¯
¯ Super 8 112, 7pm ¯
¯ ¯ ¯ Sunday, April 21 .
-" Gay & Lesbian International Film -"
¯
Wild Reeds, lpm ¯
¯ ¯
¯ Khltsh, 3pm
¯" El Diputado, 3:30pm
¯ Break for Dinner "
¯ ¯ ¯ Boys Shorts: The New Queer Cinema, 7pm ¯
¯ Urinal, 9pm ¯
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¯ Screenings are free and in Lorton Hall//207 (enter from 8th & ¯ Evanston. Lorton faces the Oval & is north of Twin Towers Dorm) ¯
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Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma. Both
OKC and Tulsa members of the Task
Force felt the ne2xl to provide services to
PLWA’s, such as hospital visits, memorial
services and education.
Out of this, grew IAM which incorporated
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¯ that ruling, DUPC and Westminister, 2 ¯
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¯ Gay persons) congregations, set up the
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John Weller for their incredible performances
in the production I "directed" -
HIVariations, consisting of Cater Waiter
& Andre’s Mother. Special thanks to
Vivica, & the rest of the cast - your suggestions
& insights were extremely helpful
& appreciated. I am very proud of
them. They performed perfectly, & the
technical aspects of the show went off
without a hitch - there wasn’t a dry eye in
the house when they were done. Thank
you for the many hours ofwork youall put
in, & for putting up with a sometimes
temperamental director. Special thanks to
Aaron Mooney, who worked the lights
with almost no preparation, no rehearsal,
& did a stellar job. A special thanks to
Professor Cook, for his belief in this
project, & his conviction that everyone
should have a voice in theatre.
I hope you’ll support the 2nd Annual
World Cinema Festival of Gay" & Lesbian
Cinema at the TU, which occurs Friday,
April 19 - Sunday, April 21. All films will
be screened in Lorton Hall, room #207, on
the TU campus. For the complete schedule
see the ad on page 9. See you there?
Onthe local front, BA Cornn{lmi’(~Playhouse
was named "Oklahoma Theatre of
the Year" by the OK Community Theatre
Association. According to Don Tabberer,
"For a community theatre, this is equivalent
to receiving the Best Picture Oscar; it
is very gratifying to be recognized for the
work we do here.’" BACPalso received an
award for "’Excellence in Marketing".
Congratulations, BACP! Their production
of "’The Cemeterx: Club", a story
about friendship, loss, healiug & facing
life with humor, opens April 26.
$ondheim’s "Company" opens June 14.
BACPis also looking for directors for the
upcoming season. For more info., call the
BACP at 258-0077.
Elvis is alive, &will probably be incognito
at the Philbrook. The Philbrook Museum
of Art will play host to a traveling
exhibit, "Elvis + Marilyn: 2x Immortal".
The exhibit examines Presley’s &
Monroe’s enduring effect on American
culture, & will be showing April 14- June
2, 1996. Keith Haring is one oftbe artists
featured. A special event on April 28 at 2
& 4 pm, will be a concert given by J.D.
Sumner & the Stamps Quartet, who performed
regularly with Elvis during the
height of his success. Tickets for the concert
are $15, & include admission to the
exhibit. Tix are available at the museum,
or call 748-5307. see Play, page 15
Rainbow cont’dfromp. 11
tain state, particularly inColorado Springs.
Colorado Springs’ loss is our gain. The
Emerald Rainbow has always been a tremendous
resource for g/l/b/tg folk, and
the beat goes on. The place has a little
different look, new & different siddines,
and most of the familiar remains as wall.
Come and see for yourself. You can
meet M.C. &Linda, maybe swap or create
some God stories of your own. You might
pick up some incense, buy a Rainbow
flag, some Freedom Rings, a gay or lesbian
novel, ~nake a statement with a button
or bumper sticker, mid you will deftnitely
enjoy your time in the place we call
paradise - Enreka Springs.
(NOTE: The Fanerald Rainbow can be
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visit their home page on the WorldWide
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Linda Williams and M.C
Delahanty are not unlike many
visitors to pass this way. They
read that Eureka Springs hoots-a
large lesbigay population in a
guide about great gay places to
: live,~and tiring of thebigotryand
: ~hatred-erRlemi&in
Springs, they decided tO ch~ckI
us out.....hehe.
The now proud owners ofThe
Emerald Rainbow (45-1/2
Spring Street in Eureka Springs,
501-253-5445) left Colorado on
a whim in early Febnmry. They
had plane reservations and were
planning to vacation here in
March, but they decided to get a
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theirjobs at casinos in the Cripple
¯ Creek resort area. So sure were
they that this was a quick trip,
just to give us the once over, that
the couple of five years did not
bother to bring their checkbook
along for the ride.. - ..
trieve parts of herself from along
some highway in Oklahoma. Jan
& Kim Ridenour, the founders,
and now former owners of The
Emerald Rainbow, referred to
this particular event as just an-
Other good laugh at the Angel
Bar, where some macho dyke
angel said, "Hey look, we need a
couplemore in Eureka Springs,"
In less than half a day;.~M.C..&~: ]....then, with a swift puff of air into
warmth, and humor to their new
venture, and the place didn’ t skip
a beat. By the nme we go to
press, their Grand Opemng will
be past, and the official passing
of the torch will be a memory.
These ladies are ready to settle in
for the long haul.
This move was fraught with
ironies for Linda & M.C. They
only lived in Colorado for three
Linda.~ contraeted~ to::pufeh’a!se’; .::;:hef~.blow gun, she landed the".; ye,hrsTThree years exactly to the
their n~w~bfisiri~s~ an@le~e ~an~,:~" d~d,dub right on’target: ¯
apartments- all without benefit-::: All joking aside, this has been
ofaLnythingothertharithemagic : quiteaseries0feventstowimess. .. money machine at alo,..~cal_~bank. .- Like most folks in our little
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downrightdangerous place: r0 ! arrund town. One I have filways
visitifyouhavenotalreadygiven : enjoyed is the-one I don when
thought to an abbot move. We..... work-in,g, part-time at The
have several- names,’~,l~or,~tli~se F Eme-rald~Rai.nbow. I feel like I
kinds of occurrences ~n Eureka ; get pMd to play, and that role
Springs. At MCC of the Living : continues forme as l get to know
Spring, we called it another God the new Emerald Rainbow
Story. Linda& M.C. consistentl~ : "morns."
refer to It as a whirlwind, and
each feels like she needs to reday.
Both are nanve to the Baltimore,
MD area. Though they
moved toColorado Springs m
the aftermathof the Amendment
Two vote. th’e~; initially felt good
about that mo~’e. They wanted a
sabbatical from-the hustle and
bustle of life-in th~ big city, ,’rod
they weren:~t rs~ly,prepared lbr
the overt:nile that ~vangelicals
exert in the-once liberal uloullshe
Rombow. page 10
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In Eureka Springs, Arl~nsas
M.C. & Linda are delightful
people. They bring enthusiasm,
Craftsman-style cottages with beautiful .views
of the woods and wildlife -.Tucked on top of the
Ozark Mountains, just a few minutes .walk to the
Historic Village ofEureka Springs.
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Thurs. May 2nd, Silence With A Voice
Gay & Lesbian Art Exhibit 5-10 PM, Dinner Will Be Served 6-10 PM
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Politics & Power of Lesbian Women. Soap & Vick Events.
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We welcome you to attend!
Services held
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Different fund families have different
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This is achieved with purposeful weighting
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With asset allocation, you mix both
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READ ALL ABOUT IT
Reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City/County Public Library
. Twenty-six years after Stonewall and
s~xteen years into the AIDS crisis, gay
men are just now starting to figure out
how tomakelong-term relationships work,
and, more importantly, why they are significant.
Author Craig Nelson takes us on
a stage by sta’ge journey ~b0ut how to get,
and keep, a man.
In eleven readable and entertaining
chapters, Nelson explores "Modem Love,"
"Where to Meet Men,"
"Date Tips for Guys"
and "Keeping it Together,"
among other
topics. Since some guys
seem to find romantic
success via personal
ads and dating services,
Nelson supplies lists of
questions that help both
you and )’our potential
mate understand who
you are and what you
want. Also, under’standing that a very
small percentage of people are extremelY,
physically attractive, Nelson reminds th~
reader to loosen up, don’t beat up on
yourself, or a potential mate, for not looking
like Rod Jacksou-Paris. There is much
more to life & relationships than just
ha~.mg a pretty face.
Nelson cites many factors that combine
to sabotage long-term relationships, in-
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cluding poor self esteem, intemalized
¯ homophobia, lack of fidelity and the idea
that the other guy is just plain nuts! The
¯ bottomline seems to be lack of communication.
Everyone has quirks, so dream on
¯ if you’re looking only for Mr. Perfect, or
¯ if you think that you are Mr. Perfect! All
¯ .relationships are based on communicat-
¯ mg needs and desires.
¯ " ’There is an interesting chapter, "Fidel-
; ity, What’s Fidelity?," dealing with the
apparent difficulties that many gay men
¯ have being faithful to their partner. AIDS
many factors...sabotage
long-term relationships...
poor self-esteem,
internalized homophobia,
lack of fidelity and
the idea that the other
guy is just plain nuts[
is the obvious reason
that this may be the
most important chapter
in the book. It’s time
gay men realize that the
1970s are long gone,
and now is the time to
create a new standard
for gay relationships.
After spending the
entxre first ten chapters
trying to get couples
together for the long
haul, Nelson’s final chapter is titled "When
It Falls Apart." Some relationships are
simply not going to work and this chapter
g~ves advice on making a breakup as
painless as possible. If there was ever a
time for a book like this, this is it!
Please contact your local branch library,
or call the Readers Services department
at the Centr,’d Library at 596-7966,
for dfis book & others on si]nilar subjects.
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Polo Grill: cutewaiters
decent food
by Jean-Pierre, TFN Food Critic
Sometimes one has to consider the artistic
aspects of fine dining from a more
hedonistic aspect, somewhat removed
from a strict analysis of the preparation
and presentation of the food itself. There
are restaurants which decorate with fine
art or with collections of sports memorabilia,
but one Tulsa establishment decorates
with its wait staff.
The Polo Grill, hidden away on the far
east side of Utica Square but still a long
time and well-known favorite of Tulsa’s
social elite, has by far the most gorgeous
and handsome waiters ofany restaurant in
town. In fact, at least three of the waiters
are positively stunning (and they know
it!) and could grace the pages of most any
catalog or print ad. Unfortunately, we
don’t have first hand information on
whether or not they would qualify for
International Male. And, believe it or not,
these attractive waiters are very capable at
doing their jobs.
