1 20 1 https://history.okeq.org/files/original/98519b0f75818b99e1541c683ae3c2c7.jpg 0c805022ce4fa43e15e94a9e7b7af1ce https://history.okeq.org/files/original/e860a6f92d59402e8c2ba8ad9ce797b3.pdf ecdac2bda370639bfe9ed8a1601986f3 PDF Text Text Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart 400 Expected at So. Central MCC District Conference May 15 - June 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 6 Hope Candle Light Tour: Big Bucks for AIDS Care & OK HIV/AIDS Conference Precious in God’s Sight: Sacred Earth, Sacred People The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) will hold tlie 1995 annual conference for its South Central District on May !8-21 at Tulsa’s Southern Hills Marriott. 1902 East 71st Street, 493-7000. During the conference, participants will elect a District Coordinator at the District Business meeting as well as worshiping together. The Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson, pastor of MCC Los Angeles will speak at the opening and see Conference, page 3 TULSA, OK - Organizers of the fifth Hope Candlelight Tour hope to raise nearly $100,000 for two AIDS service organizations: St. Joseph’s House and tLaAN, Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of EaStern Oklahoma. Despite heavy rains that lowered attendance on May 6 & 7. respectable crowds made their way from several elegma~ homes that had been opened in one of Tulsa’s most elite neighborhoods, see Hope, page 11 Family of Faith Welcomes New Pastor Nancy Horvath TOHR Endorses Lesbian/ Gay Marriage Resolution The Reverend Nancy Horvath began as pastor of MCC Family of Faith Sunday May 7. Horvath, recently pastor of MCC Joie de Vivre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is joined in Tulsa by her spouse, Barb Horvath-Zurn and their 3 year old son,Zach. TFN recently had the opportunity to discuss her background, her experiences in Baton Rouge and hopes for and challenges of Tulsa with Pastor see Horvath. page 3 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) unanimously endorsed at its April membership meeting a resolution calling for Lesbians and Gay men to marrx legally. The resolution reads: Because marriage is. a fundamental right under our Constitution, and becasue the Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law, see Resolution, page 3 Tulsa Gay Churches Honor 44th National Day of Prayer TULSA, OK - The Metropolitan Community Churches ofTnlsa, Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church and°the Metropolitan Community Church of" Greater Tulsa honored the 44th National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 4 in a ceremony at Bartlett Square in downtown Tulsa. Pastors Alice Jones and Nancy Horvath with a small number of lay people prayed for greater tolerance and respect for.all persons ...... ; The following is of the statement read to the participants and onlookers: "We pray for an end to the hatred of which the Oklahoma City bombing, the most recent massacre in see Prayer, page 11 Pride ’95 Logo - Artist: Kelly Vandiver Tulsa Pride Picnic- Sunday June 18th, Mohawk Park OKC Parade- June 24th TOHR Follies- June 30th The Tulsa Pride Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 18, at Mohawk Park in Shelter #6 off of Cherokee Drive. Beginning at noon, the picnic will offer free drinks, food will be available at low cost and community organizations and businesses will offer information and goods at booths under the trees During the afternoon, volleyball and softball games will be.held and atz2pm; Tulsa FamilyChorale and the OklahOma city Gay Marching Band will perform. Volunteers are needed to help with food and with clean-up. Community organizations or businesses see Pride, page 14 Lesbian Clinton Official to Run For SF Mayor WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration has lost its highest ranking openly gay official with the announcement that Roberta Achtenberg would resign her post as an assistant secretary in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In her letter of resignation to Presiden! Clinton, Achtenberg said she would step down effective April 30. Achtenberg will return to her home in San Francisco where she is expected to run for mayor see Lesbian Mayor, page 3 Civil Rights Protections Proposed in Poland WARSAW - Prompted by pressures to conform to the mandates of the European Union, which the country wants to join, a special commission that is working on drafting a postCommunist constituuon for Poland has included legal protections th at would extend protections based on sexual orientation. Sixteen of the 29 parliamentary deputies who are drafting the constitution voted to include the constitutional see Poland, page 7 Ex-Klan Leader Wants PWA’s to be Tattooed LOS ANGELES - David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader who also served as a Lomsiana state representative, recently told The Advocate that people infected with AIDS should be tattooed in the genital area, "maybe even with glow-in-thedark ink." Duke, ~vhois currently considenng running for governor of Louisiana, explained that the AIDS tattoos would serve as a warning to prospective sexual partners. Duke also said he see Duke. page 3 Researchers: AIDS Major Victory in Oregon Education Efforts Work SAN FRANCISCO- According to health researchers at the University of California at San Francisco, there is growing evidence that a substantial decrease in the rate of ttlV infection can be and has been achieved through intensive prevention efforts aimed at those most at risk in the AIDS epidemic, and that the major stumbling block to curbing the spread of the virus among vulnerable populations are outmoded social policies. The report, published, in the Journal see Education, page 7 SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that local and county governments cannot pass laws that discriminate against gays. The ruling strikes down ann-gay rights ordinances passed in some 27 Oregon cities and counties during the past 2 years and upholds alaw passed by the state legislature prohibiting such local measures. The appeals court panel unanimously ruled that the state legislature has preemptive rights over matters of "substantive policy" issues such as civil rights legislation. Work Equality Project NE\V YORK - New York state Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the state’s only openly gay le~slator and the co-chair of the International Network of Lesbian & Gay Officials,joined with New York City Councilman Tom Duane and San Francisco Supervisor Carol Migden and the Wall Street Project in launching a program to promote non-discrimination policies by businesses and institutions throughout the country. Known as the "Equality Principles on Sexual Orientation," the guidelines are designed to see Work Project, page 3 Rainbow Business Guild Chooses 1995 Officers Tulsa’s Lesbian/Gay & Lesbian/Gay friendly business organization, Rainbow Business Guild, elected new officers at its April meeting. Founding officers, Tim Gillean, Frank Going & Kevin Palmer turned over leadership to Leanne Gross, and Bud Wharton, co-chairs, Barbara Bellar, secretary, and Tom Neal, treasurer. RBG will hold its next meeting on Monday, May 22 at 7pm at the. O!iveGarden Restmarant at Utica Square. Dinner dues fi~e $10. Rainbow BuSiness Grild ig~open to business owners, professionals, company empl~.~;e~~ students and others interested in business with a Lesbian Gay perspective. For more info. call 832-0233. Virginia High Court Rules Against Lesbian Mom RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Supreme Court split 43 in ruling that Sharon Bottoms could be denied custody of her 3-year-old son Tyler because she is a lesbian and her sexual orientation could lead to the child facing social condemnation growing up. The court overturned a state appeals court ruling that would have allowed Bottoms to get custody of her son, whose custody is being challenged by the woman’s mother. In the court majority decision, Justice A. Christian Compton said, "The mother is an unfit custodian at this time, and the child’s best interests would be promoted by awarding custody to the grandmother.’" Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, said of the decision, "’Anyone who truly cares about families should be morally outraged that the government has taken a child from his own loving mother because of ether people’s pre judices. This is an anti-famil v decision that is clearly notin th~ best interests of the child." Virginia activists are see Mom, page 7 Military Update Court Victory for Sailor AI,EXANDRL~, Va. - Navy Lt. Paul Thomasson has become the latest member of the U.S. armed forces to challenge the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. Thomasson’s lawyers argued in court that the policy not only is a violation of constitutional guarantees of free speech, but that the Navy by enforcing it against Thomasson would be kicking out "one of its finest" service members. Thomasson, in addition to his stellar record first as a pilot and later in a Washington, D.C. staff post, has received glowing commendations from former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell whom he hel .ped prepare for congressional testimony, among other Navy brass. The Navy is trying to discharge Thomasson, however, because the day after the new see Military, page 7 �918-832-0233 POB 4140 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159-01z10 TulsaNews@aol.com Publisher~ditor Tom Neal Assistant E~litor James Christjohn Writers/contributors Kharma Amos Laurie Cooper Maureen Curtin Staff Photographer JD Jamett Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1995 by Tulsa F~mily News and may not be reproduced either in whol~m’in@art wi.thout written permission from the publisher. Public~ti0n of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at distribution locations. Additional copies are available atTomfoolery! Civil Rights For Tulsa Lesbians & Gay Men Who Decides What’s Best for Us? by Tom Neal. publisher i’diversity"training that includes Issues of sexual orientation and to collect hate crime statistics for attacks based on actual or perceived sexual orientation Officially, at least, none of these actions have been taken now five months later. followed up to see what Savage Many of you remember the raucous and bruising public hearings held almost a year ago by the City of Tulsa’s Human Rights Commission and its Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation. Some of you may know that these two bodies revised their report and sent it to our Mayor, M. Susan Savage and to our City Council. Few of you probably know what, if anything, has happened since then. The report had several recommendations. One called on the City Council to mnend our current human rights ordinance to add the words, sexual orientation. This would protect heterosexuals, homosexuals and "bisexuals from invidious discrimination. Court rulings thus far have held that discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation is illegal only where the term, sexual orientation or its equivalent, affectional orientation, etc. is explicitly used. At this time, our City Council is overwhelmingly hostile to such protections. . The other recommendations, however, were not directed at the City Council. These recommendahons call for our Mayor to issue executive orders banning discrimination in c~ty hiring, to order our police dept. to begin You may be thinking of many of the same questions Tulsa Family News has been asking, i.e., what progress has been made, and if nothing, why not? You may want to know who’s representing us, and what kind of job are they doing. You may be surprised at how little is going on. A few members of the Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation met with the Mayor, but apparently haven’t has done. Apparently they didn’t even ask her to do much, i.e., implement the reco~rmiendations of the report that call for action on the part of the Mayor, not the City Council. Savage has since refused to protect city employees from discrimination (see TFN v.2 #4). Savage also promised toissue a generic condemnation of discrimination. These sorts of statements rarely do Lesbians and Gay men any good, since the statements are usually seen as applying to "legitimate" minorities and women. Where we’re not explicitly included, we "re usually excluded. Committee members should have rejected this idea as soon as Mayor Savage said it. So who are the folks - representing us? They i~n,c.lude Dennis Neill and Kelly Kirby, past presidents of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR); Nancy McDonald of local & regional PFLAG; Bill Hinkle, also of PFLAG, and others. These folks are individuals of courage who have histories of fighting for fair treatment of Lesbians and Gay men. It seems we have good folks trying to represent our interests, but are they? Some of this group seem to have selected a stealth strategy. see Who Decides, page 3 by Robert Bray Right aroun~l this time of year I get my annual reminders that my loving relationship with my partner John is not worth much in the eyes of society. Perhaps it’s my income tax returns, which give me no opdon except to file single because our union is not "valid." Or maybe it’s the mailbox of invitations atmouncmg the June weddings of my straight friends and relatives. Or it could be all those glowing bride and groom advertisements just in time for the upcoming nuptial season. Marriage has been on my mind a lot lately. To be honest, I’m not certain if it’s my wedding I’mpondering (wehaven’tbegun those discussions ye0. But the subject of same-sex marriage is rapidly rising into the consciousness of many Americans and has already made national headlines and front-page news around the country. And it’s clearly in the cross-sights of the Radical Right. Aggressive pre-emptive strikes against same-sex marriage have already been launched in at least three states with more attacks expected. Alaska, Utah and South Dakota have or are now facing pro-active bans on same-sex marriage. They clearly are designed to head off an affirmative ruling expected later this year or early 1996 on a pending gay marriage casein Hawaii. A Congressional threat may be forthcoming, too. Newt Gingrich rarely misses an opportunity to demean gay relationships. In 1992, the Republican Party specifically stated an oppositaon to same-sex marriages in its Platform. The issue is sure to be raised as we enter a new election cycle. The Radical Right plans to capitalize on society’s vigorous opposition to same-sex marriage and use it as a fundraising and political orgamzing weapon to streng~en its "traditional family values agenda. Expect more attacks on not only same-sex marriage but also gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families, including foster parenting, adoption and child custody. It’s time for our side to sound the alarm. We are asking for the equal right to marry the one we love and care for, just as non-gay ...we, as a community, must learn how to get involved in the polltleal proeess....while we’re waiting for the [Sexual Orientation] Committee sehmoaze civil rights protections into being, call your councilperson and the mayor... Clubs & Restaurants *Bad Boys Club, 1229 S. Memorial 835-5083 *Barraccuda’s Wild Nights/Donna’s Crazy Days 2405 E. Admiral 582-4340 *Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria 744-0896 *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th 749-1563 *Metropole, 1902 E. 11 587-8811 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan 834-4234 *Renegades, 1649 S. Main 585-3405 *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial 660-0856 *Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. Memorial 664-8299 *Tool Box, 1338 E. 3rd 584-1308 *Whittier Cafe, 416 S. Lewis 582-2400 Businesses/Services *Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 8620 E. 71 250-5034 Blue Moon Bakery 492-4918 Brookside Jewelry, 4649 So. Peoria 743-5272 Budget Window Treatments, 7116 So. 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Of course, gay, lesbian and bisexual people are as diverse as non-gay people. Many would not choose to marry even if they could. However, virtually all gay see Marriage, page 3 �Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights, Who Decides? They seem to propose that if we all just keep quiet about these issues, we can sneak them through city government. Interestingly, these same folks said similar things prior to the human rights commission hearings last spring. They suggested that if we just kept the public and the press uninformed, that we could avoid conflict and get this ordinance passed. Obviously neither happened. We would argue that this approach is not only undemo~ cratic, but is politically naive. Tulsa Family News recognizes that the members of the S tanding Committee on Sexual Orientation have no legal obligation to meet with our community organizations, nor to solicit the breadth of opinion from those ] whom they proport to represent. j However, we suggest that the Standing Committee has a powerful ethical obligation to discuss their strategies with those whose rights remain denied. Practically speaking, this "behind the scenes maneuvering" will not be enough at some point and they will need us. You would think that these folks would be going to TOHR, toour churches, to Prime Timers, to the Women’s Supper Clubs and other groups to let our communities know where we stand and what’w~ need to do to help. Besides giving them the support they need, we, as a community, must learn how to get involved in the political process. We have the opportunity cont’dfrom p. 2 to show the city that we’re part of this city. In the meantime, while we’re wa~ for the Committee schmooze civil fights protections into being, call your coun-cilperson and the mayor. Ask to meet with your connselor and the Mayor. It’s your right. Mayor Savage: 596-7411, fax: 596-9010, City Council: 5961990. For those interested in getting involved in theseissues, TOHR has established a Civic Affairs committee to organize community efforts. It will meet next on Monday, June 5 at 7pm at the Gathering Room of the HIV Resource Consortium. TFN editorials represent the views of the writer- not those of advertisers nor other contributors. Letters are welcome. I Marriage cont’d from p. 2 people prefer that they -- and not the state should have the right to decide whether and whom to marry. The subject of same-sex marriage offers many political challenges and organizing opportunities and numerous questions for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists. It’s time for that dialogue to begin. Questions that may need to be considered as we move this issue forward: ¯ Do we really need or want the right to marry? ¯ Do bisexual activists have a different view of this subject than gay and lesbian people? ¯ Are there differences in the way gay men and lesbians analyze the institution of marriage? ¯ What about concerns that the institution of marriage itself gay or straight -- perpetuates a moral hierarchy with different economic and social privileges? -- Those in couples (viewed as "’monogamous") receive social and economic rewards because of their implied moral status. Meanwhile, single people (viewed as "’promiscuous") do not. This community discussion and dialogue must also include an awareness of the orgamzing and education efforts of grassroots groups, including the Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project and Na Mamo o Hawai’i. Na Manlo, a new statewide civil rights group of indigenous gay, lesbian, bisexual aud transgender people, is doing work around homophobia, racism and classism and how they connect to the marriage issue. As we advance the issue of our right to marry, we must not perpetuate the myth that marriage is the only way that "true" families are organized. We need To have and to hold. It’s about havlnd the rights andresponsibilities of leSM and soeietal reeognltlon of our loving unions. to advance simultaneously both our right to marry and a redefinition of "family" that is an honest reflection of the diversity of family structures extended families, step-families, single par.e.nt households, grandparents rinsing grandchildren, divorced parents, adopted children, foster families. We must nnite with-the majority of others who do not fit the model that is considered "traditional." What is your role in the samesex marriage battle? There are manyways togetinvolved. First, help get the word out. Educate the public. Tell your faniily, friends and coworkers about same-sex marriage issues. Sponsor a community forum on tllis topic. Write letters to die editor and get the press to cover the subject. Also, you can take action. Consider organizing a marriage license "’refuse-in" at your local city clerk office. Get an organization you are involved in to sign on to the Lambda Marriage Resolution a document supported by numerous national organizations, including Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Latino/a Lesbian & Gay Organization, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gay & Lesbian Parents Coalition International, and many more. Tohave andtohold. It’s about having the rights and responsibilities of legal and societal recognition of our loving umons. It’s about holding close not only our loved ones, but also the democratic principles of fairness and equality often denied us because of who we are and whom we love. And most of all, it’s about creating and strengthening diverse families and forming relationships free of discrimination and prejudice. Robert Bray is longtime staff member of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. TOHR co,,ed from p. Resolved, the State should permit Gay cmd Lesbian couples to marry and share fully and equally in the rights and responsibilities of marriage. This resolution sponsored by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Na " " seenext column to right Work. cont’d from p. 1 "provide a framework for an ethical standard that all corporations, universities, and other institutions can voluntarily -embrace in their business practices." Businesses that sign the principles would commit themselves to not discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or H1V status in sales, purchasing or employment practices. The 8point non-discrimination policy statement states: "To become successful in the ever-competitive world of business, a company must strive to create an environment in which all employees are treated with respect. Through the cultivating of diversity in the wprkplace, a company can draw fully upon the potential, for creativity and commitment represented by all its employees. Implementation of these Equality Principles on Sexual Orientation are an important step in that direction. 1. Explicit prohibitions against discrimination based on sexual orientation will be included in the company’s written employment policy statement. 2. Discrimination against HIV positive employees or those with AIDS will be strictly prohibited. 3. Employee groups, regardless of sexual orientation, will be given equal standing with other employee associations. 4. Diversity training will include sexual orientataon issues. 5. Spousal benefits will be offered to domestic partners of employees, regardless of sexual orientation, on an equal basis with those granted to married employees. 6. Company adve.rtisi~ag policy will bar negative sexual orientation stereotypes and will not discriminate in media advertising on the basis of sexual orientation. 7. Companies will not discriminate in the sale and purchase of goods and services on the basis of sexual orientation. 8. Written non-discrimination policies on sexual orientation must be disseminated throughout the company. A senior company official will be appointed to monitor compliance corporate wide. Mamo o Hawaii mid the Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project. A Hawaii court decision may legalize same gender marriage by the end of this year or early next vear. New Love or Old Love How about a new look for your Unique Gifts Spring Sale in Lincoln Plaza corner of 15th & Peoria 584-4606 M-F 10-8 Sat. 10-5 Incense - 20 Sticks for $1 Wide Variety of T-shirts & Ties Art Deco Lamps love nest? Come see Bryan. Ken or Tim at our laborious designer showroom with definitely NOT designer priee~! Budget Window Treatment~ & MORE! R~ow eu,~,,,, o~la M~. 