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Sapulpa Teen Flees Bias
SAPULPA, Okl~ (AP) -The 17-year-old son ofa local
school board member has faced threats and harassment
because of his sexual orientation, but the boy’s father
said his other children will remain in the suburban
district. Will .Allen, a junior at Sapulpa High School,
will attendTulsaW~hingtonHigh School whenthefall
semester begins Aug. 12. The family requested the
transfer in February, his father, Sam Allen, said.
Allen said Will has been vexed and tormented by his
~.2assmates for the past two years because of his sexual
Orientation. ;The Allen family appeared recently on
NBC’s "The Today Show"; and Will encouraged other
young Gay men and women to confide in people with
whomtheyfeltcomfortable. ’Tvehadmany Gayfriends
who have been kicked out of their homes, treated very
poorly - physical abuse," he said. "The first thing you
should do .is find somebody, maybe,not your parents,
who you know and feel positive that ~hey can give you
the support that you need."
Will was inMichigan atamusic academy andwas not
available for comment.
Sapulpa school officials issued a news release that
! US House Votes t.o Limit City’s
!Partner Benef,ts to Gays
: WASHINGTON (AP) -Despite charges of bigotry and interfer-
~ ence in local government, the House in July voted to prohibit the
: s.pe.nding .of fed.eral, money o.n programs implementing a civil
: rights o_r.dinzncem.S.an Francasco. The measure, offered by Rep.
o Frank Ri.g.gs, .R.-Calif., was approved 214-212 as an amendment
: to a sPe~.ding bill forhous..rag, veterans programs, environmental
¯ protecaon, space and funding for the arts.
: Supporters said they hoped to get the provision removed
¯ during negotiations to reconcile the House bill with a yet-to-be
" approved Senate version. The Riggs amendment prohibits any
¯ money in the $94 billion spending bill to be used to implement
a San Francisco ordinance that requires employers doing bus|-
¯ ness withthecity toprovidehealthandotherbeuefits to same-sex
¯ partners. "We should not force or coerce (private business) to
¯ adopt policies they t-rod morally objectionable," Riggs argued in
¯ a heated debate.
¯ Rep. Patrick K.,e~n,edy, D-R.I., called it a "mean-spirited,
bigoted amendment’ and other opponents said it was an assault
¯ onlocalautonomy."Italtacks homernleinevery city in America,"
¯ declared Rep. Dennis KucinidL D-Ohio, a former mayor of
: Cleveland. "It’s a move back to the days of witch hunting, back
¯ to the days oftellingpeople what they should and should not do,"
¯ complained Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill. He said the amendment
¯ threatens programs in San Francisco that help the homeless and
¯ thetreatment ofAIDS patients as well as scores ofotherprograms
: that rdy in part on federal support.
¯ Rep. Nancy Pelts|, D-Calif., said the city negotiated with
~" Catholic Charities, which had balked at the ordinance, and
¯ reached an accommodation, and compromises were expected to
be worked out with other businesses. "I don’t know why Mr.
¯ Riggs wants to create a war," she said in strong opposition to the
¯ measure. Pelts|,whorepresents SanFrancisco, called theamend-
" ment an affront to home rule and Said "the city of San Francisco
’~ is not forcing anyone to act against their principles?’
¯ More than adozen lawmakersspoke emotionally against the
.: amendment, . see Attack, p. 3
¯¯ Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperAvailable In More Than 75 City Locations
stated the district"does not condoneor tolerate harass- ~. ment of students foranyreason)’"We have comprehen- Surgeon .G,:e=,. neral Compares
sive board policies_’m,,P!ace on sexual harassment and a ~’. I~I~l I~|nI~’~~|1 #11 l~-"m-L a.__. I~-~-- -~ --
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Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays,
arranged for the television appearance. Will’s situation
is cotfimon for homosexual teen-agers, Ms. McDonald
said. "Some (schools) are doing a great job, and some
are sticking their heads in the sand," she said. "We’re
just beginning to work with Tulsa-area schools."
Allen said he had no complaints about the Sapulpa
district and said his two other children will continue to
attend Sapulpa schools. He also has no plans to step
down from the school board. ’‘The community support
has been wonderful," he said.
: WASHINGTON (AP) - Recalling his childhood in the segre-
¯ gated South, Surgeon General David Satcher compared the fight
: against AIDS, which is hitting the Black community hard, to the
-’: struggle for civil rights. Speaking to one of nation’s oldest civil
.: rights groups, he called on Black leaders to reject stereotypes
¯ around AIDS, overcome shyness about sex and confront the
[ issue. ’‘This is anareawhere weagain need to mobilize," Satcher,
." who is Black and grew up in Alabama, told the Southern Chris-
: tian Leadership Conference in a speech Tuesday. ’Tm talking to
¯ you about you."
While Blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population, they
¯ account for 57% of the new infectious, according to the federal Family of Faith to Present : CentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention.Amongsomegroups,
¯ the statistics are even more striking: Blacks and Hispanics make Noted Christian Singer
TULSA -Marsha Stevens, composer of For Those
Tears I Died (Come to the Water), will perform a free
concert at Family of Faith Metropolitan Commlmity
Church on Saturday, Sept.. 5th at 7:30 at 5451e South
Mingo as wall as at Family of Faith’s regular Sunday
evemng service on Sept. 6th at 5pm.
Stevens’ song, For Those Tears... has become a
standard of evangelical Christian hymnals since 1972
even though the songwriter experienced rejection and
scorn from part of the church since she came out as a
Lesbian. Active in the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches (UFMCC), Stevens performs
over 150 concerts a year and has recorded six solo
albums and a concert video on her independent BALM
(Born Again Lesbian Music) labd. She now ministers
with the SW UFMCC district. Info: 622-1441.
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: up 82% of HIV-positive women ages 13 to 24. Andlife-prolong-
" ing AIDS drugs are helping whites more than Blacks. In 1996,
¯ deaths among whites with AIDS were down 28%; for Blacks, it
¯ was just 10%.
¯ The Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s new presi-
¯ dent, Martin Luther King III, underscored the difficulty ofAIDS
¯ education, saying he is not comfortable promoting use of con-
" doms. "The only way is abstinence," he said in an interview after
¯ Satcher’s speech. "Sex should not be something that we just
: casually engage in and take lightly." The solution, King said, is
¯ restoring fundamental values to society. He said AIDS is an
¯ important issue, although it is not among his top priorities.
Satcherdid notrecommendany particularprevendon strategy.
" But he and other public health experts agree that use of condoms"
¯ is essential to halt the spread of HIV among people who are not
: likely to abstain from sex. The surgeon general will hammer the
~ AIDS message in upcoming speeches to Black journalists and
¯ doctors, and he plans to reach out to other groups such as Black
¯ fraternities, sororities and newspapers.
¯ But his speech to church leaders was particularly important.
¯ Churches play a central role in many Black communities, and
¯ ministers are,often among the most prominent community lead-
,: ers. But church leaders have been reluctant to talk about AIDS
¯ because it relates so closely to sex and homosexuality, Satcher
¯ says. The issue is also thorny because of its relationship to drug
¯ use, amajorprobleminside the Blackcommunity withits ownset
¯ of taboos, see Surgeon,p.ll
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - From skimpily
clad revelers to Bible-toting evangelists, the
Gay Games are drawing an eclecdc crowd for
weeklong festivities ce,!ebrating Gay pride and
culture. With the,,theme Friendship Through Culture
and Sports, the quadrennial Olympics-style
sports festival begins Saturday, offering competitors
everythingfrom ballroom dancing to wrestling
and more cerebral pastimes such as bridge and
chess.
This is the
first time the Gay
Games are being
held in Europe
since they beganin
San Francisco in
1982. New York
City was the site
¯ of the last Games
¯ in 1994; Sydney,
¯ site of the Summer
Olympics in 2000,
¯ will have the first
¯ Tulsan CliffBaileyis compet- southern hem|-
¯ ing in this year’s Gay Games .sphere Gay Games
¯ in Amsterdam, accompanied in 2002.
¯ by his spouse Chris Ritthaler. The opening
night’s ceremony
¯ will feature the Israeli transsexual pop star Dana
¯ International, who gained fame- and notoriety-in
¯ May after winning the 25-nation Eurovision song
¯ contest and incensing Orthodox Jewish leaders at
¯ home.
¯ Some 30 competition sports will be available at
¯ these games, which run through Aug. 8. But with-
" out top-level athletes, they threatened to be eclipsed
¯ by the many parties outside the stadium.
¯ Amsterdam is renowned for its tolerance and its
¯ lively Gay community, so these games are almost
~:. inconspi~ug~s, ap.ar~ [rg~ so,me posters and a few
~ more same:~e~couples than USUal-:strolling arm-in-
¯ arm a!Orig the canals.
With up to 14,000 participants and 200,000 visi-
¯ tors in town, the Dutch capital is about to be
¯ transformed into the ultimate Gay hangout with
¯ enough temptations to satisfy even the most vigor-
. ous partygoer. There are transvestite shows and
¯ drag queen contests. For the more athletic, there’s
¯ even oil wrestling.
One top attraction officially has nothing to do
¯ with the Gay Games: Saturday’s yearly canal pa-
: rade of decorated boats. Games organizers prom-
- ised a flotilla of Gays and Lesbians on the city’s
¯ famous medieval waterways. But not everyone
¯ will be party-hopping. For the straight-laced and
intellect’ual types-; there are plenty of alternatives,
including art exhibits, symposiums on Gay and
¯ Lesbian issues, and cooking shows.
¯ Participants might get a dose of religion. Up to
¯ 100 representatives from the international evange-
¯ lism group Youth With a Mission plan to stage
[ C.hristian-themed street dramas and pray with par-
¯ Uopants. "God wants to care for people whether
¯ they are homosexuals or heterosexuals," YWAM
¯ spokeswoman Nelleke Bosshardt said.
Sigrid Johannisse of the Netherlands, who will
". be competing in the badminton competition, said
¯ she’s searching for fun and friendship. Even so, she
¯ hopes the Gay Games one day will disappear as
Gays become more accepted.
¯ Although heterosexuals are welcome to com-
" pete, few do, triggering criticism within the Gay
¯ community that the games createneedless segrega-
¯ don. "! hate all the separation," said Johmmisse, a
¯ 33-year-old art historian. "in sports, there isn’t so
¯ much integration.., it was just easier to play with
¯ Gay people."
¯ Eddy Feenstra has a more carefree attitude as he
¯ prepares to compete in ballroom and Latin Ameri-
¯ can dancing with partner Tonny Aliens. Girding
¯ for victory, Feenstra says "I am doing it for the
¯ fun," he said. "I would also like to show off what I
¯ am good at."
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Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal, Writers + contributors: Adam West,
James Christjohn, Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud, Barry
Hensley, J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom, Esther
Rothblum. Mary Schepers, Member o! The Associated Press
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Keep Up the Good Work
Thanks for your paper. It is a welcome
relief from the crosstown neo-fascist
infotainment weekly, i particularly enjoyed
last issue’s cover story about SenatorNickles,
presumably the selfsame Senator
once knownfor closeting himself with
a reputedly Gay [Oklahoma] . fellow politico,
but who now wishes to protect the
Luxembourgians from the possibility of
an "immoral" ambassador. From what I
understand, the Luxembourgians aremuch
less concerned with the comings and goings
.in an ambassador’s, boudoir than is
Sen. Nickles.
As a politically leftist straight older
male, I naturally fmd common cause with
the Gay community: when the good Senator
and the Right good Rev. Phelps get
finished with the queers, they’ll be after
me next. I applaud your efforts to establish
dialogue with straightminority groups
who have themselves been the targets of
bigotry an discrimination. Ifwelearnnothing
more from History, at least we should
know that solidarity is the only hope for
the oppressed, and perhaps the best defense
from the excessively repressed.
This town needs a paper that gives
voice to all those outside the power elite,
performing the traditional role of the
Fourth Estate: to hold our governments
accountable for their actions, and to protect
the liberties of the individual. Keep
up the good work. - Keith Bolton, Tulsa
: A Letter from RAIN Oklahoma
," Thank you for providing me with providing
me with a way to address some
questions and concerns I’m aware of re-
"¯ garding a policy for volunteers that
RAIN’ s Board of Directors approved and
¯ that RAIN Staff are now charged with,
’ implementing. The policy in question is
". in regard to criminal history reports now
¯ being performed (with the volunteer’s
¯ permission) for all new volunteers effec¯
tive June 1, 1998 and gradually incorporating
such reports on all volunteers by
: March 1, 1999.
¯ I ask readers to consider the nature of ¯
¯ RAINvolunteers’ service topeopleliving
with HIV/AIDS [PLWA’s] and those in
; theirhouseholds. Volunteers provide non-
¯ medical,non-technical careto [PLWA’s],
"- most often in the RAIN client’s home.
¯ The services vary, depending on the ex-
." pressed needs and the volunteerrs avail-
- ability, but can include transportation,
¯ meal preparation, housecleaning, child
; care, pet care, and social outings. Emo-
; tional support is often a Valuable compo-
¯ nent of the relationship between RAIN
¯ Client and volunteer.
¯ RAIN’s Board of Directors and staff
¯ realized that we have a tremendous responsibility
to do what we can to ensure
¯ thesafety ofchildrenandvulnembleadults
¯ that volunteers contact: The policy was
: not-initiated naively or without regard to
¯ potential negative consequences. In a fo- ¯
cus group with volunteers many months
¯ ago, responses ranged from "against it
¯ -under any circumstance" to "yes, absoi
lutely, I support this fully." see RAIN, p.3
: Letters Policy
¯ Tulsa Family News welcomes letters on ¯
issues which we’ve covered or on issues
¯ you think need to be considered. Youmay
¯. request that your name be with/add but
¯ letters mustbe signed&have phone num-
" bers, or be hand delivered. 200 word let-
. ters are preferred. Letters to other publi-
¯ cations will be printed as is appropriate.
Rev, Howard vsthe Evil Steve
by Tom Neal, editor & publisher ".
Severalyears ago whenUS Congressman Steve Largent "
firstranforoffice, this newspapermet withLargent, athis ¯
request, andafterwards I argued, despiteLargent’s record ¯
of bigoted,.anti-Gay comments and his association with "
radical extremist religio~political groups, for an initial ¯
policy of tolerance for Herr Largent. I’d hoped that ¯
Largent might just really believe in real Christian and "
American values of loving and respecting not only your "
neighbor but also the US Constitution. He sure tried to
sweet-talk us that way.
And to be fair, Steve did agree to a town hall meeting "
with Tnlsa’s Lesbian and Gay community - something "
none of his predecessors had ever done, certainly not the ¯
Idiot Congressman Inhofe (now US Senator and in competition
with Ernest "
Istookfor mostembar- "
rassing Oklahoman in
Washington) but not ¯
even the Democrat, "
Jim Jones, who’d held "
the seat before. ¯
But obviouslyI was "
wrong. Nomatterhow "
Largent may want to
see himself as just a
nice guy, he’s chosen "
to promote rdigious "
extremism and to surround
himself with "
folks so bigoted that "
they make him look a "
littlebit~m,oderate. His ."
chief of staff, Terry
US Rep. Steve Largent making Allen, thepoliticalex- "
those endorsement dollars by tremist calling the "
showing offhis son in his Hanes plays for our football ."
underware. Yep, Steve andsome hall-of-famer, comes ¯
of those Republicans sure know to mind. Actually "
about thosefamily values. Steve’s not moderate ¯
but his staff is openly
hate~:.t.o~ir Lesbian aod Gay constituents while Steve
.... a~’[d.~t~tu§~ly is polite. "
Now Steve et al will argue that their radicalism is just
repres.enting the views of the First District (which is more
or less Tnlsa county). But as a nearly lifelong Tnlsan (my
f,am~ly moved here from Oklahoma City in 1960), I just
don t ihink So. Yes, wedo have a sufficiency of Baptists,
Methodism, and also those no-name, make-it-up-as-yougo-
along~they-claim-they-areChriStians, many ofwhom
seem to think that their faith demands that they hate their
nexgt~bor as tlaey would be loved. Or.who engage in the
profoundly insincere rhetoric of claiming "to love the
person and to hate the ’sin’:" Often one wonders if these
types on meeting Christ would not reject Him as a "longhairedcommie,
pinko-fag."
But I don’t believe that these types represent the
majority of Tulsans, and regardless, given the values of
the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution, ¯
minority civil fights are not supposed to be subject to the
tyranny of the majority. And I believe that many Tulsa "
Baptists, Methodists, Jews, Muslims, Pagans and non, "
believers recognize that once the power of the govern- ¯
merit is used to promote a particular religious agenda, ¯
each tradition could be targeted just as Lesbian mad Gay "
citizens are the target du jour. ’
So, it is with some relief to learn that a brave soul, the ’
Reverend Howard Plowman, retired Methodist pastor,
has announced his willingness to face the football bully..
According to The Yellow Dog Democrat, the newsletter ¯
of the Oklahoma Democratic Party, Rev. Howard will ¯
challenge the ,hard-core Christian Coalition which has ¯
done a disservice to all political parties..." He adds, "1 "
resent them taking a Christian name and pretending-to: ]
have no other agenda..." Plowman, 73 years old, with ..
kids and grandkids, went to Tulsa Public Schools,TU and "
SMU’s Perkins School of Theology.
This newspaper certainly agrees that the so-called ¯
Christian Coalition has done a disservice to all Ameri- ¯
cans who believe in real religious freedom and have "
respect for America’s rich diversity. And I applaud Rev. "
Howard and his spouse and family for being willing to ¯
stand up against the Evil Steve. Tulsa deserves better. ¯
Editor’s note: More information is available about ¯
Plowman ’for Congress by writing to 3617 East 48th "
Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74.135. ¯
by James Christjohn
Greetings! Welcome to a new occasional colunm, one
that I hope you will fred interesting. The focus is to
comment on the world around us with the perspective of
being a Gay man in a diverse world. Topics will have a
wide range, from frivolity to high drama to serious issues
that affect us all. In this exploration, the question will
always be: What exactly is a Gay lifestyle?
