1 20 1 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/ef3c0f28c67ca333b982d6427b897bec.jpg 4128e90178c5b091e2410d7419f3f1f1 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/43b5fc66dc24c80707e29a6ce1dd9cbb.pdf 19345a3f74a3dcb4cf99880d7b679aa7 PDF Text Text ¯ Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual + Transgendered Tulsans, Our Families + Friends :Police Censor Books at ° Gunman Shoots Six; Borders, Barnes & Noble Kills One in Virginia ¯ ¯ rehant$ Told to Wrap U p Art and . ROANOKE, Virginia (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting another man and wounding six "History Books, Straight Sox How-to’s " others inside the Backstreet Cafe, a Gay bar, °n the : TULSA- Prodded by Tulsa City Councilor, Todd Huston, Tulsa " police vice squadofficers visitedBorders Books & Music at 8015 ¯ So. Yale Avenue, selected a number of books, presented them to ¯ store staff and suggested that they "shrinkwrap" those rifles. This : was in response to a constituent complaint made to Huston : according to Charlie Jackson, Deputy Chief, Tulsa Police. ¯ Jackson noted that after the visit to the South Yale Borders ¯ -~ store about which there was a citizen complaint, vice officers of : their own initiative went to the 2740 E. 21stSt. Borders as well ¯ as Barnes & Noble Bookstores at 5231 E. 41st St. and 8620 E. " evening of Sept. 22 has been arraigned on first" degree murder charges. The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Attorney " Donald Caldwell said additional charges such as ~ aggravated malicious wounding or malicious ¯ wounding were possible. Malicious wounding charges carry up to 20 years in prison, whereas ¯ " attempted murder charges carry up to 10 years. Ronald Edward Gay, 53, the man accused in the " " shootings, acted because of long-standing anger at St. where they went through the store selecting books which "He admits to shootingpeople, police investigator "rrial o! Accused o! 71st bookstore staff say the police indicatesd they must shrinkwrap, ° Lt. WilliamAlthoff toldTheWashingtonPost. "He staff also said the officers stated that they were no, Gay Man’s Death Moved " intendingstoreto arrest told us people made fun of his name... He told us anyone, that he was upset about that.’" FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) The first Marion County ¯ Accordingtobookstoresources,TulsapoliceSergeantCalhoun " teen-ager to be tried inthemurder of aGay black man ¯ and Corporal Best of the "sex crimes" unit said that the ¯ willfacejurorsinRaleighCountyinNovember.Marion" shrinkwrapping was required under Oklahoma state statute, title" County Circuit Court Judge Rodney Merrifield late in ¯ 21, 1040.76. This statute regulates the display of materials " SeptembersignedanordermovingDavidAllenParker’s ¯ "harmful to minors" and requires covering materials which ¯ first-degree murder trial to the southern West Virginia : depict "... nudity, sexual contact, sexual excitement, or : county. A copy of the order does not set a trial date, but " sadomasochistic abuse...when thematerial orperformancelacks ’ JudgeMen-ifield’ssecretarysaiditistentativelysched- : seriousliterary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political value for uled for Nov. 15. Merrifield had verbally approved a ¯ minors..." with minors defined as less than 18 years ofage. ¯ change of venue earlier this week after a preliminary : Typically the "shrinkwrap" requirement has been applied to " hearing that has been continued to Oct. 12. ~ sexually oriented magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse, Men, " Lawyers for Parker and co-defendant Jared Wilson, ¯ etc. but not to most books. Chief Jackson claims that the officers did not threaten the ¯ ¯ both .17, had suggested Raleigh County as a possible ¯ venue, arguing media coverage of the murder in north- " bookstore staff with arrest but merely sought their cooperation. central West Virginia has made it too difficult to find " Bookstore sources who’ ve requested to remain anonymous in. impartial jurors. Attorney Stephen"Fitz said Monday ¯ order to protect themselves from retaliation characterized the that Raleigh has a diverse population and probably has ¯ police visit as intimidation- particularly in light 6f the arrests of " had far less exposure to ~e case Prosecutor Richard " several sales clerks for the sale of Penthouse magazines a year or " Bunner did not object to the move. " so ago. They noted that the officer by mentioning that they didnot " Parker and Wilson are charged with beating and ¯ intend to arrest at this time, raised the issue as a possibility and ¯ " kickingtodeath26-year-oldacquaintanceArthur"J.R." ¯ that they felt coerced into cooperating. see Trial, p.3 " see Bookstores, p. Warren on July 4, thejokespeoplemadeofhisl~,tname, police said. Dznny Lee Overstreet, 43, was killed at the scene. One other victim, IrisPageWebb,41,wasin critical condition after being shot in the neck. According to police, Gay went to a tavern that night and asked directions to the nearest Gay bar, telling people he wanted to shoot Gays. Someone gavehimdirectionsandimmediatelycalledpolice, whowerelookingforGaywhentheshootingreport came in. John W. Collins, 39, was one of those wounded. Collins told the Post that the gunfire erupted just after he and Overstreet, a friend, hugged. Gay "stood up as I was letting go of the hug, and he was turning and he was also reaching into his black trench coat," said Collins, who was shot in the stomach. "I saw the gun come out of his pocket... Everything was like in a millionth of a second.’" Gay left the bar after the shootings but was later found by police about two blocks away. Officers found a 9 mm pistol in a trash can near the bar. see Shooting, p.3 Center To Hold Local HRCEvents HRC: More Benefits Gay Grand Re-opening WASHINGTON (AP) - More employers - including more than a fifth of Fortune 500 companies - are offering health insurance ¯ Law Group to Hold Hate Crimes Panel coverage to the partners of Gay employees, according to a report ¯ TULSA (TFN) - Tulsa Oklahomans for Human by a Gay civil rights group. " Rights (TOHR) will hold a Grand Opening event The study, by the Washington-based Human Rights Cam- ¯ for the recently relocated Tulsa Gay Community paign, found that 3,572 companies, colleges and states and local ¯ Services Center on Friday, October 20 at 7pro. The governments offered or have announced they would offer health ¯ new location is 2114 So. Memorial adjacent to insurance covering their employees’ domestic partners. This was : longtimeLesbianbar,TNT’ s. TOHR’ s also will be like to send voter registration volunteers to any event or ¯ up 25% from a year ago, when 2,856 employers extended such ¯ holding a "garage" sale to benefit the Center on benefits. organization andasks that organizers again call 584.2918. ." Saturday, Oct. 14 from 8am-noon. Donations of The findings were included in the group’ s annual "State of the ¯ For Halloween this year, HRC is sponsoring two" goods are welcome and may be dropped off at the performences of Helga’ sHorribles, in "Scenes from ¯ Wor,k~,lace for Lesbian, Gay, B isexual and Transgendered Ameri - ¯ Center before the sale. Little Shop of Horrors" at Renegades on Sun, October ¯ cans. On Oct 14, TOHR will also sponsor a Feast for ¯ 29 at 3pro and again at 7pro. Tickets are $10 each and ," "Domestic partner benefits are increasingly becoming a stanFriends dinner to benefit The NAMES PROJECT. proceeds benefit HRC-Tulsa. Renegades is also a " dard business practice in corporate America," said Kim I. Mills, ¯ The dinner, called "Tulsa - The Center of the sponsor and there will be a cash bar. You must be 21yo. " education director of the Human Rights Campaign. "Employers Universe" will be al fresco at the downtown sculpSeating is limited to only 100persons at each perfor- ¯ have discovered that these benefits hdp attract and keep the best ¯ ture entitled, ’’The Center of the Universe" located mance. Reservations may be guaranteed by mail to ¯ workers, a critical consideration in the current tight job market." : next to the Old U~ion Station on the pedestrian The report called a "landmark move" the announcement in ¯ bridge. The dinner is $20 and reservations may be 1107 E. 19th, Tulsa, OK 74120 or by credit card over the ." ¯ phone. Organizers promise big drag, big hair, big voices ¯ June by Big Three domestic automakers - DaimlerChrysler, made by calling 743-4297. Those who just want to General Motors and Ford - and the United Auto- Workers that & big fun - ’cuz size matters! ¯ ¯ attend the dessert finale may go the Allan Chapman HRC also is sponsoring an election watch party at ¯ domestic-partner benefits would be offered to their more than Activity Center at the University of Tul s a at 8:30pro. 400,000 employees. ’’This marked the first time that virtually an 9pm on Tuesday, November 7 at the fabulous I.D. Bar A $10 donation is requested. on Brookside at 3340 S. Peoria (formerly Concessions). ¯ entire sector of American commerce, along with its leading : TOHR will also present a National Coming Out There will be multiple video screens to monitor the ¯ union, decided collectively to provide domestic partner benDay (NCOD) panel at its monthly membership ¯ meeting on Oct. 10 at 7:30pm, and at TU on election returns and lots of hot music to enjoy while the " efits," the report said. ¯ Fortune 500 companies offering or planning to offer domestic ¯ Thursday, Oct. 12, the University of Tulsa College future is determined. There will be a $10 cover charge, but that will drop to only $5 if you are wearing the "I ¯¯ partner benefits increased from 70 in August 1999 to 102 last ¯ of Law Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Law Caucus will month. In addition, 41 of the top 50 companies in America ’ sponsor a Hate Crimes Panel discussion from noon voted" sticker. ¯ prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, the report Lastly, HRC is always looking for new members. - 2 p.m. The panel, which will be held in TU’s Moot ¯ said. Membership runs $35. Info: 584.2913. ¯ Court Room of John Rogers Hall located at Fourth -" "All the signs point to private and public employers continuing ¯ Place and Florence Avenue, will address the valid¯ to institute nondiscrimination policies and domestic partner " ity of Hate Crimes legislation, opposition to the P. 2 DIRECTORY : benefits," the study said. However, it noted that there is no federal P. 3 EDITORIAL ¯ law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, nor is ¯ Hate Crimes Prevention Act and other topics of ". relevance. Linda Lacey, a TU college of law proP. 4 US & WORLD NEWS there one in 39 states, although President Bill Clinton issued an , fessor, will moderate. ¯ P. 6 HEALTH NEWS executive order in 1998 prohibiting such discrimination in the The program is free and open to the public. For ¯ ¯ federal civilian work force. P. 8 ENTERTAINMENT ¯ more information, call Courtney Sdby at 836¯. The number of cities and counties that prohibit discrimination : 9107. P. 10 GAY STUDIES based on sexual orientation rose from 16 in 1980 to 116 in 2000. TULSA- Local Human Rights Campaign (HRC) activ ists in cooperation with the national organization are encouraging voter registration drive up fill October 13. Those interested in registering can stop by Democratic party headquarters, Republican party headquarters, the offices of the League of W0men Voters, any tag agency, the Tulsa County Election Board (No; Denver at Edison). Call for more information at 584.2918. HRC would also �Scouting~for All Opposes the 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants "Scout’s Honor Act" POB 4140, Tulsa. OK 74159 712-2324 : *Chasers, 4812 E. 33 Congressman Tom Tancredo of Coloe-mail: TulsaNews@ earthlink.net 610-5323 *CW’ s, 1737 S. Memorial rado has introduced counter-legislation, 583-2119 : *Club Cherry Bomb,. 1926 E Pine Publisher + Editor: currently being referred to as the Scouts Tom Neal 835-2376 : *Club Vortex, 2182 S. Sheridan Honor Act (H.B. 5306). The bill was 744-4280...; Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square introduced along with twenty-three coWriters + contributors: *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st 745-9998 ¯ sponsors, on T.Uesday, Sept. 26 James Christjohn, Karin Gregory, Barry Hensley, J.-P. 834-4234 : *The Star, 1565 Sheridan Accorditi~ to AFA (editor’s note: Legrandbouche, Lamont Lindstrom Esther Rothblum, Mary 585-3405 : *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main Amerfcah "F~mily Association, a right¯ 660-0856 Schepers, Hughston Walkinshaw *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial wing lobbying group) Director of Gov584-1308 ¯ *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd ernmental Affairs PatrickTrueman,"AFA Member of The Associated Press 749-1563 *The Yellow Brick Road Pub, 2630 E. 15th suppo.r.ts Colorado Rep. Tancredo’s, ..... l~U~d bh’o~lsdfbre the lit of ~gcti month; th~~ritite contents Tulsa Businesses, ServiCeb~ & pi’ofessiohals Scouts Honor Act, which prohibits the "Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard 743-1000 i Use of federal funds to discriminate against, of thi~ °publication are protected by US copyright 1998 by ¯ 250,503:4 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 investigate, or deny access to public propT~,~" ~:~ N~v~ and may not be reproduced either in 665-4580 : Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5231 E.-41 " erty or facilities to the Boy Scouts of 712-1122 -" Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 whole or in part without written permission from the pub¯ America. In addition, the bill says that no 712-9955 " *Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 entity that accepts federal funds can comlisher. Publicafi0n of a name or photo does not indicate a 494-2665 *Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale pel the Boy Scouts to accept members ¯ who do not share their beliefs.’" 743-5272 ~ person’ s sexual orientation. Correspondenceis assumed to be Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria 746-0313 " for publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & *CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria The Scout’s Honor Act would protect 295-5868 *Cheap Thrills,.2640 E. 1 lth the BSA who dearly identifies as an orgabecomes the sole property of T~,~ /z~ N~v,~ Each ¯ Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. Lewis 581-0902, 743-4117 nization that discriminates against gay ¯ youth and adults and atheists to not be 622-0700 Community Cleaning, Kerby Baker r~ader is. entitled to 4 copies of each editionat distribution Tim Daniel, Attorney 352-9504, 800-742-9468 ~ denied access to public facilities or fund749-3620 points. Additional Copies are available by ~1"1~’583-1248. *De,co to Disco, 3212 E. 15th ing. 744-5556 ¯ Doghouse on Brookside, 3311 S. Peoria How can-we allow our tax dollars to 583~-6611 838-8503 " HIV ER Center, 4138 Chas. Page Blvd. *Elite Books & Videos, 821 S. Sheridan ¯ support an organization that professes big834,4194 369-8555 ¯ *Tulsa C.A:R.E.S., 3507 E. Admiral Encompass Travel, 13161H N.Memorial otry against a segment of our society.’? 48 1-1111 584-0337, 712-9379 ~ Holland Hall School, 5666-E. 81 st Ross Edward Salon Tiffs is unthinkable and should not be 834-8378 592-0460 : HOPE, HIV Outreach, Prevention, Educauon Events Unlimited, 507 S. Main tolerated. Scouting For All asks that you 744-9595 " *House of the Holy Spirit Minstries, 1517 S. Memorial 224-4754 Floral Design Studio, 3404 S. Peoria speak out LOUD to oppose this ACT!!!! 838-1715 ¯ 610-0880 " *MCC 7United, 1623 N. Maplewood Four Star Import Automotive, 9906 E. 55th PI. Rep.Tancredofeels thatifhecangetmany 748-3111 628-3709 NAMES Project, 3507 E Admiral PI. Cathy Furlong, Ph.D., 1980 Utica Sq. Med. Ctr. ¯ more sponsors on thebill, the Houselead365-5658 808-8026 " NOW, Nat’l Org. for Women, POB 14068, 74159 Gay & Lesbian Affordable Daycare . ership may bring it to the floor for a vote. 742-1460 " OK Spokes Club (bicycling), POB 9165, 7415~ *Gloria Jean’ s Gourmet Coffee, 1758 E. 21st ." Encourage your congressperson not to 459-9349 :;--*OSU~Tulsa Leanne M. Gross, Insurance & financial planning ¯ support- the bigoted Scout’s Honor Act! 749-4901 744-7440 ..... PFI~G, POB 52800, 74~52 :;~_~. ¯ Mark T. Hamby, Attorney ¯ ACTION NEEDED: Contact your 587-7674 *Sandra J. Hill, MS, Psychotherapy, 2865 E. skelly 745-1111 " *.Planned Parenthood, 1007 SYffeoria member of Congress immediately and 341-6866 ; Prime-Timers, P.O. Box 52118, 74152 *International Tours ask that he or she not support the Scouts 749-4195 ~¯ 712-2750 ; R.A.I.N., Regional AIDS Interfaith Network Jacox Animal Clinic, 2732 E. 15th Honor Act which is an Act supporting 584-2325 582-3018 ¯ *Red Rock Mental Center, 1724 E. 8 . *Jared’s Antiques.. 1602 E. 15th , bigotry in our society. Contact your Rep425-7882 747-0236 : St. Aidan’s Epis(opalChurch, 4045 N. Cincinnati David Kauskey, Country Club Barbering resentative by calling the capitol switch492-7140 582-8460 " St. Dunstan’s Episcopal, 5635 E:-71.st The Keepers, Housekeeping & Gardening board at (202) 225-3121. 582-3088 ~ Scouting For All also encourages you 599-8070 ¯ St. Jerome s Parish Church, 205 W. King *Ken’s Flowers, 1635 E. 15 583-7171 74%5466 " *Tulsa Area United Way, 1430 S. Boulder Kelly Kirby, CPA, 4021 S. Harvard, #210 ; to send Rep. Tancredo a note telling him 585-1234 " *TNAAPP (Native American men), Indian Health Care 582-7225 *Living ArtSpace, 308 South Kenosha .... thathis actions are disgusting and support 595-4105 ¯¯ 584-3112 "- Tulsa County Health Department, 46 16 E. 15 *Midtown Theater, 319 E. 3rd bigotry in America. He should be advo663-5934 ’ Confidential HIV Testing -~by appt. on Thursdays only Mingo Valley Flowers, 9720c E. 31 cating that the BSA discontinue its dis664-2951" Tulsa Olda. for Human Rights, c/o The Pride Center 743-4297 *Mohawk Music, 6157 E 51 Place criminatory policy against our Gay youth 838-7626 : T.U.L.S.A. Tulsa Uniform/Leather Seekers Assoc. 298-0827 Puppy Pause II, 1060 S. Mingo and Gay adults and also atheists. His ac743-4297 " *Tulsa City Hall, Ground Floor Vestibule *The Pride Store tions are a disgrace. Write to: 747-5932 *Tulsa Community College Campuses Rainbowz on the River B+B, POB 696, 74101 - tom.tancredo @mail .house. gov 743-4297 834-0617 ; " *Tulsa Gay Community Center, 1307E.38,74105 Richard’s Carpet Cleaning - Scott Cozza,president, Scouting For All 749-8833 834-79,21, 747-4746 " Unity Church of Christianity,3355 S. Jamestown www.scoutingforall.org Teri Schutt, Rex Realtors 749-6301, ". BARTLESVILLE Scribner’s Bookstore, 1942 Utica Square 260-7829 . Bartlesville PublieLibrary, 6!30 S. Johnstone 918-337-5353 Paul Tay, Car Salesman Log ~Cabin Republicans 481-0558 : OKLAHOMA CITY/NORMAN *Tulsa Comedy Club, 6906 S. Lewis to Bill Clinton 835-5563 .. Venus Salon, 1247 S. Harvard 743-1733 ¯ Borders Books & Music, 3209 NW Expressway 405~848-2667 Thefollowing is the text ofa letterfrom Fred Welch, LCSW, Counseling Rich Tafel, executive director ofLog Cabin 665~2222 "¯ Borders Books.& Music~ 300 Norman Center 405-5734907 *Whereh0use Music, 5150 S. Sheridan Republicans, to President Bill Clinton on 592-0767 " TAHLEQUAH *Whittier News Stand, 1 N. Lewis ¯ Stonewall League, call for information: - ’~i8456-7900 the issue offunding the AIDS Drug Assiswebsite for Tulsa Gays & Lesbians www.gaytulsa.org -9t8:456-7900 Tahlequah Unitarian-Universalist Church tance Program. Tulsa Agencies, Churches, Schools & Universities 918-453-9360 September 27, 2000 579-9593- ¯ Green.Country AIDS Coalition, POB 1570 AIDS Walk Tulsa; POB 4337, 74101 -o .NSU School of Optometry, 1001N. Grand Dear Mr. President: 743-2363All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria~ HIVtesfing every other Tues. 5:30:8:30~ ~tll for dates I am writing to you again on an ~ssue of 587-7314 " Black & White, Inc. POB 14001, Tulsa 74159 great importance to millions of AmeriEUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS 583:7815 Bless The Lord at All Times Christian Center, 2207E. 6 cans -~funding for theAIDS Drug Assis501-253 -7734 583~9780 ¯ Autumn Br~,e~,ze Restaurant, Hwy. 23 B/L/G/T Allian0p, univ: of Tulsa United Min: Ctr. .... 50i 1253-"]4_47’ ’ tanc~ Program in theRyatr~White CARt~ Jini & Breht "S Bisttt, I73 S. Main Chamber of -comm~ide- Bld~:," 616 ~s. B6st6fi .... 585-1201 Act. Since 1995, we have consistently 501-253-6807 ¯ Chapman Student Ctr., University of Tulsa, 5th Pl. & Florence -" DeVito,’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. ¯ asked your Administration to ensure that 501-253-5445 587-1314 " Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. Church of the Restoration UU, 1314 N.Greenwood 501-253-9337 ¯ your annual budget requests reflect the 747:6300 MCC of the Living Spring ¯ Community of Hope Church, 2545 S. Yale 501:253-27761 : real ne~ds in. the ADAP program; and Geek toGo!,PC Specialist, POB 429 ¯ Community UnitarianzUniversalist Congregation 749-0595 unfortunately your .bUdgets have fallen 501.