If one is able to get one’s mind back on
the menu, one will find a good variety of
tasty, well prepared items at this popular
restaurant. The decor here is very clubby,
including a welcoming fireplace near the
bar, and the menu reflects a man’s tastes
by the emphasis on heartier entrees and
the lack of trendy items. Our major complaint
with the establishment is that the
smoking and non-smoking sections are
not fully separated, and on a busy night,
no area of the restaurant is trul y free from
obnoxious mid unhealthy smoke.
The food here is basic; straight forward
,and no-nonsense in preparation, .you can
dine on haute cuisine entrees or the ever
popular $7 Polo burger.
Appetizers include fried calamari
(squid), shrimp cocktail, some tasty crab
cakes, escargot (snails) served in mushroom
caps, a tomato vegetable soup, and
an assortment of soups dujour.
Several big entree salads, such as a
traditional Cobb, appear on the menu, and
the dressings include an excellent fruit
flavored poppyseed vinaigrette, one of
our favorites. Caesar salads, both with
Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square.
Prices: expensive. Service: formal,
bistro atmosphere.
Hours: 11-10 pro; ’tll 11 pm on
Fri. & Sat.; closed Sun. Payment:
Visa, ]~laster-card,
American Express, Diner’s
Club, Carte Blanche; no
eheel~s. Non-smol~n~ seeGon:
Yes. Alcohol: Full bar.
Opinion: A List.
and without grilled chicken or shrimp, are
also popular items.
Main courses include beef, veal, lamb,
duck, chicken, shrimp, and fish, with prices
ranging from S 14.95 for the roast split of
duckling to S 19.95 for grilled lamb chops
to S22.95 or so for the fresh fish of the day.
Steaks are popular with the sometimes
older crowd, and the tenderloin fillet costs
S16.95 for the six ounce and S18.95 for
the eight ounce size, with the strip sirloin
going for S 18.95
We ate the excellent veal osso bucco
and our companion ordered the fish of the
" day, which was a baked halibut served in
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¯ a champagne cream sauce. The halibut
¯ was very fresh with no hint of fishy taste,
and the sauce was a light and pleasant
¯
accompaniment. The halibut was pre-
¯¯ sented along side angel hair pasta, which
we thought was cooked a touch beyond al
~ dente. Our osso bucco was delicious and
¯ fork tender. A traditional Italian stewing ¯
of the veal leg served with cross sections
¯ of bone and attached meat, osso bucco is
¯ beloved not so much for the meat, but for ¯
the wonderful marrow inside the bone.
¯ Therefore, we were shocked and appalled
: when our osso bucco was presented, not
¯ with a marrow scoop, but with a totally
useless seafood fork! We hate to admit it
in public, but we were forced to extract the
marrow witha...butter spreader. Mon dieu.t
Desserts are substantial._ The creme
brulee and Key lime pie, both $3.50, are
typical of Tulsa restaurants. Even better
are the baked fudge and the cinnamon
raisin, bread pudding, both $3.95. On the
evemng we dined, a Grand Marnier
souffle, $4.95, was apleasant finale to our
meal. While the souffle was not quite as
tender as what we make at home, we could
hardly complain in view of the very reasonable
price of this often-difficult dessert.
After dinner coffees, demitasse, and
drinks are available from the full bar.
A fairly small wine list contains both
nice drink’able wines and a few embarrassing
selections that are so sadly all too
popular in Tulsa. Several of the better
wines are available by the glass.
The Polo Grill has always been one of
the consistently go~d restaurants in Tulsa.
Formal and gourmet it is not, bnt management
and the kitchen are very ~vell
grounded in their concept of ident’itv and
do a fantastic job of serving their ~iclle
with well trained staff and excellent food.
Marilyn Monroe,.at Philbrook’s l~vis +
Marilyn: 2 x Immortal,photo: Sam Shaw
by James Christjohn
The University of Tulsa’s Weekend of
One .Acts has come & gone. Many ontstanding
productions were perfonncd, &
almost everyone in the directing class is
now dealin~ with a great deal of strcss
reduction. However, there are three productions
upcoming. Diaries, writtcn by
TU students about college life from a gay
perspective, will go up 4.: 29, at 7pro in
Theatre 2 in Kendall Hall. On 4 30, at
7pro, Laundry & Bourbon & The lx,sson
(directed by Vivica \Valkenbach) will bc
performed in Theatre 2. Lisa \Vilson’s
version of Bus Stop opens 4 24.
I would like to take tiffs opportunity to
express my th,’ulks to Michael Kippcr,
Karin Sandmel, Vivica \Valcbeubach, &
see Play, page lO
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The fabulous T-Town Dreamers. Photos: JD Jamett
OUT & ABOUT
by, J.D. Jame~t " " - int~rest ~,s known as a great neighborhood
It’s spring and boy, are there a lot of bar (or two bars) - that’s right, New Age
Atthe Silver Star, Fallon Scott
new Miss Gay South USofA
tlfings to do out and about. This next
month holds a broad spectrum of events
from a turn-about show at the Silver
Star (April 19), followed by the 4th annual
Miss Silver Star Pageant
(April 21). You’ll be sorry if you missed
Robbie Walker’s 2rid am~tm] Birthday
Show wtfich was April. 7th at Concessions.
Don’t nfiss the Miss Gay C)klahoma
America Pagent (April 20) at the
Peffornfing Arts Center or the Bear Bash
(April 27). Contact Steve or Dick at 918-
663-5372 for more
*larch came in like a lamb but went out
like a drag queen with bad hair and broken
heels (just-kidding). There was a lot of
excellent entertaimnent last month,
from .a spectacular arfiversarv show at
I~ola’s which featured a new°entertainment
group, The T-Town Dreamers, to
the first mmual Gay South USofA
pageant at the Sih’~r Star.
This month’s featured establishment of
Renegades and the Rainbow Room. These
bars offer a little bit for everyone, a from
a sit-down cruise bar to a show bar to a
nice big patio with fireplace.
This bar is trnly a familv affair. Dermis
and lfis other half. i~arry, not only are the
owners but regular bartenders. And who
could ever forget Derails’ sister, Veronica,
the v~vacious and light-hearted bartender
in the Rainbow Room? Some of their
~nonthly events are Leather Night (Ist
Friday of the month in the Rainbow
Roon~), Girls Nite Out (the date varies
each month but the date is always posted).
May will be a particularly busy month
for th’em starting with the Red Ribbon
Revue (May 4) which will benefit Our
House. followed by Miss Renegades ’96
(May 17), Girls Nit’e Outwith a wetjockey
shorts contest (May 18) mad ending with
one of the rites of spring, the GAYFEST
CARNIVAL & carwash featuring Dark
Shadows II, see JD, next page
Coming Soon! Don’t Miss It!
Special entertainers:
Amanda Love
Anita Richards
Helen Holliday
Scott Pendergrass, from Nashville
An event you won’t want to miss.
The most prestigious preliminary to
Miss..GaY OMahoma America
Tickets on sale at the P.A.C.or at most
Carson Attractions outlets. $5.00 ~er person or $6°00 per
couple= Phone orders ~y credit cards accepted.
Liddy D.oenges Theater - use the 2rid St. entrance 1~r
this event.‘ Don’t ~it~’t0 pur~h~se tickets; seating is
limiteci. Thanks to the P.A.C. ~’or helping to make ~his ever~t
one Tulsans of all walks of life will be proud of.
For more information, call: 918.428.5330
Portions of proceeds to benefit Shanti, Inc. & Our House
JD, continuedfrom page 14
also benefiting Our House (May 19).
PS, speaking of drag queens, to keep all the fabulous drag
divas of Tulsa happy (and so they stop pestering me about
getting their names mentioned in the column), I’m now
starting our Queen ofthe Month dub. This month’s winner is
Katherine - ’cause she begs so sweetly. Queen ofthe Month
dub rules Vary according to my whim, so be patient, sooner
or later, everyone wins.
Play, continuedfrom page 14
Gilcrease museum is offering an intriguing program during
this month called Art WithA Tart: No, I’m not making this
up; that’s the name of the event, honest! A speaker will give
a tour about bits of the Gilcrease collection, & the museum
restaurant makes up a box lunch comprised of a tart &a salad.
I don’t think they mean the tart serves the salad, it seems a
pastry tart is included in the lunch: Pity. Could have been
really amusing, don’tcha think?The tour is free; the tart costs
$5~00. Reservations? 596-2700: Tell ’em you saw it here!
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Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart
March 15 - April 14, 1996, Volume 3, Issue .1
Anti-Marriage ¯ Run for gourLives, Part2
Efforts Explode
Around States I|
GOP Presidential Primary and
Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge
DES MOINES - A number of anti-gay
organizations - Colorado for Family Values,
the Christian Coalition, the Eagle
Forum, the Traditional Values Coalition,
and others - drew several thousand fundamentalists
together under an umbrella
groupknownas the National Campaign to
Protect the Sanctity of Marriage, asking
all the Republican presidential primary
hopefuls to sign their pledge against samesex
marriages. Not surprisingly, three of
the most outspokenly anti-gay candidates
talk show host Alan Keyes, Patrick
Buchanan, and Texas Sen. Phil Gramm -
were on hand to sign the anti-gay pledge
that declares that "the State should not
legitimize homosexual relationships by
legalizing same-sex ’marriage’ but should
continue to reserve the special sanction of
civil marriagefor onemanand onewoman
as husband and wife." The other leading
GOP hopefuls - Senate majority lea’fl~r
Bob Dole of Kansas, former Tennessee
Gov. Lamar Alexander and multi-millionaire
publisher Steve Forbes - all said
they would sign the anti-mama,g.e pledge
as well, even though they didn t actually
show up at the event.
Hawaii Anti-Marriage Efforts
HONOLULU-In their ongoing efforts to
try to extricatethemselves from the politically
and. socially charged issue of sanlesex
mamages, the Hawaii state Senate’s
judiciary committee has rejected 2 bills
and accepted one. The committee nixed
by a 1-6 vote a proposal that would have
simply legalized same-sex marriages in
the state. By a 3-4 vote, the senators also
rejeetedaprol~s,al thatwonldhavebanned
same-sex marriage in Hawaii. The lawmakers
finally agreed by a 5-2 vote to
accept a proposed measure that would
institute a statewide domestic partnership,
a compromise proposal that a state
see Marriage, page 3
’Don’t Ask, Don’t
Tell’ Doesn’t Work
WASHINGTON-Ajust-issued reported
says the compromise policy reached by
the Clinton Administration with Congress
that was aimed at lessening bias against
gays and lesbiansin the U.S. armed forces
is being widely violated by the military.