I had an acquaintance once remark to me
"I don’t approve of your lifestyle, but I like
you." My first thought was "Well, I don’t
approve of your lifestyle, but I accept it as
part of you without comment: Who the hell
are you to judge me?" Before I did so, I
thought to myself, ’q’hat is not her rational
mind speaking, it’s her brainwashing coming
through. She doesn’t know any better.
She knows not what she speaks." I had to
ponder thatfor awhile. Itwas terribly tempting
to ask, "Does your brainknow what your
mouth is saying?"
I began pondering: what the hell is a Gay
lifestyle, anyway? There are perceptions,
usually starting witha"mis", that the straight
world has of Gay folk, and our so called
lifestyles, such as apparently we spend 90%
of our time in Gay bars in the pursuit of sex.
I know.that there are some folk who like to
go clubbing, straight and Gay, I know some
folk who do drugs, straight and Gay, I know
some folk who are promi.scuous (yes, even x
years into the AIDS epidemic), again, both
straight and Gay, - and I know many folk
who do none of those things. Yet, in the
straight world, we are all lumped under a
stereotype of eternal drugging, drinking,
slutty behaviors. Why is this, and.do we
need to hire publicity firms to turn theimage
around?
Thus I
dragged,
kicking and
sereamina, out
of the closet
by two very
curious Baptist
women from
Q)dessa-latlon,
Texas¯
And despite all
" my f~ars~
notlang
happened.
In fact, when I
leh, they were
very qulch to
tell me I
replaced
another
Gay man . . .
¯ and they still want me. Another time, I was copying some
¯ recipes out of a book in the office, when the same sister
; noticed and said, "Oh, you like to cook? You’ll make
¯¯ some wo - person a wonderful hus - mate."
Well, the cat was definitely coming out of the closet
¯ then. Shortly thereafter, I met my future mate, and all of ¯
a sudden, there was much curiosity about my life, which
I kept sidestepping, still fearing I could lose
ajob. It came to ahead one evening when I
was drawing plans ofTom’ s apartment, and
trying to figure out how to combine stuff,
furniture, etc. Cyndee, the boss, came over
and was looking over my shoulder. She
noted I had not drawn another bed, and
remarked "So, where ya golma put your
bed? or are ya gonna sleep with him?" It
was so surprisingly I my only response was
-- ..u..hhh ~ ana men to oraw in a bed real fast.
It was utterly silly, and she was letting me
know that she knew and it was no big deal,
.she had known, and now I knew she knew.
After that, the questions were exhausting.
The next year was one big Gay 101
Question and Answer session, as I ,demythified
Gayhood (Gaydom?) to them and
did no small amount of education. Cyndee
even shielded me from a stalker who’d
become obsessed with me, and nearly had
him arrested for calling the business repeatedly.
That was not fun, but it was notable in
the way she was ready to defend me. They
came from Irish stock, and Cyndee mad was
a sight to avoid.
And I became the one to turn to when
Annie, the other sister, was planning parties.
Which she did. A lot. I was the one
draftedinto helping herdo artsy-crafty things
for her parties, and when she was selecting
new furniture, I was always asked for de-
¯ I tend to think that theimagecanbe turned
arotmd,though it will mked~ne, ~aad lots ofpatiehee:The
¯ woman I referred to before may have a different image of
: Gay people than what she’d been brainwashed into be-
¯ lieving because we knew each other. Maybe not a magic
." transformation, but a little logic, here and there,:can add
¯ For example, I worked for three years in a physical
¯ therapy office, for two small.town Baptistwomenl It was ¯
a nice job, and I liked them, so I didn’t talk about myself
¯ much for fear oflosing thejob:! was rather silly. TI~first
¯ day f worked there, "a client came in and demanded that
¯ one of the "purty wimmin" do his therapy because he
didn t want no pansy-assed faggot to touch him. Well,
¯ we were both nonplused. I thought I was pretty low key,
¯¯ having left the bright, hotpinkneon"QueerHere" sign at
¯ home.
After h~ left, one of the sisters begged me not t6 quit,
saying their clients were not all like that, and he was an
exception, not a rule. Wall, I thought, at least they know,
¯ sign opinions. I guess it’s part of the Gay gene, that interior d(sign comes with it. (I really had no
talent forit, but it was a misconception that wouldil’t die.
No matter how hard I tried to dispel the myth that not all
Gay men had impeccable taste, even to the extent of
describing my past relationships.)
Thus was I drug, kicking and screaming, out of the
closet by two VerY curious Baptist women from Odessalation,
Texas. And despite all my fears, nothing bad
happened. In fact, when I left, they were very quick to tell
me I was being replaced with another Gay man, who’d
actually made a pass at their very handsome but terribly
straight brother. Apparently, the strategy worked.
I had a point in all this somewhere. Oh yes, it is by
events like these - and not being afraid to be who we are
- that this whole mythification of what we are can be
¯changed. It’s not always the loud voices that help create
change, sometimes it’s the whisper on the wind. And in
that way, everyone can help make long-lasting changes
for.the benefit of all.
characterizingit as an attack on the rights of Gay citizens
and a federal imposition on local rule. Only Riggs-vigorously
supported it during the debate,
"It’s a message amendment.... It will unquestionably
encourage intolerance," said Rep. Henry Waxman, DCalif.
The San Francisco ordinance has been criticized by
some businesses as well as nonprofit orgamzadons including
Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army. "The
SalVation Army, which refused to buckle to city policy,
forfeited $3.5 million of its $18 million budget," said
Riggs, because it didn’t want to comply with the city
ordinance on domesdc partner benefits.
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national
Lesbian and Gay political organization, called theamendment
"the latest salvo in fight-wing attacks .against Gay
people." "The amendment is a thinly veiled attempt to
attack San Francisco and micromanage the city," said
Winnie Stachelberg, the political director for the Human
Rights Campaign.
In another action ofinterest to the Gay community, the
House decided to reduce money it had allocated
see Attack, p. 13
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report) and it was decided to handle it similar to the way
we handle our $25 volunteer training fee. Scholarships
are offered for training to anyone who request one and
RAIN will pay the report fee for any volunteer, so that no
one is prevented from volunteering due to the cost.
All decisions for volunteer eligibility are made at the
discretion of the RAIN coordinator and any grievances
against the policy or any decision made my the RAIN
coordinator may be taken up with me. I hope that current
RAIN volunteers will understand RAIN’s mission of
providing a compassionateresponse to HIV/AIDS through
education and service has not changed. We appreciate the
love and concern shown by our volunteers and we are
grateful that men, women and children living with HIV/
AIDS are willing to risk letting strangers into their lives
by asking for a RAIN team.
- Pam S. Cross, MPH, Executive Director
No Gays or Singles to
Adopt in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK (AP) - A state board that sets standards
affecting foster care has approved a requirement
that prohibits private agencies from placing
children with homosexual.or unmarried heterosexual
adults. The new rule must undergo a public comment
period before becoming effective. Rules have not
been written for public foster care agencies, said Joel
Landreneau, alawyerfor the licensing unit ofthe state
Human Services Department. The state has some
2,700 to 2,800 children in foster care. In the past, the
ruleshave been silent on homosexual or single heterosexual
foster parents.
Along with passing the new rule, the Child Welfare
Agency Review Board discussed the possibility of an
exemption for unmarried heterosexuals. Board member
James Balcom of Paragould said agencies could
use single people by applying for an exemption called
alternative compliance.
Bob West of Little Rock, also a board meml~er and
the only dissenter, said he believes there will be many
requests for exemptions. "I don’t think you can exclude
anyone just because they’re single," he said. "I
really think it should be up to the local agencies who
is qualified to be a foster parent. I just think it has to
be done on a case-by-case basis.’"
Board member Robin Woodruff of Little Rock
proposed the prohibition, saying "I would like for our
children to have a mom role model and a dad role
model." After the meeting, Ms. Woodruff said she
had been told that the Centers for Youth and Families
had placed at least one child with a Gay family and
had other such families waiting.
Kay Kimbrough, the centet"s service administrator
for adolescent services, said her agency doesn’t inquire
rote foster parents’ sexuality. "That is not an
issue for us, asfar as gender of parents. We don’ t have
a policy or practice that dictates whether we place
kids in that type family," Ms. Kimbrough said. "We
don’t make a practice to determine whether a family
is heterosexual or homosexual."
At the board meeting, Chris Pyle, family life issues
Aiai.~.On f~o~ Q.o,v..~Mike Huckabee~ said the. govemgr
supports-applying the principle of foster parents being
heterosexual married couples. Pyle said Arkansas
law prohibits marriages between members of the
same sex. He said Huckabee believes "it is not in the
best interest of children for them to be placed in an
environment that.the Legislature has specifically and
purposely removed from legal sanction and recognition."
"I think there are a lot of foster children out there
and not enough foster parents, and we may run into
trouble if.we try to limit it to couples only," said West,
apediatric medical consultant who works for the state
Health Department. AssistantAttorney General Karen
Wallace, a lawyer for the board, had recommended
the board stick with the standards as written. She said
she.had concerns about equal protectionand discrimination.
New England Lesbian
Wins Bias Lawsuit
BOSTON (AP) -Ajudge has awarded $906,000 to a
Lesbian who managed a state social services agency,
ruling she was the victim of job discrimination.
Middlesex Superior Com’tJudge Sandra Hamlinruled
that Lowell-based Community Teamwork Inc., the
state’s second-largest .anti-poverty agency, had no
good reason fire Patrica Weber. Hamlin added that
Weber was "eminentlymorequalified" man the CTI’ s
director, the man who was picked over her by the
agency’s board of directors. Hamlin, who said a
"sexist attitude" prevailed at CTI, also ruled that the
reasons given for Weber’ s firing were "a pretext."
"I feel vindicated," Weber, 49 told the Boston
Herald. "What they did tomewas wrong. I’m glad the
!aw feels thatway too. Employers can’ t firepeoplefor
nothing-because they don’tlike them, or they’re the
wrong sex or whatever."
Cheryl Cronin, CTI’s lawyer, said the agency is
appealing. !~We are c~,,n~,~dent that CTI will ultimately
prevail in this matter,’ she said. CTI provides a range
of services,including housing, education and daycare
to low-income residents of 38 communities from
Lowdl to Framingham.
Weber, who worked for CTI for 18 years, was fired
in March, 1996 during a meeting with Executive
Director Jim Canavan. A month later, when she
applied for unemployment benefits, she learned the
reason for her dismissal was listed as "inability to do
her job." Hamlin said inca 38-page ruling that CTI
retaliated against Weber for filing a complaint with
the Massachusetts Commission Against Discriminationbyrefusing
to provide her areference. Weberwas
turned down for dozens of jobs, before accepting one
that cut her pay nearly in half.
"Weber’s past work history while at CTI reveals
only a dedicated, bright, hardworking employee,".the
judge wrote. "Nothing whatsoever in the evidence
supports defendant’ s contention that Weber’ s inability
to perform led to her termination.’"
Tennessee Lesbian
Wins Child Custody
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)-Gay activists hope the
case of a Wilson County Lesbian who was granted
custody of one of her children marks a trend in
Tennessee. Pat Finn was awarded sole custody of her
9-year-old daughter this month by ajudge in Wilson
County. Her second child, a teen-age son, chose to
live with his father, who was awarded sole custody of
the boy.
’Tm glad this has been brought to light," said Bev
Clendenen of Nashville, director of the Lesbianand
Gay Community Center. "This reconfirms that Gay
mothers are good mothers. Like everything, there are
good apples and bad. You should be judged not on
your sexuality, but rather what kind of mother you
are.;"
Pa~ck Sullivan, Finn’s ex~husband, plans to appeal.
I thought it was the greatest injustice in the s/ate
of Tennessee," he said. ’q-his case is about her being
a neglectful mother and very little about the homosexuality."
He said he opposes:his ex-wife’ s Lesbian
relationship and does not wanthis daughter exposed
to it "It is about discrimination of me as a father
trying to get custody of his children," he said of the
ruling.
Finn, a registered nurse, was married to Sullivan
for 17 years. She and her female partner have formalized
their relationship with a commitment ceremony
and exchange offings. Finn believes she won custody
of her daughter because she was judged on the facts
and not politics, public sentiment or the judge’s
personal preferences about family life.
"I realized the odds were against me, but I told my
" daughter I wasn’t doing anything wrong and I needed
to show her I would fight to keep her," Finn said. ’Tm
thesame mother. I’m the same woman who has been
raising children for 16 years."
Can A Lesbian Win A Seat in Congress?
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - Grethe
Cammermeyer, a daughter of the Nazi resistance in
Norway and a decorated Vietnam veteranwhobattled
her owngovernment, hasjumpedheadlonginto anew
challenge: The retired Armycolonel, who wryly calls
herself "one of the most famous Lesbians in the
country" after her successful fight to stay in the
military, is rtmuing for Congress.
Cammermeyer, 56, has never held public office.
Her Gay civil-rights fight - recounted in "Serving in
Silence," a book and made-for-TV movie = made her
a celebrity. Glenn Close, who starred in the movie, its
producer Barbra Streisand and other show-business
notables have contributed to her campaign.
She’s favored to win the Democratic nomination
Sept. 15. That would pit her against two-term Republican
Rep. Jack Metcalf on Nov. 3. Metcalf, who says
this is his last campaign, was boosted to victory two
years ago by absentee voters in the traditionally
Democratic 2nd District.
No openly Lesbian candidate has been elected to
Congress, but Caramermeyer is one of four Democrats
hoping to break the barter this year along with
Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Christine Kehoe of
California and Susan Tracy of Massachusetts. ’q’his
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Kathleen DeBold, polifical director ofthe Victory Fund,
a Washington, D.C., group that backs Lesbians and
Gays for public office. "Grethe is so admired, both for
her record in the military and for her willingness to stand
up and fight homophobia," says state Rep. Ed Murray,
. a Seat-de Democrat who’s Gay.
Cammermever earned national attention with her
fight to stay in~eWashington National Guard. She was
f!red, in 1992.after disclosing her sexual orientation
aunng a 1989 Interview for a security clearance as chief
nurse of the National Guard.Afederaljudge orderedher
reinstated in 1994; the government did not appeal.
On the campaign trail, she doesn’t talk Gay civil
rights. At an ice cream social held by Skagit County
Democrats earlier this month, Cammermeyer spoke
about education, health care, the environment and countering
a Republican Congress she considers radical and
heartless. "I am not a politician," she told The Associated
Press. "I’m an everyday person who has a healthcare
background and an education background. I am a
mother, a grandmother and served in Vietnam. I have
had thebest and the worst of social experience."
Cammermeyer was born in Oslo, Norway, to a doctor
and a nurse who sheltered undergroundresistance fighters
in World War II. A now familiar tale has her mother
shuttling weapons to the Nazi resis,_t~_,ce by hiding them
beneath the mattress in Grethe s baby buggy.
Cammermeyer was 9 when she came to the United
States with her parents and three brothers. She became
a eitizen in 1960. Ntlrsingmeshed well with her military
ambitions, she has said, because it was a job she could
take to the batflefront. She served in the military 31
years, including active duty in Vietnam. She earned the
Bronze Star. for treating wounded soldiers in the. Tet
Offensive in 1968. She has four grown sons from her
marriage to a fellow officer she met while serving in
Germany.
She’s wall aware why she.has such ready name
recognition. :But the personable, 6-foot-tall
.Cammermeyer-whosefirstname, shortforMaxgarethe,
is pronounced Greta- bdieves most voters are ready to
move past her sex,,,u~,, ori,entadon to the issues affecting
their own lives. Whats.most difficult is suddenly
realizing there are some people who don’t want you to
approach them or shake their hand or even say hello,"
she said of experiences on the campaign trail.
-State Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt, neutral in
the primary, says Cammermeyer needs to let voters
know the range of issues she cares about. "If people see
her as one-dimensional,it’s over," agrees Murray. "We
don’ tknow how big ofanegative it is" to be openly Gay
in a district with no major homosexual enclaves and a
sizablenumber ofreligious conservatives, Berendt says.
Cammermeyer’s lone primary opponent, businessman
and environmentalist Fran Einterz, 44, makes apoint of
telling audiences he’s been in the district for 17 years.
Einterz plans to raise only $100,000 for the primary
election. Cammermeyer has raised $502,801 so far.
Neither Einterz nor Metcalf has made an issue of
Camm.ermeyer’ s sexual orientation, althoughthe Metcalf
campaign sent out a fund-raising letter that said the
Cammermeyer campaign is being underwritten by the
national Gay movement.
Boy Scouts-Feud
with Unitarians
BOSTON (AP) -A feud between the Boy Scouts of
America and the Unitarian Universalist Assocaation
over homosexuality has led to cries of outrage by the
Boston-based branch of the church. 2~he Unitarian Universalist
Association, a long-standing New England
liberal denomination that~supports civilrights for Gays,
has condenmed in a church manual the Boy Scouts’
rejection of homosexuality. As a result the youth orgamzation
has ordered the association to stop honoring
Unitari.~an scouts with religious awards.
But the president of the Boston-based 250,000-member
association called the order "’outrageous" and said
the Unitarians do not intend to honor the Boy Scouts’
emand., They simply can t tell us how to teach our
children ’ John Buehrens, a former Boy Scout, told The
Boston Globe. "Telling us we can’t give out awards to
our boys is blatant discrimination against children.
That’s not in the Boy Scouts’ tradition," Buehrens said.
¯ The religious emblems awarded by Unitarimas
¯
are also presented by several other religious groups,
¯¯ including the Roman Catholic Church, ant many
¯ Protestant, JewishandMuslim denominations. The emblems differ from the merit badges that are
¯ earned for mastering a specific task, but can still be
¯ worn on scouts’ ufiiforms as badges of honor.
In recent years, the Boy Scouts has drawn fire
¯ from human rights groups and a number of reli-
¯
gious organizations for its view of homosex,u~l,ity
¯ and refusal to admit Gay scouts and leaders. We
resp.ect other people’ s rights to disagree with us and
: we simply ask people to respect our rights as a
¯ private voluntary orgamzation," Gregg Shields. ¯
national spokesman for the Scouts, said.