-253-5332 748-3888 " " Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery Council O~ ~en’s Cl~6rale drastically short each and every year, and 50i-624-6646 712-1511 ¯ Positive Idea Marketing Hans ¯ Delawar~Playhouse;-15il S. Delaware each year the Republican Congress! has 501-253-6001 742-2457 ¯ Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East ¯ Democratic Headquarteis, 3930 E: 31 put millionS:ofMollars more into the pro501-253-4074 White Light, 1 Center St. Dignity/Integrity of Tulsa - Lesbian & Gay Catholics & ¯ 355-3140 " , gram to ansv¢~¢~ the call. This year, your Episcopalians, POB 701475, 74170-1475 JOPLIN, MISSOURI 747-7777 ¯ Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 417-623-4696 : budget request fell short again. ¯ Fellowship Congreg. Church, 2900 S. Harvard ¯ In your budget request for Fiscal Year ¯ FrceSpirit’Women’sCenter, callforlocation&info: 587-4669 ¯ ~ 2001, you asked for a $26millionincrease 747-6827 " Friend For A Friend, POB 52344, 74152 582-0438 * is where you can find TFN. Not all are Gay-owned but all are Gay-friendly. ~ in ADAP funding, while the projected Friends in Unity Social Org., POB 8542, 74101 ¯ need was higher, see Letters, p.3 �¯ Censorship Through Inti midation ¯ by Tom Neal, editor & publisher Unfortunately, theneed has only increased since then. The recent visits by Tulsa police to local booksellers ¯¯ Amendment, by merely showing up in the stores identiThanks to the enactment of an important minority OUtraise very serious concerns about censorship, grand or fying themselves as law officers and requesting limiting reach program, spearheaded by the Congressional Black petit, direct or indirect, by our local government. ." access to these materials, Tulsa police succeeded in Caucus, enrollment in the ADAP program by minority The method used is frankly ingenious in skirting First ¯ obtaining the collaboration of the booksellers. And if they patients has increased throughout the year. This has Amendment protections as it depends on intimidation to ¯¯ self-censor, then the police never have to prove their case, given tremendous hope to so manyAmericans with HIV accomplish that which it is not legal to do otherwise. they never have to be held responsible for their probable that they will have access to life-savittg treatments cnrWhat I mean is that even though most, if not all of the ¯ misapplication of an Oklahoma statute. renfly out of reach. Overall, state and territorial AIDS materials which Tulsa police collected in the stores are _" Note that the police claimed they were not seeking to directors have reported that the projected national need clearly protected under the U.S. Constitution’s First .. make any arrests during these visits, see Censor, p.9 ftr ADAP will be closer to $130 million more than the previous year. Your budget request will not cover this additional need, and many of these new enrollees may face lotteries, rationing or simply a closed door. The Republican Congress has carried the ADAP program every year, despite the failure of leadership from your Administration. I respectfully ask again, Mr. President, that you become an active participant in meeting the ADAP needs for so many Americans with HIV/AIDS, AI Gore and submit a request to Congress for an increase of $130 ! b~All through the years of our nail on’ s hi s tory, the American dream has unfolded with a deeper meaning. Today, i t i s million for this life-saving program in your Statement of : a mystery that Thomas Jefferson could have written the powerful and inspiring words of our Declaration of Principles before budget negotiations end for the year. : Independence ~. and not free his slaves. Today, it is a mystery that our founders in Philadelphia could have written the I appreciate your urgent consideration of this issue. United States Constitution ? yet not allowed women to vote. Yet America has taken the inner meaning and power of - Sincerely, Rich Tafel, executive director our founding documents, and given them new life in each generation. "It sounded like firecrackers at first," said a woman who said she was sitting in a booth when the shooting began. She asked not to be identified for fear she might lose.her job. "I looked up and saw people falling to the ground," she said. "You could feel the wind off the bullets, they were so close." Darlene Overstreet, Danny Overstreet’ s sister, said her brother, who was Gay, visited the Back Street Cafe often. He worked as a telephone operator and lived alone in a house with his poodle. "He was a wonderful person. He helped everybody," Darlene Overstreet said. "He just stopped by to have a beer, that’ s all." Members of the Washington-based National Gay and Lesbian Task Force came to Roanoke for a candlelight vigil after the shooting. Flowers, cards and balloons were placed outside the bar by members of the community. Mayor Ralph Smith saidat a news conference after the event. ’T m shocked and saddened by this terrible, terrible crime .... Any time one member of our community : is hurt, we all suffer by that same hand." ¯ ." ¯ ¯ ¯ NEW SUPREHES? Nationat Coming Out D~, Oct. 11 - E|ecUon Da!/, Nov. 7 El HUMAN RIGHTS COME OUTVOTING .* www.hrc.org I believe very deeply that the time has come in America to widen the circle of fairness and dignity to include our ~friends, neighbors, ct-workers, and relatives in the gay and lesbian community. I am running for President to fight for all the people. That is why the ideals of fairness, equal opportunity, and non-discrimination are at the very heart of my campaign for President. In the past seven years, we have taken.great strides. We have appointed the first openly gay and lesbian people to high-ranking posts in our nation’ s history. We have made our government the largest employer in the world with a then nmning over him with a car to disguise his injuries : strong non-discriminati0n policy covetingsexual orientation. We have boosted funding for AIDS research, prevention, ¯ and treatment. We have created a new White House- Office of. National AIDS Policy. We fought insurance as a hit-and-rtm. ¯ In his order changing the venue, Merrifield cited a vigil .discrimination against people with pr~--~xi~fing conditions We help~l more people with HIV-AIDS get access to health for Warren that drew more than 500 people to the courthouse steps days after the murder. The rally also attracted ¯ ! am.personallY very ~)roud tO have beenthe first Vice President ever to speak at a public event with a gay rights national Gay- and civil-rights activists and an anti-Gay organization. I believe it is partly because of that record and commitment that I have been endorsed by gay andlesbian group from Kansas. ¯ leaders and civil rights organizations across this cduntry. But ]~don’ t want to rest on that record ? I want to build on it. News organizations .have since saturated the region ¯ When people filled with hate target Gaysadd Lesbi~ang, Jews;Blacks, Latinos, and Asian-Americans, it is clear that with coverage in newspapers, and on radio and television, hate Crimes are notjust like other erimes: As President, with your help, I will.lead the fight for a tough law to stiffen Merrifield said. The Dominion Post of Morgantown and the penalties for crimes~of hate the Times-West Virginian of Fairmont have each file& We need to do morb th battle HIV and AIDS 9 here at home and around the world..At the beginning of this.year, I more than 25 stories, he said. "Nearly. all of these newshad the opportunity tO address the United-Nations Security Council about the threat that AIDS poses to the stability and paper articles have been located on the front page and, in security of AfriCa and the world: As President, withy0ur help; I will lead a worldwide effort to fight HIV and AIDS. fact, most of these articles have been thelead story for that I believe we must takebold stepsto~give all.ourpe0p!ethe best health care in the.world. We need to dedicate ourselves particular day," Merrifiel~d wrot~ T.I~.~voe~ag¢ ,has con~ to provide access ,to.qua!ity heal~ coverage.to every.child and extend coverage to millions of adults by~ ~e:et~d 9f ~e ne~t t~residenfial term. :we need tO-~,tnfinue resear~into-HIV and AIDS and ~r~;clde ad~quat~ fhh~ng fdr i~."’~ riced rained detailed infOiinafion~ about tbe.inv~ti~afion°and clearly illustrates that many Marion County residents to give real prescription drug benefit to senioi:sand people with disabilitie.s who are on Medicare. We need a strong, enforceable Patients’ Bill of Rights because it’ s time that we take the medical decisions away from "have become emotionally involvedin this case and have prejudged:the defendant’s guilt," he said. ~ the HM.O accountants and insurance company bureaucrats, and give them back to the doctors, nurses, and health care Parkerhas already confessed to beating.Warr,en~but the ~ professionals. Americans:deserv.e the best health care, not just the cheapest.. " .... ~ ~’. ’ ’ ~ ...... We must also take strong new action to ban discrimifiation andmake sure every Americhn can re~iz~hi~.:6~ her judge has ~yet to d~eide:~w.hether jurors will hear that ¯ confession.~ In his Statement-to Sheriff" s Detective C.L. ~. potential. As President, I will re-issue the executive order banning discrimination in the federal w0J:kfo~ce. An’d i Will "Chip" Phillips; Parker admitted beating Warren after ¯ fight to pass the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, which will prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual discovering he had-toldrothe~ peo.p!.¢, about a sexual ¯ orientation. relationship he claimed to have with.~Parker. Wilson told In this campaign, there are real differences on these basic issues of fairness. My Republican opponen.t strongly Phillips that he went along with the beating because he ¯ opposes hate crimes legislation. He opposes a simple law to outlaw discrimination in hiring, firing, and promotion based was afraid of Parker, who had threatened to beat him, too. ¯ on sexual orientation, In fact, right now, in Texas and in 38 other states, you can be legally fired just because of your But defense teams argue that both boys’ confessions : sexual orientation. If I am entrusted with the Presidency, we will fight to correct that injustice. were improperly obtained. They say neither was in- ¯ The stakes are enormous in this election. We know what will happen if the Republicans take back the White House. formed of his right to an immediate juvenile detention ¯ And America cannot afford to go back to the neglect and divisiveness of the Bush-Quayle years. hearing. They also contend Phillips delayed moving the ¯ Instead, we must move forward to create the America of ~.highest ideals. That is why I need your help and your boys from Grant Town to the courthouse so he could dicit hard work. Join with me in this campaigii~and together we will win not just vttes, but powerful new victori~s.~oi dignity the confessions. Phillips denies any wrongdoing. �Lesbian Wins Visitations Idaho PFLAG Chapter PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island state Supreme Court last month recognized new rights for Gay and Lesbian couples raising children. In a 3-2 decision, the court ruled that Concetta DiCenzo could not prevent her former partner Maureen Rubano from asking the Family Court for the right to visit the son they raised together. The decision gives de facto-"in fact" - parents the same rights to petition for visitation as biological and adoptive parents. "The fact that DiCenzo not 0nly gave birth to this child but also nurtured him from infancy does not mean that she can arbitrarily terminate Rubano’ s de facto parental relationship with the boy, a relationship that DiCenzo agreed to and fostered for many years," Justice Robert Flanders wrote in the majority opinion. The ruling was based on state law allowing any interested party to "bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship." The justices also noted the Family Court has jurisdiction over cases involving the paternity of children born out of wedlock. Attorney Cherrie Perkins, who represented Rubano, a 53-year-old professor of clinical psychiatry at the medical school at the Unive,~sity of Massachusetts, said her client cried when she heard of the ruling. "She’ s now not on thin ice any more. She’ s on pretty solid ground," Perkins said. DiCenzo’ s attorney, Rosina Hunt, said the ease has drained her client emotionally and financially. "The big thing for her is she wants to keep her son in a Stable home and she doesn’ t want to go through this," Hunt said. Similar cases began surfacing in courts around the country in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and claims by "co-parents" generally were rejected, said attorney Mary Bonauto of Gay &’Lesbians Advocates & Defenders of Boston, which filed a brief in support of Rubano. Recently, however, courts in a handful of states, including Massachusetts and New Jersey, have decided to recognize the legal status of non-biologi~ cal parents. "This decision puts Rhode Island in line with the majority of recent decisions on the topic, although this is an issue that is still hotly contested among the states," said Bonauto, who lead the fight to legalize same-sex civil umons in Vermont. Rubano and DiCenzo decided tO have a child together while they were living in Millville, Mass. DiCenzo underwent artificial insemination from an anonymous sperm donor and on Dec. 15, 1991, DiCenzo gave birth to aboy. The couple sent out birth announcements identifying them both as the child’ s parents, and had the last name of Rubano-DiCenzo listed on both the birth and baptismal certificates. The couple raised the child together for several years and the boy called Rubano her "heart room." In 1996, the pair split up and DiCenzo, now 43, moved to Cumberland. The next year, the two signed a Family Court consent order that granted Rubano permanent visitation rights on a periodic basis. In exchange Rubano waived "any claim or cause of action she has or may have to recognition as a parent of the minor child." But then DiCenzo, believing Rubano’ s visits were "disruptive and confusing" to the boy, told Rubano that no further visitations would be permitted. Rubano appealed to Family Court, asking a judge to enforce the earlier order. DiCenzo argued the Family Court lacked jurisdiction to eater the order in the first place. The Family Court, unsure how to proceed, requested that the Supreme Court rule on the case. Perkins believes the decision clears the way for the Family Court to allow visitation. Hunt expressed coneeru that the finding may pave the way for third party parent claims from grandpareats, ex-boyfriends and others. The General Assembly may want to consider changing the law, she said. But Perkins said she sees the ruling as a boon to both Gays and heterosexuals. "You could be somebody’ s second wife or husband and essentially raise their children and if you got divorced, you could have no rights," Perkins said. "We think that the court was actually looking for a way to redress alot of holes in the law because’ families are changing over time and this was maybe the ease to do it." Make Case for Inclusion SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) --The area’ s Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays chapter will make its proposal to join the town’ s list of credible commtmity organizations. The organization hosted the ACLUsponsored slide show and talk, "The Gay Life in Idaho: Idaho’ s Little T01d History," created by Alan Virta, head of the Boise State University library’s special collections. "It’ s amazing what you find here and there in the official records," he s aid. "S ometimes trial transcripts give a lot of information." Virta’s 45-minute show includes Idaho’s reaction to the 1895 Oscar Wilde trial in London - the playwright was charged with homosexuality -and the 1955 boys of Boise scandal, a homosexual witchhum. Parents Jim and Barbara Hansen started the Sandpoint Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. They say that, so far, they have not been the targets of harassment in an area of Idaho typically known for its conservatism. "I find this a very open-minded community," Jim Hansen said. "There’s more suppoyt, strokes, affirmations here than I ever thought possible. That keeps me going.’" Michigan College Offers Partner Benefits MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - Northern Michigan University faculty members have ratified a three-year contract that gives them 3.5% annual pay increases and same-sex domestic partner health benefits. The contract for the Northern Michigan chapter of the American Association of University Professors was ratified by a 159-33 vote, The Mining Journal reported. The union has about 290 members. The university’ s board of control is to consider the agreement Oc~ 6. Other changes include retirement contributions of 15.64% of annual salary, and extension of health insurance benefits to same-sex domesuc partners. Gay Games 2002: Anyone Can Compete SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - For those who’ ve dreamed of competing in the Olympics but failed to meet the athletic requirements, there’ s still hope: they can sign up for the Sydney 2002 Gay Games. The event is open to everyone. "There is no minimum standard required to participate," Game Gibson, chief executive officer of the Sydney Gay Games, noted. "No one is excluded, regardless of gender, sextmlity, race or physical ability." Organizers expect the two-week event, which includes a weeklong cultural.festival and opens Oct. 25, 2002, to attract over 14,000 participants from at least 78 countries. There are more than 10,000 athletes ¯ competing in the Olympics. Gibson also said the Gay Games, whiCh will attract mostly Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual competitors, have found their biggest sponsor. San Francisco-based Gay.com, an online supplier of services to the homosexual community, has entered into a $1.5 million agreement to be the event’ s official. Internet media sponsor,.he said. The competition, which will run from Nov..3 to Nov. 9, 2002, has 31 sports; some with a distinctive Australian flavor, chairwoman Colette Steer said, including netball and touch rugby. But other sports on the agenda include Olympic events such as badminton, baseball, athletics, field hockey, tennis, swimming and volleyball. The sports will be held in two main zones - Olympic Park and around Sydney Harbor. As well as the official sports, the sixth edition of the Gay Games will feature exhibition events such as surfing and surf lifesaving, dragon boat racing and what organizers are calling "mind games" - ehes s, bridge, backgammon and mahjong. Steer played softball in the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam. She recalled with emotion waving he,r "little pink flag, as one does" ~t the Gay Games opening ceremony. The Gay Games are "an opportunity to celebrate what we are.., and to enjoy ourselves a United in God’s Love MCC.United Sunday Worship 11:00 am 1623 N. Maplewood Reverend Cathy Elliot Pastor 918/838-1715 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Community of Hope 2545 South Yale, Sundays at llam, 749-0595 A Welcoming Congregation HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, SundaySchool, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm, Sunday Eve. Servic~ 6pm 1517 S. 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Cincinnati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You in that fiee and open--and tolerant environment," Gibson said. Over 15,000 people competed in the Amsterdam Gay Games. The first Gay Games were held in 1982 in San Francisco. Organizers said the influx of nearly 35,000 visitors to Sydney for the games and festival will inject about $55 million into the region’ s economy. On the Net: www.Gaygamesvi.org.au Gov. Ventura to Offer Partner Benefits ST. PAUL (AP) - If his administration moves forward with a plan to provide benefits for domestic partners of state employees, Gov. Jesse Ventura would demand proof of a committed relationship, he said in September. "There will be documentation signed; there will be contractual things that will go on between these people," Ventura said. "It’s not like a fly-by-night relationship, where, ’Gee I met someone in the bar and now I’m going to make them a domestic partner for a week and a half.’ " Few other details emerged about the possible extension of health and insurance benefits to domestic partners, a still-in-the-works proposal Venture’ s ad.. ministration disclosed recently. Employee Relations Commissioner Julien Carter said if the proposal is confined to same-sex couples only, he expects it to affect about 1% of the state’s 53,000-member workforce, or 530 employees. It’s not clear if heterosexual domestic partners would be covered. "There are a series of decisions to be made and that definition of domestic partner is one of them," said Ventura’ s spokesman, John Wodele. If heterosexuals are included, Carter said his department’s best estimate is that 3% of employees would take advantage of that arrangement. "We just don’ t know for sure what the best planning number is, but it seems to be in (he ballpark," he said. Ventura stressed during his weekly radio show that the state needs to do something to stay competitive with the private sector: Both are fighting to attract new employees in a tight labor market. "What are they going to pick?" Ventura said of prospective hires. "They" re going to pick the company that gives them the best benefits, the best working conditions. That’ s what this issue is greatly about." Even before Venmra’s staff finalized the plan, conservative lawmakers discounted its chances. "I don’t think it’s going to fly," said state Rep. Tony Kielkucki, R-Lester Prairie. "He’ s got more support for unicameral than he has for this one." An effort failed this year to get a constitutional amendment On the ballot for a one,house Legislature. Vermont, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. and Massachusetts offer benefits to domestic partners, according to OutFront Minnesota, an advocacy group for Gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Fort Worth city council mulls ban on Gay bias FORT WORTH-, Texas (AP) - For the third time in eight years, a measure that would protect sexual orientation under Fort Worth’s anti-discrimination law is being discussed by.members of thecity council. The current drive to add sexual orientation is being led by Councilman Chuck Silcox; a conservative Republican who ended discussions of a similar proposal in January 1999. Under the proposal,. Gays and .-Lesbians would be added to the list of protected cl~S in Fort Worth’ s anti-discrimination ordinance. The list already indudes race, creed, color, religion, gender, disability, national origin and family status. City officials said violation of the anti-discrimination ordinance is a .nfisdemeanor. !n recent editio~as of the For/~’orth Star-Tdegram. Sitcox said his posit~o,? on tee issue changed after was approached by a Fort \Vor{h man who lost Ms job after .his employer discovered he was Gay "I didn" realize we had the kind of problems out there that we do," Silcox said. "I doff t like the idea t~hat people are losing jobs over this. Anytime there is discrimination, we need to draw the line." Nebraska Amendment to Outlaw Gay Marriages KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - The chief supporter and an opponent of a state ban on same-sex marriages predicted extremely different outcomes if the proposed constitutional amendment is approved by voters in November. The predictions varied from prohibiting homosexual couples from adopting children to outlawing all business partnerships between two people of the same sex. Initiative 416 would define marriage in Nebraska as a relationship between only a man and wo~nan, and prohibit any "civil union, domestic partnership or other similar same-sex relationship." At a sometimes-heated fonun before the state’s daily newspaper editors, an opponent of the measure argued that it is poorly written and threatens the legality of all relationships between two people of the same sex, such as business partnerships,joint ownerships and contractual agreements. "Passage of the amendment will lead to years of litigation that will be costly to the state and its taxpayers," said Linda Richenberg of Nebraska Advocate for Justice and Equality. The amendment would simply prohibit same-sex marriages from being recognized by the state, said Guyla Mills, chairwoman of the Defense of Marriage Amendment Committee, which collected more than the required 105,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot. Mills said many constitutional lawyers have reviewed the ballot language and say it is clear on its intent. "This amendment is not about taking rights away from anybody. It is about protecting the time-honored tradition of marriage," Mills said. Under the measure, homosexual couples - including someone who works for state government or the University of Nebraska system would be prevented from sharing state insurance benefits. It also would prevent Gay and Lesbians from adopting children. She said it will not impact the insurance providers in the state or the insurance policies of private businesses and corporations. Richenberg argued that if voters approve the ban. Nebraska will earn a reputalaon as a hostile place to work and live, prompting an exodus of ho~nosexuals and their families who have been productive members of the state’ s work force. "We don’ t want to see anyone leave the state because of this," Mills said. "We just don’ t think a minority of people should have the right to redefine marriage for everybody." Mills pointed out several times that both of the state’s senate candidates, Republican Don Stenberg and Democrat Ben Nelson, plan to vote in support of the same-sex marriage ban. Richenberg said the amendment is unnecessary in a conservative state like Nebraska, where there is not a push to legalize same-sex unions. "A vote against 416 is not going to legalize same-sex marriages," she said. "Same-sex marriages do not exist in Nebraska, and there will be no change." The forum was sponsored by the Nebraska Associated Press Association. Lesbian Denied Right to . Legally Change Name NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Lesbian who wanted to hyphenate her na03e to in.cldde ’that of hbr longume partner i’s @pealing the decision of a judge who said a name change would create the impression the two women were married. The American Civil Liberties Umon of New Jersey has appealed Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Iuliani’s decision ~o deny Jill Bacharach’s application ’ to change her name. At a hearing m Augus|o !uliani deniext fi~e Cedar Grove woman’ s petiti-’,~, sayi~g he feared it wo~d create the appem’a~m~ that she and imr female ,~artner were roamed, said ACLU staff{" attorney J.C. :~Nver. Sam.esex uNons ~z,: not !egaily recogxfizcd in ~iew Jersa y arid in every state except. Vermont. "I have ~ever expecied this sort of discrimination from a court of taw’y said Bacharach, 32. Salver said the judge’ s concern about the appearance of a same-sex union is an improper basis to deny a name change. . . see Name, p. 7 �Not EnoUgh Dollars :" m~nt in emergency rooms, wbich is more expensive than standard care. Emergency For Homeless Sick rooms also don’ t offer AIDS patients the Financial Planning With A Clear Commitment= counseling that could hdp decrease the NEW YORK (AP) - They carry their spread of HIV. life’ s possessions on withering backs and Bailey House, one of many nonprofit At American Express Financial Advisors, we want to make our hide death within their broken bodies. Commitment to gay men and lesbians clear. Just as we have extended domestic partner Some spent an entirelifetime on the streets, ¯ groups that assist the city in serving the benefits to our lesbian and gay employees worldwide, we are committed to providing homeless AIDS population, started when searching for a home under a molding ~ound financial advice that specifically addresses the unique financial issues affecting the virus was first identified and it was cardboardboxin atrash-strewn alleyway. ¯ our lesbian and gay clients. Others are teens who ran from something ¯ still considered by many as homosexuals’ punishment from God. The 6 1/2-story but stumbled into a life far worse; they " Whether you’re single, in a committed relationship, or caring for children, your Americar trade sex for a night in a bed. Still more " building, set m the primest of real estate Express financial advisor can help you take control of your financial future. We can help believe their luck has run out after re- ¯ along the Hudson River, nurtured home’OU: centlylosingjobs,apartments and friends,. " less AIDS survivors. Establish savings and investment plans In 1995, Bailey House added a vocaBut every day, a small handful of the ¯ Protect your assets from unnecessary taxation tional studies program because clients thousands of homeless men and women Avoid financial restrictions placed on unmarried couples living with AIDS in New York City make ¯ lived longer thanks to the drug cocktails Avoid costly delays in the receipt of life insurance proceeds and weren’t interested in just wasting a tremendous effort rarely taken by their brethren. They seek help. They fight for ¯ away. Three years later, Bailey House ~, series of Seminars given by opened the program to anyone with AIDS life, no matter the inevitable future. Theresa Barnard, American Express Financial Advisor living in New York. "I wanted to do Scientists haven’ t cured HIV or AIDS, something productive with my life," said When: 7:00 P.M. Where: MCC United but their powerful .drug concoctions that keep people alive longer create a curious " Sean Ransom, 31, who contracted the 1623 N Maplewood Ave virus in the late 1980s and sought help problem. Public and non-profit agencies four years ago. "I didn’ t want to... take already struggle to pay for their existing -’inancial Strategies for Gay Men & Lesbians cases. Now they wonder: How can we " my reeds and wait to die." Those medications a triple combinaTuesday, September 5th and Tuesday, October 10th possibly help the new people infected " tion of drugs - have doubledthe average Please R.S.V.P. with the virus? with Theresa at "Today, people think the ePidemic is ¯ time it takes for the HIV infection to Retirement Explore Your Options 918-748-8191 over," said Gina Quattrochi, the president " develop into AIDS, said ProfesssorAlvaro Munoz of Johns Hopkins University’s ext.121 ¯ Create your Retirement Income of the National AIDS Housing Coalition " andtheexecutivedirectoratBaileyHouse, : School of Public Health. They also inTuesday, September 19th a private center in Greenwich Village ¯ creased the average survival time of AIDS ¯ Estate Planning helping homeless AIDS survivors. "The ¯ sufferers from 18 months to six years. In the late 1980s, residents in Bailey Tuesday, October 24th reality is people are living much ~nger, " House stayed an average of three months, but the vast majority are disabled. Currently, Congress is debating next ¯ and their stay almost always ended at a year’ s budget. Advocates like.Quattrochi " funeral home. These days, they stay abont three years, if not longer. !¢lany walk out requested increasing the $232 million Financial budgetby $60 million- and were worried ¯ on their own, often to Bailey House-asAdvisors sisted apartments. when President Clinton proposed upping " Beyond treatment, stable housing is it to just $260 million. Disappointment " has turned to fear because Senate leaders ". crucial to every patients’ health, Quattrochi don’ t w ant to increas e the appropriation at ¯ says. Two-thirds of AIDS patients cite housing as a top priority,just below mediall. "It’s thin. We have to get it up," said " cal treatment. Living on a friend’ s couch or moving between shelters, patients find U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., a long~t difficult and tiring to get continual care; time supporter of homeless _&IDS services who pushed the House to propose " the effort weakens the body and strengthTULSA ens the disease - a deadly duo. Patients increasing funds to $250 million. "This ¯ also must live with failing organs, and " romng TECHNOLOGY "" in " mortey. " country is Expending millions of dollars .for AID.S - " need refrigerators to keep their medicine exclusive assistance meets resistance m . effective. AN EVENT OFTHETULSA METRO CHAMBER 12.000 Stable housing becomes a primal urge, every case. ’qqaere has always been pres- ¯ Quattrochi says. "Let me put it this way, sure from the far right to portray it for drug what I always ask people is, ’Where do addicts and queers," Quattrochi said, addyou want to be when you have the flu?’" ing that others question the need to fund she said. "You want- to be at home." specific AIDS housing when so much These problems become remote when a housing is already available. homeless person wakes up after a night Quattrochi says only half of Bailey under crumbled, urine-stained newspaHouse’s residents are Gay or Lesbian. pers. Medications? It’ s doubtful they have She noted that at least 450,000 Americans any. It’ s often little better in city-run shelwith AIDS nee~l, housing, and that’s a conservative estimate because some ¯ ters. Derryck, who declined to g~ve his last haven’t learned they have the illness or are mentally ill and may never know. New ¯" name, lived in emergency housing offiYork, the city that served 1,200 homeless ".. cially called Single Room Occupancy A comprehensive exposition dedicated to the needs of Tulsa’s people with AIDS in 1988, now assists : Units, but known by residents as barebusiness community, featuring 250 exhibit booths, Business After more than 27,000. That total is steadily ." boned welfare hotels. He could touch all ¯ four walls from the middle of his cubicle. Hours, Power Networking~ ..Seminars ~conduc~ed by businessincreasing as it has for the past few years, said Ruth Reinecke, a spokeswoman for "- Occupants shared a single bathroom, and building professionals and renowned luncheon speakers, a silent he shudders when remembering the filth. the city’ s Division of AIDS Services. auction, door prizes, a car giveaway, and much, much more! A Brooklyn federal judge’s decision ¯ Prostitutes, drugs, loan sharking, he re: calls, this placewas amodernday Sodom earlier this week shows the city apparently hash’ t adjusted wall to the surging :¯ and Gomorrah.’And Derryck, who is 50, concedes he was lucky to live the,re. numbers. The judge, who slammed the "There s even a lack of bad housing, he Division of AIDS Services for "chroni¯ said glumly. cally and systematically" delaying or terBut Derryck found his way to Bailey minating assistance, ordered the agency ¯ : House. Now hecansitonhisbedinhis 85placed under federal oversight for three ¯ TULSA METRO CHAMBER years. The city plans to appeal the deci- ¯ square-foot home, with its view of the Hudson River, watch TV, grab a snack sion. or his medications - from h~s mini-fridge, Quattrochi says if members of Congress would look at operations like Bailey _" or use his personal bathroom. "It works House, they’ d understand why advocates ¯ for me,"he said with a grin as smooth jazz ~ sauntered out of his stereo’s speakers. Sponsored by Tulsa Auto Collection, Media sponsors include KJRH TV2 plead for more money. The alternative, Clear Channel Communication and the Tulsa World she says, is that health care costs will soar : Behind him hung posters of singer when homeless AIDS patients seek treat- Si IOWCASE Interested in finding business solutions? Looking for business connections? Then plan to attend the Tulsa Business & Technology Showcase 2000 Thursday & Friday, October 19 & 20 Tulsa Convention Center Info: 560-0298 �BobMarley and a pink flamingo. Beyond that, the window looked out onto the water. As he spoke, a sailboat sliced through gusty winds as it cruised south heading out into the open bay. HIV Prevention Ad Power Connect. Banned from TV Public Service Company of Oklahoma Customer Service Is Now Avai|able 24 Hours A Day, Seven Days A Week. These days, traditional 8-5 business hours aren’t always convenient. So PSO has made it easier than ever for you to contact us. Our Customer Service Center operates 24/7 - offering around-the-clock answersto your questions - and better access to service. Now it’s easier for you to inquire about your monthly electric bill. Or.report a power outage. Or arrange to have your power turned on or ¯ off. Our professionally trained, friendly and knowledgeable customer service representatives are standing by to serve you. All day, every day. To provide faster response to your needs, we have listed our toll-free numbers below. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A set of television ads that depict bare-chested men and a male-to-female transgender delivenng an HIV prevention message have been pulled from daytime TVat a Bay Area station. Rather than run the 30-second ad during afternoon talk shows, KGO Channel 7 offered to run the ads - which encourage HIV-positive men and women to practice safe sex and be honest with partners about their status - after 10 p.m. so that fewer children would see them. A Better World, the San Francisco advertising agency that purchased the spot, chose the original time frame because researchers have discovered 3 and 4 p.m. shows are popular with Gay men. However, KGO leaders say that the ads clash with afternoon viewer expectations. "With a Rosie (O’ Dounell) episod,°, with ’NSYNC, or another pop culture guest on it, it would be a little eyepopping for a commercial like this to show up," said David Metz, director of programming services at KGO. Les Pappas, president of the agency., called KGO’s decision homophobic. "We’ ve done the research to find out what our target audience is watching, and they’ re watching Rosie and Oprah. We don’t want to be relegated or banished until after 10 p.m.," Pappas said. A Better World created the $345,000 ad campaign for the city’ s health department after a study last month that fond the rate of HIV infection among Gay men in San Francisco is climbing at an alarming rate. New HIV infections in the city increased form 498 in 1997 to 790 last year, according to the Health Department study. NYC Loses Case Over AIDS Care ~ Clip And Save I I I, I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I I I I CALL 24 HOURS FOR TOLL-FREE SERVICE Customer Services: 1-888-216-3523 Billing Inquiries: 1-888-216-3490 Outage Reporting: 1-888-218-3919 Servici0 a Cliehtes: 1-888-216-3505 Preguntas Sobre su Cuenta: 1-888-216-3491 Falta De Suministro: 1-888-218-3924 Public Service Company of Oklahoma I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has ruled the city mistreated poor people with AIDS by subjecting them to bureaucratic mismanagement and delays in housing, health and other benefits. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson said officials violated theAmericans with Disabilities Act by "chronically and system.atically failing to.provide (AIDS patients) with meaningful access to critical subsistence benefits and services." He called the consequences "devastating." The opinion stems from a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of 25,000 plaintiffs dtywide who have AIDS or other HIV-related illnesses. Johnson’s ruling detailed testimony heard earlier this year at a bench trial - by plaintiffs who described getting the rtmaround from the Division for AIDS Services for months, if not years. The judge appointed a federal magistrate to monitor the agency over the next three years. Michael Hess, the city’ s counsel, criticized the ruling and promised an appeal. "Very frankly, I think it’ s very flawed," Hess said, adding that the judge’ s opinion was "very poorly done and contains a lot of errors that I hope will be corrected." Hess said Johnson relied on informauon that was more than five years old. Statistics cited by Johnson showed that in one out Of three cases, the city failed to meet its own 30-day deadline for responding to requests for services. He ordered the city to comply. The ruling was the latest in which Housing Works has succeeded in forcing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’ s administration to overhaul portions of its policies. In 1999, U.S. District Judge Allen Schwartz found that city officials had acted with "retaliatory intent" against the nonprofit group, which has been a relentless critic of Giuliani’ s policies on AIDS. Vatican Officials: Still No to Condoms VATICAN CITY (AP) - A Vatican official said recently that two American Jesuits have distorted church positions b,,y suggesting that the Vatiean has become more tolerant" about the distribution of condoms to fight AIDS. Monsignor Jacques Suaudeau said the Vatican stance hasn’ t changed, although the church must not be seen as indifferent to AIDS sufferers and the battle to stop the disease’ s spread. Some in the church have been seeking a softening in the position of the Vatican, which has been accused by some governments of hindering the AIDS battle. Writing in the Sept. 23 issue of "America," a Jesuit magazine, the authors pointed to an April article written by Suaudeau in the Vatican new spaper. They said it contained important signals: That while some individual bishops have repudiated local HIV prevention programs that include the distribution of condoms, "the Roman curia is more tolerant on the matter." The article was written by the Revs. John Fuller, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and James Keenan, professor of moral theology at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. Suaudeau called the article a"pretext to relaunch the argument." "This is a manipulation. It is blown up and exaggerated," he told The Associated Press. In his article, Suaudeau endorsed sexual abstinence and chastity as the methods to prevent AIDS, citing church programs to promote that. Suaudeau’ s article went on to say that the use of condoms in Thailand "had particularly good results for these people with regard to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. It said the use of condoms in those circumstances "is actually a ’lesser evil’" but then added that "it cannot be proposed as a model of humanization and development." Suaudeau said he wrote the article to show the Vatican was not indifferent to the AIDS problem. Easier Access to Needles in NM SANTA FE (AP) - State health officials want to change New Mexico’ s Controlled Substances Act to state that pharmacists who prbvide syringes to intravenous-di’ug users are not guilty of distributing drug paraphernalia. State officials say the change would help combat the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B and C. The Pharmacy Board decided to back the change, which would need to be passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Johnson. In 1997, Johnson signed into law the Harm Reduction Act that made New Mexico the second state in the nation to create a state-funded needleexchange progran~ for drug users. �Tuesday, November 7 Election Day by Jim Christjohn, entertainment editor ." homoerotically tinged moments, and it Happy Samhain! (pronounced "sow- ¯ features Amanda Bearse playing Straight. eft’- it’ s Gaelic) We turn in the wheel of " (She was the next door neighbor on"Martheyearto theseasonofthethinning of the ¯ lied With Children", who came out a few veils, when people all over the word felt ¯ years back.) Roddy McDowell is fabuthe shifts that marked th~ time of honor- " lous as an inept bachelor vampire hunter ing th.eir ancestors. " - One wonders why he never married Samhain in pagan Celtic Britain, was a .