Pentagon officialS, however, insist that
.the so-called"don’task, don’t tell" policy,
m effect now for two years, is working
properly. The report by the Washington,
D.C.-based group, Service Members Legal
Defense Network, charges there is a
continuing pattern of abuse by the armed
service that has rendered the
Administration’s policy toward gays and
lesbians in the military as bad, if not
worse, than its predecessor. The organization
says that despite the seemingly
more lenient approach, the nation’s military
has recently been expelling more
see Don’t ask, page 3
: Legislative Update
¯ OKC Gay Man Helps On Anti-
Gay Measure, More on Way
: Several OKC sources have accused an
: OKC Gay man of misrepresenting him-
, .self as a spokesperson of the entire state’s
¯ Gay communities in a behind-the-scenes
¯ deal with OK House Majority Leader
:i Loyd Benson. Benson, aDemocrat who’d
introduced an anti-Gay resolution, #1045,
¯ condemning teaching homosexuality as
¯ "natural" lifestyle, and adoption or foster
¯ care by Lesbians, Gays or Bisexuals sub-
" stituted a bill allegedly at the urging of
: Keith Smith who’s recently returned to
¯ Oklahoma after a several year absence
"- andwho’s newly hired" as an ad. represen-
¯ tative for OKC’s The Perspective.
¯ The "new" language remains anti-Gay,
¯ condemning more specifically the Nat’l ¯
Education Assoc. for its Gay-positive
~ stands & stating that "those who engage
¯ in same-sex marriages should not be per-
, mitted to adopt or provide foster care."
~ Several legislators, specifically Norman
¯ rep., Laura Boyd, who had promised to
¯" vote against #1045, stated that they only
¯ voted for this revised language because
: they thought these changes were autho-
: rized by "your representative". Both in
," OKC and particularly, in Tulsa, commu-
¯ nity leaders have raised concerns that
¯ individuals lobbying the Legislature
¯ should be clear that they represent only
themselves unless they h~ve actually spo’-
: ken with community~oups first. No of-
, ricer of Tiiis~iOklahomans for Human
¯ -Rights, Rainbow Business Guild or
¯ PFLAG appears to have been contacted.
¯ House resolution #1045 passed 97-1.
¯ Tulsarep. Don Ross cast the only no vote.
¯ Members of several Tulsa groups orga-
¯ nized a calling campaign to thank Ross.
: East Tulsa rep. Betty Boyd (Demo.) said
: that the only call she received opposing
#1045 was TFN’s and strongly suggested
¯" that Lesbians & Gays need to speak up.
¯ Worse yet, religious political extrem-
," ists, Rep. Tim Pope and Bill Graves at-
; tachedanti-Gayamendments tootherbills.
¯ One (to HB 2554 concermng divorce law
changes) would ban the recognition of
: same-gender marriage by Oklahom~ if
¯ theHawaii courts allow theminthefuture
~¯ abnildl,thHeBoth2e0r5(3a)ttabcahnesdatodothpeti"oRnyaonr Lfoukstee’"r
¯ care by a"known homosexual, lesbian or
: see Sold Out. page 3
¯ II
!Native American
i Gay Men Gathering
¯ TheTulsaNativeAmericanMenAIDS
Project (TNAAPP) will hold a weekend
: retreat on May 24-26. The event is open to
¯" all Gay or Bisexual Indian menregardless
of tribe, blood quantum or HIV status.
~ Non-Indian parmers of attendees are wel-
¯
come.
¯ Those wlio attended a retreat in Feb.
pral~&I the event’s traditional dancer and
story-tellers and participants continue to
¯ meet weekly onWednesdays from 6-8pm.
," Future plans include a pow wow for Gay
& Lesbian Native Americans. Call 582-
¯ 7225, ext. 218.
:¯ TTrUusHteireessFiPrereTse.nWureitdhGAanytPi-rGofaeyssRoerAcomridd
Charges of Blackmail Against Univ.
by Tom Neal " terhead stationary, of the Paris-Jackson
In February, trustees of the University .
of Tulsa hired new president
Robert Lawless, currently
president of Texas Technical
University (Tech), to re~
place Robert Donaldson.
After the public announcement
of Lawless’ hiring on
Feb. 19th, major daily newspapers
across the Southwest
(Dallas Morning News,
Houston Chronicle, Daily
Oklahoman) and The Associated
Press carried reports
of anti-Gay comments made
by Lawless in a 1993 letter.
Lubbock news reports indicate
that Lawless responded
on Feb. 9 to a complaint
by a local resident,
Wayson Gerwig, about the
appearance on Tech’s campus by Rod & "
Bob Paris-Jackson. Bob Paris-Jackson
won notoriety as a top competition body "
builder. With his partner, fitness instruc’- :
tor Rod Paris-Jackson, the pair toured the
US (includingan appearance atTU) speak- "
ing on Gay & Lesbian marriages. :
.According to The Universttv Daily ¯
(UD), Lawless wrote, on Texas "~ech let- "
event as "’one of the. greatest disappointments
~n my role as President
at Texas Tech.’" He
added "the deviant lifestyles
portrayed by these individuals
is something I can never
condone, and hold in great
contempt."
Students from Tech’s
Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual
Students group (GLBS) attempted
to meet with Lawless
in Oct. of ’94, after thc
letter was mailed anonymously
to the GLBS. According
to the UD, the student
requestipg.the ~eeting
was told by ~’iess" assistant
that Lawless would not
meet with the student, his
opinions had~ noL changed,
and that he would not comment further.
That same October,The Lubbock Avalanche-
Journalreported that whenGLBS
officer Roy Mendoza took a complaint
about Lawless" remarks to the Texas Tech
Board of Regents, neither the board or
Lawless responded toGLBS concerns but
after the meeting, Tech released a written
see Lawless. page 2
:HIV. Education &
Recreation Center
¯ Bruce Begley, a Tulsa man living with
¯ AIDS, with several others, has begnn cre-
¯ ating a new sen’ice organization for per-
¯, sons living with HIV AIDS, The HI\"
Education&Recreation Center. Begley’s
: vision is for a place where persons living
¯, withAIDs(PLWA’s)couldgoforfitness,
¯ recreation and for services that supple-
" ment the existing HIV.AIDS agencies.
; Many in the Tulsa community have
¯ responded to his vision by joining the
-" board ofthenewly incorporated non-profit
: and by donating goods, services and
¯ money toward the HIV-ERC’s fund to
¯ apply for IRS ta~x -exempt status. Newly ¯
rettedboardmembers include local thera-
¯ pist, Sandra Hill, vice president, Steve
," Wilson, treasurer and local businessman,
: Scott Perry among others. Begley has
spoken to local organizations such as
i DignityiIn.tegrity and the Rainbow
Business Guild (RBG) about his vi,
¯ sion. The membership of RBG voted in
February to donate the balance needed to
¯ pay the IRS application fee.
¯ ,although Begley stresses that the HIV¯
ERC is intended to supplement existing
HIV services, he confesses he’s been
¯ shocked by some of the hostility that he’s
¯ experienced from other HIV services pro-
" viders. He says he repeatedly heard con-
" cerns about"duplicating services". Begley
says others have been more supportive,
¯ such as Janice Nicklas of the Community
Service Council and Hilary Kitz (ofMayor
¯ Susan Savage’s office) who’s active in
¯ HIV/AIDS volunteer work.
¯ see H1V-ERC, page 3
:INSIDE EDITORIAL P..2
DIRECTORY P., 2
NEWS BRIEFS P. 4
¯ HEALTH BRIEF~ P. 6
CALENDAR p. ~
: Unity Gardens
i First in Country
: While Lesbian and Gay activists
¯ struggle for the fight to have our relation-
" ships recognized in life, two Tulsa men,
~ Russell Langley-Stumpff and David
¯" Stumpff, are providing a place where Les-
¯ bians and Gay men can have their rela-
: tionships and identifies recognized in per-
: petuity. The men, who are partners in life
¯ as well as business, have created Unity
¯ Gardens, which may be the first project of
: its t~lae in the US. Unity Gardens is a
~ special part of Washington Memorial
¯ Cemetarvwhere LesbianandGay couples,
: family, find friends can either have burial
: plots; niches in the crematorium, or be
: remembered on a memorial wall that
¯ stands beside a scattering ground. ¯
¯ Unity Gardens will fly a rainbow Pride
flag at its center 24hours a day,and on the
¯ day of services, each of the 10 flag poles
¯ that mark the road to Unity Gardens will ¯
also fly a Pride flag under the regular
¯ American flags. And while Unity Gardens
are non-sectarian, religious o’r other
organizations can reserve a section for
their members which could have a reli-
¯ gious symbol marking their area. At least
one local congregation is said to be considering
this.
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The University of Tulsa has long sought to be
compared to the best private universities in the US:
Rice, Stanford, Yale, etc. However, somehow its
trustees and administrators haven’t figured out that
there is a connection between their actions and
TU’s continued failure to rank with these schools.
By hiring a documented, and at least publicly
unrepentant anti-Gay bigot, Robert Lawless, for its
new president, TU’s trustees again prove that they
just don’t understand that TU cannot embrace
prejudice and be a"world-dass"institution. Former
Texas Tech president Lawless certainly has aconstitutional
right to his bias,just as does a Klansman
or a white-supremacist, but usually those opinions
disqtmlify a candidate as a leader of university,
There is little doubt that if Lawless had been
speak)ng about Jews or Catholics, instead of Gays
and Lesbians,:when he said in 1993, "the deviant
lifestyles portrayed by these individuals is something
that I can never condone, and hold in great
contemPt,~’ :that Lawless’ hiring would not have
occurredl It certainly would not have without some
apology or repudiation, which he has refused to
make publicly forover three years.
Lawles~S; only regrets appear to have been made
only just a few weeks ago to the TU Search Committee.
This seems awfully late and mighty, convenient.
Some members of the Search Committee
claim thaLLawless while at Texas Tech didn’t
permit his .prejudice to affect his treatment of
openly Gay professors. However, other Tech
sources indicate that Lawless, in fact, attempted to
censor the speaking engagement of Rod & Bob
Paris-Jackson, about which his remarks were made.
It also is amply clear, from both the Tech newspaper
and the LubbockAvalanche-Journal. that Lawless"
alleged "’fairness" to professors did not extend
to Gay Tech students with whom he refused to
meet.