¯
But in its manual distributed to tecn-agers, the
: associadonmakes it clear thatit does not agree with
¯ the Boy Scouts’ view. The manual describes the
Unitarians’ "ongoing concern regarding the
¯
homophobic and discriminatory attitudes of the
: nationalleadership of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica.’"
¯ Since then, letters have gone back and forth
between the two sides, leaving Buehrens wi th the
¯ hope that the dispute can be resolved by a mee.ting
¯ with Boy Scouts officials this fall.
¯ "I’m perfectly willing to sit down with the Boy
Scouts, but I also need to be very clear that they are
¯ in grave danger of having much of America’s
: mainstream religious community concerned abom
: the way in which they are acting," Buehrens said.
¯i Anti-Gay Hawaii TV
Ads Criticized ¯
HONOLULU (AP) - Opponents of a proposed
: state constitutional amendment that would ban
same-sex marriage are criticizing a pro-amend-
, ment television ad featuring professional football
: player Reggie White.
¯ Jaekie Young, coordinator of the Protect Our
¯ Constitution campaign, said this isn’t about letting
¯ the people decide but about "political extremists"
coming to Hawaii to argue anissue aboutbasic civil ¯ rights and dividing the community.
¯ Noelani Foster, spokesman for a group called
¯ Save Traditional Marriage, said White, defensive hneman for the Green Bay Packers, "feels a con-
; nection to theislands" because he has played in the
: Pro Bowl in Honolnlu for the past 12 years.
¯ White, an ordained minister, filmed the TV spot
¯ re~enfly as part of a broader advertising campaign
¯ to educate Hawaii voters about the ballot question.
: Hawaii voters will decide during the Nov. 3 Gen-
¯ eral Election whether to ratify an amendment that
¯ would restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples.
¯
¯ Alaska Lawmakers Sue
Over Ballot Language ¯
¯ JUNEAU (AP) - Republican lawmakers are suing
Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, claiming she distorted the
¯
meaning of a proposed constitutional amendment
." banning same-sex marriage when she summarized
it for the November ballot. As part of her duties,
¯ Ulmer, a Democrat, must compose impartial summanes
of proposed amendments-and initiatives.
Thefirst sentence ofher summary ofSenate Joint
¯ Resolution 42 read: "This measure would amend
¯ the Declaration of Rights section of the Alaska
¯
.Co.nstitution to limit marriage." "The word ’limit’
¯ is incorrect because as of this date no nation in the
.. world and no state in this country recognizes or has
¯ ever recognized homosexual same-sex marriage,"
¯ attorney Kevin Clarkson wrote on behalf of the
¯ Legislative Council, a committee of lawmakers
¯ that acts for the Legislature between session, M0ng
¯ with Sen. Loren Leman, R-Anchorage and Rep.
¯ Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks.
¯ In the lawsuit, the.lawmakers accuse Ulmer of
¯ altering the language at the behest of opponents of the measure, bqmers position was spelled out in a
¯ July 20 letter to the Legislative Council. "’The
¯ proposed constitutional amendment restricts the
¯ cour! .from "interpreting Alaska’s constitution as ¯ reqtunng a broader definition of marriage than that
¯ which is defined by statute," seeBriefs, p.]l
HIV Creates
Infection Resevoir
WASHINGTON (AP) - New research
shows th~it the AIDS virus takes as little as
little as 10 days to establish a stronghold
inimmunecells of thebody that could last
for years, waiting to erupt into disease.
Researchers at the National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Disease say a study
of 10 patients show that alatently infected
pool of immune cells quickly established
following infection by HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS. Drug treatment apparently
does not easily clear out the pool of infected
cells, the experts said. A report on
the study was published in the Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences.
Evenif the active HIV disease is held in
check by a three-drug combination of
antiviral drugs, the researchers say, the
virus continues to lurk in resting CD4 Tcells
in the blood. These are immune ceils
that detect and lead the attack on infections,
but the CD4s are also the primary
target of the HIV.
CD4 T-cells are usually resting. They
are activated only when they detect some
pathogen invader in the blood. When this
happens, the cells attack the invader and
prompt otherimmunecells to dothe same.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director ofNIAID
and co-author of the study, said that studies
of the blood from the 10 HIV patients
showed that their resting CD4 T-cells
became infected as earl,y~ as 10 days after
their initial HIV infection symptoms appeared.
Earlier studies had shown that the
re.sting CD4 T-cells continued to contain
v~rus even when the antiviral drugs suppressed
the virus elsewhere in the body.
" The new study, said Fauci, shows that
these reservoirs of virus are established
very early in the infection. Such reseryoi~
s.’.’Presentafo~dableobstacle to the
Ultimate~ 0ntrbland possible eradication
of HIV from an infected person’ s body,"
saidTae-Wook Chun, aN!AID researcher
and co-author of the study.
Activists Urge
Better Prevention
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lulled by lifeprolonging
AIDS drugs, the nation has
slacked off vital efforts to keep Americans
- especially young people - from
catching the deadly virus in the first place,
say AIDS activists who are demanding
major increases in HIV prevention work.
.Activists called formillionsmorein spending
on HIV education, televised condom
ads and outreach to at-risk teen-agers via
the Interuet, saying such AIDS prevention
programs are a "virtual vaccine.’"
"If there were a medical vaccine for
AIDS, imagine the forces mobilized to
deploy it," said Daniel Zingale of AIDS
Action. "The irony is that today we have
a virtual vaccine- prevention and education
- and those forces are paralyzed."
Saving lives isn’t the only issue. At
least 40,000 Americans every year catch
HIV, adding add $6.2 billion in lifetime
treatment costs to the nation’s health care
bill, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention announced recently. "AIDS
drugs cost $40 a day" and do not cure the
disease, added Zingale. "This condom
costs .40 cents. Our plan today will not.
only save lives, it would save dollars."
The CDC hash’ t won.a budget increase
to fight new infections in three years, and
some people most at risk of HIV have
become complacent, activists said. For
example, two-thirds of Gay men say
¯ they’ve had unsafe sex at least once in the
: last 18 months, concluded a study pre-
¯ sented at last month’s World AIDS Con-
" ference.
." Also, Secret Service agents arrested 10
; other AIDS activists who briefly chained
¯ themselves to desks in the office of Presi-
" dent Clinton’s topAIDS adviser to protest
¯ the administration’s refusal to federally
: fund needle exchange programs. Experts
¯¯ say 33 people a day catch HIV fromdirty
drug needles or sex with addicts. Seien-
¯ tific studies show letting addicts swap
¯ used needles for dean ones lowers the
¯ risk of HIV’s spread. Some 110 U.S.
¯
needle exchanges operate with local or
¯. privatefunding,but communities say they
¯ need federal tax dollars to reach more ¯
addicts. Clinton refusedin April, side-
" stepping a political fight. ’’To have the
¯ United States government play politics.
¯ with people’s lives - it’s just not OK
¯ anymore," said Kenneth Vail, who rims a
¯ needle exchange program in Cleveland,
¯ after his arrest.
¯ Separately, AIDS Action gatheredpub~
liehealthofficialsandAIDS workers who
¯ called for a 25 percent increase inCDC’s
¯ $634 million budget for AIDS education
¯ and prevention. Congress has addedmil,
lions to government programs thatpay for
¯ drugs for AIDS patients, but increasing
AIDS prevention money significantly is
¯ considered a tougher fight, particnlarly in
~ view of a new conservative campaign
¯ against homosexuality.
¯ But HIV ,infects across:the-board, Dr~
: Helene Gayle, CDC’s AIDS chief, said
¯ Monday. Some 26 percent of HIV-infected
young people caught the v~rus
¯ through heterosexual intercourse, she
: notea.. "If people in leadership positions
: care about thefuture of this nation, you’ ve
¯ got to care about H’IV prevention," she
¯ said. ¯
Activists also called for:
: - TV networks that air programs rated
¯ "S" for sexual content to also allow
¯ condom ads to air during those programs.
- Doctors, clinics and hospitals to begin
." using a new 10-minute HIV test immedi-
: ately. An older test takes about a week to
¯ get results, and thousands of Americans
¯
who get tested each year never return to
¯ leamifthey’reinfected. Pcoplewhodon’t
¯ know they are infected can unknowingly
spread HIV to others.
- AIDS education to reach more teen-
" agers by .creating an AIDS prevention
¯ web site that links to popular teen Internet
sites.
¯ - CDC to launch a campaign persuad-
¯ ing more people to get tested. An esti-
¯ mated 50,000 people in New York State ¯
have HIV and don’t know it, says a corn-
: puter model by Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
! HIV+-Teacher Can
: Be Transfered
¯ ATLANTA (AP) - An order prohibiting ¯
¯ the DeKalb County School District from transferring a teacher infected with HIV,
¯ the .virus that causes AIDS, has been re-
¯. versed by the EleventhU.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals. Last year, a district court
¯ granted the teachcr, known as "John Doe"
: in court documents, a permanent injunc-
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Americans with Disabilities Act.
¯ Doe worked with children with severe
¯ behavioral disorders at the district’s
¯ Shadow Rock Psychoeducational Center. ¯
The school district says the students are.
¯ violent and teachers often suffer bruises
: and scrapes. "Because district officials
¯ feared thatviolence and subsequentblood-
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to-blood contact between Doe and one of
his psychoeducation students might lead
to transmission of HIV, the District transfenced
Doe to an ’interrelated’ classroom
at a different school in April 1995," the
appeals court wrote. After being transfenced,
Doe worked with students with
mild disorders that are often in mainstream
classrooms for most of each day.
The school district and Doe are disputing
whether or not the Wansfer was voluntary.
Although Doe’s salary, benefits and
seniority all remained the same after the
transfer, the move requires him to take an
additional 10 hours of course work to
obtain an interrelated certificate.
Doehadinformed Shadow Rock’ s principal
of his illness in February 1995. He
spent the months following his transfer
trying to convince school officials to return
him to his psychoeducation class or
assign him to a group of children who are
’self-contained’ or too ’disordered’ to
participate in the ’interrelated’ program,
the court wrote. Doe eventually filed a
lawsuitclaiming the districtdiscriminated
against him. The district court supported
Doe’s assertions in August 1997.
"The district court, however, failed to
make explicit findings of fact regarding
any dangers that Doe’ s illness might pose
to violent psychoeducation students," the
appeals court ruled. "In addition, the district
court erred by applying a subjective
standard for determining whether Doe’s
transfer was adverse." The three-judge
panel said the district court should take a
. second look at the case and make a decision
following the guidelines of its reversal.
City Approves
Needle Exchange
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP)-After years
of heated debate and flip-flopping, the
city council has approved a needle exchange
program. After two hours of publiccommentand
debate, the council voted
5-4infavor oftheprogram. Council memberWilliam
Foley received applausefrom
the crowd of 100 people when he cast the
swing vote.
MayorMichael Albano, whohas pushed
for an exchange program for two years,
said there was an AIDS epidemic in
Springfield. "This is not a political issue,
this is a medical issue," he said. "We are.
getting people into treatment and stopping
people froin getting a deadly disease."
But Hampden District Attorney William
Bennett accused the council of "giving
out tools to commit a crime with."
After the vote, council member Timothy
Rooke asked the board to consider an
amendment that would require health officials
to test all needles to seeif they were
used by more than one person or if they
contained any viruses. "It is not a stalling
tactic," he said. "Now it’ s a matter of fine
tuning the #an."
Theneedle exchangewouldoperate out
of a!-Iigh Street building of the Bay State
Medical Center. Drug users can turn in
used needles for clean needles in an even
exchange. They would all’be referred to
drug treatment programs and be asked
questions so city officials could track the
program.
The city council first rejected the plan
5-4 in 1996. It agreed to reconsider after
the city’ s Public Health Council declared
a health emergency in May and tried to
launch the program on its own.
Springfield Health Director Helen
Caulton said thenumber ofAIDS cases in
the city had reached epidemicproportions
and most had been caused by addicts
sharing needles. However, city lawyers
ruled that only the city council could seek
state funding for the program.
State law provides funding for 10 programs
to hand out clean syringes to drug
users, but, so far, they have been established
only in Boston, Cambridge,
Northamptonand Provincetown. The state
pitches in about $200,000 for the programs.
TheClinton administmtionhas endorsed
needle exchanges. Still, Health and Human
Services Secretary Donna Shalala
said the federal government would not
help pay for the programs. The House of
Representatives voted in April to ban using
federal money for such programs.
New Eyesight
Saving Drug
WASHINGTON (AP)- Scientific advisers
are recommending approval of a new
¯¯ The code also outlaws any form of job discrimination against a worker infected
¯ by the HIV virus, and requires that any
¯ employee too ill to performnormal duties ¯
be reassigned, the newspaper said.
According to 7fiord Health Organiza-
¯ tion figures released in June, one-fifth of
¯ Namibia’s population of 1.8 million is ¯
infected with HIV. Some densely popu~
¯ lated areas are estimated to have an infec-
_" tion rate of as high as 40%.
i Inmates Being
i "rested for HIV
¯ GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Now that
¯ South Carolina is testing all state prison
inmates for the AIDS virus, some law-
" makers and others want to know how the
¯ .information will be used. The federal
¯ Bureau of Prisons and 17 other states
: already have mandatory testing for HIV,
¯ the virus that causes AIDS, according to
¯ the American Civil Liberties Union’s
: National Prison Project.
¯ State Sen. Kay Patterson, D-Columbia,
genetic drug therapy to help save AIDS ¯ likes the idea of testing all prisoners, but
patients’ eyesight. Isis, Pharmaceuticals’ : is concemed about how prison officials
Vitravene is the first antisense" drug to -" will use the information. "What will the
be reviewed by the Food and Drug Ad- ° department do once they find out they’re
ministration. This novel class of drugs is
created from DNA coding, working at the
genetic level to block production of disease-
causing proteins. Thebioteclmology
industry is stressing development of
antisense drugs against myriad diseases.
Isis says Vitravene slows the progression
of cytomegalovirus retinitis, an infection
that destroys AIDS patients’ rednas.
Advisers to theFDAvoted 5-2Wednesday
to recommend approval of Vitravene,
saying that although powerful new .anti-
HIV drugs have prevented many AIDS
patients from getting the eyeinfection in
recent years, some still fail standard
therapy.
¯ Chinese HIV
¯ Infections Increase
¯ BEIJING (AP)-Chineseauthorities urged
¯ greater efforts to slow the spread ofAIDS
¯ as the official tallyofpeopleinfectedwith
: the virus that causes the disease topped
10,000, an official newspaper said Tues-
" day. The newspaper said the actual num-
" ber of people infected with HIV may be
¯ as hi.gh as 300,000 - 100,000 more than
¯ previous estimates.
That figure could pass 1 million by
¯ 2000 if more is not done to check the
¯ spread of HIV, Xiao Yan, an official with
the Department of Disease Control, told
¯ state television.
¯ Loc~ health authorities have been or-
¯ dered to speed up education and preven-
¯ tion campaigns, the newspaper said. The
¯ disparity between official numbers and
¯ estimates is likely due tO undenceporting,
the lack of government resources to perform
tests and the stigma attached to ac-
: knowledging HIV,infection.
: Namibia Bars HIV
¯resting for Jobs
WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - Namibia,
: whichhas one of the word’s highest HIV
: infection rates, has made it illegal for
¯ employers to require tests for the virus
: that causes AIDS. The country’s new
¯
AIDS testing code binds both public and
private employers. It says HIV-infected
employees are under no obligation to inform
their employer of their condition.
infected? That’ s the missing piece to me,’"
¯ said Patterson, a member of the Senate
¯ Corrections and Penology Committee.
: Jackie Walker, an AIDS expert for the
¯ National Prison Project, is skeptical. I’ve
¯ never seen them say, ’OK, we’ll test you
¯ and you’ll be provided with correct level
¯ of care, medications and access to outside
¯ specialists whenit’ s neededand appropriate.’
It has just not happened across the
¯ board," she said.
¯ The $126,000 mandatory screening of
¯ about 21,000 prisoners should be done by ¯
Aug. 31, Corrections Department spokes-
¯ woman Linda Davis said. Correctional
¯ officers can use minimal force to ensure ¯
all inmates comply, including holding
¯
them down while blood is drawn, Davis
¯ said. So far no one has objected, she said.
"It’s a public safety issue. Considering
¯ the nature of our population and the
~ lifestyle, there’s a potential for health-
" related problems," she said. "It gives us a
¯ gauge to measure potential problems." ¯
However, Steve Bates, executive direc-
¯ tor of the state ACLU, worries that HIV-
¯ positive inmates will be segregated and
denied educational and vocational train-
. 1rig opportunities.
: Davis said the department does not yet
¯ haveapolicy onhousingforHIV-posltive
¯ inmates. State Sen. David Thomas, R- ¯
Fountain Inn, who heads the corrections
¯ committee, said the department could see
: roughly how many inmates are infected
¯ by doing a random sampling of 250 pris-
¯ oners. "They may have some reason to
." believe there is an accelerating number of
¯ cases and they need to segregate thepopu- ¯
lations. Given how AIDS usually spreads,
¯ they may have somereason to believe that
: they need to look very, very carefully at
¯ what is happening in that population,"
¯ Thomas said.
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Lars Eiglmer’s novel Pawn to Queen
Four is pretentious, disturbingly campy
and fantastically absurd. That’s exactly
what makes it so much fun to read. This is
a gay novel that does not take
itsdf any more seriously than
it does the ’moral majority.’
But Eighner keeps his tacky
brand of~humor from getting
tedious by plying his skill at
intricate plot twists, quick-andquirky
characterizations and a
unique insight into the fears
and desires of both the Gay
commnnity and ourdetractors.
As the story opens, Agnes,
the six-foot seven,350lb. drag
queen is facing quite the dilemma.