7116 S. ]VIin¢o. Ste. 10~. ~52~-~100 Mayor cont’d fromp. 1 in a race already crowded with a number of candidates. In her letter to Clinton, Achtenberg, a former city supervisor, said she was stepping down from her HUD post in order to "become a candidate for mayor of San Francisco" to bring a "workable, reform-minded city government that recaptures. San Francisco’s greatness." In 1993, Clinton ............... to oversee the fair housing and equal opportunity division of HUD. She was confirmed to the post afteralong and often nasty debate on the Senate floor, with conservatives, led by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) portraying her as a "’dangerous radical" and "dmnn lesbian." In her letter to the. President, Achtenberg thanked Clinton for his support in "’a challenging confirmation process." But she went on to say that "I feel the need to return to the city I Call home.’" Conf. cont’d from p. l closing services on Thu~sdav and Sun.day. Others leading worship services are the Reverend Sandi Robinson, president, Samaritan College, Judy Dale, district coordinator, Great Lakes District-UFMCC, the Reverend Renee Phillips, pastor of MCC. Lubbock and the Reverend Dexter Brecht, pastor of Vieux Carre MCC New Orleans. Saturday night,after a banquet, there will be a dance. Both Tulsa congregations, MCC Greater Tulsa and MCC Family of Faith. plan hospitality suites for conference participants: The Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson will speak on Sunday evening, May 21st at Family of Faith. For more information about the conference, call 838-1715 or 622-1441. Duke cont’d from p. 1 believed HIV was first transmitted when a human had sex with a monkey in Africa. Puppy Pause II All Breeds Dog Grooming llth & Mingo 838-7626 Open Tuesday Saturday at 8am. Call for appointments. Walk-ins also welcome. �News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News UK Gay Military Ban Becomes Political Issue~ LONDON - A spokesman for! the British Defense Ministry told Parliament that the country’s policy of excluding gays from the British armed forces had the full support of the Conservative Party government and that ,allowing gays in the nation’s military was "not compatible with securing the ailns of the armed forces." The Labor Party had earlier called for ending the ban on gays and lesbians in the country’ s military as part of the party’s official platform. David Clark, the defense spokesman lbr the Labor Party, called the exclusionary policy an"infringement on civil liberties" and added, "’It is important in the modern world that military law is as near as possible in accord with civilian law. "" Bias Charged at N.M. Job Corps Center ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.Despite complaints to adininistrators of harassment, threats and assaults aimed at gay and lesbians students and staff, acuvists in the Lesbian Avengers .charge that the managers of the U.S. Job Corps in Albuquerque have refused to do anything to put a halt to the anti-gay activities. The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has ~lso charged that administrators of thc Job Corps center there have not returned repeated phone calls about the on-going troubles at the center. The Job Corps is a division of the U.S. Labor Department and teaches young people various employment skills. NEA Nixes Grant for Lesbian-Themed Play SANFRANCISCO - The National Endowment for the Arts has rejected the recommendation by its peer advisory panels and voted against funding a stage adaptation of a novel by San Francisco-based lesbian writer Jewell Gomez. The $13,000 grant was to have gone to pay for the African-American performance troupe Urban Bush Women’s production Of Gomez’s "’Bones and Ash: A Gilda Story.’" Peer review panel recommendations are rarely rejected. The case of the "NEA Four"- Andreas Serrano, Holly flughes, Tim Miller and Karen Fiuel v - was a highly publicized and controversial exception. Gomez herself said she believes the endowment rejected the grant because her story has a lesbian protagonist. "We were pretty much ~xpecting [approval of the grant] because we had gotten Phase.Two approval, and to not get Phase Three is weird, unless you really screwed up or something,’" she said. Waybourn Leaves Victory Fund WASHINGTON - Gay rights activist William Waybourn, founder of the Gay & Lesbian Victory. Fund. has announced he will retire as the head of the Washington, D.C.-based PAC. A long-time Dallas activist, Waybourn said in a prepared statement that he had no irmnediate plans, but was leaving the 4-year-old Victory Fund to promote new ideas in the agency. "It is my philosophy that organizations tltrive .best when new leadership and fresh ideas are enconraged,’" lie said. ’Creating Change’ Conferen ce Announced WASHINGTON- The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has annotmced that its 8th annual Creating Change conference will take place Nov. 8-12 in Detroit. Among the issues slated to be covered durin.g.the conference are: orgamzlng in rural communities, organizing people of faith, same-sex marriage rights, anti-violence work, and organizing in the workplace. For additional information and registration, contact NGLTF at (202) 332-6483, ext. 3329. Lesbians at White House Conference WASHINGTON -Attending the White House Conference on Aging as delegates May 2-5 are long-time lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, cofounders of the Daughters of Bilitis. The couple will introduce a resolution during the conference calling for for greater vis!bility, for lesbian and gay aging issues in future conferences. The White House conference agenda had originally included lesbian and gay issues when publi shed in October 1994; but when the final agenda was published this February, the item had been dropped. Martin and Lyon were named as delegates to the conference by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) respectivel ,W. Sexually ’Ambiguous’ UK Bishop Elevated LONDON - David Hope, the Bishop of London who recently ackalowledged under pressure from British activists that he is sexually "an~biguous", has been named by Prime Minister Jolm Major as the next Archbishop of York, the 2nd highest clergy man in the Church of England. "People should not be stereotyped sexually and sonle may describe themselves as being homosexual," Hope said in March after being urged by the fights ~oup Outrage to co~ne out. "For some the area is slightly grayer, and that is the sort of area I find my self in." Following the azmouncelnent of his elevation, Hope said he would use his new position to resolve differences about homosexuality within the church. "It is my business to insure that all who are involved are given a proper voice and a proper ear, and there is a proper process of listening to the debate," he said. "At the present _ time I am just a little concerned that the debate is causing rather mor e heat than light. "’ Members of Congress Keep Anti-Bias Policies \VASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign Fund announced at a press conference that 287 of the 535 members of the U.S. Congress do not discriminate against gays and lesbians in employment in their staff office positions. The HRCF survey reported that 223 of 435 House members and 64 of 100 senators had signed nondiscrimination affirmations. Absent from the HRCF list were House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas). GOP presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, however, was included on the non-bias listing. Speaking at a news conference, Elizabeth Birch, HRCF’s executive director, said it was "encouraging that the critical bloc of moderate swing votes in this Congress supports the concept of equal treatment."Last year a similar HRCF survey reported that 296 members of Congress - 225 House members and 71 senators - agreed to similar anti-bias policies in their offices, tojunior and senior lfigh schools, Jury Rejects but will not include it in bundles it sells to elementary schools. Apple got caught in the embarrassing PR flap in Febnmry when Voyager charged that Apple had insisted it remove "cOntroversial" material .about abortion and homosexuality. Spokespersons-for both Apple and Voyager said they were reasonably happy with the agreement they had reached on distributing the CD textbook. Death Threat Against AIDS Fear Defense BROWNSVILLE, Texas Jurors hearing a murder case rejected the defense offered by attorneys for Edgardo Arrona, 21, that he had shot a gay man, Oscar Anderson, 53, to death because he feared he had been exposed to HIV ,and been forced into years of sex and drugs by the older ~nan. Arrona confessed to shootinv Anderson last Auoust bnt claruled lie had done so beeause the older man, a teacher, had lured lfim into sex and drug use as a teenager and lie was concerned about contracting AIDS. Although Anderson in fact was HIV positive, Arrona has continued to test negative for the virus. Prosecutors, whom the jury a~eed with in finding Arrona gnilty, had argued that the younger man had continued to return to Anderson’s apartment for several years withont showing any indic,~tions he wasn’ t a willing participant. Philly Woos Gay Travel Assn. Convention PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia’s Convention and Visitors Bureau has joined with PrideFestin an effort to draw the 1997 annual convention of the International Gay Travel Association to the "City of Brotherly Love." The IGTA convention is expected to bring more than 1,000 travel agents and tourism specialists to wherever it holds its annual meeting. The city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau is one of a handful around the country including New York and San Francisco - that have in the past few years begun actively luring gay and lesbian tourists and travelers-. PrideFest, the city’s annual gay pride celebration, is slated for May 7-10 in 19~7. Apple Settles Dispute SAN JOSE, Calif,-The San Jose Mercury News reports that Apple Computer has agreed to keep a CD-ROM history textbook that it will be distributing after a public outcry that Apple wascensoring material about abortion and homosexuality. In the reported agreement with the Voyager Company of New York, Apple with include the CD textbook "Who Built America?" in bundled software it distributes Journalist Deb Price S AN JOS E, Calif.- OutNowL the San-Jose gay and lesbian uewspaper, reports that the announcement of a scheduled Jnne 24 visit by syndicated columnist Deb Price for a booksigmng has led to a telephone death tlweat. The paper reports that the death threat, which has been handed over to police, was called in to the answering machine at the Sisterspirit Bookstore in the city’s Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center after the upcoming booksigning was announced. OutNow! quoted part of the phone threat as saying, "I just want to say, if Deb Price appears at your bookstore on June 24th, I’ll personally colne in and shoot her. I tlfink fags are wrong. I think this is the stupidest thing that ever happened; feminist rights groups, f ing gay rights groups make me sick; f ing I’ll shoot her; got that?" The paper said Price had been informed of the threat and had no intention of altering her plans for the booksigning for her new book, And Say Hi to Joyce: America’ s First Gay Column Comes Out." Gingrich to Lead HRCF ’Coming Out Day’ Job WASHINGTON - Candace Gingrich, the lesbian half-sister of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, has been hired by the Washington D.C.-based gay aud lesbian lobbying group the Human Rights Campaign Fund to head up its National Coming Out Project. The project culminates Oct. 11 with National Coming Out Day, an event that got launched several years ago in New Mexico and has since become a popular event nationwide to encourage gay and lesbian visibility. Gingrich, 28, kicks off her new job on April 25 Kelly Kirby Certified Public Accountant Lesbians & Gays face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. We are proud to serve our communities with sensitive & timely information. 747-5466, POB 14011, Tulsa 74159 14~8 S. Boston, Tulsa Photography J.D. damett 621-5597 �News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News with a town meeting in Seattle as part ofa34-city tour encouraging participation in National Coming Out Day. School Board Member Defeats Opponents LOS ANGELES - Openly gay Los Angeles school board member Jeff Horton, targeted for defeat by religious rightsupported opponents, handily won reelection, garnering 61% of the vote, more than his 2 fundamentalist-backed candidates combine d. His opponents, Peter Ford who was being backed by the Traditional Values Coalition, and Linda Jones, the Christian Coalition candidate, had focused on unseating Horton because of his support for gay-positive programs in the city’s huge school system. Students Protest Mel White Speech GREEN BAY, Wisc. Conservative student Republicans at the University of Wisconsin have objected to school officials over using student fees to payfor an upcoming speech to be given by the Rev. Mel White, a minister with the Metropolitan Community Church and one-time ghost writer for Pat Robertson. The Republican students charged that the $4,000 fee for White’ s speech was "’fiscally inappropriate" because of tight budgets at the school. But representatives of the unive.rsity.’ s lesbian and gay orgamzatlon said the conservative students just didn’ t "want the lifestyle discussed." The school says it hasno plans to cancel White’ s scheduled May 4 appearance on campus. Another Idaho Anti-Gay Ballot Measure BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Statestnan reports that the Idaho Citizens Alliance will soon introduce another anti-gay initiative only 5 months after voters in the state rejected the organization’ s first anti-gay measure. The paper quoted an !CA spokesman who said the new anti-gay ~neasure would not deal with employment but would aim at restricting how public libraries and schools deal with materials relating to homosexuality. Rights activists say such a ballot measure would be a waste of time and money after last November’s voter rejection of ICA’s anti-gay I work with in3e~g.~ty during an initiative. era of turmOl£.With librettist ¯ Alan Brody, Child has fashioned ’Morality Police" Attack Gays in Palestine Whitman’.s life into an allegorical opera written for the concert NABLUS, West Bank - The stage, making generous use of Reuter news service reports that the poet’s own essays, letters, 3 Palestiman men kidnapped a poetry and other writings. 51-year-old man from his shop In "Reckoning Time: A Song and shot him in the legs 6 times of Walt Whitman," the tide role because they believed him to be is sung by abaritone. Peter Doyle, gay. The news agency quoted Whitman’s longtime working unnamed sources that said the class lover, speaks his part, with men were part of a group of the exception of one simple love "morality police" who had song. The plot of the work recently begun kidnapping gays evolves through the dialogue and prostitutes in the West Bank, between the two performers. 2 others of whom were also shot Aussie ’Gaymes’ Hit By in the legs. Serial Killer’s Victims Far-Right Protesters May Have Been Gay ADELAIDE, Australia - The Australian gay newspaper SAN FRANCISCO- Police say Brother/Sister reports that anti-they believe a British man, gay protesters broke into a public already suspected of crisspool where the annual Australian crossing the globe under false National Gaymes was slated to identities in a string of killings, hold a swimming event and used may have targeted victims who a dye to stain the pool purple. An were.gay or bisexual ina series anonymous caller phoned local of grisly torture-murders with newspapers and television links from Mexico to Thailand stations and said the vandalism to San Diego and San Francisco. was the responsibility of the farAuthorities say John Martin right National Action Scripps, 35, of Hertfordshire, orgamzati’on. England, traveled around the ’Consumer Reports’ world after escaping from a jail in Great Britain on drug charges Rates Condoms and is wanted in connection with WASHINGTON - The May at least three murders - and Issue of Consumer Reports wanted for questioning about the includes the findings of its test of mysterious disappearances of reliability of condoms. The others. Singapore police say they consumer magazine tested 6,500 believe Scripps, who was latex condoms, representing 37 arraigned in Singapore on April brands. The magazine reports 18 on charges of killing Gerard sbme surprising findings: Lowe, a South African man Several types of the Trojan brand, whose dismembered remmns for example, frequently failed were recovered from a harbor in the air-inflation test, a basic March, used a 10,000-volt stun check of condom elasticity. The gun on his victims before killing magazine also found that some and mutilating them. Authorities brands that advertise as being say Scripps is also a suspect in "’stronger" were in fact not as the murders of Timothy strong as others in its tests. Others McDowall, 32, in Mexico; Sheila that promote themselves as Damude and her 22-year-old son "thin" weren’t particularly thin, Darin in Thailand; and Tommy the magazine reports, and some Wenger, 25, in San Francisco. of the thinnest broke more easily. Gay Poet Immortalized The best performing brands, BOSTON- Earlier this year, the according to Consumer Reports, were Sheik Excita Extra Ribbed, opera. "Ha?r. vey Milk" had its premiere ~n Texas, memoriRamses Extra Ribbed and Sheik Classic. The magazine named alizing the openly gay politician’ s life. In April, another Protex’s Touch condom as the opera got its world premiere ~n "’best buy.’" Boston immortalizing another Cal. Legis. Punts Gays gay icon - Civil War poet Walt SACIL~kMENTO, Calif. - The Whitman. Composer Peter Child California Assembly" s education says his new opera, "’Reckoning committee refused on a party~ Time: A Song of Walt line split 8-8 vote to send to the Whitman," represents the legislature a bill spousored by struggle of an artist to live and lesbian Assembly Member $30/hour - in, call for out rates timber industry lobbyist just 4 added sexual orientation to the state’s educational anti-bias laws. Opponents of the measure objected that the measure would give "special rights" to gays and lesbians and denounced homo~ sexuals as "ungodly" and "dirty." Kuehl urged the committee to send the measure on to the Assembly, declaring that the "witnesses for the opposition make our argument for us. Listen to what they said here. This is exactly the hatred we face every day. This is the .reason we need this bill. This is the moral decay at the heart of our society, that breeds hate and division.’" Domestic Partners OK’d CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Chapel Hill Town Council has unanimously passed a domestic partners measure covering municipal employees. The measure, the second of its kind in North Carolina, provides for family leave and sets up limits on the work relationships of city workers and their domestic partners. The measure also allows city residents to register their domestic partnerships, whether same-sex or oppositesex, for a $50 fee but extends no direct benefits. blocks from LIFE Lobby’s offices and the tragic bombing in Oklahoma City, authorities took no chances and evacuated the entire building. No explosive device was found. Laurie McBride, LIFE’s executive director, said the caller had "wanted to let us kiaow that in tiffs climate of political violence. we are hated.’" Kentucky Mayor Refuses to Sign Anti-Bias Order LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has refused to sign an executive ordcr extending anti-bias protectious to city workers based on scxnal orientation. Abramson said statc law restricts control over personnel policies and practiccs in Kentucky to city councils. boards of aldermen and other legislative bodies, not chicf executives of the cities. He citcd a legal.opinion by the city" s law director in refusing to sign the executive order. But gay rights activists disagreed and chargcd that Abramson was ducking thc issue. Eric Graninger, legal counsel for the Fairness Campaign~ said, "While thc aldermen can set minimum job requiremerits for city employees, the mayor ~ legally add more." Graninger.said the city’s law director was "’building a legal closet for the mayor to hide in.’" Far-Right Group Wants ’Pro-Famil y Contract’ WASHINGTON-The Cllristim~ Action Network held a press conference in the nation’ s capital and proposed a "Pro-Family Contract with America." TheCAN "’Contract" calls for reviving a total ban On ~ays mid Iesbians in the armed forces and would restrict federal funds from going to school districts tlial provide positive counseling for gay or lesbian students. CAN called on Congress to enact its ’:’Contract" or face the prospect Of a 3rd ~arty being formed. Rich Tafel, execunve directory of the Gay lobbying group Log Cabin Republicans, warned the GaP leadership, however, that the far-right wing" s agenda would divide the party and undermine the GaP’s prospects for keeping its narrow congressional majority. "If the Christian Action Network is trying to pick a fight, they’ll get one," Tafel saidl Kansas City Considers Gay Rights Measure LAWRENCE, Kan. - Lawrence, seat of the Umversity of Kansas, has become the first city in the state to extend anti-bias protections based on sexual Orientation. The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2 to ad~t sextud orientation to the city’s existing anti-discrimination ordinance, which bars bias in employment, housing and public accommodation. The measure must still pass a 2rid reading before the commissioners, but there have been no indications the vote is likely to change when the added language comes up again in early May. Calif. Lobbying Offices Target of Bomb Threat SAC1La, MENTO, Calif. - The offices of the LIFE Lobby, a gay and AIDS lobbying organization in Califonfia’ s state capital, were evacuated after an anonymous caller telephoned a bomb tllreat and warned the lobby’ s workers to "’get out of the building unless you want to die." Following closely on the April 24 mailbomb killing in Sacrmnento of a Nathanael Mattingly KiM Licensed Massage Therapist Specializing in: Pager: 672-2035 Sheila Kuehl that would have ¯ Therapeul~i¢ ¯ Shiatsu ¯ Sports salon estetica 749-0777 The Queen of the Galaxy presents the best damn hair in town! 3509 S. Peoria - 2nd Level - Tulsa, OK 74105 �Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Researchers Find No HIV Risk from Health Care Worl~ers ATLANTA - In the largest study of AIDS transmission from health care workers to patients done to date, scientists found .no evidence that the vires was passed to pataents, according to a report in the Annals oflnternal Medicine. Many people in the U.S. have been concerned about the pos sible risk of infection after the Centers for Disease Control & Prcvenuon determined 3 years ago that a Florida dent[st., transmitied HIV to 6 of his patients. The new study by the CDC covered more than 221,000 ~a~ients of 64, physicians, dentists and other health care.workers who are infected with the virus. The researchers found only 113 infected patients out of the 22,000 examined, and of those epidemiological and genetic evidence showed that all came from other sources, not from any of the health care workers. 