Even worse than Lawless’ "’regretted" remarks.
however, is the decision ofTU’ s Board ofTrustees’
Search Committee to recommend hiring Lawless
with full "knowledge of his remarks. This endorsement
Of 14i?~prejudice combines with the refusal
several Years ago of TU’s Board of Trustees to add
sexual ~nentation protections to TU’s non-discrimination
policy*, and with its recent firing of
openl~G~i3’ professor Jim Reid (see related editoria!),~
to?di~monstrate the comnutment of the Univcrs~
ty of Tulsa to "World-Class Bigotry" rather
than "World-Class Excellence." - Tom Neal
*prof. of law M. Chapman notes TU’s policy
may. or may not. provide bias protection stnce it
mc:ludes legally vague language rather than the
standard term. sexual orientation.
bisexual". Each bill was passed, as amended by the
House, 98-2. Longume political observers hope
that HB 2554 will not get.out of the Senate Judiciary
committee, headed by Sen. Bernice Shedrick
(D-Stillwater) and that the amendment language
attached to the popular "Ryan Luke" bill can be
removed in committee or in conference with the
House. These observers strongly recommend polite
calls to Sen. Shedrick’s office asking her to.help
eliminate the tmconstitutional anti-Gay provisions.
A Senator on the Judiciary committtee declined to
comment but added that he felt it likely that HB
2554 would not make it if enough calls were made.
(Senate switchboard: 405-524-0126)
Dr. James Reid vs. TU
Some will find Dr. James Reid’s choices in
activities & friends to be worse than the actions of
the University of Tulsa. His judgement was clearly
poor in getting involved in a friendship of some
intimacy (though no sex) with someone who was
initially his student. Videotaping their horseplay
(which is likely milder than some of TU’s former
fraternity hazing) also was foolish. But the actions
of the University’s officials, legal counsel, & professors
with their wanton disregard for their own
rules is more shameful than Reid’s video-taped
flogging. The surrender to the worst bias, disregard
for academic standards, the destruction of career of
a highly regarded scholar, and abandonment of fair
p!-.,,y suggest that the TU officials responsible are
the ones who deserve to be shamed publicly - if not
flogged themselves. - Tom Neal
TU :
osed to continuedfrom page 1,
less is morally opp "homosexual lifestyles
does not mean that he is a bigot".
Roselle Graskey, a member of Tech’s GLBS,
notes that Lawless" statements were a direct violation
of Tech:s "’student dignity handbook" which
calls on the university to help "’students learn to
recognize, understand and celebrate human
differences.... [including] lifestyle".
Graskey also charges that Lawless did not merely
speak out against Lesbians and Gay men, but actually
attempted to block the event by pressuring the
independent student board that made the decision
to invite the Paris-Jacksons. This claim is supported
by Lawless’ letter in which he says, "there is
a group ~)f individuals on this campus that serve as
an Advisory Board to the students who plan the
progranunihg in the UC [University Center]. These
advisers could have, and should have, acted responsibly
in their roles to identify this program as
being u/tfit for a university campus and vetoed it
from the slate of program offerings that were proposed."
(editor’s note: emphasis added)
Members ofTU’s Search Committee were aware
of Lawless’ remarks prior to recommending his
luting according to Business prof. PC Smith. Members.
of the Search Committee spoke with individuals.
on the Tech campus, who claim that Lawless
did not discriminate against openly Gay professors
arid even experienced some harassment from anti-
Gay forces when he did not block an openly Gay
prof. from an endowed chair. Several TU sources
claim that these remarks no longer represent his
views, teasingly implying that Lawless had some
personal reasons for either his hostility or for his
alleged change of heaxt. However, all the members
of the Search Committee who are TU trustees and
who we were able to contacted refused to discuss
the matterm any substantive way. One referred all
"calls to trustee Fulton Collins who refused to return
phone calls, although Collins spoke readily to The
Tulsa Worm(The Wormowners, RobertandRoxana
Lorton are both TU trustees). Lawless also refused
to return repeated calls. TU press representative,
Michele Cruncleton, specifically stated "I’m not
going to let you speak with him [Lawless]."
Also in February, the TU board of trustees voted
unanimously to fire Jim Reid, a tenured Gay professor
of physics. Dr. Reid was accused of sexual
harassment by a 26 year old, one-time student,
Marlin Pohlman. Copies ofTU documents indicate
that trustees fired Reid despite the findings of the
majority of a University Appeals Board that Dr.
Rcid’s procedural rights were violated and that TU
see TU, page 10
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Tulsa Organizations, Churches, & Universities
*Agape" Christian Fellowslup, 2 l st& Sheridan 599-7688
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service members for homosexuality,
which thegroup charges violates the policy
by harassing servicemen & women believed
to be gay. The group estimated that
~t cost the federal government $21.3 million
to train replacements for the gay men
and lesbians discharged by the military.
During a press conference, Defense Secretary
William Perry said the charge of
witch-hunts against gays in the military is
a serious allegation & will be examined
qarefully.
Policy Appealed in Federal Court
SEATTLE- The Defense Dept. policy
.prohibiting gays and lesbians from serving
openly in the U.S. armed forces is
again being challenged. The case, brought
on behalf of former Navy Petty Office
Mark Philips, is being argued before the
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorneys
from theACLU,representing Philips,
contend the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy
adopted by Congress and the Clinton
Administration violated the equal protection
& free speech provisions of the Constitution.
Philips was serving on the aircraft
carrier USS Nimitz in 1992 when an
officer asked him about his sexual orientation.
Philips answered honestly & was
discharged. Now 25 years old, Philips
served nearly 6 years before being kicked
out of the Navy and received a number of
commendations for his performance, inc.
dudinga Bronze Starfor service in Desert
Storm. U.S. District Court in Seattle last
year rejected Philips’ lawsuit, agreeing
with government attorneys that his none
of his constitutional rights had been violated
by the policy.
Red Rock Mental Health
of Oklahoma City has opened a Tulsa
office providing individual and group
therapy, HIV education & prevention.
Therapy is available to PLWA’s, their
loved ones and individuals at risk of HIV
infection. Betsy Murphy, MSW, CTRS is
co-ordinator. Contact: 584-2325, fax, 582-
2384, 302 S. Cheyenne, #108, 74103.
and AIDS
First Regional
Begley’s sense of what is needed is "
based in part in his own experiences with
local HIV/AIDS service organizations -
both as a client and as an advocate for "
other clients who are more ill. His vision "
ultimately would include weight and fitness
equipment, swimming, tennis, in essence,
a health club for the community. "
He’d als0 like to have on site counselors "
tO. help with, mental, ~health issues, and ¯
drug and alcohol problems. One service ¯
he’d like to see offered wouldbe prescrip- "
tion medicine assistance that would"kick- ¯
in" after PLWA’s have reache.d the limits ¯
of assistance that other agencies provide. "
Musing over the personal attacks that
he’s experienced thus far, Begley notes
that in Tulsa some other social service
agencies that provide assistance for lower "
income persons, Project Get Together, ¯
Neighbor for Neighbor and Catholic
Charities, all duplicate some of the same ¯
services but all seem to co-exist. He just .
shakes his head in wonder that trying to ¯
help folks in need brings out a fist instead ¯
of a welcoming hand. :
For more information about or to do- ."
hate to the HIV-ERC, write Bruce Begley, ¯
president, 1210 S. Cheyenne, Ste. 208,
Tulsa 74119 or call 587-1059. ."
commission impaneled to study the ques- "_
tion had put forward after the state su- ¯
preme court made it clear that there was a .
good chance Hawaii may be legally re- "
quired to recognized gay andlesbian mar- ."
riages. A just-released Honolulu Adver- ¯
tiser-Channel 2 News poll indicates that, ¯
despite the state’s strong liberal reputa- :
tion. 71% of the voters polled said they ."
oppose same-sex marriage, while only :
18% said they favored extending mar- .
riagerights to same-gender couples. Some o
9% of those polled indicated they were ¯
undecided or didn’tknow. As anindicator ¯
of how worried some state lawmakers are .
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becoming, 8 state representatives, backed
by Pat Robertson’s American Center for
Law and Justice, have filed a court motion
to be allowed to intervene in the suit that
initially raised the same-sex marriage issue
in the state. The brief in the case is
strongly critical of the Hawaii attorney
general’s office for not adequately defending
the state against the lawsuit.
Anti-Marriage Legislative Update
State legislatures around the country
are continuing in their efforts to ban samesex
mamages, although with very little
actual effect it seems. In New Mexico,
Senate majority leader Tom Rutherford
sent an anti-marriage resolution on the
issue back to the rules.committee because
no hearings had been hdd.The proposed
measure would ask voters there to amend
the state constitution. The resolution is
thus dead for this session.
Washington state Republican legislators
have all but conceded that a proposed
ban on same-sex marriage in the state will
probably never make ~t out of a state
senate committee controlled by the Democrats.
Washington state Senate leader Sid
Snyder said the anti-gay measure was not
slated for committee hearings and will be
allowed to die there. The Washington
House of Representatives had approved
the measure on a 60-36 vote to prohibit
same-sex marriages in the state.
Gov. Bill-Janklow has signed a bill
approved recently by the South Dakota
legislature that would refuse recognition
in the state to same-sex couples that might
be legally married elsewhere and that
restricts marriage to opposite-sex couples
only. The measure, which died last year in
the legislature and looked as if it would
suffer the same fate again this year when
a committee voted not to report the measure
to the legislature for a vote, is the 2nd
to become law. One immediate - and
surprising - side-effect of the bill being
signed into law is that Jacques Soukup
and KirkThomas. notable balloonists who
are also longtime partners, have withdrawn
their support for the Governor’s
Cup hot-air ballooning event in the state.
The 2 men, founders of the Soukup &
Thomas International Balloon and Airship
Museum in !vfitchell, S.D., told the
Governor’s Cup committee that they
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couldn’t be "associated with a government
that has just passed a mean-spirited
and hateful piece of legislation that hurts
US.’"
In Illinois, a bill preventing thc state
¯ from recognizing same-gender mamagc
¯ passed a state senate committee ou
: Wednesday, March 6, with little opposition.
Same-sex marriages "’would destroy
¯ thedefinitionofmarriageas wcknow it,"
: said state Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-
: Inverness), the measure’s sponsor. The
¯ bill. which passed 8-2, now goes to the
¯ Senate floor. It puts same-sex Weddings
~ on a listofmarriages barred in Illinois. "’If
: we let homosexuals marry, what’s next’?"
¯. said David Curtin, executive director of
the Illinois Christian Coalition.
And according to a report in the gay
paper, Wisconsin Light, state Rep. Dean
Kaufert has announced plans to intr~xiucc
a measure barring same-sex mamagcs in
the state as well. The paper reports the
measure has not yet been drafted.