As ruler of the Court
of the Jade Chimera, she must
faithfully oversee the ’Gay
agenda’ throughout her territory
which covers most of
Texas and part of Oklahoma,
including the tiny town of
Osage. Osage is home to Holy
Word of God University and
Technical Institute, the headquarters
of the charismatic
Brother Earl, Agnes’ old enemy.
Agnes has been able to
keep Brother Earl’s violently
anti-gay rhetoric in check for
years, but now Earl has the
upper hand. Agnes has lost a
certain set of photographs of
Brbther Earl engaged in his
favorite bad habit - namely, seducing his
male students. Now Brother Earl has rejuve~
ted his homophobic campaign and it
is Agnes’ duty as Empress of the Jade
Chimera to stop him. Her mission: retrieve
the photographs or, failing that.
make new ones.
Enter Jim, our reluctant hero. Through
various types of bribery, appeals to his
duty as a Gay man and assurances of
lifelong sexual satisfaction by the finest
men in Houston, Agnes convinces Jim to
undertake this desperate, dangerous mission.
Now the fun’begins as Jim, his new
boyfriend Phil and eventually Agnes herself
infiltrate HWOGUTI, the Ku Klux
Klan and the sleepy town of Osage.
Eiglmer has a refreshing talent for creating
characters so natural and detailed
that you forget they are unbelievably stereotypical.
Jim is a typical clone; Phil is a
twink; Agnes is the UltimateDrag Queen,
but you never doubt that any of them
could be real. Even Brother Earl, though
hopelessly two-dimensional, seems to be
an exact replica of the kind of people we
elect to Congress all the time. This kind of
stereotyped hyper-neo-virmal-realism almost
makes Pawn to Queen Four an
EverYman play for the modem Gay individual.
The characters are so typical, yet
so real, that you could plug yourself into
whichever one fits best and pretend that
you are a part of this grand adventure.
There’s even a Lesbian (yes, only one)
who shows up with the Hell’s Fairies, a
Gay motorcycle gang.
There are more admirable things going
onJaere however¯ The three main characters
have a point in-their stereotyping.
Jim’ s uncertainty about his role in such an
exotic world draws you in. You begin to
refreshing talent
for ereat~g
characters so
natural and
detailed that you
forget they are
unbelievably
stereotypical...
Agnes is the
Uh~-nate Drag
Que n... Even
Brother Earl...
seems to
exact re~|~ea of the
klnd~mpeople we
elect to Congress
all the time. Th~s
kind of stereotyped
hyper~neo-wirtualrealism
almost
makes Pawn to
¯ been Four an
Everyman play for
the modern Gay
~dl,ad~l.
wonder how much of our culture is controlled
by a marginalized minority of our
society. You start to wonder, "how much
does that drag queen control what club is
’ in’ or’ out?’ "or"am I on the A-list for all
the best partiesT’ Though the true extent
of an underground society’s
control is questionable,
Eighner wants you to question
the image we have and
who gives it to us.
Even more infectious than
Jim’s trepidation is his admi=
ration of Phil. Phil’s angelic
beauty and innocent devotion
give the story apeaceful wonder
missing from most Gay
novds. Oh, there are plenty of
beauties, plenty of innocents
and plenty of devoted lovers
in Gay literature, but how
many characters really have
all three traits? Phil reminds
us thatwe canretain ourchildlike
fascination with the world
no matterhow adverse the cir=
cumstances and still beresponsible,
capable, respectable
human beings. This is a quality
of life that so much of the
gay community neglects in
favor of that oh-so-chic snide
cynicism. Though Jim is the
protagonist, Phil is the one
youwill involve yourself wi~.
You will be proud when he
comes into his own destiny;
you will admire him as Jim
does, because Phil is that beatl-
¯ tiful person that would actually talkto you
¯ in a bar.
¯ Alas, Agnes... with the resourceful-
" hess and style of a true pageant-winner,
¯ the Queen of the Jade Chimera inspires
¯ belief in the impossible, faith in the unbe-
¯ lievable . . . and that she does just by
¯ carrying 350 pounds of drag queen in
¯ seven-inchheels! Regency and flare have
¯ never been in better form. She can imper~
¯ sonate a grtmgy old gardener or a Klan
¯ member and never break a two-inch-long
: nail. Truthfully, any respect and dignity
¯¯ wehave neglected to allow drag queens to
haveis broughtforth with no apologies by
¯ the glorious Agnes. She is a true heroine
in the vein of those queens who started
¯ this most groundbreaking era of our
¯ struggle for equal rights. I wouldn’t be
¯ surprised tolearn thatAgnes or some real¯
life equivalent was actually at Stonewall.
Her Highness is controlling, deceptive
¯ and stubborn but you can’t help but love
¯ her .... and you can’thelp but watch her.
¯ Ultimately,whatmakes Pawn toQueen
Four a good read is what it teaches (al-
¯ though I think Eighner might hate me for
: saying that). For all its outlandish hijinx
¯ and biting wit, this book has a serious, ¯
though probably unintentional, message
¯ - we in the Gay community have become
" so obsessed with fighting our enemies
¯ that we forget to have fun, or the exact
: opposite. Pawn to Queen Four is ulti-
: mately aboutbalance. Agnes doesn’twant
Brother Earl out of the picture. She has
¯ plenty of chances to ruin him, but she
¯ knows that he has every right to exist that
¯ she does. Surprisingly, Brother Earl feels
: the same, although he gets a little threatening
when he leads the Klan in a true
" Oklahomabackroads see Queen4,p. 14
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The DIYD admits the following with a
red face: a blatant act of voyeurism. After
a visit at the Oracle’s, this author spied
their neighbor through the window. The
studly, shirtless fellow was busy painting
the trim and causing the
DIYD no end of fussy
fascination. Good grip
on the brush. No, no,
long, smooth strokes..
¯ and dip your brush
NOW! Oureditorcame
to mind, and while he
would have probably
agreed about the Strok-
Ing technique, the paint
job wouldhavebeenhis
least concern. But not
you, loyal reader! Over
the past few months,
you too have come to
admire the beauty of
paint.
As promised, last
month, when the cart of
exterior painting was
put before the workhorse
of window
reglazing, the DIYD
will now enhance your
skills even more. Window
reglazing is only
done on the older wood
framed single paned
windows, andis amust
ff you% doing all
your windows, and
usually you will,
do yourself a favor
and buy the Prazi
Putty Cha.er...
It attaches to any
drift chuck.., and
with one simple adjustment
the carbide
cutter is set so that it
won’t harm the
Turn on the drift and
remove the old putty
fa~ter than Dorothy
can click her heels
three times, and it
won’t slit or chip the
wood frame eitker.
before starting that outside paint project.
It will also make your winter heating bills
more. palatable when you stop the coldair
seeping in around.the pane. And aesthetics
! Don’t forget the aesthetics ! Curling,
peeling and cracking glazing putty is just
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¯ Traditionally, this job has been a lot of
uresome work, but the DIYD will pull a
few tricks out of her pocket that will have
you simply melting with delight..First, the
old, dried putty must be removed to the
wood. If you’re doing all of your windows,
and usually you will, do yourself a
"We need your help," Satcher told the
organizationformedby ministers in 1957.
"We need the church to help us to deal
with the prejudice and the bias that-we
face as we’re trying to fight this epidemic."
Ministers are uneasy talking about
AIDS, said the group’s chairman, Dr.
Claud Young, a family doctor in Detroit.
’qqaey speak about sex in any form as if
it’s a form of cancer," he said, recalling
preachers asking him not to use the word
"condom" inside the church. "I said, ’Not
only is the word condom being usedinthe
church; I can assure you condoms are
being used in the church.’" Young added
thatin Michigan,Blackorganizations have
received little of the grant money available
for prevention.
Today’s fight presents challenges that
did not exist during the 1960s, Satcher
said. During the civil rights movement, he
said, people had hope that they could
effect change. Today, too many young
people are hopeless about their futures so
they do not try as hard to avoid risky sex
and other health threats, he said. But that
can change, he said. "Leadership is critical,"
he said. "I don’t think we’ve found
any~substitutes for good leadership."
favor and buy the Prazi Putty Chaser. It is
available only by mail and is worth all ,of
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drill chuck 1/4" oflarger (3/8 is standard),
.and withone simple ad=
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cutter is set so that it
won’t harm the glass.
Turn on the drill and
remove the old putty
faster than Dorothy can
dick her heels three
times, and it won’t slit
or chip the wood frame
either.
With the old
putty gone, make a
mixture 50/50 of paint
thinner and linseed oil
to coat and nourish the
old, exposed wood,
then wait a day before
proceeding. TheDIYD
gently urges you to restrain
your passion for
neatly glazed windows
and not omit this step.
Then youhaveoptions:
one, you can use the
old putty in the can and
putty knife trick; or
two, you can use the
new latex compoundin
the tube, like caulk.
Unless you are an old pro, please opt for
the latter. Not only will it be easier~ the
latex material will last longer and it may
be the last tame you have to do this.
The tube comes with a specialized
nozzle that applies the compound at the
proper angle and it fits a standard catdk
gun, Though it isn’t necessary, your job
will look heater if you mask the glass
about 1/3" above the wood, with the compound
filling in. Leave the tape on for
p.ainting, then strip it off 24 hrs. later for a
crisp, unsmeared edge. The tube material
costs a bit more than, the putty, but is
worth every penny of it. Apply the material
moving smoothly and slowly along
the frame at about a 33 degree angle; the
nozzle will do this for you. Smooth with a
wet finger, if desired. Wait another day,
then paint; with the premasked windows,
this isn’t painful. Your house will be gor=
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techniques, done days ahead of those who
do not heed the DIYD’s advice.
Next month: take up your PHD’s and
pickets - it’s time’to build that privacy
fence (PHD = Post Hole Digger). Any
questions or cqmmentary? The DIYD
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care of this paper!
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marriage to what
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Alaska. Because that is themeaning of the
amendment, I believe the ballot summary
should say so."
The lawsuit seeks to force Ulmer to use
an earlier version that began: "This measure
would add an amendment to the-
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Dr. Marny Hall is a San Francisco Bay
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experienee speeializing
in Lesbian relationships.
In her book, The
Lesbian Love Companion:
How to Survive
Everything from
Heartthrob to Heartbreak,
she tackles issues
of Lesbian relationships,
sex, breakups,
rituals, and jeab
ousy.
"I had had a painful
break-up," she told me
m a recent interview,
"and-decided to find
somelongterm couples
who had managed to
weather the difficulties
that had undermined
my relationship. I was particularly interested
in finding couples who had survived
outside affairs." She located a.handfu!:0f
long term Lesbian couples and contacted
them periodically over anumber of years.
She asked, how they met, how their relationshipprogressed,
andhow they handled
difficult situations:such as jealousy, conflict,
desire, homophobia, work, and illness.
"I was searching for a formula," said
Mamy, "but I didn’t find anything. Then
five years into this experiment, two of the
model couples I had been tracking broke
up. I had come to think of them as perfect
couples. I felt a bit shell-shocked but I
decided that I wouldcontinue to interview
both ex-partners. It was then that I found
the answers I was looking
for. Now the ex-
.partners started talking
about their relationships
in entirely different
ways. One woman,
who had said that she
was really in lust now
told me that they had
never had any passionate
chemistry! Another
womanused to say that
her community of
friends kept them together;
now she said
that she never felt a
sense ofcommtmity ! A
third said she wanted to
be with her partner until
her breath was no
: longer in her body. After the break-up she
¯ told me that even if her partner were
available, she wouldn’.t go back. These
¯ 180 degree turns made me realize that so
¯ much of how we process relationships is ¯
through the tales that we tell. The tales do
¯ all sorts of things - they certify legit1-
¯ macy, they heal broken hearts, and they ¯
explain betrayals."
: After this revelation, Mamy decided to
¯ go back and reread the transcripts from
the interviews she had conducted with the
¯ couples that were still together. Now she
¯ could see shifts in their stories too, over
: time. Their stories had kept them going
Dr. Marny Hall
through hard times. For example, if one
partnerhadhadan affair, .theother discovered
a motive that explained everything.
Perhaps the straying partner had been
depressed about her job or angry at her
partner. The affair had been a coded way
of announcing these dissatisfactions. In
other words, the two partners collaborated
on a story that turned an unpardonable
betrayal into a forgivable misdemeanor.
By reconstruing the potentially
damaging revelation in more positive
ways, they were able to stay together.
"So I thought, why not think of more
stories?" said Marny. Her book focuses
on stories that provide alternatives to the
"master stories" ab0utforever-after, about
terrible betrayals, about bad times. "If I
could tell stories about small break-ups or
trivial passions or benign other women
then I could contribute to partners’ flexibility
and givethemmore staying power,"
Maruy told me.
Originally planned as a book about successful
long-term couple relationships,
The Lesbian Love Companion took on a
life ofits ownl "I love the story of ~happily
ever after," Marny said, "but we. can tell
other stories, too. Everyday stories about
contentment instead of epics about do-ordie
love affairs. Stories of downsized disenchantments
instead of major dyke dramas.
The first time you realize that your
.lover snores and you love her anyway is
not exactly a swash-buckling bodice-ripper.
But it does qualify as a modest tale
about a small turning point. Our lives are
packed with all kinds of minimalist ro-
: mances. We just have to tune in to them.
: "The same thing is true about sex,"
¯ Mamy continued. "We’re all so familiar
¯ with the story about the earth-moving sex.
: But we can tell a lot of different stories
: about sex- maintenance sex that depends
¯ on cultivating orgasmic habits, sex for ¯
comfort or fun, psychodrama sex that
exorcises old demons. Even the fond
sexual memories we share with ex-lovers
is anotherform of sex. Wemight call it exsex.
These stories aren’t the mainstream
favorites so they aren’t heard, they’re
inaudible, private." As Marny putsit, her
book puts some "amplification" on the
stories that many of us are already telling.
’q’he bookis for long-term couples. It is
also for the sluts and passionate friends,
the celibates andthecommunally minded,"
Mamy added. "All of us are affected by
¯ the traditional stories. Uncoupled Lesbi-
: ans often feel as though they have failed
¯ some crucial test. And long-term couples
: may feel such pressure to live up to these
¯ stones that, as aresult, they feel they must
¯ conceal anything thatisn’t congruentwith ¯
’perfect coupledom.’ Such self censor-
" ship makes~thard for partners to be play-
" ful .or spontaneous. The perfect couple
¯ ideal exacts a toll on everyone- Ltgbians ¯
who are coupled,unpartnered or who have
¯ multiple partners."
"It tends to turn us all into intimacy
¯ overachievers," said Mamy. "The pur- ¯
pose of my book is to counteract that
¯ sense of performance anxiety. Almost
: everybody has doubts, and forbidden passions,
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I met brown-eyed Burt one summer
when I was working in Hawai’i. Burt had
grown up near Manila in the philippines.
He taught English for some years at a
Catholic high school. Then
he came to Honolulu to work
on a Ph.D. in philosophy at
the University of Hawai’i
In his thesis, Burt planned to
reexamine traditional Asian
philosophy in light of the
work of post-modernists
suchas Foucault and Derrida.
When I met Burt, he was in
his mid 30.s and solidly built,
just runmng to chunk. But
you could still look through
those added pounds to see
that he had been a graceful
young man.
In Honolulu, Burt found
an American boyfriend- an
older man retired from the
telephone company. Burt
movedinand tookovercooking
and cleaning for the two
of them. His lover’s elderly
mother came to stay and he
took care of her too. Burt
kept purposely missing his
thesis deadlines to maintain
his relationship. His student
visa and US Immigration
demanded that, after finishing
a degree, he return to the
Philippines and not come
back to America for three
years, even as a tourist. His
Ph.D. thesis wa~ already four
Throughout
muck of the
Philippines -
especially the
Muslim south
- there aretraditional
roles
in which men
take on tTemlnlne,
eharaeteristles
and clothing.
In Tagalog,
the main Filipino
language,
these men are
cafled ba/da.
Traditionally,
many bakla
¯were dancers.
actors, and
entertainers.
years overdue.
~-Since that summer, I’ ve met a number
of American/Filipino couples - the Filipino
half typically keeping house.
Throughout much of the Philippines -
especially the Muslim south = there are
traditional roles in which men take on
.feminine characteristics and clothing. In
Tagalog, themainFilipino language, these
men are called bakla. Traditionally, many
bakla were dancers, actors, and entertainers.
MarkJohnson’snew bookabout transvestites
in Sulu, Beauty andGender (Berg
1997), describes numbers Of feminine,
cross-dressing Filipino boys who are .on
the prowl for masculine (i.e., ’straight
acting’, even married) boyfriends. In recent
years, these guys have taken overand
developed the hairdressing and beauty
business sectorthroughoutthe Philippines.
Most reject, however, a traditional bakla
identity and embrace instead the label
"gay." Our Western term here continues
to extend its global’ spread. Burt, too, was
horrified when I asked if he was a bakla.
This term today resonates too many sour
tones of backwardness, effeminacy, and
male prostitution.
There is a straight parallel to Butt and
his boyfriend in Hawai’i. In any romance
magazine sold at Quiktrip, one can find
advertisements touting the merits of submissive,
yet sexy, Asian women. You,
too, can easily send away for a mail-order
Oriental bride! One ofmy second cousins
had a fairly successful marriage with an
able woman from Vietnam until his warrelated
post traumatic stress syndrome
worsened one day and he attacked an old
lady gassing her car up at a California
service station.
Feminists decry the Ameriean stereotype
ofsexy Suzy Wongs who serve white
° men in bed, serve them dinner - who
¯ meekly serve all their needs whatever.
," But the international marriage marketl
." place works to bring women out from the
Philippines, and other Southeast Asian
countries, into the US.
Ainerican wealth allows at
leastsome ofus to shop overseas
and purchase our sexual
fantasies, even if we don’t
always get what we think we
are buying. And Americans
.profit, too, from positive
images that encourage at
least some Asians to hop a
plane and fly into the arms
of an unknown Occidental
spouse. Obviously, just as
many Filipinas (and Filipinos)
are 1.ooking for Americans
as vice versa.