2 Pilots Sue United Airlines LOS ANGELES - T~vo pilots have filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, charging that the airline barred them from flying because they are infected with HIV. The case is the first of its "kind filed by commercial airhne pilots under the" Americans With Disabilities Act, according to the pilots’ lawyers and some AIDS organizations. United, the largest airline in the U.S., !nsists.that, in the interest of public safety, it acted correctly in grounding the pilots under regulations set by the Federal Aviation Administration. The suit, filed in federal court by R. Christopher Prilliman of Dallas and PaulRafalowski of Laguna Beach, Calif., c6ritends that the pilots were grounded after the airline learned Dentcd Association, while more dentists they were HIV-positive, despite the fact are willing ~o treat patients who are infected that they passed physicals given by United~. ~"with HIV, many are still reluctant to have and the FAA earlier in 1994. Uuited~S such patients. The survey reported that medical director, Dr. Gary Kohn, said the 67% of the dentists surveyed would treat airline received information from the such patients, even if they could refer pilots’ doctors last year "that led us to them to other health care workers..A believe they had a disqualifying condition" similar survey in 1986 found only about under FAA standards. Although he 47% of the dentists said they would trea! declined to comment on the case, an FAA infected patients. But the survey alsofound spokesperson said that being HIV-positive that 32% said they would not pick dentistry does not preclude a pilot from being again as a medical career because of fears approved for flying. of being exposed to HIV. And 75% of the dentists also said they were afraid to show CMV Retinitis Drug Effective any willingness to treat HIV-positive CHICAGO -Small injected doses.of an patients .out.of concerns they might lose experimental drug. have proven to be other patients. effective in checking the devastating eye damage common among people with Hormone May Curb KS Tumors AIDS, according to researchers at the LONDON - A hormone found in pregnant Uuiversitv of California. According to women, known as human chorionic reports i’n Ophthalmology and the gonadotropin, may have an important role American Journal of Ophthalmology, 3 in treating Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin and small diuical trials showed the anti-viral blood vessel cancer that affects ma~.y drug cidofovir, which is also -known as patients with HIV, according to a report ~n HPlVlPC, stopped the progress of CMV the British journal Nature. Dr. Robert retinitis for months. Dr. William R. GaHo and other researchers with the Freeman, an ophthalmologist at the National Cancer Institute report that the University of California at San Diego, hormone kills KS in the test tube, and that and his colleagues reported in the journals in experiments with mice it reduced tumors that the drug has proven so effective at caused by injections of KS cells. The NCI this stage in the limited diuical trials that scientists found that the injected KS cells, more than ~ hundred patients, in San Diego which normally cause tumors in mice, are now receiving "maintenance" were not able Xo do so if they had been injections regularly. What is not known exposed to the hormone before being yet, however, is whether cidofovir will be injected. Mice that had been treated with effective over a prolonged period of time the hormone for a week prior to being or if patients may begin to develop a injected with KS cells also did not develop resistance to it. tumors or developed small ones, the researcher reported. The scientists also Dentists and HIV Infection presented cases of 2 women who had KS, CHICAGO - According to a survey but whose cancer lesions inexplicably published in the Journal of the American disappeared during or after pregnancy. "This is the first demonstration of an antirumor property of (the hormone), and offers a new strategy for treating patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma," the scientists said. Condom Breakage Questioned WASHINGTON - Tests of the new polyurethane Avanti condom have produced conflicting results, and the Food & Drug Administration, which approved Avanti for sale in the U.S..in 1991, has called for further testing: Regular latex condoms break in about 2% of the cases, according to FDA tests, and Avanti’s manufacturer London International/ Schmid Labs had presented the FDA with its o.wn studies that showed breakage rates ran~ng between 0.4% and 2.1% when it applied for approval to sdl the condom ~n the U.S. But 5 subsequent studies by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Family Planning. Council found failure ratesfor the Avanti ranging from 4% to 15% with an overall breakage rate of 9.6% - so high a rate that the council stopped testing the Avanti in 1994 even though all its studies had involved fairly small numbers of couples. Dr. Susan Alpert of the FDA, however, defended the agency’s approval of the Avanti polyurethane condom, even if it turns out to have a higher breakage rate, because up to 7% of the American population is allergic to latex. Cancers Linked to Virus BOSTON - A newly discovered type of herpes virus causes 2 cancers associated with AIDS according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law FI-DELITY HO-AAE HE- LTH CARE, INC. Main Office 113 E. Paul St. 905 No. Highway 51 Pauls Valley, OK 73075 Coweta, OK 74429 (405) 238-6487 (918) 486-1174 (800) 999-3442 7319 No. MacArthur Okla. City, OK 73132 (405) 722-0551 Caring for Life We provide comprehensive home health services 24 hour per.day, seven days as week. The range of services include: Skilled nursing services (RN’ s, LPN’ s) Home health aides Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Occupational Therapy Medical Social Serv.ices In-home psychiatric care Non-emergency transportation Private duty nursing Companion sitter services This list is not all inclusive. Please contact our offices at 800-999-3442 with specific treatment issues. Know Your Rights! Estate Planning, Adoptions, Personal Injury, Criminal Law, Bankruptcy & Workers Compensation ¯ 1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointments are available. �Health Briefs HeaLth Briefs Health Briefs According to scientists from Columbia University, both B cell lymphoma and Kaposi’s sarcoma, are caused by a herpes . vmas known as KSHV, 1st discovered in skin lesions of patients with KS. Drs. Yuan Chang and Patrick Moore report that the newly identified virus causes all KS cancers, not just those in people with ¯ AIDS. They.also report f’mding the cancer virus cells in 8 patients who suffered from AIDS,associated B cell lymphoma, a canCer of the body’s immune system. ’Reasonable, Pricing’ Requirement Dropped WASHINGTON-The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has dropped its~ requirement that U.S. drug manufacturers charge a "reasonable" price for products developed in conjunction with government-sponsored research. NIH Director Harold Varmus said the agency found that "the pricing clause has driven the industry away from potentially beneficial scientific collaborations" with government researchers "without providing an offsetting benefit to the public?’ Under the clause, adoptedin 1989 amid protests over the price of the AIDS drug AZT, the public was supposed to benefit from drugs produced with the advantage of taxpayer-funded research. Once the policy was implemented, however, companies held back from using NIH research because they could not guarantee that they would regain an investment in product development, said Carl Feldbaum, president of Biotechnology Industry Organization. HIV Protein Discovery WASHINGTON - Researchers have discovered how an HIV protein, called Vpr, forces its way into ceils. Vpr enters the cell’s nucleus more quickly than other proteins and makes the cell help do its job, found Univ. of Pennsylvania pathologist David Weiner. Vpr hijacks a protein naturally present in human cells, one that moves specific steroid hormones through calls: Tests showed that some of these steroids activate HIV production and suppress immune cells, Weiner reported in the April 11 issue of Proceedings ofthe National Academy ofSciences. W~en Vpr was, added, the protein used the steroids’ cellular pathway to getto the call nucleus and prompted steroid overproduction to help it produce HIV. Weiner found that the abortion drug RU-486, which is known to block steroid overproduction in other diseases, also blocked Vpr. HIV-infected cells treated with RU-486 produced 70 percent less virus than untreated cells, he found. Weiner warned, however, that it is still too early to know whether the drug would work in humans. ~ Test to Predict AIDS Onset? PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh reported in the Annals oflnternal Medicine that theyhave developed a new HIV test that may help doctors predict how soon people infected with the virus will develop AIDS. According to Dr. John Mellors, director of the Pitt Treatment Evaluation Union that developed the "branched DNA signal amplification" test, it may also .help physicians decide what course of treatment is best for each patient. The new test measures the amount of HIV in the blood stream, a reliable indicator of how rapidly the individual will become ill with AIDS. Where have people living with AIDS in the Tulsa area gone to receive skilled nursing care in a homelike, loving setting? Education cont~d from p. 1 Military ’b~the American Medtcal Assoctatton, was prepared by scientists at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies-at UC-San Francisco, directed by Thomas Coates and Jeff Stryker. "Carefully tailored, targeted, credible, and. persistent" AIDS education eampaigus; the report says, haveproven highly successful in dramatically reducing-the spread Of HIV. The report says thai in San Francisco, an estimated 8,000 people were infected with HIV in 1982 when the epidemic had barely begun~ But 10 years Iater- with intehse preverition efforts, particularly-among gay.and bisexual-men, in ethnic communities and among intravenous drug users - the annual infection rate had dropped to 1,000, according to the city’s health department. As many as 40,000 to 80,000 new HIV infections are reported annually in the United States, and the numbers are rising steadily in most other cities because "AIDS is largely a disease of behaviors" and few communities have faced the problem candidly, the report’s authors argue. "Education and prevention efforts for. AIDS continue to be limited by society’s unwillingness to explore and discuss frankly sexual and drug-use behaviors that risk the spread of HIV infection," they say. policy went into effect last year he notified his c.ommanding officer in writing, "I am gay’. cont~d from p; 1 Gay Sailor to Remain In Navy= BALTIMORE’- U.S. District Judge Joseph Young has ordered the Navy not to discharge Lt: Richard Selland, who told .his commanding officer in 1993 that he was gay. Judge Young granted Selland an injunction ~that orders the Navy allow the gay sailor toremain in the Navy while he continues his court battle againstthe Pentagon,s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy that continues to exclude gay and.l~sbian military personnel. Mom ont’d from p. 1 collecting letters denouncing the decision. In addition, the Metropolitan Connnunity Church (MCC) had declared this Mother’s Day, May 18, a "national day of prayer" for Bottoms and her partner, April Wade. Poland cont’d from p. l protections; 6 opposed the prohibitions; 7 deputies abslained. The commission has recently added a number of liberal provisions aimed at bringing Poland’s 43year-old constitution up to date and more in line with requirements of the European Parliament, which already mandates nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation. Only one other nation - South Africa - has included constitutional protections specifically aimed at barring bias agaxnst gays and l~sbians. SUDD ENLY THE COH ETITORS ALL LO OK LIKE WA ,NABES. Until now - no where ...... Announcing the opening of Mohawk Living Center, a facility specializing in caring for people living with AIDS. Overlooking beautiful Mohawk Park in North Talsa, our facility is dedicated to caring for PLWA’s and improving their quality of life through skilled nursing care delivered by a staff of dedicated professionals. The staff at Mohawk Living Center invite you to come & tour our new facility. To arrange a tour or for more information, call our offices at 918-425~1354 Accepting Medicare, Medicaid. private pay and private insurance. Oklahoma owned and operated. Mohawk Living Center 3910 Park Road ¯ Tulsa, OK- (918) 425-1354 ~ 1995 - Design One Associates / Per~pectiv~ Magazine ~MITSUBISHI The New ThinKtng ,n Automobiles" Sandra J. Hill, M.S. Air conditioning, alloy wheels, am/fm cassette with 6 speakers, power sunroof, dohc - 16 valve & much morel. From $15,695 �Reporter Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights. P.O. Box 52729 Tulsa, OK 74152 May/June 1995 Volume 15 Number 5 The views e.~pressed elsewhere in Tulsa Fame.Iv News are not necessarily the views of TOHR. Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHR Reporter page along with other itemv, under the b.vh’ne. "submitted by TOHR ". contained elsewhere in Tulsa Family Ne~,s. ~ Letter from the President: Another month has gone by and what a great one it has benn. I would like to thank everyone who has made a monthly pledge or donation to the Community Center. We .are still working very hard to make this vision a reality. Remember the monthly pledges are an integral part of our financing package so please give it some thought as we can all benefit from a Community Center. T.O.H.R. is continuing to grow and our programs are expanding. We have appointed Claudette Peterson as directorof HIV Programs. Claudette will supervise the additiona employees and administer Ihe grants currently in place as well as the ones we are still waiting to hear from. Let’s all welcome Claudette and give her a big THANK. YOU for her hard work, Claudette has already proven herself to be an invaluable asset to T.O.H.R. through her previous position as Clinic Director, I would like to thank Rob Hill for the educational Seminar presented to the Helpline volunteers. We plan to repeat thisseminar inthe very near future so that those who were unable to attend will have the ability to participate. Thanks again Rob. ¯ picnicThe prideever~picniCLet youriS jUstpRiDEaroundshowthe comerfor thisandfestiveWe needdayinV°lunteerSthe park. to man the .T.O.H.R. booth and help clean up the park. Your participation will insure this to be the best T.O.H.R; FOLLIES 1995 is well into the planning stage with the date setfor June 30th at All Souls in Emerson Hall. This will be one of our largest fundraisers of the year so let’s all come out and support the 6rganization as well as the performers. The money from the Follies goes to supporting ortgoing programs of T.O.H.R. Please attend the monthly meeting or a T.O.H.R. sponsored event, we rely on your participation to continue these programs. Thanks, Tim BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INFORMATION AND REFERRALS ommunitp enter - 743-GAYS (4297) By and for but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities. Monthly Pledges $100 Mo. $75 Mo. $50 Mo. . $45 Mo. . $40 Mo. .. $35 Mo. , $20 Mo. $10 Mo. Mail to TOHR P.O. Box 52729 Tulsa OK. 74152 Attn: Center ,_.._ Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Pdghts HIV TESTING CLINIC Daytime Testing Monday-Thursday by Appointment 749-4194 FREE ANONYMOUS Finger Stick Method Membership Application Name Address City State Phone Signature [] I would like to x~luntecr help with: [] HIV Counselor [] Event Planning and Party Preparations Zip, Every Thursday Evening 7:00-8:30 p.m 4154 So. Harvard Suite H- 1 []Yes I want to be a contributing member of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Please accept payment as described below: [] $10 Limited Income/Student Membership [] $20 Regular Membership [] $35 Organizational/Household Membership [] $100 Sustaining Membership [] I am currently ~¢¢iving TOHR mailings and the Tulsa Famil~ News [] I am not on the mailing list [] Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual He!pLine [] Executive Board Member [] Monthly Meeting Support Center Stage One Time Donations Spotlight $2500 - $5000 Lead Actor $1500 - $2499 Supporting Actor $750 - $1499 Cast Member $300- $749 Audience $100 - $299 Extra $ Wish List For TOHR Clinic_ (We are adding staffbut have no more $ for equipment) Bookshelves 2 desks Industrial shelving Filing cabinets (locks a plus) 2 trash cans (office size) Folding tables 2 desk chairs �I SUNDAYS BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES CHRISTIAN CENTER - Sunday School 9:45, Moming Worship Service 11:00. 2627-B East 11th. Call 583-7815. for Info. BLGA - University of Tulsa. 6:30 p.m. Canterbury Center. COMM.UNITY OF HOPE (United Methodist) - Evening Worship Service 6:00. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Morning Worship Service 11:00. 5451-E South Mingo, Call 622-1441 for Info. MCC OF GREATER TULSA - Morning Worship Service 10:45 - 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. THE BANNED - Gay Band - Practice weekly in OKC. Call 838-2121 forlnfo. I MONDAYS LAMBDA BOWLING LEAGUE - Bowling begins at 8:45. Sheridan Lanes 3121 South Sheridan. ITUESDAYS " ¯ MINISTER’S CLASS - Bless the Lord at All Times Christian Center. 7:30 p.m. 2627B East 11th. Call 583-7815 for Info. AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER - Bible Study 7:00. MCC of Greater Tulsa 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. Final week of an eight week course. Sponsored by TOHR/i3ommunity of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for Info. IMAY 26 DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. WOMEN’S COFFEE HOUSE Java Dave’s. 3310 South Peoria. 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Call Beeper 646-6455 for more info. I IU,Y RESCUING THE BIBLE -6:30 - 8:30 p.m. 15 IMAY 16 I TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m. TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 7434297 for Info. IMAY 17 FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154 South Harvard - Lower Level. Call 583-5147 for Info. IMAY 18-21 MCC DISTRICT CONFERENCE - South Central District IOK, TX, LA, AR) Southern Hills Marriott at 71st and Lewis. Workshops/Services/Banquet. Keynote: Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson. Call 622-1441 for more Info. IMAY ls-21 I 21 INT’L AIDS CANDLE LIGHT MEMORIAL SERVICE. Call 438-2437 for more info. REV. ELDER NANCY WILSON - Evening Service - 6:00 p.m. at Family of Faith MCC - 5451-E South Mingo. Also featuring Tulsa Family Chorale. Call 622-1441 for Info. IM, Y =2 RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly Meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 254-2100 for location. RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. ¯. - 28 I I I I IJUN. I IJUN. FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at 5:30 p.m. and caravan to Day Center for the Homeless. Call 838-7232 for lnfo. 3 WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB - Hong Kong Restaurant - 4307 B South Sheridan Road. 6:30 p.m. IJUNE 7:00 p.m. 5 LAGPAC - The Gathering Place.. ~,154 South Harvard. Meets directly following TOHR Ad Hoc Meeting. Call 838-1222 for more Info. TOHR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CIVIC AFFAIRS - Organizational Meeting. Need ~volunteers from other organizations. 7:00 p.m. The Gathering Place. 4154 South Harvard. Call 838-2121 for more Info. TOHR MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Monthly Meeting. 6:30 Social 7:00 p.m. Meeting. The Gathering Place. 4154 South Harvard. Ste. H. Call 743-4297 for lnfo. FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154 South Harvard - Lower Level. Call 583-5147 for Info. 10 PFLAG PICNIC. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call 749-4901 for more info. 14 17 COMMUNITY-WIDE GOSPEL SING - Kick off pride week with a gospel sing at Family of Faith MCC 5451-E South Mingo. WIll include MCC Tulsa and other area churches. Call 622-1441 for more info. OK FLAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL McLain High School. $5/ticket. 7:30 p.m. Call beeper 646-6455 for more info. IJ UNE 18 TULSA PRIDE PICNIC - Annual Gay Pride Celebration held at Mohawk Park. Food/DrinWFun/Games/EntertainmenL Also booths and information distribution. Minimal charges for food this year, Beer still free. 12:00 - 6:00. Call 832-0233 for Info. IJu. FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154South Harvard - Lower Level: Call 583-5147 for ~ Info. IJuN~ 24 --,DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 20 TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m. TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 7434297 for Info. Do you have a group or event that should be listed in the TOHR Community Calendar? If I for Info. I u.. 25 Oklahoma City. I Assemble from 12:00 - 2:00 at the park. WEDNESDAY N;GHT WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB- La Nortena. 6408 South Peoria. 6:30 p.m. IJ u N E 21 COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES. MCC of Greater Tulsa. Special for Gay Pride Week. Also includes Family of Faith MCC and other area churches. 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. GAY PRIDE PARADE. 14 OKLAHOMA HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE Sponsored by HIV Resource Consortium. Workshops, Speakers, etc. Space is limited to first 300. Doubletree at Warren Place. Call 74g-4194 for more info. IJu. ! IJ u N E I 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 1 2 1= HIV TESTING - TOHR Clinic. Free and Anonymous testing using flngerstick method. No appointment required. Walk in test hours: 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Results Hours: 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Call 749-4194 for Info. PRAYER TIME - 7:00 p.m. MCC of Greater Tulsa. 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. TULSA FAMILY CHORALE Weekly practice 9:30 pro. Lola’s. 2630 E. 15th St. !SATURDAYs NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS - Meets weekly at 11:00 pm. Provides confidential support for recovering addicts. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. I DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m, 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. OK FLAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Union High School. $5/ticket. 7:30 p.m. Call beeper 646-6455 for more info. IMAY 29 8 GREEN COUNTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE. Muskogee Library. 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Call 682-8204 for more Info. iJ U N E PFLAG BOARD MEETING.. Call 742-8565 for more info. I IJ u N E DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info: IJ u N E HERLAND SPRING RETREAT - Women’s Retreat. Roman Nose State Park. Sponsored by Heriand of Oklahoma City. Call 405-720-0044 for Info. IM,Y 26 GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL RODEO - OK State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Call 405-943-0543 for more Info. .Community of Hope - 1347 North Yale. Seventh of an eight week course. Sponsored by TOHPJCommunity of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for Info. ITHuRsOAYs 16-STEP EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR WOMEN - 7:00. Women’s support group. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. CO-DEPENDENCY SUPPORT GROUPWeekly meeting 7:30. Family of Faith MCC. 5451-E South Mingo. Call 6221441 for Info, I WEDNESDAYS IMAY 13 I CAR WASH - To benefit Family of Faith MCC. Quik Trip on 71st across from Sam’s. Donations only. IMAY BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES CHRISTIAN CENTER - Choir Practice 7:00. 2627-B East 1 lth. Call 583-7815 for Info. FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Potluck 6:30. Bible Study 7:00. Choir Practice 8:00. 