* "nudge, nudge, wink, wink." The charactime forhonoring the spirits of those that " ter, I mean. And Stephen Geoffreys turns have passed on, as in a touching perwell as the day of f0rmance as the .I love vampire Elms, and the dead in Spain " " lonelyoutcastwho andMexico.Itwas ~]alS is tlae ]~est tlme of year. gets seduced by an important bollChris Sarandon’ s day all over the ever-so-handOf course, ~t’s even l~etter ff pre-Christian some vampire. world, enough so ~t~s a darl~, w~indy, stormy Ue’s another one that when the that could show up Church took over, ni~lat w~tla t:launder craslaln~ outside my winthey renameditAll dow any time. It’ s Hallow’s Eve and and l~htnln~ flash~n~ and.., a fun film, and All Saints Day. It worth the cost. oh~ sorry~ ~ett~n~ a bit caught shrunk from a Available on three day festival, DVD. up ~n the deser~ptlon. to a one day celFor those that ebration. In like Tom Cruise Storms do that to me. Amelica, it was " " with fangs (he retrivialized into fusedtodothekiss w]aere was I? Halloween. So, with Antonio just for old times’ Banderas - was O1~ yes, vampires and film. sake, take a mo" " this due to his in"’" ment that day to security with his remember those loved ones who have own sexuality since it was inthe script?), passed on. "Interview With The Vampire" has been I love vampire films, and thisis thebest rereleased on DVD with new documentime of year. Of course, it’ s even bet{er if tary footage and a few other extras thrown it’sadark, windy, stormy night with thtm- " iu. Brad Pitt plays Lestat, and the now der crashing and lightning flashing and. quite grown up Kirsten Dunst turned in a ¯ oh, sorry, getting a bit caught up in the stellar performance as an adult trapped in description. Storms do that to me.. a child’ s body. Good for the moody vetowhere was I? Oh, yes, vampires and film. pire types. One of the best verslons of the Dracnla For fans of the original Hammer legend, although the critics ripped it to Dracnlas, there are two on DVD: Dracnla, shreds, is the 1979 Frank Langella feaPrince of Darkness, the first sequel with ture. Langella’ s Drac would be welcome ChristopherLee, after"HorrorofDracula" to show up outside my window anytime (unavailable on DVD - dammit!); and and suck anything he wanted. The film, Satanic Rites of Dracula, which was the directed by John Badham, also stars Kate last Hammer Dracula with Chris I~e. It Nelligan and Laurence Olivier in his last was a rather inept handling of putting film performance. While there are times Drac in what was them "modem" times thepacingtrudgesabitslowly, overallthe (1973). Only for those diehr~;d film is one of the lnshest productions of "I)racufans". who can’t stand to have the legend I’ve seen, even though it is completecollections.Still,it’safunromp, based more on the play than the actual and the costumes are well worthlaughing book. That didn’ t really bother me, picky at. Did people really wear that then? LOL purist that I am, and the Dracula in this The only one with any style was Drac, in filmhas quiteadry sense of humor that is timeless black and long cloak. Dracula, easy to miss if you ares’ t prone to catch- ~" PrinceofDarkness, atleastkepthiminthe ing it. It is widely available on DVD, and " 1800’ s, although Lee is left with little to although the print they used to transfer . do but hiss and look menacing. Still, it’ s a from is prone to noise (specks where the ¯ much better picture, and a fun romp. Wemer Herzog’ s remake of Nosferatu film has started to come off the magnetic " strip it’ s on), it is still a great atmospheric " is available, but unless you want to be thrill for the buck. bored to tears with Drac’ s eternal anguish Stay away from Coppola’s version, . over killingthings, pass. It really is thoug]~ ~t~ s b!9ody awful and really sucks " "Dracula Needs Prozac"., and Klaus Kinski - i’n a b~id’Wa~ (Pun intendedl) is So wtfiny in the part, that you just wanna Nosferatu, the first Dracula film ever slap him after 5 minut,e~s. And talk about made, and regarded as a masterpiece of ° pace.., those 2 hours-seem like 2 days. th~Germanexpressionisticcinema,isalso Again, only for the hardcore collector, a~lable,.meticuloi~sly restored, and with although afterhearing so much about it, it a.~gry interesting commentary on DVD. was nice to finally see it. Or not. Always -?irected by F.W: Murnau, ,an openly spoken of as a "classic," it m~es me ga~ director, the homoerotic ~ndertones wonder wlm decides what w~il be deemed ~ake fi~ walt worth having, or at least, aclassic andjt~st how hard they need robe renting. Re-scored wifia the original orhit upside the head with the inteliigencc chestra~:ion, it is a fascinating ,ook at d_m stick. Nstory. Produ~din !92~.,itacmNiyholds If 3 ou re m the moodfor something in tap wel! today, a more literary vein, I czm heartily recom-. For those seekiv.g .lus~ a fun romp mend "Desrnond", by Ulysses Deitz. A through vampire fi.hn!,’md with fang-inweL writtensagaofamodemvampinthe cheek, there s l~ngm Night", about a Anne Rice tradition, this one does not shy vampireandhisghoul, who happens to be away from the fact that, yes indeed, the male. They have a couple of lovely vamps are Gay. see Jim, p. 9 HRC WATCH PARTY Because win or lose, it’s good to be among friends 9 PM 3340 South Peoria, Tulsa, OK Must be 21 - Cash Bar HRC envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights. You can help us do our work by joining us for either or both of these events (or by joining HRC - it’s just $35, call 584~2913 or email hrctulsaoklahoma @ aol.com). HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN~ Sunday, October 29th 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM Helga’s Horribles Present scenes from "The Little Shop of Horrors" !7th & Main, Tulsa, OK TULSA Limited Seating Call 584-~913 for reservations Must be 21 - Cash Bar �October 14 8:00 pm Friday O~tober 20 A survey of books which Tulsa police required to be shrinkwrapped in Borders’ 21st St. location turned up at least 20 wrapped tifles over half of which were Gay and Lesbian interest books, the other half being mostly how-to sex guides for heterosexuals. Among the Gay rifles were serious art monographs on the mid-century photographer, George Platt Lynes, controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and photographer David LaChappelle. Also chosen were history books like "Who’s a Pretty Boy Then? 150 Years of Gay Life in Pictures" and "Nothing But the Girl, The Blatant Lesbian Image" and "Gay Planet, All Things for All Gay Men." Only one title of all those wrapped, an art book by Tom of Finland, appeared possibly to meet the standard for shrinkwrapping. The police move has raised alarm in local ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) activists and Gay community leaders. William Hinkle, attorney, PFLAG and ACLU activist responded to the police actions, saying "[they] can’t d,~ that. ¯. absolutely [not]." Hinkle further characterized the law as "blunt instrument," that if indeed the books were in violation of an Oklahoma statute, then an arrest should have been made. Kerry Lewis, v?’g president of TOHR (Tulsa Oklaho~ mans for Human Rights) and an attorney with a prominent Tulsa finn, called the police actions "really kind of scary" and indicated that TOHR was very interested in the impact of this action. Lewis noted thafthere appeared to be some other actions on the part of Tulsa police, a recent i.d.-check in a Tulsa club, that raised concern about a resurgence of anti-Gay harassment by Tulsa police. Other issues: Police Chief Ron Palmer stated that he did not issue the order for this action. Nor did Mayor Susan Savage know of the incident. City standards do restrict city councilors (legislative branch) from directing city employees to-perform actions. City councilor Gary Watts said that the mayor and chief of police have given permission for city councilors to talk directly to majors and deputy chiefs but that had he had a similar complaint he would have told the constituent to call the police directly. Watts said if a city councilor gave an order to the police, it was wrong, and if the officer took the order, it was doubly wrong. Corporate spokespeople for both Border and Barnes & Noble responded. Sandy Spears, district manager for Barnes & Noble said they follow state and local ordinances but we don’t censor..." Borders representatives in a conference call claimed that they have a"dear dedication to the First Amendment but they are also conscious of the community they’re in." Borders representatives claimed they have always shrinkwrapped some books and that some come that way from the printers. (All of the Gay rifles TFN examined had locally applied bar code tags under the shrinkwrap indicating that these had not originally been wrapped. Borders representatives also claim that any customer can remove shrinkwrap in order to view a book but also acknowledged that they post no signs to let customers know about that option. They also acknowledged that to some customers the presence of the shrinkwrap was intimidating - that it appeared to send a message that the materials were illicit. seeming concern about Gay patrons. Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris stated that he had not been consuited before this action commenting that he’ s often seen as acting in coordination with this,sort of action but had not done so. Borders spokespeople indicated that they will send their regional management to visit Tulsa stores sometime in the next few weeks to review the situation. See editorial: Censorship Throug,;~ Intimidation, p. 3 No dancing around the subject here. And it’ s a compelling story as well, with style and wit. One of my favorites. John Peyton Cooke’ s "Out for Blood" is another excellent book with wall-written characters and a fun romp through vampland. It’ s worth hunting for in used bookstores or garage sales, since it’ s unfortanately out of print. There are two anthologies out that are worth the reading - the stories are hit and miss, but there’ s more hits than misses, so it’s worth the time - "Brothers of the Night", and "Sons of Darkness", edited by Michael Rowe and Thomas Roche. The covers are awful, but it just goes to prove the saying,"You can’ tjudge a book, etc." I’d say about 95% of the stories are excellent, which makes the 5% bearable. And there’s something for everyone. I usually don’ t care much for anthologies, but these are worth picking up. Stay away from"Vampires Anonymous". That’ s the worst piece of dreck I’ ve read in many a year of reading vampire fiction. That’ s it for the "Things that go boink in the night section." I mean, bump, yeah, bump! Still, if you know of anyone with a cape And there’ s something for everyone. ! usually don’ t care much for anthologies, but these are worth picking up. Stay away from"Vampires Anonymous". That’ s the worst piece of dreck I’ ve read in many a year of reading vampire fiction. That’ s it for the "Things that go boink in the night section." I mean, bump, yeah, bump! Still, if you know of anyone with a cape feti sh, hates daylight, and has been around 200 years but only looks 30-something, is allergic to garlic, and has a really good immune system, send him to me... being bitten can be fun, and the neck is one of my favorite e-zones... But by merely talking about the possibility of arrests, they clearly raise that as threat if the bookstore staff doesn’t do what the police suggest/demand. Also, troubling is the role of TulSa City Councilor Todd Huston. While Chief Palmer claims that Huston did not violate city standards by contacting city staff because he did not "order" them to take a particular action (councilors are not permitted to direct city staff but are required to go through the executive branch, i.e. the mayor or chief or deputy chiefs). But any casual observer will see that comment by an elected official to mid-level officers is more likely to be heeded than the complaint of an ordinary citizen. And given the scandal related to former city councilor Anna Falling about orders given to city employees, Huston should have gone through the chain of command of the mayor or at least the chief of police. Surely then more consideration would have been given to the dubious constitutionality of this action, see Censor, p. 10 �by Lamont Lindstrom ¯ may die unless her false pregnancy is Last week my friend Henry heard a ~ diagnosed and treated by local healers. thud. Henry was hanging out at his new ," Ghosts you meet while awake can also boyfriend’s apartment in San Francisco ¯ make trouble._ One day a young woman named Risi just vanished. when something big crashed upstairs. "It’ s that Her family panicked. No"...Anthropologist body annoying yobbo in the disappears in this inSherry Ortner, timate society where evthird floor apartment at it again," or so they thought. eryone always knows evdrawln~ on the eryone else’ s business. We Henry’s boyfriend exrushed to the graveyard plained that no one in the Freneh feminist and blew triton shell trumbuilding .liked the guy. He Simone Beauvoir, was catty and manipulapets loudly to put-the spirit world on nouce: tive - the Richard Hatch of ~,~nee proposed that buuuuuuu! Village theory the apartment building. No boyfriends ever knocked ’Man is to Culture as was that the girl’s grandmother, who had died the on his door. Woman is to previous year, had come Three days later an ambulance arrived. The para- Nature.’ Ortner was back to fetch Risi to keep her company in "the other medics carried down a seekln~ a reason for side" - the world of the body from the third floor. spirits. Unlike TV’ s Survivor, the why, almost everyFour days later a someneighbor was the first to where, people value what bedraggled Risi wango, not the last. He had dered back into the vilbeen lying dead just above what men do more lage. It wasn’t grandHenry’ s head for several days. Luckily, San Fran- than they value what mother, so it turned out, but rather a handsome cisco weather can be cool, women do..." ghost she didn’ trecognize. even in September. He grabbed her by the arm The ambulance drove ¯ and pulled her off deep into the forest off but Henry still felt creepy. The guy ¯ highup on the mountainside where people upstairs was no more butstill a presen,.~ remained. A few days later, Henry was ¯ ordinarily are afraid to walk. Risi admitbending over working in the garden at the " ted that she had "cooked" for the spirit. ¯ Her folks immediately suspected that she back of the building. Suddenly he shivered. It felt like someone was watching ¯¯ and the ghost had had sex. When a girl him. He looked up quickly at the blank ¯ cooks for aguy, she’ slikely offering more than just yams and taro. window of the third floor apartment. Was Somehow Risi managed to escape and somebody still there? Was that aface? His ¯ boyfriend’ s mother, too, got goosebumps ¯ find her way back home. Her family was in the garage when she walked by the dead ¯¯ going to have to be on guard the next few months to make sure that Risi hadn’t guy’ s car. The bitter queen, it seems, was ¯ come home with a spirit child in her now a ghostly voyeur. Henry isn’ t thrilled to spend the night at ¯¯ Womb. That was her story at least, and none ahaunted apartment house, even one with ¯ doubted it - except me, just a little, but Gay ghosts. Death has been no stranger to the Gay community, especially since the ¯¯ only becauseI’veneverrunintoanyhorny early 1980s, andmany of us are hauntedin ¯ ghosts myself. But when Henry told me about his Gay ghost, I wondered if perone way or another. Still, lurking spirits who cling to home can be annoying (even " haps randiness is why the spirit refuses tO if good apartments are hard to .find in San ¯ leave the building. The guy. got no sarisFrancisco). Luckily, Henry’ s boyfriend " faction while aliVe; he now haunts lzs had already made plans to move. The ¯ luckier neighbors ~ staring, for example, ," at Henry’s handsomebehind. Maybe ghost can keep the place. My friends on Tauna - a South Pacific ¯¯ Henry should ask the ghost out on a date. Hall6ween would be perfect. island I once haunted mysdf- were similarly nervous about ghosts. Folks there are prone to stumble across spirits at any moment. Even though people mostly run into the ghosts of dead loved ones (morn, Last but hardly least is the failure of the dad, grandpa), they aren’ t too happy about bookstores to defend First Amendment these encounters. If the dead are making protections. What is most troubling was themselves known, there must be a reathe corporate response which was not to son. Ghosts can help you. But they can reassure Gay & Lesbian customers that also hurt you too, especially if they are our books will not be wrapped but which was to defend their fight to shrinkwrap I didn’ t meet a~y~Gay:gh~osts imTamaa books. Wrapping books, even if you can but there is a rather tricky Bisexual spirit open them (if you knOW to ask)C-sends a living on the island: the dreaded and semessage that some subjects a~ebad. It ductive Nakwa. People have sex with isn’ t grand censorship in the form of makghosts. What we think are "wet dreams," ing the materials unavailable but it is petit Islanders ~+piaiii akOff~~akwa ~ptrit censorship and it is still objectionable~ sneaking ~tb bai With :thdm~. A mail: (a This may seem a small issue - after ,all straight on~ atl~ast)!~s that he is it’ s just a bit of shrinkwrap -but this is having sex With ti ~tiful:w0man ~ but how rights are lost, through a slow proit’ s actually the ~iiOst Onlypretending to cess of erosion. Citizens might want to be a woman. Perfidious Nakwa steals the contact their councilors and demand that dreamer’ s semen and then changes its sex we keep our police officers out of the from female to male. It next creeps into bookstores (and who knows what next, the bed of a sleeping woman, appearing as our libraries?) and out on the streets. ahandsome guy. Ithas sex with the sleeper and impregnates her with sperm stolen from its previous victim. Such ghostly pregnancies can be deadly. The woman Timothy .W. 