The market for gay Asian
fianc6s is constrained by the
inability of homosexuals to
marry legally and thereby
obtain green cards for our
~mported boyfriends. Still,
I’ve had interesting email
correspondence with several
guys in Indonesia, Malaysia,
and the Philippines. They
wonder if I can set them up
with American lovers. One
gayboy in Jakarta, a civil
servant whose nom de email
is Koko, asked my advice
about accepti.’ng a one-way
air ticket from an American
Internet correspondent. I
counseled him to take care
lest he end up a sex slave, bound up in
somebody’s basement. The Hollywood
~mage of the United States is very powerful
overseas. Even Tulsa can seem urbane
and sophisticated to somebody in
Zamboaga or Chiangmai or Penang.
Mostrecently, I havebeenin touch with
a sad, young Filipino in the port city of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Joe moved
to Dubai from Saudi Arabia severa! months
ago. He had broken up with his 50-something,
bald American lover whom he was
with for three years. Joe, understandably,
is depressed. He emails me that he misses
fixing dinners for the two of them. He
misses fussing about his ex-lover’s various
medical conditions. Gay life in Dubai
is no doubt grim. Joe nowadays appears to
live mostly on the Internet. The American
boyfriend, perhaps because he was at the
end of an employment contract or perhaps
becauserelations with Joehadlanguished,
returned here to Tulsa by himself. Well,
almost by himself. He brought their eat
back to Tulsa but he left his Filipino
boyfriend behind in the Arabian deserts.
for housing programs earmarked for
people with AIDS. The $21 million was
shifted to help f’mance state extended care
programs for veterans. Rep. VanHilleary,
R-Tenn., said the reduction was justified
because of a 6 percent decline in the
annual number of AIDS cases. Opponents
of the amendment argued that the
decline is attributed to the wider use of
¯ new drugs and the success ofsuch drug
tr~tments often depends on patients having
decent housing.
Almost everybody wo~nders about the
paths not taken. By telling our untold tales
and making them normal, I hope that our
sense of failure will be reduced.’" As a
psychotherapist, Marny has been witness
to many stories by Lesbians. An example
of the man3’ excerpts from The Lesbian
Love Companion: "You might ~’ant to
develop your other-woman fantasy. Install
her as your permanent muse. Pay
attention to her. She’ll tell you whether t~
sign up for scuba class or just buy some
new lingerie. And after you do what she
suggests, check in with her from time to
time. Has she changed? Is she suggesting
another direction? You are entitled to
keep her toyourself: ,She is, after all,
purely 3"our playmate, soul mate - combination
projection, reflection, guide. And,
:Aphrodite forbid, ifanything should ever
happen to ),our partner, ’*our fantasy lover
";~q]l be there for you. SlOe will shoe 3"our
’memories and your tears. She will con-
~ble and commiserate. And, one chy, when
the time is right, she will lead You back to
~E world.’" As Mamv writes i’n the book:
"V~qlen it comes to ou~ lives and loves, we
need a generous supply of alternative stoi~
es: Instructive sci-fi fabIes and twilight
zone mysteries, endless sequels and whitel~
uckl~ exploits. \Ve ~e both hearth
buggers and voyagersl We must make
room in our lives for the dream of foreverafter
and the determination to never look
back."
Early reactions to Marny’s book? Rumorhas
it that Lily Tomlin loves it ! Alison
Bechdel, creator of the comic strip Dykes
To Watch Out For, calls it".., a veriiable
Karma Sutra of emotional possibility."
For further reading: Mamy Hall (1998),
The Lesbian Love Companion: How to
Survive Everything from Heartthrob ~o
Heartbreak. HarperCollins, I0 East 53rd
St., New York, NY 10022.
Prof. Esther
Rothblum
is teachek psy-
6hology at the
University of
Vermont 6nd is
Editor of the
Journal of Lesbian
Studies.
She can be
reached at Jo,"n
Dewey Hail,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
05405. e~ail: esther.rothblum@uvm.edu.
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Clinton Bans Job Bias
WASHINGTON (AP) - An executive order signed by
race, color, religion, sex (gender),national odgia,handL
Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends
Tulsa’s Largest Circulation Community PaperA veilsble In More Than 75 City Locations
Tulsa Pride Picnic Threatened
With Radical Anti-Gay Protests
TULSA The Rev. Johnny Lee Clary, best known as an cx-
Klansman and for testifying agaimt former debutant and one
time neo Nazi Carol Howe, is orgaaizJrtg a protest of Ttdsa’s
annual Gay Pride Picnic and March scheduled to be at Veterans’
park 18th & Boulder on June 20th from 1 l:30am to 5pm.
Clary. apparently has invited the Rex’ Fred Phelps of Topeka
tojoha him. Clary has a telephone hofline,49~0004, on which he
defends Demos Mahon, white suprermdst and ulso, the FBI
suspect accused of bombing abortion providers and an Adan~a
NE OK HIV Prevention
Programs Lose Funding
HIV Chief Promises to Fast.track Refunding
TULSA - E-mall is flying and protest meetings are
being planned of the complete shut-off of all fund
ing for HIV/AIDS prevention th Northeastern Oklahoma.
And the bad guys are said to be the H1 \’~ STI)
Heahh (OSDIt), But arc they?
Tulsa Librar~ Pre~ents Ga-, Inl~ofe Compares Gay ~
p ..... ~ - :-~ ?-’ ~ ~ ..~,N~mi.nee tO lql~ ...... ride Month~~ w~s~,o~ ~_ ~ ~,~ .o,,se ~. ’,-~-~
Oklahoma Congressmen
SupportAnti-Gay Remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Religious fight and conservative Repubtic2m
leaders embraced Gree~ Bay Packers defensive lineman
Reggie White, who cngeudered controversy after slmaking
out a~ai.~t homosexuality a~d abortion, While praising White,
an ordained Bapfist mlnlster, at a Iuncheon in Iris honor Monday.
they also ctitidzed meml~ of Congress who declined invitatiom
to attend.
lon~ a~ the Senate majority leader doesn’t object,
Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants
*Bamboo Lounge, 7204 E. Pine 832-1269 ¯
*Boston Willy’s Diner, 1742 S. Boston 592-2143 ¯
*Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria 744-0896 ~
*Empire Bar, 1516 S. Peoria 599-9512 ¯
*Full Moon Cafe, 1525 E. 15th 583-6666 ¯
*Gold Coast Coffee House, 3509 S. Peoria 749-4511 :
*Interurban Restaurant, 717 S. Houston 585-3134 :
*Jason’ s Dell, 15th & Peoria 599-7777 ¯
*Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563 :
*’Iqae Palate Cafe & Catering, 3324G E. 31st 745-9899 :
*St. MichaeFs Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 :
"*Margaret’s German Restaurant, 10 E. Fifth 583-1658 ¯
*Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234 "
*Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main~ 585-3405 "-
*TNT’s, 2114S. Memorial 660-0856 :
*Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308 ¯
*Umbertos Pizzeria, 21st west of Harvard 599-9999
Tulsa Businesses, Services, & Professionals "
Advanced Wireless & PCS, Digital Cellular 747-1508 "
*Affinity News; 8120 E. 21 610-8510 :
Dennis C. Arnold, Realtor 746-4620 ¯
*Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 "
Kent Balch & Associates, Health & Life Insurance 747-9506 "
*Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 ¯
Body Piercing by Nicrle, 2722 E. 15 712-1122
*Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 2P 712-9955 "
Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 743-5272 "
*CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria 746-0313 ¯
Don Carlton Honda, 4141 S. Memorial 622-3636 "
Don Carlton Mitsubishi, 46th & Memorial 665-6595 "
Cherry St. Psych0therapy,!515 S. Lewis 581-0902,743-4117 ¯
Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker 622-0700 :
*Daisy Exchange, E. 15th ~-- 746-0440 ¯
Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 "
*Deco to Disco, 3212 E. 15th 749-3620 ¯
*Devena’s Gallery, 13 Brady 587-2611 ¯
Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S~ Peoria 744-5556 "
*Elite Books& Videos, 821 S. Sheridan 838-8503 "
*RossEdward Saloti, 2447 E. 15th 584-0337, 712-9379 :
*Floral Desi,g~., Studio, 3404 S. Peoria " 744-9595
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MarkT. Hamby; Attorney ~ .: .. . :. . 744-7440
*Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. Skelly 745-1111
*International Tours 341-6866
Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th 71.2-2750
*Jared’s Antiques, 1602 E. 15th . 582-3018
David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering 747-0236
*Keu’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 599-8070
Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 74%5466
Langley Agency & Salon, 1316 E. 36th P1. 749-5533
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*Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3" 584-3112
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*Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place 664-2951
*Novd Idea Bookstore, 51st & Harvard 747-6711
David A. Paddock, CPA, 4308 S. Peoria, Ste. 633 747-7672"
*Peace of Mind Bookstore, 1401 E. 15 583-1090
The Pride Store, 1307 E. 38, 2nd floor 743-4297
Puppy Pause II, llth & Mingo 838-7626
Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 74%5932
Pdchard’s Carpet Cleamng 834-0617
Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 834-7921,747-4746
Christopher Spradling, attorney, 616S. Main, #308 582-7748 ’
*Scribner’s Bookstore. 1942 Utica Square 749-6301
*Sedona Health Foods, 8220 S. Harvard 481-0201
*Tickled Pink,’33~0 S.’ Peoria ~ 697-0017 "
*Trizza’s Pots, 1448 S. Delaware 743"-7687 .
*Tulsa Book Exchange, 3749 S. Peoria .742-2007
*Tulsa Comedy C1._u.,~, 6906 S Lewis : 481-0558 " ¯
Tul~g~~iries, C:liurche~.~~hoolS & Universities :
AIDS Walk Tulsa, POB.I~33%"72~t(~l ~ 579-9593 :
*AllSiJuls:~J~tariiin Cti~ch, ~9~2 S. Peoria 743-2363 ¯
Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 587-7314 "
Ble~s The Lord at All Times Christian Center 2207 E. 6 583-7815 "
*B/L/G!T Alliance, Univ. of Tulsa Canterbury Ctr. 583-9780 ¯
*Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 616 S. Boston 585-1201
*Chapman Student Ctr., University. of Tulsa, 5th P1. & Florence
*ChurchoftheRestorationUU, 1314N.Greenwood 587-1314 "
*Community 0f_Hope United Methodist, 2545 S. Yale 585-1800
*Community Unitarian-Universalist Congregation 749-0595
*Council Oak Men’ s Chorale, rehearsals on Monday~, 743-4297
918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615, POB 4140. Tulsa, OK 74159
e-mail: TulsaNews@ earthlink.net
website: http:~msers.aol.com/TulsaNews/
¯Publisher + fiditor: Tom Neal, Writers + contributors: James
Christjohn, Jean-Claude de Flambeauchaud, Barry Hensley,
J.-P. Legrandbouche, Lament Lindstrom. Judy McCormick. Esther
Rothblum Mary Schepers, Member ot The Associated Press
Issued on or before the 1st of each month, the entire contents of this
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photo does not indicate a person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence
~s assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, ~ust
be signed & becomes th~ sole property Of T~u~ ~:~.’./qtm¢,
Each .readeris entitled tO 4 copie~ of each edition at distribution
points. Additional copies are available by calling 583-1248.
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*Delaware Playhouse, 1511 S. Delaware 712-1511
*Democratic Headquarters, 3930 E. 31 742-2457
Dignity/Integrity-Lesbian/Gay Catholics/Episcopall 298-4648 ¯
*Family of Faith MCC, 5451-E So. MAngo 622-1441
*Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard 747-7777 .
*Free Spirit Women’ s Center, call for location&info: 587-4669
Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 747-6827
Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 582-0438 "
*HIV ER Center,-4138 Chas. Page Blvd. 583-6611 ."
*HIV Resource Consortium, 3507 E. Admiral 834-4194
*Holland Hall School, 5666 E. 81st 481~1111
HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Education 834-8378
HIV Testing, Men/Thurs. 7-9pm, daytime by appt. only
*House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 3210e So. Norwood
Interfaith AIDS Ministries 438-2437, 800-284-2437
*MCC of Greater Tulsa, 1623 N. Maplewo0d 838-1715
NAMES PROJECT, 4154 S. Harvard, Ste. H- 1 748-3111
NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 365-5658
OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 74157
*Our House, 1114 S. Quaker 584-7960
PFLAG, POB 52800, 74152 749-4901
*Planned Pilrenthood, 1007 S. Peoria 587-7674
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
Gay & Lesbian Pride Celebration, 1998
Warm greetings to everyong taking part
in the 1998 Gay and Lesbian Pride Cel~
ebration.
As Americans, we can be proud of our
diversity. Striving together, people of different
etlmicities, backgrounds, races,
beliefs, and sexual orientation have contributed
to the success of our nation, reflecting
the profound truth that this rich
diversity is one of our greatest strengths.
But wemust face the reality that some--
times our differences divide us; sometimes
the voices of hatred and prejudice
drown out the harmony in our natio~ml
life. Events like the Pride Celebration
help us to recognize anew that working in
a spirit of community is not only a hope
but a necessity, and that our individual
dreams can only be realized by our shared
efforts.
Our ideals and our history hold that the
rights guaranteed us as Americans are
inalienable. They are embedded in our
Constitution and amplified over time by
our courts and legislature, and I am bound
by my oath of office and the burden of
history to reaffirm them. Ournation stands
to lose if we let prejudice and discrimination
stifle the hopes or deny the potential
of a single American. And we stand to
lose when any person is denied or forced
out of ajob because of sexual orientation.
I commend each of youfor your dedication
to working for an America that celebrates
our diversity, builds on our
strengths, and fulfills our fundamental
values of mutual respect and compassion.
Working together, I am confident that we
can enter the 21 stcentury as OneArnerica.
Best wishes ,for a wonderful celebration..~
- Bill Clinton
GREEN COUNTRY
FRIENDS MEETING
The Religious Society of
Friends, (Quakers)
Dear State Legislator,
As a Meeting of the Religious Society
of Friends (Quakers), we are deeply
troubled by the spirit of two laws being
considered by the State Legislature. These
proposed laws would deny or restrict civil -
rights to gay and lesbian people. These
laws would deny homosexual men and
women the right to maintain or seek employment
in the public schools and the
custody of children.
We believe that legalized discrimination,
prejudice and bigotry is unacceptable
for our state and country today. We
have struggled against these challenges
before in the areas concerning slavery,
ethnicity, cultural; race, gender, religion
and immigration. Oppression shifts ~ts
focus, t9 discriminate again_st particular
groups but it is the same basic problem
that we face again and again. Not to rec-
"ogfii.~the prolrlem.hnd=to perpetuateit is
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A- FUTURE TO.
CELEBRATE
by Kerry Lobel
Recently, my partner Mary and Ihad
dinner with Del Martin and Phyllis
Lyon. Both Del and I share the sign of
Taurus. Each year, I mark-my birthday
by recalling how long Phyllis and Del
have been palmers. They have been
together the entire 45 years I’ve been
alive. I’ve known them for more than
25 years. And at two key points in my
life, they provided the tools I needed to
create a life. As a young woman of 19,
their book "LesbiaWWoman" changed
my life. Tired of digging in scientific
and religious journals that described
homosexuals as sick or sinner, the publication
of their book in 1972 was a
breath of fresh air. By then they had
been partners for almost twenty years,
and had traveled many Lesbian roads.
Their book gave me the hope that I
could have a life, connected with other
.Lesbians. And, they taughtme thatalong
with my sisters, I should not expect
only tolerance, but rather demand liberation.
Theirlives have beenframedbymany
movements, chief among them, the’
feminist movement. They understood
early on thatby making coalitions for
socialjustice, we would not only bring
our Lesbian selves forward; but the re.st
of society as a whole. Andthey’ve been
unafraid to tackle the toughissues. Their
book "Battered .Wives" changed the
ways in which our country addressed
woman abuse. When I edited"Naming.
the Violence: .Speaking OutAboutLes~
bianBattering" Del was quick to offer
.her ~adv.ice and support. While some
were afraid to talk about abuse in our
.~ommunity, she knew that our commu~
nity could only be strengthened bythis
honest discussion.i ¯ -
Justas Phyllis and Del have helped us
navigate our 20s, 30s,40s, 50s, and 60s,
they are also helping lead us through
our issues as old Gay men, Lesbians,
Bisexuals and Transgendered people.
They served as participants intheWhite
House Conferenc,. on Aging and led
workshops at a recent SAGE conference
on aging issues. When NGLTF
was challenged onissues related to ageism,
Deland Phyllis, as well as Shevy
Healey and Ruth Silver from Old Lesbians
Organized for Change, trained
our staff and demanded more visibility
at NGLTF’s Creating Change conference.
A recent stop of our families tour in
Providence, Rhode Island, reminded us
that no discussion of family issues is
complete without the recognition that
our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and transgendered
family is comprised of individuals
from each generation. Issues
related to schools, parenting, and children
are only one part of our life cycle.
Issues related to Medicaid, social security,
healthcare and social services are
another.
As our colleagues at SAGE remind
us, in the world’s eye, the GLBT eommunity
appears to lack a family of all
ages, and in the imagination ofmany of
us, there is no furore beyond age 40.
Seniors arenearly invisiblein theGLBT
community, shunned to the detriment
ofus all. In our work, as diligently as we
work for the lives and well-being of
youngpeoplewemustaddress.the needs
of seniors. We must challenge bias in
the healthcare system,
see Lobel, page 14
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A TFN Update
by Tom Neal, publisher & editor
Usually I write a column about how
¯¯ this newspaper is doing and where we
think we’re going at the end of the year
¯ to coincide with the anniversary of our
¯ first issue. However, we’ve recently ¯
had some changes about which we’d
¯
like to make you aware.