5451-E South Mingo. Call 622-1441 for Info. Parade ends at Habana Inn with a party. IJUN 2S I RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly Meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 254-2100 for location. I I JUNE 29 FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at 5:30 p.m. and caravan to Day Center for the Homeless. Call 838-7232 for Info. ROU P MEETINGS LAGPAC - Lesbian and Gay Political Action Committee. Call 838-1222 for Info, LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS - Gay and Lesbian Republican Group. Call 832-0233 for Info. SWAN - Single Women’s Activity Network. TOHR CLINIC - In addition to Thursday Clinic Hours (see Thursdays), offers daytime testing by appointment Monday Thursday from 10 am - 5 p.m. Call 74941 94 for appointment. .TOHR HELPLINE - Staffeddaily 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call 743-GAYS. TULSA- Tulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers Association, Call 838-1222 for Info, WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB - Meets at varying locations the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of each month. so, please call us at 838-2121. Every. effort was made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this calendar; however, neither Tulsa Family News nor TOHR assumes responsibility for errors or omissions. I �UALITY " OF LIFg AI TERNATIVE WHAT IS VIATICATION? 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Harvard, Suite F-5 Tulsa, OK 74135-2610 918’747,3320 Y �H o rv at h READ ALL ABOUT IT by Barry Hensley Supervisor, Circulation Department Tulsa City-County Library howeve{, is a rather simplistic stereotype of a ruthless patriarch whose religious belief controls every fiber of his being. Tom is ultimately banned from his family and virtually adopted by Jod’s parents. The thought processes of these characters may help readers understand what some families go through when these situations Author Robert Donaghe’s first novel, Common Sons, is just the thing if you’re looking for some light, spring reading with a message. In the arise. small town of Common, In contrast to Tom’s New Mexico, in 1965, father, the Unitarian By c.hoosln~ to Joel Ree~ is going to high minister is also an remam...Joe.and school and working on the important character. He Tom make the family farm. A strong, tries to convince Tom that bright boxer, Jot strikes the biblical references to important up a friendship with Tom, homosexuality refer to a statement that the quiet son of the new lack of commitment or preacher. Eventually, binding in relationships. runrdn~ to the straight laced Tom makes Tom soon realizes that coasts is not the a very public, drunken his relationship with Joel way to chan~e pass at Joel and they both does not fit this criteria, must come to terms with since they are loyal and hearts and minds feelings that they don’t dedicated to each other. and prove t~e understand. Joel, an The interesting setting agnostic, rather easily of this book, not in an accepts the realization of urbanareaoragay ghetto, relationship. his homosexuality as but in a rural village, T~s is an normal, while Tom, after makes this book unique years of very strict current gay uplfftln ovel that among indoctrinatxon, is torn fiction. At the end of the emph~zes the apart emotionally. book, a younger classEventually, through the mate has moved to San im~rtanee o~ support of the school Francisco and writes Joel f mlhes and coach, Joel’s family, a and Tom, chastising them eommunltles Unitarian mimster and a for staying in their "hick younger classmate, Joel town." By choosing to reeo nlzln the and Tom realize that their remain in Common, Joel dfffergnt forms of dedication and love for and Tom make the one another is more love and important statement that important than what the running to the coasts is eommhment. rest of the town thinks. not the way to change The pivotal characters hearts and minds and in this story are the boys’ prove the validity of their fathers. Joel’s dad at first assumes that relationship. Joel i~ just going through a phase, but This is an uplifting novel that soon realizes the seriousness of the emphasizes the importance of families relationship between Jot and Tom. He and communities recognizing the different also understands that his boy has not forms of love:and commitment. Common changed, only the perception of his son Sons is an old fashioned love story with has changed, and Joel’s courage and humor and some interesting plot twists character are still intact. Tom’s father, that make an entertaining read. Other authors of Lesbian and Gay fiction available at the Tulsa City-County Library include: JosephHansen, Katherine V. Forrest, Robert Ferro, Isabel Miller and Paul Russell. Check for rifles by these authors at the ~ Readers Services department of the Central Library, or call 596-7966. These bookstores welcome Tulsa Family News & your trade: Barnes & Noble, 71st near Memorial Media Play, 71st near Mingo Scribner’s, Utica Square Can’t find us at your favorite bookstore? Ask them why. cont’dfrom p. 1 Horvath. Before g~ing to Joie de Vivre, Horvath ,kad .prayed; "send me anywhere, but not the South, Lord." Originally from Minneapolis, and coming into the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches from a Presbyterian background, Horvath had some culture shock amving in South Louisiana, in the heart of Jimmy Swaggart ministry. Joie de Vivre’s congregation was diverse. Part French Catholic, part Baptist with some Pentacostal thrown in, Horvath found herself merging traditions- empowering Baptists and Pentacostals to genuflect and Catholics to raise their hands in praise as each felt moved to do so. Horvath said that local Catholic priests had fewer objections to their parishioners being involved with a Gay/Lesbian inclusive congregarion than to those folks leaving the Catholic Church - Gay was ok but if you leave the Catholic Church, you’re going to hell! Pastor Horvath adds that the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC) allows joint membership in an MCC church as well as another - such another Protestant or Catholic congregation. Horvath is committed to a "strong empowerment of the laity" and to growing the churches she leads. In Baton Rouge, a city of about 350,000, attendance rose from an average of 19 per Sunday to 70 per Sunday. While Horvath notes that MCC’s are not a "Gay churches," they are open and affirming of all, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Heterosexual. She adds that while the Church cannot be closeted and fill its mission of a healthy way to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgendered, individuals who cannot be open can be part of the church. ?Sexuality and sex are gifts from God. God created sex to be pleasureful though it can be abused to hurt ourselves andto hurt others..." Horvath and her spouse, Barb hope to serve as role models of healthy ways of being Lesbian and Gay. Family of Faith services are held on Sundays at l lain, on Wednesdays a potluck dinner is held at 6:30, followed by Bible study at 7pm. Prayer p. 1 Rwanda, and the ongoing violence in Bosnia are the most .horrible examples. We also pray to end the more subtle forms of hate that poison our communities. We condemn the anti-Arab sentiment thai began to show its ugliness just after the Oklahoma City bombing. We are grateful that our Lesbian and Gay communities were not falsely accused because we know that such an accusation would provide the excuse for violence based on the hate that already exists. While we pray for fair treatment for all people, we pray especially for an end to the prejudices of heterosexism, sexism and racism in the Church. We pray that the Church will no 16nger allow itself to be used as men’s and women’s means of oppressing others who are different from themselves." The National Day of Prayer was coordinated by Focus on the Family, a radical right religious/political organization. Tulsa Congressman Steve Largent serves on the advisory board for the effort. Other groups in Tulsa marked the day With a lunch at a downtown hotel attended by Cathy Keating, wife of Oklahoma’s governor and Terry Largent, the wife of Congressman Largent. OPEN! ¯ Save 50% & More on New Books. ¯ Choose from thousands of new and used books. 1130 South Harvard 587-7799 Open M-F 10-7, Sat. 1,0-6 Sun. 12-5 Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa Where God Uplifts All People Sunday Service, I0:45 am Wednesday Service; 6:30 pm Home Cell Groups, 2nd & 4th Sundays 1623 No. Maplewood, Tulsa 74115, 83 8-1715 ¯ Sunday Services 1 I:00 am ¯ Wednesdays 6:30 pm Potluck 7:00 pm.Bible Study ¯ 8:00 pm Choir Practice ] To dojusttce, love mercy & to walk humbly with our God... Micah 6:8 5451-E S. Mingo ¯ Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441 �FAMILY FINANCES Your Credit Record by Leanne Gross Cash worked just fine for our ancestors. They would go to the market, select what they needed, & hand their dollars, rubles, or plasters over to the merchant. In some societies, barter was the practice: a bushel of corn for a bucket of fish. A receipt or a paper trail for tax purposes was not part of the transaction. Today, it’s not unusual to carry just enough cash to make it to the next automated teller machine. Credit has evolved into the currency of choice. Between gas, groceries, department stores and major credit grantors like VISA, Master Card & American Express, most of us are toting an ever-growing ~senal of shiny plastic debit car~.s in our wallets. That, no matter how you feel about the phenomenon, makes your credit ’history more important than ever. Because creditors are in the business of making money, they issue cards only to people deemed worthy credit risks. Before granting approval, your application is always screened by a commercial credit bureau. There are three major national companies with offices in most large cities: Equifax Credit Information Services, TransUnion Credit Information Corp. & TRW Corp. All creditors have slightly different criteria for granting credit. Generally, it’s based on a point-scoring system keyed to factors such as income, level of education,how long you’ ve lived at your present address, what kinds of assets & checking/ savings accounts you have, your promptness in paying bills and similar socio-economic information. CCCS, a non-profit organization supported by major credit grantors & corporations, offers free counseling service and budget planning through office across America. Call 800-388CCCS to find out where the nearest office is. If it looks like you’re going to fall behind to the point where you may not be able to meet you monthly minimum payments, you should immediately notify the credit grantor. If you have a good reason & you expect to be able to solve the problem in a reasonable amount of time, most ~orantors are open to working mething out. The credit grantor wants to collect his/her money at the least cost possible. If he/she knows up front what the problem . tlbe Frank Green, J.r. Host 50 Wall Street ~lt Accomrnodatio~ Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 501/253-8281 "for a Taste of Local Flavor" Jim & Brent Invite.You to Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar Care: Gay-owned 253-7457 Bar: Gay-friendly 273-6723 #10 Mountain at Center Historic Downtown Eureka Springs Arkansas Serving Lunch & Dinner, Noon to 10pm Eclectic Menu * Moderate Prices is & when he/she can reasonably expect to be paid, hetshe.won’t have to invest ~ap.~ore time or money into g~d~"’that ~count collected. The U.S. Federal Trade commission cautions against relying on commercial credit repair companies that offer to miraculously clear up any financial troubles you might run into. The only thing that can repair a credit history is time & the reconciliation of your debts. Credit repair companies may be able to help you to manage your debts (for a fee), but so can nonprofit groups like CCCS, credit unions, & community extension services affiliated with local tmiversities. Though they utilize massive data banks & sophisticated computer systems, credit bureaus are run by human beings. An occasional mistake in your credit historyis possible. If you’vebeen denied credit for no apparent reason, you have the right, under the fair credit reporting act, to ask the bureau for an explanation & a copy of your file if you act within 30 days. ffyou choose to dispute the accuracy of anything ~n your file, you need to notify the bureau in writing, explaining the diso:epancy. The credit bureau then investigates the matter. If their claim cannot be verified or is found to be inaccurate, the information you’ve challenged will then be deleted from your report. On the other hand, if you disagree with the results of their investigation, you have the right to have a brief statement explaining your side of the story added to your file. For this reason,many financial counselors recommend that you examine your credit bureau report every 3 - 4 years. All credit bureaus are required to forward a copy of the consumer’s file upon request. If the request isn’t tied to a specific appeal, there is usually a $10 - $15 charge. Like it or not, the mountain of junk mail credit card solicitations we receive every week is evidence thatthe credit culture is here to stay. In many ways, cash & barter systems were much simpler. Stuffing a fish in those envelopes would be impractical. AWADAGIN PRATT A Piano Powerhouse.t Friday, June 9 7 p.m. Chapman Music Hall Tulsa PAC Tickets: $10-$12 adults ¯ $10-$8 chil&’eniseniors Call: 596-7111 Winner, 1992 International Nautnburg Piano Competition His sold-out Tulsa debut last year was among the most talked about performances of the season. RAIN-Oklahoma, an interfaith AIDS service organization, is seeking an Executive Director (position based in Oklahoma City). Successful applicant will have a demonstrated ability to work within and across cultural lines and within the religious community. Other requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree, three years experience in the field of HW/AIDS, experience in personnel management in the human services setting, Oklahoma certification as an AIDS Educator (or the ability to obtain same). Salary range - $30,000-35,000 and benefits, depending on experience. Resumes to ED Search Committee, 924 N. Robinson, Oklahoma City OK 73102. RAIN is an equal opportunity employer. . RSVP Tropical Caribbean Feb. 11-18,1996, $795-1950 Deep Caribbean Feb. 18-25,1996, $795-1950 Mexican Riviera March 17-24,1996, $795-2495 French Canada June 30 - July 7,1996, $895-2295 Call International Tours 9z8-34z-6866 �this notion either and it is The Homefront I from often compounded by the The underwriter (God) of course who has the power to grant understanding and c’onciliatibn based on circum~anees, ones pattern of credit use or abuse and what is being done or has been done since the last incident to correct the problem. The power is really in your argument! Easy-does-it! Simply pray in writing vs. orally. Your ability to articulate in writing is important, but not to the degree that you need to be a Pulitzer that being gay and ~’vSCOnception ing bad credit are somehow BUD WHARTON Author of SellTrac 2000, a ¯sales training program for loan officers and Realtors, Bud Wharton is a national speaker, sales trainer and mortgage banker. Bud addresses thousands of industry professionals each year, training in the areas of business development, technical expertise and motivation. Buying a home is something most of us look forward to. All to often, the "looking forward to" ends in a reluctance to pursue the dream based on our assumed knowledge of how bad our credit .report looks. This is so prevalent in American thinking that consumers continue to believe their credit rating will be the #1 reason for credit denial. The gay and lesbian culture is not immune synonymous terms. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, credit is important but it is not all-important! In fact the real problem in dealing with credit issues in the mortgage process is not so much how bad the credit i s, but rather the lenders inability to help the borrower understand just how to address .the problem successfully. This ~s somewhat philosophical in nature, the difference being attitude: why vs. why not or basic solution orientation. A good analogy as to how to deal with credit issues (or at least our perception of what equals unacceptable credit) is to understand the common denominator between some forms of religion and credit. An excellent analogy as both subjects yield a reward based on the assumption of goodness, acceptance or approval. Because we sometimes screw-up, we find ourselves in need of forgiveness. Religion advocates prayer and contrition to reconcile ourselves, thus fulfilling the forgiveness equation and the slate is wiped clean. Credit on the other hand offers a similar concept as absolution for bad credit can be achieved using similar principles, except the prayer part must be written as opposed to spoken. Who are we writing to? "Rdi~ion advocates prayer and contrltlon_Credlt on the other hand offers a similar concert, as absolution for ba~l eredlt can be aehleved..." Prize winning author. This.is where your lender can help. Think of them as your attorney presenting your case before a judge. They should know how to do flaeir job and represent you; articulatingin terms and methods of argument acceptable to reason and logic compelling the underwriter to understand and accept your viewpoint. Why bring it up? Your goal is home ownership. Standing between you and that goal may be your credit report or your perception of your credit standing. If there is an obstacle, any obstacle, it’s important to understand that the obstacle, whatever it is, does not mean an automatic no. When confronting WE UNDERSTAND. TWO WORDS TOO SIMPLE TWO SECONDS 2 That’s all the time it takes to say "We Understand" But how often do you hear your real estate agent say them? this situation it is important to think in terms of over, under, around or through! That’s how problems are solved. And if your loan officer doesn’t understand that ~e you need another loan officer. After all, who do they think you are anyway, the customer? If you’ve been staying away from exploring the opportunity of owning your own home because of what you think your credit looks like; stop and get it together. Here’s what you need to do. First of all, contact your mortgage lender and ask to be prequalified for a home loan Make an appointment to meet with them. If they want to do it all over the phone, they obviously don’t care enough about you, the customer, to invest the time in meeting with youpersonally. The personal meeting is important. You’ve got a sales job to do and part of that is being comfortable that this loan officer is capable of understanding your circumstances and needs and your developing confidence in them. Not all loan tracers are created equal.* Second, you want them to pull a credit report and there are two types of reports. The first is a basic credit profile pulled from three different bureaus and should be done for you at no cost. The second type of report is more extensive and involves the reporting agency verifying employment, checking public records and interviewing you the borrower for accuracy of data. This report costs about $60.00. Anyone who’s up to speed in today’s business environment can have your full credit report (the first type mentioned) in a matter of a minute or two and again, there should be no cost for this service. If the lender wants to charge you, again it’s time to find a service oriented lender willing to invest in you as their prospective customer. As you review the report with your loan officer be open and candid about whatever might be disclosed. This will allow you both to brainstorm strategies in structuring your explanation of any derogatory information. If you have experienced a bankruptcy, don’t worry about it, just explain it. Solutions to this are commonplaceand it doesn’t take an entire lifetime to recover. Included in this prequalification will be an analysis of your income and employment history. Combined with your credit profile, you may qualify for more than you ever imagined; and sooner too[ But then there’s the cash requirements. How much do you need and do you really have to save it up? This is the subject of our next discussion here on THE HOMEFRONT. (Editors Note: Bud Wharton is Vice President of Mortgages By Design, Inc., Claremore. OK; serving all of Green Country.) PRIDEoyo mp Renting and considering Buying? Moving up or Investing?Credit Problems? i t~ Mortgages By Design will custom fit the right home loan to YOUR needs! ~" No Cost Credit Counseling 1st Time Home Buyer Lock & Shop 0% to 3% Down No Cbst Pre-Qualifying Experience the power of T~O! The Nicholas Team. Jonathan & Dee Nicholas and their team of licensed associates will make buying and selling a home a positive experience. Construction Best Interest Rates Refinancing Mortgages By I~ign Gives Back To Our Community For each10an closed, we will donate $100.00 So, TAKE TWO and call us in the Morning[ to Tulsa 0klahomans For Human Rights or tolthe foundation of your choice. Jonathan & Dee Nicholas For Detail~ CalL" BUD WH,ARTON (918) 749-3000 Vice President~./Branch Manager "Selling the Dream, the Nicholas Team!" Serving Tulsa and Surrounding Communities RE/MAX Metropolitan, REALTORS 6400 S. Lewis, Tulsa, OK 74136 (918) 342-4252 Financing the All American Dream �Sat. 5/13, 11pm Bad Girls Are Back! Robbie Walker, K~is Kohl, Natasha Hall & GuesL, Sun. 5/14, Tim’s 8th Annual 36th Birthday Taurus, Mother’s Day & Full Moon Blowout Sat. 5/27, Hollywood Creations (5 hot guys!) Pride cont’d from p. 1 interested in having a booth should contact Tomfoolery! at 832-0233. ....Follies~ A TOHR tradition continues. The plans for the 1995 TOHR follies are well under way. Follies has been one of TOHR’s largest fund-raisers. This year’s theme is "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert", & it will mark the follie’s 15th year. The Follies will be held on Friday, June 30th, at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria. The doors open at 7:30pm with the show starting at 8:00pm. Advance tickets are $8.00, & they can be purchased at Tomfoolery (in the Silver Star Saloon at 1565 S. Sheridan); Floral Design Studios, 3404 S. Peoria; & Budget Window Treatments, 7116 S. Mingo. Tickets will also be available the day of the Gay Pride Picnic at the TOHR booth. It’s not too late to be a part of this wonderful event. For more information, call the TOHR helpline at 743-4297. BAD BOYZ CLUB u ...,_,o~e cont’d from p. 1 Several of Tulsa’s most well known community volunteers, Joan Flint, Terry Williams, and Peggy Helmerich lent their names and energy to the event. Businessman Charles Faudree came up with the idea originally and was joined by P.S. "Pat" Gordon, Judy Fisher, Francis Fisher, Julie Kruger, Ouida Merrifield, Sally Minshall, Monnie Mooberry, Patty Orbison, Nancy Renberg, Francesanne Tucker and Nancy Vaughn on the organizing committtee. Patrons were entertained at a May 4 event held in several homes that were not on the general tour. The final patrons event will be held at George Kravis’ new home on June 21. Many, many businesse contributed to this event but Michael Bennett, Steve Wright, Rusty Brumble, and Mark Lackey (Lackey of Cuisine by Design) were recognized for their contributions. The 1995 Oklahoma .HIV/AIDS Conference will be presented by the HIV Resource Consortium. on June 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Hace. The conference title is "Caring...for each other, sharing...our stories, and nurturing...our spirit." Space is limited. Call Beverly Stanley at 749-4194 for more information. 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L~COLN BLOt) 1-800-880-1053 or (405) 737-5353 1-800-741-2741 or (405) 528-2741 BOOTH RENTAL (405) 848-2766 AD ~NTOI~MATION (405) 521-1378 BUCKLE SPONSORSHIP (405) 478-4820 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Periodical Text Any textual data included in the document Serving Tulsa’s Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Communities - Our Families of the Heart May 15 - June 14, 1995, Volume 2, Issue 6 400 Expected at So. Central MCC District Conference Precious in God’s Sight: Sacred Earth, Sacred People The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) will hold tlie 1995 annual conference for its South Central District on May !8-21 at Tulsa’s Southern Hills Marriott. 