Lawmakers have voted 86-11 in the
Iowa House of Representatives for a bill
that would prohibit the state from recognizing
same-sex marriages. Some political
observers in the state have suggested
the legislation, which was introduced by
state Rep. Steve Grnbbs (R-Davenport),
was mainly a partisan issue because
Grubbs is running for the Republican
nomination to unseat U.S. Sen. Tom
Harkin, a Democrat.
In Alabama, State Sen. Bill Armistead,
who recently led a battleto keep a gay and
lesbian conference from being held on the
campus at the University of Alabama, is
proposing a"marriage protection act" that
he says would strengthen traditional heterosexual
marriages by barring the statc
from recognizing same-sex marriages,
even if legally recognized elsewhere.
Michigan state Rep. Deborah Whyman
has drawn fire for introducing a bill in the
legislature that would forbid reco~fizing
same-sex marriages in the state, even if
see Slates, page 11
News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News ¯ lowed to join the nation’s mili- sexuals andpeople withdisabili- " policy is reviewed by the Euro- " Columbia; and Winnipeg police
Tutu & Anglican Leaders ."
Call for Change
LONDON-Hundreds ofprominent
Episcopal clerics from
around the world signed an ad- ~
vertisement commending the ]
Lesbian and Gay Christian ¯
Movement on the ~roup’s 20th :
anniversary ofworking to change
the Anglican Church’s views on ¯
homosexuals. Bestki~ownofthe -"
signatories of the ads, which ]
appeared in Anglican, Methodist
and Catholic religious publications
in Britain, was Desmond
Tutu, Archbishop ofCapeTown,
South Africa. Tutu was joined in
signing the ads by three other
Anglican primates from around
the world, as well as several bishops
from theChurch of England,
as thedenomination was about
to begin its annual synod. The
three other church primates included:
Archbishops Richard
ltolloway of Scotland, Michael
Peers of .,Canada, and Bishop
Fxtmrnd Browmng of the United
States. Although not attending
the cfiurch synod, Tutu spoke on
the BBC ~’Radio Sunday" show
via telephone. "’If we say that
relationships where there is fidelity
between one couple a~e
acceptable, whv.,should we not
extend, the san~e, conditions to
stone-sex relationships?" Tutu
told the BBC, say~ing it was simply
a "matter ofjustice, compassion
and consistency’" for the
church to accept that there are
homc/sexual Clergy, who technically
are barred from being ordai~
edin the Anglican Church.
So. Africa A nti-Bias Laws
CAPE TO\V..~.. South Africa -
Politicians,nfilitary leaders and
defense indnstry representatives
have begun discussions on the
role mid nature of South Africa" s
maned’forces, includingwhether
gays and lesbians should be altary
force. The meeting is expected
to produce a report later
this year that would be used by
the defense mimstry to guide it
in formulating specific policies
concerning the armed forces.
Defense ministry, officials noted
that the national armed services
in the country have never actu.
ally had any policy excluding
individuals based on their sexual
orientation, but African National
Congress officials have pushed
for including the topic of sexual
orientation in the defense review
discussions South Africa’s interim
Constitution includes prohibitions
against discrimination
based on sexual orientation, but
the complex process of getting
from the interim document to a
final Constitution faces a number
of difficulties andANC leaders
are making a determined effort
to try to keep it headed in the
most progressive direction.
Also according to Mpho
Makwana, director of the equal
opportumties office in South
Africa’s Labor Dept., the government
~s wor’king on a comprehensive
program for affirmative
action that would "’include
mainly blacks, but also women,
homosexuals and handicapped
people." Makwana made the
statement during a roundtable
discussion earlier this year broadcast
on South Africa’s TV1. He
did not give d.etails of the affirmative
acnon plans, but
Makwana said it would"not be a
stand-alone lmv, with a quota for
compames to implement affirmative
action and punishing the
company which does not comply."
Instead. he said the plan as
being developed would aim at
getting firms to include personnel
training andhuman resources
development programs to encourage
blacks, women, homoties
already wor’king in a company
to move into middle- mad
upper-management in that finn.
CompuServe Reinstates
Internet Groups
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Compu-
Serve Inc., the computer on-line
g~ant ownedby H&RBlock, says
it has given its 4.3 million subcribers
access again to somc
200 Intemet newsgroups that it
had banned in Deceniber alter a
German state prosecutor questioned
whether the groups included
illegal sexually .related
materials. The compnter sen’ice
said at the time that it could not
selectively restrict Interact materials
bv comatry mad had therefore
blocked access to the groups
to all its subscribers. Included
among some of the balmed
groups were several that contain
explicidy adult material. But a
number of the banned
newsgroups were gay and lesbian
discussion and support
groups, including one for
younger gays that specifically
barred pornographic ulaterials.
CompuServe says it will now
give its subscribers software that
will let them pick which - if any
- material they don’t want to be
able to access. The finn believes
parents will use the bloc’king
utilities to keep children from
seeing or reading nmtefial they
don’t deem appropriate.
: UK to Keep Military Ban
: LONDON - The Daily Tele-
: graph reports that based on a
vet-to-be-released report by the
~ ]3ritish MinistryofDefense, gays
and lesbians constitute an "affront
to service people" and will
] not be allowed to serve in the
] British military. But the defense
¯ ministry report also predicts that
¯ when a legal challenge to the
United Kingdom’s anti-gay
~_ pean Court of Human Rights, ¯ arrested Robert E. Welsh, 24.
the govennnent is "’likely to lose" The fourth suspect in the killing,
¯ thecase, which may not come to " Gary A. Kuffner, 27, also of
¯ afinaldecisionbytheEUcourts " Winnipeg, is currently being
¯
before the year 2000. The paper sought. Last year in a high-pro-
¯ said the 450-page nmfistry re" " file investigation of Canadian
¯ port, which it had obtained, is ¯ armed forces, McKay acknowl-
¯ expected to be released soon and " edged - and publicly renounced
¯ concludes that while changing ~ - his ties to several nee-Nazi &
: attitudes about lesbians and gay ~
¯
mcn may justify further reviews ¯
¯ of the and-gay ban in the future, ~
¯ "it may equally be that the per- ¯
:~ manent features of the military
¯¯ enviroument are such that it will
¯ never be possible to integrate
homosexuals" in the nadon’s
: maned forces.
3 Charged in Killing Of
¯ Canadian Man
: WINNIPEG, Calmda-Canadian
: authorities have arrested 3 men
¯ and are seeking a 4th - who are
¯ believed linked to white su-
:. premacist and nee-Nazi organi-
: z,ations - in comaection the brutal
1991 mad-gay murder ofGordon
Kuhtev. Kuhtey was killed on
’ the mo’nfing ofWinnipeg’s 1991
~ gay pride celebration, June 30,
¯ as he walked along a riverbank ¯
footpath. AccordingtoWimfipeg
¯
police, Kuhtey was suddenly
confronted by at least four young
men who savagely beat him in
the head, then tossed him into
the nearby river and proceeded
to hurl stones at his floating body.
He died of massive head injuries.
Althongh Wilmipeg authorities
had little luck in tracking
down Kuhtey’s killers, the police
homicide and hate crimes
refit kept the case open and dog-
" gedly continued their investigation.
In late February their persistence
paid off and the 29th
Calgary police arrested Matthew
A. McKay, 25, in that city;
Penticton Royal Canadian
Mounted Police also arrested
Jmnes R. Lisik, 22, in British
white supremacist groups.
Anti-Gay Crimes in SF
SAN FRANCISCO -The S.F.
~olice department’s hate crimes
unit says that bias-based crimes
rose 23% to 350 incidents in
1995 over the previous year, the
anti-gay and -lesbian incidents
constituting both the largest
single category and the largest
increase. The hate crimes unit
reported that 144- or41% - of all
such crimes reported in .1995
were based on sexual orientation
and that anti-gay incidents
increased nearly a third last year
over 1994. Police said it was not
dear whether the number of reported
incidents reflected an actual
surge in anti-gay attacks or
was a result of greater willingness
on the part of gays and
lesbians to report such incidents
because of increased publicity
of attacks.
Anti-Gay Attacks
Ignored in Kentucky ,
MOREHEAD, Ky. - Morehead
State Ulfiversity officials disagreed
with an instructor’s claim
that.an attack on a female student
was part of a patteru of
campuswide gay-bashing at the
school. Three masked men
jumped out of hiding on Feb. 5
and verbally and physically assaulted
a 20-year-old female student
on a campus walkway,
punching her in the face and
stomacK RogerHolbrook, coor~
dinator of investigations for
MSU police, said the student
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believed the attack was related " another high school that trig- " arrested them at an adult book- cious of his motives, which place at a state-funded facility.
to "the friends or acquaintances ¯
she keeps." But MSU English
instructor Patti Swartz said sh_ej
is outraged at the university ¯
administration’ s lack ofresponse ¯
following theincident, which she ¯
labeled a gay bashing. Swartz
has written letters expressing her
concern to MSU President "
Ronald Eaglin and the vice presi- ¯
dents of student affairs and aca- ¯
demic affairs saying the attack ¯
_was just the latest in a series Of ¯
anti-gay and -les~bian attacks.
Utah: NotO Eq ual Access "
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah ¯
Boardof Education is writing to "
the state’s congressional delega- "
tion asking them to back federal ¯
legislation that would make it ¯
legal for local school districts to -"
decide what nonacademic clubs "
can be allowed on their cam- ¯
puses. The Salt Lake City school
¯
board has also writing a similar "
letter condemning the federal ¯
governmentforforcing theboard ¯
to ban all non-academic clubs "
just so schools there wouldn’t "
have to recognize a gay and les- ¯
bian club that students had asked ¯
to form. The Salt Lake City let- "
ter says the school board was ¯
forced into the ban "’under du- ¯
ress" because of a federal law "
guaranteeing equal access to "
school actavitles for all groups .
and clubs. Although the letters
both blame federal laws for the
dilemma they’rein, both of them ."
carefully sidestep mentiomng .
that the law - the Equal Access
Act - was sponsored by Sen. ¯
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) so that "
Bible clubs and religious ori- ¯
ented groups could meet in public
schools.
Meanwhile, a group of stu-¯"
dents at Cottonwood High .
School have am~ounced plans to
launch a gay-straight student alliance
similar to one proposed at ¯
gered a national furor. Students
Cara Varallo and Brin Bon say
they met with Cottonwood Principal
Michael Bennett to discuss
creatinga gay-straight club next
fall at the school. On Feb. 20, the
Salt I~ake City School Board
voted4-3 to end all nonacademic
clubs rather than allow ~the gay
school club. The Cottonwood
students, say .they ,already have
10 students to join the club.