¯ We have had some.changes in writ¯
ers. We’re delighted to have added my
friend Mary Schepers, our Do-It- Your-
" self Dyke, and Esther Rothblum who
¯ writes Dyke Psyche from her New En-
¯ gland base.-TFN has always tried to be.
a newspaper for all parts of our very,
¯ very diverse community, from our self-
" appointed A-list to truckers and queer
¯ biker-dudes, fromdrag queens to dykes,
and from closeted to screamingly out -
¯ an inherendy challenging task. We’re
¯ delighted that these two writers are providing
a "dyke" sensibility, though I
believe you don’t have to be a Lesbian
¯ to enjoy or be enlightened by their work
; We sad to have lost, we hope Just
¯ temporarily, our entertainment writer,
Jim Christjohn. Many of you will know
¯ that Jim & I were spouses (partners-in-
: life, husbands?- language continues to
¯ fail us) for nearly six years. Jim is
concentrating on making a living and
¯ finishing his education, and as he puts
¯ it, has neither the time norinclination to
: write at this time. His work will be
¯ missed. TFN will try to contume to
; provide good entertainment coverage
though likely not nearly with the same
¯ wit - or with the regular Stevie Nicks/
Fleetwood Mac updates.
¯ Onapersonal andbusiness note, I’ve
: written before th,at publishing.a smal!
:. community newspaper like TFN:i~:a
¯ labor of love - that you can make a
¯ living but only if you’re willing to live
¯ very, verymodestly. This has been true
with this newspa~l~,,, even thoug_h,,it has
:- always operated in the bla~k . We
¯ understand .that several of our out-of-
¯ town competitors might not be able to
¯ claim even as much. But even living
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that I might do, I’ve gone to work part-
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We’re proud that the serious news for-
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Voice as was our introduction of main-
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Anti-Abortion Radicals i
Now Targeting Gays;
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The signs read "Life." The "
100 or so protesters sang spirituals and shouted out
Bible verses, flouting a court order to keep the noise
down as they marched in front of an abortion clinic. ¯
Orlando, . the fantasy playland of rides, stories and "
animated characters, is host this week to a different "
kind of show: protests by Operation Rescue over ¯
abortion rights, gay rights and child pornography. ,
About 100 abortion opponents defied a court order ’
banning them from singing, whistling and.ch.anting "
within earshot of patients at the EPOC clime. The
tnjunction also allows police to search backpacks or
purses within 1,000 feet’of a clinic and requires .
abortionrights supporters and foes to be 10 feet ~part.
Thecity ofOrlando obtainedtheinjunctionagainst :
Dallas-based Operation Rescue last week. Police ¯
made no arrests for violating the injunction, which is
in effect through the end of the week.
Five people were arrested for blocking the street
next to the clinic by lying down on the ground. They
were charged with obstructing a roadway and resisting
arrest. :
As the group protested, a half-dozen supporters of
abortion rights and Gay civil rights stood in front of
metal barricades with signs that read "Mobilize, Defend
Abortion Providers," and about 75 police officers
watched. Later in the afternoon, the anti-abortion
protesters attended a city council meeting to object to
a plan to fly rainbow-colored.flags aro_und the city to
commemorate Gay Pride month in June. Protesters
carried signs that said "America Remember Sodom"
outside City Hall and inside told cotgmissioners they
shouldn’t promote homosexuality.
Gay activist Bob Kunst sai,d,, the gay community
won’t tolerate discrimination. Weare tired of being
misrepresentedbypeople who are so emotionally and
sexually hung up that.they exploi,t God, the~ e~xploit
gays and they exploit the country,’ Ktmst saia. t~ouncil
members decided to let the flags fly.
In almost its 10th year of targeting cities for abortion
protests, Operation Rescuefinds itself with dwindling
numbers and-hampered by recent federal- legislation
and court decisions. "Nobody knows what’s
legal and not legal anymore, stud Fltp Benham, th
group’s leader. .
Some abortion opponents tried to get their message
out Monday by surrounding a woman and her teenage
daughter as they arrived at the EPOC clinic. "We
have an appointment, let. us xn, th mother told
police. One protester, Maria Jordan, shouted at the
woman in Spanish, "This is a sin of God!"
Operation Rescue also plans demonstrations at
Barnes & Noble Booksellers to protest what the
group considers childpornography, andatWaltDisney
World to protest its gay-friendly policies.
Anti-Gay Groups Oppose ¯
City Anti-Bias Rule l
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Some local ministers
and other residents have begun a campaign to put to
a vote this fall a city r~solution banning discrimination
against Gays incity hiring. The City Council .t~,~s "
month overturned the mayor’s veto of the council s ¯
passage of the measure.
The resolution forbids discriminationin city hiring ’
based on sexual orientation andfamilial status, which "_
addresses marital statns and members of families not- ¯
bound by alegal marriage. It also addresses discrimi- ¯
nation in areas covered by federal law, such as race, "
sex, religion, ancestry and disability.
Critics oppose the.part of the resolution:regarding "
homosexuals. "We think werepresent the majority °f ~
peoplein Fayetteville," said the Rev. Charlie Brown, ¯
~iulster at Ridgeview Baptist Church. He said the ¯
measure may signal the beginning of a moveme,n,t ¯
toward Gays earning special status in Fayetteville. I
believe very strongly, as an individual, as a citizen, ~
that this resolution is dangerous because xt cracks the .
door open for special rights," Brown said. . ¯
State law requires the petitions seeking a referen- "
dum on a council-approved measure be submitted no :
later than 31 days after the Council’s May 5 vote. The :
group also must get 1,925 signatures to get the mea- ¯
sure on the November election ballot. The Rev. Gene
Fulcher of Calvary Baptist Church said the petition
drive was organized by ministers, business people
and others.
City officxalshave saldtheresoluttonwon tchang
- whatwas already unwrittenpractice. AldermanRandy
Zurcher, who proposed the resolution, said Gays
won’t be preferred for jobs over heterosexuals. He
said he believes he speaks for the majority. ’‘There is
a progressive majority in this town," he said Friday.
"I just hope they’re voting.’"
Black Preacher Warns
of "Gay Takeover"
ATLANTA (AP) - A black preacher stirred UP controversy
in an east Atlanta neighborhood when he
distributed a flier to save it from what he called the
"white takeover" and to discuss how to end a Homosexual
and Lesbian takeover. A meeting was’called
by the Rev. Amos Moore, pastor ofNew Mount Sinai
Baptist Church. About 85 people confronted the
preacher and a small group of black residents who
said they felt disenfranchised by the influx of white
residents in the past five years. The flier said: "Save
our neighborhood. If you are concerned about the
’white takeover’ of Kirkwood, come meet .... to
discuss how we can put an end to the Homosexual and
Lesbian takeover of our community. Kirkwood concerned
black neighbors."
"I don’t care who lives here," said David Jackson,
a black lifetime Kirkwood resident. "This neighborhood
is open." But Moore said, "The purpose of the
flier was to pull our people together as one in the
community, not as a hate group... I do believe in
loving my neighbors. But I have to s~t~n,d firm on
God’s wordabouthomosexuality and that s an abomi-
.nation under God." Several residents said it is more
important to confront the neighborhood’s drug dealers.
A white Gay couplewon a suit last year against
black neighbors for rurming an alleged crack house.
School Gives Domestic
" Partners Benefits
MADISON, Wis. (AP) = The Madison School District
extended health insurance benefits to the domestic
partners of teachers Monday, despite alegal effort
to block the move. About 30 teachers signed up for
the benefit, said Bob Nadler, the district’s benefits
manager. The policy allows teachers to extend their
insurance coverage to their unmarried partners, either
of the same sex or opposite sex. Those applying for
the domestic partner benefit must have more than a
casual relationship, and verify that they live together
and share finances. Teachers had until May 15 to
retmn ~e enrollment forms for the program.
Madison resident Mason Sproul filed a notice of
claifia against the district 1astmonthin an effort to stop
the plan, which teachers won during their last round
of collective bargaining. Sproul’s claim against the
district "is not going to stop our implementation,"
Nadler said. "We will do whatever we need to do to
answer the complaint." Sproul’ s claim asksthathealth
benefit coverage be extended only to employees,
their spouses
Florida Catholic Bishop
Starts Gay Ministry .
JACKSONVILLE, Ha (A.P) - Bishop John J. Snyder
celebrated Mass to launch a new ministry for Gay
men and Lesbians at Assumption Catholic Church,
saying PopeJohn Paul II himself approved the project.
The bishop said he brought up the idea of opening the
specialized ministry during a recent audience he h,ad
with the pope. But Snyder.said he made ~t dear ne
planned to keep with the church’s teachings, too. The
pontiff, he said, sat quietly for a few moments, then
said: "We all need redeeming, don’t we?
Still, Snyder said during a recent Mass that the
Roman Catholic church is not changing its position
and does notcondonehomosextml activity. "We want
brothers and sisters to be part of the church and to
have an active role," Snyder said.
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The Diocese of St. Augustine became the 36th in the
nation to start a Gay and Lesbian ministry. During his
homily, Snyder said the church is making an effort at
reconciliation. "We have taken steps. We are not yet
where we need to be," he said. "I believe that ultimate
judgment belongs to the Lord.’"
While an estimated 300 Gays and Lesbians attended
the Mass, a smaller group outside protested, praying
and holding aloft signs critical of the initiative. The
bishop acknowledged disagreement still exists among
Catholics over whether homosexuality should have a
role in church affairs. "I fully realize we are not going
to keep everyone happy," he said, "especially those on
either end of the spectrum."
The Diocese ofS t. Augustine, coveting 17 cotmties in
northeast and central Florida, already has begun reaching-
out to’ Gays and Lesbians, according to church’
SlJo.kesv~oman Kathleen Bagg-Morgan. "We’re not focusxng
so much on the sexuality of this as we’re focusing
on the human being," she said.
Outside the church, protesters carried signs reading:
"The Truth Does Not Validate Sinful Acts," "I’he
Catholic Church Does Not Condone Homosexual Activity"
and "The Bible Condemns Homosexual Acts."
About 40 people prayed but refused to discuss their
positions with reporters. Instead~ they issued a written
statement that said ministering to homosexuals contradicts"
the clear teachings of theRomanCatholicChurch
and many other faiths." The protestors also said special
Masses should not be held for people based solely on
their sexual orientation.
But those attending the Mass expressed support for
the move by the church. "I think it’s great," said Terry
Douglas of the Southside. "The Catholic Church sort of
wentbackwards before, i thinkthey’ velost morepeople
than they thought."
Archbishop Refuses
Communion to Gays
MELBOURNE, Ausmdia (AP) - The Catholic Archbishop.
of Melbourne Sunday refused communion to
about 50 homosexual protesters:~ho sought to receive
the Eucharist at Mass. The group attended the service to
challenge the church’s ban on practicing homosexuals
receiving communion, spokesman Michael Kelly said.
During Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Pell told
the congregation that homosexual acts were contrary to
natural law.and that the group was ineligible for communion
in the same way as was a heterosexual couple
who engaged in adultery.
Archbishop George Pell instead offered blessings to
the protesters, who worerainbow-colored sashes, and at
the end of the Mass told the congregation that he would
pray for them.
Outside the church, Kelly, aformer chaplain, accused
Pell of ~aarginalizing homosexuals. "For the first time
in my life, I saw my 74-year-old mother, who has been
a Catholic all her life, refused Holy Communion because
she went forward openly in support of her Gay
son," he said. Earlier, members of the Rainbow Sash
Movementjoined othermembers of the congregation in
walking up the aisle to receive communion.
Pell told the congregation his refusal to .give them
communion was "not a matter of rejecting homosexuals."
’‘The rule is the same for everyone. If someone is
practicing something cdntrary to the church’s doctrine,
they are not eligible to accept communion," Pell said.
’qqae same would apply to a couple living in adultery."
His statements were met with loud applause by
the congregation. -
Outside, Kelly said his group would not be "condemned
to silence or invisibility." "We claim our dignity
as people made in God’s image and our right to
freedom, justice and love, the right to live fully human
lives with the sexuality that God gave us," he said. He
accused the church of being a bastion of homophobia,
discrimination and abuse.
Candidates’ Sexuality
Not Relevant
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Education. Crime. The environment.
Congressional candidate Christine Kehoe insists
voters in California’s 49th District care more about
those issues than her homosexuality. "When people
understand what I am about, my sexual orientation
doesn’t matter," said Kehoe, a San Diego councilwoman
and the only Democrat in the race. "My
record shows I work for everyone."
Still, Kehoe’s sexuality could make history: If
elected, she would be one of the first openly Lesbian
candidate to be elected to national office.
Kehoe, 47, may downplay the importance, but as a
flier for a recent fund-raiser proclaimed: "History
is about to be made, and you can be part of it.’"
Kehoe is one of four Lesbians running for Congress
this year, as well as three Gay men. That
number represents the largest group of openly Gay
candidates to run for national office.
Rep. BarneyFrank, D-Mass., and Rep. Jim Kolbe.
R-Ariz., did not reveal their homosexuality until
after they were in office, but the other Congressional
candidates disclosed their sexual orientation
prior to this year’s elections.
They are Wisconsinlegislator Tammy Baldwin:
former Massachusetts legislator Susan Tracy; refired
Army Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer, who
was discharged from the military in 1992 after
revealing her homosexuality; and rancher and oilman
Paul Barby.
It isn’t that the current political climate is more
friendly to Gays and Lesbians - it isn’t friendly to
anyone, said Brian Bond, executive director of the
Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, a group dedicated
to getting homosexuals elected. "These candidates
are not running as Gays or Lesbians," Bond said.
"They are candidates who happen to be Gay or
Lesbian. They have a track record inpublic service,
representing people on a wide range of issues, and
it’s only natural that they start moving up."
With the help of the Victory Fund, Kehoe has
raised about $370,000 since last year, compared to
$320,000 by her Republican challenger, two-term
incumbent Brian Bilbray. As the first openly Gay
member of the San Diego Council, Kehoe was
initially expected by some of her colleagues her to
pursue a particular agenda, fellow councilwoman
V.alerie Stallings :said. "They ~w~re all pleas..autl¥........
surprised to find she was well-rounded, wii~ ii~~
agenda or ax to grind," said Stallings.
Arkansas Sodomy
Law on Trial
LITFLEROCK(AP)-Anattorney argnmg against
an Arkansas law barring homosexual sex said today
that the courts would never tolerate such a law
ifit applied to sex betweenpeople of different races
instead of homosexuals. "ff there was a law that
said that interracial couples could not engage in
intimate sexual acts that everyone else in the state
cmfldengage infreely, the court would clearly have
the power to address that discrimination," lawyer
Suzanne Goldberg said.
Ms. Goldberg said that was one analogy she
offered Pulaski County Chancellor Collins Kilgore
in a heating this morning. The heating was on a
motionfiledby the state attorney general’ s office to
dismiss a lawsuit filed by the orgamzation Ms.
Goldberg represents, the Lambda Legal Defense
and Education Fund ofNew York. That group filed
suit to strike down Arkansas’ anti-sodomy law,
which outlaws homosexual sex and carries maximumpenalties
of one year injail and a $1,000 fine.
Kilgore took the motion under advisement.
¯ " Thestate argues that the law doesn’t need to be
struck from the books because it isn’t being enforced.
Homosexuals shouldn’t worry about being
prosecuted for what they do as consenting adults in
private because no one has been taken to court in
Arkansas for such conduct in 70 years. "In light of
the history of nonenforcement ... plaintiff’s alleged
’fear’ of future prosecution is unfounded," said
Timothy Gauger, an assistant attorney general
’qqlis law creates a second-class status for Lesbians
and Gay men, criminalizing intimate, sexual
behavior that is perfectly legal fornon-Gay people,’~
Ms. Goldberg said. "The Arkansas statute causes
terrible harm to Gay people, depriving parents of
cnstody of their children and putting people at risk
of losing their professional licenses, theirjobs, and
their homes, s~mply for intimacy with aloved one."
Teaching Condom
Use Works Better
CHICAGO (AP) - Safe-sex lessons for
children work best if condom use is emphasized
rather than abstinence, researchers
foundin a study oflow-income blacks.
A separate finding underscores a compelling
need for the grown-up subject matter:
although their average age was just 11,
25% of the youths were no longer virgins.
"We shouldn’t underestimate that and we
have to begin earlier to give children the
¯ kind of information they need to protect
themselves," said Princeton University
psychologistJolmB. Jemmott III, thelead
author. "We can’t wait because we may
be waiting until alter they’ve already had
sex for the first time."
The study of 659 inner-city Philadelphia
youths sought ways to stem the high
rate of sexually transmitted diseases
among black adolescents. Among 13-to-
19 year olds with AIDS, blacks comprised
57% and whites just 23% in 1996,
federal statistics show, while the gonorrhea
rate among 15-to-19 year olds was
about 24 times higher among blacks than
whites.
The authors evaluated which programs
workbest at curbing the riskiest behavior:
unprotected sex. ’~If the goal is reduction
of unprotected sexual intercourse, the
safer-sex strategymayhold themostpromise,
particularly with those adolescents
who are already sexually experienced,"
the authors wrote in the Journal oj the
American Medical Association. Conservative
groups like the Family Research
Council have pushed the abstinence approach,
and the federal government has
mandated that states use $50 million in
sex-educationmoney for abstinence-only
programs. ButinaJAMA editorial, Emory
University psychologist Ralph J.
¯ DiClemente said the findings "indicate a
need to reconsider the role of abstinence
programs" in safe-sex education.
The authors studied sixth- and seventhgraders
at three Philadelphia middle
schools. The students were divided into
three gronps, each receiving eight hours
ofhealth education. One focused on abstinence
as a means of avoiding sexually
translnitted diseases and pregnancy; one
focused on condom use; and a control
group addressed avoiding other diseases
unrelated to sexual behavior.
Results were measured at three months,
six months and a year afterwards. At three
months, just 12~5% of the abstinencegronp
students reportedhaving recent sex,
compared to 16.6% among the condom
group and 21.5% in the Control group. At
six months, slightly more of the abstinence-
group students were having sex
than the condom-group students. By 12
months, 20% of the abstinence group had
recent sex, compared to 16.5% of the
condom group and 23.1% of the control
group.
Theabstinence group also reportedhaving
engaged inmore unprotected sex than
the condom group throughout the
followup. Condomuseamong thecondom
group was significantly higher than the
other groups at all measuring periods.