1902 East 71st Street, 493-7000. During the conference, participants will elect a District Coordinator at the District Business meeting as well as worshiping together. The Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson, pastor ofMCC Los Angeles will speak at the opening and see Conference, page 3 Family of Faith Welcomes New Pastor Nancy Horvath The Reverend Nancy Horvath began as pastor ofMCC Family of Faith Sunday May 7. Horvath, recently pastor of MCC Joie de Vivre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is joined in Tulsa by her spouse, Barb Horvath-Zurn and their3 year old son,Zach. TFNrecently had the opportunity to discuss her background, her experiences in Baton Rouge and hopes for and challenges of Tulsa with Pastor see Horvath. page 3 Tulsa Gay Churches Honor 44th National Day of Prayer TULSA, OK - The Metropolitan Community Churches ofTnlsa, Family ofFaith MetropolitanCommunity Church and°the Metropolitan Community Church of" Greater Tulsa honored the 44th National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 4 in a ceremony at Bartlett Square in downtown Tulsa. Pastors Alice Jones and Nancy Horvath with a small number of lay people prayed for greater tolerance and respect for.all persons...... ; Thefollowing is of the statement read to the participants and onlookers: "We pray for an end to the hatred of which the Oklahoma City bombing, the most recent massacre in see Prayer, page 11 Pride ’95 Logo - Artist: Kelly Vandiver Tulsa Pride Picnic- Sunday June 18th, Mohawk Park OKC Parade- June 24th TOHR Follies- June 30th The Tulsa Pride Picnic will be held on Sunday, June 18, at Mohawk Park in Shelter #6 off of Cherokee Drive. Beginning at noon, the picnic will offer free drinks, food will be available at low cost and community organizations and businesses will offer information and goods at booths under the trees During the afternoon, volleyball and softball games will be.held and atz2pm; Tulsa Family- Chorale and the OklahOma city Gay Marching Band will perform. Volunteers are needed to help with food and with clean-up. Community organizations or businesses see Pride, page 14 Lesbian Clinton Official to Run For SF Mayor WASHINGTON - The Clinton administration has lost its highest ranking openly gay official with the announcement that Roberta Achtenberg would resign her post as an assistant secretary in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. In her letter of resignation to Presiden! Clinton, Achtenberg said she would step down effective April 30. Achtenberg will return to her home in San Francisco where she is expected to run for mayor see Lesbian Mayor, page 3 Researchers: AIDS Education Efforts Work SAN FRANCISCO- According to health researchers at the University of California at San Francisco, there is growing evidence that a substantial decrease in the rate of ttlV infection can be and has been achieved through intensive prevention efforts aimed at those most at risk in the AIDS epidemic, and that the major stumbling block to curbing the spread of the virus among vulnerable populations are outmoded social policies. The report, published,in the Journal see Education, page 7 Civil Rights Protections Proposed in Poland WARSAW - Prompted by pressures toconform to the mandates of the European Union, which the country wants to join, a special commission that is working on drafting a post- Communist constituuon for Poland has included legal protections th at would extend protections based on sexual orientation. Sixteen of the 29 parliamentary deputies who are drafting the constitution voted to include the constitutional see Poland, page 7 Major Victory in Oregon SALEM, Ore. - The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that local and county governments cannot pass laws that discriminate against gays. The ruling strikes down ann-gay rights ordinances passed in some 27 Oregon cities and counties during the past 2 years and upholds alaw passed by the state legislature prohibiting such local measures. The appeals court panel unanimously ruled that the state legislature has preemptive rights over matters of "substantive policy" issues such as civil rights legislation. Ex-Klan Leader Wants PWA’s to be Tattooed LOS ANGELES - David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader who also served as a Lomsiana state representative, recently told The Advocate that people infected with AIDS should be tattooed in the genital area, "maybe even with glow-in-thedark ink." Duke, ~vhois currently considenngrunningforgovernor of Louisiana, explained that the AIDS tattoos would serve as a warning to prospective sexual partners. Duke also said he see Duke. page 3 Work Equality Project NE\V YORK - New York state Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the state’s only openly gay le~slator and the co-chair of the International Network of Lesbian & Gay Officials,joined withNew York City Councilman Tom Duane and San Francisco Supervisor Carol Migden and the Wall Street Project in launching a program to promote non-discrimination policies by businesses and institutions throughout the country. Known as the "Equality Principles on Sexual Orientation," the guidelines are designed to see Work Project, page 3 Hope Candle Light Tour: Big Bucks for AIDS Care & OK HIV/AIDS Conference TULSA, OK - Organizers of the fifth Hope Candlelight Tour hope to raise nearly $100,000 for two AIDS service organizations: St. Joseph’s House and tLaAN, Regional AIDS Interfaith Network of EaStern Oklahoma. Despite heavy rains that lowered attendance on May 6 & 7. respectable crowds made their way from several elegma~ homes that had been opened in one of Tulsa’s most elite neighborhoods, see Hope, page 11 TOHR Endorses Lesbian/ Gay Marriage Resolution Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) unanimously endorsed at its April membership meeting a resolution calling for Lesbians and Gay men to marrx legally. The resolution reads: Because marriage is. a fundamental right under our Constitution, and becasue the Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law, see Resolution, page 3 Rainbow Business Guild Chooses 1995 Officers Tulsa’s Lesbian/Gay & Lesbian/Gay friendly business organization, Rainbow Business Guild, elected new officers at its April meeting. Founding officers, Tim Gillean, Frank Going & Kevin Palmer turned over leadership to Leanne Gross, and Bud Wharton, co-chairs, Barbara Bellar, secretary, and Tom Neal, treasurer. RBG will hold its next meeting on Monday, May 22 at 7pm at the. O!iveGarden Restmarant at Utica Square. Dinner dues fi~e $10. Rainbow BuSiness Grild ig~open to business owners, professionals, company empl~.~;e~~ students and others interested in business with a Lesbian Gay perspective. For more info. call 832-0233. Virginia High Court Rules Against Lesbian Mom RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Supreme Court split 4- 3 in ruling that Sharon Bottoms could be denied custody of her 3-year-old son Tyler because she is a lesbian and her sexual orientation could lead to the child facing social condemnation growing up. The court overturned a state appeals court ruling that wouldhave allowed Bottoms to get custody of her son, whose custody is being challenged by the woman’s mother. In the court majority decision, Justice A. Christian Compton said, "The mother is an unfit custodian at this time, and the child’s best interests would be promoted by awarding custody to the grandmother.’" Elizabeth Birch, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, said of the decision, "’Anyone who truly cares about families should be morally outraged that the government has taken a child from his own loving mother because of ether people’s pre judices. This is an anti-famil v decision that is clearly notin th~ best interests of the child." Virginia activists are see Mom, page 7 Military Update Court Victory for Sailor AI,EXANDRL~, Va. - Navy Lt. Paul Thomasson has become the latest member of the U.S. armed forces to challenge the "don’t ask, don’t tell" policy. Thomasson’s lawyers argued in court that the policy not only is a violation of constitutional guarantees of free speech, but that the Navy by enforcing it against Thomasson would be kicking out "one of its finest" service members. Thomasson, in addition to his stellar record first as a pilot and later in a Washington, D.C. staff post, has received glowing commendations from former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Colin Powell whom he hel.ped prepare for congressional testimony, among other Navy brass. The Navy is trying to discharge Thomasson, however, because the day after the new see Military, page 7 918-832-0233 Publisher~ditor POB 4140 Tom Neal Assistant E~litor Tulsa, Oklahoma James Christjohn 74159-01z10 Writers/contributors Kharma Amos Laurie Cooper Maureen Curtin Staff Photographer TulsaNews@aol.com JD Jamett Issued on or before the 15th of each month, the entire contents of this publication are protected by US copyright 1995 by Tulsa F~mily News and may not be reproduced either in whol~m’in@art wi.thout written permission from the publisher. Public~ti0n of a name or photo does not indicate that person’s sexual orientation. Correspondence is assumed to be for publication unless otherwise noted, must be signed & becomes the sole property of Tulsa Family News. All correspondence should be sent to the address above. Each reader is entitled to one free copy of each edition at distribution locations. Additional copies are available atTomfoolery! Civil Rights For Tulsa Lesbians & Gay Men Who Decides What’s Best for Us? by Tom Neal. publisher i’diversity"training that includes followed up to see what Savage Many of you remember the raucous and bruising public hearings held almost a year ago by the City of Tulsa’s Human Rights Commission and its Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation. Some of you may know that these two bodies revised their report and sent it to our Mayor, M. Susan Savage and to our City Council. Few of you probably know what, if anything, has happened since then. The report had several recommendations. One called on the City Council to mnend our current human rights ordinance to add the words, sexual orientation. This would protect heterosexuals, homosexuals and "bisexuals from invidious discrimination. Court rulings thus far have held that discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation is illegal only where the term, sexual orientation or its equivalent, affectional orientation, etc. is explicitly used. At this time, our City Council is overwhelmingly hostile to such protections. . The other recommendations, however, were not directed at the City Council. These recommendahons call for our Mayor to issue executive orders banning discrimination in c~ty hiring, to order our police dept. to begin Issues of sexual orientation and to collect hate crime statistics for attacks based on actual or perceived sexual orientation Officially, at least, none of these actions have been taken now five months later. ...we, as a community, must learn how to get involved in the polltleal proeess....while we’re waiting for the [Sexual Orientation] Committee sehmoaze civil rights protections into being, call your councilperson and the mayor... You may be thinking of many of the same questions Tulsa Family News has been asking, i.e., what progress has been made, and if nothing, why not? You may want to know who’s representing us, and what kind of job are they doing. You may be surprised at how little is going on. Afew members of the Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation met with the Mayor, but apparently haven’t has done. Apparently they didn’t even ask her to do much, i.e., implement the reco~rmiendations of the report that call for action on the part of the Mayor, not the City Council. Savage has since refused to protect city employees from discrimination (seeTFN v.2 #4). Savage also promised toissue a generic condemnation of discrimination. These sorts of statements rarely do Lesbians and Gay menany good, since the statements are usually seen as applying to "legitimate" minorities and women. Where we’re not explicitly included, we "re usually excluded. Committee members should have rejected this idea as soon as Mayor Savage said it. So who are the folks - representing us? They i~n,c.lude Dennis Neill and Kelly Kirby, past presidents of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR); Nancy McDonald of local & regional PFLAG; Bill Hinkle, also of PFLAG, and others. These folks are individuals of courage who have histories of fighting for fair treatment of Lesbians and Gay men. It seems we have goodfolks trying to represent our interests, but are they? Some of this group seem to have selected a stealth strategy. see Who Decides, page 3 by Robert Bray Right aroun~l this time of year I get my annual reminders that my loving relationship with my partner John is not worth much in the eyes of society. Perhaps it’s my income tax returns, which givemeno opdon except to file single because our union is not "valid." Or maybe it’s the mailbox of invitations atmouncmg the June weddings of my straight friends and relatives. Or it could be all those glowing bride and groom advertisements just in time for the upcoming nuptial season. Marriage has been onmymind a lot lately. To be honest, I’m not certain if it’s my wedding I’mpondering (wehaven’tbegun those discussions ye0. But the subject of same-sex marriage is rapidly rising into the consciousness of many Americans and has already made national headlines and front-page news around the country. And it’s clearly in the cross-sights of the Radical Right. Aggressive pre-emptive strikes against same-sex marriage have already been launched in at least three states with more attacks expected. Alaska, Utah and South Dakota have or are now facing pro-active bans on same-sex marriage. They clearly are designed to head off an affirmative ruling expected later this year or early 1996 on a pending gay marriage casein Hawaii. A Congressional threat may be forthcoming, too. Newt Gingrich rarely misses an opportunity to demean gay relationships. In 1992, the Republican Party specifically stated an oppositaon to same-sex marriages in its Platform. The issue is sure to be raised as we enter a new election cycle. The Radical Right plans to capitalize on society’s vigorous opposition to same-sex marriage and use it as a fundraising and political orgamzing weapon to streng~en its "traditional family values agenda. Expect more attacks on not only same-sex marriage but also gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families, including foster parenting, adoption and child custody. It’s time for our side to sound the alarm. We are asking for the equal right to marry the one we love and care for, just as non-gay Clubs & Restaurants *Bad Boys Club, 1229 S. Memorial *Barraccuda’s Wild Nights/Donna’s Crazy Days 2405 E. Admiral *Concessions, 3340 S. Peoria *Lola’s, 2630 E. 15th *Metropole, 1902 E. 11 *Silver Star Saloon, 1565 Sheridan *Renegades, 1649 S. Main *TNT’s, 2114 S. Memorial *Time n’Time Again, 1515 S. 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They suggested that if wejust kept the public and the press uninformed, that we could avoid conflict and get this ordinance passed. Obviously neither happened. We would argue that this approach is not only undemo~ cratic, but is politically naive. Tulsa Family News recognizes that the members of the Standing Committee on Sexual Orientation have no legal obligation to meet with our community organizations, nor to solicit the breadth of opinion from those I whom they proport to represent. j However, we suggest that the Standing Committee has a powerful ethical obligation to discuss their strategies with those whose rights remain denied. Practically speaking, this "behind the scenes maneuvering" will not be enough at some point and they will need us. You would think that these folks would be going to TOHR, toour churches, to Prime Timers, to the Women’s Supper Clubs and other groups to let our communities know where we stand and what’w~ need to do to help. Besides giving them the support they need, we, as a community, must learn how to get involved in the political ] process.Wehave the opportunity cont’dfrom p. 2 to show the city that we’re part of this city. In the meantime, while we’re wa~ for the Committee schmooze civil fights protections into being, call your coun-cilperson and the mayor. Ask to meet with your connselor and the Mayor. It’s your right. Mayor Savage: 596-7411, fax: 596-9010, City Council: 596- 1990. For those interested in getting involved in theseissues, TOHR has established a Civic Affairs committee to organize community efforts. It will meet next on Monday, June 5 at 7pm at the Gathering Room of the HIV Resource Consortium. TFN editorials represent the views of the writer- not those of advertisers nor other contributors. Letters are welcome. Marriage cont’dfrom p. 2 people prefer that they -- and not the state should have the right to decide whether and whom to marry. The subject of same-sex marriage offers many political challenges and organizing opportunities and numerous questions for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists. It’s time for that dialogue to begin. Questions that may need to be considered as we move this issue forward: ¯ Do we really need or want the right to marry? ¯ Do bisexual activists have a different view ofthis subject than gay and lesbian people? ¯ Are there differences in the way gay men and lesbians analyze the institution of marriage? ¯ What about concerns that the institution of marriage itself gay or straight -- perpetuates a moral hierarchy with different economic and social privileges? -- Those in couples (viewed as "’monogamous") receive social and economic rewards because of their implied moral status. Meanwhile, single people (viewed as "’promiscuous") do not. This community discussion and dialogue must also include an awareness of the orgamzing and education efforts of grassroots groups, including the Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project and NaMamoo Hawai’i. Na Manlo, a new statewide civil rights group of indigenous gay, lesbian, bisexual aud transgender people, is doing work around homophobia, racism and classism and how they connect to the marriage issue. As we advance the issue of our right to marry, we must not perpetuate themyththatmarriage is the only way that "true" families are organized. Weneed To have and to hold. It’s about havlnd the rights andresponsibilities of leSM and soeietal reeognltlon of our loving unions. to advance simultaneously both our right to marry and a redefinition of "family" that is an honest reflection of the diversity of family structures extended families, step-families, single par.e.nt households, grandparents rinsing grandchildren, divorced parents, adopted children, foster families. Wemust nnite with-the majority of others who do not fit the model that is considered "traditional." What is your role in the samesex marriage battle? There are manyways togetinvolved. First, help get the word out. Educate the public. Tell your faniily, friends and coworkers about same-sex marriage issues. Sponsor a community forum on tllis topic. Write letters to die editor and get the press to cover the subject. Also, you can take action. Consider organizing a marriage license "’refuse-in" at your local city clerk office. Get an organization you are involved in to sign on to the Lambda Marriage Resolution a document supported by numerous national organizations, including Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Latino/a Lesbian & Gay Organization, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gay & Lesbian Parents Coalition International, and many more. Tohave andtohold. It’s about having the rights and responsibilities of legal and societal recognition of our loving umons. It’s about holding close not only our loved ones, but also the democratic principles of fairness and equality often denied us because ofwho we are and whom we love. And most of all, it’s about creating and strengthening diverse families and forming relationships free of discrimination and prejudice. Robert Bray is longtime staff member of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. TOHR co,,edfrom p. Resolved, the State should permit Gay cmd Lesbian couples to marry and share fully and equally in the rights and responsibilities ofmarriage. This resolution sponsored by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Na " " seenext column to right Work. cont’dfrom p. 1 "provide a framework for an ethical standard that all corporations, universities, and other institutions can voluntarily -embrace in their business practices." Businesses that sign the principles would commit themselves to not discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation orH1V status in sales, purchasing or employmentpractices. The 8- point non-discrimination policy statement states: "To become successful in the ever-competitive world of business, a company must strive to create anenvironment in which all employees are treated with respect. Through the cultivating of diversity in the wprkplace, a company can draw fully upon the potential, for creativity and commitment represented by all its employees. Implementation of these Equality Principles on Sexual Orientation are an important step in that direction. 1. Explicit prohibitions against discrimination based on sexual orientation will be included in the company’s written employment policy statement. 2. Discrimination against HIV positive employees or those with AIDS will be strictly prohibited. 3. Employee groups, regardless of sexual orientation, will be given equal standing with other employee associations. 4. Diversity training will include sexual orientataon issues. 5. Spousal benefits will be offered to domestic partners of employees, regardless of sexual orientation, on an equal basis with those granted to married employees. 6. Company adve.rtisi~ag policy will bar negative sexual orientation stereotypes and will not discriminate in media advertising on the basis of sexual orientation. 7. Companies will not discriminate in the sale and purchase of goods and services on the basis of sexual orientation. 8. Written non-discrimination policies on sexual orientation must be disseminated throughout the company. A senior company official will be appointed to monitor compliance corporate wide. Mamo o Hawaii mid the Hawaii Equal Rights Marriage Project. A Hawaii court decision may legalize same gender marriage by the end of this year or early next vear. 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Jesse Helms (R-NC) portraying her as a "’dangerous radical" and "dmnn lesbian." In her letter to the. President, Achtenberg thanked Clinton for his support in "’a challenging confirmation process." But she went on to say that "I feel the need to return to the city I Call home.’" Conf. cont’dfrom p. l closing services onThu~sdav and Sun.day. Others leading worship services are the Reverend Sandi Robinson, president, Samaritan College, Judy Dale, district coordinator, Great Lakes District-UFMCC, the Reverend Renee Phillips, pastor of MCC. Lubbock and the Reverend Dexter Brecht, pastor of Vieux Carre MCC New Orleans. Saturday night,afterabanquet, there will be a dance. Both Tulsa congregations, MCC Greater Tulsa and MCC Family of Faith. plan hospitality suites for conference participants: The Reverend Elder Nancy Wilson will speak on Sunday evening, May 21st at Family of Faith. For more information about the conference, call 838-1715 or 622-1441. Duke cont’dfrom p. 1 believed HIV was first transmitted when a human had sex with a monkey in Africa. Puppy Pause II All Breeds Dog Grooming llth & Mingo 838-7626 Open Tuesday - Saturday at 8am. Call for appointments. Walk-ins also welcome. News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News UK Gay Military Ban and controversial exception. Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. anti-bias policies in their offices, tojunior and senior lfigh schools, Becomes Political Issue~ LONDON - A spokesman for! the British Defense Ministry told Parliament that the country’s policy of excluding gays from the British armed forces had the full support of the Conservative Party government and that ,allowing gays in the nation’s military was "not compatible with securing the ailns of the armed forces." The Labor Party had earlier called for ending the ban on gays and lesbians in the country’ s military as part of the party’s official platform. David Clark, the defense spokesman lbr the Labor Party, called the exclusionary policy an"infringement on civil liberties" and added, "’It is important in the modern world that military law is as near as possible in accord with civilian law. "" Bias Charged at N.M. Job Corps Center ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Despite complaints to adininistrators of harassment, threats and assaults aimed at gay and lesbians students and staff, acuvists in the Lesbian Avengers .charge that the managers of the U.S. Job Corps in Albuquerque have refused to do anything to put a halt to the anti-gay activities. The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has ~lso charged that administrators of thc Job Corps center there have not returned repeated phone calls about the on-going troubles at the center. The Job Corps is a division of the U.S. Labor Department and teaches young people various employment skills. NEA Nixes Grant for Lesbian-Themed Play SANFRANCISCO - The National Endowmentforthe Arts has rejected the recommendation by its peer advisory panels and voted against funding a stage adaptation of a novel by San Francisco-based lesbian writer Jewell Gomez. The $13,000 grant was to have gone to pay for the African-American performance troupe Urban Bush Women’s production Of Gomez’s "’Bones and Ash: A Gilda Story.’" Peer review panel recommendations are rarely rejected. The case of the "NEA Four"- Andreas Serrano, Holly flughes, Tim Miller and Karen Fiuel v - was a highly publicized Gomez herself said she believes the endowmentrejected the grant because her story has a lesbian protagonist. "We were pretty much ~xpecting [approval of the grant] because we had gotten Phase.Two approval, and to not get Phase Three is weird, unless you really screwed up or something,’" she said. Waybourn Leaves Victory Fund WASHINGTON - Gay rights activist William Waybourn, founder of the Gay & Lesbian Victory. Fund. has announced he will retire as the head of the Washington, D.C.-based PAC. A long-time Dallas activist, Waybourn said in a prepared statement that he had no irmnediate plans, but was leaving the 4-year-old Victory Fund to promote new ideas in the agency. "It is my philosophy that organizations tltrive .best when new leadership and fresh ideas are enconraged,’" lie said. ’Creating Change’ Conferen ce Announced WASHINGTON-The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force has annotmced that its 8th annual Creating Change conference will take place Nov. 8-12 in Detroit. Among the issues slated to be covered durin.g.the conference are: orgamzlng in rural communities, organizing people of faith, same-sex marriage rights, anti-violence work, and organizing in the workplace. For additional information and registration, contact NGLTF at (202) 332-6483, ext. 3329. Lesbians at White House Conference WASHINGTON-Attending the White House Conference on Aging as delegates May 2-5 are long-time lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, cofounders of the Daughters of Bilitis. The couple will introduce a resolution during the conference calling for for greater vis!bility, for lesbian and gay aging issues in future conferences. The White House conference agenda had originally included lesbian and gay issues when published in October 1994; but when the final agenda was published this February, the item had been dropped. Martin and Lyon were named as delegates to the conference by Sen. Dianne Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) respectivel,W. Sexually ’Ambiguous’ UK Bishop Elevated LONDON - David Hope, the Bishop of London who recently ackalowledged under pressure from British activists that he is sexually "an~biguous", has been named by Prime Minister Jolm Major as the next Archbishop of York, the 2ndhighest clergy man in the Church of England. "People should not be stereotyped sexually and sonle may describe themselves as being homosexual," Hope said in March after being urged by the fights ~oup Outrage to co~ne out. "For some the area is slightly grayer, and that is the sort of area I find my self in." Following the azmouncelnent of his elevation, Hope said he would use his new position to resolve differences about homosexuality within the church. "It is my business to insure that all who are involved are given a proper voice and a proper ear, and there is a proper process of listening to the debate," he said. "At the present _ time I am just a little concerned that the debate is causing rather mor e heat than light. "’ Members of Congress Keep Anti-Bias Policies \VASHINGTON - The Human Rights Campaign Fund announced at a press conference that 287 of the 535 members of the U.S. Congress do not discriminate against gays and lesbians in employment in their staff office positions. The HRCF survey reported that 223 of 435 House members and 64 of 100 senators had signed nondiscrimination affirmations. Absent from the HRCF list were House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas). GOP presidential candidate and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas, however, was included on the non-bias listing. Speaking at a news conference, Elizabeth Birch, HRCF’s executive director, said it was "encouraging that the critical bloc of moderate swing votes in this Congress supports the concept ofequal treatment."Last year a similar HRCF survey reported that 296 members of Congress - 225 House members and71 senators - agreed to similar Jury Rejects AIDS Fear Defense BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jurors hearing a murder case rejected the defense offered by attorneys for Edgardo Arrona, 21, that he had shot a gay man, Oscar Anderson, 53, to death because he feared he had been exposed to HIV ,and been forced into years of sex and drugs by the older ~nan. Arrona confessed to shootinv Anderson last Auoust bnt claruled lie had done so beeause the older man, a teacher, had lured lfim into sex and drug use as a teenager and lie was concerned about contracting AIDS. Although Anderson in fact was HIV positive, Arrona has continued to test negative for the virus. Prosecutors, whom the jury a~eed with in finding Arrona gnilty, had argued that the younger man had continued to return to Anderson’s apartment for several years withont showing any indic,~tions he wasn’ t a willing participant. Philly Woos Gay Travel Assn. Convention PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia’s Convention and Visitors Bureau has joined with PrideFestin an effort to draw the 1997 annual convention of the International Gay Travel Association to the "City of Brotherly Love." The IGTA convention is expected to bring more than 1,000 travel agents and tourism specialists to wherever it holds its annual meeting. The city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau is one of a handful around the country - including New York and San Francisco - that have in the past few years begun actively luring gay and lesbian tourists and travelers-. PrideFest, the city’s annual gay pride celebration, is slated for May 7-10 in 19~7. Apple Settles Dispute SANJOSE, Calif,-The SanJose Mercury Newsreports that Apple Computer has agreed to keep a CD-ROM history textbook that it will be distributing after a public outcry that Apple wascensoring material about abortion and homosexuality. In the reported agreement with the VoyagerCompany ofNew York, Apple with include the CD textbook "Who Built America?" in bundled software it distributes but will not include it in bundles it sells to elementary schools. Apple got caught in the embarrassingPRflap inFebnmry when Voyager charged that Apple had insisted it remove "cOntroversial" material .about abortion and homosexuality. Spokespersons-for both Apple and Voyager said they were reasonably happy with the agreement they had reached on distributing the CD textbook. Death Threat Against Journalist Deb Price SANJOSE, Calif.- OutNowL the San-Jose gay and lesbian uewspaper, reports that the announcement of a scheduled Jnne 24 visit by syndicated columnist Deb Price for a booksigmng has led to a telephone death tlweat. The paper reports that the death threat, which has been handed over to police, was called in to the answering machine at the Sisterspirit Bookstore in the city’s Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center after the upcoming booksigning was announced. OutNow! quoted part of the phone threat as saying, "I just want to say, if Deb Price appears at your bookstore on June 24th, I’ll personally colne in and shoot her. I tlfink fags are wrong. I think this is the stupidest thing that ever happened; feminist rights groups, f ing gay rights groups make me sick; f ing I’ll shoot her; got that?" The paper said Price had been informed of the threat and had no intention of altering her plans for the booksigning for her new book, And Say Hi to Joyce: America’ s First Gay Column Comes Out." Gingrich to Lead HRCF ’Coming Out Day’ Job WASHINGTON - Candace Gingrich, the lesbian half-sister of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, has been hired by the Washington D.C.-based gay aud lesbian lobbying group the Human Rights Campaign Fund to head up its National Coming Out Project. The project culminates Oct. 11 with National Coming Out Day, an event that got launched several years ago in New Mexico and has since become a popular event nationwide to encourage gay and lesbian visibility. Gingrich, 28, kicks offhernewjob on April 25 Kelly Kirby Certified Public Accountant Lesbians & Gays face many special tax situations whether single or as couples. We are proud to serve our communities with sensitive & timely information. 747-5466, POB 14011, Tulsa 74159 Photography J.D. damett 621-5597 14~8 S. Boston, Tulsa News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News Briefs News with a town meeting in Seattle as rejection of ICA’s anti-gay I Sheila Kuehl that would have timber industry lobbyist just 4 part ofa34-city tour encouraging participation in National Coming Out Day. School Board Member Defeats Opponents LOS ANGELES - Openly gay Los Angeles school board memberJeffHorton, targeted for defeat by religious rightsupported opponents, handily won reelection, garnering 61% of the vote, more than his 2 fundamentalist-backed candidates combine d. His opponents, Peter Ford who was being backed by the Traditional Values Coalition, and Linda Jones, the Christian Coalition candidate, had focused on unseating Horton because of his support for gay-positive programs in the city’s huge school system. Students Protest Mel White Speech GREEN BAY, Wisc. - Conservative student Republicans at the University of Wisconsin have objected to school officials over using student fees to payfor an upcoming speech to be given by the Rev. Mel White, a minister with the Metropolitan Community Church and one-time ghost writer for Pat Robertson. TheRepublican students charged that the $4,000 fee for White’ s speech was "’fiscally inappropriate" because of tight budgets at the school. But representatives of the unive.rsity.’ s lesbian and gay orgamzatlon said the conservative students just didn’ t "want the lifestyle discussed." The school says it hasno plans to cancel White’ s scheduled May 4 appearance on campus. Another Idaho Anti-Gay Ballot Measure BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Statestnan reports that the Idaho Citizens Alliance will soon introduce another anti-gay initiative only 5 months after voters in the state rejected the organization’ s first anti-gay measure. The paper quoted an !CA spokesman who said the new anti-gay ~neasure would not deal with employment but would aim at restricting how public libraries and schools deal with materials relating to homosexuality. Rights activists say such a ballot measure would be a waste of time and money after last November’s voter initiative. ’Morality Police" Attack Gays in Palestine NABLUS, West Bank - The Reuter news service reports that 3 Palestiman men kidnapped a 51-year-old man from his shop and shot him in the legs 6 times because they believed him to be gay. The news agency quoted unnamed sources that said the men were part of a group of "morality police" who had recently begun kidnapping gays and prostitutes in the WestBank, 2 others of whom were also shot in the legs. Serial Killer’s Victims May Have Been Gay SAN FRANCISCO- Police say they believe a British man, already suspected of crisscrossing the globe under false identities in a string of killings, may have targeted victims who were.gay or bisexual ina series of grisly torture-murders with links from Mexico to Thailand to San Diego and San Francisco. Authorities say John Martin Scripps, 35, of Hertfordshire, England, traveled around the world after escaping from a jail in Great Britain on drug charges and is wanted in connection with at least three murders - and wanted for questioning about the mysterious disappearances of others. Singapore police say they believe Scripps, who was arraigned in Singapore on April 18 on charges of killing Gerard Lowe, a South African man whose dismembered remmns were recovered from a harbor in March, used a 10,000-volt stun gun on his victims before killing and mutilating them. Authorities say Scripps is also a suspect in the murders of Timothy McDowall,32, in Mexico; Sheila Damude and her 22-year-old son Darin in Thailand; and Tommy Wenger, 25, in San Francisco. Gay Poet Immortalized BOSTON- Earlier this year, the opera. "Ha?r.vey Milk" had its premiere ~n Texas, memorializing the openly gay politician’ s life. In April, another opera got its world premiere ~n Boston immortalizing another gay icon - Civil War poet Walt Whitman. ComposerPeter Child says his new opera, "’Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman," represents the struggle of an artist to live and work with in3e~g.~ty during an era of turmOl£.With librettist ¯ Alan Brody, Child has fashioned Whitman’.s life intoanallegorical opera written for the concert stage, making generous use of the poet’s own essays, letters, poetry and other writings. In "Reckoning Time: A Song of Walt Whitman," the tide role is sungbyabaritone. PeterDoyle, Whitman’s longtime working class lover, speaks his part, with the exception of one simple love song. The plot of the work evolves through the dialogue between the two performers. Aussie ’Gaymes’ Hit By Far-Right Protesters ADELAIDE, Australia - The Australian gay newspaper Brother/Sister reports that anti-- gay protesters broke into a public pool where the annual Australian National Gaymes was slated to hold a swimming event and used a dye to stain the pool purple. An anonymous caller phoned local newspapers and television stations and said the vandalism was the responsibility of the farright National Action orgamzati’on. ’Consumer Reports’ Rates Condoms WASHINGTON - The May Issue of Consumer Reports includes the findings of its test of reliability of condoms. The consumer magazine tested 6,500 latex condoms, representing 37 brands. The magazine reports sbme surprising findings: Several types of theTrojanbrand, for example, frequently failed the air-inflation test, a basic check of condom elasticity. The magazine also found that some brands that advertise as being "’stronger" were in fact not as strong as others in its tests. Others that promote themselves as "thin" weren’t particularly thin, the magazine reports, and some of the thinnest broke more easily. The best performing brands, according to Consumer Reports, were Sheik Excita Extra Ribbed, Ramses Extra Ribbed and Sheik Classic. The magazine named Protex’s Touch condom as the "’best buy.’" Cal. Legis. Punts Gays SACIL~kMENTO, Calif. - The California Assembly" s education committee refused on a party~ line split 8-8 vote to send to the legislature a bill spousored by lesbian Assembly Member added sexual orientation to the state’s educational anti-bias laws. Opponents of the measure objected that the measure would give "special rights" to gays and lesbians and denounced homo~ sexuals as "ungodly" and "dirty." Kuehl urged the committee to send the measure on to the Assembly, declaring that the "witnesses for the opposition make our argument for us. Listen to what they said here. This is exactly the hatred we face every day. This is the .reason we need this bill. This is the moral decay at the heart of our society, that breeds hate and division.’" Domestic Partners OK’d CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Chapel Hill Town Council has unanimously passed a domestic partners measure covering municipal employees. The measure, the second of its kind in North Carolina, provides for family leave and sets up limits on the work relationships of city workers and their domestic partners. The measure also allows city residents to register their domestic partnerships, whether same-sex or oppositesex, for a $50 fee but extends no direct benefits. Kansas City Considers Gay Rights Measure LAWRENCE,Kan. -Lawrence, seat of the Umversity of Kansas, has become the first city in the state to extend anti-bias protections based on sexual Orientation. The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2 to ad~t sextud orientation to the city’s existing anti-discrimination ordinance, which bars bias in employment, housing and public accommodation. The measure must still pass a 2rid reading before the commissioners, but there have been no indications the vote is likely to change when the added language comes up again in early May. Calif. Lobbying Offices Target of Bomb Threat SAC1La,MENTO, Calif. - The offices of the LIFE Lobby, a gay and AIDS lobbying organization in Califonfia’ s state capital, were evacuated after an anonymous caller telephoned a bomb tllreat and warned the lobby’ s workers to "’get out of the building unless you want to die." Following closely on the April 24 mailbomb killing in Sacrmnento of a blocks from LIFE Lobby’s offices and the tragic bombing in Oklahoma City, authorities took no chances and evacuated the entire building. No explosive device was found. Laurie McBride, LIFE’s executive director, said the caller had "wanted to let us kiaow that in tiffs climate of political violence. we are hated.’" Kentucky Mayor Refuses to Sign Anti-Bias Order LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson has refused to sign an executive ordcr extending anti-bias protectious to city workers based on scxnal orientation. Abramson said statc law restricts control over personnel policies and practiccs in Kentucky to city councils. boards of aldermen and other legislative bodies, not chicf executives of the cities. He citcd a legal.opinion by the city" s law director in refusing to sign the executive order. But gay rights activists disagreed and chargcd that Abramson was ducking thc issue. Eric Graninger, legal counsel for the Fairness Campaign~ said, "While thc aldermen can set minimum job requiremerits for city employees, the mayor~legally add more." Graninger.said the city’s law director was "’building a legal closet for the mayor to hide in.’" Far-Right Group Wants ’Pro-Famil y Contract’ WASHINGTON-TheCllristim~ Action Network held a press conference in the nation’ s capital and proposed a "Pro-Family Contract with America." The- CAN "’Contract" calls for reviving a total ban On ~ays mid Iesbians in the armed forces and would restrict federal funds from going to school districts tlial provide positive counseling for gay or lesbian students. CAN called on Congress to enact its ’:’Contract" or face the prospect Of a 3rd ~arty being formed. Rich Tafel, execunve directory of the Gay lobbying group Log Cabin Republicans, warned the GaP leadership, however, that the far-right wing" s agenda would divide the party and undermine the GaP’s prospects for keeping its narrow congressional majority. "If the Christian Action Network is trying to pick a fight, they’ll get one," Tafel saidl $30/hour - in, call for out rates Pager: 672-2035 KiM Licensed Massage Therapist Specializing in: ¯ Therapeul~i¢ ¯ Shiatsu ¯ Sports Nathanael Mattingly salon estetica 749-0777 The Queen of the Galaxy presents the best damn hair in town! 3509 S. Peoria - 2nd Level - Tulsa, OK 74105 Health Briefs Health Researchers Find No HIV Risk from Health Care Worl~ers ATLANTA - In the largest study of AIDS transmission from health care workers to patients done to date, scientists found.no evidence that the vires was passed to pataents, according to a report in the Annals oflnternal Medicine. Many people in the U.S. have been concerned about the possible risk of infection after the Centers for Disease Control & Prcvenuon determined 3 years ago that a Florida dent[st., transmitied HIV to 6 ofhis patients. The new study by the CDC covered more than 221,000 ~a~ients of 64, physicians, dentists and other health care.workers who are infected with the virus. The researchers found only 113 infected patients out of the 22,000 examined, and of those epidemiological and genetic evidence showed that all came from other sources, not from any of the health care workers. 