Gay Studies at Berkeley
BERKELEY, Calif. - The University
of California at Berkeley
this semester has begun its Lesbian,
.Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender (LGBT) Studies
minor, the first gay studies minor
in the University of California
system. The new minor, part
of the College of Letters and
Science’s Undergraduate Interdisciplinary
Studies (UGIS) department,
offers four basic core
courses and a list of electives
dealing with homosexuality, past
and present. Initial plans for the
minor got started when students
at the school in- 1990 protested
about the lack of a gay studies
program at the university. Some
2.0, active UC staff, faculty and
students have been involved in
formulating the curriculum.
CA Court Rules Against
Undercover Stings
SAN FRANCISCO - The California
supreme court has unanimously
ruled in favor of 2 Santa
Clara (Calif.) County men- Dennis
Baluyut and Job Lopez - saying
a pattern of anti-gay discrimination
in police arrests was
sufficient to demonstrate they
were being singled out by authorities
in a pohce sting operation
by Mountain View police.
Attorneys for the city’s police
had argued that the 2 men had to
legally prove the officers who
¯ store for soliciting sex with an
¯ undercover officer had intended
¯ to single out gays for arrests.
¯ Baluyut and Lopez filed a law-
. suit, arguing that arrest records
¯ alone showed a pattern of dis-
" cnmination by police in arrest-
. lng gays in such sting opera-
" t.ions, mid the state’s high court
¯ Sided with the 2 men on appeal.
Kentucky Privacy Bill
¯¯ FRANKFORT, Ky. - Ithadmore
to do with the kinds ofenormous
¯ computer data files maintained
¯ On pe0pid by bank~, credit agdn-
¯ cies, and other public and pri- ¯
vale organizations, but the stun-
" ningly simple idea of adding an
¯ explicit right to privacy to the
Kentucky constitution has law-
" makers and politicians through-
" out the state worried about a
¯ "hidden agenda" covering ev-
¯ erything from abortion rights to
¯ sodomy. But the proposed
¯ amendment to the state’s "Bill
; of Rights" was introduced by
¯ one of the legislature’s most re-
" spected lawmakers, state Rep.
¯ Joe Clarke, a member of the
¯ House since 1970 and its one-
" time speaker. What’s more,
¯ Clarke, a Danville, Ky., Demo-
¯ crat, says he’s not overly con-
. cerned that his proposed consti-
" tutional amendment might le-
¯ galize sodomyormake anti-abor-
¯ tion restrictions void. Among
¯ other things, Clarke noted that ¯ the state supreme court has al-
¯ ready ruled that there is an im-
¯ plied right toprivacy in the Ken-
" tucky constitution and that it
¯ means laws against sodom) are
¯ themselves unconstitutional. So
¯ Clarke says he’s not especially ¯
concerned that enshrining the
¯ right to privacy in the constitu-
¯ tion would have much impact
one way or the other on social
legislation. Even so, Clarke says
fellow lawmakers remain suspimakes
him pessimistic about its
chances. "I think it’s an important
issue....I don’t think it has
much of a chance this tilne.’"
New Hampshire Policies
CONCORD. N.H. - A group of
, parents aud other concerned citizens
have filed suit against the
Merrimack school board in U.S.
District Court, char~ng that the
¯ ¯ board’s recently adopted policy
of prohibiting any materials that
have "the effect of encouraging
or supporting homosexuality as
a positive lifestyle alternative"
violatedFirst Amendment rights
of free speech. The suit claims
that the policy has led to books
being removed from schools,
classroom discussions being cut
off, and curriculum topics being
restricted. At a press conference,
Debra Herget, one of the plaintiffs
in the suit and the mother of
3 children attending schools in
the district, said, "’This policy
¯ .hurts and distorts the education
¯ of students every day. Now is
¯ the right time to put au end to it
¯- and return to the sound policies
which have always guided our
children’s education in the past.’"
Recently, the New
Hampshire’s legislature voted
293-35 to send a proposed measure
adding sexual orientation to
the state’s civil rights statutes
for "’extended stud)’.’" The move
effectively puts the proposal on
hold for this year while a legislative
committee studies the measure
and reports back to the full
legislature next fall.
Alabama Gay Conf.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The
Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual College
Conference of the Southeastern
United States went ahead
at the University of .Alabama,
more or less without incident,
despite attempts by state officials
to block the confab taking
Just days before the conference
was slated to start, a federal distrier
courtjudge rejected the statc
attorney general’s argument that
the confereuce was illeg~d and
ruled that the conference would
go ahead as plmmed. As the conference
itself got started, the
managerofWMCF-TV, a Christian
Broadcasting Co. television
affiliate~ charged the statiou’s
First Amendmentrights had been
violatedwhen organizers refused
to let his TV crew videotape the
conference’,s, w~rkshops. Organizers
of the meeting; however,
said videotaping the event wotfld
have been disruptive and would
have violated the privacy rights
of those attending.
Mont. Sodomy Law Out
HELENA, Mont. - Moutana
District Court Judge Jeffrey
Sherlock has ruled that the state" s
sodomy law is ,an unconstitutional
infringement of privacy
protections guaranteed under
state law. State officials are expected
to appeal the ruliug to the
state supreme court, although the
attorney general’s office gave
no indication of its intentions
about the ruliug, which orders
the state not to enforce the law.
The 1973 felony statute "called
for up to 10 year~ in prison and a
fine of up to $50,000. No one
had ever been prosecuted under
the law.
Judge Denies Custody
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia
judge has again rejected an appeal
by lesbian mom Sharon
Bottoms in her 3-year efforts to
gain custody of l~er son Tyler.
Ironically Judge \Villimn B’oice
questioned Bottoms" financial
ability to care for her son, while
he criticized herfor si~nng a
$75,000 contract to allow ABCTV
to make a television movie
about her struggle for custody.
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AIDS & Young People
AIDS Policy Office has issued a report on
the epidemic that indicates little or no
progress is being made in lowering the
HIV infection rote amongAmerican young
people. At a press conference, Patricia
Fleming, the AIDS policy office director,
described the report on AIDS and American
youth "a call for action" to intensify
AIDS prevenuon efforts in the country’s
schools and communities with a greater
role for young Americans in the fight
against the epidemic. Health officials say
the teenage infection proportion is about
the same as it was in the mid-1980s,
despite dramaficall.,, increased awareness
of the disease. That means many adolescents
either are not getting the message
about AIDS prevention, or they do not
have the skills or desire to protect themselves
from being exposed to the virus
even if they "know how it is spread.The
only declinein infection rates among racial"
or ethnic groups was among young
white males.
KS Virus Identified
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at the
University of California at San Francisco
report in the journal Nature Medicine that
they have finallyidentified thc,_organism
that causes Kaposi "s sarcoma, a once-rare
skin cancer that now strikes thousands of
people with AIDS. Kaposi’s Sarcoma was,
in fact, the first indication noted by doctors
in 1981 that some unusual h~alth
problem was affecting gay meu. The researchers,
headed by Dr. Don Ganem at
UC-SF, isolated the microbe, -known as
KS-associated herpes virus or human
herpes virus 8 (HHVS). It ~s one of a
growing number of retro-viruses that scientists
ha~,’e only just begun discovering
and identifying in the past few decades.
HIV Strain Raises Fears of
Heterosexual Epidemic+,~-
BOSTON" - Writing in the journal Science.
Dr. Max Ess%x of the Harvard AIDS
Institute warns that new-Asian and Afrb
can strains of HJ3,; spwad much more
easily among heterosexuals than prev~z_-
ouslv identified HIV-1 strains of the
rus. :’If it takes holdh~(~h ~ewest) we
could face a much mote sig~tificant epii
demic among he.teri~sext~ls(~" Essex
warns. Researchers have found that a strain
of the virus found in Thailand thrives in
the reproductive tracts ofwomen, making
it far more likelvoio betrangmitted during
heterosexual rutercourse than the HIV-1
strains common in the West.
FDA Considers Growth
Hormone
WASHINGTON - .Ma advisory panel of
the Food & Drug Administration has begun
reviewing an application for fullscale
marketing of a growth hormone by
Serene Laboratories Inc. of Norwell,
YAass., as a way to fight AIDS-related
weight loss, one bf the most serious medical
complications faced by people stricken
with the disease. In later stages of the
illness, between 15% and 40% of those
with AIDS suffer from this wasting syndrome,
making them far more susceptible
to infections. AIDS experts estimated that
9 out of 10 AIDS deaths in the U.S. are
related to excessive weight-loss problems.
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Serosfim, for people with AIDS who are
experiencing severe weight loss problems¯
Implant to Fight Eye Infection
\VASHINGTON~’~ Chiron Corp., based
in Emervville, C~if., has won federal
approval’to be~n marketing ofan implant
used to treat an AIDS-related infection,
known as CM,¥;Tetinitis, that causes blindness.
The Food & Drug Administration
gave the firm the green light to begin
marketing Vivrasert, which is surgically
implanted in the eve of the patient where
it releases aconfint~ous dose ofganciclovir,
an anfiviral medicine that combats the
infection for up to 6 months. Between 15
percent and 40 percent ofAIDS patients
in the U.S. Suffer from CMV infections.
Public-Private Vaccine Venture
WASHINGTON - Government AIDS
officials have unveiled plans for a cooperative
private-public venture aimed a
developing an AIDS vaccine by the year
2002, largely by removing government
and bureaucratic obstacles that havemade
some companies shy away from work on
vaccines. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National
Institute of Allergy & Infectious
Diseases said it will be years before any
vaccine ~s likely available, but the joint
project may help smooth out and speed up
the process. The cooperative project involves
basic medical research being done
by federal agencies that private pharmaceutical
and biomedical firms involved in
the project could use in developing possible
vaccines. The project also would
establish specific clinical criteria for
safety, testing and evaluation of effectiveness
trials of such vaccine candidates.
CDC: AIDS Continues Spiral
ATLANTA The Centers for Disease
Control has released its latest AIDS data,
covenng the period from 1993 to 1994,
that shows the disease continued for the
2rid year in a row to be the leading cause
of death among Americans between the
ages of 25 and 44. The detailed statistics
also indicated that the epidemic continues
to grow fastest among African Americans.
In that age category, nearly a third of
all deaths among black men are now attributed
to AIDS; some 22% of the deaths
among black women; 20% of deaths
among white men; and 6% among white
women.