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Columbia Ave., 592-5800 (One block west of Delaware and the University of Tulsa Campus) by Karin Gregory ; who we are, or when we just want someBy now votes are tallied and the facts ¯ one else to take up the cause: because it’ s speak for themselves: Dr. Laura ." become too difficult beating our heads Schlessinger’ s television talk show, after ¯ against that wall. Having that door being on air only three weeks, is going ; slammed in our face. Being turned down into hiatus for "retooling." for thatjob. Tryingto reach "...Do you have what it Doesn’ t that mean a major a community that should make-over? It does in my takes to stand on a street understand one another, vocabulary. It also means but instead tries to fight corner and protest~ "trouble.’" for Ms/her space and keeps Sure you do. This is probably-due others out. Only when we stand united will anyone more to the fact that Dr. That’s the easy part. take us seriously. Look Laura’s show is BORING The dlffieulty comes in instead of controversial, what that’s done for the our everyday lives when and has also landed dead religious right. They have last in ratings among talk we eontlnuaily hide who a whole damn political shows on television (and party on their side. Join we are, or when we just among many other shows the battle for yourselves as well). However, I figure want someone else to take and your partners. As they up the cause because it’s that the people .over at sing in Les Miserables, stopdrlaura.com are giving "This is the music of a become too dlffieult themselves a pat on the people who will not be back for a job well done beatin, our heads aCalnst slaves again." Join in the that wall.. 7 since their first two procrusade. You won’ t know what you’ re missing until tests, in Chicago and Dallas back in April, made the public more you do. aware of this woman’ s dangerous rantings. ¯ Lesbian couples break up; separate--It These two major city demonstrations was bound to happen, you say. It couldn’ t weren’t the last, and August 26, Austin, " last forever, especially in Hollywood. Texas held a protest outsideits CBS affili- : Well, one couple breaks up ("I could have ate station, KEYE-TV, "The Eye of Aus- ¯ seen that coming from day one") and one ¯ ti..". The protest was organized chiefly by couple separates ("This was out of left stopdrlauraanstin.com. How do I know ." field"). The former quote could be said of this? I was on the front lines. Having ¯ the break up of the three and a half year ¯ broken my foot just a week earlier, I went relationship of Ellen DeGeneres and Anne down to march (as best I could) with other ; Heche. Umm, not too surprising. In fact, Gay/lesbian/straight concerned citizens ¯ since the new s w as armounced 1 as t month, who didn’t want the show to air at its tabloids have announced the reasons for scheduled 4 pm ttme slot. Their reason? ¯ the breakup: Ellen Finds Anne in Bed CbJldren at home, many without parental ¯ With Another Woman; Ellen Finds Anne supervision, would watch Dr. Laura and ¯ in Bed With Another Man; Ellen’s Ex receive her message, thus ensuring that Pregnant. I-Immm, why doesn’t ELLEN homophobia stays alive and dangerous in ¯ get any action? The day the couple anTexas. Every Fundamentalist Baptist is . nounced their breakup, A~tme Heche"supensuring that as we speak. We don’ t need ¯ posedly" went for a drive in very sunny, ¯ more help from a television talk show hot weather with the top down on the ¯ convertible. Not too swift for someone wannabe. Meeting with the assistant of : SO fair skinned. Later, after "supposstopdrlaura.com, Andy Thayer, was an ¯ edly" suffering heat stroke, Anne knocked experience. He’ s been to most of the Dr. ¯ on a stranger’s door and began talking Laura protests in most of the states in the ." about God and spaceships. Ellen, if you country. That’ s lots of traveling. When I ¯¯ were the one who kicked her out, all I have heard there would be about one hundred tosayis: Waytogo, Grrl! protesters, I was exhilarated and stopped ; More surprising was the. separation of thinking about the pain in my foot andmy ; rock star Melissa Etheridge and ten year hideous lack of sleep from the night be- ¯ partner Julie Cypher. Again, another press fore. But as 11 am approached, it was ." announcement.Whatisitaboutthesefour obvious there would only be about 30--35 ¯ women that makes them tell all to the participants in this protest. The demon- ¯ world? In this case, Etheridge and Cypher stmtion outside the television stationlasted ¯ split on extremely amicable terms, even approximately anhour, alongafairlykigh ; buying two separate houses next d~or to traffic area in Austin. Most cars that drove ;- one another, so their children won t feel by included sympathizers, those agaiast the separation. They will still have their ¯ two mommies beside them. Well, that’ s a the Dr. Laura talk show. ¯ We heard from a local Christian miaisway to do divorce all right, especially ter who had recently officiated at the ¯ withchildreninvolved.However, theway funeral of a Gay boy killed in a bashing. ¯¯ Melissaimmortalizes her andJulie’ s fights into her songs, I can’ t wait for Melissa’ s He said that for a week after the funeral he ¯ listened to a local Christian radio station next album, already being recorded. and heard endless Gay bashing from the ¯¯ Can anything be learned from these "Christians." He made the point that not separations?Well,if you’re a Witty comeonly should we blame Dr. Laurafor spread- " dielme, don’ t get involved with a flalse. If ing hatred about Gays, and this radio ¯ you have one of the strongest pers0nalistation, but we should ultimately look to ," ties on the planet, then maybe you ourselves to see what .we could do to ¯ shouldn’tgetinvolvedwiththeotherstron¯ prevent this abysmal crime from happengest personaiiiy on the planeL in other ing again. With only 35 protesters present, ¯ words, You can "come to:my windoff" it looked like the rest of the Gay/Lesbian] ¯ because ’T m the only one",b~t you bett~ Bisexual/Transgendered community of not be"stronger thmi me" or I n~ighthave ¯ Austin just didn’t care. Do you care? Do a "breakdown." you have what it takes to stand on a street ¯ Gregory, a former schoolteacher and corner and protest? Sure you do. That’s ¯ journalist is based in Ft. Worth. Her curthe easy part. The difficulty comes in our rent theme song appears to be Jill Sobule ’s ¯ everyday lives when we continually hide "I Kissed a Girl." �Walk for Life 2000 8th An nual Tul,sa AIDS Walk Saturday, Oct. 7, 9:30am Veteran’s Park, 21st & Boulder For more information, call 585-5551. Donations will be increased by 50% with matching dollars through the generosity of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, The Walk is sponsored by the Community Service Council, and will benefit the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership (TCAP). The Walk is an all volunteer effort and there are no administrative costs. Tulsa Family News is proud to donate this advertisement in support of the Walk and the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership (TCAP) � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Police Censor Books at ° Gunman Shoots Six; Borders, Barnes & Noble Kills One in Virginia ¯ . ROANOKE, Virginia (AP) - A man accused of ¯ rehant$ Told to Wrap Up Art and fatally shooting another man and wounding six "History Books, Straight Sox How-to’s " others inside the Backstreet Cafe, a Gay bar, °n the : TULSA- Prodded by Tulsa City Councilor, Todd Huston, Tulsa " evening of Sept. 22 has been arraigned on first- " police vice squadofficers visitedBorders Books &Music at8015 " degree murder charges. ¯ So. Yale Avenue, selected a number of books, presented them to The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Attorney ¯ store staffand suggested that they "shrinkwrap" those rifles. This " Donald Caldwell said additional charges such as : was in response to a constituent complaint made to Huston ~ aggravated malicious wounding or malicious : according to Charlie Jackson, Deputy Chief, Tulsa Police. ¯ wounding were possible. Malicious wounding ¯ Jackson noted that after the visit to the South Yale Borders ¯ charges carry up to 20 years in prison, whereas ¯ -~ store about which there was a citizen complaint, vice officers of " attempted murder charges carry up to 10 years. : their own initiative went to the 2740 E. 21stSt. Borders as well " Ronald Edward Gay, 53, the man accused in the ¯ as Barnes & Noble Bookstores at 5231 E. 41st St. and 8620 E. " shootings, acted because of long-standing anger at "rrial o! Accused o! 71stSt. wheretheywent throughthestoreselectingbooks which thejokespeoplemadeofhisl~,tname, police said. bookstore staff say the police indicatesd they must shrinkwrap, "He admits to shootingpeople, police investigator Gay Man’s Death Moved " store staff also said the officers stated that they were no, ° Lt. WilliamAlthoff toldTheWashingtonPost. "He intending to arrest anyone, told us people made fun of his name... He told us FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) The first Marion County ¯ Accordingtobookstoresources,TulsapoliceSergeantCalhoun " that he was upset about that.’" teen-ager to be tried inthemurder of aGay black man ¯ and Corporal Best of the "sex crimes" unit said that the ¯ Dznny Lee Overstreet, 43, was killed at the willfacejurorsinRaleighCountyinNovember.Marion" shrinkwrapping was required under Oklahoma state statute, title" scene. One other victim, IrisPageWebb,41,wasin County Circuit Court Judge Rodney Merrifield late in ¯ 21, 1040.76. This statute regulates the display of materials " critical condition after being shot in the neck. SeptembersignedanordermovingDavidAllenParker’s ¯ "harmful to minors" and requires covering materials which ¯ According to police, Gay went to a tavern that first-degree murder trial to the southern West Virginia : depict "... nudity, sexual contact, sexual excitement, or : night and asked directions to the nearest Gay bar, county. A copy of the order does not set a trial date, but " sadomasochistic abuse...when thematerial orperformancelacks ’ telling people he wanted to shoot Gays. Someone JudgeMen-ifield’ssecretarysaiditistentativelysched- : seriousliterary, scientific, medical, artistic, or political value for gavehimdirectionsandimmediatelycalledpolice, uled for Nov. 15. Merrifield had verbally approved a ¯ minors..." with minors defined as less than 18 years ofage. ¯ whowerelookingforGaywhentheshootingreport change of venue earlier this week after a preliminary : Typically the "shrinkwrap" requirement has been applied to " came in. hearing that has been continued to Oct. 12. ~ sexually oriented magazines such as Playboy, Penthouse, Men, " John W. Collins, 39, was one of those wounded. Lawyers for Parker and co-defendant Jared Wilson, ¯ etc. but not to most books. Collins told the Post that the gunfire erupted just ¯ both .17, had suggested Raleigh County as a possible ¯ Chief Jackson claims that the officers did not threaten the ¯ after he and Overstreet, a friend, hugged. Gay venue, arguing media coverage of the murder in north- " bookstore staff with arrest but merely sought their cooperation. "stood up as I was letting go of the hug, and he was central West Virginia has made it too difficult to find " Bookstore sources who’ ve requested to remain anonymous in. turning and he was also reaching into his black impartial jurors. Attorney Stephen"Fitz said Monday ¯ order to protect themselves from retaliation characterized the trench coat," said Collins, who was shot in the that Raleigh has a diverse population and probably has ¯ police visit as intimidation- particularly in light 6f the arrests of " stomach. "I saw the gun come out of his pocket... had far less exposure to ~e case Prosecutor Richard " several sales clerks for the sale of Penthouse magazines a year or " Everything was like in a millionth of a second.’" Bunner did not object to the move. " so ago. They noted that the officer by mentioning that they didnot " Gay left the bar after the shootings but was later Parker and Wilson are charged with beating and ¯ intend to arrest at this time, raised the issue as a possibility and ¯ found by police about two blocks away. Officers kickingtodeath26-year-oldacquaintanceArthur"J.R." ¯ that they felt coerced into cooperating. " found a 9 mm pistol in a trash can near the bar. Warren on July 4, see Trial, p.3 " see Bookstores, p. see Shooting, p.3 Local HRCEvents HRC: More Benefits Gay Center To Hold Grand Re-opening TULSA-Local Human Rights Campaign (HRC) activ - ists in cooperation with the national organization are encouraging voter registration drive up fill October 13. Those interested in registering can stop by Democratic party headquarters, Republican party headquarters, the offices of the League ofW0menVoters, any tag agency, theTulsaCounty ElectionBoard (No; DenveratEdison). Call formore information at 584.2918. HRCwouldalso like to send voter registration volunteers to any event or ¯ organization andasks thatorganizers againcall 584.2918. For Halloween this year, HRC is sponsoring two" performences of Helga’ sHorribles, in "Scenes from ¯ Little Shop of Horrors" at Renegades on Sun, October ¯ 29 at 3pro and again at 7pro. Tickets are $10 each and ," "Domestic partner benefits are increasingly becoming a stanproceeds benefit HRC-Tulsa. Renegades is also a " dard business practice in corporate America," said Kim I. Mills, sponsor and there will be a cash bar. Youmust be 21yo. " education director of the Human Rights Campaign. "Employers Seating is limited to only 100persons at each perfor- ¯ have discovered that these benefits hdp attract and keep the best WASHINGTON (AP) - More employers - including more than a fifth of Fortune 500 companies - are offering health insurance coverage to the partners of Gay employees, according to a report by a Gay civil rights group. The study, by the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign, found that 3,572 companies, colleges and states and local governments offered or have announced they would offer health insurance covering their employees’ domestic partners. This was up 25% from a year ago, when 2,856 employers extended such benefits. The findings were included in the group’ s annual "State of the Wor,k~,lacefor Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual andTransgenderedAmericans. ¯ Law Group to Hold Hate Crimes Panel ¯ TULSA (TFN) - Tulsa Oklahomans for Human " Rights (TOHR) will hold a Grand Opening event ¯ for the recently relocated Tulsa Gay Community ¯ Services Center on Friday, October 20 at 7pro. The ¯ new location is 2114 So. Memorial adjacent to : longtimeLesbianbar,TNT’ s. TOHR’ s also will be ¯ holding a "garage" sale to benefit the Center on ." Saturday, Oct. 14 from 8am-noon. Donations of ¯ goods are welcome and may be dropped off at the ¯ Center before the sale. ¯ On Oct 14, TOHR will also sponsor a Feast for Friends dinner to benefit The NAMES PROJECT. ¯ The dinner, called "Tulsa - The Center of the Universe" will be al fresco at the downtown sculp- ¯ ture entitled, ’’The Center of the Universe" located mance. Reservations may be guaranteed by mail to 1107 E. 19th, Tulsa,OK74120 orby credit card over the phone. Organizers promise big drag, big hair, big voices & big fun - ’cuz size matters! HRC also is sponsoring an election watch party at 9pm on Tuesday, November 7 at the fabulous I.D. Bar on Brookside at3340 S. Peoria (formerly Concessions). There will be multiple video screens to monitor the election returns and lots of hot music to enjoy while the future is determined. There will be a $10 cover charge, but that will drop to only $5 if you are wearing the "I voted" sticker. Lastly, HRC is always looking for new members. Membership runs $35. Info: 584.2913. DIRECTORY P. 2 EDITORIAL P. 3 US & WORLD NEWS P. 4 HEALTH NEWS P. 6 ENTERTAINMENT P. 8 GAY STUDIES P. 10 ¯ workers, a critical consideration in the current tightjob market." ." The report called a "landmark move" the announcement in ¯ June by Big Three domestic automakers - DaimlerChrysler, General Motors and Ford - and the United Auto- Workers that ¯ domestic-partner benefits would be offered to their more than ¯ 400,000 employees. ’’This marked the first time that virtually an ¯ entire sector of American commerce, along with its leading ¯ union, decided collectively to provide domestic partner ben- " efits," the report said. ¯ Fortune 500 companies offering or planning to offer domestic ¯ partner benefits increased from 70 in August 1999 to 102 last ¯ month. In addition, 41 of the top 50 companies in America ¯ prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, the report ¯ said. -" "All the signs point to private and public employers continuing ¯ to institute nondiscrimination policies and domestic partner : benefits," the study said. However, it noted that there is nofederal ¯ law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, nor is ¯ there one in 39 states, although President Bill Clinton issued an executive order in 1998 prohibiting such discrimination in the ¯ federal civilian work force. ¯. The number of cities and counties that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation rose from 16 in 1980 to 116 in 2000. : next to the Old U~ion Station on the pedestrian ¯ bridge. The dinner is $20 and reservations may be ¯ made by calling 743-4297. Those who just want to ¯ attend the dessert finale may go the Allan Chapman Activity Center atthe University ofTulsaat8:30pro. A $10 donation is requested. : TOHR will also present a National Coming Out Day (NCOD) panel at its monthly membership ¯ meeting on Oct. 10 at 7:30pm, and at TU on ¯ Thursday, Oct. 12, the University ofTulsa College ¯ of Law Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Law Caucus will ’ sponsor a Hate Crimes Panel discussion from noon - 2 p.m. The panel, which will be held in TU’s Moot ¯ CourtRoom of John Rogers Hall located at Fourth ¯ Place and Florence Avenue, will address the valid- " ity of Hate Crimes legislation, opposition to the ¯ Hate Crimes Prevention Act and other topics of ". relevance. Linda Lacey, a TU college of law pro- , fessor, will moderate. ¯ The program is free and open to the public. For ¯ more information, call Courtney Sdby at 836- : 9107. Tulsa Clubs & Restaurants *Chasers, 4812 E. 33 *CW’ s, 1737 S. Memorial *Club Cherry Bomb,. 1926 E Pine *Club Vortex, 2182 S. Sheridan Polo Grill, 2038 Utica Square *St. Michael’s Alley Restaurant, 3324-L E. 31st *The Star, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades/Rainbow Room, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd *The Yellow Brick Road Pub, 2630 E. 15th 712-2324 : 610-5323 583-2119 : 835-2376 : 744-4280...; 745-9998 ¯ 834-4234 : 585-3405 : 660-0856 584-1308 749-1563 Tulsa Businesses, ServiCeb~ & pi’ofessiohals "Assoc. in Med. & Mental Health, 2325 S. Harvard Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5231 E.-41 Body Piercing by Nicole, 2722 E. 15 *Borders Books & Music, 2740 E. 21 *Borders Books & Music, 8015 S. Yale Brookside Jewelry, 4649 S. Peoria *CD Warehouse, 3807c S. Peoria *Cheap Thrills,.2640 E. 1 lth 918.583.1248, fax: 583.4615- POB 4140, Tulsa. OK 74159 e-mail: TulsaNews@ earthlink.net Publisher + Editor: Tom Neal Writers + contributors: Cherry St. Psychotherapy, 1515 S. 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Main DeVito,’s Restaurant, 5 Center St. Emerald Rainbow, 45 &l/2 Spring St. MCC of the Living Spring Geek toGo!,PC Specialist, POB 429 Old Jailhouse Lodging, 15 Montgomery Positive Idea Marketing Hans Sparky’s, Hwy. 62 East White Light, 1 Center St. JOPLIN, MISSOURI Spirit of Christ MCC, 2639 E. 32, Ste. U134 Scouting~for All Opposes the "Scout’s Honor Act" Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado has introduced counter-legislation, currently being referred to as the Scouts Honor Act (H.B. 5306). The bill was introduced along with twenty-three cosponsors, on T.Uesday, Sept. 26 Accorditi~ to AFA (editor’s note: Amerfcah "F~mily Association, a rightwing lobbying group) Director of Governmental Affairs PatrickTrueman,"AFA suppo.r.ts Colorado Rep. Tancredo’s, Scouts Honor Act, which prohibits the ¯ Useoffederal funds todiscriminate against, investigate, or deny access to public prop- " erty or facilities to the Boy Scouts of ¯ America. In addition, the bill says that no entity that accepts federal funds can compel the Boy Scouts to accept members ¯ who do not share their beliefs.’" The Scout’s Honor Act would protect ¯ the BSAwho dearly identifies as an organization that discriminates against gay ¯ youth and adults and atheists to not be ~ denied access to public facilities or funding. How can-we allow our tax dollars to ¯ support an organization thatprofesses bigotry against a segment of our society.’