Jemmott said he was surprised by the
abstinence program’s early success, because"
ifyou’re teaching them abstinence,
you’ re battling against the norm." That its
failure rate grew over.time indicates the
students probably succumbed to peer pressure
to have sex, he said.
Jemmottalso theorized that thecondom
class had better, long-term success because
it taught students a positive message
about something they could do, rather
than anegativemessage about what not to
do. However, Gracie Hsu, a Family Research
Council policy analyst, said the
abstinence program likely would have
had more long-term success if the class
had lasted longer. "We recognize tha{
society is very sex,saturated, and in order
for these kids to resolve to abstain, they’ll
need a constant message," Hsu said.
Jemmott said more research is needed
to see if similar programs would have
similar results among other minority and
white students.
FDA Approves
.Urine HIV Test
WASHINGTON (AP)-Calypte Biomedical
Corp. says the Food and Drug Administrationhas
approved its urineHIV Westem
blot test. Calypte already had created
a test that screened for antibodies to the
AIDS virus in unne. But people who
tested positive still needed a more accurate
blood test called the Western blot to
confirm infection. The new approval announced
Monday allows confirmatory
testing in urine, too, which Calypte says is
safer and easier than traditional HIV
blood tests because it doesn’t require
needles or specially trained health-care
workers.
But the FDA cautioned that arine testmg
is not quite as accurate as blood testing.
In a study of 748 people who tested
HiV-positive with blood tests, the urine
test missed two patients, the FDA said.
Calypte says the misses occurred because
tho~e patients had begun taking AIDS
medications that lowered their HIV levels.
Still, labs must give people about to be
tested special brochures that warn that
blood tests are somewhat better at catd~-
ing HIV i~ffections, said Paul A. Mied,
FDA’s deputy director bf transfusion-related
diseases.
The brochures also say the unne test
causes more false-positive results than
the blood test in certain people at high risk
for H1V or who have medical conditions
like kidney or liver disease, he said.
High Schoolers Go
for HIV Testing
KANSAS CITY, Kan..(AP) - More than
100 students at Turner High School were
tested voluntarily £or HIV this spring as
part of a program that some say indicates
a growing awareness about AIDS among
area teenagers. Students at the school in
southern Kansas City, Kan., were tested
in April andMay by the Kansas City Free
Health Clinic at the request of a student
organization. Noalarming trends atTurner
prompted the test. Members of a student
group called BeActive in Self-Education,
or B.A.S.E, simply wanted .their peers to
understand that pregnancy and herpes
aren’t the only consequences of unprotected
sex~ All the-students had to have
parental permission to be tested. "Nobody
made us do this," saidJason Schultz,
a 17,y,,ear~old junior. "We wanted it to
come.
None of the 112 students tested positive
forthe virus that causes AIDS, saidRueben
Perez, the clinic’s director of HIV ,Prevention
Services. It was the first time that
the clinic, one of the largest HIV testing
centers in the area, had conducted tests in
a high school. The Kansas City, Mo.,
Kansas City, Kan., Shawnee Mission and
Independence, Mo., school districts have
not offered HIV tests in their schools,
officials said.
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"People, especially youngerpeople,just
don’t want to see that it can affect them,"
said Schultz. "They think that it’s a Gay
disease, a ’them’ disease, and not an ’us’
disease." Perez, the clinic’s director, was
surprised so many students agreed to be
tested. Last year, for example, only 169
people from 13 to 19 years old were tested
at the clinic for HIV, despite widespread
speculation that most teen-agers do not
use condoms regularly.
So why should teen-agers heed all the
warning+ about not using condoms? "It’s
reasonable to assume that if we’re having
a lot of cases in their 20s and 30s, some of
those folks may have been infected as
teen-agers," said Betsy Topper, exectmve
director of the AIDS Council of Greater
Kansas City.
The day of the first test, 16=year-old
Jessica Meditz,,a junior, reflected on the
importance of AIDS awareness. She said
it would be nice if students would practice
abstinence, but she doubts that would
work. "I’ll hear girls talking about their
first time (for sex) was 13," she said,
raising her eyebrows and shaking her head.
"You can’t just preach abstinence," she
said. "ff you’re going to experiment,
you’ve got to be smart." Thetesting shows
that AIDS awareness is growing in some
schools, officials said. "Until a few years
ago, AIDS education really depended on
an individual teacher thinking it was important
to do," said Steve Walker, community
set¯rues program manager at
Wyandot Mental Health Center Inc. "It
could be a science teacher talking about it
for one day to a whole unit."
The Kansas State Board of Education
now requires all .districts to offer a com~
prehensive program about human sexuality
that includes AIDS education. Walker
and othercommunity leaders are trying to
improve on that requirement. Three years
ago, the Heart of America United Way
CommunityAIDS Partnership approached
Walker about starting a program that
would use teen-agers to promote AIDS
awareness. Walker’ s programhas received
annual grants of $20,000 to $30,000 from
the partnership. Themoney is usedpfimafily
to pay for several student "AIDS
ambassador" positions and for AIDS
awareness projects at schools.
Tumer’s B.A.S.E. students received
about $750 for this year’s AIDS Awareness
Week, which included bringing the
Free Health Clinic to the school. The
testing at Turner achieved at least one
goal - getting students to talk about and
consider the consequences of unsafe sex.
When asked about the two-week wait
between testing and getting the results,
some students said that they had spent
more time than usual thinking about their
mo~tlity.
An 18-year-old said she had been having
unprotected sex for three years. This
wasn’t her first HIV test. She admitted
that she should make her, partner~ use
condoms, "But when you’re fight there in
the situation... "When asked whether the
test would encouragei~,er to change her
behavior, she replied: I mnot confident.
It’s difficult. I’m going to try,."
Experimental AIDS
Vaccine to Be Tried
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Researchers
in Trinidad and Tobago said
they will begin injecting volunteers with
an experimental AIDS vaccine that has
caused controversy in Uganda, another
test site for the formula. Doctors at the
Medical Research Foundation ofTrinidad
and Tobago said last week they will begin
testing ALVAC-HIV, a vaccine developed
at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, on 20
virus-free people to see if it will prompt
creation of antibodies to fight the disease.
Trials will begin in 2000.
Tests of the vaccine in Uganda last year
weredelayed aftersomepoliticians voiced
unfounded worries that the formula might
create another, stronger strain of the vires
that causes AIDS. Opponents of the trials
also accused researchers of using residents
of lesser-developed comatnes as
guinea pigs for the drug. To avoid such
problems in Trinidad and Tobago, a twinisland
country off the coast of Venezuela,
researchers will launch a two-year education
program before beginning the first
trials, said Courmey Bartholomew, a doctor
at the Medical Research Foundation
Preliminary trials in Europe showed the
vaccine is safe, Bartholomew said. Now
researchers are trying to see if it is effective.
"If we embark on the vaccine trials,
it will be with a safe vaccine already
proven to be safe in the first world countries,"
Bartholomew said. Testing will
eventually take place in 11 countries, he
said. If the vaccine works, the immune
systems of people injected with it would
have the virus antibodies, normally the
first sign of infection, but would not contract
the virus. "They ,would be anti-body
positive and virus negative," Bartholomew
said.
Volunteers Aid
Search for Vaccine
SEATTLE (AP) - Hundreds of Puget
Sound-arearesidents areusing anunusual
weapon - their bodies - to help re,searchers
in their quest to develop a vaccine
against AIDS. The University of Washington
is among six U.S. universities - the
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group - that
have been conducting vaemine research
for several years, saidDavidBerger, clinic
coordinator andresearchnurse at the UW’s
AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Unit. The volunteers
are critical, and appreciated.
"Without the~e people, we don’t go forward,"
Berger said. "They are willing to
literally roll up their sleeve and take the
risk to see HIV eradicated in their lifetime."
One of them, Susan Cole, said she felt
compelled to help fight the disease that
killed a close friend, David Armstrong, in
January. "I still don’t know why David
(died), but I do know he’s the reason I’m
as involved as I am," said Cole, 37. "If
there was any way to go back in time, 10-
15 years ago, and know David would be
OK, I’d do this every day."
At this point, all the vaccines are experimental.
Since 1988, the UW has nm
42 trials examining whether the vaccines
are safe and whether they spark an immune
response in the body, Berger said.
The next step is to get enough information
to. warrant testing whether a vaccine is
effective, Berger said. "We still don’t
understand how much of a defense we
have to genenite in a body to get protection,"
he said.
One key to attracting volunteers is educating
the public that there is no risk of
contracting HIV ,through the v~ccines,
Berger said. That s because the vaccines
don’t use the complete HIV virus. Instead,
they contain snippets of the genetic
code for the virus, or pieces ofprotein that
makeup the coatingonthe virus. In theory,
those pieces should be enough to engage
the body’s natural attack system, creating
an immune response to the’ virus.
Light Opera Oklahoma ’98
TULSA - TheGilbert & Sullivan Sod- renowned cast of Ko-Ko, Pooh-Bah,
ety of Tulsa is a non-profit organization ~ Nanki-Poo and Pish-Tush, the three little
founded in 1983, whose mission is to ¯ maids Yum-Yum, Pitti-Sing and Peepencourage
excdlence in musical theater " bo, the Mikado and his daughter-in-lawthroughits
own productions and by offer- ¯ elect, the formidable Katisha! Of all the
ing assistance to other
performance groups. Its
missionis also to stimulate
interestandprovide
educational experiences
in the works of
W.S. Gilbert & Sir
Arthur Sullivan. The
1998 season, June 11-
28at theChapmanTheater
in Kendall Hall on
the University ofTulsa,
will feature threeblockbuster
shows.
They begin with
THE NEW MOON by
Sigmund Romberg.
This very popular love
~story takes place in.
.New Orleans andonthe
New Moon, a ship
bringing ladies from
Francefor wives for the c°mingprq,ducti°ns"
settlers. Amanwhohas incurred the wrath
of a French noble in.Paris fled the country
and a detective is sent to the New World
to find him. He is thought to be a member
of a group planning the overthrow of the
Frenchmonarchy andmustbe captured so
he can be executed as an example to the
public. He is of course in love with a
beautiful and prominent lady, so we can
thrill to the songs thatmade this show one
of the biggest hits of all time: songs like
Lover come back to Me, Wanting You,
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, and Stouthearted
Men.
NEW MOON is followed by the regional
premiere of PINEAPPLE POLL.
This ballet, set by Sir Charles Mackerras
to music from G&S operettas, is one half
of this production. About40 minutes 1ong,
the story is based on Gilbert’s The
BumboatWoman’s Story,later to bemade
intoHMS Pinafore. This rarely performed
piece will be coupled with TRIAL BY
JURY, the collaborators’ only opera.
There is no dialogue, and it is an hilarious
story of a very unusual Judge and his
handing of a breach of promise of marriage.
Completing the ’98 season will beTHE
MIKADO, or theTown of Titipu, with its
Cast membersfrom several ofLOOK
’98, Light Opera Oklahoma’s up-
G&S operettas, this one
is the world’s favorite
and has been so since it
opened on the 14th of
March, 1885.
The Company received
a rave review in
the Tulsa World last
year; both thefree concerts
played to standing
room only crowds
and the films had an
audience to revisit the
world of filmed operetta.
The Suppers and
Cream Teas were very
popular and each night
that the Cafe LOOK
was open, itwas always
full
Membership is open
to.all .who support their
mlssion to preserve
¯ operetta and especially the collaborative
¯¯ works of Gilbert & Sullivan. You do not
have to be a performer, a singer or stage-
" hand tojoin, butLOOKurges all who are,
: and those to whom the genre is of great
¯ interest, to be sure to support the Society. ¯
Dues are $25 for single and $40 for fam-
: - ily.
Ticket sales to productions account for
only 36% of production costs so the remainder
must be found through fundraising
and the assistance of corporate
sponsors and foundations. Past sponsors
have included The Sun Company, The
State.Arts Council ofOklahoma, TheZink
Foundation, Doctors Hospital Foundation,
American Airlines, The University of
~ Tulsa, Thrifty CarRental, Henry Primeaux
and CrownAutoWorld,TCICablevision,
and Target. Texaco and Public Service
Company ofOklahomahave assisted with
printing and in-kind services.
Auditions are held early each year for
the summer production. The company
numbers 60 artist~ with a 21-member orchestra.
Chorus members are volunteers,
although solo artists, stage director, accompamsts
and orchestra, as wall as stage
and technical crew receive some compensation.
Info? Call 583-4267.
McNally Play to Go On With Gay Contdnt
NEW YORK (AP) - An off-Broadway
theater reversed itself and agreed to produce
a controversial play about a Gay
Christlike figure, despite several anonymous
death threats. "In our 25-year history,
we have never censored a play nor
turned a play down because of content,"
Lynne Meadow, Manhattan Theater
Club’s artistic director, said Thursday.
"The only issue for us has been safety and
security."
The theater had canceled the production
of Terrence McNally’s "Corpus
Christi" in the face of anonymous threats
made against the building, its audience
and the playwright. Meadow said the theater
club reversed its decision after New
York City Police Commissioner Howard
Safir promised to ensure safety if the play
was produced. Meadow would not elaborate
on those measures.
At anews conference, Meadow played
a tape of one of the phone calls the theater
received. The raspy, possibly computerdistorted
voice was difficult to understand,
but Meadow read a transcript of the
message, which was addressed to
McNally. "Because of you we wil! exterminate
every member of the theater and
burn the place to the ground. This is a
message from National Security Movement
of America," part of it said.
The group’s background was not immediately
dear. qTne theaterreceivedmany
protests and five specific death threats,
beginning on May 11, said Barry Grove,
the theater’s egecutive producer.
Neither Meadow nor Grove would discuss
the play’s subject matter, which,
according to accounts in the New York
Post, deals with a Christlike young man
see McNally, page 14
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Tulsa
in association with The [Iniversity ofTulsa presents-
,/Eight national artists making their Oklahoma debuts!
Brilliant sets and costumes! ,/20-piece LOOK orchestra!
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Church of the Restoration Unitarian Universalist
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Sunday School - 9:45am, Service - 10:45am, 3210e So. Norwood
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reviewed by Barry Hensley
Tulsa City-County Library
With two plays and a new movie coming
out, Oscar Wilde’s popularity just
keeps on growing, almost 1.00 years after
his death. The author of such The Wilde
classics as "The Picture of
Dorian Gray" and "The Importance
ofBeing Eamest"led
an interesting double life and
this biography, with wonderful
illustrations and photos,
was written by his grandson.
Wilde was a well known
playright and novelist in England
in the late 1800’s. He
was quite a celebrity and his
fans managed to overlook his
outwardly Gayappearance and
behavior. As ostentatious as
he was, he still sought to cover
up his sexual orientation and
even married, and had chil-
AlBum is a
" wonderful overview
of the life d
one o[ the most
[amous persecuted
Gay men
in history... Hls
story ls lnt~uln~
and one t~at
shouldbe kno~
by all Gay
people.
dren with, ayoung lady named Constance
Lloyd. She ended up taking care of their
children while he was busy giving lectures,
writing and seeing other men.
It doesn’t take long to realize that
Wilde’s ego was overwhelming. Upon
arriving in the US for a lecture tour m
1882, Wilde informed the customs official,
"I have nothing to declare but my
genius." America wasn’t quite ready for
this flamboyant gentleman with a gift for
speaking in sound bites.
In 1895, in England, Wilde was finally.
prosecuted for being Gay. and was sentenced
to two years hard labor. His plays
closed, his books were censored and his
friends deserted him.
Adamant that being Gay was not wrong,
Wilde saw himself as "crucified, Christlike,
by society." When released from
¯prison, his wife having changed’her last
name and refusing to allow him to see his
children, Wilde wandered aimlessly
around Europe, "poor but not pem~less,
alone but not without friends." He died of
meningitis in 1900, bankrupt
and forgotten.
The Wilde Album is a wonderful
overview of the life of
one of the mostfamous persecuted
Gay men in history. It is
short, easy to read and the
cartoons, manuscripts andpictures
are beautifulreproductions.
His story is intriguing
and one that should be known
by all Gay people.
Check for The Wilde
Album and other materials on
similar topics, at your local
branch library, or call the
Readers Services of the Central
Library at 596-7966.
The result seems to have been that DCS,
notOSDH,is now worldng by the strictest
letter of Oklahoma bidding statutes and
most of the agencies don’t know and
¯ didn’t meet those reqnirements. Pierson
¯ - also noted that the statutes were designed.
: more for bidding interstate highway con-
" struction contracts by large firms- not by
¯ understaffed non-profit agencies. Pierson
¯ also says that DCS has promised to ’~fasttrack"
the re,bid process and to meet with
¯
each agency to assist them in meeting the
¯ requirements. He hopes that funding will
¯ be restored to the colnmunity based organizations
(CBO’s) by July 15th.
¯ see HIV, page 14
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is open in a 2nd location at the northwest
corner of61st &Sheridan.
by Jean-Pierre
Legrandbouche
TFN Food Critic
Days of snow and ice and
brisk prairie winds can make
even the most devoted
Oklahomaphile abit testy, and
this January has been one of
those more challenging times.
The people of Europe often
find the need toescape winter’s
grasp as well, and they most
generally go on holiday to the
sunny Mediterranean.
A Mediterranean cruxse
might not be in the budget for
an evening’s entertainment, so
we have to just pretend, and
look for a Mediterranean re-~
gional restaurant to get that je
ne sais qua atmosphere for a
relaxing, fun evening. When
we think ofMediterranean, we
think of Greece, Italy, Spain.
and France. We’re really not
in the mood for a gyros sandwich,
so there goes the Greek
opuon, andTulsa doesn’ thave
a Spanish restaurant (Mexican
isn’t the same, and, by the
way, for those of who going to
see Evita and then doing Mexican,
Argentine isn’t the same,
either). French would be a
wonderful comfort food in the
winter, but, alas, the talented
culinary triumvirate of Curt
Herrm~nn, Marjorie Alexander,
and Thomas Radcliffe
had their last weekend at
Montrachet. and have left the restaurant
to develop their own gourmet take-out
food concept. So, there isn’t a decent
French restaurant in town any more.