2 Pilots Sue United Airlines LOS ANGELES - T~vo pilots have filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines, charging that the airline barred them from flying because they are infected with HIV. The case is the first of its "kind filed by commercial airhne pilots under the" Americans With Disabilities Act, according to the pilots’ lawyers and some AIDS organizations. United, the largest airline in the U.S., !nsists.that, in the interest of public safety, it acted correctly in grounding the pilots under regulations set by the Federal Aviation Administration. The suit, filed infederal courtby R. Christopher Prilliman of Dallas and PaulRafalowski of Laguna Beach, Calif., c6ritends that the pilots Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs Health Briefs were grounded after the airline learned they were HIV-positive, despite the fact that they passed physicals given by United~. and the FAA earlier in 1994. Uuited~S medical director, Dr. Gary Kohn, said the airline received information from the pilots’ doctors last year "that led us to believe they had a disqualifying condition" under FAA standards. Although he declined to comment on the case, an FAA spokesperson said that being HIV-positive does not preclude a pilot from being approved for flying. CMV Retinitis Drug Effective CHICAGO -Small injected doses.of an experimental drug. have proven to be effective in checking the devastating eye damage common among people with AIDS, according to researchers at the Uuiversitv of California. According to reports i’n Ophthalmology and the American Journal of Ophthalmology, 3 small diuical trials showed the anti-viral drug cidofovir, which is also -known as HPlVlPC, stopped the progress of CMV retinitis for months. Dr. William R. Freeman, an ophthalmologist at the University of California at San Diego, and his colleagues reported in thejournals that the drug has proven so effective at this stage in the limited diuical trials that more than ~ hundred patients, in San Diego are now receiving "maintenance" injections regularly. What is not known yet, however, is whether cidofovir will be effective over a prolonged period of time or if patients may begin to develop a resistance to it. Dentists and HIV Infection CHICAGO - According to a survey published in the Journal ofthe American Dentcd Association, while more dentists are willing~o treat patients whoare infected ~"with HIV, many are still reluctant to have such patients. The survey reported that 67% of the dentists surveyed would treat such patients, even if they could refer them to other health care workers..A similar survey in 1986 found only about 47% of the dentists said they would trea! infected patients. But the survey alsofound that32% said they wouldnot pick dentistry again as a medical career because of fears of being exposed to HIV. And 75% of the dentists also said they were afraid to show any willingness to treat HIV-positive patients .out.of concerns they might lose other patients. Hormone May Curb KS Tumors LONDON -Ahormone found inpregnant women, known as human chorionic gonadotropin, may have an important role in treating Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin and blood vessel cancer that affects ma~.y patients with HIV, according to a report ~n the British journal Nature. Dr. Robert GaHo and other researchers with the National Cancer Institute report that the hormone kills KS in the test tube, and that in experiments with mice it reduced tumors caused by injections of KS cells. The NCI scientists found that the injected KS cells, which normally cause tumors in mice, were not able Xo do so if they had been exposed to the hormone before being injected. Mice that had been treated with the hormone for a week prior to being injected with KS cells also did not develop tumors or developed small ones, the researcher reported. The scientists also presented cases of 2 women who had KS, but whose cancer lesions inexplicably disappeared during or after pregnancy. "This is the first demonstration of an antirumor property of (the hormone), and offers a new strategy for treating patients with Kaposi’s sarcoma," the scientists said. Condom Breakage Questioned WASHINGTON - Tests of the new polyurethane Avanti condom have produced conflicting results, and the Food &Drug Administration, which approved Avanti for sale in the U.S..in 1991, has called for further testing: Regular latex condoms break in about 2% of the cases, according to FDA tests, and Avanti’s manufacturer London International/ Schmid Labs had presented the FDA with its o.wn studies that showed breakage rates ran~ng between 0.4% and 2.1% when it applied for approval to sdl the condom ~n the U.S. But 5 subsequent studies by the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development and conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Family Planning. Council found failure ratesfor the Avanti ranging from 4% to 15% with an overall breakage rate of 9.6% - so high a rate that the council stopped testing the Avanti in 1994 even though all its studies had involved fairly small numbers of couples. Dr. Susan Alpert of the FDA, however, defended the agency’s approval of the Avanti polyurethane condom, even if it turns out to have a higher breakage rate, because up to 7% of the American population is allergic to latex. Cancers Linked to Virus BOSTON - A newly discovered type of herpes virus causes 2 cancers associated with AIDS according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. FI-DELITY HO-AAE HE- LTH CARE, INC. 113 E. Paul St. Pauls Valley, OK 73075 (405) 238-6487 Main Office 905 No. Highway 51 Coweta, OK 74429 (918) 486-1174 (800) 999-3442 7319 No. MacArthur Okla. City, OK 73132 (405) 722-0551 Caring for Life We provide comprehensive home health services 24 hour per.day, seven days as week. The range of services include: Skilled nursing services (RN’ s, LPN’ s) Home health aides Physical Therapy Speech Therapy Occupational Therapy Medical Social Serv.ices In-home psychiatric care Non-emergency transportation Private duty nursing Companion sitter services This list is not all inclusive. Please contact our offices at 800-999-3442 with specific treatment issues. Timothy W. Daniel Attorney at Law Know Your Rights! Estate Planning, Adoptions, Personal Injury, Criminal Law, Bankruptcy & Workers Compensation ¯1-800-742-9468 or 918-352-9504 128 East Broadway, Drumright, Oklahoma Weekend and evening appointments are available. Health Briefs HeaLth According to scientists from Columbia University, both B cell lymphoma and Kaposi’s sarcoma, are caused by a herpes . vmas known as KSHV, 1st discovered in skin lesions of patients with KS. Drs. Yuan Chang and Patrick Moore report that the newly identified virus causes all KS cancers, not just those in people with ¯ AIDS. They.also report f’mding the cancer virus cells in 8 patients who suffered from AIDS,associated B cell lymphoma, a canCer of the body’s immune system. ’Reasonable,Pricing’ Requirement Dropped WASHINGTON-TheNational Institutes of Health (NIH) has dropped its~ requirement that U.S. drug manufacturers charge a "reasonable" price for products developed in conjunction with government-sponsored research. NIH Director Harold Varmus said the agency found that "the pricing clause has driven the industry away from potentially beneficial scientific collaborations" with government researchers "without providing an offsetting benefit to the public?’Under the clause, adoptedin 1989 amid protests over the price of the AIDS drug AZT, the public was supposed to benefit from drugs produced with the advantage of taxpayer-funded research. Once the policy was implemented, however, companies held backfrom using NIH research because they could not guarantee that they would regain an investment in product development, said Carl Feldbaum, president of Biotechnology Industry Organization. HIV Protein Discovery WASHINGTON - Researchers have Briefs Health Briefs discovered how an HIV protein, called Vpr, forces its way into ceils. Vpr enters the cell’s nucleus more quickly than other proteins andmakes the cell help do itsjob, found Univ. of Pennsylvania pathologist David Weiner. Vpr hijacks a protein naturally present in human cells, one that moves specific steroid hormones through calls: Tests showed that some of these steroids activate HIV production and suppress immune cells, Weiner reported in the April 11 issue of Proceedings ofthe NationalAcademy ofSciences. W~en Vpr was, added, the protein used the steroids’ cellular pathway to getto the call nucleus and prompted steroid overproduction to help it produce HIV. Weiner found that the abortion drug RU-486, which is known to block steroid overproduction in other diseases, also blocked Vpr. HIV-infected cells treated with RU-486 produced 70 percent less virus than untreated cells, he found. Weiner warned, however, that it is still too early to know whether the drug would work in humans. ~ Test to Predict AIDS Onset? PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh reported in the Annals oflnternal Medicine that theyhave developed a new HIV test that may help doctors predict how soon people infected with the virus will develop AIDS. According to Dr. John Mellors, director of the Pitt Treatment Evaluation Union that developed the "branched DNA signal amplification" test, it may also .help physicians decide whatcourse oftreatment is best for each patient. The new test measures the amount of HIV in the blood stream, a reliable indicator ofhow rapidly the individual will become ill with AIDS. Education cont~dfrom p. 1 ’b~the American MedtcalAssoctatton, was prepared by scientists at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies-at UC-San Francisco, directed by Thomas Coates and Jeff Stryker. "Carefully tailored, targeted, credible, and. persistent" AIDS education eampaigus; the report says, haveproven highly successful in dramatically reducing-the spread Of HIV. The report says thai in San Francisco, an estimated 8,000 people were infected with HIV in 1982 when the epidemichad barely begun~ But 10 years Iater- with intehse preverition efforts, particularly-among gay.and bisexual-men, in ethnic communities and among intravenous drug users - the annual infection rate had dropped to 1,000, according to the city’s health department. As many as 40,000 to 80,000 new HIV infections are reported annually in the United States, and the numbers are rising steadily inmostothercities because"AIDS is largely a disease of behaviors" and few communities have faced the problem candidly, the report’s authors argue. "Education and prevention efforts for. AIDS continue to be limited by society’s unwillingness to explore and discuss frankly sexual and drug-use behaviors that risk the spread of HIV infection," they say. Military cont~dfrom p; 1 policy wentinto effect last year he notified his c.ommanding officer in writing, "I am gay’. Gay Sailor to Remain In Navy= BALTIMORE’- U.S. District Judge Joseph Young has ordered the Navy not to discharge Lt: Richard Selland, who told .his commanding officer in 1993 that he was gay. Judge Young granted Selland an injunction ~that orders the Navy allow the gay sailor toremain in the Navy while he continues his court battle againstthe Pentagon,s "’don’t ask, don’t tell" policy that continues to exclude gay and.l~sbian military personnel. Mom €ont’dfrom p. 1 collecting letters denouncing the decision. In addition, the Metropolitan Connnunity Church (MCC) had declared this Mother’s Day, May 18, a "national day of prayer" for Bottoms and her partner, April Wade. Poland cont’dfrom p. l protections; 6 opposed the prohibitions; 7 deputies abslained. The commission has recently added a number of liberal provisions aimed at bringing Poland’s 43- year-old constitution up to date and more in line with requirements of the European Parliament, which already mandates nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation. Only one other nation - South Africa - has included constitutional protections specifically aimed at barring bias agaxnst gays and l~sbians. Accepting Medicare, Medicaid. private pay andprivate insurance. Oklahoma owned and operated. Where have people living with AIDS in the Tulsa area gone to receive skilled nursing care in a homelike, loving setting? Until now - no where...... Announcing the opening of Mohawk Living Center, a facility specializing in caring for people living with AIDS. Overlooking beautiful Mohawk Park in North Talsa, our facility is dedicated to caring for PLWA’s and improving their quality of life through skilled nursing care delivered by a staff of dedicated professionals. The staff at Mohawk Living Center invite you to come & tour our new facility. To arrange a tour or for more information, call our offices at 918-425~1354 Mohawk Living Center 3910 Park Road ¯ Tulsa, OK- (918) 425-1354 ~1995 - Design One Associates / Per~pectiv~ Magazine Sandra J. Hill, M.S. SUDD ENLY THE COH ETITORS ALL LO OK LIKE WA ,NABES. ~MITSUBISHI The New ThinKtng ,n Automobiles" Air conditioning, alloy wheels, am/fm cassette with 6 speakers, power sunroof, dohc - 16 valve & much morel. From $15,695 Reporter Tulsa Oldahomans for Human Rights. P.O. Box 52729 Tulsa, OK 74152 May/June 1995 Volume 15 Number 5 The views e.~pressed elsewhere in Tulsa Fame.Iv News are not necessarily the views ofTOHR. Permission is granted to reprint information contained within the TOHR Reporter page along with other itemv, under the b.vh’ne. "submitted by TOHR ". contained elsewhere in Tulsa Family Ne~,s. ~ Letter from the President: Another month has gone by and what a great one it has benn. I would like to thank everyone who has made a monthly pledge or donation to the Community Center. We .are still working very hard to make this vision a reality. Remember the monthly pledges are an integral part of our financing package so please give it some thought as we can all benefit from a Community Center. T.O.H.R. is continuing to grow and our programs are expanding. We have appointed Claudette Peterson as directorof HIV Programs. Claudette will supervise the additiona employees and administer Ihe grants currently in place as well as the ones we are still waiting to hear from. Let’s all welcome Claudette and give her a big THANK. YOU for her hard work, Claudette has already proven herself to be an invaluable asset to T.O.H.R. through her previous position as Clinic Director, I would like to thank Rob Hill for the educational Seminar presented to the Helpline volunteers. We plan to repeat thisseminar inthe very near future so that those who were unable to attend will have the ability to participate. Thanks again Rob. ¯ picnicThperideever~picniCLet youjrUiSstpRiDEaroundshowthe comethrfiosarndfestiveWe needdayinV°luntepearSrkth.e to man the .T.O.H.R. booth and help clean up the park. Your participation will insure this to be the best T.O.H.R; FOLLIES 1995 is well into the planning stage with the date setfor June 30th at All Souls in Emerson Hall. This will be one of our largest fundraisers of the year so let’s all come out and support the 6rganization as well as the performers. The money from the Follies goes to supporting ortgoing programs of T.O.H.R. Please attend the monthly meeting or a T.O.H.R. sponsored event, we rely on your participation to continue these programs. Thanks, Tim BISEXUAL, LESBIAN AND GAY ISSUES INFORMATION AND REFERRALS 743-GAYS (4297) By and for but not exclusive to the Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Communities. Daytime Testing Monday-Thursday by Appointment 749-4194 Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Pdghts HIV TESTING CLINIC FREE ANONYMOUS Finger Stick Method Every Thursday Evening 7:00-8:30 p.m 4154 So. Harvard Suite H- 1 Membership Application Name Address City State Phone Signature [] I would like to x~luntecr help with: [] HIV Counselor [] Event Planning and Party Preparations Zip, []Yes I want to be a contributing member of Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights. Please accept payment as described below: [] $10 Limited Income/Student Membership [] $20 Regular Membership [] $35 Organizational/Household Membership [] $100 Sustaining Membership [] I am currently ~¢¢iving TOHR mailings and the Tulsa Famil~ News [] I am not on the mailing list [] Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual He!pLine [] Executive Board Member [] Monthly Meeting Support ommunitp enter - Monthly Pledges Center Stage One Time Donations ,_.._ $100 Mo. Spotlight $75 Mo. $2500 - $5000 . $50 Mo. Lead Actor . $45 Mo. $1500 - $2499 .. $40 Mo. Supporting Actor , $35 Mo. $750 - $1499 $20 Mo. Cast Member $10 Mo. $300- $749 Mail to TOHR Audience P.O. Box 52729 $100 - $299 Tulsa OK. 74152 Extra Attn: Center $ Wish List For TOHR Clinic_ (We are adding staffbut have no more $ for equipment) Bookshelves 2ISUNDAYS BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES CHRISTIAN CENTER - Sunday School 9:45, Moming Worship Service 11:00. 2627-B East 11th. Call 583-7815. for Info. BLGA - University of Tulsa. 6:30 p.m. Canterbury Center. COMM.UNITY OF HOPE (United Methodist) - Evening Worship Service 6:00. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Morning Worship Service 11:00. 5451-E South Mingo, Call 622-1441 for Info. MCC OF GREATER TULSA - Morning Worship Service 10:45 - 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. THE BANNED - Gay Band - Practice weekly in OKC. Call 838-2121 forlnfo. I MONDAYS LAMBDA BOWLING LEAGUE - Bowling begins at 8:45. Sheridan Lanes 3121 South Sheridan. ITUESDAYS " ¯ MINISTER’S CLASS - Bless the Lord at All Times Christian Center. 7:30 p.m. 2627- B East 11th. Call 583-7815 for Info. IWEDNESDAYS AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVER - Bible Study 7:00. MCC of Greater Tulsa 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES CHRISTIAN CENTER - Choir Practice 7:00. 2627-B East 1 lth. Call 583-7815 for Info. FAMILY OF FAITH MCC - Potluck 6:30. Bible Study 7:00. Choir Practice 8:00. 5451-E South Mingo. Call 622-1441 for Info. ITHuRsOAYs 16-STEP EMPOWERMENT GROUP FOR WOMEN - 7:00. Women’s support group. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. CO-DEPENDENCY SUPPORT GROUPWeekly meeting 7:30. Family of Faith MCC. 5451-E South Mingo. Call 622- 1441 for Info, HIV TESTING - TOHR Clinic. Free and Anonymous testing using flngerstick method. No appointment required. Walk in test hours: 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Results Hours: 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Call 749-4194 for Info. PRAYER TIME - 7:00 p.m. MCC of Greater Tulsa. 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. TULSA FAMILY CHORALE Weekly practice 9:30 pro. Lola’s. 2630 E. 15th St. !SATURDAYs I NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS - Meets weekly at 11:00 pm. Provides confidential support for recovering addicts. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. IMAY 13 I CAR WASH - To benefit Family of Faith MCC. Quik Trip on 71st across from Sam’s. Donations only. DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. IMAY 15 I RESCUING THE BIBLE -6:30 - 8:30 p.m. .Community of Hope - 1347 North Yale. Seventh of an eight week course. Sponsored by TOHPJCommunity of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for Info. IMAY 16 I TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m. TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 743- 4297 for Info. IMAY 17 I FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154 South Harvard - Lower Level. Call 583-5147 for Info. IMAY 18-21 I MCC DISTRICT CONFERENCE - South Central District IOK, TX, LA, AR) Southern Hills Marriott at 71st and Lewis. Workshops/Services/Banquet. Keynote: Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson. Call 622-1441 for more Info. IMAY ls-21 I HERLAND SPRING RETREAT - Women’s Retreat. Roman Nose State Park. Sponsored by Heriand of Oklahoma City. Call 405-720-0044 for Info. IM,Y 21 I INT’L AIDS CANDLE LIGHT MEMORIAL SERVICE. Call 438-2437 for more info. REV. ELDER NANCY WILSON - Evening Service - 6:00 p.m. at Family of Faith MCC - 5451-E South Mingo. Also featuring Tulsa Family Chorale. Call 622-1441 for Info. IM, Y =2 I RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly Meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 254-2100 for location. RESCUING THE BIBLE - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Final week of an eight week course. Sponsored by TOHR/i3ommunity of Hope/BLGA (TU). Call 838-7232 for Info. IMAY 26 I WOMEN’S COFFEE HOUSE Java Dave’s. 3310 South Peoria. 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Call Beeper 646-6455 for more info. IU,Y 26 - 28 I GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL RODEO - OK State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. Call 405-943-0543 for more Info. DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info: IMAY 29 FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at 5:30 p.m. and caravan to Day Center for the Homeless. Call 838-7232 for lnfo. IJ u N E 3 WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB - Hong Kong Restaurant - 4307 B South Sheridan Road. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG BOARD MEETING.. 7:00 p.m. Call 742-8565 for more info. IJUNE 5 LAGPAC - The Gathering Place.. ~,154 South Harvard. Meets directly following TOHR Ad Hoc Meeting. Call 838-1222 for more Info. TOHR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON CIVIC AFFAIRS - Organizational Meeting. Need ~volunteers from other organizations. 7:00 p.m. The Gathering Place. 4154 South Harvard. Call 838-2121 for more Info. TOHR MEMBERSHIP MEETING. Monthly Meeting. 6:30 Social 7:00 p.m. Meeting. The Gathering Place. 4154 South Harvard. Ste. H. Call 743-4297 for lnfo. FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154 South Harvard - Lower Level. Call 583-5147 for Info. IJ u N E 8 ! GREEN COUNTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE. Muskogee Library. 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Call 682-8204 for more Info. IJUN. 10 I DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m, 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. OK FLAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL - Union High School. $5/ticket. 7:30 p.m. Call beeper 646-6455 for more info. iJ U N E 1 2 I PFLAG PICNIC. 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call 749-4901 for more info. IJUN. 1= 14 I OKLAHOMA HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE - Sponsored by HIV Resource Consortium. Workshops, Speakers, etc. Space is limited to first 300. Doubletree at Warren Place. Call 74g-4194 for more info. IJu. 14 I WEDNESDAY N;GHT WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB- La Nortena. 6408 South Peoria. 6:30 p.m. IJ u N E 21 COMMUNITY CHURCH SERVICES. MCC of Greater Tulsa. Special for Gay Pride Week. Also includes Family of Faith MCC and other area churches. 1623 North Maplewood. Call 838-1715 for Info. FAMILY AIDS SUPPORT GROUP Meeting. 6:30 p.m. PFLAG. 4154South Harvard - Lower Level: Call 583-5147 for Info. ~ IJuN~ 24 --,- DANCE CLASS - Community of Hope. 8:00 p.m. 1347 North Yale. Call 838-7232 for Info. I u.. 25 GAY PRIDE PARADE. Oklahoma City. Assemble from 12:00 - 2:00 at the park. Parade ends at Habana Inn with a party. IJUN 2S I RAINBOW BUSINESS GUILD - Monthly Meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 254-2100 for location. IJUNE 29 I FEED THE HOMELESS - Community of Hope. 1347 North Yale. Meet at church at IJ u N E 17 COMMUNITY-WIDE GOSPEL SING - Kick off pride week with a gospel sing at Family of Faith MCC 5451-E South Mingo. WIll include MCC Tulsa and other area churches. Call 622-1441 for more info. OK FLAMES WOMEN’S BASKETBALL - McLain High School. $5/ticket. 7:30 p.m. Call beeper 646-6455 for more info. IJ UNE 18 TULSA PRIDE PICNIC - Annual Gay Pride Celebration held at Mohawk Park. Food/DrinWFun/Games/EntertainmenL Also booths and information distribution. Minimal charges for food this year, Beer still free. 12:00 - 6:00. Call 832-0233 for Info. IJu. 20 TOHR BOARD MEETING. 7:00 p.m. TOHR Office. 41st & Harvard. Call 743- 4297 for Info. 5:30 p.m. and caravan to Day Center for the Homeless. Call 838-7232 for Info. ROU P MEETINGS LAGPAC - Lesbian and Gay Political Action Committee. Call 838-1222 for Info, LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS - Gay and Lesbian Republican Group. Call 832-0233 for Info. SWAN - Single Women’s Activity Network. TOHR CLINIC - In addition to Thursday Clinic Hours (see Thursdays), offers daytime testing by appointment Monday - Thursday from 10 am - 5 p.m. Call 749- 41 94 for appointment. .TOHR HELPLINE - Staffeddaily 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call 743-GAYS. TULSA- Tulsa Uniform and Leather Seekers Association, Call 838-1222 for Info, WEDNESDAY NIGHT WOMEN’S SUPPER CLUB - Meets at varying locations the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of each month. ¯ . Do you have a group or event that should be listed in the TOHR Community Calendar? 