? Tiffs is unthinkable and should not be tolerated. Scouting For All asks that you speak out LOUD to oppose this ACT!!!! ¯ Rep.Tancredofeels thatifhecangetmany ¯ more sponsors on thebill, the Houselead- . ership may bring it to the floor for a vote. ." Encourage your congressperson not to ¯ support- the bigoted Scout’s Honor Act! ¯ ACTION NEEDED: Contact your member of Congress immediately and ~ ask that he or she not support the Scouts ¯ Honor Act which is an Act supporting , bigotry in our society. Contact your Representative by calling the capitol switchboard at (202) 225-3121. ~ Scouting For All also encourages you ; to send Rep. Tancredo a note telling him ¯ thathis actions are disgusting and support ¯ bigotry in America. He should be advocating that the BSA discontinue its discriminatory policy against our Gay youth and Gay adults and also atheists. His actions are a disgrace. Write to: - tom.tancredo@mail.house.gov - Scott Cozza,president, Scouting ForAll www.scoutingforall.org * is where you can find TFN. Notall are Gay-owned butall are Gay-friendly. Log ~Cabin Republicans to Bill Clinton Thefollowing is the text ofa letterfrom Rich Tafel, executive director ofLog Cabin Republicans, to President Bill Clinton on the issue offunding theAIDS Drug Assistance Program. September 27, 2000 Dear Mr. President: I am writing to you again on an ~ssue of great importance to millions of Americans -~funding for theAIDS Drug Assis- ’ tanc~ Program in theRyatr~White CARt~ Act. Since 1995, we have consistently ¯ asked your Administration to ensure that ¯ your annual budget requests reflect the : real ne~ds in. the ADAP program; and unfortunately your .bUdgets have fallen drastically short each and every year, and each year the Republican Congress! has put millionS:ofMollars more into the pro- , gram to ansv¢~¢~ the call. This year, your : budget request fell short again. ¯ In your budget request for Fiscal Year ~ 2001, you asked for a $26millionincrease ~ in ADAP funding, while the projected ¯ need was higher, see Letters, p.3 Unfortunately, theneed has only increased since then. Thanks to the enactment of an important minority OUtreach program, spearheaded by the Congressional Black Caucus, enrollment in the ADAP program by minority patients has increased throughout the year. This has given tremendous hope to so manyAmericans with HIV that they will have access to life-savittg treatments cnrrenfly out of reach. Overall, state and territorial AIDS directors have reported that the projected national need ftr ADAP will be closer to $130 million more than the previous year. Your budget request will not cover this additional need, and many of these new enrollees may face lotteries, rationing or simply a closed door. The Republican Congress has carried the ADAP program every year, despite the failure of leadership from your Administration. I respectfully ask again, Mr. President, that you become an active participant inmeeting the ADAP needs for so many Americans with HIV/AIDS, and submit a request to Congress for an increase of $130 million for this life-saving program in your Statement of Principles before budget negotiations end for the year. I appreciate your urgent consideration of this issue. - Sincerely, Rich Tafel, executive director "It sounded like firecrackers at first," said a woman who said she was sitting in a booth when the shooting began. She asked not to be identified for fear she might lose.her job. "I looked up and saw people falling to the ground," she said. "You could feel the wind off the bullets, they were so close." Darlene Overstreet, Danny Overstreet’ s sister, said her brother, who was Gay, visited the Back Street Cafe often. He worked as a telephone operator and lived alone in a house with his poodle. "He was a wonderful person. He helped everybody," Darlene Overstreet said. "He just stopped by to have a beer, that’ s all." Members of the Washington-based National Gay and Lesbian Task Force came to Roanoke for a candlelight vigil after the shooting. Flowers, cards and balloons were placed outside the bar by members of the community. Mayor Ralph Smith saidat anews conference after the event. ’Tm shocked and saddened by this terrible, terrible crime .... Any time one member of our community is hurt, we all suffer by that same hand." ¯ Censorship Through Inti midation ¯ by Tom Neal, editor &publisher The recent visits by Tulsa police to local booksellers raise very serious concerns about censorship, grand or petit, direct or indirect, by our local government. The method used is frankly ingenious in skirting First Amendment protections as it depends on intimidation to accomplish that which it is not legal to do otherwise. What I mean is that even though most, if not all of the materials which Tulsa police collected in the stores are clearly protected under the U.S. Constitution’s First ¯¯ Amendment, by merely showing up in the stores identifying themselves as law officers and requesting limiting ." access to these materials, Tulsa police succeeded in ¯ obtaining the collaboration ofthebooksellers. Andifthey ¯ self-censor, then thepolicenever have to prove their case, ¯ they never have to be held responsible for their probable ¯ misapplication of an Oklahoma statute. _" Note that the police claimed they were not seeking to .. make any arrests during these visits, see Censor, p.9 ! b~AAlIl Gthororeugh the years of our nailon’ s history, the American dreamhas unfolded with a deeper meaning. Today, it is : a mystery that Thomas Jefferson could have written the powerful and inspiring words of our Declaration of : Independence ~. and not free his slaves. Today, it is a mystery that our founders in Philadelphia could have written the United States Constitution ? yet not allowed women to vote. Yet America has taken the inner meaning and power of our founding documents, and given them new life in each generation. then nmning over him with a car to disguise his injuries as a hit-and-rtm. In his order changing the venue, Merrifield cited a vigil for Warren that drew more than 500 people to the courthouse steps days after the murder. The rally also attracted national Gay- and civil-rights activists and an anti-Gay group from Kansas. News organizations .have since saturated the region with coverage innewspapers, andonradio and television, Merrifield said. The Dominion Post of Morgantown and the Times-West Virginian of Fairmont have each file& more than 25 stories, he said. "Nearly. all of these newspaper articles have been located on the front page and, in fact, mostofthese articles have been thelead story for that particular day," Merrifiel~d wrot~ T.I~.~voe~ag¢ ,has con~ rained detailed infOiinafion~ about tbe.inv~ti~afion°and clearly illustrates that many Marion County residents "havebecome emotionally involvedin this case and have prejudged:the defendant’s guilt," he said. Parkerhas already confessed to beating.Warr,en~but the judge has ~yet to d~eide:~w.hether jurors will hear that confession.~ In his Statement-to Sheriff" s Detective C.L. "Chip" Phillips; Parker admitted beating Warren after discovering he had-toldrothe~ peo.p!.¢, about a sexual relationship he claimed to have with.~Parker. Wilson told Phillips that he went along with the beating because he was afraid of Parker, who had threatened to beat him, too. But defense teams argue that both boys’ confessions were improperly obtained. They say neither was informed of his right to an immediate juvenile detention hearing. They also contend Phillips delayed moving the boys from GrantTownto the courthouse sohe could dicit the confessions. Phillips denies any wrongdoing. NEW SUPREHES? Nationat Coming Out D~, Oct. 11 - E|ecUon Da!/, Nov. 7 COME OUTVOTING .* www.hrc.org El HUMAN RIGHTS : I believe very deeply that the time has come in America to widen the circle of fairness and dignity to include our ¯ ~friends, neighbors, ct-workers, and relatives in the gay and lesbian community. I am running for President to fight for ." all the people. That is why the ideals of fairness, equal opportunity, and non-discrimination are at the very heart of my ¯ campaign for President. - ¯ In the past seven years, we have taken.great strides. We have appointed the first openly gay and lesbian people to ¯ high-ranking posts in our nation’ s history. We have made our government the largest employer in the world with a : strong non-discriminati0n policy covetingsexual orientation. Wehave boosted funding for AIDS research, prevention, ¯ and treatment. We have created a new White House- Office of. National AIDS Policy. We fought insurance ¯ .discrimination against people with pr~--~xi~fing conditions Wehelp~lmore people with HIV-AIDS get access to health ¯ ! am.personallY very ~)roud tO have beenthe first Vice President ever to speak at a public event with a gay rights organization. I believe it is partly because of that record and commitment that I have been endorsed by gay andlesbian ¯ leaders and civil rights organizations across this cduntry. But ]~don’ t want to rest on that record ? I want to build on it. ¯ When people filled with hate target Gaysadd Lesbi~ang, Jews;Blacks, Latinos, and Asian-Americans, it is clear that hate Crimes are notjust like other erimes: As President, with your help, I will.lead the fight for a tough law to stiffen the penalties for crimes~of hate We need to do morb th battle HIV and AIDS 9 here at home and around the world..At the beginning of this.year, I had the opportunity tO address the United-Nations Security Council about the threat that AIDS poses to the stability and security of AfriCa and the world: As President, withy0ur help; I will lead a worldwide effort to fight HIV and AIDS. I believe wemust takebold stepsto~give all.ourpe0p!ethe best health care in the.world. Weneed to dedicate ourselves to provide access ,to.qua!ity heal~ coverage.to every.child and extend coverage to millions of adults by~ ~e:et~d 9f ~e ne~t t~residenfial term. :we needtO-~,tnfinue resear~into-HIV andAIDS and ~r~;clde ad~quat~ fhh~ng fdr i~."’~ riced to give real prescription drug benefit to senioi:sand people with disabilitie.s who are on Medicare. Weneed a strong, enforceable Patients’ Bill of Rights because it’ s time that we take the medical decisions away from ~ the HM.O accountants and insurance company bureaucrats, and give them back to the doctors, nurses, and health care ~ professionals. Americans:deserv.e the best health care, not just the cheapest.. " .... ~ ~’. ’ ’ ~ ...... ¯ We must also take strong new action to ban discrimifiation andmake sure every Americhn can re~iz~hi~.:6~ her ~. potential. As President, I will re-issue the executive order banning discrimination in the federal w0J:kfo~ce. An’d i Will ¯ fight to pass the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, which will prohibit job discrimination on the basis of sexual ¯ orientation. In this campaign, there are real differences on these basic issues of fairness. My Republican opponen.t strongly ¯ opposes hate crimes legislation. He opposes a simple law to outlaw discrimination inhiring, firing, and promotionbased ¯ on sexual orientation, In fact, right now, in Texas and in 38 other states, you can be legally fired just because of your : sexual orientation. If I am entrusted with the Presidency, we will fight to correct that injustice. ¯ The stakes are enormous in this election. We know what will happen if the Republicans take back the White House. ¯ And America cannot afford to go back to the neglect and divisiveness of the Bush-Quayle years. ¯ Instead, we must move forward to create the America of ~.highest ideals. That is why I need your help and your hard work. Join withmein this campaigii~and togetherwewill win notjust vttes, but powerful new victori~s.~oi dignity Lesbian Wins Visitations PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island state Supreme Court last month recognized new rights for Gay and Lesbian couples raising children. In a 3-2 decision, the courtruled that ConcettaDiCenzo could not prevent her former partner Maureen Rubano from asking the Family Court for the right to visit the son they raised together. The decision gives de facto-"in fact" - parents the same rights to petition for visitation as biological and adoptive parents. "The fact that DiCenzo not 0nly gave birth to this child but also nurtured him from infancy does not mean that she can arbitrarily terminate Rubano’ s de facto parental relationship with the boy, a relationship that DiCenzo agreed to and fostered for many years," Justice Robert Flanders wrote in the majority opinion. The ruling was based on state law allowing any interested party to "bring an action to determine the existence or nonexistence of a mother and child relationship." The justices also noted the Family Court has jurisdiction over cases involving the paternity of children born out of wedlock. Attorney Cherrie Perkins,whorepresented Rubano, a 53-year-old professor of clinical psychiatry at the medical school at the Unive,~sity of Massachusetts, said her client cried when she heard of the ruling. "She’ s now not on thin ice any more. She’ s on pretty solid ground," Perkins said. DiCenzo’ s attorney, Rosina Hunt, said the ease has drained her client emotionally and financially. "The big thing for her is she wants to keep her son in a Stable home and she doesn’ t want to go through this," Hunt said. Similar cases began surfacing in courts around the country in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and claims by "co-parents" generally were rejected, said attorney Mary Bonauto of Gay &’Lesbians Advocates & Defenders of Boston, which filed a brief in support of Rubano. Recently, however, courts in a handful of states, including Massachusetts andNew Jersey, have decided to recognize the legal status of non-biologi~ cal parents. "This decision puts Rhode Island in line with the majority of recent decisions on the topic, although this is an issue that is still hotly contested among the states," said Bonauto, who lead the fight to legalize same-sex civil umons in Vermont. Rubano and DiCenzo decided tO have a child together while they were living in Millville, Mass. DiCenzo underwent artificial insemination from an anonymous sperm donor and on Dec. 15, 1991, DiCenzo gave birth to aboy. Thecouple sent outbirth announcements identifying them both as the child’ s parents, and had the last name of Rubano-DiCenzo listed onboth the birthand baptismal certificates. The couple raised the child together for several years and the boy called Rubano her "heart room." In 1996, the pair split up and DiCenzo, now 43, moved to Cumberland. The next year, the two signed a Family Court consent order that granted Rubano permanent visitation rights on a periodic basis. In exchange Rubano waived "any claim or cause of action she has or may have to recognition as a parent of the minor child." But then DiCenzo, believing Rubano’ s visits were "disruptive and confusing" to theboy, told Rubano thatno further visitations would be permitted. Rubano appealed to Family Court, asking a judge to enforce the earlier order. DiCenzo argued the Family Court lackedjurisdiction to eater the order in the first place. The Family Court, unsure how to proceed, requested that the Supreme Court rule on the case. Perkins believes the decision clears the way for the Family Court to allow visitation. Hunt expressed coneeru that the finding may pave the way for third party parent claims from grandpareats, ex-boyfriends and others. The General Assembly may want to consider changing the law, she said. But Perkins said she sees the ruling as a boon to both Gays and heterosexuals. "You could be somebody’ s second wife or husband and essentially raise their children and if you got divorced, you could haveno rights," Perkins said. "We think that the court was actually looking for a way to redress alot ofholes in the law because’ families are changing over time and this was maybe the ease to do it." Idaho PFLAG Chapter Make Case for Inclusion SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) --The area’ s Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays chapter will make its proposal tojoin the town’ s list of credible commtmity organizations. The organization hosted the ACLUsponsored slide show and talk, "The Gay Life in Idaho: Idaho’ s Little T01d History," created by Alan Virta, head of the Boise State University library’s special collections. "It’ s amazing what you find here and there in the official records," he s aid. "S ometimes trial transcripts give a lot of information." Virta’s 45-minute show includes Idaho’s reaction to the 1895 Oscar Wilde trial in London - the playwright was charged with homosexuality -and the 1955 boys ofBoise scandal, a homosexual witchhum. Parents Jim and Barbara Hansen started the Sandpoint Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. They say that, so far, they have not been the targets of harassment in an area of Idaho typically known for its conservatism. "I find this a very open-minded community," Jim Hansen said. "There’s more suppoyt, strokes, affirmations here than I ever thought possible. That keeps me going.’" Michigan College Offers Partner Benefits MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) - Northern Michigan University faculty members have ratified a three-year contract that gives them 3.5% annual pay increases and same-sex domestic partner health benefits. The contract for the Northern Michigan chapter of the American Association of University Professors was ratified by a 159-33 vote, The Mining Journal reported. The union has about 290 members. The university’ s board of control is to consider the agreement Oc~ 6. Other changes include retirement contributions of 15.64% of annual salary, and extension of health insurance benefits to same-sex domesuc partners. Gay Games 2002: Anyone Can Compete SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -For those who’ ve dreamed of competing in the Olympics but failed to meet the athletic requirements, there’ s still hope: they can sign up for the Sydney 2002 Gay Games. The event is open to everyone. "There is no minimum standard required to participate," Game Gibson, chief executive officer of the Sydney Gay Games, noted. "No one is excluded, regardless of gender, sextmlity, race or physical ability." Organizers expect the two-week event, which includes a weeklong cultural.festival and opens Oct. 25, 2002, to attract over 14,000 participants from at least 78 countries. There are more than 10,000 athletes ¯ competing in the Olympics. Gibson also said the Gay Games, whiCh will attract mostly Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual competitors, have found their biggest sponsor. San Francisco- based Gay.com, an online supplier of services to the homosexual community, has entered into a $1.5 million agreement to be the event’ s official. Internet media sponsor,.he said. The competition, which will run from Nov..3 to Nov. 9, 2002, has 31 sports; some with a distinctive Australian flavor, chairwoman Colette Steer said, including netball and touch rugby. Butother sports on the agenda include Olympic events such as badminton, baseball, athletics, field hockey, tennis, swimming and volleyball. The sports will be held in two main zones - Olympic Park and around Sydney Harbor. As well as the official sports, the sixth edition of the Gay Games will feature exhibition events such as surfing and surf lifesaving, dragon boat racing and what organizers are calling "mind games" - ehes s, bridge, backgammon and mahjong. Steer played softball in the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam. She recalled with emotion waving he,r "little pink flag, as one does" ~t the Gay Games opening ceremony. The Gay Games are "an opportunity to celebratewhatweare.., and to enjoy ourselves a United in God’s Love MCC.United Sunday Worship Reverend Cathy Elliot 11:00 am Pastor 1623 N. Maplewood 918/838-1715 Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Community ofHope 2545 South Yale, Sundays at llam, 749-0595 A Welcoming Congregation HOUSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Sun. Worship, 10:45 am, SundaySchool, 9:30 am Wed. Bible Study, 7 pm, Sunday Eve. Servic~ 6pm 1517 S. Memorial, 628-0802, Info: 224-4754 Sandra Hill M.s. 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Cincinnati, 582-4128 The Episcopal Church Welcomes You in that fiee and open--and tolerant environment," Gibson said. Over 15,000 people competed in the Amsterdam Gay Games. The first Gay Games were held in 1982 in San Francisco. Organizers said the influx of nearly 35,000 visitors to Sydney for the games and festival will injectabout $55millioninto the region’ s economy. On the Net: www.Gaygamesvi.org.au Gov. Ventura to Offer Partner Benefits ST. PAUL (AP) - If his administration moves forward with a plan to provide benefits for domestic partners of state employees, Gov. Jesse Venturawould demand proof of a committed relationship, he said in September. "There will be documentation signed; there will be contractual things that will go on between these people," Ventura said. "It’s not like a fly-by-night relationship, where, ’Gee I met someone in the bar and now I’m going to make them a domestic partner for a week and a half.’ " Few other details emerged about the possible extension of health and insurance benefits to domestic partners, a still-in-the-works proposal Venture’ s ad.. ministration disclosed recently. Employee Relations Commissioner Julien Carter said if the proposal is confined to same-sex couples only, he expects it to affect about 1% of the state’s 53,000-member workforce, or 530 employees. It’s not clear if heterosexual domestic partners would be covered. "There are a series of decisions to be made and that definition of domestic partner is one of them," said Ventura’ s spokesman, John Wodele. If heterosexuals are included, Carter said his department’s best estimate is that 3% of employees would take advantage of that arrangement. "We just don’ tknow for sure what the best planning number is, but it seems to be in (he ballpark," he said. Ventura stressed during his weekly radio show that the state needs to do something to stay competitive with the private sector: Both are fighting to attract new employees in a tight labor market. "What are they going to pick?" Ventura said of prospective hires. "They" re going to pick the company that gives them the best benefits, the best working conditions. That’ s what this issue is greatly about." Even before Venmra’s staff finalized the plan, conservative lawmakers discounted its chances. "I don’t think it’s going to fly," said state Rep. Tony Kielkucki, R-Lester Prairie. "He’ s got more support for unicameral than he has for this one." An effort failed this year to get a constitutional amendment On the ballot for a one,house Legislature. Vermont, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. and Massachusetts offer benefits to domestic partners, according to OutFront Minnesota, an advocacy group for Gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. Fort Worth city council mulls ban on Gay bias FORT WORTH-, Texas (AP) - For the third time in eight years, a measure that would protect sexual orientation under Fort Worth’s anti-discrimination law is being discussed by.members of thecity council. The current drive to add sexual orientation is being led by Councilman Chuck Silcox; a conservative Republican who ended discussions of a similar proposal in January 1999. Under the proposal,. Gays and .