Asia & Africa AIDS Prevention
BALTIMORE - Amid much of the grim
news about the global spread of HIV that
researchers heard at the annual meeting of
the American Association for the Advancement
ofScience,justconcluded here,
was actually some good news from regions
in Africa and Asia. Dr. Thomas
Quinn of Johns Hopkins University reported
that efforts launched in the early
1990s when the government of Thailand
began realizing the nation was quickly
heading for an HIV crisis have made a
dent in the rate ate virus is spreading in
parts of the country. Widespread distribution
of condoms, tough police regulation
of brothels, and a nationwide treatment
program for sexually transmitted disease,
Quinn says, have made dramatic reductions
in the spread of HIV. "When you put
all this together,what was then witnessed
in Cheng Mai and in Bangkok and several
other places was a steady decline in the
growth rate ofHIV infection," Quinn said.
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.SUNDAYS
Agape’ Christian
Fellowship .
Worship Service, 10:30 am _"
Sheridan Center, Suite H ¯
21 st & Sheridan, 599-7688 ,"
¯ Bless the Lord At All
Times Christian Center
Sunday School, 9:45 am
Worship Service, 11 am
2627b East 11th 583-7815
Community of Hope
(United Methodist) ;
Worship Service, 6 pm ¯
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800 -"
Family of Faith
Metro. Comm. Church
Adult Sunday School, 9:15
Worship Service, 11 am
5451-E South Mingo.
Info: 622-1441
o
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 Canterburv
5th & Evanston, 583-9~80
MONDAYS
HIV Testing
TOHR Clinic
Free & anonymous testing
using fingerstick method.
No appointment required.
Walk in testing: 7-8:30 pm
Results hours: 7-9 pm
Info: 742-2927
." Lambda Bowling.League
¯ Sheridan Lanes ¯
¯" 8:45 pm
3121 S. Sheridan .
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
2rid Monday of month,
6:30 pm
~4154 S. Harvard
Info: 749-4901
OTHER GROUPS
The Technicians, Leather
org., Info c/o 621-5597
T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform
& Leather,. Seekers Assoc.
Info: 838-1222
The Banned, OK Gay Band
Practice weekly in OKC
Info: 838-2121
TUESDAYS
HIV+ Support Group
HIV Resource Consortium
1:30 pm
4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H-1
lnfo: Wanda @ 749-4194
Shanti-Tulsa, Inc.
HIV/AIDS Support Group
&
Friends & Family
HIV/AIDS Support Group
7 pm, call for location:
749-7898
Community of Hope
Grief Group, 6 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
Womens Grief Group
6pro, ButleriStumpff
Funeral Home
2103 E. 3rd St.
lnfo: 585-1800
¯ 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
Prayer & Bible Study
7:30 pm 2627-B East 1 lth
Call 583-7815 for info.
Family Of Faith MCC
Praise & Prayer 6:30 pm
Choir Practice 7:30 pm
545 I-E South Mingo.
Call 622-1441 for info,
Community of Hope
(United Methodist)
Service for Peace, 6:30 pm
Bible Study, 7 pm
1703 E. 2nd, 585-1800
TNAAPP
Tulsa Native American
AIDS Prevention Project
Support group
for Gay & Bi Native
American Men, 6 pm
at Community of Hope
1703 E. 2rid
582-7225 or 584-4983
THURSDAYS
16-Step Empowerment
Group For Women
: Community of Hope
¯ 1703 E. 2nd, Info: 585-1800
¯ Co-Dependency
Support Group
7:30, Family of Faith MCC
5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
HIVTestingTOHRClinic
Walk in testing: 7 - 8:30 pm
Results hours: 7 - 9 pm
Info: 742-2927
Tulsa Family Chorale
Weekly practice~ 9:30 pm
Lola’s 2630 E. 15th
PFLAG Family AIDS
Support Group
1st & 3rd Thursdays
4154 S. Harvard, 749-4901
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 pro, Info: 749-4194
SATURDAYS
St. Jerome’s Ecumenical
Catholic Church
Mass, 6 pm
Garden Chapel
3841 S. Peoria
Info: Father Rick
at 742-7122
Narcotics Anonymous
Meets weekly at I 1 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=37t 1
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OTHER GROUPS
Gay & Lesbian St~utent
Association
TJC Southeast Campus,
Info: 631-7632
SWAN-Single Women’s
Activity Network
Call 832-2121
TOHR Helpline
Daily 8-10 pm
For info. ~r to vohmteer:
743-GAYS
SATURDAY, MARCH 16
Gaylapalooza, 8 pm
Tulsa Performing Arts Center
110 E. Second, Info: 596-7111
SUNDAY, MARCH 17
Miss Gay South USofA
Silver Star Saloon
9 pm, 1565 S. Sheridan, Info: 834-4234
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Lola’s 2nd Anniversary Party
11 pro, 2630 E. 15th, Info:-749-1563
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
Rainbow Business Guild:
City Councilor Gary Watts
7 pro, Chinese Buffet, 6219 E. 61
Dinner Meeting, Info: 665-5174
FRIDAY, MARCH 29
Community ofHope Movie Night &
Discussion: Priest
7:30pro, 1703 E. 2rid, Info: 585-1800
SUNDAY, MARCH 31
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
The Passion ofOur Lord
6 pro, The Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria
Info: page Father Rick at 646-7116
and
Family ofFaith MCC Palm Sunday
11 am, 5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
Women &AIDS Conference. 8am- 5 pm
Chapman Activity Ctr., Univ. of Tulsa
5th St. west of Harvard, Info: 743-4297
and
Tulsa Oklahomansfor Human Rights
Community Meeting, 7 pm
Chapman Activity Ctr., Univ. of Tulsa
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
FamilyofFaith MCC Spy Wednesday
6:30 pm, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
Maundy Thursday at
Family ofFaith MCC
7 pro, 5451-E S. Mingo, 622-1441, and
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
6 pro, The Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria
and The First Day ofPassover
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Good Friday at
Family ofFaith MCC
7 pm, 5451-E S. Mingo, Info: 622-1441
and
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
6 pm, The Garden Chapel~3841 S. Peoria
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
The Great Vigil ofEaster
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
6 pm, The Garden Chapel, 3841 S. Peoria
SUNDAY, APRIL 7
Easter at
St. Jerome’s Catholic Church
8:30 am, The Garden Chape, and
Family ofFaith MCC
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Out & About
by JD Jamett
" I was truly out & about this past several
weeks. Did vou that Kansas City has river
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out andlost afew dollars whileroymo!her
became the Queer/of the SLots. Then it
was out of K.C.and down to New Orleans
for the Pantheon Leather Awards. This
was truly an experience unto itself. Just
ask Larry Everett (International Mr.
Leather) how goodhe looks in a feathered
mask and .boa, and how he and 2 other
international title holders ~practically
brought down the house. Also ~e former
Oklahomam (oops - Oklaho-woman?)
received one of the Reader’s Choice of the
Year awards from the Leather Journal
(Pantheon Leather Awards is the Leather
Journal’s and the leather community’s
Academy Awards). see JD, page 13
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¯ TU’s clear regulations. During that meet-
- ing, Dr. Reid claims, he was pressured and
¯ intimidated by TU s counsel, Fred Corengaged
in selective enforcement of its " nish. Reid, who holds dual citizenship
sexual harassmentpolicy,specifically be- from Canada and the United Kingdom,
cause the complaint involved same-gen- . adds that as a resident alien, he did not
derparticipants,andsadomasochisticcon- " know exacdy what his rights were and
duct.. This board concluded that TU did
¯ that he was fearfd of being deported,
: not prove as required that Dr. Reid had " even though he’d committed no crime.
¯ engaged in sexual harassment. . d ~ ~ Furthermore, the Appeals Board f.oun_d
~- ~fthesevenmembersoftheUABoar ,.. ~i that~iri the:heating Reid f’mally received,
four found the sanction of firinglo be too,.:, the i:eview ,e,ommittee improperly resevere
and of those, three stai~dthat the:~ ¯ stridted)Reid s attoraey from adequate
sanct|on was disproporfouate to the mis-: " access to Pohlman f0r cross-exzmiuation
conduct provenandrecommendeda’sanc- ~." and that TUcounsel improperly asserted
tionotherthandisnussal,addingth~it . ~ . attorney-client;privilege on the part of
procedural violations so colored the~ ~ Provost Lewis.-Dune,an, Vice-Provost
decision,..that the sanction is fundamen-~ ~ Allen Soltow,. Physics chair Kenneth
rally unfair". > : : - , . :~ KuenlaoldandTU Gen. Counsel,Barbara
.~ccordingft0 .Reid,. he and Marlin : Geffem ’. :. ~ " ~:, : ..’ . i:
Pohlman beb,ame invol.ved in a consen-:. Despite,the numerous finding of sensual,
non4exual, Social friendship that
began when Pohlman was a student in
Reid’s class. Reid notes that Pohlmanmmntained
the friendship long after the
class ended, accepting invitations to visit
Reid in Iris home and complaint, nolonger
even was aTU student but never-the-less,
TU officials provided him with housing
,’rod,also legal counsel, Fred Cornish. Cor-
~fish also happened to be representing the
umversitv at the same time. This alleganon
is jdst one of the many procedural
v~olauons of TU’s own regulauons.
Other procedural violations found
against TU by its own Appeals Board
include no notice of the meeting at which
Reid was charged, though he was not
.~iven written notice of the charges as is
~equired,immediately suspended, was escorted
by armed guard from campus, and
not being given adequate time to retmn
counsel - all of which were violations of
: ous improprieties on ihe part of the Uni:
¯ versity of Tulsa and its agents, and the
recommendation by the majority of the
: University Appeals Board that a milder
: sanction is appropriate, Pres. Robert
¯ Donaldson sent a letter to iheTU trustees
: claiming theAppeals Boardrecommended
: termination. All the trustees of the Uni-
¯ versity ofTulsapresent votedunanimously
: on Feb. 7 to fire Dr. James Reid, thus
: destroying his career. Keith Bailey, chair-
: man of the board of trustees of the University
of Tulsa only would say that it would
: no[ be appropriate to discuss Dr. Reid’s
¯ case.
: Reid, who’s since moved to the Northwest,
has been reduced to menial labor
: and the kindness of old friends. While he
: admits to poor judgement in his friend-
: ship with Pohlman, he says that TU’s rife
with rumors of heterosexual misconduct
see TU. page 13
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Joining the growing list oftitles
.about coming ofage in the.1990s
is this eye-0pening example by
Linnea Due. With seven lengthy
essays, Due takes us on a tour
across the United States, highlighted
by interviews with Gay
and Lesbian youth. From Portland,
Oregon to New Orleans to
Hai’vey MilkHJgliSdhoolinNew
York City, we meet many witty,
defiant and frustrated youth who
arecoming to terms with their
sexual orientation and surroundings.