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Harvard, Suite F-5 Tulsa, OK 74135-2610 918’747,3320 Y READ ALL ABOUT IT by Barry Hensley Supervisor, Circulation Department Tulsa City-County Library Author Robert Donaghe’s first novel, Common Sons, is just the thing if you’re looking for some light, spring reading with a message. In the small town of Common, New Mexico, in 1965, Joel Ree~is going to high school and workingon the family farm. A strong, bright boxer, Jot strikes up a friendship with Tom, the quiet son of the new preacher. Eventually, straight laced Tom makes a very public, drunken pass at Joel and they both must come to terms with feelings that they don’t understand. Joel, an agnostic, rather easily accepts the realization of his homosexuality as normal, while Tom, after years of very strict indoctrinatxon, is torn apart emotionally. Eventually, through the support of the school coach, Joel’s family, a Unitarian mimster and a younger classmate, Joel and Tom realize that their dedication and love for one another is more important than what the rest of the town thinks. The pivotal characters in this story are the boys’ fathers. Joel’s dad at first assumes that Joel i~ just going through a phase, but soon realizes the seriousness of the relationship between Jot and Tom. He also understands that his boy has not changed, only the perception of his son has changed, and Joel’s courage and character are still intact. Tom’s father, howeve{, is a rather simplistic stereotype of a ruthless patriarch whose religious belief controls every fiber of his being. Tom is ultimately banned from his family and virtually adopted by Jod’s parents. The thought processes of these characters may help readers understand what some families go through when these situations By c.hoosln~ to remam...Joe.and Tom make the important statement that runrdn~ to the coasts is not the way to chan~e hearts and minds and prove t~e relationship. T~s is an uplfftln ovel that emph~zes the im~rtanee o~ f mlhes and eommunltles reeo nlzln the dfffergnt forms of love and eommhment. arise. In contrast to Tom’s father, the Unitarian minister is also an important character. He tries to convinceTomthat the biblical references to homosexuality refer to a lack of commitment or binding in relationships. Tom soon realizes that his relationship with Joel does not fit this criteria, since they are loyal and dedicated to each other. The interesting setting of this book, not in an urbanareaoragay ghetto, but in a rural village, makes this book unique among current gay fiction. At the end of the book, a younger classmate has moved to San Francisco and writes Joel andTom, chastising them for staying in their "hick town." By choosing to remain in Common, Joel and Tom make the important statement that running to the coasts is not the way to change hearts and minds and prove the validity of their relationship. This is an uplifting novel that emphasizes the importance of families andcommunities recognizing the different forms of love:and commitment. Common Sons is an old fashioned love story with humor and some interesting plot twists that make an entertaining read. Other authors of Lesbian and Gay fiction available at the Tulsa City-County Library include: JosephHansen, Katherine V. Forrest, Robert Ferro, Isabel Miller and Paul Russell. Check for rifles by these authors at the ~ Readers Services department of the Central Library, or call 596-7966. These bookstores welcome Tulsa Family News & your trade: Barnes & Noble, 71st near Memorial Media Play, 71st near Mingo Scribner’s, Utica Square Can’t find us at your favorite bookstore? Ask them why. Horvath cont’dfrom p. 1 Horvath. Before g~ing to Joie de Vivre, Horvath ,kad .prayed; "send me anywhere, but not the South, Lord." Originally from Minneapolis, and coming into the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches from a Presbyterian background, Horvath had some culture shock amving in South Louisiana, in the heart of Jimmy Swaggart ministry. Joie de Vivre’s congregation was diverse. Part French Catholic, part Baptist with some Pentacostal thrown in, Horvath found herself merging traditions- empowering Baptists and Pentacostals to genuflect and Catholics to raise their hands in praise as each felt moved to do so. Horvath said that local Catholic priests had fewer objections to their parishioners being involved with a Gay/Lesbian inclusive congregarion than to those folks leaving the Catholic Church - Gay was ok but if you leave the Catholic Church, you’re going to hell! Pastor Horvath adds that the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC) allows joint membership in an MCC church as well as another - such another Protestant or Catholic congregation. Horvath is committed to a "strong empowermentof the laity" and to growing the churches she leads. In Baton Rouge, a city of about 350,000, attendance rose from an average of 19 per Sunday to 70 per Sunday. While Horvath notes that MCC’s are not a "Gay churches," they are open and affirming of all, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Heterosexual. She adds that while the Church cannot be closeted and fill its mission of a healthy way to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgendered, individuals who cannot be open can be part of the church. ?Sexuality and sex are gifts from God. God created sex to be pleasureful though it can be abused to hurt ourselves andto hurt others..." Horvath and her spouse, Barb hope to serve as role models of healthy ways of being Lesbian and Gay. Family of Faith services are held on Sundays at l lain, on Wednesdays a potluck dinner is held at 6:30, followed by Bible study at 7pm. Prayer p. 1 Rwanda, and the ongoing violence in Bosnia are the most .horrible examples. We also pray to end the more subtle forms of hate that poison our communities. We condemn the anti-Arab sentiment thai began to show its ugliness just after the Oklahoma City bombing. We are grateful that our Lesbian and Gay communities were not falsely accused because we know that such an accusation would provide the excuse for violence based on the hate that already exists. While we pray for fair treatmentforall people, wepray especially for an end to the prejudices of heterosexism, sexism and racism in the Church. We pray that the Church will no 16nger allow itself to be used as men’s and women’s means of oppressing others who are different from themselves." The National Day of Prayer was coordinated by Focus on the Family, a radical right religious/political organization. Tulsa Congressman Steve Largent serves on the advisory board for the effort. Other groups in Tulsa marked the day With a lunch at a downtown hotel attended by Cathy Keating, wife of Oklahoma’s governor and Terry Largent, the wife of Congressman Largent. OPEN! ¯ Save 50% & More on New Books. ¯ Choose from thousands of new and used books. 1130 South Harvard 587-7799 Open M-F 10-7, Sat. 1,0-6 Sun. 12-5 Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Tulsa Where God Uplifts All People Sunday Service, I0:45 am Wednesday Service; 6:30 pm Home Cell Groups, 2nd & 4th Sundays 1623 No. Maplewood, Tulsa 74115, 838-1715 ¯ Sunday Services 1 I:00 am ¯ Wednesdays 6:30 pm Potluck 7:00 pm.Bible Study ¯ 8:00 pm Choir Practice ] To dojusttce, love mercy & to walk humbly with our God... Micah 6:8 5451-E S. Mingo ¯ Tulsa, OK 74146 . (918) 622-1441 FAMILY FINANCES Your Credit Record by Leanne Gross Cash worked just fine for our ancestors. They would go to the market, select what they needed, & hand their dollars, rubles, or plasters over to the merchant. In some societies, barter was the practice: a bushel of corn for a bucket of fish. A receipt or a paper trail for tax purposes was not part of the transaction. Today, it’s not unusual to carry just enough cash to make it to the next automated teller machine. Credit has evolved into the currency of choice. Between gas, groceries, department stores and major credit grantors like VISA, Master Card & American Express, most of us are toting an ever-growing ~senal of shiny plastic debit car~.s in our wallets. That, no matter how you feel about the phenomenon, makes your credit ’history more important than ever. Because creditors are in the business of making money, they issue cards only to people deemed worthy credit risks. Before granting approval, your application is always screened by a commercial credit bureau. There are three major national companies with offices in most large cities: Equifax Credit Information Services, Trans- Union Credit Information Corp. & TRW Corp. All creditors have slightly different criteria for granting credit. Generally, it’s based on a point-scoring system keyed to factors such as income, level of education,how long you’velived at your present address, what kinds of assets & checking/ savings accounts you have, your promptness in paying bills and similar socio-economic information. CCCS, a non-profit organization supported by major credit grantors & corporations, offers free counseling service and budget planning through office across America. Call 800-388- CCCS to find out where the nearest office is. If it looks like you’re going to fall behind to the point where you may not be able to meet you monthly minimum payments, you should immediately notify the credit grantor. If you have a good reason & you expect to be able to solve the problem in a reasonable amount of time, most ~orantors are open to working mething out. Thecredit grantor wants to collect his/her money at the least cost possible. If he/she knows up front what the problem . tlbe ~ltAccomrnodatio~ Frank Green, J.r. Host 50 Wall Street Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632 501/253-8281 "for a Taste ofLocal Flavor" Jim & Brent Invite.You to Chelsea’s Corner Cafe & Bar Care: Gay-owned Bar: Gay-friendly 253-7457 273-6723 #10 Mountain at Center Historic Downtown Eureka Springs Arkansas Serving Lunch & Dinner, Noon to 10pm Eclectic Menu * Moderate Prices is & when he/she can reasonably expect to be paid, hetshe.won’t have to invest ~ap.~ore time or money into g~d~"’that ~count collected. The U.S. Federal Trade commission cautions against relying on commercial credit repair companies that offer to miraculously clear up any financial troubles you might run into. The only thing that can repair a credit history is time & the reconciliation of your debts. Credit repair companies may be able to help you to manage your debts (for a fee), but so can nonprofit groups like CCCS, credit unions, & community extension services affiliated with local tmiversities. Though they utilize massive data banks & sophisticated computer systems, creditbureaus are run by human beings. An occasional mistake in your credit historyis possible. Ifyou’vebeen denied credit for no apparent reason, you have the right, under the fair credit reporting act, to ask the bureau for an explanation & a copy of your file if you act within 30 days. ffyou choose to dispute the accuracy of anything ~n your file, you need to notify the bureau in writing, explaining the diso:epancy. The credit bureau then investigates the matter. If their claim cannot be verified or is found to be inaccurate, the information you’ve challenged will then be deleted from your report. On the other hand, if you disagree with the results of their investigation, you have the right to have a brief statement explaining your side of the story added to your file. For this reason,many financial counselors recommend that you examine your credit bureau report every 3 - 4 years. All credit bureaus are required to forward a copy of the consumer’s file upon request. If the request isn’t tied to a specific appeal, there is usually a $10 - $15 charge. Like it or not, the mountain of junkmail credit card solicitations we receive every week is evidence thatthe credit culture is here to stay. In many ways, cash&barter systems weremuch simpler. Stuffing a fish in those envelopes would be impractical. AWADAGIN PRATT A Piano Powerhouse.t Friday, June 9 7 p.m. Chapman Music Hall Tulsa PAC Tickets: $10-$12 adults ¯$10-$8 chil&’eniseniors Call: 596-7111 Winner, 1992 International Nautnburg Piano Competition His sold-out Tulsa debut last year was among the most talked about performances of the season. RAIN-Oklahoma, an interfaith AIDS service organization, is seeking an Executive Director (position based in Oklahoma City). Successful applicant will have a demonstrated ability to work within and across cultural lines and within the religious community. Otherrequirements include aBachelor’s Degree, three years experience in the field of HW/AIDS, experience in personnel management in the human services setting, Oklahoma certification as an AIDS Educator (or the ability to obtain same). Salary range - $30,000-35,000 and benefits, depending on experience. Resumes to ED Search Committee, 924 N. Robinson, Oklahoma City OK 73102. RAIN is an equal opportunity employer. . RSVP Tropical Caribbean Feb. 11-18,1996, $795-1950 Deep Caribbean Feb. 18-25,1996, $795-1950 Mexican Riviera March 17-24,1996, $795-2495 French Canada June 30 - July 7,1996, $895-2295 Call International Tours 9z8-34z-6866 The Homefront I BUD WHARTON Author of SellTrac 2000, a ¯sales training programfor loan officers and Realtors, Bud Wharton is a national speaker, sales trainer and mortgage banker. Bud addresses thousands of industry professionals each year, training in the areas of business development, technical expertise and motivation. Buying a home is something mostofus look forward to. All to often, the "looking forward to" ends in a reluctance to pursue the dream based on our assumed knowledge ofhow bad our credit .report looks. This is so prevalent in American thinking that consumers continue to believe their credit rating will be the #1 reason for credit denial. The gay andlesbianculture is notimmune from this notion either and it is often compounded by the ~’vSinCgOnbcaedpticornetdhiattabreeinsgogmaeyhaonwd synonymous terms. Nothing could be further from the truth. Yes, credit is important but it is not all-important! In fact the real problem in dealing with credit issues in the mortgage process is not so much how bad the creditis, but rather the lenders inability to help the borrower understand just how to address .the problem successfully. This ~s somewhat philosophical in nature, the difference being attitude: why vs. why not or basic solution orientation. A good analogy as to how to deal with credit issues (or at least our perception of what equals unacceptable credit) is to understand the common denominator between some forms of religion and credit. An excellent analogy as both subjects yield a reward based on the assumption of goodness, acceptance or approval. Becausewe sometimes screw-up, we find ourselves in need of forgiveness. Religion advocates prayer and contrition to reconcile ourselves, thus fulfilling the forgiveness equation and the slate is wiped clean. Credit on the other hand offers a similar concept as absolution for bad credit can be achieved using similar principles, except the prayer part must be written as opposed to spoken. Who are we writing to? The underwriter (God) of course who has the power to grant understanding and c’onciliatibn based on circum~anees, ones pattern of credit use or abuse and what is being done or has been done since the last incident to correct the problem. The power is really in your argument! Easy-does-it! Simply pray in writing vs. orally. Your ability to articulate in writing is important, but not to the degree that you need to be a Pulitzer "Rdi~ion advocates prayer and contrltlon_Credlt on the other hand offers a similar concert, as absolution for ba~l eredlt can be aehleved..." Prize winning author. This.is where your lender can help. Think of them as your attorney presenting your case before a judge. They should know how to do flaeir job and represent you; articulatingin terms andmethods of argument acceptable to reason and logic compelling the underwriter to understand and accept your viewpoint. Why bring it up? Your goal is home ownership. Standing between you and that goal may be your credit report or your perception of your credit standing. If there is an obstacle, any obstacle, it’s important to understand that the obstacle, whatever it is, does not mean an automatic no. When confronting this situation it is important to think in terms of over, under, around or through! That’s how problems are solved. Andif your loan officer doesn’t understand that ~e you need another loan officer. After all, who do they think you are anyway, the customer? If you’ve been staying away from exploring the opportunity of owning your own home because of what you think your credit looks like; stop and get it together. Here’s what you need to do. First of all, contact your mortgage lender and ask to be prequalified for a home loan Make an appointment to meet with them. If they want to do it all over the phone, they obviously don’t care enough about you, the customer, to invest the time in meeting with youpersonally. The personal meeting is important. You’ve got a sales job to do and part of that is being comfortable that this loan officer is capable of understanding your circumstances and needs and your developing confidence in them. Not all loan tracers are created equal.* Second, you want them to pull a credit report and there are two types of reports. The first is a basic credit profile pulled from three different bureaus and should be done for you at no cost. The second type of report is more extensive and involves the reporting agency verifying employment, checking public records and interviewing you the borrower for accuracy of data. This report costs about $60.00. Anyone who’s up to speed in today’s business environment can have your full credit report (the first type mentioned) in a matter of a minute or two and again, there should be no cost for this service. If the lender wants to charge you, again it’s time to find a service oriented lender willing to invest in you as their prospective customer. As you review the report with your loan officer be open and candid about whatever might be disclosed. This will allow you both to brainstorm strategies in structuring your explanation of any derogatory information. If you have experienced a bankruptcy, don’t worry about it, just explain it. Solutions to this are commonplaceand it doesn’t take an entire lifetime to recover. Included in this prequalification will be an analysis of your income and employment history. Combined with your credit profile, you may qualify formore than youever imagined; and sooner too[ But then there’s the cash requirements. How much do you need and do you really have to save it up? This is the subject ofournext discussion here on THE HOMEFRONT. (Editors Note: Bud Wharton is Vice President ofMortgages By Design, Inc., Claremore. OK; serving all ofGreen Country.) WE UNDERSTAND. TWO WORDS TOO SIMPLE TWO SECONDS 2 That’s all the time it takes to say "We Understand" But how often do you hear your real estate agent say them? Experience the power of T~O! The Nicholas Team. Jonathan & Dee Nicholas and their team of licensed associates will make buying and selling a home a positive experience. So, TAKE TWO and call us in the Morning[ Jonathan & Dee Nicholas (918) 749-3000 "Selling the Dream, the Nicholas Team!" RE/MAX Metropolitan, REALTORS 6400 S. Lewis, Tulsa, OK 74136 PRIDEoyo mp Renting and considering Buying? Moving up or Investing?Credit Problems? i t~ ~" Mortgages By Design will custom fit the right home loan to YOUR needs! No Cost Credit Counseling 1st Time Home Buyer Lock & Shop 0% to 3% Down Financing the AllAmerican Dream No Cbst Pre-Qualifying Construction Best Interest Rates Refinancing Mortgages By I~ign Gives Back To Our Community For each10an closed, we will donate $100.00 to Tulsa 0klahomans For Human Rights or tolthe foundation of your choice. ForDetail~ CalL" BUD WH,ARTON Vice President~./Branch Manager (918) 342-4252 Serving Tulsa and SurroundingCommunities Sat. 5/13, 11pm Bad Girls Are Back! Robbie Walker, K~is Kohl, Natasha Hall & GuesL, Sun. 5/14, Tim’s 8th Annual 36th Birthday Taurus, Mother’s Day & Full Moon Blowout Sat. 5/27, Hollywood Creations (5 hot guys!) BAD BOYZ CLUB 1229 So, MEMORIAL, 835-5083 TU SA’S HUGE PATIO BAR MO.RE " New CDs $16.99-I 1.99 " pre-owne.d. CDs $7.99-8.99 W.e II give you $4,88 TOr your used Cds. Pride cont’dfrom p. 1 interested in having a booth should contact Tomfoolery! at 832-0233. ....Follies~ A TOHR tradition continues. The plans for the 1995 TOHR follies are well under way. Follies has been one of TOHR’s largest fund-raisers. This year’s theme is "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert", & it will mark the follie’s 15th year. The Follies will be held on Friday, June 30th, at All Souls Unitarian Church, 2952 S. Peoria. The doors open at 7:30pm with the show starting at 8:00pm. Advance tickets are $8.00, & they can be purchased at Tomfoolery (in the Silver Star Saloon at 1565 S. Sheridan); Floral Design Studios, 3404 S. Peoria; & Budget Window Treatments, 7116 S. Mingo. Tickets will also be available the day of the Gay Pride Picnic at the TOHR booth. It’s not too late to be a part of this wonderful event. For more information, call the TOHR helpline at 743-4297. u ...,_,o~e cont’dfrom p. 1 Several of Tulsa’s most well known community volunteers, Joan Flint, Terry Williams, and Peggy Helmerich lent their names and energy to the event. Businessman Charles Faudree came up with the idea originally and was joined by P.S. "Pat" Gordon, Judy Fisher, Francis Fisher, Julie Kruger, Ouida Merrifield, Sally Minshall, Monnie Mooberry, Patty Orbison, Nancy Renberg, Francesanne Tucker and Nancy Vaughn on the organizing committtee. Patrons were entertained at a May 4 event held in several homes that were not on the general tour. The final patrons event will be held at George Kravis’ new home on June 21. Many, many businesse contributed to this event but Michael Bennett, Steve Wright, Rusty Brumble, and Mark Lackey (Lackey of Cuisine by Design) were recognized for their contributions. The 1995 Oklahoma .HIV/AIDS Conference will be presented by the HIV Resource Consortium. on June 12-14 at the Doubletree Hotel, Warren Hace. The conference title is "Caring...for each other, sharing...our stories, and nurturing...our spirit." Space is limited. Call Beverly Stanley at 749-4194 formore information. Gay Mothers’ Support Group A self-led support group for Gay morns is meeting to deal with the ma~y challenges and issues facing Lesbian mothers. The group is free and open to all Gay morns. It meets Thursdays at 7pro at member’s homes. Call for info. 742-1313. 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L~COLN BLOt) 1-800-741-2741 or (405) 528-2741 AD ~NTOI~MATION (405) 521-1378 TRAVEL INFORMATION TRAVEL INC. 1-800-880-1053 or (405) 737-5353 BUCKLE SPONSORSHIP (405) 478-4820 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [1995] Tulsa Family News, May 15-June 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 6 Subject The topic of the resource Politics, education, and social conversation toward Tulsa's Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual communities. Description An account of the resource Tulsa Family News was a monthly newspaper; No. 1 issued December 1993-January 1994. The final issue available was published in September 0f 2001 (Volume 8, Issue 9). The newspaper brings up important, evolving topics of marriage, Pride, TOHR, HIV/AIDs, events, advice, and politics all at the local and national level. This document is available in searchable PDF attached. It is also available to be seen at the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center with permission. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tulsa Family News Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Tom Neal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource May 15-June 14, 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource James Christjohn Kharma Amos Laurie Cooper Maureen Curtin JD Jamett Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Tom Neal/Tulsa Family News Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image Text PDF Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper Periodical Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Tulsa---Oklahoma Oklahoma---Tulsa United States Oklahoma Tulsa United States of America (50 states) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context https://history.okeq.org/items/show/498 Relation A related resource Tulsa Family News, April 15-May 14, 1995; Volume 2, Issue 5 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://history.okeq.org/collections/show/24 1995 AIDS/HIV AIDS/HIV drugs AIDS/HIV education AIDS/HIV research anti-bias law Apple Computer arts and entertainment attorneys Australian National Gaymes Barry Hensley Bars blindness businesses cancer Candice Gingrich censorship children churches civil rights condoms Consumer Reports contraception Convention and Visitors Bureau Creating Change custody David Duke Deb Price domestic partners Don't Ask Don't Tell editorial employment discrimination employment protection estate planning Family Finances Family of Faith Family of Faith Metropolitan Community Church Follies Revue Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund gay bashing Great Plains Regional Rodeo homophobia Hope Candlelight Tour Human Rights Campaign Fund Kaposi's sarcoma Leanne Gross LGBT clergy LGBT politicians marriage Mel White Metropolitan Christian Church of Greater Tulsa military inclusion Murder National Endowment for the Arts OutNOW! Parents People Living With AIDS performing arts personals PFLAG picnic parade Pride protests RAIN Rainbow Business Guild Read All About It Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) representation restaurants Robert Donaghe sexual orientation discrimination threats TOHR Reporter Tom Neal torture Tulsa Family News Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights HIV Testing Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches viatication Victory Fund violence