-Lesbians would be added to the list of protected cl~S in Fort Worth’ s anti-discrimination ordinance. The list already indudes race, creed, color, religion, gender, disability, national origin and family status. City officials said violation of the anti-discrimination ordinance is a .nfisdemeanor. !n recent editio~as of the For/~’orth Star-Tdegram. Sitcox said his posit~o,? on tee issue changed after was approached by a Fort \Vor{h man who lost Ms job after .his employer discovered he was Gay "I didn" realize we had the kind of problems out there that we do," Silcox said. "I doff t like the idea t~hat people are losingjobs over this. Anytime there is discrimination, we need to draw the line." Nebraska Amendmentto Outlaw Gay Marriages KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - The chief supporter and an opponent of a state ban on same-sex marriages predicted extremely different outcomes if the proposed constitutional amendment is approved by voters in November. The predictions varied from prohibiting homosexual couples from adopting children to outlawing all business partnerships between two people of the same sex. Initiative 416 would define marriage in Nebraska as a relationship between only a man and wo~nan, and prohibit any "civil union, domestic partnership or other similar same-sex relationship." At a sometimes-heated fonun before the state’s daily newspaper editors, an opponent of the measure argued that it is poorly written and threatens the legality of all relationships between two people of the same sex, such as business partnerships,joint ownerships and contractual agreements. "Passage of the amendment will lead to years of litigation that will be costly to the state and its taxpayers," said Linda Richenberg of Nebraska Advocate for Justice and Equality. The amendment would simply prohibit same-sex marriages from being recognized by the state, said Guyla Mills, chairwoman of the Defense of Marriage Amendment Committee, which collected more than the required 105,000 signatures to put the question on the ballot. Mills said many constitutional lawyers have reviewed the ballot language and say it is clear on its intent. "This amendment is not about taking rights away from anybody. It is about protecting the time-honored tradition of marriage," Mills said. Under the measure, homosexual couples - including someone who works for state government or the University of Nebraska system would be prevented from sharing state insurance benefits. It also would prevent Gay and Lesbians from adopting children. She said it will not impact the insurance providers in the state or the insurance policies of private businesses and corporations. Richenberg argued that if voters approve the ban. Nebraska will earn a reputalaon as a hostile place to work and live, prompting an exodus of ho~nosexuals and their families who have been productive members of the state’ s work force. "We don’ t want to see anyone leave the state because of this," Mills said. "Wejust don’ t think a minority ofpeople should have the right to redefine marriage for everybody." Mills pointed out several times that both of the state’s senate candidates, Republican Don Stenberg and Democrat Ben Nelson, plan to vote in support of the same-sex marriage ban. Richenberg said the amendment is unnecessary in a conservative state like Nebraska, where there is not a push to legalize same-sex unions. "A vote against 416 is not going to legalize same-sex marriages," she said. "Same-sex marriages do not exist in Nebraska, and there will be no change." The forum was sponsored by the Nebraska Associated Press Association. Lesbian Denied Right to . Legally Change Name NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Lesbian who wanted to hyphenate her na03e to in.cldde ’that of hbr longume partner i’s @pealing the decision of a judge who said a name change would create the impression the two women were married. The American Civil Liberties Umon of New Jersey has appealed Superior Court Judge Anthony J. Iuliani’s decision ~o deny Jill Bacharach’s application ’ to change her name. At a hearing m Augus|o !uliani deniext fi~e Cedar Grove woman’ s petiti-’,~, sayi~g he feared it wo~d create the appem’a~m~ that she and imr female ,~artner were roamed, said ACLU staff{" attorney J.C. :~Nver. Sam.esex uNons ~z,: not !egaily recogxfizcd in ~iew Jersa y arid in every state except. Vermont. "I have ~ever expecied this sort of discrimination from a court of taw’y said Bacharach, 32. Salver said the judge’ s concern about the appearance of a same-sex union is an improper basis to deny a name change. . . see Name, p. 7 Not EnoUgh Dollars : m~nt in emergency rooms, wbich is more For Homeless Sick " expensive than standard care. Emergency rooms also don’ t offer AIDS patients the NEW YORK (AP) - They carry their life’ s possessions on withering backs and hide death within their broken bodies. Some spent anentirelifetimeonthe streets, ¯ searching for a home under a molding cardboardboxin atrash-strewn alleyway. ¯ Others are teens who ran from something ¯ but stumbled into a life far worse; they " trade sex for a night in a bed. Still more " believe their luck has run out after re- ¯ centlylosingjobs,apartments and friends,. " But every day, a small handful of the ¯ thousands of homeless men and women living with AIDS in New York City make ¯ a tremendous effort rarely taken by their brethren. They seek help. They fight for ¯ life, no matter the inevitable future. Scientists haven’ t cured HIV or AIDS, but their powerful .drug concoctions that keep people alive longer create a curious " problem. Public and non-profit agencies already struggle to pay for their existing cases. Now they wonder: How can we " possibly help the new people infected " with the virus? "Today, people think the ePidemic is ¯ over," said Gina Quattrochi, the president " of the National AIDS Housing Coalition " andtheexecutivedirectoratBaileyHouse, : a private center in Greenwich Village ¯ helping homeless AIDS survivors. "The ¯ reality is people are living much ~nger, " but the vast majority are disabled. Currently, Congress is debating next ¯ year’ s budget. Advocates like.Quattrochi " requested increasing the $232 million budgetby $60 million- and were worried ¯ when President Clinton proposed upping " it to just $260 million. Disappointment " has turned to fear because Senate leaders ". don’ twantto increase the appropriation at ¯ all. "It’s thin. We have to get it up," said " U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., a longtime supporter of homeless _&IDS services who pushed the House to propose " increasing funds to $250 million. "This country i" s ro"m"ng i"n mortey." ¯ Expending millions of dollars .for AID.S- " exclusive assistance meets resistance m . every case. ’qqaere has always been pres- ¯ surefrom thefarright to portray itfor drug addicts and queers," Quattrochi said, adding that others question the need to fund specific AIDS housing when so much housing is already available. Quattrochi says only half of Bailey House’s residents are Gay or Lesbian. She noted that at least 450,000 Americans with AIDS nee~l, housing, and that’s a conservative estimate because some haven’t learned they have the illness or are mentally ill andmay neverknow. New York, the city that served 1,200 homeless people with AIDS in 1988, now assists more than 27,000. That total is steadily increasing as it has for the past few years, said Ruth Reinecke, a spokeswoman for the city’ s Division of AIDS Services. A Brooklyn federal judge’s decision earlier this week shows the city apparently hash’ t adjusted wall to the surging numbers. The judge, who slammed the Division of AIDS Services for "chronically and systematically" delaying or terminating assistance, ordered the agency placed under federal oversight for three years. The city plans to appeal the decision. Quattrochi says if members of Congress wouldlook at operations like Bailey House, they’ d understand why advocates plead for more money. The alternative, she says, is that health care costs will soar when homeless AIDS patients seek treatcounseling that could hdp decrease the spread of HIV. Bailey House, one of many nonprofit groups that assist the city in serving the homeless AIDS population, started when the virus was first identified and it was still consideredby many as homosexuals’ punishment from God. The 6 1/2-story building, set m the primest of real estate along the Hudson River, nurtured homeless AIDS survivors. In 1995, Bailey House added a vocational studies program because clients lived longer thanks to the drug cocktails and weren’t interested in just wasting away. Three years later, Bailey House opened the program to anyone with AIDS living in New York. "I wanted to do something productive with my life," said Sean Ransom, 31, who contracted the virus in the late 1980s and sought help four years ago. "I didn’ t want to... take my reeds and wait to die." Those medications - a triple combination of drugs - have doubledthe average time it takes for the HIV infection to developinto AIDS, said ProfesssorAlvaro Munoz of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Public Health. They also increased the average survival time ofAIDS sufferers from 18 months to six years. In the late 1980s, residents in Bailey House stayed an average of three months, and their stay almost always ended at a funeral home. These days, they stay abont three years, if not longer. !¢lany walk out on their own, often to Bailey House-assisted apartments. Beyond treatment, stable housing is crucial to every patients’ health, Quattrochi says. Two-thirds of AIDS patients cite housing as a top priority,just below medical treatment. Living on a friend’ s couch or moving between shelters, patients find ~t difficult and tiring to get continual care; the effort weakens the body and strengthens the disease - a deadly duo. Patients also must live with failing organs, and need refrigerators to keep their medicine effective. Stable housing becomes a primal urge, Quattrochi says. "Let me put it this way, what I always ask people is, ’Where do you want to be when you have the flu?’" she said. "You want- to be at home." These problems becomeremote when a homeless person wakes up after a night under crumbled, urine-stained newspapers. Medications? It’ s doubtful they have any. It’ s often little better in city-run shel- ¯ ters. Derryck, who declined to g~ve his last ¯" name, lived in emergency housing offi- ".. cially called Single Room Occupancy : Units, but known by residents as bare- ." boned welfare hotels. He could touch all ¯ four walls from the middle of his cubicle. "- Occupants shared a single bathroom, and he shudders when remembering the filth. ¯ Prostitutes, drugs, loan sharking, he re- : calls, this placewas amodernday Sodom : and Gomorrah.’And Derryck, who is 50, ¯ concedes he was lucky to live the,re. "There s even a lack of bad housing, he ¯ said glumly. ¯ But Derryck found his way to Bailey : House. Now hecansitonhisbedinhis 85- ¯ square-foot home, with its view of the ¯ Hudson River, watch TV, grab a snack - or his medications -from h~s mini-fridge, _" or use his personal bathroom. 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HIV Prevention Ad Banned from TV SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A set of television ads that depict bare-chested men and a male-to-female transgender delivenng an HIV prevention message have been pulled from daytime TVat a Bay Area station. Rather than run the 30-second ad during afternoon talk shows, KGO Channel 7 offered to run the ads - which encourage HIV-positive men and women to practice safe sex and be honest with partners about their status - after 10 p.m. so that fewer children would see them. A Better World, the San Francisco advertising agency that purchased the spot, chose the original time frame because researchers have discovered 3 and 4 p.m. shows are popular with Gay men. However, KGOleaders say that the ads clash with afternoon viewer expectations. "With a Rosie (O’ Dounell) episod,°, with ’NSYNC, or another pop culture guest on it, it would be a little eyepopping for a commercial like this to show up," said David Metz, director of programming services at KGO. Les Pappas, president of the agency., called KGO’s decision homophobic. "We’ ve done the research to find out what our target audience is watching, and they’ re watching Rosie and Oprah. We don’t want to be relegated or banished until after 10 p.m.," Pappas said. ABetterWorldcreated the $345,000 ad campaign for the city’ s health department after a study last month that fond the rate of HIV infection among Gay men in San Francisco is climbing at an alarming rate. New HIV infections in the city increased form 498 in 1997 to 790 last year, according to the Health Department study. NYC Loses Case Over AIDS Care NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge has ruled the city mistreated poor people with AIDS by subjecting them to bureaucratic mismanagement and delays in housing, health and other benefits. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson said officials violated theAmericans with Disabilities Act by "chronically and system.- atically failing to.provide (AIDS patients) with meaningful access to critical subsistence benefits and services." Hecalled the consequences "devastating." The opinion stems from a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of 25,000 plaintiffs dtywide whohaveAIDS or other HIV-related illnesses. Johnson’s ruling detailed testimony - heard earlier this year at a bench trial - by plaintiffs who described getting the rtmaround from the Division for AIDS Services for months, if not years. The judge appointed a federal magistrate to monitor the agency over the next three years. Michael Hess, the city’ s counsel, criticized the ruling and promised an appeal. "Very frankly, I think it’ s very flawed," Hess said, adding that thejudge’ s opinion was "very poorly done and contains a lot of errors that I hope will be corrected." Hess said Johnson relied on informauon that was more than five years old. Statistics cited by Johnson showed that in one out Of three cases, the city failed to meetits own30-day deadline for responding to requests for services. He ordered the city to comply. The ruling was the latest in which Housing Works has succeeded in forcing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’ s administration to overhaul portions of its policies. In 1999, U.S. District Judge Allen Schwartz found that city officials had acted with "retaliatory intent" against the nonprofit group, which has been a relentless critic of Giuliani’ s policies on AIDS. Vatican Officials: Still Noto Condoms VATICAN CITY (AP) - A Vatican official said recently that two American Jesuits have distorted church positions b,,y suggesting that the Vatiean has become more tolerant" about the distribution of condoms to fight AIDS. Monsignor Jacques Suaudeau said the Vatican stance hasn’ t changed, although the church must not be seen as indifferent to AIDS sufferers and the battle to stop the disease’ s spread. Some in the church have been seeking a softening in the position of the Vatican, which has been accused by some governments of hindering the AIDS battle. Writing in the Sept. 23 issue of "America," a Jesuit magazine, the authors pointed to an April article written by Suaudeauin the Vaticannewspaper. They said it contained important signals: That while some individual bishops have repudiated local HIV prevention programs that include the distribution of condoms, "the Roman curia is more tolerant on the matter." The article was written by the Revs. John Fuller, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, and James Keenan, professor ofmoral theology atWestonJesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. Suaudeau called the article a"pretext to relaunch the argument." "This is a manipulation. It is blown up and exaggerated," he told The Associated Press. In his article, Suaudeau endorsed sexual abstinence and chastity as the methods to prevent AIDS, citing church programs to promote that. Suaudeau’ s article went on to say that the use of condoms in Thailand "had particularly good results for these people with regard to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. It said the use of condoms in those circumstances "is actually a ’lesser evil’" but then added that "it cannot be proposed as a model ofhumanization and development." Suaudeau said he wrote the article to show the Vatican was not indifferent to the AIDS problem. Easier Access to Needles in NM SANTA FE (AP) - State health officials want to change New Mexico’ s Controlled Substances Act to state that pharmacists who prbvide syringes to intravenous-di’ug users are not guilty of distributing drug paraphernalia. State officials say the change would help combat the spread of infectious diseases like HIV and Hepatitis B and C. The Pharmacy Board decided to back the change, which would need to be passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gary Johnson. In 1997, Johnson signed into law the Harm Reduction Act that made New Mexico the second state in the nation to create a state-funded needleexchange progran~ for drug users. by Jim Christjohn, entertainment editor ." homoerotically tinged moments, and it Happy Samhain! (pronounced "sow- ¯ features Amanda Bearse playing Straight. eft’- it’ s Gaelic) We turn in the wheel of " (She was the next door neighbor on"Martheyearto theseasonofthethinning ofthe ¯ lied With Children", who came out a few veils, when people all over the word felt ¯ years back.) Roddy McDowell is fabuthe shifts that marked th~ time of honor- " lous as an inept bachelor vampire hunter ing th.eir ancestors. " - One wonders why he never married - Samhain in pagan Celtic Britain, was a .* "nudge, nudge, wink, wink." The charactime forhonoring the spirits of those that " ter, I mean. And Stephen Geoffreys turns have passed on, as in a touching perwell as the day of - .I love vampire Elms, and f0rmance as the the dead in Spain " " lonelyoutcastwho andMexico.Itwas ~]alS is tlae ]~est tlme of year. gets seduced by an important boll- Chris Sarandon’ s day all over the Of course, ~t’s even l~etter ff ever-so-handpre- Christian some vampire. world, enough so ~t~s a darl~, w~indy, stormy Ue’s another one that when the that could show up Church took over, ni~lat w~tla t:launder craslaln~ outside my winthey renameditAll dow any time. It’ s Hallow’s Eve and and l~htnln~ flash~n~ and.., a fun film, and All Saints Day. It - worth the cost. shrunk from a oh~ sorry~ ~ett~n~ a bit caught Available on three day festival, DVD. to a one day cel- up ~n the deser~ptlon. For those that ebration. In Storms do that to me. like Tom Cruise Amelica, it was " " with fangs (he retrivialized into w]aere was I? fusedtodothekiss Halloween. So, with Antonio just for old times’ O1~ yes, vampires and film. Banderas - was sake, take a mo- " " this due to his inment that day to "’" security with his remember those loved ones who have own sexuality since it was inthe script?), passed on. "Interview With The Vampire" has been I love vampire films, and thisis thebest rereleased on DVD with new documentime of year. Of course, it’ s even bet{er if tary footage and a few other extras thrown it’sadark, windy, stormy night with thtm- " iu. Brad Pitt plays Lestat, and the now der crashing and lightning flashing and. quite grown up Kirsten Dunst turned in a ¯ oh, sorry, getting a bit caught up in the stellar performance as an adult trapped in description. Storms do that to me.. a child’ s body. Good for the moody vetowhere was I? Oh, yes, vampires and film. pire types. One of the best verslons of the Dracnla For fans of the original Hammer legend, although the critics ripped it to Dracnlas, there are two on DVD: Dracnla, shreds, is the 1979 Frank Langella fea- Prince of Darkness, the first sequel with ture. Langella’ s Drac would be welcome ChristopherLee, after"HorrorofDracula" to show up outside my window anytime (unavailable on DVD - dammit!); and and suck anything he wanted. The film, Satanic Rites of Dracula, which was the directed by John Badham, also stars Kate last Hammer Dracula with Chris I~e. It Nelligan and Laurence Olivier in his last was a rather inept handling of putting film performance. While there are times Drac in what was them "modem" times thepacingtrudgesabitslowly, overallthe (1973). Only for those diehr~;d film is one of the lnshest productions of "I)racufans". who can’t stand to have the legend I’ve seen, even though it is completecollections.Still,it’safunromp, based more on the play than the actual and the costumes are well worthlaughing book. That didn’ t really bother me, picky at. Did people really wear that then? LOL purist that I am, and the Dracula in this The only one with any style was Drac, in filmhas quiteadry sense of humor that is timeless black and long cloak. Dracula, easy to miss if you ares’ t prone to catch- ~" PrinceofDarkness, atleastkepthiminthe ing it. It is widely available on DVD, and " 1800’ s, although Lee is left with little to although the print they used to transfer . do but hiss and look menacing. Still, it’ s a from is prone to noise (specks where the ¯ much better picture, and a fun romp. film has started to come off the magnetic " Wemer Herzog’ s remake of Nosferatu strip it’ s on), it is still a great atmospheric " is available, but unless you want to be thrill for the buck. bored to tears with Drac’ s eternal anguish Stay away from Coppola’s version, . over killingthings, pass. It really is thoug]~ ~t~ s b!9ody awful and really sucks " "DraculaNeeds Prozac"., and Klaus Kinski - i’n a b~id’Wa~ (Pun intendedl) is So wtfiny in the part, that youjust wanna Nosferatu, the first Dracula film ever slap him after 5 minut,e~s. And talk about made, and regarded as a masterpiece of ° pace.., those 2 hours-seem like 2 days. th~Germanexpressionisticcinema,isalso Again, only for the hardcore collector, a~lable,.meticuloi~sly restored, and with although afterhearing so much about it, it a.