That leaves us with Italian. Shall we go
to the faux-Italian, market study driven,
Olive Garden for cardboard pasta and
wallpaper paste sauces (they do have good
salad and breadsticks)? Maybe a little
overcooked spaghetti at a pizzajoint? We
think not. But, voila!, there is a.rather
secret, unknownItalian restaurantinTulsa
which offers delicious, made to orderfood
with trained staff and elegant service.
And, surprisingly, it is hidden away in a
shopping center in east Tulsa.
Ti Amo hides on the end of a strip mall,
east of the Albertson’s grocery store at
21st and Memorial. It’s a bit hard to find,
but it’s wall worth.the effort.
With a menu having a wide variety of
styles "representing the whole of Italy,"
Ti Arno’s forteis Sicilian style cuisine. As
you know, the island of Sicilly is in the
Mediterranean, off the boot of Italy. Ithas
an ancient culture and cuisine, and due to
it’s island isolation, has preserved more
authentic old Roman style cookingtechniques
than the main country of Italy.
And, sitting in a major ancient shipping
lane, Silicianos have ofthadexotic spices,
such as saffron and curries, to incorporate
into their recipes. Seafood has also played
an important role in the Sicilian diet.
All diners are greeted with a complementary
dish ofbruscetta,, whichis a slice
of toast topped with a garlicky tomato and
olive oil salsa. Fresh soups are made.daily-
-the zuppa di giorno--and lovely fresh,
Ti Amo
8151 E. 21st
Cuisine:
Italian
Amblanee:
Dressy
Luncheon:
~[on.-Fri. 11-2
Evenln~s:
Mon-Thurs. 5-9
Fri-Sat. Gl 10
Sundays ll-9pm
Reservations
advised on
weekends.
Smokln_$ Area?
Not dlstlnet
enouOh from
non-smokln~.
Full and
wine list.
Payment:
Cash, American
Express,
Diners’ Clnb,
Visa,
~/Iastereartl.
No
green salads are served family style.
The biggest challengeis selecting one’s
entree. Just want a simple plate of spaghetti?
Well, which sauce? Pesto?
Napolitana? Bolongese? Marinara?
Carbonara? Aglio? These are
the authentic recipes. And, as
with any respectable Italian
restaurant, pasta isn’t limited
to spaghetti, the tortellini alia
panna is a delicious pocket of
pasta stuffed with ricotta
cheeseand sauteed in a creamcognac
sauce ($8.95). Particularly
mouth-watering in the
rigatoni con gorgonzola, big
tubes ofmacaroni sauteed with
fresh broccoli and served in a
creamy gorgonzola cheese
sauce ($9.50). You can get a
fettucine Alfredo ($8.95) or a
fettucine vongale ($8.95),
which is sauced with a red or a
white clam sauce. Keep in
mind that all of these sauces
are made the traditional way,
with fresh cream and butter
and freshly grated Italian
cheeses - none of the thickeners
and extenders you see in
lesser restaurants.
The lasagna al forno is a bit
controversial. It is dry. But,
it’s supposed to be dry, because
that is the Sicilian way.
So, don’t expect one of those
huge, gooey mounds like they
serve at the Spaghetti Warehouse.
While recognizing their
salute to lasagna tradition,
personally, wedon’t care for
the lasagna..Especially, since
there are so many other, trttly
wonderful dishes from which
to choose. ~vteat based entrees
also abound. The chickendella
casa ($10.95) is a flavorful chicken breast
with green peppers, mushrooms, and asparagus
in a white wine parnlesan cream
sance. Vitello alla TiAmo ($12.95) is n
fork-tender p~ece of veal sauteed xn a
cream sauce with artichokes and .walnuts.
Worth every calorie. The shrimp coriana
(S12.95) features figs and peppercorns.
An orange roughy fillet ($12.95) is prepared
meuniere and topped with pesto
butter. One can also have the exquisite
filletto bordelaise ($14.50), a gendy prepared
beef tenderloin witkmushrooms,
burgundy, sundried tomatoes, and herbs
and spices.
For dessert, several selections are always
available, but the signature item is
strawberries alla TiAmo. Much like a
cherries jubilee, the strawberries are
cookedin a variety ofliqueurs and poured
overa big scoop of vauillaice cream, then
topped with whippedcream. Always save
room for the strawberries.
Service at Ti Amo is generally pretty
good. They strive for an efficientand well
trained work staff appropriate to a"white
tablecloth" restaurant. The ambiance is a
little on the I_as Vegas side, with large,
round, red vinyl booths lining the. walls of
the main dining room, but regular tables
are available, as well. There is a full bar~:
and a decent wine list, though one not
featuring as many Italian wines as one
might.
Ti Amo is a restaurant well-deserving
of it’s name, which in English, is translated,
"I love you." Once you find and
experience this place, you’ll love it. It’ s an
Italian adventure well-worth the search.
by Esther Rothblum : own femininity. Whenever women put
Until recently, there was little open . energy into that, they’re taking energy
discussion about Lesbians in sports:. The ° away frombeing strong womenand being
mediafocuSedonBillieJeanKing’s"pali- ¯ the Uest athletes and coaches they can be.
mony" suit, MartinaNavratilova’s break- " "I wish there were more Lesbians that
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fans could give you the that couldcome athletics - athletes and
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reporters - but these
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women were very, very thatis controversial, especloseted.
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Now Pat Griffin has Some otzt=’--zs tide lege level where it could
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Women, Deep. Closets: nature of at]aletles forts." Pat finds that Divi-
LesbiansandHomophobia -- at]aletes and sion II or III coaches are
in Sports. ’TvebeenaLes- oftenmoreopenabout their
bian athlete ,and coach eoaelaes are o~en Lesbianism. "They don’t
myself so a big part of tliis not particularly have that public scrutiny
book comes from my own
experience" she toldmein pol~tlcal. Coaclaes
athnedrYecorunitingl."erses dependent
a recent interview, "and
over the last 15 years or so don’t want to do Even Lesbian fans are
invisible. A recent article
I’vetakenonthistopicasa anyda~ng tll.at, is in The Advocate was ensemi-
crusade."
controversial
tiffed "Phantom fans: No-
Patherselfplayedsports body wants to admit
inhigh school and college, espeeially at tl~e they’re there, but the Lesand
then went onto coach Division I college bian presence- at profeshigh
school and college sionalwomen’sbasketball
students. Shelived withher "level vi]aere it games is obvious." Of the
Lesbianloverbutdatedthe could hurt tlaelr
twoprofessionalwomen’s
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coach for "cover." As she reerultln~ Griffin has found the ABL
writes in her book: "I re- efforts."- tobemoreope~ywelcommember
a teacher evalua- ing to Lesbian fans than.
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principal ofthehigh school where I taught " reflects the fact that the WNBA is_ conand
coached. He complimented me be- " trolled by the male NBA.
cause "I pre~ented such a good image for ¯ Increasingly; th0ugh, Lesbiansin sports
physical education, not like some of the ° are coming out. In its November 1997
other womenP.E. teachers and coaches in " issue, OUT magazine reported on Divithe
country.’ Though he never explicitly : sion I coachKarenWeaver; who was fired
mentioned being a Lesbian, I knew ex- ¯ as field hockey coach from Ohio State
actly what he meant and cowered further " University. Now she is suing for antiback
in my closet." .¯ Lesbian discrimination. Lesbian film-
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speaking openly about homophobia at " CHANGE (WomanVision Productions)
women athletic conferences. After a life- : about Lesbians in sports. As Pat writes in
time as ah athlete and coach, she is cur- ¯ theconclusionofherbook: "Inmy vision,
rently professor at the University of Mas- : women will take pride in our athleticism
sachusetts in Amherst in a program on " without apology. Women will not be con=
social justice education. "I see myself as ¯ strained by socially constructed notions
an educator/activist," she told me, "and a " of femininity 9r compulsory heterosexulot
of that comes frommy sport andphysi- ° ality. There will be no need to apologize
cal education background. I have coaches ¯ about muscularity, physical competence,
inmy classes now, and some ofwhat I say ¯ or passion for and commitment to sport.
blows their minds, particularly when I ..inmyvisionofsport, womenwillvalue
talk about heterosexism. In athletics, this " our relationships with other women. We
topic is so silent." . will not be self-conscious about loving
Strong Women, Deep Closets focuses ° teammates and competitors as friends or
onthefactthathomophobiadoesn’tjust " lovers." Strong Women, Deep Closets can
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are demonized in sports, and how that -: Ifit’sarainyday, or your favorite sport,
workstothedetrimentofwomen’sathlet- ° isoverfortheseason, herearesomebooks
ics in general," said Pat. ’q’here is so : with a Lesbian sports theme to enjoy:
muchdi~,isivenessamongwomeninsports " General Fiction about Lesbians in
-heterosexual women are afraid of being " Sports:
called Lesbians and they resent Lesbians ¯ Sportsdykes: Stories From On and Off
and blame them for having caused -this " theField, editedby Susan Fox Rogers. St.
’image problem.’ I want women in sports " Martin’s Press, 1994.
to realize that it’s to their advantage to : Sweat, edited by Lucy Jane Bledsoe. Seal
work together against that kind of intimi- ¯ Press, 1995.
dation ,.that’s how women’s sports is ". A Whole Other Ballgame: Women’s Litgoing
to grOW. It’s not going to grow by " erature and Women’s Sport, edited by
women being embarrassed by the Lesbi- : Joli’Sandoz. Noon Day Press, 1997.
ans and insisting that the Lesbians be ¯ Lesbians in Basketball:
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My, how time flies when you are antici- ¯
pating a grand painting project. Just c,olor, "
me pink - dckled pink. yes, go ahead and ,
mutter about the DIYD’s warped nature,
but after a successful and
beautiful - paint project is
completed, you too may become
a house painting fanatic.
Confession: I offered
to start painting for Morn
and the Oracle. However,
they seem somewhat reluctant
to take advantage of the
DIYD’s good graces; not, I
must emphasize, because of
my. skills. I rather suspect
that it may be related to to
myinspired, youthful crayon
murals instead. Parents, like
elephants, never forget, and
they make sure you don’t
either. It’s part of their job.
But you, patient reader,
are here for painting advice,
not atherapy session, so let’s
proceed. This month we’ll
get our work area prepped.
The anal retentiveinthereading
audience may now rejoice;
all thepreparations for
painting can be texlious and
time-consuming but they insure a quality,
professional look thatyour straightfriends
will envy. The other, less tangible reward
is that the actual paindng will seem like a
piece of cake in comparison. No darlings,
don’t run away when we have gotten this
far together; things arenot as evil andugly
as they sound. - ’ : . . -
FirSt make a list Of ~wtiat you will heed:
palm, brushes putty -knife, and spackling
compound (if you have cracks or nail
holes), masking tape, drop cloths, paint
rollers and roller covers, a roller pan; a
roller extension, a six pack of your favorite
beverage - this isthirsty work! If you
are only painting a small area, borrow
what you can from others; if not, start
assembling the items on your list well in
advance ofcommencingyour.project since
they can add up to a sizable purchase.
This discussion will assume a prey
straight forward paint job - if you want
" any of the Specialty finishes now available,
your local mega-hardware store can
provide information and sometimes even
seminars to guide you.
For new walls, and dark color coverup,
I recommend a coat of white, water-based
primer. In the bathroom, you might consider
using an oil based primer, such as
Kilz (it dries in 60 minutes); this give you
more protections from moisture and mildew.
Irecommend amatte white ceiling paint
(or you can have it tinted); these paints are
ultra flat and actually help your room
appear larger. The white reflects light
nicely, too. Wall can be painted in flat,
eggshdl, satin, semi-gloss or gloss finishes
Generally, youwoulduse anY of the
former three in you general living areat]’
depending on the level ofsheen youwan ;
the semi-gloss and glosses are reserved
for moisture areas such as bathrooms,
kitchens and utility rooms because they
repel moisture, discourage mildew and
easier to keep clean. Derkins, my puppy
terrier=ist, has made me grateful for
scrubbable paints. Buy as good a p,ai."nt as
you can afford; cheap paint don t last,
usually requiremore coats, anddon’tdean
¯.. Buy as good a
palnt as you e.an
afford; el~eap palnt
don’t last, usually
r~ulre more coats,
and don’t clmn well.
You’re not going to
want to prep, paint,
and move ~urnlture
every year or two
unless you are a
High Grand
Masoctdst.
And ff you’re one
those why aren’t you
palntllag someone
else’s house?
There’s an "S"
every "M."
well. You’re not going to want to prep,
paint, and move furniture every year or
twotmless you,are a High.Grand,Masoch,-
ist. And if you re one of uaose why aren t
you painting someone else’s house?
There’s an for every
I recommend washing the
wallsbeforeyoubeginpainting.
Iftherehas been aheavy
smoker or grubby hands
present, you’ll need to do so
anyway, and the paint adheres
better to cleaned walls.
You can useTSP (trisodium
phosphate) powder purchased
from a paint or hardware
store., but 1/4 cup of
Spic’n’Span and 114 cup of
bleach in 2 gallons of water
works just as well. Break
o~tthose operalength Platex
gloves and work it girl! A
quick wash and rinse is just
fine; it doesn’t have to be an
all day project. After all,
you’re getting ready to cover
it with paint.
Move your furniture - the
DIYD gently urges you to
find a friend to help. Use
masking tape to protect
floors, trim, windows, etc. Theblue painters
tape works best but cost more. There is
also a new product that has masking tape
attached to 6 inches of kraft paper on a
roll. This is great for trim where paint can
spatter or spill. Unless you are a terrific
trim painter ,pleasego to the extra _trouble
of maskingoff hght s.w.itche.s .a~..d 9u.ttet.
plates. Painting around them tn sire is JUSt
tacky, tacky, tacky. The DIYD expects
higher standards from her proteges Use a
light, weight spackling compound and a
putty knife to repair small cracks .and
holes; when dry sand lightly and dean on
the dust. Larger cracks -not the kind
Jerry Falwell find so offensive; those on a
wall - require a slightly more sophistieated
repair that the DIYD promises to
teach in a future column. Lay down your
dustcloths and cover your furniture and
prepare to paint.
Referring back to last month’s article,
assemble yourbrushes andpaint the edges
of your work area. Do ceilings first, then
walls, then trim if you’re painting that.
Clean your brush, then put a damp roller
cover on your roller, put some paint in the
roller pan, andload theroller withpaintby
rolling it back an forth in the pan of paint.
Work in as much paint without it dripping,
but don’t squeeze it dry. Roll the
paint on in the shape of a large "M", then
roll to fill it in. Don’tbe too stingy with the
paint, or that one coat paint will turn into
¯ a two coat paint; roll out any drips or lap
marks. Workyour way across the ceiling
: or wall until it is coated, rolling paint just
¯. into the outer part of your brush painted
margin.
~ Let the paint dry about an houL With
~ lots of good light, look for thin or missed
~ spots and touch them up. Remove you
¯ masking tape. Don’t wait more than 12
¯
hours to remove tape, or you’ll probably
¯ remove paint on the wall, too, which will
¯ make you cranky. Clean any wayward ¯
drops or spatters ofpaint withawet, soapy
sponge. Paint brushes should be cleaned
: as described last month. The DIYD buys
¯ a package of moderatdy priced roller
covers and just discards them when fin-
~ ished; see DIYD, page 14
President’s Statement on Executive
Order 11478, entitled "Further Amendment
to Executive Order 11478, Equal
Employment Opportunity in the Federal
Government"
Today I have signed an Executive Order
endfled Further Amendment to Executive
Order 11478, Equal Employment
Opportunity in the Federal Government.
The Order provides a uniform policy for
the Federal Government to prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orientationin
the federal civilian workforce and states
that policy for the first time in an Executive
Order of the President.
It has always been the practice of this
Administration to prohibit discrimination
in employment based on sexual orientation
in the civilian workforce, and most
federal agencies and department have
taken actions, such as the issuance of
policy directives or memoranda from the
agency heads, to memorialize that policy.
The Executive Order I have signed today
will ensure that there is a uniform
policy throughout the Federal Government
iby adding sexual .ti-ientation to the
!istof categories for which discrimination
xs prohibited in Executive Order 11478
(i.e. race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, handicap, or age).
This Executive Order states,.Administration
policy but does not antl cannot
create any new enforcement rights (such
as the ability to proceed before the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission).
Those rights can be granted only by legislationpassed
by the Congress, such as the
l~-.mplbyment Non-Discrimination Act. I
again call upon Congress .to pass this
important piece.of ci:vil.rights legislation
which wo~ldextend these basic-~mploy~
mentdiscrjmination protections to all Gay
and Lesbian Americans. Individuals
should not be denied ajob on the basis of
something that has norelationship to their
ability to i~erform their work.
and wounds us; .. stand fast, my brother.
¯ ." Largent wrote,"I want toaddmy voice
to those..: who’ve gathered in supixa’t of
Reggie-White... America desperately
needs more men of courage like Reggie
White, who won’t allow the ’politically
correct’ culture to keep him from speaking
the truth..."
During the lunch, White urged fellow
Christians. to stand up for their beliefs,
saying too many are intimidated by antireligious
seem: ’Tmtired of the devil
pushing us around," he said. "God is trying.
to give people some guts to speak out
on truth."
In March, White told the Wisconsin
state Assembly that abortion and homosexuality
are sins, andAmericahas turned
away from God, partly by allowing homosexuality
to "run rampant." He also
said the activities ofGay rights advocates
shouldn’t be compared to the black civil
rights movement. White said he does not
hate Gays and that the mediadistorted his
remarks~ "I’ve been viewed as someone
who hates, and the people who know me
know I don’t," he said.
DavidSmithoftheHumanRights Campaign
said,~te has every fight to speak
hisnfind. We are Simply expressing our
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no details about the play’s plot would be
released beyond a description in a brochure
sent to potential subscribers’earlier
this year. "From modem day Corpus
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