An interesting entry centers
around a young man, John, who
grew up in Colorado Springs,
during the Amendment 2 battle,
and is now attending a Santa Fe
high school He tries very hard
to not believe the terrible things
he has heard about homosexuals,
but he doesn’t get the support
or information from farnily,
friends or soc,ety to make informed
decisions. He is constantly
told that being gay is a
choice, and the depths of his
despair are revealed as he sarcastically
responds, "Sure, I
choose to have a horrible life.
How about you?"
Other youth we meet include a
young, black woman dealing
with the twin pressures of racism
and homophobia, kids at the
Harvey Milk "’Queer High
School" inNew Yorkand a group
of French Q~ter teens banding
together for supporL:.There ~is. an
overwhelming sense of frustration
and lack of confidence in
these kids countrywide. As a
group, they are discouraged at
the lack of guidance and support
from older Gays and Lesbians,
while at the same time acknowledging
the difficulties, from a
legal and social perspective, that
the older generation has being
mentors.
The bottom line, if this book’s
entries are representative of
QSueer youth in general, is that
despite the advances that have
been made for Gay equality
through the years, growing up
Gayis still a very traumatic and
confusing time. This book is a
wake up call to those who are
concerned about the suicide rates
of Gay teens and the mental
health of growing minds.
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or the Readers Services
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they were legally performed elsewhere,
and for calling for a boycott
of Hawaii if courts there
legalize gay and lesbian weddings.
She said the state should
boycott any non-essential travel
to Hawaii if the courts there declare
same-sex marriages are le=
gal under that state’s constitution
"to punish this kind of madness."
The
marriages has swept rapidly
throughout s~ate legislatures
through the c0untry~ but so far;
the Michigan ~roposai is the,firs~
to call for a boycott of Hawaii if
the courts rule’in favor 9f same~
sex unions.
Sen. Jim Holcomb (R-Sullivan.
County) sponsored a bill to ban
same-sex marriages in Termessee
and refuse to recognize any
such marriage that might be legally
performed in any other
state. The bill overwhelmingly
passed the Senate by a vote of
31-0-2.
A committee of the Colorado
House of Representatives has
approved proposed legislation
that would barrecognizing samesex
marriages that might be legal
in other states.
In Maryland, Delegate Emmitt
Bums introduced a measure that
would bar recognizing same-sex
marriages in the state, declaring
such marriages "repugnant" to
public policy.
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by professors and admi~s~ators. He
names names - of the former ]aw professor
who was said to sleep with his students
or the English professorwhoimpregnated
a student attending his class. He tells of
rumors that even circulate about Pres.
Donaldson. And these rumors aren’t limited
to him - many students around TU
can name the same names and details.
But he notes with bitterness that these
folks don’t seem to receive sanctions, or if
they do, they’re nothing like what he’s
experienced. Reid feels that only anti-
Gay and anti-s/m bias can explain why
other professors who clearly appear to
have had sex with their students remain at
TU while he had a friendship that involved
no more intimacy or actions than
between twomen boxing is gone. "Rugby
players engage in more vi,olence and contact
than we did but rugby s socially sanctioned
and s/m is not," he adds.
When told of how Lesbian and Gay
faculty on campus whom he once thought
were friendly now malign him, citing his
poor grooming or too casual dress, Reid
justcomments onhow sad it is that they’re
so scared now. He says they know if it
happened to him, it could happen to them
too. He thinks that TU trustees, counsel,
administrators, all know that their actions
are indefensible, but they thought they
couldjustcover it all up, or thathe couldn’t
get any help, .oi: that he’d be too intimidated.
For the future, Reid’s working with
national legal aid orgamzations to pursue
a lawsuit. Meanwhile, one faculty member
with a penchant for gossip says what
really got TU scared was Pohlmar] threatening
to take his video to TV’s Hard
Copy. Reid says maybe he’ll do it instead.
JD cont’dfromp. 9
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has been home to such events as Mr.Tulsa
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Miss South USofA pageant. The owners,
John & Steve, are some of the nicest guys
.I know. They have been active in supportzng
HIV/AIDS fundraisers and community
events like the Pride Picnic over the
past 4 years: they will celebrate the Silver
Star’ anniversary on April 15th.
Weekly events include such things as
Wednesday nights Drag Rodeo Roundup
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and Sunday nights with tight buns and big
chests, oops, I meanmale dancers from 10
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dance floor for those who like country or
good dance music. They also have pool
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Serving a Diverse Community
by Jean-Pierre, TFN Food Critic
Those of us who had the privilege of
growing up in the Southwest have had
plenty ofopportunity to eatMexicanfood.
Remember the day~ ,~lien~ff~-were butch
littlejunior high hellions and competed to
see who could eat the most platefuls of the
all-you-can-eat special at Casa Bonita?
Well, we’ve grown up and discovered
that Mexican food can be more than a
hedonistic glut-fest or a midnight trip
through theTaco Mayo drive-up window.
Quite by accident, we came across the
Santa Fe. Mexican Restaurant-at 1515
South Sheridan inTulsa;.just north Of the
Silver Star Saloon. It’ s been there for four
years, owned and operated by the
Contreras family, some real Mexico Mexicans,
with traditional family recipes and a
talent for good food in a comfortable and
relaxed atmosphere. And, as a smaller,
family restaurant, the waiters and waitresses
don’t run frenetically from table to
table and none of the faux-Mexican decoration
or.m~sic rears its ugly head as we
see so:-oft~nfi~iithe chain establishments.
Theb~i~appears unpretentious and
the inside decor is quite modest. Butprices
are extremely reasonable for a large plate
of excellent-,[~. On weekdays, there is a
luncheon biiffei’for $5:50 per person, and
most of the a la carte entrees are $4.50.
There are smo-kigg and non=smOking sections
anda:ifull~!~i[~,~,ensed bar.
Several ~=tast~:~!:~ups are available as
starters. The ~o~.~e is a spicy pork and
hominy mix .~*:i~:lots of coriander and
peppers: Th~rfi ig"~m unusual chicken and
ve~aicelfi sbup;;;vhich we expected to
resemble something along the line of
: Campbell’s chicken noodle, but which
: was a full flavored red stock, full of bro-
¯ ken pieces of angel hair pasta noodles. A
chicken tortilla soup is also available.
: Guacamole salad is one of the tdling
: signs of freshness with Mexican food. As
¯ youmay know frommaking guacamole at
: home, once cut, the avocado very quickly
~ turns brown on exposure to air, so lemon
¯ or lime juice is squeezed on to the cut
surfaces to retard discoloration. The
~ guacamole at SantaFe was freshly made,
: chunky, and bright green, with no trace of
¯ browning and no taste of citrus juice--
: this is amazing and most enjoyable.
." This place has some of the best tamales
: we’ve ever eaten in Tulsa, made b.y hand
:¯ and Steamed the traditional way m corn
husks. These tamales taste like what you
¯ might be served by a friend’s mother at
¯ the family dinner table, not like what
¯ we’ve come to expect from restaurants. ¯ Vvqaile all of the traditional Mexican
_" entrees are on the menu, you may espe-
¯ cially want to try the chicken enchiladas,
¯ which are juicy and mouth-watering. ¯
Watch out, though, because we did find a
¯ bone chip in the chicken on a recent visit.
The enchiladas and other entrees are
¯ available with several sauces,and we com-
" mend to you the mole sauce. Mole (pro-
" nounced, "MOH-Iay") is a traditional
¯ Mexican sauce made from unsweetened
chocolate and hot peppers. The Spanish
~ conqmstadors were introduced to choco-
¯ late by the Aztecs and took the cocoa
: beans back to Europe, where the sugar
¯ started to be added. This Mexican sauce is
¯ not sxveet, tastes like nothing .you can
~ imagine, and is delicious.
¯ The dessert list inclUdes a tasty little-
" tan, an individual egg custard baked with
caramelized sugar that forms a brown
bittersweet sauce.
Our only complaint is the complementary
salsa served is a bit too thin and
watery, but it i s tasty and does appear to be
freshly made onions and cilantro have a
distinctive tastewhenfresh andnot canned
or bottled.
In themoodfor good, home-style Mexican
food in a casual setting? We heartily
recommend Santa Fe for great food at a
surprisingly cheap price. And, don’t forget
to mention you read about them in
Tulsa Family News.
Santa Fe Mexican Restaurant, 15i5
S. Sheridan. Prices: inexpensive. Service:
casual. Hours: 11 am - 9 pm; till
10 p.m. on Fri-Sat; closed Sun. Payment:
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by James Christjohn
Well, it’s not often that a critic gets to
¯ put his money where his Mac is, but now
¯ is the time. I’m pleased to announce that ¯
I amdirecting"HIVariations" - three short
¯ plays - during the weekend of one-acts at
~ TU on April 14 in Theatre 2 in Kendall
¯ Hall, 2pm. Ya’ll get to see if I really do
¯ know what I’m talking about.
¯ "HIVariations" are three plays centered
¯ aroundthereactions of family and spouses ¯
to the loss of a loved one due to HIV -
¯
"Cater Waiter", now in production as a
¯ fflmstarfingDavidDrake, Andre’s Mother
¯ by T,,errence McNally; and "Mr. Rosen’s
Son . While the subject itself is rather
¯ - dark, there is humor in these shows. The
¯ cast includes Brad Luna, Karin Sandmel, ¯
¯ VivicaWalkenbach, and JohnWeller. On
the samebill, Harvey Fierstein’s"OnTidy
¯ Endings" is being produced, and some
¯ early Tennessee Williams works are included
in the weekend’s festivities. The
¯
plays on Friday and Saturday start at 7pm,
~ Sunday’s plays are at 2 and 7:30pm. The
¯ weekend of one-acts ~s free to the public.
By the way, I’m still casting the part of
¯
Mr. Rosen - 50-60 year old NYJewish
¯ man. If you or someone you know fits the
¯ bill, please call me at 583-1248. In addi-
¯ tion, the performance of an original one-
: act musical dealing with politics, religion
¯ and gay life, "Diaries" by Jennifer Hoyer,
with lyrics and music by Gabriel Washam
¯
and James Gregory, all TU theatre stu-
¯
dents, will be held Mon, April 29 at 7pro
¯ in Chapman Hall.
¯ Phantom was Phabulous! I was irasee
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[1996] Tulsa Family News, March 15-April 14, 1996; Volume 3, Issue 4
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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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James Christjohn
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Barry Hensley
Pat Morehead
JD Jamett
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