~gry interesting commentary on DVD. was nice to finally see it. Or not. Always -?irected by F.W: Murnau, ,an openly spoken of as a "classic," it m~es me ga~ director, the homoerotic ~ndertones wonder wlm decides what w~il be deemed ~ake fi~ walt worth having, or at least, aclassic andjt~st how hard they need robe renting. Re-scored wifia the original or- hit upside the head with the inteliigencc chestra~:ion, it is a fascinating ,ook at d_m stick. Nstory. Produ~din !92~.,itacmNiyholds If 3 ou re m the moodfor something in tap wel! today, a more literary vein, I czm heartily recom-. For those seekiv.g .lus~ a fun romp mend "Desrnond", by Ulysses Deitz. A through vampire fi.hn!,’md with fang-in- weL writtensagaofamodemvampinthe cheek, there s l~ngm Night", about a Anne Rice tradition, this one does not shy vampireandhisghoul, who happens to be away from the fact that, yes indeed, the male. They have a couple of lovely vamps are Gay. see Jim, p. 9 Tuesday, November 7 Election Day HRC WATCH PARTY Because win or lose, it’s good to be among friends 9 PM 3340 South Peoria, Tulsa, OK Must be 21 - Cash Bar HRC envisions an America where lesbian and gay people are ensured of their basic equal rights. You can help us do our work by joining us for either or both of these events (or by joining HRC - it’s just $35, call 584~2913 or email hrctulsaoklahoma@aol.com). HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN~ TULSA Sunday, October 29th 3:00 PM & 7:00 PM Helga’s Horribles Present scenes from "The Little Shop of Horrors" !7th & Main, Tulsa, OK Limited Seating Call 584-~913 for reservations Must be 21 - Cash Bar A survey of books which Tulsa police required to be shrinkwrapped in Borders’ October 14 8:00 pm Friday O~tober 20 21st St. location turned up at least 20 wrapped tifles over half of which were Gay and Lesbian interest books, the other half being mostly how-to sex guides for heterosexuals. Among the Gay rifles were serious art monographs on the mid-century photographer, George Platt Lynes, controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and photographer David LaChappelle. Also chosen were history books like "Who’s a Pretty Boy Then? 150 Years of Gay Life in Pictures" and "Nothing But the Girl, The Blatant Lesbian Image" and "Gay Planet, All Things for All Gay Men." Only one title of all those wrapped, an art book by Tom of Finland, appeared possibly to meet the standard for shrinkwrapping. The police move has raised alarm in local ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) activists andGay community leaders. William Hinkle, attorney, PFLAG and ACLU activist responded to the police actions, saying "[they] can’t d,~ that. ¯. absolutely [not]." Hinkle further characterized the law as "blunt instrument," that if indeed the books were in violation of an Oklahoma statute, then an arrest should have been made. Kerry Lewis, v?’g president of TOHR (Tulsa Oklaho~ mans for Human Rights) and an attorney with a prominent Tulsa finn, called the police actions "really kind of scary" and indicated that TOHR was very interested in the impact of this action. Lewis noted thafthere appeared to be some other actions on the part of Tulsa police, a recent i.d.-check in a Tulsa club, that raised concern about a resurgence of anti-Gay harassment by Tulsa police. Other issues: Police Chief Ron Palmer stated that he did not issue the order for this action. Nor did Mayor Susan Savage know of the incident. City standards do restrict city councilors (legislative branch) from directing city employees to-perform actions. City councilor Gary Watts said that the mayor and chief of police have given permission for city councilors to talk directly to majors and deputy chiefs but that had he had a similar complaint he would have told the constituent to call the police directly. Watts said if a city councilor gave an order to the police, it was wrong, and if the officer took the order, it was doubly wrong. Corporate spokespeople for both Borderand Barnes &Noble responded. Sandy Spears, district manager for Barnes & Noble said they follow state and local ordinances but we don’t censor..." Borders representatives in a conference call claimed that they have a"dear dedication to the First Amendment but they are also conscious of the community they’re in." Borders representatives claimed they have always shrinkwrapped some books and that some come that way from the printers. (All of the Gay rifles TFN examined had locally applied bar code tags under the shrinkwrap indicating that these had not originally been wrapped. Borders representatives also claim that any customer can remove shrinkwrap in order to view a book but also acknowledged that they post no signs to let customers know about that option. They also acknowledged that to some customers the presence ofthe shrinkwrap was intimidating - that it appeared to send a message that the materials were illicit. seeming concern about Gay patrons. Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris stated that he had not been consuited before this action commenting that he’ s often seen as acting in coordination with this,sort of action but had not done so. Borders spokespeople indicated that they will send their regional management to visit Tulsa stores sometime in the next few weeks to review the situation. See editorial: Censorship Throug,;~ Intimidation, p. 3 No dancing around the subject here. And it’ s a compelling story as well, with style and wit. One of my favorites. John Peyton Cooke’ s "Out for Blood" is another excellent book with wall-written characters and a fun romp through vampland. It’ s worth hunting for in used bookstores or garage sales, since it’ s unfortanately out of print. There are two anthologies out that are worth the reading - the stories are hit and miss, but there’ s more hits than misses, so it’s worth the time - "Brothers of the Night", and "Sons of Darkness", edited by Michael Rowe and Thomas Roche. The covers are awful, but it just goes to prove the saying,"You can’ tjudge a book, etc." I’d say about 95% of the stories are excellent, which makes the 5% bearable. And there’s something for everyone. I usually don’ t care much for anthologies, but these are worth picking up. Stay away from"Vampires Anonymous". That’ s the worst piece of dreck I’ ve read in many a year of reading vampire fiction. That’ s it for the "Things that go boink in the night section." I mean, bump, yeah, bump! Still, ifyouknow of anyone with a cape And there’ s something for everyone. ! usually don’ t care much for anthologies, but these are worth picking up. Stay away from"Vampires Anonymous". That’ s the worst piece of dreck I’ ve read in many a year of reading vampire fiction. That’ s it for the "Things that go boink in the night section." I mean, bump, yeah, bump! Still, ifyou know of anyone with a cape feti sh, hates daylight, and has been around 200 years but only looks 30-something, is allergic to garlic, and has a really good immune system, send him to me... being bitten can be fun, and the neck is one of my favorite e-zones... But by merely talking about the possibility of arrests, they clearly raise that as threat if the bookstore staff doesn’t do what the police suggest/demand. Also, troubling is the role of TulSa City Councilor Todd Huston. While Chief Palmer claims that Huston did not violate city standards by contacting city staff because he did not "order" them to take a particular action (councilors are not permitted to direct city staff but are required to go through the executive branch, i.e. the mayor or chief or deputy chiefs). But any casual observer will see thatcomment by an elected official to mid-level officers is more likely to be heeded than the complaint of an ordinary citizen. And given the scandal related to former city councilor Anna Falling about orders given to city employees, Huston should have gone through the chain of command of the mayor or at least the chief ofpolice. Surely then more consideration would have been given to the dubious constitutionality of this action, see Censor, p. 10 by Lamont Lindstrom Last week my friend Henry heard a thud. Henry was hanging out at his new boyfriend’s apartment in San Francisco when something big crashed upstairs. "It’ s that annoying yobbo in the third floor apartment at it again," or so they thought. Henry’s boyfriend explained that no one in the building.liked the guy. He was catty and manipulative- the Richard Hatch of the apartmentbuilding. No boyfriends ever knocked on his door. Three days later an ambulance arrived. Theparamedics carried down a body from the third floor. Unlike TV’ s Survivor, the neighbor was the first to go, not the last. He had been lying deadjust above Henry’ s head for several days. Luckily, San Francisco weather can be cool, even in September. The ambulance drove off but Henry still felt creepy. The guy upstairs was no more butstill a presen,.~ remained. A few days later, Henry was bending over working in the garden at the back of the building. Suddenly he shivered. It felt like someone was watching him. He looked up quickly at the blank window of the third floor apartment. Was somebody still there?Was that aface? His boyfriend’ s mother, too, got goosebumps in the garage when she walked by the dead guy’ s car. The bitter queen, it seems, was now a ghostly voyeur. Henry isn’ t thrilled to spend the night at ahaunted apartment house, even one with Gay ghosts. Death has been no stranger to the Gay community, especially since the early 1980s, andmany ofus are hauntedin one way or another. Still, lurking spirits who cling to home can be annoying (even if good apartments are hard to .find in San Francisco). Luckily, Henry’ s boyfriend had already made plans to move. The ghost can keep the place. My friends on Tauna - a South Pacific island I once haunted mysdf- were similarly nervous about ghosts. Folks there are prone to stumble across spirits at any moment. Even though people mostly run into the ghosts of dead loved ones (morn, dad, grandpa), they aren’ t toohappy about these encounters. If the dead are making themselves known, there must be a reason. Ghosts can help you. But they can also hurt you too, especially if they are I didn’ t meet a~y~Gay:gh~osts imTamaa but there is a rather tricky Bisexual spirit living on the island: the dreaded and seductive Nakwa. People have sex with ghosts. What we think are "wet dreams," Islanders ~+piaiii akOff~~akwa ~ptrit sneaking ~tb bai With :thdm~. A mail: (a straight on~ atl~ast)!~s that he is having sex With ti ~tiful:w0man ~ but it’ s actually the ~iiOst Onlypretending to be a woman. Perfidious Nakwa steals the dreamer’ s semen and then changes its sex from female to male. It next creeps into the bed ofa sleeping woman, appearing as ahandsomeguy. Ithas sex with the sleeper and impregnates her with sperm stolen from its previous victim. Such ghostly pregnancies can be deadly. The woman "...Anthropologist Sherry Ortner, drawln~ on the Freneh feminist Simone Beauvoir, ~,~nee proposed that ’Man is to Culture as Woman is to Nature.’ Ortner was seekln~ a reason for why, almost everywhere, people value what men do more than they value what women do..." ¯ may die unless her false pregnancy is ~ diagnosed and treated by local healers. ," Ghosts you meet while awake can also ¯ make trouble._ One day a young woman named Risi just vanished. Her family panicked. Nobody disappears in this intimate society where everyone always knows everyone else’ s business. We rushed to the graveyard and blew triton shell trumpets loudly to put-the spirit world on nouce: buuuuuuu! Village theory was that the girl’s grandmother, who had died the previous year, had come back to fetch Risi to keep her company in "the other side" - the world of the spirits. Four days later a somewhatbedraggled Risi wandered back into the village. It wasn’t grandmother, so it turned out, but rather a handsome ghost she didn’ trecognize. ¯ He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her off deep into the forest - ¯ highup on the mountainside where people ¯ ordinarily are afraid to walk. Risi admit- " ted that she had "cooked" for the spirit. ¯ Her folks immediately suspected that she ¯ and the ghost had had sex. When a girl ¯ ¯ cooks for aguy, she’ slikely offeringmore than just yams and taro. ¯ Somehow Risi managed to escape and ¯ find her way back home. Her family was ¯ going to have to be on guard the next few ¯ months to make sure that Risi hadn’t ¯ come home with a spirit child in her ¯ Womb. ¯ That was her story at least, and none ¯ doubted it - except me, just a little, but ¯ only becauseI’veneverrunintoanyhorny ¯ ¯ ghosts myself. But when Henry told me about his Gay ghost, I wondered if per- " haps randiness is why the spirit refuses tO ¯ leave the building. The guy. got no saris- " faction while aliVe; he now haunts lzs ¯ luckier neighbors ~ staring, for example, ," at Henry’s handsomebehind. Maybe ¯ Henry should ask the ghost out on a date. ¯ Hall6ween would be perfect. Last but hardly least is the failure of the bookstores to defend First Amendment protections. What is most troubling was the corporate response which was not to reassure Gay & Lesbian customers that our books will not be wrapped but which was to defend their fight to shrinkwrap books. Wrapping books, even if you can open them (if you knOW to ask)C-sends a message that some subjects a~ebad. It isn’ t grand censorship in theformofmaking the materials unavailable but it is petit censorship and it is still objectionable~ This may seem a small issue - after ,all it’ s just a bit of shrinkwrap -but this is how rights are lost, through a slow process of erosion. 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Columbia Ave., 592-5800 (One block west of Delaware and the University of Tulsa Campus) by Karin Gregory ; By now votes are tallied and the facts ¯ speak for themselves: Dr. Laura ." Schlessinger’ s television talk show, after ¯ being on air only three weeks, is going ; into hiatus for "retooling." Doesn’ t that mean a major make-over? It does in my vocabulary. It also means "trouble.’" This is probably-due more to the fact that Dr. Laura’s show is BORING instead of controversial, and has also landed dead last in ratings among talk shows on television (and among many other shows as well). However, I figure that the people .over at stopdrlaura.com are giving themselves a pat on the back for a job well done since their first two protests, in Chicago and Dallas back in April, made the public more aware of this woman’ s dangerous rantings. These two major city demonstrations weren’t the last, and August 26, Austin, Texas held a protest outsideits CBS affiliate station, KEYE-TV, "The Eye of Austi..". The protest was organized chiefly by stopdrlauraanstin.com. How do I know this? I was on the front lines. Having broken my footjust a week earlier, I went down to march (as best I could) with other Gay/lesbian/straight concerned citizens who didn’t want the show to air at its scheduled 4 pm ttme slot. Their reason? CbJldren at home, many without parental supervision, would watch Dr. Laura and receive her message, thus ensuring that homophobia stays alive and dangerous in Texas. Every Fundamentalist Baptist is ensuring that as we speak. We don’ t need more help from a television talk show wannabe. Meeting with the assistant of stopdrlaura.com, Andy Thayer, was an experience. He’ s been to most of the Dr. Laura protests in most of the states in the country. That’ s lots of traveling. When I heard there would be about one hundred protesters, I was exhilarated and stopped thinking about the pain inmy footandmy hideous lack of sleep from the night before. But as 11 am approached, it was obvious there would only be about30--35 participants in this protest. The demonstmtionoutside the television stationlasted approximately anhour, alongafairlykigh traffic areain Austin. Mostcars that drove by included sympathizers, those agaiast the Dr. Laura talk show. Weheard from a local Christian miaister who had recently officiated at the funeral of a Gay boy killed in a bashing. He said that for a week after the funeral he listened to a local Christian radio station and heard endless Gay bashing from the "Christians." He made the point that not only should weblame Dr. Laurafor spreading hatred about Gays, and this radio station, but we should ultimately look to ourselves to see what .we could do to prevent this abysmal crime from happening again. Withonly35protesters present, it looked like the rest of the Gay/Lesbian] Bisexual/Transgendered community of Austin just didn’t care. Do you care? Do you have what it takes to stand on a street corner and protest? Sure you do. That’s the easy part. The difficulty comes in our everyday lives when we continually hide "...Do you have what it takes to stand on a street corner and protest~ Sure you do. That’s the easy part. The dlffieulty comes in our everyday lives when we eontlnuaily hide who we are, or when we just want someone else to take up the cause because it’s become too dlffieult beatin, our heads aCalnst that wall.. 7 who we are, or when we just want someone else to take up the cause: because it’ s become too difficult beating our heads against that wall. Having that door slammed in our face. Being turned down for thatjob. Tryingto reach a community that should understand one another, but instead tries to fight forMs/her space and keeps others out. Only when we stand united will anyone take us seriously. Look what that’s done for the religious right. They have a whole damn political party on their side. Join the battle for yourselves and your partners. As they sing in Les Miserables, "This is the music of a people who will not be slaves again." Join in the crusade. You won’ t know what you’ re missing until you do. ¯ Lesbian couples break up; separate--It was bound to happen, you say. It couldn’ t " last forever, especially in Hollywood. : Well, one couple breaks up ("I could have ¯ seen that coming from day one") and one ¯ couple separates ("This was out of left ." field"). The former quote could be said of ¯ the break up of the three and a half year ¯ relationship ofEllen DeGeneres andAnne ; Heche. Umm, not too surprising. In fact, ¯ since thenews was armounced1as tmonth, tabloids have announced the reasons for ¯ the breakup: Ellen Finds Anne in Bed ¯ With Another Woman; Ellen Finds Anne ¯ in Bed With Another Man; Ellen’s Ex Pregnant. I-Immm, why doesn’t ELLEN ¯ get any action? The day the couple an- . nouncedtheirbreakup, A~tme Heche"sup- ¯ posedly" went for a drive in very sunny, ¯ hot weather with the top down on the ¯ convertible. Not too swift for someone : SO fair skinned. Later, after "suppos- ¯ edly" suffering heat stroke,Anneknocked ¯ on a stranger’s door and began talking ." about God and spaceships. Ellen, if you ¯ were theonewhokickedherout, all Ihave ¯ tosayis: Waytogo, Grrl! ; More surprising was the. separation of ; rock star Melissa Etheridge and ten year ¯ partnerJulieCypher. Again, anotherpress ." announcement.Whatisitaboutthesefour ¯ women that makes them tell all to the ¯ world? In this case, Etheridge and Cypher ¯ split on extremely amicable terms, even ; buying two separate houses next d~or to ;- one another, so their children won t feel the separation. They will still have their ¯ two mommies beside them. Well, that’ s a ¯ way to do divorce all right, especially ¯ withchildreninvolved.However, theway ¯ Melissaimmortalizes her andJulie’ s fights ¯ into her songs, I can’ t wait for Melissa’ s ¯ next album, already being recorded. ¯ Can anything be learned from these ¯ separations?Well,if you’re a Witty come- " dielme, don’ t get involved with a flalse. If ¯ you have one of the strongest pers0nali- ," ties on the planet, then maybe you ¯ shouldn’tgetinvolvedwiththeotherstron- ¯ gest personaiiiy on the planeL in other ¯ words, You can "come to:my windoff" ¯ because ’Tmthe only one",b~tyoubett~ not be"stronger thmi me" or I n~ighthave ¯ a "breakdown." ¯ Gregory, a former schoolteacher and ¯ journalist is based in Ft. Worth. Her cur¯ rent theme song appears to beJillSobule ’s "I Kissed a Girl." Walk for Life 2000 8th Annual Tul,sa AIDS Walk Saturday, Oct. 7, 9:30am Veteran’s Park, 21st & Boulder For more information, call 585-5551. Donations will be increased by 50% with matching dollars through the generosity of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, The Walk is sponsored by the Community Service Council, and will benefit the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership (TCAP). The Walk is an all volunteer effort and there are no administrative costs. Tulsa Family News is proud to donate this advertisement in support of the Walk and the Tulsa Community AIDS Partnership (TCAP) Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data newspaper periodical Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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